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A very warm welcome to Issue 16 of our Healthy Juicing Magazine. THIS ISSUE CONTRIBUTORS: Joe Cross We have over 25 Healthy Recipes for you this month, so, try at least a Frederic Patenaude few of them, I always do and am seldom disappointed. Aleister Boyd Jane Haddad There are ten articles which have videos which make it easy to consume Philip McCluskey Sanjay Thumma the information, if you are not a video person or are away from the Sophie Jaffe internet, we have transcribed most of them for you. Robyn Openshaw PH Celltox Systems In this month’s issue, we have an excellent mix of Juicing, Blending and Brandon Morrison Raw for your enjoyment. Heather Diamani Alison Smith If you have any suggestions for the magazine – email me at Diane Vukovic Corky Stankon [email protected] Elissa Goodman Rob Stuar Tap to check out our Social Media Presence Ritamarie Loscalzo John Munro Steve Wright Kayla Matthews Julie Kemeny

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BENEFITS OF JUICING BROCCOLI INDIAN RAW MANGO WITH JOE CROSS JUICE RECIPE

4 EASY TIPS TO HAVE 25% GOOD FATS ARE IN! COCONUT MORE ENERGY AND GET OIL, OMEGA 3 FATS AND DHA! HEALTHIER NOW! CHOOSING GREENS FOR A HOW TO GET KIDS TO DRINK SMOOTHIE THEIR VEGGIES FRESH RAW JUICES - DELICIOUS VEGETABLE THE MISSING LINK TO SMOOTHIES FOR KIDS VIBRANT HEALTH WHO HATE VEGGIES ONION AND GARLIC FOR DRAGON GREEN SMOOTHIE INCREASED TESTOSTERONE

WHEN HEALTHY FOOD SUCKS SPICY TOMATO JUICE RECIPE Table of Contents

FOOD LOVE: 3 JUICE RECIPES FOR FRESH ALOE VERA JUICE IMMUNITY, INFLAMMATION WITH ORANGE & DETOXIFICATION SORBITOL: THE REASON WHY HOW TO TELL PEOPLE YOU ARE PEACH JUICE CAN GIVE VEGAN (WITHOUT MAKING YOU DIARRHOEA THEM HATE YOU) HOW TO SET UP YOUR KITCHEN SWEET KALE SMOOTHIE FOR FOR THE ULTIMATE JUICING WEIGHT LOSS EXPERIENCE

CLEANSE YOUR LIVER ISSUE 15 TOPICS COVERED

ALKALIZING GREEN JUICE RECIPE SUBSCRIBE

ADRENAL FATIGUE: TIPS TO CONTRIBUTE RESTORING YOUR ENERGY AND YOUR HEALTH Benefits of Juicing Broccoli with Joe Cross Benefits of Juicing Broccoli with Joe Cross

Hey! If you are anything like me, sometimes in juicing that. How can that taste good? Well, I am the afternoon you’re going to run out of energy. going to use the broccoli as the bulk of this juice. Instead of reaching for that snack—that cookie, that processed something or other—how about But I am going to add in some , some reaching for a juice? carrot, and a couple of peeled oranges. That’s

How about an “oh, sweet broccoli” juice?

Joe Cross here from the movie Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead, and you might know me from RebootWithJoe.com.

Today I am going to make up a juice with broccoli. Yes, broccoli. It’s called an “oh, sweet broccoli” juice. You might say - broccoli, I don’t kind of imagine Benefits of Juicing Broccoli with Joe Cross

going to sweeten up and give it a lot of body. It’s a little bit dark because of our broccoli which is perfect, and if we pour it out, you can see that But broccoli is one of my champion veggies. It lovely color that you may not look at that and is an absolute winner when it comes to health. think, oh, that’s enticing. But let me tell you this How about this? It reduces heart disease. It can juice is an absolute winner. It’s actually not as reduce cholesterol. Its cancer preventing. It’s high sweet as you would think because the broccoli in anti-oxidants, and also for those of you with really brings it down, but it’s one of those juices, allergies out there, this is a real winner. Getting particularly in winter. In the afternoon if you just some broccoli juice can really help those allergies want to get some energy and lift up and get a big coming on and really dulls them down which is burst, this juice is an absolute champion. what we all need if we get the sneezes. Now, I also want to talk a little bit about the pulp So to kick off the juicing today, I have got a Sage because I get a lot of people ask me, Joe, we’re juicer here from my great friends at Lakeland. Now juicing out all this energy from the plants, but a juicer is very different from a blender. A juicer, what do we do with the pulp? what we do, is we put the produce in the chute, and we separate out. We take the cellulose of the What do we do with the cellulose, the structure plant, we put that to one side, and we extract out that was holding the plant together? Well, there’s all the liquid sunshine. a bunch of things you can do with it. If you want to give it to your garden, you can do that. It’s Ingredients: fantastic for compost.

• 1 Cucumber

• Bunch Broccoli

• 1 Carrot

• 2 X Oranges (peeled)

If we just take a look at that you can see that we’ve actually got a nice, green color.

Or if you want to put it on like veggie burgers. You can make a broth with it. You can make muffins with it. There’s so many things you can do, and if you’re not ready to do it right now, you can put it in a re-sealable bag, put it in the freezer, and store it up.

For more juicing tips and recipes from Joe Cross, visit the Lakeland website at www.lakeland.co.uk/info/joe-cross-videos Hey! If you are anything like me, sometimes in • Bunch Broccoli the afternoon you’re going to run out of energy. • 1 Carrot Instead of reaching for that snack—that cookie, that processed something or other—how about • 2 X Oranges (peeled) reaching for a juice?

If we just take a look at that you can see that How about an “oh, sweet broccoli” juice? we’ve actually got a nice, green color.

Joe Cross here from the movie Fat, Sick, and It’s a little bit dark because of our broccoli which Nearly Dead, and you might know me from is perfect, and if we pour it out, you can see that RebootWithJoe.com. lovely color that you may not look at that and think, oh, that’s enticing. But let me tell you this Today I am going to make up a juice with broccoli. juice is an absolute winner. It’s actually not as Yes, broccoli. It’s called an “oh, sweet broccoli” juice. sweet as you would think because the broccoli You might say - broccoli, I don’t kind of imagine really brings it down, but it’s one of those juices, juicing that. How can that taste good? Well, I am particularly in winter. In the afternoon if you just going to use the broccoli as the bulk of this juice. want to get some energy and lift up and get a big burst, this juice is an absolute champion. But I am going to add in some cucumber, some carrot, and a couple of peeled oranges. That’s Now, I also want to talk a little bit about the pulp going to sweeten up and give it a lot of body. because I get a lot of people ask me, Joe, we’re juicing out all this energy from the plants, but But broccoli is one of my champion veggies. It what do we do with the pulp? is an absolute winner when it comes to health. How about this? It reduces heart disease. It can What do we do with the cellulose, the structure reduce cholesterol. Its cancer preventing. It’s high that was holding the plant together? Well, there’s in anti-oxidants, and also for those of you with a bunch of things you can do with it. If you want allergies out there, this is a real winner. Getting to give it to your garden, you can do that. It’s some broccoli juice can really help those allergies fantastic for compost. coming on and really dulls them down which is what we all need if we get the sneezes. Or if you want to put it on like veggie burgers. You can make a broth with it. You can make muffins So to kick off the juicing today, I have got a Sage with it. There’s so many things you can do, and if juicer here from my great friends at Lakeland. Now you’re not ready to do it right now, you can put a juicer is very different from a blender. A juicer, it in a re-sealable bag, put it in the freezer, and what we do, is we put the produce in the chute, store it up. and we separate out. We take the cellulose of the plant, we put that to one side, and we extract out For more juicing tips and recipes from all the liquid sunshine. Joe Cross, visit the Lakeland website at www.lakeland.co.uk/info/joe-cross-videos Ingredients:

• 1 Cucumber 4 Easy Tips to Have 25% More Energy and Get Healthier Now! 4 Easy Tips to Have 25% More Energy and Get Healthier Now!

