Nobody likes a hangover. You feel tired, sore, cranky, disoriented and sometimes even get the jitters. But why does this happen? It is a combination of several things really: toxin overload coupled with dehydration; and Vitamin A, B and C depletion, caused by the chemical action of alcohol on your system. All alcohol contains toxins. [...]
The raw food diet has been around for years now and become quite famous because of its celebrity following. Yet now there is a new detox diet called Quantum Eating that adds a new twist to this traditional detox and healthy eating method. Quantum Eating was created by Tonya Zavasta, a mechanical engineer and theoretical mathematician. [...]
Eat-Stop-Eat is a detox diet regime based on feeding and fasting. This diet was created by Brad Pilon, a veteran in the sports supplement industry, in an effort to figure out the best way to lose weight while still being healthy. After much research, Pilon concluded that prolonged calorie restriction is the only proven nutritional [...]
Why You Need It First off, congratulations on quitting smoking – undoubtedly one of the hardest things you will ever have to do. Next on the To-Do list: detox your body. Smoking causes build up of harmful toxins in the lungs and rest of the body. Even if you weren’t a heavy smoker, there are still [...]
Toxins are everywhere around us. There are over 75,000 chemicals that are licensed for use in the US, most of which are suspected or known carcinogens, toxins, hormone disruptors, poisons and contaminates. Below is a list of the 10 most common toxins and where exactly you can find them. 1) Talc. While this product is considered [...]
All-Natural Summer Detox
Diets, detoxes, healthy eating. The summer is probably the best time to do any of these things, because your body already doesn’t need as much food in the summer to sustain itself. Weekends are often difficult to make nutritional changes, so try making some changes Monday through Friday. It is remarkably easier packing yourself a different [...]
Seasonal Cooking: Just Do it!
Did you ever wonder why you crave cabbage soup in the fall; sweet potatoes in the winter, and why strawberries and peaches are on your mind in the summer? This is because until recently humans ate in accordance with the seasons. Before the 1980s and the rapid expansion of air transport, people simply had no [...]
Homemade Skin Cleansers
The Trouble with Packaged Skin Cleansers A regular cleansing ritual is important to maintaining great looking skin. Yet most commercial facial cleansers probably leave you with more skin problems than what you started with. What is going on here? Well, most of these cleansers in their attempt to leave the skin squeaky clean actually [...]
Proper Gym Etiquette
Are you committing gym no-no’s that have others around you silently cringing? What if you are and you don’t even know it? Most gyms and health clubs have a list of rules that their patrons need to follow when using the facilities. These policies are put in place to insure that the work out [...]