A Life Guided by Eco-Principles

With our global emphasis on green and sustainable living, many people are actively doing their part to engage in “green acts”. Whether it’s recycling, toting reusable grocery bags, there are a number of ways to engage yourself in balanced living

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What if Your Mother Was Right?

Traditional Beauty Tips that Pass the Test of Time…

Everyone may not like being told “I told you so”, and most women may also not like thinking their mother was right. However, on stepping upon the threshold of 30, and with my mother now in her early sixties, I can’t help but notice that on a good day, she looks not more than maybe only five or ten years older.

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Feeding Your Emotions

Reason and emotion, mind and heart, are the regulators of the body’s response to whole food medicine. It has been demonstrated millions of times and for thousands of years that whole food diets, colonics, mono diets and fasting restore disturbances in metabolism, the immune system, respiratory function and mental outlook.

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The Dirt on Salt (and Water)

Salt is a vital substance for the survival of all living creatures, particularly humans.  Water and salt regulate the water content of the body.  Water itself regulates the water content of the interior of the cell by working it’s way into all of the cells it reaches.  It has to get there to cleanse and extract the toxic wastes of cell metabolism.

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Be Pantry Pretty for Pennies

Watching your pennies? Are you allergic to some of the cosmetic products on the market?  Here are some concoctions made with simple ingredients right from your kitchen, courtesy of nature.
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Foods That Kill

Dr Michael Klapper, is a man who really knows his stuff when it comes to real nutrition — from food the body does and doesn’t need to survive (and thrive). He believes strongly that proper nutrition and a balanced lifestyle are essential for health, rather than merely treating the symptoms when someone becomes ill.

Check out this video of Dr Klapper where he shares information, insights and the truth about foods we eat that are killing us. You can also find out more about him here.

One important word on soy, which Dr Klapper recommends in part six of this video. Be sure it’s fermented soy, as most soy products on the supermarket shelf aren’t good for you, stopping the body from absorbing nutrients. To get the lowdown on soy, check out this video on soy from Dr Mercola.

Top 5 Eating Habits to Keep the Planet (And Your Body) Healthy

By Adria Vasil

Maybe it’s the half-Greek in me, but there’s nothing that makes me giddier then the sight of a table full of food (well, other than actually eating the food). Trouble is most of what we stack onto our plates isn’t just weighing on our hips, hearts and cells, it’s also bloating the planet with packaging, pesticides and climate-changing gases. How can you get your fill without, er, tipping the ecological scales?

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Laughing When it’s Not Funny

As a Laughter Yoga leader I am often presented with the question of “what if it just isn’t funny?”  There are many times in our lives when nothing is funny.  Everything thing has turned upside down, we experience grief, are bogged down with life circumstances, are sick or just simply forget to have a moment of enjoyment.  It’s easy enough for this to happen to all of us.  It’s called LIFE.
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