Yes, you can increase your energy levels by at In addition to being high in fat, cheese also contain least 25% and reach a higher level of health with certain substances that make it addictive (see the very simple diet and lifestyle changes. I’m going book “The Food Seduction”). to outline some of my best tips that anybody can apply to see dramatic results fast. I’m going to give Cheese is also one of the most mucus-forming foods tips for beginners as well as more experienced. there is, and most people who drop it from their diet notice immediate improvements in their health. THE ONE FOOD YOU MUST AVOID My experience leads me to believe that if there’s First things first, there are certain foods we eat one thing everybody should eliminate from her or that literally drain away our health, our energy, or her diet, its cheese. both. If you want to make positive steps towards eating a healthy diet, you have to start by avoiding DROP THE OIL them first. Excessive fat consumption is related to a wide I won’t go into the obvious junk foods everybody range of health problems, not just “getting fat.” knows to be unhealthy. Instead, I’ll talk about Fat consumption affects how your body processes probably one of the unhealthiest foods on the sugar, and an excessive fat consumption leads to supermarket shelves, one that’s still considered blood sugar imbalances, such as hypoglycemia, healthy. diabetes, and even candida.

I’m talking about *cheese*. More specifically, ripened In light of all of this, there’s really no reason anyone cheese (parmesan, cheddar, camembert, etc.). should consume any type of oil on a regular basis. This includes olive oil, flax seed oil, hemp seed oil, and any kind of “healthy” oil you can imagine.

There’s no reason because you can get all the fat and omega-3 you can possibly need by consuming *whole* foods, such as avocados, nuts and seeds.

A tablespoon of oil contains about 150 calories. Add a few of those to your salads and you’ve already consumed a very high-fat meal! 4 Easy Tips to Have 25% More Energy and Get Healthier Now!

So my recommendation is to *drop the oil*. Just get rid of it. Don’t buy it anymore. It’s okay to have a bit of olive oil occasionally when you go out and have a salad, for example, but in your home, use healthy fats from whole foods, not refined fats from oils.

GREEN SMOOTHIES AND THE GREEN CLEANSE

Without a doubt, my best all-around tip for improving your health, needing less sleep, overcoming deficiencies, reaching your ideal THE MAGIC OF EXERCISE shape, and overcoming cravings, is the regular consumption of green smoothies. If you go for One of the best ways to help your body regulate a week on just green smoothies (and fruit), you blood sugar and appetite *naturally* is to create won’t believe how great you’ll feel at the end of a natural *demand* for food. that week.

This means that regular exercise is an essential And best of all, it’s not as hard as it seems, as long part of any nutrition program. Just diet alone as you have the proper support and motivation. cannot help your body process the foods you’re eating if there’s no demand for it.

One of the best exercises you can start right now is walking. I’m all for going to the gym and getting in shape, but chances are that you might just need to start walking more.

I suggest you start with 15 minutes a day, and then increase to 30 minutes, until you can do 30 to 60 minutes every day. Try to maintain a pace that is comfortable, yet a little challenging.

If you get in the habit of walking or exercising in the morning before breakfast, you’ll notice that you’ll be drawn to eating the right foods and you’ll experience less cravings and less energy swings during the day. 4 Easy Tips to Have 25% More Energy and Get Healthier Now!

5 SUPER-EASY AND SUPER-HEALTHY GREEN SMOOTHIE RECIPES

COMBINATION 1: COMBINATION 2: STRAWBERRY-BANANA- MANGO PARSLEY ROMAINE • Flesh from 2 large • 1 cup strawberries mangos • 2 bananas • 1 bunch of parsley • ½ bunch romaine • Water (as much as needed to get desired • Water consistency)

COMBINATION 4: FINGER COMBINATION 3: PEAR-KALE-MINT BANANA-SPINACH

• 5 finger bananas (also • 4 ripe pears called sugar bananas or • 4-5 leaves of kale date bananas)

• ½ bunch mint • 1 handfuls of spinach leaves • Water COMBINATION 5: BOSC • Water PEAR-RASPBERRY-KALE

• 3 bosc pears

• 1 handful of raspberries

• 4-5 kale leaves

• Water

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Children require the finest nutrition available, and disguise raw like broccoli with natural the challenge is that most kids don’t really want fruit flavors like pineapple. to eat their veggies. This green smoothie has all the right fuel for So if you can’t get them to eat it, get them to drink it. inquisitive, young minds that will help them concentrate for longer without that dip in energy And with the juicer set up, kids real get into that you get from artificial or processed foods. creating their own drink. And it’s great for busy parents because it condenses all the nutrients It’s one golden delicious apple, and there will be into one glass. And like in this recipe you can even a definite wow! Moment when kids first seea How to Get Kids to Drink their Veggies

whole apple go into its liquid nutrient form. And as the commercial variety is often waxy, and you the harder the apple, the more juice you’ll get, lose some of the nutrients when you have to cut and go for golden delicious or royal gala, but off the skin. avoid granny smith that can overpower and taste Two stalks of celery rich in vitamins K and C, and a little tart. it’s a great immune system booster.

One wedge of pineapple which is a good source One lime - can be juiced with the peel on, so of vitamin B1 and C and magnesium, and the always try to get organic, but if it’s a little too enzyme bromeline helps stabilize the acid/alkaline zesty you can remove the skin. balance in the body. One stalk of broccoli, a bold flavor, it supports One cup of spinach, kids normally turn their noses the body’s natural detoxification system, and up at spinach, but mix it in with these delicious it’s overflowing with vitamins K, C, A and folate, , and there will be no protest. and use the long stems as they are loaded with minerals and have more juice than the florets. Two leaves of kale known as THE green superfood, one small cucumber, and try to only get organic Juice all these ingredients.

And with the juice made, you’re ready to combine the avocado in the blender. Avocadoes are one of the healthiest sources of monounsaturated fats that you can eat, and when you add them to the green juice it actually increases the absorption of anti-oxidants because they are rich in lecithin and minerals. They are a great food, and they make the smoothies creamier.

Add ice which will bring it all together.

Green smoothies are a great way to get kids to consume a powerhouse of pure nutrients. And they will open the kids’ taste buds to a new array of flavors. Green cheese to those healthy young minds. Delicious Vegetable Smoothies for Kids Who Hate Veggies Delicious Vegetable Smoothies for Kids Who Hate Veggies

Most children find little appeal in green and leafy Luckily, there are smoothies you can make at home vegetables and it can be a battle trying to get that don’t have to taste like vegetables. Ingredients your kids to eat their greens. If you have kids like fruits and yogurt make the smoothies sweet who don’t like the taste of vegetables, sneaking and mask the taste that kids find unpleasant. some greens into their smoothies is a smart way Making smoothies is easy and hassle free. All you to include essential nutrients into their daily diet. need is a blender and natural ingredients to boost Serving them smoothies ensures that your kids your child’s nutrient and energy level to jump start get the same health benefits without you having the day. Veggie smoothies are ideal for breakfast to force them. or quick snacks. Delicious Vegetable Smoothies for Kids Who Hate Veggies

Here are some of the tried-and-tested veggie POPEYE’S POWERCHARGER smoothie recipes that my kids love. Blend 1 cup of apple juice and 2 cups of spinach CARROT ORANGE DELIGHT (chopped). Then add 1 medium sized banana (chopped) and 1 cup of carrots (chopped). Blend it Blend in 3/4 cup of carrot juice, 3/4 cup of orange again. Then add 4 ice cubes and more apple juice juice, and 3/4 cup of vanilla yogurt. Add 6 ice cubes to taste. Blend thoroughly until smooth. gradually and blend thoroughly until smooth. Serve right away. TIP: You can make any of these recipes into a Popsicle with the help of silicon Popsicle molds. PUMPKIN POWER DRINK Kids are even more likely to overlook the taste of greens when they are frozen! Blend in 15 ounces of pumpkin (chilled), 12 ounces of evaporated milk, 1 cup of vanilla yogurt, 1 Making your kids eat their greens need not to be a tablespoon of organic honey and 2 tablespoons challenging task. With these delicious and highly of cinnamon. Blend well. You can top it with some nutritious smoothie recipes, you’ll be sure your more cinnamon. kids get their daily dose of important nutrients intake the fun and easy way. If they like the taste, GARDEN SMOOTHIE you can reveal what’s included in their yummy smoothie. I’m sure they will never look at veggies Blend in 1 cherry tomato, 1 celery stalk (chopped), the same way again. 1 small cucumber (peeled), 3 spinach leaves, 1 cup of plain yogurt, 6 ice cubes, and salt and To find out how you can increase the nutrient level pepper to taste. of your child’s diet with the help of smoothies, visit www.sensationalsmoothies.com. TOMANGO COMBO

Blend 1 large tomato (peeled and deseeded), 1 cup ripe mango (diced), 1/2 cup plain yogurt, 1/2 cup milk (any milk or milk substitute of your choice) and one tablespoon organic honey.

