If you’re interested in health and nutrition, you’ve almost certainly heard about free radicals and the damage they can cause. You’ve also probably heard that antioxidants can prevent free radical damage. Here’s how free radicals can harm you, and how antioxidants can help keep you healthy. A Little Chemistry To understand what free radicals do, …
Intermittent fasting – eating little or no food for extended but intermittent periods – is a natural, healthy way to lose weight and improve your health. Our bodies are built for this method of eating. Long ago, when nourishing yourself meant hunting or scavenging for meat or waiting for fruit to ripen and fall from …
Recently in the news, it was revealed that millions of tons of radioactive water has been spilling into the Pacific Ocean since the earthquake in Japan in 2011. Water that contains more than 16 times the “safe” levels of cesium is now circulating freely in our waters. The American Medical Association has called for the …
One effective tool to help detox your body is contrast hydrotherapy; also known as contrast therapy. You can assist your body’s natural healing abilities when you help remove toxins, improve immunity, and boost your health. You can also help your body heal from minor injuries using this process. It helps strengthen the circulatory, nervous, musculoskeletal, endocrine, …
Anyone remotely interested in health, alternative health, and diet has probably heard of juice fasting. Supporters put it forward as a way to cleanse your body while obtaining necessary nutrients. Critics say they’re useless at best, and unhealthy at worst. But how much do you know about it? Here are six facts about juice fasting. …
With all the unhealthy things we put into our bodies every day, it’s nice to know that some common, natural herbs can help to support the body’s natural detoxification process. By cooking with these herbs in new recipes, or adding them to some of our existing favorites, we can support the liver, kidneys, bladder, stomach and …
Taking time to slow down and detox the mind is a must for totally cleansing your body. A mind detox involves removing toxic thoughts like fear, hate and worry, just like a body detox removes harmful impurities and accumulated toxins from your body. You can’t completely cleanse your body without also cleansing your mind of …
While many people choose a nutritional cleansing system to detox the body in an effort to improve overall health and/or boost weight loss, they probably don’t think about detoxing the skin from the outside as well. If you’ve never heard of dry skin brushing, consider that it may be one of the most important treatments …