Last week I interviewed Dr. Joel Fuhrman, Toxic Hunger: Overfed, Yet Malnourished: Here’s an excerpt of what he talked about:

In his last 20 years He discovered something new in the field of nutritional science that explains that the amount of food you desire and your desire to eat and overeat is dependent on the type of nutrients and nutritional quality of what you eat.

It’s not just how much you eat. When you diet and your micro-nutrient needs aren’t properly met, you build up more toxic waste products in your tissues, like free radicals and advanced glycation end products and lipofuscin.

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Within the last couple of generations, we have markedly changed the way that we consume foods and, at this point, we are setting ourselves up for a great many serious, long term Problems.

The nutrients we need are removed from processed foods — basically anything that comes in a box, can or jar. Read More

Do we need to take magnesium? The answer is YES. According to Dr. Norman Shealy, every known

illness is associated with a magnesium deficiency and low levels of the hormone DHEA.

DHEA is the health and youth hormone. If DHEA is low, magnesium is low. They go together.

Even a 10% increase in magnesium and DHEA levels is associated with a 48% decrease in death from cardiovascular disease and a 36% decrease in mortality – from all causes. READ MORE

1. Lose the hunger pangs. You can really lose weight without battling those pangs of hunger all the time. The chia seed is just perfect to help you with your battle; when water is added to them they increase in size, as the water forms a gel coating. This action makes you feel full and you will not want to eat, as the effects can last for hours.

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How Can You Lose Weight if Your Liver and Gallbladder are Failing?

Thursday March 4th  8:00pm – 9:00pm eastern

~Shed winter weight
~Boost your energy and look fantastic
~Take care of your liver and gallbladder
~Ideal daily and seasonal living routines to promote health and rejuvenation.

Most people unknowingly suffer from a dangerous buildup of gallstones in the liver and gallbladder.

These stones clog up the body’s cleansing organs and create a toxic environment incapable of maintaining good health. Eventually, and more often sooner than later, you become fatigued, your tissues grow inflamed and you gain weight.

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I always encourage people to eat a more vegetarian / live food diet. That means staying away from animal protein if at all possible. But, if you want to keep meat in your diet, try to do it in the healthiest way possible. When it comes to eating beef, I strongly recommend that you consume only “organic” and “grass-fed” beef. It makes a world of difference to your body because beef that you purchase in the grocery stores, even corn-fed beef, is filled with antibiotics and growth hormones.

In the article “What About Grass-Fed Beef?” Read More

If I don’t eat dairy, how do I get enough calcium? You get lots of calcium from various vegetables, especially green leafy vegetables such as kale, as well as broccoli and sesame seeds. Calcium is readily available in many foods. Better yet, these foods are alkaline producing, so the body can actually use the calcium it gets from them.

Dairy products actually do not provide sufficient calcium. The countries with the highest dairy consumption are also the ones with highest osteoporosis levels! Dairy is one of the most acidic foods on the pH scale and calcium is the number one mineral the body uses to buffer against excess acidity.

There is just never enough calcium in any dairy product to offset the acid-producing effect it has. So you actually end up losing calcium when you eat dairy products, not gaining it! Shocking, right? Contrary to popular belief, you don’t need to drink your milk in order to get your calcium.

Here are  foods high in calcium that don’t come from a cow: Read More

Getting rid of cellulite naturally is all about two important things: Diet and Exercise.

Cellulite is basically a combination of excess fat and body toxins lying beneath the surface of the skin.

Think about this: If your system is congested, your body will try to dump its metabolic wastes in areas of excess fat in order to get them out of the way, and create cellulite.

Engaging in a cellulite or fat cleansing process through diet and exercise may be the best way to get you started on attacking that cellulite and eating healthier.

Your overall health and also begin the process of ridding your body of that ugly cellulite. All you have to do is change your lifestyle in simple and positive ways:

Here are 12 simple tips on how to do it: Read More

Here are a few things you can do if your skin is dry in the winter time.

For a period of time you can reduce the fats in your diet if you have been eating too much processed and cooked fats. Too much fat can overload the liver, causing the skin to become very dry.

Eliminating or reducing the fats for 1-2 weeks gives the liver some rest and allows it to cleanse.

Interestingly enough, if you do not have enough fats, the same thing can occur – the skin can become too dry. Make sure you eat raw fats 4-6 times per week.

This can be in the form of low-temperature pressed oils (2-3 tbsp. 1-2x daily) from olives, flax, hemp and pumpkin seeds, avocados, olives (10-12 olives 3-4x week), coconut, raw nuts and seeds (1-3 tbsp. 4-5x week).

Avocado Caraway Dressing:

• 1 avocado
• 3 tablespoons lemon juice
• 3 tablespoons ginger juice
• 2 tablespoons caraway
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper

dash to 1/4 teaspoon Himalayan or Celtic Salt dash cayenne 1 cup kalamata olive water or blessed water with a dash of Celtic or Himalayan salt.  Blend all ingredients together in high-powered blender. Serve 1-2.

Raymond Francis, MIT graduate and expert in vitamin science explains sugar’s addictive qualities: “Animal studies show that regular consumption of sugar causes long-lasting changes in brain chemistry, similar to those caused by street drugs such as cocaine or heroin. These changes mean that even a single expo-sure to sweet, salty or fatty foods will change gene expression, stimulating opioids in the brain. These pleasure chemicals are addictive.” READ MORE