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Shhh…I am about to tell you about how I like to take my showers. Ready?
Hot and cold. Yes, a little bit of hot, and then a little bit of cold. And repeat. Call me crazy, but if you ever run out of coffee and need an instant wake up call, that’s your answer.
But hey, waking up bright eyed and bushy tailed is not the only thing you’ll get from taking a contrast shower. Here are some other benefits:
Here are the specifics when it comes to cold vs. hot water. (You can recite those next time you are playing with that hot/cold switch)
Cold water:
Hot water:
How to take a contrast shower:
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Have you ever wondered what those long wooden brushes hanging in the skin and body care section are for? Dry skin brushing! Sounds a little funky, I know, but when I tell you that this little daily ritual alone can rid you of one pound of waste and toxins, what will you say? Here is the scoop.
Your skin is one of the largest organs in your body. It is also a very important organ of elimination, right up there with liver and colon! Approximately 10% of body elimination occurs through the skin, which is about a pound of waste saying bye bye on a daily basis.
That’s if you’re lucky.
You see, skin is a living organism. It may seem like nothing goes on with it, but in reality, it is living, breathing and feeding itself every single minute of the day. It gets rid of toxins through sweat and it also continuously produces new cells. When the old cells aren’t removed, they block the pores resulting in toxins remaining in the body. This means that you, my friend, end up stuck with that pound of waste that was supposed to be eliminated.
When the waste doesn’t get removed via the skin, it gets loaded on to your liver and kidneys, – two very important elimination organs. They get overburdened, and when they can’t cope, the toxins build up in the tissues, which eventually may lead to disease.
To prevent this from happening, dry skin brushing comes to the rescue!
Here are just a few benefits of dry skin brushing:
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As you can probably tell by the recipes I have on my website, I am not big on baking. Partially because I know if I make something really good, it will be difficult for me not to eat it all in one sitting. And, partially because baking is an exact science: you must follow the instructions, otherwise, you are doomed to fail. Since I’ve always been a free-spirited kind of gal, you can imagine that following exact instructions in the kitchen doesn’t quite fit with me. Instead, throwing in a pinch of this and tossing in a glug of that just because I’m feelin’ it – that’s the way I prefer to roll. So when I do happen to bake, it’s a big event.
One such big event was baking these brownies. It was an even bigger deal because
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I remember in my calorie counting days, I would opt for the salad bar at lunch. I’d load up on lettuce, beans, carrots, and top it all off with a few good servings of sliced raw button mushrooms convinced they were good for me since they were high in protein and all kinds of minerals. Right? Wrong!
But wait, raw veggies are supposed to have more nutrients than cooked! Right?
Yes, I thought so too. Up until I found out that because mushrooms come from a family of fungi, they have very
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I think all of us who live in the Bay Area felt those disheartening trembles a couple of weeks ago. I have only lived here 3 years and let me tell you, I get very, very nervous when stuff starts moving under my feet. Not good at all!
Every time I feel the shakes, I get scared and motivated (in that order) and start pulling together all the non-perishable food and other emergency kit items into a big bag that we keep around our place just in case. And even though there isn’t much anyone can do about earthquakes (other than change residence to a place like Idaho, for example), there is likely
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This tea is a-m-a-z-i-n-g! It’s amazing because not only is it tasty, but it can help you fend of f a cold or a flu, it has anti-inflammatory properties, it is great for digestion, it supports the immune system, it has cancer-fighting abilities, it is used for weight management and fat metabolism, it helps reduce pain, and it supports brain activity.
Sounds like this is too good to be true? It isn’t! Ginger and Turmeric have been traditionally used for
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What do you do when you find yourself in the midst of flu season? And what about that dreadful situation at work when a couple of your colleagues come to the office barely able to say a few words without sneezing or blowing their nose? And, always seem to want to talk to you, or cough in your direction!
A few weeks ago I was actually in the middle of that dreadful scenario myself. By the end of the day, whether in my mind or for real, I felt like I was starting to come down with something. And believe me, getting sick wasn’t on my list of things to do.
Here are several things that you can do to nip this baby in the bud before it gets you. I know these work because
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