The Raw Divas have put together an incredible 6 week raw food deep tissue detox so you can get back the health and energy you deserve. If you are struggling with poor health, can’t lose weight, have low energy, water retention, cravings for bad food, constipation, indigestion, poor sleep, stress, or just niggling symptoms then a powerful detox is just the thing.

Cleanse away poor health

This raw food detox can cleanse away those deep toxins that have been lingering in your body for years and turbo charge your health. If 6 weeks sounds like a long and painful task then then don’t worry. This is a slow, gentle detox that allows you to carry on your everyday work efficiently and does not stress your body.

Your Detox Consultant

The Raw Divas have enlisted the help of Dr Ritamarie Loscalzo as your Health Educator and Detox Consultant. Dr Ritamarie understands what you are going through. She recovered from adrenal exhaustion, and a toxicity related illness with detoxification and by following a fresh whole food diet. She discovered a level of health and energy that she never knew was possible.

She has since studied Functional Medicine, Clinical Nutrition, Chiropractic and Acupuncture and will incorporate the wisdom of ancient healing with modern functional medicine into the program.

Your detox system is all choked up

It is an indisputable fact that we all take in toxins on a daily basis. Researchers have shown that we all have a number of toxic chemicals in our bodies that our natural detox system simply cannot handle. The only way to release these toxins that damage your cells and organs is through detox.

Don’t imagine for a minute though that you can get rid of all the toxins that have invaded your body over many years in one short detox however hard you try. Regular periods of detox are essential and a deep tissue cleanse once a year could improve your health dramatically.

Ground breaking 6 week tissue cleanse

In this ground breaking 6 week detox you will discover which foods clear toxins from your body and strengthen your liver’s detox system so you can deal with the inevitable toxic exposure in this polluted world.

The program is based on raw foods but they supply a selection of cooked food alternatives if you don’t feel you can do an all raw detox to begin with. You get menu suggestions for 60 days that will be easy for you to follow. With six support teleseminars, three different detox plans to choose from and a private forum to interact with other participants you cannot go wrong.

The cleanse starts on 19th April so If you are still struggling with any health problem then I recommend that you take a look at what the Raw Divas have put together for you.

If you have missed the start of this cleanse you can still find out about other fantastic cleanses all year round. Go to the Raw Divas site now! Click Here

Fresh ginger root juice has apparently formed part of the daily health regime that has contributed to saving the actor Patrick Swayze’s life. He was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer earlier this year and given just 5 weeks to live. Ginger in both the dried and fresh forms has been used as a natural health remedy in Asia, India, and Arabia for thousand of years.

Ginger root is the thick knotted edible underground stem or rhizome of the ginger plant known as Zingiber officinale. The main active ingredients are the pungent compounds gingerol and shogaol. It’s is used around the world as an important cooking spice.

Ginger has many benefits as a natural health remedy. It has been used to aid digestion, for stomach upsets, colic, diarrhea, nausea and to treat arthritis and heart conditions for more than 2,000 years.

Several recent trials have shown that it can relieve the inflammatory pain of arthritis as effectively as aspirin and non steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs without the side effects. It works by blocking the COX-2 enzyme that is involved in inflammation in the body.

But its ability to prevent nausea and sickness during chemotherapy is perhaps one of the reasons that Swayze is drinking the ginger juice. For although he has apparently totally changed his diet and boosted his vitamin intake he has had intense courses of chemotherapy for the pancreatic cancer that was diagnosed last March. A second reason may be the fact that scientific studies have shown that ginger juice can help to detox the liver by increasing bile secretion.

A few animal studies have also found that components in ginger may have anticancer activity but more research needs to be performed to determine its effects on cancers in humans. A few preliminary studies suggest that ginger may lower cholesterol and prevent the blood from clotting so could be a useful remedy for people with heart disease.

Fresh ginger juice is often added to vegetable juices to give them a bit of a kick. It can also be added to the oil that is used for a liver flush. It can help disguise the taste of the oil that many people dislike and help prevent the nausea that some experience during a liver flush. The fact that it stimulates bile is an added benefit for this liver detox.

Try this tasty ginger juice detox cocktail: 3-4 carrots, 1/4 raw beet (beetroot), 1 apple, cored, 2 cups baby leaf spinach, 1/4 bunch parsley, 1 celery stalk, 1” cube ginger grated. Put all ingredients through a good juicer. Vary the amount of the ingredients to suit your taste and size of the vegetables. Serves 1 -2.

