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1 to 3 Day Intense Fat and Sugar Cleanse

For 1-3 days:

—Upon rising: have a cup of Green Tea Cleanser to cut through and eliminate fatty wastes. For maximum results, add drops of ginseng extract to control sugar cravings, or licorice extract for maximum sugar stabilizing.

—Breakfast: have a Fat Melt Down Juice: juice 2 apples, 2 pears, 1 slice of fresh ginger to help reduce fat from places where it is stored in cellulite. The ginger stimulates better blood circulation.

—Mid-morning: have a daily superfood drink like Energy Green drink mix. Green superfoods help cleanse the body of fatty build-up.

 —Lunch: enjoy a mixed vegetable juice, like Knudsen’s Very Veggie. Even regular, low sodium V-8 juice works fine.

—Mid-afternoon: Enzymes are a dieter’s best friend! Take a glass of papaya-pineapple juice, or green tea. Add Dr. Enzyme caps for extra enzyme activity. 

 —Dinner: Have some miso soup with chopped seaweed. Seaweeds add minerals and improve sluggish metabolism. Add spices like cinnamon, cayenne, mustard and ginger to speed up the fat burning process.

 —Before bed: have apple juice, or licorice or peppermint tea to rebalance and restore normal body pH.

  Watchwords:

  •Add more fiber from whole grains and vegetables to get rid of excess sugar. High fiber foods improve glucose metabolism, promote weight loss and reduce sugar cravings.

  •A 15 minute dry sauna 3x a week really helps balance sugar levels. When I worked at a European spa, we used this technique for weight loss and blood sugar problems with great results!

  •Expert dieters drink 8 glasses of water a day. Water naturally suppresses appetite and helps a high metabolic rate. Water is the most important catalyst for increased fat burning. It enhances the liver’s ability to detox and metabolize so it can process more fats. Don’t worry about fluid retention; high water intake decreases bloating, because it flushes out sodium and toxins.            

 1-3 Day Intense Fat and Sugar Cleanse supplement suggestions:

  …Essential fatty acids:  Without essential fatty acids (EFA’s), poor fat metabolism is certain. Control excess fluid retention with EFA’s. Flax Oil -1 or 2 tbsp. over a salad; Evening Primrose Oil, 2000mg daily; CLA, an Omega-6 fatty acid with fat-burning properties, 1800mg daily.

  …Appetite suppressants: Fat & Sugar Detox formula especially helps prevent overeating fatty and sugary foods while your body releases the excess it has.

Intense Fat and Sugar cleanse bodywork suggestions:

Enema: Take an enema the first day of your excess fat cleanse to help release toxins out of the body.

Exercise: Exercise promotes an “afterburn” effect, raising metabolic rates for up to 24 hours. Exercise before a meal raises blood sugar levels and decreases appetite for several hours. Exercise for women with the little tummy bulge that appears at menopause? 100 hard tummy sucks each morning. It works!

Dry brushing: Fatty wastes get trapped beneath the skin’s surface easily (especially in women) when the liver or lymphatic systems are sluggish. Use a natural bristle brush - brush vigorously 5 to 10 minutes in a rotary motion and massage in this order: feet and legs, hands and arms, back and abdomen, chest and neck.

Massage: Have a massage therapy treatment at the end of your cleanse to move excess fluid wastes and unattached fats into elimination systems, and to stimulate skin circulation.

Bathe away excess fats: Hot Seaweed Bath; or a sea salt bath: add 1 cup Dead Sea salts, 1 cup Epsom salts, ½ cup regular sea salt and ¼ baking soda to a tub; swish in 3 drops lavender oil, 2 geranium drops  oil, 2 drops sandalwood oil and 1 drop neroli oil.

To Life-long health,

Linda Page

 

Do you have Chronic Colds?

Over 200 different viruses cause colds. Although we hear most often about rhino-viruses and their involvement in colds, we are constantly exposed to cold-causing organisms without them actually causing a cold. The health of your immune system is the deciding factor in whether you “catch” a cold or not. Still, without a doubt, it’s hard to work, sleep, and be around other people when you have a cold.

Twelve Steps to Better Cold Care
1) A short walk revs up immune response and gives you some fresh air. A walk puts cleansing oxygen into your lungs, and elevates mood. It works wonders!
2) Take vitamin C or Ester C, 1000mg every hour, preferably in powder form with juice, throughout the day. To fight an irritating, scratchy throat, take zinc lozenges as needed, or propolis throat spray.
3) Don’t smoke or drink alcohol (other than a little brandy and lemon). They suppress immunity. Avoid sugary foods, fried foods and dairy foods. They increase mucous production.
4) Eat lightly but with good nutrition. Nutrient absorption is less efficient during a cold. A vegetarian diet is best at this time so the body won’t have to work so hard at digestion.
5) Drink plenty of liquids; 6-8 glasses daily of fresh fruit and vegetable juices, herb teas and water to help flush toxins out of your system.
6) Keep warm. Don’t worry about a fever unless it is prolonged or high.
7)  Take a long hot bath, spa or sauna. Lots of toxins will pass out though the skin. For prevention, take daily alternating hot and cold showers at the beginning of cold season to stimulate immune response.
8) Go to bed early, get plenty of sleep. Most cell regeneration occurs between midnight and 4 a.m.
9) Use xylitol nasal wash every day to help keep any bacteria that enters your breathing passages from multiplying.   
10) Think positively about becoming well. Optimism is often a self-fulfilling prophecy.
11) Wash hands and clean countertops frequently to prevent virus spread.
12) Rest is important. Light exercise is better than vigorous exercise during a cold.

Today there are almost as many drugstore cold remedies, as there are colds. Most of them have side effects like drowsiness and dry mouth. A cold is really a cleansing condition, so it may be better to just let it run its course, and give your body fresh start, with a stronger immune system.

