Our bodies are made up of 60% water by weight, our brains 70%, our lungs 90%. Water is essential to life, we can live 3 weeks without food, and only 3 days without water. Water transports nutrients to our cells and moves the toxins out. Because of this importance, it should be no surprise that […]
Beauty Products To Accelerate Aging And Improve Weight Gain
You exercise, eat well and follow the latest trends in health but still can’t reach your goals for weight. Did you ever think that your skin cream or body lotions could be making it difficult for you to shed those unwanted pounds? Beauty is more than skin deep, and your health and beauty products may […]
Cleansing – From The Inside Out
So far I’ve talked about cleansing from an external perspective, outside your body. The next few articles will be about cleansing your body from the inside out. There are many cleansing programs and regimes available, I will be covering just a few of these. Cleansing is not a one size fits all process and it’s important […]
Cleansing For Life: Cheese Puffs Not Included
Cleansing does not have to be a drastic event, nor should it be. You might want to jump into some dramatic cleanse, but be patient. Your goal should be to lay a solid foundation of wellness that will become a part of who you are. If you build a lifestyle around healthy choices, cleansing can […]
You Are What You Eat (and clean with)
What do you think of when you see the word “cleanse”? Years ago I would have thought a cleanse was simply flushing out the colon. I had heard about “colonics” and there was no way I would ever do that. Someone mentioned they take a Senna “cleanse” once a week. That sounded a bit […]
New Year, New You – All Year
I went to the library the other day and the front display was filled with books on dieting, becoming a new you and reshaping your figure. At the store the Christmas decorations made way for organizational totes for creating a new home space. The New Year brings hope for many, myself included. I have already […]
Toxic America
For years, many of us have known that there are dangers in chemicals and untested ingredients in the products we use from health and beauty products to household cleaners. This is one of the reasons we choose to use therapeutic grade essential oils as substitutes for the potentially toxic counterparts. Recently, Congress held a hearing […]
Detoxify Your Body, Lose Weight
Toxic America We are bombarded with toxins, whether in the foods we eat (pesticides and processed foods), the health and beauty products we use or in over the counter drugs we take. Our liver and kidneys can filter out a certain amount of toxins, but many toxins are stored in our fatty tissues and other […]
Nourish Your Skin
When most people think of nourishment, they think of eating food and taking vitamins to nourish your physical body. The skin is the largest part of the body and definitely benefits from eating the proper foods and drinking enough water. It is also one of the body’s vehicles for eliminating toxins, mainly when we sweat. […]
Killing Mold And Mildew Without Bleach
Mold Likes Water , so it can grow quickly. Unfortunately, the human body doesn’t like mold. Traditional methods to kill mold with bleach are also harmful to the body. The latest reports this morning indicated at least 8 inches of rainfall in Milwaukee last night. The amount of flood damaged homes is still unknown, and […]