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A British granddad claims that the natural health remedy broccoli juice is helping him beat bladder cancer. Mr. Ray Wiseman’s wife started making broccoli juice for him after doctors gave him little hope of survival when his cancer was diagnosed 5 years ago.

Recent scans show that his cancer has stopped spreading and Ray puts his amazing improvement down to his daily dose of broccoli juice that was recommended by a friend as a powerful natural health remedy.

Researchers believe a substance called isothiocyanate in the broccoli activates some genes that fight cancer and switching off others that cause it to spread.

All cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage and Brussels sprouts contain natural chemicals that can enhance DNA repair which could stop them becoming cancerous. They contain several compounds that improve the liver detox function which will help get rid of cancer causing toxins.

Researchers at John Hopkins University have discovered that fresh broccoli sprouts contain as much protection as the vegetable itself.

Broccoli however is a powerhouse of nutrition. It is full of beta-carotene, vitamins B1 and C, the minerals calcium, sulfur and potassium and an excellent source of fiber and is 45% protein.

We all know that we should eat at least five portions of fruit and vegetables a day for health but the average adult in the USA manages just one and half portions while 60% of British people only eat one portion a day. The majority of people are ignoring their health and eating too much of the wrong kinds of foods.

Vegetable juices and green smoothies are your secret natural health remedy for good health. By juicing or blending (use a high powered blender like a Vitamix) a variety of vegetables each day you can dramatically increase your intake of nutrients, antioxidants and enzymes which prevent disease and aging.

Broccoli juice is an acquired taste and Mrs. Wiseman added carrot and apple juice to the broccoli juice to make it more palatable. Organic vegetables are best. Here is a recipe you could try:

60ml (2 fl oz) of carrot juice
60ml (2 fl oz) of apple juice
60ml (2 fl oz) of beetroot juice
60ml (2 fl oz) of broccoli juice
½ – 1 tsp chopped fresh parsley
A squeeze of fresh lemon juice.

Green juices and smoothies are loaded with vitamins, amino acids, chlorophyll and mineral such as iron and calcium. Vegetables and their juices are a great way to keep your body alkaline and flooded with oxygen. Cancer cannot thrive in these conditions.

A spokesman for Cancer Research UK said that there is a lot of research that is focused on broccoli and the healing properties of vegetables. There is plenty of evidence that the chance of developing cancer can be greatly reduced by a diet high in vegetables and fruit. Studies have found that boiling broccoli can reduce its anti-cancer compounds and that microwaving it destroys its antioxidant effects. Steaming briefly is probably the best way to cook it to preserve its natural heath benefits.

Get my detox recipe book free when you buy my Definitive Detox Diet eBook. It contains many easy to prepare recipes for juices, green smoothies and delicious vegetables dishes. While they are great for detox and cleansing they can also be used everyday as part of a normal healthy diet to help prevent disease and aging.

Fruit and vegetables and their juices have figured high in detox diets and detox diet recipes in many health systems for thousands of years.

It turns out that your Mom was right when she said, “Eat your vegetables.” Vegetables are healthy for all sorts of reasons. They are nutrient dense -full of vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, natural plant chemicals that have many beneficial effects on our health, and fiber. You can understand why they are used in detox diets recipes.

These days we have such a huge choice of vegetables that it is impossible to say you don’t like vegetables. It is so easy to get plenty of variety in your detox diet.

Non starchy vegetables are low on the glycemic scale. This means that they do not trigger insulin so are great for diabetics, insulin resistance (Syndrome X), healthy weight loss and maintenance as well as for detox.

Researcher have discovered that certain substances activate the 2 detox pathways of the liver known as Phase 1 & Phase 2.

The foods that activate Phase I pathway are:

Cabbage, broccoli, and Brussels sprouts.
Oranges and tangerines (but not grapefruit)
Caraway and dill seeds.
High protein foods

Foods that activate the Phase 2 pathway or help supply nutrients that are involved in this pathway are:

Cabbage, broccoli, Brussels sprouts cauliflower, cabbage, kale, bok choy cress, mustard, horseradish, turnips, rutabagas (swede), kohlrabi, red beets(beetroot), asparagus, avocado, walnuts.
Foods containing limonene – oranges, tangerines and their peel, caraway and dill seeds. watermelon, papayas and avocados.

An abundance of fruit and vegetables help to supply the nutrients that the liver needs to transform the toxins into substances that the the body can get rid of more easily.

Animal proteins are usually excluded as they take a lot of energy to digest. By using lighter and more easily digested foods more energy can be put into detox.

