Month: March 2019

Dry Skin Brushing

The skin is the largest organ of the body. It protects the body, helps regulate body temperature, and eliminates wastes. Dry brushing is a natural way to support this organ detox. How does Dry Skin Brushing work? Dry brushing exfoliates and removes dead skin cells that may be clogging pores on your skins surface. It …

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Lamb Stew

According to Chinese medicine Lamb is one of the most effective foods with which to build blood and warm up the circulation – it is recommended that the lamb be prepared as a stew in a slow cooker/crock-pot, or slow cooked on the stove, with root vegetables and nutritious nutrients and herbs & spices.  Be …

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Reduce Your Exposure to Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (aka Pesticides)

Environmental toxin exposure is a growing health concern. Precocious puberty in children and new onset autoimmune disease in adults, are just a few of the consequences. Below are recommendations to limit our exposures as a community.  Eat plenty of vegetables. Whenever you can, buy food grown without pesticides or with fewer pesticides. Look for labels …

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Seed Cycling–How do I do it?

Whether your menstrual cycle is regular, irregular or missing, seed cycling is a nutritional intervention that you can incorporate to support healthy periods. Benefits span from increasing intake of anti-inflammatory fats, to optimizing hormone balance with natural phytoestrogens. Follicular Phase Seeds 1.  Flax seeds: Considered an optimal source of lignans and omega 3. Lignans such as secoisolariciresinol, matairecinol …

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