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You can have the healthiest diet, the best exercise regimen, and stellar methods for minimizing stress, but if you aren’t addressing the white elephant in the room—toxins—you are likely sabotaging your best efforts. Try these shocking statistics on for size: Did you know that household cleaners account for 10% of all toxic exposures reported to US Poison Control Centers? Or that a study published in Environmental Science & Technology found 66 hormone disrupting compounds in regular old household dust? The good news is that by making a few tweaks to your regular cleaning routine, you can...
Read MoreGMOs, Gut Health, and Cancer Prevention
There are many reasons to avoid eating food that contains Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) but the most important is to maintain good gut health. Gut health plays an important role in overall health because more than 75 percent of your immune system resides in your digestive system. A healthy gut fights off toxins, allergens, and microbes, while absorbing the nutrients you need to stay well. Also, your gut and brain have neurotransmitters that send information back and forth. If the messages in either direction in the gut are altered or not received properly, your health can become...
Read MoreSimple Detoxification That’s Safe During Cancer Treatment
Did you know the body has several channels or means of eliminating toxins and waste? The lungs, liver, lymphatic system, blood, bowels and kidneys all work in tandem to keep your body functioning at its best. In today’s world, exposure to toxins is all but unavoidable and happens when you eat processed food, or come into contact with pollution, pesticides, and almost any chemical. Fortunately, you can catalyze detoxification for the most part through dietary changes, eating whole foods. But you can also give your body a helping hand by focusing on the following: · Lungs: To keep the...
Read MoreComing Clean: A Week of Whole Foods
Have the slower, colder winter months got you feeling sluggish…a little pudgy…as if there’s stuff that you need to clear out of your system? If so, you’ve come to the right place because after you follow this seven-day plan for eating nothing but nourishing, unprocessed whole foods your insides will do a dance of joy. Oh, yeah! It’s extremely beneficial to periodically feed your body nothing but food in its natural state—in other words, food that your body will immediately recognize and know how to break down without any additional effort. In the process, you’ll be releasing toxins, which...
Read MoreNutritional Approaches for Integrative Oncology
Would you like to learn more about how nutrition, and lifestyle affect cancer biology? Check out this slide show from naturopathic oncologist Dr. Tina Kaczor.
Read More6 Simple Steps to Detoxing Your Kitchen
Did you know chemical toxins are sneaking into your body on a daily basis—even if you’re living a super healthy lifestyle? It’s true. Toxins piggyback on the products you buy and use everyday: household cleaners, soaps, lotions, detergent…they ride in on the soles of your shoes, hide in your food packaging, and even in the food itself! What kind of toxins are we talking about? Bisphenol-A (BPA): A synthetic estrogen found in plastics and canned foods (and in 95% of people tested by the CDC). BPA is a synthetic estrogen, capable of blocking or mimicking the role of natural estrogen in...
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