TANGY BROCCOLI

Blend in 4 florets of broccoli (fresh or frozen), 1/2 cucumber (chopped), 1/2 cup of tomato juice,1 teaspoon of Worcestershire sauce, 6 ice cubes and 2 drops of Tabasco sauce. Blend thoroughly until smooth. Dragon Fruit Green Smoothie Dragon Fruit Green Smoothie

Hi, I am Jane from GreenSmoothieHabit.com Yesterday, Morgan brought me a dragon fruit. I where I show you how to drink your greens to have never used a dragon fruit in a green smoothie achieve your dreams. before, so that’s what we’re doing today.

We’re going beyond the blender so that you know All you need to do to prepare the dragon fruit is what to do with all of your new found mental clarity cut it in half, take a tablespoon, and scoop out the and energy and positive attitude that comes from flesh. You can see how easy it is and how tender drinking the greens. the flesh is. Dragon Fruit Green Smoothie

Put it right into your Vitamix.

Look for dragon fruits that are shiny on the outside and the leaves are still green. The one I have needed to be used up now, and that’s why I am putting it into a green smoothie.

I added some tender butter lettuce, the kind that they sell in the packet. So it’s a little bit more expensive. This was $3.29 as opposed to getting say a bunch of romaine or green leaf lettuce for $1.99. But every once in a while I splurge and I get this beautiful, still growing butter lettuce, and I took four of these beautiful leaves, very mild in flavor, and that’s why I chose it. I thought it would go nice with the mild dragon fruit.

A cup of water and we’re good to go. Let’s blend

Well, that’s the dragon fruit flavor. It’s new to me, and it’s slightly sweet. The pear is a perfect match for it. I dare say this is a great smoothie. So the recipe is below.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup water

• 1 Dragon Fruit, ripe

• 1 Pear, ripe

• 4 leaves butter lettuce

Jane Haddad has been creating, consuming, writing about, teaching, and enjoying the benefits of green smoothies since 2006. She is the author of Green Smoothie Habit, Drink Your Greens to Achieve Your Dreams 28 Day Success Guide. Visit her website for recipes, videos, and to connect with other smoothie health enthusiasts at the myHABIT community: greensmoothiehabit.com When Healthy Food Sucks When Healthy Food Sucks

Imagine this… well, how do I say this… boring. Boring I say! You’ve finally ditched the Standard American Diet, you switched to eating whole foods and healthy Your favorite dressing doesn’t do the trick anymore, fruits and veggies. Woohoo, things are great, you’ve you’ve thrown the recipe cards away, and you find lost weight, your skin has cleared up, and your yourself eating processed foods more and more. energy is through the roof. You’ve told everyone Next thing you know it you’re spiraling downhill and you know about healthy living, you’ve printed out French fries are the only thing to hold on to. Help!!!! recipe cards of your favorite dressing, life is good. Right, I hear you. What do you do when healthy Then it happens…. food sucks? A few years of living this way passed by in a whirlwind of excitement, experimentation and lots Watch this video and discover the 3 steps you can of new clothes, and then you realize your salad is do today to break the curse!

Philip McCluskey is a sought-after motivational speaker, author, host, spokesperson and weight loss expert who inspires and educates thousands worldwide about the raw food lifestyle, after he lost over 215 pounds naturally. He is the author of six books and multiple coaching programs, including the Weight Loss Blueprint (weightlossblueprint.com), the Get Juicy Cleanse (www.getjuicycleanse.com), and Vimergy (www.vimergy.com). Visit his YouTube channel to get inspired and follow his journey at www.youtube.com/lovingraw Indian Raw Mango Juice Recipe Indian Raw Mango Juice Recipe

Raw mango is a mango that hasn’t yet ripened Instructions: and attained its orange/deep yellow color, this is known as ‘Kairee’ in Hindi and Urdu. • Soak the basil seeds in water so they swell up into a jelly. Set aside. Ingredients: • Boil the mango in a pressure cooker or roast • 1 raw mango it. This helps get the pulp out. • 1 cup pomegranate seeds • Blend all the ingredients except the basil seeds. • 2 Tbsp. Sabjaa seeds (basil seeds) • Add the basil gel into the juice and mix. • Pinch of volcanic black salt • 1 tbsp honey (optional)

Vahchef Sanjay Thumma is a talented, popular chef who, through his website and YouTube channel, makes healthy Indian cooking easy and fun. For more recipes from Vahchef, visit his website at www.vahrehvah.com or his YouTube channel at www.vahrehvah.com. Good fats are IN! Coconut oil, omega 3 fats and DHA! Good fats are IN! Coconut oil, omega 3 fats and DHA!

For a long time, fat got a bad rap. Now, fat is Plant sources of ALA omega-3 include nuts and finally getting its due. In fact, eating good fats seeds, especially flaxseed oil or ground flaxseeds. can actually help you lose weight. That’s right ALA omega 3’s are also found in lesser amounts in folks, GOOD fats can get rid of BAD fat! Whether , whole and green leafy vegetables. or not you want to lose weight the fact is: we all Coldwater fish like wild salmon are also a great need fats. In particular, omega fatty acids (also source of ALA. They can also be great sources of known as EFAs) are vital for health. EPA and DHA.

OMEGA-3 FATS Unfortunately for vegans, there aren’t many vegan sources of EPA or DHA (the exception is algae). The king of the EFA’s is the omega-3 fat. There Because Omega 6 hinders the conversion of ALA are three types of Omega 3s: alpha-linolenic into EPA and DHA, vegans need to be careful that acid (ALA), eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and they are consuming enough ALA while keeping docosahexaenoic acid (DHA). There are plenty of Omega 6 intake low. great natural sources of these fatty acids. Your body can also make EPA and DHA out of ALA. The adequate intake guideline developed by However, you have too Omega 6 in your diet (such the National Academy of Sciences Institute of as from corn and sunflower oils), your body might Medicine recommends that men consume 1.6 not be making enough EPA or DHA. grams of omega-3 fatty acids a day, and that women consume 1.1 grams daily (unless pregnant or lactating, see below).

DHA’S AND PREGNANCY

During pregnancy, developing babies rely on their mothers to get needed DHA. Since DHA is largely derived from the foods we eat, the content of DHA in a mother’s diet determines the amount of DHA passed on to her developing baby. Unfortunately, the majority of pregnant women in the U.S. fail to get the recommended amount of DHA in their diets and DHA is not found in most prenatal vitamins. The good news is leaders in maternal Good fats are IN! Coconut oil, omega 3 fats and DHA! health are beginning to educate women about the for vegetarians and vegans. Significant amounts of importance of DHA and some food manufacturers DHA are found in animal organ meats and fatty fish. are starting to come up with creative ways to help people - pregnant and non-pregnant- get the My advice? Get a good DHA supplement from your DHA they need. doctor or from a health foods store. According to Dr. Barbara Levine, associate professor of Current research suggests adequate levels of DHA nutrition in medicine at Weill Medical College of may help increase a developing baby’s cognitive Cornell University, “the purest source of DHA is functioning, reduce the risk of pre-term labor and not the fish itself, but rather what fish consume: decrease the risk of postpartum depression. the ocean’s vegetarian plant algae.” Taking DHA supplements produced from marine algae is therefore a safe way for pregnant women to boost their fatty acid stores. (like the spirulina which is inside Green Dream powder!)