To Life-long health,
Linda Page

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Arthritis Nutritional Therapy Plan

The term arthritis (joint inflammation), refers to over 100 diseases that attack joints and connective tissue. Degenerative joint and rheumatic diseases include gout, lupus, ankylosing spondylitis (arthritic spine), psoriatic arthritis (skin and nail arthritis), infective arthritis (bacterial joint infection), fibromyalgia and rheumatism. Today more than 40 million Americans are afflicted by one or more of these crippling conditions, now the leading cause of disability in the U.S. Arthritis is the country’s number one crippling disease, affecting up to 80% of people over 50. Estimates say arthritis cases are rising... over 60 million people in the U.S. will be afflicted in the next two decades. Add to that, people suffering from arthritis-like diseases—gout, bursitis, tendonitis and lupus, and the figure becomes staggering. 

Arthritis Nutritional Therapy Plan from my bestselling book, Healthy Healing 12th Edition: A Guide To Self-Healing for Everyone.

1. Change to a low-fat, mostly vegetarian diet - the single most beneficial thing you can do to control any kind of arthritis, even in long-standing cases.

2. Avoid arthritis trigger foods: corn, wheat, rye breads, bacon and pork, beef, eggs, coffee, oranges and milk. Nightshade foods like peppers, eggplant, tomatoes and white potatoes;  colas, chocolate. Diets high in hydrogenated oils and refined sugar aggravate flare-ups.

3. Cut down on: alcohol, fried foods, dairy foods, black tea, salty, highly spiced foods.

4. Add body balancing foods: green tea, artichokes, cherries, cabbages, brown rice, oats (not for rheumatoid arthritis), shiitake mushrooms, cold water fish, sea greens, fresh fruits, vegetables, leafy greens, garlic, onions, olive oil, flax seed oil, sweet potatoes, squashes, ginger and parsley.

5. Arthritis Veggie Special: add to a bottle of vegetable juice, 4 tbsp. each: wheat germ, lecithin granules and nutritional yeast flakes. Take 8-oz. twice daily.

Add ginger syrup (a COX 2 inhibitor) with 1 pinch cayenne pepper, 1 pinch turmeric powder to any healing drink. (Highly recommended.)

Healing applications:  Arnica gel for soreness; Boswellin creme; Capsaicin creme, cayenne-ginger compresses;  Emu oil; Soak hands in oatmeal for 15 minutes for relief.

To Life-long health,

Linda Page

Thermogenesis is critical to weight loss after 40.

Thermogenesis is about fat burning. About 75% of the calories you eat work to keep you alive and support your resting metabolic rate. The rest are stored as white fat, or burned up by brown adipose tissue, (BAT), your fat-burning factory. Brown fat is the body’s chief regulator of thermogenesis, so the more active your brown fat is, the easier it is to maintain a desirable weight. Dieters who rely solely on restricting their calorie intake usually end up disappointed, because extreme calorie restriction lowers the rate of thermogenesis. Your body actually burns less fat than it did before you started dieting.  People who yo-yo on and off low calorie diets have even more problems. When a yo-yo dieter begins to increase calorie intake after dieting, their metabolic rate does not return to pre-diet levels, so they store more calories as fat than they did before they started!

Middle-aged spread means you’re not burning enough calories after you eat. Everybody increases metabolism after eating, but the amounts of heat (thermogenesis) vary widely. Lean people experience a 40% increase in heat production after a meal. Overweight people may have only an increase of 10%. Obesity occurs primarily when brown fat isn’t working properly, only a little thermogenesis takes place, and the body deals with the excess calories by storing them as fat. During mid-life years, starting in our early 40s, a genetic timer shuts down the thermogenic mechanism. Turning this timer back on is the secret to re-activating thermogenesis and a more youthful metabolism.

Here’s how brown fat works to stimulate thermogenesis: A protein, called uncoupling protein, breaks down, or uncouples, the train of biochemical events that the cells use to turn calories into energy. Brown fat cells continue to convert calories into heat as long as they are stimulated, and as long as there is white fat for them to work on. Brown fat activity is also self-perpetuating, because it energizes more uncoupling proteins, produces more brown fat cells, and results in substantially more excess calories being burned off as heat through thermogenesis.

Research into the genetics of obesity shows that some people are not born with enough brown fat. People who eat lightly but still can’t lose weight, gain more weight in middle age because the little brown fat they did have is reduced even further. Thermogenesis research demonstrates that it is possible to reverse this aberration. Thermogenic herbs have been successful at reactivating brown fat in middle age. They can increase calorie burning without additional diet changes or exercise, although these things offer added benefits.

1. Thermogenic herbs increase blood flow to lean muscle tissue, so it works faster and longer.

2. Thermogenic herbs suppress appetite. You eat less with less effort. 

3. The longer you take thermogenic herb formulas, the more effective they tend to become, because they help your body produce enough thermogenic activity to make a difference.

Thermo Thinner caps activate your calorie burning energy, burn fats and help curb your appetite. If you put on pounds from poor assimilation, add Dr. Enzyme with Protease & Bromelain.

To Life-long health,

Linda Page

 

Update on H1N1 (Swine flu)- Should You Vaccinate?

In the last few weeks, my inbox has been flooded with your questions on H1N1 and whether getting the H1N1 vaccine is a good idea. While the choice to vaccinate is clearly a personal one, here is some information to help arm you in making the right choice for you and your family.

The threat of a H1N1 outbreak is real. Experts predict that the H1N1 (swine flu) could infect 30-50% of the population. Still, it is important to remember that most cases in the U.S. so far have not been serious. Normal seasonal flu kills as many as 36,000 people a year, compared to 556 U.S. deaths currently linked to H1N1.

Yet, the CDC is recommending vaccination for all high risk groups like: health care workers; pregnant women; children and young adults 6 months to 24 years old; parents of babies under 6 months old; and adults with underlying medical conditions like diabetes, asthma, and lung disease. The first doses of the nasal spray vaccine will be available in early October 2009. While we still have much to learn about the swine flu vaccine, there are some concerns with its usage.