If you don’t know how to incorporate these foods into a detox diet or are bored with your usual detox recipes then you will be delighted to know that I have just put together a brand new Detox & Cleanse recipe eBook.”50 Easy & Delicious Recipes for Detox & Cleansing”. It contains over 70 recipes. With contributions from top detox centers and chefs I had so many tried and tested detox diet recipes that was not able to stop at 50!

You can easily create an endless variety of delicious, healthy detox meals for yourself and you can even use many of the recipes for the rest of the family as part of their meal.

It’s not too late to go on that 14 day summer detox to look your best on the beach. Detox diet recipes are a healthy no brainer way to change your diet and transform your life and your health for the better. You get the Recipe eBook free when you get my Definitive Detox Diet. To read more about my Detox Diet eBook Click Here

Hay fever affects at least 20% of the population every year. Many people’s lives are made a misery with constant sneezing, runny noses, watery, red, gritty and itchy eyes when they are exposed to pollen in spring and summer.

The symptoms of hay fever are caused by the release of histamine triggered by over reaction of the immune system to substances that should normally be tolerated. Substances like house dust, house dust mite and animal fur can also trigger symptoms.

But now researchers have found that diesel fumes are causing “Urban Hay Fever” in up to 60% of city dwellers because pollen attaches itself to exhaust fumes and becomes even more irritating. Dr Adrian Morris says that exhaust particles are particularly adept at carrying the pollen deep into the airways.

Sales of antihistamines and decongestants soar at this time of the year as people try to subdue the symptoms that make their lives a misery. Researchers in Switzerland have shown that the herbal remedy Butterbur has similar affects as antihistamine medication and does not have any side effects.

But it is possible to beat your hay fever naturally with regular detox, an anti-allergy diet and some anti-allergy supplements. A healthy body should be able to cope with pollen, dust and other potential allergens. But the immune system can malfunction if your body is overloaded with toxins.

Many people find that as they reduce their toxic load they react less and less to pollen or other trigger substances. Regular detox will help to get rid of chemicals and metals that can interfere with the normal function of your immune system. Of course it helps to start to detox early in the year but it is not too late to start one now or at least try an anti-allergy diet.

1. Avoid gluten grains like wheat, rye, barley, oats. People with hay fever often react to other members of the grass family.

2. Avoid dairy products and red meat as these can contribute to the inflammation caused by the allergic reaction

3. Eat plenty of different coloured fresh fruit and vegetables, especially raw, to get increased nutrients.

4. Increase Omega 3 oils from oily fish, pumpkin seeds, walnuts and linseeds (flax seed) to help to fight inflammation.

5. Avoid alcohol which overloads the liver, slows down detox and interferes with digestion making allergy more likely.

6. Drink plenty of pure water. The body works better when well hydrated.

7. Increase red onions, citrus fruit, berries and apples which contain quercetin, a flavanoid that acts as a natural antihistamine.

8. Get tested for hidden food allergies and exclude foods that you react to.

Nutrients that can help you beat hay fever naturally are:

Quercetin is a powerful antioxidant and natural anti-histamine. Take 500 mg a day as well as eating more red onions, apples, citrus fruit, and berries.

Vitamin C promotes a strong immune system, is anti-inflammatory and can immediately calm down allergic reactions. 2 – 4 grams a day would be a good dose taken throughout the day as it goes out of the body within 6 hours. Increase your vitamin C intake through food by eating plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables, although you would have to eat an enormous amount to get up to 2g.

Omega 3 fish oils are potent anti-inflammatory nutrients, with many other health benefits. Although you can obtain these from eating oily fish (avoiding those fish such as tuna, swordfish and sea bass which are often high in mercury) you can supplement 1,000mg of combined EPA and DHA a day.

Glutamine helps to support good immune function and can reduce allergic reactions as it repairs the linings of the digestive and respiratory systems. Take 500mg a daily.

MSM has significantly reduced hay fever symptoms in many people in studies and is another extremely powerful natural anti-inflammatory substance. Take 500 – 1000mg a day.

Bromelain, an enzyme found in pineapples, has considerable anti-inflammatory and anti-swelling properties. Take up to 300mg daily if you are having an allergic reaction or 100mg daily to reduce your allergic potential.

Improving your general health with regular detox, enough relaxation, restful sleep, exercise, a healthy diet and ensuring your body has all the right nutrients can, in time, cure your hay fever.