ANOTHER GOOD FAT: COCONUT OIL

Organic coconut oil is anunrefined, non-hydrogenated plant oil that’s produced from fresh coconut kernel without the use of harmful chemicals. The production process retains a maximum amount of the active medicinal compounds in this organic oil, including lauric acid, caprylic acid and capric acid. Modern research studies have found that these coconut oil compounds provide a number of benefits.

Why do pregnant and lactating women, who so critically need DHA, find it difficult to get the recommended amount of this crucial nutrient in their diets? There are two primary reasons. First, during pregnancy, the daily requirements of DHA increase from 220 mg to somewhere between 300 and 1,000 mg (depending on which expert you consult). Second, DHA isn’t easy to get in your diet, especially Good fats are IN! Coconut oil, omega 3 fats and DHA!

COCONUT FOR WEIGHT LOSS fight off infection while their immune systems are developing. Coconut oil can be a healthy source of dietary fat when you’re trying to lose weight, according to FUNCTIONAL FOOD Bruce Fife. In his book “The Coconut Miracle,” he writes that it contains fewer calories than most According to the Coconut Research Center, oils and has no toxic trans-fats. Furthermore, coconut oil is classified as a functional food the saturated fats in coconut oil are in the form because it provides a number of benefits beyond of medium-chain triglycerides (MCTs), which those provided by its nutritional content. Fife are more easily metabolized than long-chain notes that more than half of the fatty acids found triglycerides (LCTs) and are less likely to get stored in coconut oil are in the form of lauric acid and as body fat. capric acid, two compounds that have potent anti- viral, anti-bacterial and anti-protozoal properties True story: that aid in treating genital herpes, influenza, HIV/ AIDS, hepatitis C and gum disease. My girlfriend, who had a baby the same time as I did, couldn’t lose the last few pounds 6-9 months My son AND my dog LOVE coconut oil. They will after having her baby girl. She tried everything. eat it by the spoonful, which is the best way to She connected with me about the stubborn last consume it. If you (or your family) don’t love it that pounds, so I asked her what she was eating each way too, no biggie, just add it to any smoothie or day, when, and what her activity level/exercise substitute it for other oils when cooking. You’ll fall was like. Everything seemed fine. She was breast in love, trust me! feeding, so that should be doing the trick. After I was stumped, I said, “Just as an experiment, try having 1-2 Tablespoons of coconut oil each day in addition to the rest of the stuff you’re eating/doing. Don’t change anything else, only the coconut oil each day.” She DID, and 2 weeks later she reported in that she had lost that last 5-7 lbs!!! With NO other change but the coconut oil. Yippeee! I love success stories!

IMPROVES IMMUNE FUNCTION

Coconut oil is rich in lauric acid, a compound that supports immune function, according to Jon J. Kabara, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus at Michigan State University. He writes that when you take coconut oil, the body converts the lauric acid in this oil into a compound called monolaurin. Kabara reports that monolaurin is a potent immune system stimulant that can also be obtained from human breast milk. It helps nursing babies to Good fats are IN! Coconut oil, omega 3 fats and DHA!

HERE IS A GREAT DESSERT SMOOTHIE RECIPE INCLUDING COCONUT OIL

• 8 oz. (can use almond, hemp or oat milk)

• 1 T Green Dream

• 1 T Cacao Magic

• 2 handfuls frozen organic kale

• 2 ice cream scoops of coconut milk Mint Chip vegan “ice cream”

• fresh mint (about 10 leaves)

• 1 T Cacao Nibs Cacao Magic is a superfood blend packed with antioxidants to fight aging, inflammation, cancer, • 1 frozen banana and to boost immunity. It contains cacao, reishi, • 1 T coconut oil mesquite, maca, chia, rice bran, and vanilla.

• 1 T sunflower seed butter (could use any nut butter)

• 2 handfuls of ice

Blend and enjoy!

Green Dream is a superfood blend I created. It contains spirulina, maca, mesquite, hemp, chia, rice bran, and vanilla. These ingredients give you a natural power boost and also helps nourish and detoxify the body.

Sophie Jaffe is a certified Raw Food Nutritionist and Raw Food Chef. After managing a raw foods store in Hollywood which specialized in creating group cleanses, she became dissatisfied with the “one size fits all” model of detox regimens and branched offto create her own company, Philosophie. For more from Sophie and to find great superfood products, visit www.thephilosophie.com. Choosing Greens for a Smoothie Choosing Greens for a Smoothie

Super video by Robyn, some great information, well worth a watch.. Editor

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It is well known among health enthusiasts that Enzymes enable us to digest our food and absorb the optimal diet consists of 70 to 80 percent the nutrients into our blood. There are three raw foods or foods that have never been heated major classes of enzymes: metabolic enzymes beyond 120 degrees. The reason given is that the which work in blood, tissue and organs; food “enzymes” are destroyed at temperatures above enzymes from raw food; and digestive enzymes. 120 degrees. Since 1968, 1,300 enzymes have been identified. A shortage of these enzymes can lead to serious So what are enzymes? health problems. In fact, specific enzymes have actually been used to dissolve cancerous tumors. Enzymes are the elements that enable the body to be nourished and is the life principle hidden Due to our insistence on eating cooked food, our within all seeds of plants. It has mistakenly been bodies’ enzyme stores are depleted in the process referred to as a protein molecule. In reality it is of digesting food that is devoid of enzymes. This the life force contained in the protein molecule gradual depletion of our body’s enzyme reserves itself. For clarity, the protein molecule is the carrier can lead to the proliferation of anaerobic bacteria, of the enzyme activity much the same as a light viruses and parasites. This is also a key factor in bulb is the carrier of electrical current. the aging process.

(Image showing glycolytic enzymes converting glucose into energy) Fresh Raw Vegetable Juices - The Missing Link to Vibrant Health

THE POWER OF JUICE Due to the large amount of vitamin A contained in carrot juice, some mistakenly think that you can So what is the easiest way to get a quantity of life- drink too much carrot juice and this can lead to giving enzymes into our body while also providing the skin having a yellowish tint. The fact is that the our bodies with easily absorbed nutrients? type of vitamin A in carrot juice, carotene, does Drinking freshly pressed, organic vegetable juices not cause a yellowish tint to the skin any more on a daily basis is the key. Dr. Norman Walker than alfalfa will turn a cow who munches on it pioneered the value of fresh, raw vegetable juices green. The jaundiced yellowish tint from drinking over 60 years ago and recounted his experiences large quantities of carrot juice on a daily basis is in his book, “Fresh Vegetable and Fruit Juices.” due to the bile being stirred up as the liver and gall The fact that he lived until the ripe old age of 99 bladder are eliminating toxins. This “jaundiced- is living proof of the value of this practice. look” will continue while drinking one to two quarts of carrot juice daily until the congealed Of all the numerous vegetable and fruit juices he bile in the liver and gall bladder is dissolved and discusses in his book, the most valuable is carrot these organs are thoroughly cleansed. juice. According to Dr. Walker, the carrot juice molecule is analogous to that of our own blood. It My favorite juice drink that provides loads of is well known as a blood purifier and liver cleanser. valuable enzymes while cleansing the blood and It the richest bioavailable source of vitamin A and liver (therefore boosting the immune system) is also contains generous amounts of vitamins B, made with carrots, beets, apples and root. C, D, E and K as well as calcium, magnesium and many other trace minerals. Drinking one pint Enzyme Carrot Juice (makes about 1 quart of of freshly pressed, organic carrot juice daily will juice) provide the body with more bio-available calcium • 10 to 12 medium to large organic carrots than 10 jars of calcium tablets. • 1 medium size beet (add the beet greens for an even more healthful drink)