Known reactions to the H1N1 vaccine
Flu-like symptoms
Guillain Barre syndrome (a nerve disorder causing muscle weakness and paralysis)
Dangerous for those allergic to eggs
The H1N1 vaccine may contain toxic adjuvants like squalene, linked to inflammatory disorders.

A strong immune system is your really your best defense against any flu. You can use your diet and whole herbs to supercharge your defenses without great risks or side effects. Even if you do choose to vaccinate, a healthy lifestyle is still critical for seasonal flu defense.

To Life-long Health,
Linda Page

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Do you have a cold or flu? Take this self-test.

Colds and flu are distinct and separate upper respiratory infections, triggered by different viruses. The flu is more serious, because it can spread to the lungs, and cause severe bronchitis or pneumonia. In the beginning stages, the symptoms of colds and flu can be similar. Nose, eyes and mouth are usually the sites of invasion from cold viruses. The most likely target for the flu virus is the respiratory tract.

A Cold Profile looks like this:

• Slow onset. No prostration.

• Body aches—largely due to the release of interferon (an

immune stimulator).

• Rarely accompanied by fever and headache.

• Localized symptoms such as sore throat, sinus congestion,

listlessness, runny nose and sneezing.

• Mild to moderate chest discomfort.

• Sore or burning throat common.

A Flu Profile looks like this:

• Swift and severe onset.

• Early and prominent prostration with flushed, hot, moist skin.

• Usually accompanied by high (102° -104°) fever,

headache and sore eyes.

• General symptoms like chills, depression and body aches.

• Extreme fatigue, sometimes lasting 2-3 weeks.

• Acute chest discomfort, with severe hacking cough.

• Sore throat occasionally.

If you have a lingering cold that you can’t seem to get over. Try this tried and true method used for over 2 decades.

For 3 days:

Drink 3 cups of Cleansing and Purifying tea or dandelion root tea to release congestion. Take 6 capsules daily of Herbal Laxa caps to eliminate the excess mucous that keeps harboring the infection. This method removes the bacteria that keep seeping back into your body from your colon and bowel, and reinfecting you.

If you’re feeling under the weather, please make sure to get plenty of rest. Light exercise is better than intense exercise during a cold or flu.

To Life-long health,

Linda Page

 

 

The Natural Keys To Controlling PMS

PMS is by far the most common woman's health complaint. For some women, PMS is a minor inconvenience that lasts a few days. For others, it disrupts the whole month! A woman's body is delicately tuned, and can become unbalanced easily, causing pain, poor function, and a disconcerting feeling of not being "together," especially during the menstrual cycle.

Fortunately, women can take relieve PMS effectively with a simple 4 point program.

1. Use essential fatty acids to balance prostaglandins. Prostaglandins are vital hormone-type compounds that regulate body functions almost like an electrical current. Evening Primrose oil 500-1000 mg. daily shows excellent results for many women.

2. Love your liver. The liver is in charge of hormone metabolism, and helps to rebalance estrogen and progesterone levels. Try a cup of Liver Cleanse Flushing tea or dandelion tea each morning to relieve balance hormones, relieve organ congestion and detoxify the liver.

3. Enhance your thyroid to reduce PMS. Excess estrogen in the body is related to thyroid imbalance. If the thyroid does not have enough iodine, insufficient thyroid hormone is produced and too much estrogen builds up. Seaweeds are a good choice because they are rich in iodine. Two tablespoons daily in a soup or salad, or over rice are a therapeutic dose. Or, try seaweed in capsules, like Ocean Minerals caps.

4. Phytohormone-rich plants like soybeans, wild yam, licorice root and dong quai, help control PMS symptoms and have a safety record of centuries. An phytohormone-rich combination like Female Harmony works as a stabilizing resource to keep PMS symptoms at bay, naturally.

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A woman can expect a natural healing program for PMS relief to take at least two months, as the body works through both ovary cycles. The first month, there is a noticeable decrease in PMS symptoms; the second month often finds them dramatically reduced.

-Linda

What's happening to the male libido?

We tend to think of men’s libido as overcharged and always ready for action. This may be true for many men. Certainly a strong male libido can wear out even the healthiest woman. Still, with the advent of erection enhancing drugs like Viagra, Cialis and Levitra, there’s no question that a lot of men are looking for new ways to bring back their youthful sexuality.  Some sexual problems like occasional erectile dysfunction impotence or reduced libido can actually be a good wake up call that overall health needs a boost. For instance, impotence problems may signal later cardiovascular problems due to poor circulation.

A low libido in a man may be a sign of depression, reduced testosterone or , most often, a lackluster diet with little or no fresh fruits and vegetables. All of the factors can be easily improved with healthy diet changes, targeted herbal therapy and regular exercise. Further, sometimes, a man may only need to take a closer look at his prescription medication for the cause of his low libido or erectile dysfunction. Antidepressants, sedatives, high blood pressure medication, and diuretics top the list of drugs that can put a damper on male libido and the ability to achieve an erection.

Are your testosterone levels low?

Around four to five million American men do not produce enough testosterone. Even more worrisome, research shows that most men know very little about testosterone, or how low testosterone levels can affect their health.

Low testosterone signs to watch for:
Lack of energy and libido
Difficulty concentrating or depression
Low sperm count/ Infertility
Weakened erections
Loss of muscle mass or body hair
Increased breast size
Bone loss or osteoporosis

Testosterone replacement with bioidentical hormones or transdermal gels is becoming more and more popular for men with this problem, but any type of testosterone replacement should be closely monitored to avoid health risks like hormone-driven prostate or testicular cancer, and side effects like prostate enlargement, acne, head hair loss, fertility problems, and irritability.

I prefer herbal testosterone boosters like ginseng and sarsaparilla because their effects are more gentle but longer lasting, restoring the health of the male reproductive glands, natural hormone balance and libido. Here are few libido enhancing formulas I suggest:

Men's Healthy Libido: Increases sexual energy and desire for men, at any age. Supports healthy hormone production, sex drive and sperm count.

