Nutrition , Newsletter Archive , Kauai Garden Island , Detox & Healing
How can you reduce your intake of toxins?
You may have heard tips on how to detox to body before. First, however, we need to stop adding more toxins so that gradually the body will start cleansing itself. A toxin is defined as any compound that has a detrimental effect...
Nutrition , Detox & Healing , Newsletter Archive , Kauai Garden Island
An essential mineral for bone health and beyond
The essential minerals are nutrients that the human body requires in relatively large amounts (greater than 100mg per day). All minerals are vital in the body. These include calcium, phosphorus, potassium, sulfur, sodium, chloride, and...
Nutrition , Detox & Healing , Newsletter Archive , Ketogenic Diet
Calorie restriction can prevent and heal cancer
Last week, I talked about the yogic perspective on health, and what you can do mentally to heal yourself. This week, let’s talk about what you can do to heal your physical body. Cancer rates continue to increase because of our...
Nutrition , Detox & Healing , Newsletter Archive , Mindset
A different perspective on cancer
Here’s the yogi’s view on cancer, taken from the book “Cancer: A Yogic Perspective”. In yogis, they don’t see cancer as many different types. Where and how it manifests in a particular individual may depend on various aspects of one’s physiology, genetics, lifestyle, diet and so on, but...
Nutrition , Detox & Healing , Newsletter Archive
One of the most important and misdiagnosed vitamins
All vitamins play a crucial role for our health, although some do affect our body more that others. The B vitamins are a group of eight vitamins that include B1 (thiamine), B2 (riboflavin), B3 (Niacin), B5 (pantothenic acid), B6, B7...
Nutrition , Detox & Healing , Newsletter Archive
How to improve sleep quality naturally
What is sleep? The dictionary definition is “a condition of body and mind such as that which typically recurs for several hours every night, in which the nervous system is relatively inactive, the eyes closed, the postural muscles...
Nutrition , Newsletter Archive , Mindset , Detox & Healing
How to lose weight? My answer will surprise you…
This is the million dollar question… Do you think anyone really knows the answer? You will see so many ways to do it — they’ll tell you to eat this food, drink this, make sure you need to be in calorie deficit, do a detox, do cardio, and...
Nutrition , Detox & Healing , Newsletter Archive , Weight Loss
Eat according to your genes
Are you confused about which diet you should follow? Should you avoid dairy or gluten? What about coffee? Are you slow or fast metabolized? Do you feel some foods starting to affect you in a different way that they used to? Food...
Nutrition , Detox & Healing , Newsletter Archive , Kauai Garden Island , Mindset
How to naturally prevent or reduce menopausal symptoms
The term menopause is derived from meno (meaning month, menses) plus pausis (meaning pause or cessation). In other words, it is a pause in menstruation. Understanding the terminology and definitions can be helpful in understanding the...
Nutrition , Detox & Healing , Newsletter Archive , Kauai Garden Island
What do you need to know about the digestive system and leaky gut? Part 2: How to heal.
In my previous article I talked about the importance of digestion, and what may cause leaky gut. The walls of the intestine serve as a physical barrier, separating food and the bacterial populations of the intestine from the rest of the...
Nutrition , Detox & Healing , Newsletter Archive , Kauai Garden Island
What do you need to know about the digestive system and leaky gut? Part 1
All disease begins in the gut — Hippocrates We are finally starting to understand how the gut plays a role in health and disease. We are not only what we eat, we are what we absorb and digest. Most of us even won’t realize...
Detox & Healing , Newsletter Archive , Mindset
Stop chasing your dreams
Life can be BEAUTIFUL, if we stop chasing our dreams!!! Yes, you heard correct, stop chasing your dreams! Why? Think about it this way: if you have a dream then you want make it happen, and during the process you’re most likely to forget...
