Q+A on healing Crohn’s disease naturally...

I’m very proud to share Lauren’s wisdom here! Lauren is healing her Crohn’s disease naturally and doesn’t have to take over half the medication she used to be on due to her healing vegan diet and supplements. I found Lauren’s story over at the Crazy Sexy Life blog. (go ahead and read a little background on her, I’ll wait) You mention you stressed and worried a lot. About being...

Fasting with the Seasons and Detoxifying Foods...

Photo by BurningQuestion As spring has sprung I’m feeling a serious need to some spring cleaning, not just in my home, but my body! Dr. Sachi (A Doctor of Oriental Medicine- whom you may remember from our last interview: Fit, Fabulous, Over 50…and Sharing Secrets!!) runs many fasting retreats and shares some tips with us below: In Dr. Sachi’s Words: I’m often doing a detox- no one can avoid it now,...

The Consequences of Eating too Fast and How to Cor...

Eating too fast is a serious issue and has detrimental consequences to your digestive system! When you don’t take the time to fully swallow each bite before taking the next bite, that’s when you know you may be eating to fast! If you are a fast eater, you probably aren’t even aware that you are taking 4-5 fork fulls of food in the time it takes a normal paced eater to take one. The whole digestion...

The Greatest Thing Since Sliced What?...

What's next? Uranium enriched Bread?! Bread is everywhere! We can’t escape it, it creeps into our diets daily. However, I try to keep it to a minimum. Here’s why: A lot of us may already know that white bread is unhealthy. Some of us may reason that as long as we are buying whole grain bread, we are making a healthy choice. If you ask me (which you did, right?) I’ll tell you that most “Whole Wheat Bread” is...

The Metabolism Myth…Busted...

The mainstream advice out there for boosting your metabolism levels is generally all the same: Exercise! Well, I’m going to tell you there are other pieces to the puzzle. There is much more you can do (in addition to exercise) to get your metabolism levels up. Stuff that takes up less time and is easier on your joints. Read my 5 Tips for Metabolism Magic. Eat 5-6 times a day not 3. Not only is it easier on your...

Q + A with my Health Guru: On Weight Maintenance a...

Dr. Simm Gottesman is an Acupuncture Physician from Florida in possession of vibrant health and youth, a great niece (me!), and much wisdom on natural health secrets. Simm was the first one to influence me to change my eating habits. I have never been the same since she shared her health secrets with me, more than a decade ago. She is over 50 years old chronologically, but physically, much younger. Her face barely has a...

What is an Alkaline pH Level and How to Monitor yo...

What does it mean to “Alkalize” your body? Well, it’s the opposite of having your system be Acidic. Remember those litmus papers from high school lab? You can actually use those to test our urine or saliva to see what your pH level is. We ideally want to score at least in the 6-7 range because this means we are not too acidic (which can lead to health problems). What causes an acidic pH level? These foods, for...

Grapefruit Seed Extract: The Anti-Anti-Biotic...

Like many people these days, you might be searching for an alternative to antibiotics. It always seems any little infection we get, the answer from doctors is always the same: Antibiotics! It is foolish to always rely on antibiotics as the quick fix to any infection, since they can have so many different causes, and every time we take these meds, our bodies build up a resistance to them…meaning that antibiotics often...

What is a Raw Food diet?...

The Raw Food Diet (totally vegetarian – no worries!) stems from the belief that all food we eat should be “alive.” All processed junk foods are “dead”, and raw foodists go on to say that by cooking or baking food we “kill” it – so that any vegetable cooked, or any bread baked, is “dead.” What they really mean is that all the good enzymes that keep us disease-free are...

How to Increase Good Bacteria...

In our modern times, highly processed foods, new methods of genetically engineering our food, and large amounts of chemicals and pesticides haunting our favorite fruits and vegetables are all increasing the bad bacteria in our intestines. This is making America diseased – causingIBS, obesity, yeast infections, weak immune systems , and more. Today’s altered vegetables are inferior to their grandparents, missing...