Male Performance: A potent blend of herbs that nourish the entire male system. Helps increase energy and blood supply to support and strengthen the male reproductive system.

To Life-long health,

Linda

What about a water fast? I don’t recommend it.

Leading nutritionists and detoxification experts agree that fresh vegetable and fruit juice cleansing is superior to water fasting. Indeed, juice cleansing is an evolution in detoxification methods. Fresh juices, broths and herb teas help deeply cleanse the body, rejuvenate the tissues and guide you to a faster recovery from health problems than water fasting.

A traditional water fast is harsh and demanding on your body, even in times before huge amounts of food and environmental toxins were part of the picture. Today, it can even be dangerous. Deeply buried pollutants and chemicals from our tissues are released into elimination channels too rapidly during a water fast. Your body is essentially “re-poisoned” as the chemicals move through the bloodstream all at once. Sometimes, the physical and emotional stress of a water fast even overrides the healing benefits.

Vegetable and fruit juices are alkalizing, so they neutralize uric acid and other inorganic acids, better than water, and increase the healing effects. Juices support better metabolic activity for fasting, too. Metabolic activity slows down during a water fast as the body attempts to conserve dwindling energy resources that further reduce productive cleansing. Juices are very easy on digestion, and easily assimilated into the bloodstream. They don’t disturb the detoxification process.

To Life-long health,
Linda

Healthy Diet for Dogs and Cats

Cats and dogs usually need better nutrition than they get from today’s animal foods. Commercial foods often contain low quality ingredients rejected for human consumption, even diseased animal meat laced with high levels of antibiotics. If these foods are the mainstay of your pet’s diet, they may destroy its health.

Most brands are saturated with the ingredients we fight to avoid for ourselves...... chemical additives, artificial colors, dyes, preservatives like BHT and BHA — ingredients with known toxicity that are banned for human consumption. Avoid pet foods with meat by products, fillers and potential allergens for your pet’s best health.

Further, cornmeal is a primary ingredient in commercial feed, but many animals, especially cats, cannot tolerate a high carbohydrate diet. Modern pet foods often contain imbalanced essential fatty acids (low Omega 3’s and high Omega 6’s), leading to skin problems, dull coat or dander. Further, almost all pet food is cooked, pasteurized, canned or microwaved, killing most of the enzymes critical to your pet’s healthy body processes.

It’s easy to see why so many pets are now victims of the same health problems people face: arthritis, heart disease; thyroid, kidney, adrenal and digestive disorders; chronic infections; diabetes and hypoglycemia; allergies, skin and eye disorders. Like us, animals need the live energy of fresh foods and quality, whole ingredients. Their bodies rely on enzymes even more than ours to protect them from degenerative diseases. It’s the reason some animals, even some breeds, tend to eat waste excrement — for the enzymes.

It takes a little more time and effort to feed fresh foods to your pet. Actually, adding a little bit of leftover salad to your pet’s meal makes a big difference to your pet’s health. Start them on some veggies young if you can. I remember the day our cat (who recently passed on after living to the ripe old age of 24) turned up her nose at her own cat food and jumped on the kitchen table to eat our dinner salad! 

Important note: Do not overfeed pets. An estimated 35-50% of pet dogs are overweight. Smaller dogs especially put on weight more easily, and table scraps and treats can really add up. Obesity in dogs and cats can lead to high blood pressure, arthritis, diabetes, and lung disease.

What is a traditional naturopath?

Naturopathy and naturopathic medicine, is the fastest growing of all the alternative healing disciplines.As more people have become disillusioned with conventional health care, it has certainly gained new respect as a credible healing modality. But naturopaths really fall into two very different groups. Traditionally trained naturopaths (N.D.’s) use the naturopathy degree to consult with clients, and as an accreditation to teach, to write and to access research. A core belief of naturopathy is education—passing on knowledge to empower the client.

A smaller number of naturopaths are trained medically (N.M.D.’s) with an education similar to that of a conventional M.D.. They have extensive hands-on coursework in anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, pathology, and other conventional disciplines.

I work as a traditional naturopath, specializing in non-invasive, lifestyle consultation. A traditional naturopath avoids diagnosing disease or prescribing medication. The principles which guide traditional naturopathy lead to general improvement in health. Commonly, clients find that long standing health problems have improved or disappeared. In fact, the greatest success of naturopathy is in rebuilding health, which then naturally improves or eliminates chronic illness.

Traditional naturopathy is not recommended for acute trauma, such as a serious automobile accident, a childbirth emergency, or orthopedic problems that need corrective surgery. It can contribute to faster recovery in these cases. Still, these situations are best suited for conventional medicine or medical doctors who also have a background in natural medicine. Conventional medicine without a doubt, really excels in emergency health care.

Traditional naturopaths focus on the client as a whole. They look to the cause of a health concern rather than suppressing symptoms. The naturopath works to educate his or her clients in how to stimulate the body’s own vital healing forces. Although all naturopaths emphasize choices based on their own personal interests and experiences, they maintain a consistent philosophy.

A typical visit to a naturopath incorporates these beliefs:

1: Nature is a powerful healing force. The body has considerable power to heal itself. The role of the naturopath is to simply facilitate and enhance this process by educating the client in natural therapies, which stimulate his or her own internal healing force. Above all, the naturopath must do no harm.

2: The person is viewed as a whole. Understanding the client as a unique individual is essential. The naturopath will ask questions and strive to understand the complex interaction of physical, mental, emotional, spiritual and social factors affecting the client’s total health picture.

3: The goal is to identify and address the cause of the problem. Naturopathy does not attempt to suppress symptoms, since symptoms are seen as part of the body’s attempt to heal itself. A naturopath seeks to understand the underlying causes of a health concern, and helps to control or reduce symptoms through improved lifestyle choices.

4: The naturopath is a teacher. First and foremost, the naturopath educates, empowers and motivates the client to assume more responsibility for his own wellness through having a healthy attitude, lifestyle and diet. After determining the cause of a health concern, the naturopath discusses with the client the various natural options for creating a return to health.

