Category Archives: Nutrition

The Cholesterol ILLUSION

“Have you been taking a statin drug?” The prolific use of pharmaceuticals to treat common disease symptoms often contribute to further imbalances in our body’s chemistry and overload the liver’s ability to detoxify the blood, thereby contributing to the formation … Continue reading

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Trouble complying with your plan?

What determines your successful compliance with a plan, whether it be a diet plan or otherwise, is your perceived benefit versus your perceived sacrifice. Do you understand the benefits? Do you believe the benefits outweigh (no pun intended) what you … Continue reading

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Ancient Fasting – Modern Issues

I was recently inspired to go back to the Old Testament to read what was written about healthy diets. This was prompted by my blogger-friend Erika Glenn when in her December 29th article “Promise Fast: Fasting For The Promises of … Continue reading

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Bowel Gas and Carcinogenesis

Have you ever wondered how much damage you would do to yourself having to regularly hold your gas in? Then for your benefit, we return again this week to Michael Weiner, a nutritionist and doctor of ethno-medicine, whose book “The … Continue reading

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3-Day cleanse using all food

As you approach a Christmas celebration and the potential for ending a long season of overindulgence, you might consider the need for a body cleanse. On the other hand, maybe you are suffering from insomnia, fatigue, poor digestion, headaches, poor … Continue reading

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Non-Organic & toxic: “I don’t want [industry people] gambling with my kids”

Studies Involving Toxic Exposure from Non-Organic Foods Earlier this year, I wrote about a study which compared the nutritional value of organic versus non-organic foods (go to this link to see the previous post). The study out of Stanford University … Continue reading

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P-C-F Diet

The following dietary recommendation comes from Dr. Ronda Nelson who was the instructor of a seminar I attend last weekend as part of my Applied Clinical Nutrition training. You’ll find some surprises in these recommendations but I believe organic and … Continue reading

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Garlic – from “The Antioxidant Cookbook”

Garlic is an important staple in the healthy minded kitchen. Reinvesting some time to reinforce your knowledge of the beneficial bulb will deepen the character you craft into your delectable creations and perhaps even impress your guests as well. I … Continue reading

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Detoxification: a 24-7 Routine

Have you ever wondered what would happen if your body stopped excreting and neutralizing the toxins being absorbed and created in your body? Hmm… that’s obvious,  right? You’d get sick and die. How soon depends largely on your habits and … Continue reading

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To Cook or not to Cook…

This is the question when you are seeking to preserve the anticancer components found in your nutrition-packed fresh fruits and vegetables. In “Natural Strategies for Cancer Patients,” by Dr Russell Blaylock (2003), I found two lists of common foods. One … Continue reading

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