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Day-to-Day Detox Program Featured in the Boulder Daily Camera
Starting Sunday, April 7th, Yoga Loft and I will be launching our Day-to-Day Detox program, a month-long detoxification program that meets every Sunday in April for 2 hours. I will spend part of the time lecturing on such things as the 5 roots of elimination, foods and recipes that support detoxification, and how to identify and eliminate environmental toxins in … Read more
Unacceptable Levels: A Film about the Chemicals in our Bodies
Just stumbled upon the documentary Unacceptable Levels at the Natural Foods Expo West last weekend. It’s scheduled to be on tour this summer 2013. The only thing available at the moment is a brief preview that describes the premise of the movie, but I’m excited that someone is finally making this information more visible to the public. Basically, the filmmakers … Read more
What is Sauna Therapy? How Can It Improve My Health?
Modern day diseases such as cancer, fibromyalgia, diabetes, Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson’s, and fatigue are prevalent and becoming more so in part because of the changes in our environment, exposure to toxicity, and a weakened immune system from chronic toxic insults. Detoxification is vital for addressing the underlying weaknesses associated with these diseases, and one modality for detoxification is sweating. Sauna … Read more
Sustainable Seafood: Which Fish is Safe to Eat?
Did you know that in North America, fish is one of the top sources of PCBs, and farmed salmon is the single greatest source? In fact, farmed salmon has four times more PCBs, dioxins, and other chlorinated contaminants than wild Alaskan salmon. A big reason for these high levels of toxicity is that farmed salmon are fed fish pellets that … Read more
The Dirty Dozen and Clean Fifteen: Which Produce Is Best to Eat Organic?
If you read my last blog, Is Buying Organic Food Worth the Investment?, then you know more about pesticides on foods and how harmful they can be to our bodies. However, I understand how expensive groceries can get, especially if you’re trying to feed a family. My recommendation is to buy organic as much as possible, but if your grocery … Read more
Is buying organic food worth the investment?
The simple answer is “Absolutely!” But you probably want to know why. Without going into all the extensive background information it would require to tell the whole story, this is the gist. Pesticides. We all know the old adage, “an apple a day keeps the doctor away,” right? Wrong. Apples are covered in organophosphate pesticides, which are used extensively on … Read more
Detoxification: Not Just for Sick People Anymore
We are on the brink of a major health challenge. Never before has the human race been so bombarded by chemicals in their daily lives. Every day we are faced with hundreds of exposures to chemicals in our toothpastes, our water bottles, our dry-cleaned clothing, the pollution in the air around us, and pesticides used in our neighborhood, parks, and … Read more
5 Things that Harm Our Health
Without realizing it, we do things that harm our health every day. Here are some of the top five things: 1. Too Little Sleep The more I talk to patients the more I see that they (we) are short-cutting our sleep in order to meet the demands of our days. We “finish” up with work at night, catch up on … Read more