You are what you eat

I shared this in my group, but it was so important I had to share it here as well...

According to an article that I read on the Harvard website, "multivitamin bashing seems to be in season. The March 2008 Harvard Men’s Health Watch gives the impression that few of the ingredients in a multivitamin are worth taking. The June 2008 Nutrition Action Health Letter suggests taking a multivitamin every other day instead of every day. The central concern of both articles is folic acid—specifically,getting too much folic acid." And when we read articles about supplementing what it always comes down to is that you can't replace real nutrition with synthetic nutrients.

Their better advice: "Take a standard multivitamin every day, but stay away from heavily fortified foods that deliver a full day’s dose—or sometimes more—of folic acid ... there is newer evidence that excess folic acid (the synthetic version of folate, a vitamin found abundantly in vegetables, fruits, and grains) may be contributing to an uptick in colorectal cancer. many of those multi vitamins or meal replacement shakes contain your recommended daily amount — 400 micrograms (mcg) — but look at your package foods and you'll see that folic acid is also added to breakfast cereals and enriched grain and cereal products, including breads, rice, and pasta. A person taking a multivitamin can easily exceed the recommended total intake, and maybe even the safe upper limit of 1,000 mcg. This issues of getting too much isn’t a problem with folate found naturally in foods. But most supplemental vitamins are fortified and not the whole foods that your body really needs."

You've heard me talk about Folic vs. Folate before when I have talked about MTHFR, but did you know that most vitamin B1 supplements are made from derivatives of coal tar? Or that ascorbic acid (vitamin C) is often made by reacting high-fructose corn syrup with sulfuric acid? Worse is that they are not feeding corn syrup to algae that they are using to fortify foods (organic milk, etc). It makes me mad that even many iron supplements (for those that have the iron-folic anemia you may want to hear this) ... are often made from the rust off of nails? How gross is that?

Where you get your nutrition matters. How you react to what you are eating matters. If your skin looks like it's being used to detoxify your system, you have a problem with your central detoxification chimney. Many of you know that I use with my family and with my clients a whole foods supplementation program, but not everyone can afford it. I get that. I also love and recommend creating a change with your body. I love whole foods and what they do for your body.

Over the years I have worked with so many clients and I know that there is always this fear of tackling something new. Over this last month I have taken on two new wellness items. First I started working out with Maxine Jones through her live streaming portal. I have done mostly Les Mills and Beachbody programs as a personal trainer for the last ten years, however I felt an instant connection with Maxine and her fun style of fitness. So even though I am half way around the world from her classes, I signed up and started doing them a few times a week in my office. I am loving it!

Second I started a face yoga bootcamp. If you watch KUWTK you saw face yoga on the last episode. So far I am loving it and loving the community. I don't know when I have been more welcomed, or loved on than I have been in the last few weeks.

So what I am saying is that even in what I do in my business, I look for ways to take myself out of my comfort zone because I know the benefit of trying something new, and what possibilities it opens up for my life. Who knows, I may fly to London just to workout with Maxine, or become a certified face yoga consultant. One never knows.

So with my programs I try to make it so that it is both affordable and that you get the most bang for you buck. I know that my clients love having simple to follow starts, and then they desire something that allow them to create their change with total ease. So I have created an online portal where you will get access to meal plans and recipes for the life of your commitment to this challenge.

If you aren't gluten-free, you will be for at least ten days of this program. If you know who I am talking about when I said I was working out with Max, then you know who Sally Bee is as well. She went gluten-free recently to support a friend and was shocked at how much better she felt. There is a connection to the way that these items are grown, fertilized, spray, created that is not aligned to our gut health. When you remove it, and in fact when you go non-gmo and gluten-free there is a huge change you are going to feel in your body.

We also go dairy-free because of the connection to the inflammation dairy causes, and the grains that the animals eat. If you are like myself and my daughter it won't take long before your breathing feels lighter and your brain fog starts to clear. You can learn more about why I recommend gluten-free and dairy free living by watching my how-to video here.

We supplement with dense non-gmo nutrients. This is where you select your level.

