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Learn from your cat

Take a lesson from your cat.  Have you noticed that when cats wake up they stretch? When you awake in the morning, you’ve probably been sleeping in some funny position all night or for too long. To get your spine in correct alignment before getting out of bed, start this habit. Raise your hands above your head, point your toes, and stretch for a count of 10. Then, roll over on your side, bend...

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Omega 3′s Crucial for Healthy Arteries

Did you know that Omega 3 fatty acids are essential for keeping your blood vessels elastic instead of hardening and crumbling to pieces? Best sources are, in this order:   wild (not farm raised) salmon, sardines, and flax seeds.  Note: Farm raised salmon do not eat the algae that create the best sources of Omega 3s — DHA and EPA. We usually eat foods with more Omega 6s, which then fight to...

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Heard of Zyto Compass?

The Zyto Compass scans 74 points of the body and helps you assess what nutrients your body prefers, so you don’t have to guess as to what your body needs most.  This device has been used in hospitals worldwide with accurate results.  Watch a 2-min You-Tube video to understand how it works. Come to my class and find out how what it is and how it can improve your health.  My guest, Ruth...

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Are you for Healthcare Reform?

I don’t know about you but for me, I don’t want the federal government to say I have to buy health insurance.  People should be able to make this decision on their own.  As insurance premiums rise, more people are choosing to be proactive in their approach to health care, meaning they are all about prevention rather than “fixing it once it’s broke.”  It’s less...

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Danger: Wait Before Turning on Car A/C

According to research, Benzene — a cancer-causing toxin–  is emitted from the plastic in the dashboard of your car when you turn your air conditioning on.  So, be sure to roll all windows down and when you can, open the doors for a minute or two to give the interior time to air out before driving off and turning on the air.  If you get into a hot car and immediately turn on the AC, you will...

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Proper Food Combining

If we combine our foods right, do not overeat, and eat real food, our bodies have something called enzymes which will digest our food.  Substances which do not ordinarily combine with each other when they are brought together can be made to do so by a third substance – a catalyst called “enzymes.” Enzymes cause a reaction in the food, but the enzyme itself does not actually become a part of the...

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DIETARY FACTORS ESSENTIAL FOR ADD CHILDREN

A parent brought their young child to see me today who is hyperactive and having trouble in school. The teachers suspect the child has ADHD. Since this came up, I wanted to blog on this topic. This is rather a lot of information but is so very important, as ADD seems to be so prevalent in children today. If you know families dealing with this challenge, you may want to pass this info on to them: DIETARY...

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Are you a RAW Foodie?

Last night I attended a Dallas Meetup Group that was about the benefits of eating a mostly raw food diet.  I do remember that when I went on a 100% raw food diet for 3 months a couple of years ago, so many symptoms vanished.  It happened to be during ragweed season, which is the only substance that seems to ever trigger allergies for me.  I had none while eating the raw food during this season. For 6...

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The Effects of Caffeine

Peggy asked, “What are the effects of caffeine?”, especially as it relates to the energy drinks.  Caffeine in any form is a stimulant.  There are natural caffeines – guarana and kola nut, for example — but they are still caffeine.  So, they are a better choice, if used occasionally, than the caffeine in coffee which has been processed and chemically treated.  But, if you are using caffeine...