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The headlines of an article in a national newspaper today states that a new research study claims that middle class women who smoke in early pregnancy do not harm their unborn babies.

The study by the London School of Economics looked at the effects of smoking on birth weight. The author of the study says “We found a negligible effect of maternal smoking during the pregnancy, if the mother quits by month five, which suggests that there is a cumulative effect of smoking.”

What the article did not reveal was the fact that the author also stated “Maternal smoking during pregnancy remains prevalent in many countries, despite decades of research testifying to the harm it imposes upon the unborn children”

The fact is that even if smoking in the first 5 months does not contribute to low birth weight it can still harm both mother and child. It is shocking to learn that in the UK one in five mothers still smoke whilst pregnant.

Professor West of Cancer research said that a vast body of research shows that smoking is harmful throughout pregnancy and stopping at any stage will be good.

Smoking introduces the toxic metal cadmium into the body and is the greatest source of it. According to Tuula E. Tuormaa researcher for Foresight, the organization for the promotion of pre-conceptual care, smoking can greatly increase the risk of the unborn baby being rejected by the mother’s body as all stages of pregnancy and can also increases the risk of bleeding.

A large study showed a 29% increase in malformations, such as hare lip, cleft palate and various central nervous system abnormalities among infants born to mothers who smoked during
pregnancy.

In men smoking has been linked with a low sperm count and poor sperm motility and reduced testosterone secretion. In females, cigarette smoking has been linked with both an early onset of menopause as well as directly with infertility.

While it can be difficult to give up smoking a good detox program combined with nutritional support can pave the way to successfully stopping. High daily doses (up to 10gms) of Vitamin C can help to detox nicotine and stop the cravings.

Couples planning pregnancy can benefit from cleansing with improved nutrition whether they have been smokers or not. Couples with fertility problems can be helped with detox programs, dietary changes and nutritional support. Everyone carries a toxic load of metals and chemicals in their bodies which are passed on to the unborn child. Recent research has shown 200 chemicals to be present in newborn babies. A frightening thought.

Detox combined with a good fertility diet for both partners prior to conception can avoid complications during pregnancy and labour.

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Fertility problems are twice as common as previously thought. A recent study found that 36% of couples with fertility problems have a least 3 sessions of IVF costing up to £8,000 a time but less than half these treatments result in pregnancy.

It is a great shame that more information is not given to these couples about natural remedies for pregnancy and treatments for infertility. Chinese herbs have been used for thousands of years to help balance a woman’s hormones to increase fertility.

Advances in hormone testing that plots a woman’s sex hormones every 3 – 4 days over one monthly cycle can pick up problems with hormone balance that the routine tests do not. Estrogen dominance and the sudden drop of progesterone at the end of a cycle are common causes of infertility or the inability to maintain a pregnancy.

Foresight, the association for the promotion of pre-conceptual care, has excellent results with previously infertile couples by correcting nutritional deficiencies and reducing toxic metals in both partners.

Low or imbalanced minerals and the presence of toxic metals are determined by hair mineral analysis. Practitioners who use the system recommend a more nutritional diet with supplements of highly absorbable vitamins and minerals to correct the deficiencies. Specific supplements are given to reduce the metals that can interfere with minerals that are needed for proper hormone balance and fertility.

Couples are also advised to get checked for Chlamydia, a sexually transmitted disease, that can present without any obvious symptoms. Chlamydia is one cause of blocked fallopian tubes, pelvic inflammatory disease, and thought to be related to endometriosis.

Well informed couples are also taking measures to detox chemicals from their bodies that are likely to be interfering with fertility. Many synthetic chemicals that end up being stored on our bodies are known as hormone or estrogen mimics as they can behave like the natural hormone estrogen.

Researchers have found that babies are born with a number of chemicals in their blood that have been passed from the mother. Parents who want to avoid this are choosing to undergo detox programs that help top get rid of these chemicals or certainly lower them as much as possible before getting pregnant.

It has been proven that if both parents follow a nutritious diet and healthy lifestyle, take specific nutritional supplements or herbal remedies and live relatively free from pollutants for some months prior to trying to get pregnant they will not only improve their fertility, but will also significantly reduce their chances of having a miscarriage or labor complications.

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It is natural at this time of the year to make resolutions to get fitter, slimmer and healthier and many people embark on a detox diet hoping to shed a few pounds or feel less congested after the excesses of the Christmas and New Year festivities.

But with newspaper reports that Dr Andrew Wedge, the Government Chief Scientist at the Food Standards Agency UK, has posted comments on their blog that detox is a lot of nonsense you might be forgiven for wondering if its worth the bother of following a detox diet at all.