• 1-2 apples

• 3/4 inch slice of fresh ginger root

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I ran into some interesting information while went to work on find alternative methods. Another helping out at the USAW certification course this source stated that high levels of antioxidants have past weekend, specifically regarding theories on been known to increase testosterone levels. Since increasing testosterone levels without using illicit onions contain high levels of antioxidants they substances. quickly became the substance that would be used in the trials. Scientists conducted the study with The first theory was regarding a study that rats, using a juicer to create onion juice that was was conducted at the Tabriz University in Iran. fed directly into the stomach of rats via a tube. I According to some sources, many men who am not sure how a poor citizen of Iran is supposed suffer from fertility issues in Iran cannot afford the to afford a juicer if they can’t afford simple medical medical treatments necessary to increase fertility treatment, but that is another story in itself. and testosterone production, so their scientists Onion and Garlic for Increased Testosterone

The second theory discussed was the role of garlic and its ability to increase testicular testosterone when supplemented along with a high cholesterol and protein diet. Different groups of rats were fed casein diets, one group being supplemented with garlic powder and one without any supplementation. The group that was supplemented with garlic powder was discovered to have significantly higher testosterone contents in the testes with decreased corticosterone concentration when compared with the garlic-free group after 28 days. The garlic-free group was fed corn oil which is cholesterol-free, which could have influenced the results, since cholesterol is a precursor to testosterone production.

The results were nothing short of impressive; over Although this data indicates that garlic a 300% increase in serum testosterone levels consumption can greatly increase testosterone after 20 days for the group of rats that were production, again, it is important to remember given 1 gram of raw onion juice per kilogram of that the studies were conducted on rats, not bodyweight. LH (luteinizing hormone), FSH (follicle humans. I would recommend experimentation stimulating hormone) and overall sperm quality with both onion juice and garlic supplementation was increased in the blood for this group as to see if your own testosterone levels are raised, well. It has been stated that in 1967 an Egyptian but I would hardly expect to see a 300% increase researcher found that an intake of onion juice in an already healthy, strong individual. I may increased the testes in lab animals, although I experiment with the onion juice myself as I head have been unable to find this research myself. into my first week of the Smolov squat program.

While these results are astounding, and make me want to carry a gallon of onion juice with me at all times, how much of a carry-over there is for humans has not been fully researched. The onion juice was given to the rats directly into their stomachs via a tube, bypassing the normal digestive system. It is unknown whether digestive enzymes would affect the raising of testosterone levels from onion juice. It is also important to note that people are not lab rats, and are not men from Iran suffering from infertility issues. Still, drinking 1 gram of onion juice per kilogram of bodyweight seems like a great way to test your testicular/ovarian fortitude. The stinking rose Onion and Garlic for Increased Testosterone

ONION AND GARLIC JUICE RECIPES SAVORY SMOOTHIE WITH ONION

*Tip: Always juice garlic or onion first so the other • ½ an avocado ingredients clear the aroma from the juicer! • 2 tomatoes

GARLIC VEGETABLE JUICE • Pinch of cayenne • Pinch of salt • 1 clove fresh garlic, peeled • ½ red onion • 5 carrots • 1 bunch parsley • 1 large broccoli stalk • 1 orange bell pepper • 1 cucumber • 2 cups water • 1 large bunch of kale Blend all ingredients and enjoy! Peel the garlic and juice along with the other ingredients. Enjoy! Recipe from www.rawfamily.com

Recipe from spabettie.com GREEN HERBAL GULPENSHLURPER

GARLIC KISS JUICE • 8oz spinach

• 2 cloves garlic, peeled • 8 large savoy cabbage leaves (or dark greens like kale) • ½ inch ginger root • 1 avocado • 4 apples • 3 hot peppers • 2 stalks celery • 1 red onion Juice all ingredients and enjoy! • 6 cloves of garlic Recipe from blendedrecipes.com • 1 small bunch of herbs (mint or parsley work well)

Peel the onions and garlic, remove stems from the peppers, and blend all ingredients together. Enjoy!

Recipe from greensmoothiesblog.com

Brandon Morrison is an Olympic Weightlifting Coach at Seattle University, Coach of AJAX Weightlifting Team, and Amateur Strongman. He shares his knowledge at Lift Big Eat Big, a resource for athletes, coaches and trainers to get research-based information on all topics fitness, nutrition, recovery, strength, and mass gains. Visit www.liftbigeatbig.com Spicy Tomato Juice Recipe Spicy Tomato Juice Recipe

Hi! I am Heather with Blend Happy, and today I Put all these into you Juicer and juice away. am making spicy tomato. Then add 2 tomatoes and ½ Lime to your Blender Ingredients: and pour in the juice and blend until smooth. This recipe is fabulous for anti-inflammatory, if • 4 Carrots you’re not feeling well. It just gives you that spice • 2 Celery Stalks that perks you up

• 1 Cup Spinach All right, so it’s brown, but that’s okay! It doesn’t have to look great to taste great. • 1 Jalapeno Pepper • 1/2 Lime Mmmm! Awesome! It’s so good. Woo, perfect! Perfect hint of lime, the taste of tomato, and I • 1 Tomato definitely get that jalapeno kick.

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One of the best ways to saturate your body with But now I use an Omega 8006 — one of the best healing nutrients is to start juicing. juicers on the planet (in my opinion). It extracts juice incredibly well, and I’m left with super dry I just love to make juice, and I believe that it has pulp, which I use to make juice pulp muffins. played a major role in helping me to recover from serious illness (along with heaps of other holistic And, the best part, the Omega 8006 only takes and medical practices and treatments). about 1 minute to clean! It’s so easy to clean that I feel compelled to use it multiple times a day. I started off making juice in a really crappy juicer that I got as a hand-me-down. The machine was Today, I thought that I would share with you 3 of downright awful! It hardly extracted juice from my favorite juices. When recovering from any fruits and veggies, and it left the soppiest of juice illness, you need to concentrate on building up your pulps. And, boy was it a pain in the ass to clean! immune system, reducing internal inflammation, Whoa. It took about 15 minutes to clean the darn and detoxifying the body. These juice recipes that I’m circular, mesh net inside the juicer. sharing with you today, focus on these 3 processes. Food Love: 3 Juice Recipes for Immunity, Inflammation & Detoxification

Get Better Juice is very popular at my house. We whip up a big batch whenever we feel any sniffles coming on. And, it’s a wonderful juice recipe to start with when you are a novice juicer.

If you haven’t tried it yet, you must taste fresh turmeric; it’s amazing! Turmeric, which is a root that looks very much like fresh ginger, has wonderful anti-inflammatory properties, as well as anti-cancer propertise, too. This juice recipe surprisingly tastes like mango juice for some reason, and it’s my new favorite juice recipe.

Parsley contains compounds that play an important role in kidney and liver detoxification. And, I personally love the taste of parsley: straight-up or juiced. It is super green, and it contains a power house concentration of vitamins and minerals.

Alison Smith PhD is a sugar-free coach and juicing advocate, on a mission to teach women how to reclaim health and happiness. Schooled by her own journey back to health and vitality, following a 7-year battle with Lyme disease, Alison is the creator of alisonsmith.com and the FREE e-book, Recharge Your Body: 52 Smoothie & Juice Recipes. Alison lives and breathes by the motto: Live healthy. Live happy. Live now. Visit www.alisonsmith.com

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You know those smug vegans everyone is always the steps to change, the person often ends up complaining about? Well, I was one of them. I condemning the other as being smug or self- was filled with self-righteous indignation that I righteous. was superior because of my morals which led me to give up meat and all animal products. At least For people going vegan, on a diet, or a fast, this I can blame this on youth. I was 12 when I went defensive reaction creates an obvious problem. vegetarian and 15 when I went vegan, so pretty After all, you will eventually need to tell your friends much everything I did at the time was indignant. and family that you are on a new diet (unless you never plan to eat in front of them again). I find Even if you aren’t the slightest bit smug though, you it funny that all the advice on how to will still probably be accused of being a smug vegan recommends joining some local or online vegan (or some other similar adjective). In fact, you might group. It is as though they are preparing you to be surprised at just how much wrath you invoke by lose all of your friends! simply announcing that you are going vegan.