5: Prevention is the best approach. Illness prevention is really best accomplished by lifestyle habits which support health.

I feel we need both types of medicine to stay well in today’s world. In our high stress lifestyle, there may be times when we need to rely on modern medicine for fast symptom relief or to stabilize from a serious health crisis or injury. Still, this type of emergency medicine is no substitute for a sound, nutritious diet regular exercise and the remarkable ability of whole herbs to boost the body’s own natural healing response.

I believe naturopathy is a premier healing choice to create a solid foundation on which to build lifelong health.

To Life-long Health,
Linda Page

Herbal Beauty Tips

More and more, I see that my life's work is to empower people to heal themselves, naturally with whole foods and whole herbs: Nature's perfect medicines. I want you to feel better, look better and live longer naturally!

I'm often asked if herbs are a good choice for beauty needs. My answer is a resounding "Yes!" Whole herb formulas enhance skin beauty, and even improve the health of your hair and nails. True beauty comes from within. Mineral-rich whole herbs strengthen and beautify skin, hair and nails... from the inside out.

Beauty is a mirror of both good nutrition and common-sense care. Skin problems reflect a stressed lifestyle, poor diet and lack of rest almost immediately. Hair loss or dry, brittle hair can be signs of nutrient deficiencies or a poorly functioning thyroid gland. Further, because they are one of the last body areas to receive nutrients carried by the blood, your nails will often show signs of trouble before better-nourished tissues do. Changes in their shape, color and texture also reflect internal disorders, and--frequently--a lackluster diet with little to no fresh foods.

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One more herbal beauty tip I want to share: Try a sea plant facial to re-mineralize dull skin: Mix 1 tsp. of kelp granules in 1 tbsp. of pure aloe vera gel. Apply to face and neck. Leave on for 10 minutes before rinsing. Sea vegetables like kelp are high in minerals like calcium, magnesium iodine and potassium that add luster to rough, dull skin. Aloe vera normalizes skin pH and offers fast relief for red skin problems.

-Linda

Do you need a gland cleanse?

A healthy endocrine system is a must for solving female problems because the glands are at the deepest level of the body processes. Glands are critical to good health, especially as you age. Many hormones are protein based, so a diet high in vegetable proteins and whole grains, with some lecithin and nutritional yeast, is important to optimizing gland and hormonal health for both men and women.

Hormones, like adrenaline, insulin, and thyroxine, are chemical messengers exerting wide-ranging effects. Hormones affect our moods, energy levels, mental alertness and metabolism. Your glands and hormones are affected first by nutritional deficiencies, pollutants, chemicalized foods and synthetic hormone mimics. Lack of minerals, for instance, something most Americans live with today, undermines the health of almost every gland and organ. The chronic stress loads that most Americans live under have a direct effect on hormone balance. We can see this easily in low levels of steroidal hormones produced by our “stressed-out” adrenals.

Is your body showing signs that it needs a gland cleanse?
• unexplained bloating or weight gain caused by sluggish metabolism (impaired thyroid activity)
• sallow skin color; poor skin texture (often means a sluggish liver and poor gallbladder activity)
• chronic fatigue yet the inability to sleep through the night (adrenal exhaustion or pineal imbalance)
• mental fuzziness, dizziness when you get up quickly, heart palpitations (adrenal exhaustion)
• cold hands and feet; hair, skin and nails problems; or menstrual problems (thyroid malfunction)
• constant colds or flus, even out of season (glands are always affected by respiratory infections)
• PMS, fibroids and endometriosis (hormone imbalance disorders)

A Fresh Foods Gland Cleanse

A fresh foods cleansing diet clears your body of toxins and allows it a brief rest before beginning a new way of eating which nourishes your glands. A gland cleanse also generates clearer skin, a more even temperament, fewer allergies, sweeter breath, softer hair and brighter eyes as clogging toxins and congestion leave the body.  Hormone imbalance disorders like PMS, fibroids and endometriosis can be overcome or reduced as congestive wastes leave the body.

Drink 8 glasses of water each day of your cleanse. (Glands are affected first by dehydration.) Eliminate caffeine during your cleansing diet for the best improvement of hormonal problems; limit caffeine after your cleanse for preventive health. Avoid red meats, hard alcohol (too much sugar), sodas and tobacco.

The night before a gland cleanse… Take a gentle herbal laxative like Herbal Laxa caps.
The next day: if in season, for the first day of your juice cleanse, go on a watermelon juice-only cleanse. Drink throughout the day to rapidly flush and alkalize.

For the next 2-3 days:
On rising: take lemon juice in water with 1 tsp. maple syrup; or a glass of aloe vera juice and 1 tsp. nutritional yeast flakes for B vitamins; or Cleansing & Purifying Tea.
Breakfast: take 2 tsp. of cranberry concentrate in water with 1 tsp. honey, and have fresh fruit with yogurt and toasted wheat germ.       
Mid-morning: have apple or carrot juice with 1 tbsp. Energy Green drink mix mixed in, or a low sodium V-8; and some raw celery or cucumber sticks with kefir cheese or yogurt cheese.
Lunch: have a bowl of miso soup with seaweed sprinkled on top. Add 1 tsp. nutritional yeast for B vitamins. Or, have a green salad with sprouts, carrots, lemon/oil dressing and sesame seeds sprinkled on top.
Mid-afternoon: have a mixed veggie juice and some raw crunchy veggies (especially broccoli and cauliflower) with a vegetable dip; and a balancing herb tea, like Female Harmony Tea or Cleansing & Purifying tea if you are a man. 
Dinner: have a Mineral Rich Broth: Simmer 30 minutes: 3 carrots, 1 cup parsley, 1 onion, 2 potatoes, & 2 stalks celery. Strain, add 1 tbsp. Liquid Aminos and enjoy; or have a green salad with yogurt dressing and Cleansing & Purifying tea.
Before Bed: have a glass of papaya-pineapple juice to enhance enzyme activity; or 1 tsp. cranberry concentrate in chamomile tea; or Stress Arrest tea for easier sleep.

