Archive | March, 2009

Simple Ways to get enough VITAMIN D

By on March 30, 2009 in DIET, vitamin d

Are all those long hours in front of the computer give you a vitamin d deficiency ? Vitamin D’s greatest benefit is that it works in the small intestine to aid the body in absorbing calcium, which helps the body maintain healthy bones and joints. Usually the human body produces vitamin D on its own [...]

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Water Fast to Heal Illness

By on March 23, 2009 in Detox, DIET, Fasting, Water

For the last couple of weeks, we’ve been talking about fasting (see the other topics here and here). Fasting with only water is the most challenging form of fasting. It means you’re not eating any calories at all, just making sure you’re well hydrated. Most of us are not used to this kind of drastic [...]

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Detoxing with “Master Cleanse”

By on March 16, 2009 in Detox, DIET, Fasting, fruit juice

Last week, I talked about introducing your body to fasts with a relatively gentle juice-only fast. This week, we’re moving on to a couple other fasts – although juice fasts have a clarifying effect, the fasts I’ll discuss today have the express purpose of “de-toxing” or “cleansing” the body. The difference between juice fasts and [...]

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Juice Fasting for Health, Clarity, and Detox

By on March 9, 2009 in Detox, Fasting, fruit juice, raw

In recent years, there’s been an increase in media coverage of periodic fasts – how they can increase your life span, help you lose weight, give you more energy, and offer other health benefits. When done right, fasting is a clarifying, interesting journey – but the process can seem intimidating, overwhelming, and downright torturous if [...]

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The Noni Myth

By on March 2, 2009 in DIET, high blood pressure, noni

It’s easy to believe what Noni juice has to offer. We want to believe that drinking this exotic drink can do so many things for us: undo years of damage to skin, help digestion and metabolism, relieve chronic headache, boost energy, ease anxiety, and make us more comfortable in our own skins. And what do [...]

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