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Why We Should All Consider Testing for Heavy Metals

Something I’m sure most people fail to consider in terms of their health is the level of heavy metals in their body.  While we may have heard that eating too much fish (especially large fish, like tuna—I’m lookin at you sushi lovers) can spike our mercury levels, it’s likely we haven’t given any thought to lead, arsenic, cadmium, thallium, or any of the other heavy…

Four Easy But Important Ways We Should be Detoxing Our Homes

For most of us, when we think about “detoxing,” we think primarily about dietary cleanses or fasting.  But detoxing is so much broader than what we temporarily choose to put in or keep out of our bodies.  We should think about detoxing as a way of life instead of a periodic cleanse.  So this involves making choices within our homes—the place we all (especially this year…

Why You Should Add Chlorophyll to Your Immunity Regimen

Let’s take a trip back to first grade for a minute, when we all first learned about chlorophyll – that pigment in plants that makes them green, and plays an integral part in photosynthesis.  I would guess that most of us left chlorophyll there and never really looked back!  But, as it turns out, chlorophyll is an exceptionally impressive superfood, and key to good health. And this makes sense!  Chlorophyll…

Why You Should Add Chlorophyll to Your Immunity Regimen

Let’s take a trip back to first grade for a minute, when we all first learned about chlorophyll – that pigment in plants that makes them green, and plays an integral part in photosynthesis.  I would guess that most of us left chlorophyll there and never really looked back!  But, as it turns out, chlorophyll is an exceptionally impressive superfood, and key to good health. And this makes…

Detox with Dry Brushing

I love things that are good for me that also feel good.  I first came across dry brushing as a potential detox method when I was reading one of my favorite (and now very worn) books, Secrets of Longevity, by Dr. Mao Shing Ni (find it here).  It’s an eight-week program of simple, but powerful longevity-boosting techniques to improve and extend your life, in every area from…

Detox with Dry Brushing

I love things that are good for me that also feel good.  I first came across dry brushing as a potential detox method when I was reading one of my favorite (and now very worn) books, Secrets of Longevity, by Dr. Mao Shing Ni (find it here).  It’s an eight-week program of simple, but powerful longevity-boosting techniques to improve and extend your life, in every…