While it’s clear viruses are of no friendly persuasion, most of the thousands of species of bacteria are not pathogenic.  Thousands of different types of bacteria, as well as fungi, protozoa, parasites (I know, yuck), and yeasts live in and on our bodies performing many necessary jobs.  However, under certain circumstances things can change dramatically.  Our medical schools teach about bacteria and viruses, but, unbelievably, they teach very little about fungi, which are more highly de...

LOVING LIFE CALIFORNIA COUNTRY STYLE!

Once I made the decision to push my 're-set' button, to the best of my ability, I cleansed my body of yeast and toxins, healed my digestion, adjusted deficiencies, balanced my hormones and got control of an arthritic auto-immune issue in my knees and other joints.  And now I know there is no going back, ever.  Talk about really feeling an anti-aging plan! 

Now, I’m more on a ‘maintenance plan’, so, here it is:

After cleansing and healing your gut...

I can’t help but wonder if researchers count all carbs the same, as in a bowl of cereal carbs vs. the carbs from a piece of organic fruit.  While research strongly suggests it’s necessary to omit all sugar, including fruit, to starve fungal/cancer growth, it still seems counter-intuitive to me.  Much recent research has warned of the dangers and fat producing effects of fructose suggesting we limit fruit intake to about 20g per day, however I still can’t make the leap that the biolo...

The ketogenic diet is the first ‘diet’ I have ever followed.  While it seems to be becoming a popular weight loss strategy,  I did it to help me feel assured I had cleared (or at least sent into remission) as many sugar-consuming pathogens that may have taken up residency and ‘re-set’ my body for total health.  The plan is to stop all sugar and processed carbs (that being anything other than organic fruits and vegetables in my book), period.  Keeping on a ‘ketogenic diet’ for a ...

I believe fasting is an essential tool for an entire body/mind re-set.  This is why:  Fasting has been used throughout history to improve mental, physical and spiritual health, and recent studies site various health benefits.  How it works:  Our cells typically burn glucose, which the body makes from carbohydrates for fuel.  During a water only fast your body will use its glucose stores up in 1-2 days.  After this your liver will then begin to turn fatty acids into ‘ketones’ to use...

Have you ever wondered why certain foods seem to bother some people and not others?  Why some gain weight easily and others not? Why are some more prone to allergies?  The answers to these questions are directly related to the amount and types of bacteria we house in and on our bodies, mainly our intestines.  It’s called our microbiome, and its health is intimately connected with the health of the rest of our body.  We are colonized on every inch of our body by bacteria, inside and out....

I believe we are meant to be healthy, feel good and look great! 

Long ago, we were actually born into this world healthy, but sadly that's rarely the case now.  Over 200 chemicals have been detected in the cord blood of infants and the vitally protective micro-flora in our guts have been abnormally altered by massive antibiotics in our food supply leaving us weak to pathogenic varieties that travel the world in our food supply and jumbo jets.  For decades now, each new generation is being...

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