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6 Toxic Chemicals Lurking in Your Favorite Skin Care Products

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If you read my blog then you probably spend a lot of time at the grocery store scanning food labels for toxic ingredients like trans fats and MSG. But I’m willing to bet you aren’t as picky when it comes to your favorite personal care products. Perhaps this is because… There is a lot of [...]

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150 Healthiest Foods on Earth: Kale

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Kale has the highest ORAC rating of any vegetable on Earth! Tweet

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150 Healthiest Foods on Earth: Dandelion

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Dandelion is a remedy for many disorders. It’s been used in every herbal tradition all over the world for its many health benefits. You can sometimes buy whole dandelion greens and/or roots in the produce section of the health food store. Here are some cleansing supplements that include dandelion in the formulation: PaleoCleanse by Designs [...]

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150 Healthiest Foods: Cauliflower

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I know I usually tell you to cut everything white out of your diet… but this is the one exception. Cauliflower contains a potent antioxidant that activates enzymes in the liver that help you detoxify. Tweet

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150 Healthiest Foods: Beets

This great, under used food can improve heart health and cleanse your liver. It also has way more potassium than bananas. Tweet

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Miracle Mineral Reduces Blood Pressure… and Much More

A recent meta-analysis in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that magnesium could help reduce blood pressure. Researchers at the University of Hertfordshire analyzed 22 studies that involved 1,173 people total to understand how magnesium affects blood pressure. Each of these studies supplemented anywhere from 120 mg to nearly a gram of magnesium, and [...]

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The Top Ten Detoxifying Foods

The following is a guest article by Dr. John Dempster, originally posted on the Huffington Post. While I’m a firm believer that detoxification is an essential part of optimal health, I acknowledge there is a lot of misinformation on how to detox safely and effectively. I’m often asked, “What is the best detox/detox kit?” My [...]

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The Essentials of Detoxing

I want to talk to you a bit today about detoxing. Now this is a really hot buzzword these days, and everyone’s doing it and everyone’s talking about it, but what does it really mean, anyway? Obviously the notion is that you want to rid your body of toxins, but what you have to remember [...]

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