To Life-long health,
Linda

24 Hour Cleansing Program for Health & Vitality

This cleanse is a special little jewel. It’s an invaluable healing tool to put into action as soon as you realize that you are not feeling well. It can swiftly be “pulled out of your pocket” at the first signs of unexplained low energy, poor skin or congestion. It’s one of the best ways I know to turn around (and get quick recovery) from a cold or flu.  It’s also an easy first step before making a significant diet improvement or change. A twenty-four hour cleanse can be a good answer if you need a cleanse, but your busy life won’t allow you to set aside even a few days. People always tell me how busy their lives are. Sometimes, even a short cleanse seems like too much time.

“Beginning” is usually the hardest part of a cleanse. You have to set aside a block of time, gather all the ingredients for a detox diet, alter your eating times and patterns; in essence change your lifestyle and that of those you live with for a while. This is very difficult to do for many people, and can delay a needed program.

A twenty-four hour detox is a juice and herbal tea cleanse that lets you go on with your normal activities, and “jump start” a healing program. Even though it’s quick, without the depth of vegetable juices needed for a major or chronic problem, it’s often enough, is definitely better than no cleanse at all, and it will make a difference in the speed of healing. Even if your program is only going to consist of lifestyle changes aimed at better health, a twenty-four hour cleanse can point you in the right direction.

Is your body showing signs that it needs a twenty-four hour cleanse?
•    Do you feel “toxic”? Are you getting unusual allergy reactions?
•    Are you tired a lot for no reason?
•    Are you starting to feel congested? Do you have the first signs of a cold or flu? (Go right into this cleanse.)
•    Is your skin dry or flaky? Is your skin tone sallow? Is your hair dull, dry and brittle?
•    Are the soles of your feet or your palms often peeling? 
•    Do you frequently get mouth herpes?
•    Do you get frequent yeast infections?
•    Do you get frequent urinary tract infections?   

Pointers for best results from your twenty-four hour cleanse:
•    Drink 8 to 10 glasses of water a day to hydrate and flush wastes and toxins from all cells.
•    Focus on chlorophyll-rich foods (leafy greens, seaweeds) and juices (super green foods like chlorella, barley grass or spirulina) during this cleanse. Chlorophyll is the most powerful cleansing agent found in nature. It also has a rapid tonic effect.

Twenty-four Hour Cleanse Nutrition Plan
The evening before you begin: have a green leafy salad to give your bowels a good sweeping. Dry brush your skin before you go to bed to open your pores for the night’s cleansing eliminations.
The next day: the next 24 hours take fresh juices, herbal drinks, water, and a long walk.
On rising: take 2 tbsp. fresh lemon or lime juice, 1 tbsp. maple syrup and 1 pinch cayenne in water. 
Breakfast: make a fresh fruit juice with 1 pear, 2 apples, 4 oranges and 1 grapefruit; or a glass of cranberry juice.
Mid-morning: have a Zippy Juice: 1 handful dandelion greens, 3 fresh pineapple rings and 3 radishes; or a cleansing, energizing tea with antioxidants like Green Tea Cleanser.
Lunch: juice 4 parsley sprigs (or a handful of dandelion greens), 3 tomatoes, ½ green bell pepper, ½ cucumber, 1 scallion, 1 lemon wedge; or have a glass of fresh apple juice with 1 packet chlorella.
Mid-afternoon: take a cup of Cleansing & Purifying Tea.
Dinner: take a glass of papaya/pineapple juice to enhance enzyme production; or try this high mineral broth: 7 carrots with tops, 7 celery stalks with tops, beet tops from 1 bunch, 2 potatoes, 1 onion, 4 cloves of garlic, 3 zucchini, 1 handful of parsley. Place in a large soup pot, cover with water, bring to a boil and simmer for thirty minutes. Remove and discard veggies.       
Before Bed: have a cup of mint tea, or 1 tsp. Nutritional Yeast Broth or miso soup.

Herbs & Supplements: Choose 2-3 cleansing boosters.
Gentle herbal laxatives: The night before your cleanse take an herbal laxative such as Herbal Laxa Caps.
Cleansing boosters: Cleansing & Purifying Tea helps cleanse and detoxify the system while providing strength and nourishment or Liver Renew—a cleansing formula to re-establish an alkaline environment, which is very useful at the beginning of a cleansing program. 
Enzyme/nutrient support: Dr. Enzyme with proteolytic enzymes and blend of immune enhancing herbs. Toxin Detox caps can help eliminate metals and chemicals from the workplace.

To Life-long health,
Linda

Are you in pain?

Millions of Americans are in pain. We think of pain as a bad thing, but pain can be your body’s friend. It alerts you when something is wrong and needs your attention. It identifies the location and type of problem, so that you can target healing to  the right area. Yet, chronic pain can be your body’s enemy. It drains strength and spirit, and alters even the nicest of personalities.

People with serious injuries, chronic illness, migraines or arthritis are among the hardest hit with chronic pain. However, pain relieving drugs (even over-the-counter) are some of the most dangerous drugs used in America. Taking high doses of anti-inflammatory drugs or aspirin can cause serious damage to the gastrointestinal tract, even bleeding ulcers. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs actually send 76,000 people to the hospital and kill 7,600 people each year! Further, while narcotic pain killers provide strong pain relief, but they do have addictive side effects, sometimes even when only a partial dose is used.

Natural pain relief

I have found over and over again that pain disorders like arthritis and fibromyalgia respond well to diet improvements. A short detox with green vegetable juices, herbal broths and plenty of water often helps right away by flushing out deposits in the joints that cause pain. I especially recommend fresh fruits and vegetables for their high enzymes, which act as natural anti-inflammatories.  Foods high in essential fatty acids like seafood, sea vegetables, cantaloupe and dark greens also ease joint inflammation.

