As most of you may know, I eat a very specific diet based on Ann Boroch’s recovery program, as outlined in her books Healing MS and The Candida Cure. The purpose of the diet is to starve the body of Candida, fungus, parasites, viruses, and infections – all those nasty buggers that live in...
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This is a disturbing but essential piece of education by Robyn O’Brien at TedX Austin (2011) for anyone living in the United States and especially those with a chronic illness. Please watch it.
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Ah, the holiday season. The best excuse of the year (with the exception of Halloween and Valentine’s Day) to gluttonously consume sugary treats of all shapes and sizes. In fact it’s a time ideally designed for binging. We inhale every holiday goodie we see without remorse for five weeks straight – from Thanksgiving until...
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1 1/2 cups unsweetened almond milk (or unsweetened coconut or help milk) 1 full dropper of NuNaturals vanilla stevia 1 teaspoon of organic extra virgin coconut oil 1 teaspoon of raw almond butter 1 fist full of organic spinach or organic kale (kale is a bit more bitter but the Rolls Royce of greens,...
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The Facebook status message you see above is a real message taken from my newsfeed two days ago. It was posted by someone in the MS community regarding an upcoming MS walk. Please take a moment to read it now and call out (if you’re at work do it in your head so your...
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My daughter is sitting at the kitchen table sorting her candy. Five lollipops in various shades of red. A Kit Kat bar with a red heart on the wrapper. Fun Dip, cherry-red of course. A big plastic heart filled with chocolate balls. And a box of those little heart-shaped hard candies with the messages...
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Celery. Dirty. Peaches. Dirty. Strawberries? Dirty. Apples, blueberries, nectarines, bell peppers, spinach and cherries. Dirty. Potatoes. Dirty. Grapes (imported). Dirty. And just when you thought it was safe…Kale and Collard Greens! Dirty! Dirty as in pesticide-riddled. Dirty as in poison. This is the Dirty Dozen(TM) according to Environmental Working Group’s website www.foodnews.org. So if...
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Summer’s here but do not fear – if you’re on a no-sugar diet, you can still drink lemonade! It’s so easy. One glass of filtered water, a couple ice cubes. The juice of half a lemon. Liquid stevia drops (alcohol free) to taste. Legal, refreshing, delish. My daughter even loves it and I get...
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I am compelled to take a break from regularly scheduled programming (the rest of the 5-part series on beliefs) so that I can rave about my new discovery. My precious discovery. My discovery of joy. What, you may ask, has me so titillated? Frozen wild blueberries with liquid stevia drops. Wait, hear me out!...
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Bread is everywhere, but that doesn’t mean it’s good for you. Muffins and donuts and candy are everywhere but that doesn’t mean they’re good for you. Trans fats, partially hydrogenated oils, high-fructose corn syrup, refined sugar, or sugar-substitute chemicals are in nearly everything, but that doesn’t mean they’re good for you. When I was...
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