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‘The Dirty Dozen’
Not everyone can afford to live on a 100% organic diet…I sure can’t, but there is a list of fruits and vegetables that should be purchased organic. I’m talking about The Dirty Dozen. Conventional produce contains high amounts of pesticides/chemicals that can disrupt your nervous system, endocrine system, and can cause cancer. Thanks to the Environmental Working…
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Baby Steps….
Let me preface this post by saying that I am not neurotic about the way I eat, but I am conscious about what I put in and on my body. There are people who have questioned my happiness due to my food choices – they think I am miserable because I am so restrictive. In…
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Water…the Natural Healer?
What if I told you that there was an all natural way to prevent or cure various ailments or disease? And what if I told you it was free? I’m talking about water! Did you know that 75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated? Really?! All those aches, pains, lack of energy…it all points to dehydration. …
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What’s in YOUR toothpaste?!
It’s one thing to be concerned with what you ingest, but what about the products you’re using ON your body? We’ve all seen, heard, and tried to pronounce some of those mysterious ingredients on the labels of our toothpaste, shampoos, and soaps….but do you really know what they’re all about? I’ve heard throughout the years…
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Eat your veggies
When I was 13, my brother and I watched a news story on slaughterhouses…I remember being traumatized and we bet one another who could stop eating meat the longest. My brother lost that one…I can’t remember when he went back to meat, but I do know it was soon after. But 19 years later, I…
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Pain free and loving it!
So I’ve come to find that knowledge really is power and one should never stop learning new things…especially if it could lead to a better you. I, in no way, claim to be a nutritionist, or an expert on being healthy, but over the past few months I have overcome numerous health issues…some that I…