This reaction actually isn’t limited to vegans. It applies just as much to people who are going on a juice fast, a raw foods diet, or any type of diet.

Whenever people see someone else making a conscious effort to change (be it for health, moral, or whatever reasons), they get defensive about their own choices.

The defensiveness gets particularly bad if the person knows deep down that they should probably also be making similar changes. Instead of taking How to Tell People You Are Vegan (without making them hate you)

Adapting to a new diet does not mean you have to isolate yourself from all your friends and family. You will however have to be really carefully about how you lead your new lifestyle so you don’t end up putting people on the defensive or (worse) offensive.

DON’T: BE AN ACTIVIST

Trying to force on others isn’t going DON’T: GET DEFENSIVE to get you anywhere. In fact, it will probably just isolate people who are actually generally Yes, there will be some jerks who consider your interested in veganism and might have made the choice to go veg as a personal affront to their “right” conversion. The best activism you can do is to to eat meat. But most aren’t like this – so don’t lead by example. instantly get defensive just because someone asks a stupid question like “where do you get protein?” DON’T: JUDGE Instead, stay positive. Instead of answering the protein question with an angry “you don’t need It goes without saying that you shouldn’t judge meat to get protein!” you could instead say “I’ve other people for their choice to eat animal just discovered ! It is low fat, loaded with products. If you do, you are just opening up the protein, and tastes awesome in a burrito.” door for them to judge you. And I doubt you are perfect! Judging others will also put them on the DON’T: TALK ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE’S offensive. You’ll end up hearing a lot of stupid and DIET illogical comments like “humans were meant to eat meat” or “what about all the field mice who You are going to make people hate you if you are killed to grow vegetables?” constantly talk about what they are eating along the lines of “do you know where that burger came DON’T: TALK ABOUT YOUR DIET UNTIL from?” Just say how great your is ASKED and offer a bite.

Just because you are excited about going vegan, DO: KEEP FOCUS ON YOURSELF it doesn’t mean you’ve got to shout it off the rooftops. Wait until the appropriate moment to When someone asks why you are vegan, we have tell people you are now vegan – like before going a tendency to turn it around and speak in terms to a friend’s for dinner. Don’t start discussing of “you”: your reasons why or any other aspects unless the person specifically asks. Then, only offer By going vegan, you will feel a lot more energetic. information. Don’t force it. “If you are interested By going vegan, you will help save animals and in my reasons for going vegan, I will happily the planet. provide you with some articles and links to websites.” By going vegan, you can experience a lot of health benefits. How to Tell People You Are Vegan (without making them hate you)

they have. Better yet, call the restaurant ahead of time to figure out what your options are. Or, look for dishes which are almost vegan and ask for a substitution: “I’ll have the brick oven calzone with roasted vegetables and extra spinach. Hold the cheese.”

DO: BE SPECIFIC

Surprisingly, not everyone knows what a vegan is. Heck, not everyone even knows what an animal product is (some people still think eggs If you do this, then you are going to get people are vegetables!). So, it is best to be specific. Like feeling defensive about their own choices – and if you have to go to a dinner party, tell the host defensive people stop being so open minded. beforehand that you “do not eat meat, fish, eggs, Instead, make sure you always talk about your cheese, butter, or milk”. Otherwise, you could end reasons for going vegan on a personal level. So, up with some surprises on your plate and will be say something along the lines of “Ever since I’ve in the awkward position of having to refuse it in gone vegan, I’ve felt great and even lost 5 lbs. front of everyone. And the diet is in line with my moral beliefs for and the planet.” DO: STICK WITH IT (EVEN IF YOU SLIP UP) DO: BE CREATIVE WITH ORDERING A lot of vegans slip up (either accidentally or because of failures of willpower). Don’t let these Going out to eat at restaurants can be challenging slipups destroy your attempt to go vegan! If you as a new vegan. Instead of ordering obnoxiously thought people hated you as a vegan, just wait by asking a series of questions about the until you are an ex-vegan. No one likes a quitter! ingredients, just ask what vegan-friendly dishes

Diane Vukovic is a vegetarian mom, health nut, and kitchen diva. When she’s not deducing veggie nutritional facts, she’s probably dancing crazily with her daughter or traveling somewhere in Europe. Find out more about veggie nutrition at plenteousveg.com or connect at www.facebook.com/plenteousveg Sweet Kale Smoothie for Weight Loss Sweet Kale Smoothie for Weight Loss

A great recipe and some excellent thoughts from Corky, who lost 105 Pounds!

Find more from Corky Stankon at the Rawligious YouTube channel www.youtube.com/user/rawligious or at their website rawligious.com. Cleanse Your Liver Cleanse Your Liver

Tired, stressed and feeling like your body needs a break. Cleansing your liver might be just what you need.

Many people think the only toxins that touch your liver are booze and drugs. This is not the case. Your liver is not only affected by tons of harmful toxins daily and it plays a huge role in how many important areas of your body function.

WHAT DOES THE LIVER DO?

Your liver is to your body like the TSA is to an airport. Everything you consume or absorb into your body has to go through the liver to get clearance to the rest of Another major job of the liver is supporting your the body. immune system and making sure no viruses sneak their way in and attack. It also helps filter your The liver decides how this item will be transformed blood. When it becomes blocked it contributes to to pass through the body. Will it be sent to a high cholesterol, lowered absorption of nutrients different area who needs that item’s nutrients? and blocks the formation of new cells. Or maybe it will be stored as fat on your stomach. But hopefully not ☺ So, if you’re going to cleanse anything, the liver feels like a good place to start- right? The liver is in charge of helping digestion, making proteins and ridding your body of the junk. The WHAT ARE THE SIGNS OF A STRUGGLING better your liver is functioning, the faster the LIVER? toxins get out. Cleanse Your Liver

• Headaches

• Fatigue

• Depression

• Concentration

• Mood swings

• Allergies

• Rashes

• Red, itchy eyes

• Food sensitivities

• Sore, stiff sides

• Bitter taste in the mouth

HOW CAN YOU CLEANSE THE LIVER?

• A whole foods diet is always the place to start. Dark leafy greens, gluten-free grains, potassium- rich fruits such as apricots and bananas, raw nuts and seeds and good fats such as olive oil or avocado will support liver health.

• The following are specific foods I eat more of for liver support:

• Cruciferous veggies (cabbage, broccoli, • Dandelion greens (used in my liver brussel sprouts) contain glucosinolates cleanse juice recipe) is a blood purifier and which are sulphur containing compounds antioxidant and is recommended for those that protect the liver from damage and with liver complaints. improve its ability to eliminate toxins and excess hormones. • I love Milk Thistle for liver cleansing. My favorite is Thorne Siliphos- take one capsule • Beets contain a chemical called betaine 2x a day. Milk Thistle tea is great too and can that stimulates the liver cells and protects be purchases at most health food stores. the liver and bile ducts. • Sweat it out. As with all detoxing, the best way • Turmeric has impressive anti-inflammatory to enhance and boost your results is to sweat. effects throughout the body, including the Sweat carries the toxins out faster and pushes liver. Excellent for a liver virus or infections. them past the biggest organ, the skin. Try an Cleanse Your Liver

infrared spa like The Shape House or a hot yoga ELISSA’S LIVER CLEANSE class. The more often you can do it, the better! Ingredients: • Start your day with 16 ounces of warm/hot, filtered water with 1/2 fresh squeezed lemon. • 2 stalks lemongrass This awakens your liver and will get it functioning • 1/2 grapefruit and activated at the start of your day. • 1 lemon

A LIVER CLEANSE JUICE RECIPE FOR • 3 inch knob of ginger YOU • 1 cucumber

I created this liver cleanse juice and it’s not only • 1/3 bunch of dandelion greens totally delicious, but it’s a great support your liver and helping it function at its best. Plus, it’s safe Directions: for those with any thyroid problems!

