Are you unknowingly adding to your toxic burden with your personal care products? Many people are trying to exercise and eat right and yet don’t realize the toxin load they are “voluntarily” ingesting or absorbing. Your skin is your largest and thinnest organ and a lot of what goes on -goes in! Using clean skin care products is a must for a healthy body. Here is a short list of things you DO NOT want to see on your products: Parabens- Widely used preservative in cosmetics an

We have been taught that tooth decay is caused by too much sugar in our diets. While there is some truth to this it is really that most tooth decay actually occurs overnight as acids rise up from our gut. These bad acids are from rotting and fermenting foods (sugar being just one cause) since most of us do not eat enough fruits and veggies and eat too much animal protein. Tooth decay actually occurs many years prior to it showing up in the dentist's chair. The bad acids and

If you're eating healthy food then fresh produce and other foods that spoil easily will be a large part of your diet. So part of being a savvy grocery shopper is knowing how to properly store your fresh foods so you actually get the chance to eat them before they spoil! Make sure your fridge is kept cold enough -- below 40 degrees Fahrenheit, or 4 degrees Celsius. This will ensure food safety. Leave enough space in your fridge for cold air to circulate. If your refrigerator i

Do you realize that the only time in our lives when we like to get old is when we’re kids. If you’re less than 10 years old, you’re so excited about aging that you think in fractions. “How old are you ?” “I’m four and a half!” You’re never thirty-six and half. You’re four and a half, going on five! That’s the key. You get into your teens, now they can’t hold you back. You jump to the next number, or even a few ahead. “How old are you?” “I’m gonna be 16!” You could be 13, but

You have all heard me malign grains in general, however, most cereals fall under an even more unhealthy category: EXTRUDED grains! What the heck is that, you say?! In order to make cold breakfast cereals grains are mixed with water to form a paste and then put in a machine called an extruder. This mush is forced out through tiny holes at high temperatures and pressures to shape them into flakes, shreds, or little “o’s”, etc. These products are then sprayed with a coating

Many Americans are under the impression that we all need multi-vitamins. Advertisers try and convince us that a “one-a-day” will fill in the gap for a poor diet. The media promotes vitamins in a variety of ways. According to CDC’s latest statistics, more than 50 percent of the US population takes some form of nutritional supplement each day, and about 40 percent of US adults take a daily multi-vitamin. In America we spend approximately $27 billion each year on supplements ye

Zinc is an essential mineral which is found in nearly every type of cell. It is needed for all tissue growth and repair because it is the activator for about 100 different enzymes! Normal development in utero and up through adolescence is highly dependent on this mineral. Zinc is also essential for proper hardening of bones and teeth; healthy skin, hair and nails; and normal taste and smell. Playing a vital role in a healthy immune system, zinc is crucial for the activation o