Whole herbs take down painful inflammation and, as foods, they have a safety record that prescription drugs cannot match. Herbs with COX-2 inhibiting activity like ginger and turmeric actually have heart protecting activity because they enhance circulation and are powerful antioxidant.

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Anti-inflammatory herbs may take longer to work than powerful drugs, but their effects are long lasting, without great risks or side effects. If you are dealing with chronic pain, consider herbs as a non-toxic, health restoring choice.

To Life-long health,
Linda Page

Do you have enough enzymes?

As I mentioned on twitter, the first signs of enzyme deficiency are indigestion, gas and bloating after eating meals. Fatigue, premature aging and weight gain are also signs of low enzymes in the body. Most nutrient deficiency problems as we age result not from the lack of the nutrients themselves, but from our lack of enzymes to absorb them.

Nature has designed an interlocking digestive program for us. When our foods don’t have enough enzymes for us to digest them, enzymes reserved for metabolic processes get pulled from their normal work to digest food. The pancreas and liver have to use their enzyme stores, too. But even these substitute measures don’t make up for the missing food enzymes because we need those enzymes to break down and actually deliver the nutrients.

Low enzymes mean we end up with undigested food in our blood. So, white blood cell immune defenses are pulled from their jobs to take care of the undigested food, and the immune system takes a dive. It’s a perfect environment for disease.

Enzyme-rich foods take care of this unhealthy cascade of reactions before it ever starts. Fresh fruits and vegetables (especially bitter greens) have the most plant enzymes. As you increase these foods in your diet, your enzymatic activity also increases. If you don’t get enough fresh foods, or you need extra enzyme concentration for healing, plant-based enzyme supplements are the next best choice, especially from herbs and superfoods.

If you can’t make them, take them.

Can we maximize daily enzyme benefits?

Enzymes are extremely sensitive to heat. Heat above 120° F. destroys them. Even low degrees of heat can greatly reduce your digestive ability. Enzymes are also affected by excessive sunlight, tobacco, alcohol, caffeine, fluorides, chlorine in drinking water, air pollution, chemical additives and many drugs. Enzyme protection and enzyme therapy are also dramatically reduced by the use of a microwave oven and chronic stress.

High quality enzyme products are available through: Enzymedica, Transformation Enzyme Products, Herbal Products and Development, and Pure Essence Labs as well as my own Dr. Enzyme with protease and bromelain and blended herbs.

To life-long health,
Linda

Learn all about seaweed

In this post, I'm going to talk about one of my favorite subjects... seaweed! Although we're using to seeing it in our sushi, bobbing in the waves, or gently drifting in tide pools, for many of us it's still a stranger, so to speak.

Seaweeds cleanse and purify all the world's oceans, and they can do the same for your body. The same 56 trace elements that run through the oceans run through the human body. The chemical structure of seaweed, bathed in these nutrients, is remarkably similar to human blood plasma. I believe that when we eat seaweed, we are really tapping into the source of all life--the ocean.

As a rich source of balanced vitamins, minerals and chlorophyll, seaweeds help alkalize and purify the blood from the acid effects of the modern diet. They even help remove heavy metals and radioactive poisons trapped in the body.

Seaweeds are also one of Nature's most ancient beauty secrets. The Greeks said that Aphrodite, the goddess of love, rising out of the foaming sea, owed her supple skin, shiny hair, and sparkling eyes to the plants of the sea. Mineral salts in seaweed help the skin to hold moisture, so it becomes more supple and elastic.

Bathing in Seaweed for Weight Loss & Cellulite Reduction

A hot seaweed bath is like a wet steam sauna, only better, because the seaweeds balance body chemistry instead of dehydrating it. The electromagnetic action of the seaweed releases excess body fluids from congested cells, and dissolves fatty wastes through the skin, replacing them with minerals, especially potassium and iodine. Iodine in seaweed boosts thyroid activity, so food nutrients are used before they can turn into fatty deposits.

Taking a Hot Seaweed Bath once a week stimulates lymphatic drainage and fat burning so you can keep off excess weight, reduce cellulite and rid your body of toxins. For accelerated results, dry brush cellulitic skin regularly before the seaweed bath to remove dead skin, open up the pores for improved elimination and increase circulation to the affected area.

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Seaweeds are powerful body cleansers and can truly transform your looks. Just 2 tbsp. of dried seaweed a day is a therapeutic dose. You can add them to soups, salads or on a sandwich or healthy pizza. Seaweed capsule formulas like my Ocean Minerals and Thyroid Meta Max are another great choice that I use regularly for health, weight loss and beautiful hair, skin and nails.

-Linda

Adrenal gland health is the key to an easy menopause

Adrenal stress symptoms are similar to menopausal symptoms—nervous tension, mild to severe depression, irritability, fatigue, and unpredictable mood swings. Stressful living and poor eating habits mean many women reach their menopausal years with prematurely worn out adrenals. Depleted adrenals cannot help a woman achieve her new hormone balance after menopause. As I travel around the country, talking to women about more natural ways to deal with menopausal symptoms, it’s almost the first question I ask when a woman complains of dramatic symptoms. Excessive hot flashes, and extreme fatigue are the first two things I hear, so it’s a pretty safe bet that she has swollen, exhausted adrenals. Results are quick for many women. Changing your habits to support long term adrenal health will almost certainly result in eliminating unpleasant menopausal symptoms.

Are your adrenals exhausted? Three or more yes answers should alert you.

Lack of energy or alertness? Unexplained moodiness, unusual crying spells, unfounded guilt?
Severely cracked, painful heels? Nervous moistness of hands and soles of feet?
Brittle, peeling nails or extremely dry skin?
Frequent heart palpitations or panic attacks?
Chronic heartburn and poor digestion?
Chronic lower back pain (adrenal swelling)?
Hypoglycemia and cravings for salt or sweets?
High incidence of yeast or fungal infections? Severe reactions to odors, or to certain foods?