Buy all ingredients organic. Juice!

Elissa Goodman is a nutrition and cleanse expert, based in Los Angeles. She educates clients to use food as a means of treating their bodies exceptionally well. Elissa’s focus is on developing new ways for healthy and vibrant, good living. Visit her website at www.elissagoodman.com or connect on Facebook at www.facebook.com/elissa.goodman.holistic.nutritionist/ Alkalizing Green Juice Recipe Alkalizing Green Juice Recipe

Delicious and nutritious green juice recipe for Vibrant Health comes from a HOLISTIC approach. great digestion, skin, and alkalization! The way you move, what you eat, how you nourish your spirit, the people you surround yourself with, Ingredients: how you manage stress, how much fun you have, • Bunch Romaine Lettuce how much excitement you evoke, how you relate to your thoughts, and how much you laugh determine • Bunch cilantro how healthy you are and how good you feel. • 1 habanera pepper • 1 inch of ginger • 3 green apples • 2 ! • 2 Lemons

Rob Stuart is a personal trainer, yoga teacher, and has 10 years of experience coaching holistic health and athletics. At his website Holistic Health Activation, you can find articles and recipes for guiding your way to health and vitality. Visit www.holistichealthactivation.com or his YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/user/40dayactivation Adrenal Fatigue: Tips to Restoring Your Energy and Your Health Adrenal Fatigue: Tips to Restoring Your Energy and Your Health

days, this meant getting chased by a tiger or dealing with severe cold without shelter or proper clothing.

Fortunately for us, tigers and lack of clothing are not problems we deal with on a regular basis.

Unfortunately we have our own modern day tigers, and they chase some of us 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

MODERN DAY TIGERS THAT STRESS YOUR ADRENALS

• Deadlines at work?

• Juggling kids schedules with your own?

• Worry about the economy?

• A sick parent or child?

• An unreasonable boss?

Whatever it is, the response is similar to a real Do you ever wake in in the morning, even after tiger chasing you. Your adrenal glands step into a long night of sleep, only to feel sluggish and action and do what they do best…shift you into wishing you had another few hours to rest? what is often called “fight/flight mode”, and in scientific terms, “sympathetic nervous system This is one of many signs of adrenal fatigue. dominance”.

Adrenal fatigue is a common condition in our fast In hyper vigilant adrenal state, your heart rate paced, stressed out society. increases, your respiration quickens and the blood supply to your brain and vital organs decreases Your adrenal glands are your body’s mechanism and is sent to your extremities…so you can run for responding to stressful situations. In the olden away or fight. Adrenal Fatigue: Tips to Restoring Your Energy and Your Health

In addition, your digestive track activity decreases Ever walk into a room, only to forget what you went and the sphincters– the valves between sections there for? That’s likely because your hippocampus of the digestive tract– tighten. This is to protect has been impeded by the cortisol you produced you from needing to use the bathroom in the when you were stressed out. middle of running away from or fighting a tiger. In my over two decades of clinical practice, I’ve Translate this into modern life. If you find yourself seen many cases of adrenal burnout and the stressed out and worried quite a bit of the time, damages caused by chronic stress. you increase your risk of indigestion, constipation, gas and bloating as well as heart and circulation Fortunately there are actions you can take reverse problems due to prolonged increased heart rate. the damage and repair your adrenal glands. But if you keep getting stressed out, you’ll be a lot like Oh, and I forgot to mention. In fight flight mode, a hamster on a wheel….working hard but never your sex drive goes away, too. getting anywhere. Repairing your adrenals and transforming your response to stress take some It doesn’t help to be having lustful thoughts when time and retraining, and the transformations you you’re trying to get away from that tiger. On a experience when you do can be miraculous. biochemical level, the same chemical molecules that make the adrenal hormone cortisol, which 3 TIPS FOR COMBATING ADRENAL gets elevated under stress, are also needed to FATIGUE make estrogen, progesterone and testosterone, all needed for libido and reproductive function. 1- Learn stress management and stress transformation techniques. Another problem with cortisol is that in excess it can cause damage to your mitochondria, the One of my favorites is called Heart Math, and energy producing mechanisms in each of your cells. uses a combination of deep breathing, focusing Cortisol also damages your hippocampus, the part on your heart and feeling appreciation. It of your brain that helps with short term memory. completely changed my life. I did a 90 minute Adrenal Fatigue: Tips to Restoring Your Energy and Your Health

Yikes! SO if this is you, what can you do to fix things? stress transformation teleseminar a couple of 3- Support your body’s detoxification systems by years ago that guided the participants through periodic cleansing. the process and the response was dramatic. Face it, eating on the run, making even occasional 2- Nourish your adrenals. poor food choices and being stressed out impair your liver’s ability to do its job of cleansing. One of Did you know that 80% of the vitamin C used my favorite ways to cleanse my body is with green in your body is used by your adrenal glands? smoothies. Even though I eat really healthfully, Excessive stress depletes your vitamin C stores exercise on a regular basis, and do my Heart Math and can lead to allergies, poor wound healing, easy exercises daily, I’m not perfect. I still get stressed bruising and increased susceptibility for colds, flu out sometimes, I’m exposed to toxins and I eat on and other infectious disease? Your adrenals also the run more often than I’d like. use lots of B vitamins, especially pantothenic acid and B6. That’s why a lot of B complex formulas I personally do a Green Cleanse at least quarterly are called Stress formulas. Eating a whole foods, by taking a week off eating and just drinking high raw, high green diet will ensure you have green smoothies or juices for 7 days. I am always adequate intake of nutrients to maintain your amazed at how much more energy I have when adrenals when they are brought back to normal. I do this. That’s why every 3 months, I lead a However, when you’re in the mode of recovery, group green smoothie cleanse. I have hundreds supplementation is often needed. of success stories from people who feel they got their life back after a green cleanse. This time Adrenal Fatigue: Tips to Restoring Your Energy and Your Health

around I’ve added a new component – daily juice of 1 lemon and put it by your bedside. interactive journals. • Find 3 things to appreciate before you fall asleep. BEDTIME AND WAKE-UP RITUALS FOR ADRENAL FATIGUE SUPPORT • Find 3 things to appreciate before you get out of bed. One last tip for rebuilding your adrenals – create • Drink the water as soon as you get up. supportive bedtime and morning rituals that re-establishes your circadian rhythm. Here’s • As soon as you get up, go outside and get 5 – a starting set that I recommend to my adrenal 15 minutes of sun, even if the sun is not out. fatigue patients: Face in the direction of the sun and sip your water. • Shut off all electronics within an hour of bedtime. Get going on these habits, cleanse regularly and • Eat your last meal within 3 hours of bedtime. master the Heart Math techniques and you’ll soon be bouncing out of bed in the morning with • Fill a 16 ounce glass with pure water and the vim, vigor and enthusiasm for life.

Ritamarie Loscalzo, MS, DC, CCN, DACBN, has been an integrative practitioner for over 2 decades, combining the best from modern functional medicine with the natural healing wisdom of fresh, raw foods and herbs. A Chiropractic Doctor, Certified in Acupuncture, Nutrition and Herbal Medicine, as well as a certified living foods chef, instructor, coach, speaker and author, Dr. Ritamarie’s expertise lies in the holistic management of fatigue and hormone imbalance. She integrates biochemistry, nutrition, herbs, and the power of the mind to create a vibrant life filled with passion and purpose. For more, visit drritamarie.com/blog Fresh Aloe Vera Juice with Orange Fresh Aloe Vera Juice with Orange

Okay, so today we’re making fresh Aloe Vera juice. We slice the little ridged bit off the edge of the leaf, all the way. Okay, so it opens our leaf up. We Here’s our Aloe Vera leaves. then take our knife and slice it up the middle. So Fresh Aloe Vera Juice with Orange

we’re separating the two green sides from each Now, just going to peel two oranges You could other. just juice the oranges, but you know, I don’t like missing out on all that flesh from the orange, so I We’re then going to take a spoon and scrape off am going to be using the whole orange. the clear gel goopy stuff in the middle of the leaf, and then we’re just going to dump it straight into Once I have got all that in the blender, I am just our blender. going to add a little bit of additional water to make it easier to blend.

