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The Simple Truth About Alkaline vs. Acidity

29 May 2012

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So, tell me the truth… when you hear people begin to spout terms like “alkalinity” and “acidosis”, do you begin to glaze over and mentally replay last night’s episode of American Idol? Yeah, I used to as well. Well, not American Idol… maybe Breaking Bad or Mad Men. Ooooh, Jon Hamm!

Wait, what was I saying? Oh yeah! ALKALINITY! Sorry about that. Back to the subject at hand!

Like I said… I USED to. But now that I understand how important alkaline foods are to the body and how damaging acidic foods are, my ears perk up every time I hear the terminology and I have the urge to reach for the nearest bunch of kale. 

The video below is one of the simplest, most entertaining explanations I’ve seen on the topic. The video is about 9 minutes long and worth every second! I promise that you won’t glaze over:

Fascinating, huh? 

Here are two great resources on alkaline foods and how acidic foods are harmful to the body (click the underlined links to see the full articles):

12 Reasons to Avoid Acids and Stay Alkaline: Some of the harmful effects of acidic foods in the body are allergies, excess mucous, high blood pressure and excess fat. Yep… FAT! Adding more alkaline foods to your system can decrease your weight. See? A perfect reason to be chompin’ on some spinach! 

The 7 Most Alkaline Foods: I LOVE this list! Why? Because they are all ingredients I can throw in my juicer or blender! Imagine… you could have ONE juice with spinach, broccoli, kale, bell pepper, cucumber and celery (and throw a little apple, lemon and ginger in there for taste) for breakfast. That would give you HUGE antioxidants, HUGE alkalinity, HUGE chlorophyll, HUGE detoxification nutrients, AND the recommended “5 Veggies a Day” before 9am! You cannot beat that! 

I hope this simplifies the topic a bit for you. Get yo’ alkaline on! 

A Final Farewell to Fried Chicken

23 May 2012

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First let me say how much I missed y’all! It’s been about three weeks since I posted a video; a necessary break while I’ve been working on some product launches that I’ll announce in the next couple of weeks. Great stuff coming up!

While I was away, I had a really interesting experience around a staple food from my past. This has been the hardest thing for me to release… even harder than french fries, which I SWORE would be the last thing to go. However, because of the pleasurable experiences that I relate to it, this was the kicker.

Break out the bugles, folks. It’s time to say farewell to fried chicken, now and forever.

Juice Fasting: Don’t Let the Rocky Road Fool You

30 April 2012

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I love when people comment on my videos! One of the comments I received recently intrigued me and prompted today’s video response. The person said:

“I have to say that if your weird diet practice cause you to be physically or mentally ill you need to change the way you eat. The body is absolutely able to take care of itself on any whole, real, food diet. If you are having hypoglycemia, or weird issues the diet is to blame, not you.”

Am I “mentally ill”?!?!? LMAO!!!!

Interesting perspective… and while I do believe that the body’s main function is to heal itself, I believe that process is helped so much more when we give it the right and perfect fuel. I do not see this as a “crazy” or “weird” way of eating… I see it as a way to mainline HUGE amounts of fruits, veggies and herbs straight into my system! Yay for the good stuff!

As for the emotional detox that comes from the healing, why would you NOT want to go through it? It’s so critical to forgive past hurts and allow yourself complete and total clarity and forgiveness. If you do not take the time to examine your feelings as they come up, I believe they can create toxic scenarios within the body that can cause physical damage down the line.

So, even though I deal with a lot of detox stuff in my videos, and if this looks like a painful process that you wouldn’t wish on your enemy’s dog… trust me. It is SO worth it!