Nourish Your Skin Basic : Berrylicious Package : With this package you will be using blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, bilberries, and elderberries and other powerful and healthful antioxidants in fruits and vegetables to nourish your capillaries and support your cardiovascular system. This package will run you just under $30 US per month over our four month program. You will also get access to a five day starter meal plan, and the Paleo Vegeo curated recipe library and added into our support group on Facebook if you desire that.    http://purchases.plus/NourishYourSkin

Nourish Your Skin Premium : Glowing Skin Package : This package includes the berry blend, and also the complete omegas to help your skin glow, and protect it from sun damage from the inside out. Containing plant-based combination of  your omega 3, 5, 6, 7 and 9 fatty acids (including DHA, EPA and ALA) that have been derived from fruits, algae and seed oils.

Dr. Will Clower PHD wrote recently about the latest research that: "When people took 10 grams of omega-3 fatty acid fish oil over 3 and 6 months, researchers discovered that the fatty acids were being deposited into the skin of the subjects. Once there, they seemed to protect the skin from sunburn. ... More impressive was the fact that this protective effect was totally time dependent. For example, the longer you took them, the greater the amount deposited into your skin, and (as you would guess) the greater the protection against UV radiation. Another exceptional discovery about this effect is that it lasted 10 weeks before the skin went back to its pre-omega-3 fatty acid levels."
Thankfully these are cold pressed without any fish, and by harvesting the omegas from the original algae source instead of fish and using a cold-pressing technique for all of the seeds and the capsules you get a purity of vital nutrition with a fear of toxins and without damaged fatty acids. This package will run you just under $65 US per month over our four month program. You will also get access to a five day starter meal plan, the Paleo Vegeo curated recipe library and added into our support group on Facebook if you desire that.
http://purchases.plus/NourishYourSkin + http:/blends.social/omegas
Nourish Your Skin Elite : Make Me Over Package :  This package is all in nutrition. You will get the berry blend, the omega blend, and then two full blends of garden vegetables and fruits. It isn't just about how you look, it is about how you feel. A recent study found that failing to fill up on plants can make things like depression and anxiety even worse.  Increasing your diet by just four extra portions of fruit and four extra portions of veg a day can boost your mental health.
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This year on June 7 it is World Food Safety Day and we've seen a lot of food recalls in the last two years. A lot of those were vegetables and recently my favorite melons were recalled from Whole Fodos. I love that I have never had a recall on these gems, and I don't expect that to ever happen. I am getting all of those servings of plants with ease, and it gives me so many benefits beyond just looking younger than ever.
Yet I have to mention that in the yoga group I joined we were asked to post a photo and then a little about ourselves. At the time of this website post over 200 people have been shocked by my photo and over 140 have asked how I look so young and what is my secret. My messenger has been blowing up. Yet it's so simple. The only thing I can clearly showcase as a change as my skin started improving was a consistent use of this program. As I was posting it I thought, well that is a cruddy photo. Who knew that so many people are looking for the secret to heal their skin and to feel beautiful from the inside out. Also stop using toxin skin care products.I wash my skin with water most day, even after wearing mineral makeup. I apply oil and a water based moisturizer and call it a day.

If you learn to do what Max tells us, "Love your bodies girls!" then the rest is easy. Choose the easy button.

Several months ago I purchased my dream... and infrared sauna blanket. I had wanted so badly to get a sauna for years, but space is limited, and I am not really prepared yet to go all out remodeling the house in order to have the most amazing infrared sauna room.

So why a sauna blanket? The right Infrared Sauna Blankets detoxify the body and boosts your metabolic rate so you burn calories like you’re working out, without working out. This can be so supportive when your body just won't budge, but you perhaps can't workout. Wouldn't you love to get that elated workout feeling, you know that runners endorphins, without the exhaustion?  Infrared sauna therapy has been shown to significantly decrease pain and other symptoms of fibromyalgia syndrome, a chronic disorder that is characterized by widespread pain with localized tenderness. It researchers are just beginning to study these effects of infrared sauna therapy on pain and stiffness caused by different autoimmune diseases, showing in four weeks those with rheumatoid arthritis showed improvements in pain, stiffness, and fatigue.