Fresh Aloe Vera juice with orange as well, of course. Now, why would we want to make fresh Aloe Vera juice when you can buy it in a bottle so easily? Well, like so many things they actually have to put stabilizers and preservatives in the Aloe Vera in the bottles. It’s still a good product, but fresh is best.

Now I should mention with the Aloe Vera that you shouldn’t scoop too close to the green skin because while the gel is very soothing to your digestive system, the yellowish sort of set that’s right next to the green skin is actually quite irritating and can make you feel quite unwell. So you just want the clear gel.

Okay, after I have peeled my oranges, I am going to do another one as well. It will only take a moment. I find using a knife is a pretty quick way to do it. Okay, I am just going to chop these up and throw them into the blender as well.

John Munro is a Natural Health Practitioner and Qigong teacher based in Auckland, New Zealand. For more from him, visit www.longwhitecloudqigong.com or his YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/user/developyourqi Sorbitol: The Reason Why Peach Juice Can Give You Diarrhea Sorbitol: The Reason Why Peach Juice Can Give You Diarrhea

SO WHAT IS SORBITOL?

Sorbitol is a sugar that the body cannot digest. If you are drinking a lot of peach juice, or even other fruit juices such as apple and prune juice, your body will react by trying to dilute the sugar. The body does this by taking water from the bloodstream and sending it to the intestine. This extra water is therefore responsible for changing the constitution of the stools, making them looser.

This is the same for people of all ages, however with babies the problem may be more troublesome as Peaches are undoubtedly one of the most their bodies are so small. May this be a warning sumptuous fruits in the whole entire word. to anyone who feeds their infants a lot of fruit They ooze flavor and have a soft, and delicate juice, the consequences could be messy! texture that can send your taste buds wild. One amazing thing that derives from this delicious SORBITOL CONTENT OF FRUIT JUICES fruit is peach juice. Like the fruit itself, peach juice has a wealth of nutritional benefits that make it well worth considering when it comes to making healthy dietary choices. However, one thing small drawback is that peach juice can cause diarrhea.

WHY DO FRUIT JUICES CAUSE DIARRHEA?

Peach juice is not alone in causing what is a notoriously frustrating condition, in fact many fruit juices if drank in larger quantities can change the dynamics of your stools. The reason for this is due to something that fruit juices contain, the culprit’s name being sorbitol. Sorbitol: The Reason Why Peach Juice Can Give You Diarrhea

SOME OF THE BENEFITS OF PEACH JUICE INCLUDE:

* Peach juice is loaded with vitamin C, in fact from a regular 500 g serving of peach juice you can get over a fifth of the total vitamin C needed in an entire day.

* Peach juice is rich in carotenes and flavonoids, which are powerful antioxidants that can help prevent cancer, heart disease, and macular degeneration.

* Peach juice has antimicrobial activity.

ONE DRAWBACK - CALORIES

Calories are one thing that we all look out for in our diet, and due to the sugar PEACH JUICE NUTRITIONAL BENEFITS that is found in peach juice, it is something that is not exactly low in them. There are approximately It you are an adult who likes to drink peach juice, 330 calories in a 500 g serving of peach juice. This don’t let this put you off, as this is really only likely is quite a lot considering if you were to go for the to occur if you drink excessive amounts. I am not fruit on its own, you would be eating considerably trying to put you off drinking fruit juices, quite to less. In a medium sized peach weighing around the contrary as they are loaded with the nutrients 100 g there are just 38 calories. Since there is very that your body needs. little fiber in peach juice (unlike the whole fruit), the sugars in the fruit go quickly into the bloodstream and can create a blood sugar spike. If the energy isn’t used, it will be converted into fat.

Steve Wright is a health and nutrition expert. To find more from him, visit his website at www.calories-in-foods.com. How to Set Up Your Kitchen for the Ultimate Juicing Experience How to Set Up Your Kitchen for the Ultimate Juicing Experience

Diet trends come and go, but juicing has proven its staying power in the health world. For good reason, too; a single glass of freshly pressed juice typically contains a variety of fruits and vegetables, and, with them, their body-bettering nutrients. In order to reap—or, rather, sip—the benefits of such fresh beverages, read the three tips below on how to outfit and set up your kitchen in order to make your juice as efficiently as possible.

GET THE RIGHT TOOLS

Depending on your budget and how serious you are about juicing, you’ll want to invest in one of two kinds of juicers.

Centrifugal juicers typically fit smaller budgets, so most juicing newbies start here. Inside, they house a spinning disc that shreds produce. They don’t squeeze as much juice out as masticating juicers, which rely on rotating augers to squeeze juice from whole fruits.

Masticating juicers protect more of your fruits’ and vegetables’ How to Set Up Your Kitchen for the Ultimate Juicing Experience

nutrients, but that comes with a higher price tag. appliances that you haven’t used in a while. Of what’s left, categorize your appliances into those Serious juicing fanatics should also invest in good that you use monthly, such as food processors, knives for cutting produce if necessary, a solid waffle makers and crockpots, also those that you cutting board, and glass jars with airtight lids for use weekly or daily, such as toasters, microwaves, storing. and coffee pots and, hopefully, your juicer.

CLEAR YOUR COUNTERS The items that you use rarely should be stored in cabinets, freeing up your counter space for what After you bring your juicer home, you will need you most regularly reach for. Furthermore, you to find a spot for it. It’s a good idea to put it in should make the kitchen tools you most often use a prominent place in your kitchen, such as on just as easy to grab. This category includes knives, a countertop or inside of an easily accessible cutting boards, a sauté’ pan and a colander. cabinet, so that you’re more likely to see it, remember it and use it. If counter space is tight, PICK THE RIGHT PRODUCE AND it’s advisable to do a quick reorganization of your BOOSTERS appliances. Once you have your juicer situated in a convenient The first step is removing any appliances that spot, it’s time to stock up on the produce you’ll need you don’t use; in fact, most organization experts to start juicing. Despite the fact that most juices would suggest throwing away or donating any at the supermarket are comprised mainly of fruit, How to Set Up Your Kitchen for the Ultimate Juicing Experience your juices should feature more vegetables than healthy fats to your solid-food meals and snacks, their sweet counterparts, as the former contain too. more of the nutrients that your body needs. TAKE IT EASY The health benefits of juicing have been used to improve countless people’s health over the years, Once you’re set up, it’s important to start your new and even one of the best rehab center in Florida regimen slowly. Find the times of day and fruit- makes sure to arm its clients with fresh juice and-vegetable combinations that suit you best, because it enriches their bodies and helps them and create your blends from there. It’s important heal. Choose a variety of vitamin and antioxidant- to give yourself time to adjust and perfect your rich fruits and veggies, and your juicing station juice-making skills, but, before long, you’ll be can become your own personal health club. sipping the benefits of your handiwork.

A good place to start as a new juicer is a simple blend of one carrot, apple, tomato and orange. You might notice that this juice doesn’t contain any of the leafy greens that juices typically strive to incorporate, and for good reason: for first- timers, the taste of leafy greens might be off- putting. When you start adding leafy greens, such as spinach and kale, do so sparingly. Slowly add more and more as your taste buds adjust.

EDITOR: I tried her juice and it was delicious (my photo on the right).

While freshly pressed juices certainly contain a wealth of natural nutrients, vitamins, amino acids and antioxidants, they simply will not be able to provide you with vital fats, oils and proteins that further fuel your body. For this reason, many juicers add ground nuts, fish oil and spirulina, an additive high in the vitamin B that many plants lack. You could also be mindful to add protein and

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