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My Top 3 Ways Hormones Affect Mental Health
My Top 3 Ways Hormones Affect Mental Health When you think about mental health, your first inclination is not to think about your hormones. But did you know that your hormones control many functions of the body, including our mood? Hormones are chemical agents that...
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Healthy Eating While You Travel – Part 3 – Dinner
HEALTHY EATING WHILE YOU TRAVEL - PART 3: DINNER I recently got back from vacation in Spain where I had to be conscious about the food I was choosing while I traveled. So I thought it would be a good idea to share some helpful tips about eating food while you travel....
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Healthy Eating While You Travel – Part 2 – Lunch
HEALTHY EATING WHILE YOU TRAVEL: PART 2 - LUNCH The word 'tapas' is synonymous with Spanish cuisine and every visitor to Spain wants to 'go for tapas'. While traveling in Spain I had the opportunity to enjoy tapas for lunch. A 'tapa' is not a type of food, but a way...
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Healthy Eating While You Travel – Part 1 – Breakfast
Healthy Eating While You Travel I just got back from vacation in Spain where I had to be conscious about the food I was choosing while I traveled. So I thought it would be a good idea to share some helpful tips about eating food while you travel. Typical travel food...
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Why Stop a Good Thing
Why Stop A Good Thing? Day 21 of my detox was back on May 10th - that was going to be my last day. Ten days later and I am still going strong. On the last day of the cleanse an interesting feeling came over me, I felt this deep feeling of accomplishment and...
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What’s in the Meat?
What's in the Meat? Today is the twentieth day of the detox, when I first started this journey back on April 20th I could not have imagined that this detox would have gone over so smoothly. I was really hesitant to be completely meat free on this detox. But I found...
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Detox – Clean Your Veggies and Fruits
Detox - Clean Your Veggies Today is day 16 of the detox program, and things are going very well. My mental clarity is amazing, my energy is super high, my sleep has been very deep, and everyday I am feeling more and more energetic. I have been following a super clean...
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Bulk Up With Fiber
Bulk Up With Fiber Today is day 10 of the detox program, and I am feeling amazing. It could not have happened on a better day, the sun is out today, the temperature is 20 degrees Celsius and the sky is a perfect blue. I feel like all my organs are firing in...
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Detoxification with a Capital C
Detoxification with a capital C During every one of my detoxes I always increase my vitamin C intake to 1 gram per hour over 8 hours; I will do this for the duration of the detox. I do this by taking a 1 gram capsule from 9am to 5pm every day. I keep them close to my...
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Detoxification Days 6 & 7 – Things Are Getting Easier
Days 6-7 of My Detox Day 6 for many of my patients is still a very heavy and difficult detox day. Patients will complain about poor sleep, constipation, sometimes nausea and even fatigue. I found myself sleeping longer that morning and taking a quick nap in the...
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