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True Food - 8 Simple Steps to a Healthier You

You may have heard the phrase “out of true.” It means not in correct alignment. During the last 40 years or so, most of us have been eating a diet that is wildly out of true compared to what our bodies need, and equally out of true considering what is best for the health of the planet.

There are many people and groups today working to get the food system back in true alignment, working to preserve and sustain “true food,” but we — the food shoppers and eaters–are the most important. This is why we –Melissa Breyer, Wendy Gordon, and I–wrote True Food (National Geographic, 2010). More>>>>

Annie’s daughter Lily tells about the flu from her generation’s perspective, and what she has learned from her mom about how to kill germs in the home, dorm, or office using methods and products that are government-approved, but that won’t harm your health…or the environment.
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I’ve been on a quest for a healthy breakfast that will also help with weight-loss for a long time. I love my toast with almond butter, but I am such with carbs that I will gain weight on that (or certainly not lose it). I lose weight on Atkins, but my cholesterol goes sky high and, well, it hardly feels healthy.

I posted an early version of this as a bread on the site, but this new version is working much better, and yes, the photo is true to the bars. I took it myself.
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According to Breast Cancer Options, recent studies reveal that there is a 60 percent increased incidence of breast cancer among night shift workers, and researchers have classified night shift work as a possible carcinogen.
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We humans are moving bodies of water. In HOMEMADE DETOX BATHS and I am so happy to show you how to use water—and the pleasures of a good soak—to cleanse and purify your systems. Sea salts and Epsom salts, clays and herbs, mud rich with minerals: these have been used for centuries to draw impurities from our skin. Here I gather my best recipes and formulas, native remedies and botanical knowledge to put in this guide for the healing waters…of home!

Spas and salons now have detox treatments–ionic foot baths, mud and seaweed wraps—that are hugely expensive. In HOMEMADE DETOX BATHS, I share the simple, effective and age-old principles they are based on. Most importantly I shows you how to put those principles to use at home, naturally and very inexpensively. I offer a wide range of options for treatments geared towards the reader’s own needs, skin type, moods and preferences.

Why is seaweed a natural skin purifier? What essential oils are most effective for dry skin? What is the skin’s acid mantle, and why is it important to maintain? How are toxins stored in, and released from, our bodies? I provide all of this information and more; all that you need to know to establish a rejuvenating regimen of cleansing, relaxing detox soaks. HOMEMADE DETOX BATHS: read it as you run the water…

HOMEMADE DETOX BATHS booklet has dozens of recipes using a variety of salts, herbs, seaweeds, essential oils, and other all-natural ingredients. Each recipe is targeted towards a particular purpose, from specific detox needs to general stress relief.

Also Features:

* Natural Mud Bath
* Long Handled Wooden Brush
* Lavender Buds
* Seaweed for Soaks and Wraps
* Muslin “Tea” Bags
* Exotic Essential Oils
* Fabric-lined Willow Basket

Plus, if you act now, you’ll also get Fun Homemade Baths eBook completely free with your order!

$64.94 BUY NOW

It seems like it’s impossible to turn on the news without hearing a scary story about the latest flu bug. This year, it’s H1N1, or the swine flu. Imagine how great it would feel to navigate our germ-ridden world with a sense of confidence, knowing how to protect your health naturally. Natural Flu Protection has dozens of tips, tricks, and recipes using only healthy, all-natural ingredients. From do-it-yourself cleaning products for sanitizing your home to herbal and homeopathic remedies for strengthening your body’s defenses, Natural Flu Protection offers natural ways to get through the flu season.

With the Natural Flu Protection eBook, I address these concerns, giving people a fighting chance against getting the flu, while safeguarding them against noxious chemicals. Formulas and tips for d.i.y. home and personal spritzers are provided, using essential oils (tea tree, eucalyptus, oregano, etc.) with proven antifungal, antibacterial, antiviral and antiseptic properties. I explain other plant-based materials (vinegar, witch hazel, aloe vera) that are effective in killing germs, molds and viruses, but are not harmful to people and animals.

Like antibiotics, when overused chemical antibacterial detergents can lead to “superbugs;” bacteria that are impervious to all our efforts to kill them. The plant-based purifiers in this kit are perfectly safe, based on ingredients that have been used for centuries. With the recipes and formulas, I explain how to use them effectively, with information on how long viruses survive on surfaces and tips on commonsense practices.

Natural Flu Protection is available as a downloadable eBook. BUY NOW AND GET our Fun Baths eBook for FREE!

eBook only $6.95!

The information contained on this site and in the eBook is for educational purposes only. These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration and are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease and any product featured on this site is not intended to diagnose, prevent, treat, or cure any disease.

Happiness. For a few years now I have said that there is a green product that works for just about everything you could want, except there doesn’t seem to be a green dishwasher detergent that works as well as commercial brands, all of which are made with eco-UNfriendly phosphates.

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I have become a huge fan of wool. My love affair began after sleeping under an organic wool comforter and waking up feeling like I had been touched with bliss, I was so calm. (Some research says that sleeping under wool will lower the heart beat, among other things.)
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As I write, my feet are soaking in a tub of warm water that has been mixed with 1 cup of bentonite clay and ground herbs. The herbs send their healing aromatherapy into the air, while the clay pulls impurities out of my skin. This is a natural detox treatment alternative to expensive ionic foot baths: simple, effective, and powerfully relaxing.

This foot bath is like all of the treatments in this eBook–an easy, natural way to relax and rejuvenate as you cleanse, in the serenity of your own home.

Native peoples have rubbed their bodies in mud to detox for centuries. This foot bath is much the same idea. I love learning about these natural methods, and sharing them with others who are searching for natural alternatives.

Plus, they cost pennies in comparison to their expensive counterparts. And they work in an age-old way. I feel such a lightness after I have give myself a foot bath—the detox feeling is palpable!

All these tips and more are in my new eBook, Homemade Detox Baths, including:
- Baths to rid your body of cellulite
- Essential oils to help you detox and relax
- How to properly use Epsom salts to calm your nervous system
- The secret behind Dead Sea salts.

And, I can’t resist…with your purchase I’ll include a free eBook with fabulous formulas for fun, fizzy baths. My daughter and I have had so much fun with these formulas over the years, I hope you give them a try, too.

If you place your order now, I’ll include Homemade Detox Bath Kit loaded with all the ingredients you need for the natural detox recipes, for only $64.95.

That’s a price well below any commercial massage or spa treatment. The basket will introduce you to a range of relaxing and revitalizing methods—with natural clays, aromatherapy and essential oils, dry and wet skin brushing, hard copy booklet, natural bath salts, and mineral-rich seaweeds—to renew yourself physically and spiritually.

Or, the eBook is available for $6.95.