Stress is toxic to the adrenal glands. Adrenal exhaustion can keep you locked in a low-energy/high-stress loop. Herbs are some of the best therapy I know for revitalizing swollen, exhausted adrenal glands. For acute stress reactions: try herbal nervines like scullcap, St. John’s wort, kava, passionflower, valerian, chamomile or my Relax caps.  Chronic stress: consider herbs like licorice, black cohosh, ashwagandha, Siberian eluthero, sarsaparilla, gotu kola or my Adrenal Energy caps. For adrenal integrity, try Vitamin C 5000 mg daily to help convert cholesterol to adrenal hormones.

You can revitalize your adrenal health with seaweed. Sea vegetables act as total body tonics to restore female vitality during menopause. Add seaweeds to your diet like nori, wakame, dulse, arame and kelp (2 tbsp. daily, chopped into salads and soups). If you don't like the taste of seaweed, try my Ocean Minerals caps instead. Sea vegetables are a rich source of fat-soluble vitamins like D, K which assist with production of steroidal hormones like estrogen, and DHEA that support the female body during menopause. New studies indicate that up to 40% of the U.S. population is deficient in Vitamin D. Eating sea veggies is a great way to shore up a Vitamin D deficiency while supporting adrenal gland health.    

To Life-long health,
Linda Page

Your Respiratory Defense Against the Flu

With the CDC’s newest report that the Swine flu is now spreading too fast to even count, I wanted to arm you with more information on fighting respiratory viruses with whole herbs and food based medicines.

For many, the flu hits hard. We spend over 192 million days in bed because of it, and complications from flu actually kill 36,000 people each year. Like a cold, the flu is an upper respiratory infection caused by a virus. Unlike a cold, the flu is more severe, longer-lasting, and highly contagious. The elderly and those with weak immune systems are especially vulnerable.

Natural therapies help your body fight the flu, warming it against chills, releasing congestion, and relieving feverishness by promoting perspiration.

Nutritional Therapy Plan for the Flu:
    1. During the acute stage: take only liquid nutrients - plenty of hot, steamy chicken soup, hot tonics and broths to stimulate mucous release. Vegetable juices and green drinks rebuild the blood and immune system. Have Systems Strength broth mix every day.
    2. During the recuperation stage: follow a vegetarian, light, “green”  diet. Have a fresh green salad every day, cultured foods like yogurt and kefir to help you replace friendly flora, and steamed vegetables with brown rice for strength.
    3. For ongoing immune support: Avoid fast foods, sugary foods and dairy foods; they increase congestion and allow a place for the virus to live. Avoid alcohol and tobacco; they are immune suppressors. Avoid caffeine foods; they inhibit iron and zinc absorption.
    4. If you just can’t seem to “get over it:” try this effective  make up 1 gallon of Cleansing & Purifying tea, take 5 to 6 cups daily with 10 Herbal Laxa caps daily until the virus is removed.

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Systems Strength broth mix- Superfoods from Lands and Sea to rebuild and strengthen all the body's systems.

The flu can be miserable and even serious for high risk groups. If you’re recovering from the flu, consider therapeutic massage. Massage therapy cleanses remaining pockets of toxins, and clears body meridians. Plus, a massage makes you feel so good again!

To Life-long health,
Linda Page

Thalassotherapy uses the sea for cleansing and health

Thalassotherapy is another ageless, cleansing, health-restorative technique. Thalassa is the ancient Greek word for sea. The Greeks indeed used the sea for their well-being. I myself have seen 2500 year-old healing sites on the Greek islands of Rhodes and Corfu, and the ancient Greek healing center at Pergamum in what is now Turkey. Even judging by the therapeutic centers still known to us, much of the population of the ancient Greek and Roman world soaked in sea water hot tubs and heated seaweed baths, drank and inhaled sea water for health, got sea water massages, had seaweed facials and body wraps and used sea water pools for hydrotherapy and detoxification. Today, we are learning once again, about the ability of the sea to reduce tension and de-stress our bodies, detoxify the skin and improve circulation, relieve allergies, sinus and chest congestion, and ease arthritis symptoms.

Seaweed baths are Nature’s perfect body/psyche balancer. Remember how good you feel after an ocean walk? Seaweeds purify and balance the ocean — they can do the same for your body. A hot seaweed bath is like a wet-steam sauna, only better, because the sea greens balance body chemistry instead of dehydrating it. The electromagnetic action of the seaweed releases excess body fluids from congested cells, and dissolves fatty wastes through the skin, replacing them with depleted minerals, especially potassium and iodine. Iodine boosts thyroid activity, so food fuels are used before they can turn into fatty deposits. Vitamin K in seaweeds boosts adrenal activity, meaning that a seaweed bath can help maintain hormone balance for a more youthful body.

Taking a seaweed bath even once a week stimulates lymphatic drainage and fat burning so you can keep off excess weight, reduce cellulite and rid your body of toxins.  

Dried seaweeds are available in most health food stores or try my Hot Seaweed Bath. 

Here is how to take a Hot Seaweed Bath:

Whichever form you choose, run very hot water over the seaweed in a tub, filling it to the point that you will be covered when you recline. The water will turn rich brown as the plants release their minerals. Add an aromatherapy bath oil if desired, to help hold the heat in and boost your cleansing program. Let the bath cool enough to get in. As you soak, the gel from the seaweed will transfer onto your skin. This coating increases perspiration to release system toxins, and replaces them with minerals by osmosis. Rub your skin with the seaweed during the bath to stimulate circulation, smooth the body, and remove wastes coming out on the skin surface. When the seaweeds have done their work, the gel coating dissolves and floats off the skin, and the seaweeds shrivel - a sign that the bath is over. Each bath varies with the individual, the seaweeds used, and water temperature, but the gel coating release is a natural timekeeper for the bath. Forty-five minutes is usually long enough to balance body pH, encourage liver activity and fat metabolism. Skin tone, color, and circulatory improvement are almost immediately noticeable. After your Hot Seaweed Bath, try a capsule of cayenne and ginger to assimilate the seaweed minerals.

To Life-long health,

Linda