However if you are an athlete, you get the benefit of that “hyperthermic conditioning”. This is the idea of using your sauna as a biohack to your next performance as when you use the sauna it optimizes blood flow to the heart, skeletal muscles, skin, and other tissues because it increases your plasma volume. This hyperthermic conditioning session then leads to endurance enhancements in your next workout or physical activity, when your core body temperature is once again elevated.

On top of that I find it supports me in getting a great sleep. Many of you know that I have battled with my adrenals for years, and as such my cortisol levels can spike in the evening and keep me wide awake when my body really craves sleep and renewal. Infrared has been show to increase feel good chemicals and lowers cortisol.


So think about the idea of relaxing into the soothing, yet stimulating heat in the evening, as those infrared rays also trigger your brain’s happiness chemicals. That's where the idea of the healthy, rejuvenating experience that leaves you feeling euphoric, Higher Dose, comes into play.

Of course I didn't want just any sauna blanket. This blanket has healing amethyst which deepens benefits of infrared, a tourmaline layer that generates negative ions and a charcoal layer to amplify detoxification process. It also has a medical grade magnetic strip for improved blood circulation and is made from premium non-toxic interior and exterior fabrics. I loved that this was model designed in part by Dr. Raleigh Duncan, Founder of Clearlight Saunas.

So when I asked in my sauna group about it, everyone was like, you need a low EMF heating device. Of course, this is. I even bought an EMF detector to test it out because EMFs are so dangerous that I even mention them in my book, Exploring Aromatherapy.

EMF is the flow of electrons, and low frequency EMFs are those that come from human-made electrical machines. These low frequencies cause an energy disruption in our energy fields because it is the natural order of energy. Aromatherapy, smoke cleansing, sound therapy, energy work and anything that helps to increase your higher vibrations will help with keeping us aligned. However they are not something that will keep the EMFs from doing what they do, and so it’s a constant battle of balance. Over the last 30 years the concern that daily exposure to extremely low-frequency magnetic fields, considered to be 1 to 300 Hz, might be harmful to human health. 

 So I tested it, and my vibration plate since it was nearby... and then in the second video my computer. This was put together for the guy that runs the sauna group, because he will only promote items that are low EMF. Listen, the guy sits naked on his deck daily for the Vitamin D... he's serious about his wellness.

Many celebrities including Selena Gomez swear by these blankets, as she recently told Elle.com, Selena said, “It's changed my skin, it's kind of changed my body as well, so it feels really good." Many sports professionals also travel with it, because it's compact and lightweight enough for taking on the road, but FYI, not probably something you want to check in baggage so better for road trips.

The group I am in highly touts infrared sauna for the deep detox as it is seven times more detoxifying than using a traditional heat for cleansing.

They say that it is anti-aging and can boost collagen and produces a healthy "glow". I get the healthy glow idea, but I find that if you overdo your sauna without replenishing moisture to your skin, the effect is drying. So I always use my mixture of facial oil and moisturizer before bed, especially after a sauna session. When I am looking to detox I follow the niacin protocol several hours before my sauna, and then when it heats my tissues several inches deep, the infrared vibrates those water molecules pulling toxins out that are stored deep within your fat cells. I've talked a lot about the "whoosh factor" and my Fat Activation program, because we have to lose the mindset of "losing fat" and instead engage in activating our fat to be it's healthiest. When we are enveloped in infrared heat, our body will go into full relaxation mode without resistance, which allows toxins to be more easily released. Of course I follow my sauna with a cold shower, and a good binder, or two, to make sure I am grabbing those items I've released to help them along their way.

You can't out exercise a bad diet. And you can't outrun your hormones or check ✔ out when life sends you stress. All of these cause a chronic inflammatory cycle.

The movement to accumulate less...eat food with less ingredients...take in less toxins.... balance your happiness with less stress....and of course less sugar, less gluten and less dairy are truly growing so rapidly for big reasons and I have to tell you that if you're looking to make some changes it's easier than you think.

Less ingredients is as simple as adding more whole foods into your diet.

Now is the time for you to join us to change your food choices, your movement and your mindfulness. It can be so complicated because wouldn't you agree that our world is more toxic than it was ten years ago (both in environment, nutrition and emotionally/socially)? And wouldn't you agree that our foods are more toxic than they were... heavy on the herbicides? the sugar content? And the foods we just can't digest well.