Although Dr Wedge correctly states that we have a very good inbuilt detox system called the liver he conveniently seems to forget or ignores the fact that most people do not treat their livers well.

The liver does an incredible job trying to cope with the daily function of neutralizing and eliminating toxins that come from within our bodies as well as from withoutbut it can become overwhelmed. We are constantly bombarded with chemicals from air pollution inside our homes as well as outside, toxins from food and the water you drink.

Yes, the pollution in your home is worse than the pollution out side according to Professor Burchett of the University of Technology , Sydney.

And yes, tap water is toxic too. A recent report from the Royal Society of Chemistry revealed that improved testing procedures showed that tap water does contain potentially harmful chemicals that are unable to be processed by current water treatments. So drinking tap water as Dr Wedge recommends will add to the liver’s detox burden.

Sophisticated laboratory tests show that many people with chronic health problems and symptoms that doctor’s cannot put a name to are suffering from poor liver detoxification. Researchers have shown that their symptoms and health can be improved by eating certain foods and taking certain nutrients that help support the liver detox pathways.

Blood tests performed at a number of laboratories agree that we are all full of potentially dangerous chemicals that our livers have been unable to detoxify. The fact is that our livers are strugging to cope with the amount of chemicals it is presented with every with every day.

Detox and cleansing centers and research facilities worldwide have proved that peoples health can be improved with carefully designed detox plans. The success of the New York detox program for the 7/11 rescue workers who were suffering the effects of toxic chemicals is but one example.

Dr Wedge is right when he says that there are lot of supplements on the market that are a waste of money. One day detox supplements are not going to do much for you except maybe kickstart you on a better diet. To detox any significant amount of chemicals from your body takes time and effort.

Although, according to many authorities, the best time to foloow a detox program is springtime if you are feeling sluggish and congested after the holiday season then you are likely to feel better if you eat lightly, drink pure water and and get some exercise to increase blood circulation to the liver.

But if you suffer with chronic health problems or niggling symptoms then following a good nutritionally balanced detox program can often bring about real improvements.

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The inventor of the flu vaccine has sensationally stated that he has never been impressed by its efficacy. Natural Health Practitioners have been saying for years that there is no evidence that a flu shot provides protection nor saves lives.

In fact researchers have shown that the immune system is suppressed following any vaccination. The chemicals and virus present in the vaccines significantly reduce the function of the immune cells for months following the shots.

Dr Laver, the Australian doctor who developed the flu vaccine over 40 years ago, warns that the UK could have a severe epidemic this winter following an extremely bad flu season in Australia this year.

Statistics show that 12,000 in the UK die each year from flu but many more lives could be at risk this year. The CDC in Atlanta, USA states that exact numbers of how many died last season in the USA cannot be determined as it is only a notifiable disease in children.

Many elderly people die from complications of flu that involve the respiratory passages and lungs such as pneumonia.

Prevention is the best course of action against the flu. You need a strong and healthy immune system to reduce your chance of becoming infected this season.

Here are some helpful hints to ward off infection:

• Drink 6 – 8 x 8oz glasses of pure water a day.

• Regularly follow a good detox plan to boost immunity.

• Wash your hands and scrub under your nails frequently and keep your hands away from your face.

• Ensure you regularly get a good night’s sleep.

• Get some exercise every day even if it’s only walking for 15 minutes.

• Reduce stress and make a habit of listening to relaxation tapes.

• Increase your fresh vegetable intake and try to buy organicically grown produce.

• Be liberal with onions and garlic in cooking as they are good virus fighters.

• Eat a small pot of live organic yogurt daily or take a good probiotic capsule.

• Keep your intake of alcohol low.

• Do not smoke.

• Take 1 – 3 grams Vitamin C and 1 -2 mercury and pollutant free cod liver oil capsules daily.

• Don’t share personal items with other people.

• Keep warm and wrap up well when going out in cold weather. Getting chilled lowers your defences.

• Stay away from people who have colds and flu where possible.

• Take a good herbal remedy that increases your immunity such as Immunity Plus

Herbal remedies have traditionally been used to help the immune system and now modern research has confirmed that a number of herbs support immune function and speed recovery if you are unfortunate enough to catch a cold of the flu.

Immunity Plus contains herbs chosen for their ability to maintain the health function of the immune system. Together with a good balanced diet and healthy lifestyle herbs can help you maintain your natural defence against infections.