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8 Helpful Hints to Eliminate Kidney Stones Today we're serving up 8 helpful hints to eliminate kidney stones from your life. It's mind blowing info you'll definitely want to know. They call them “kidney stones”, but imagine instead trying to digest a miniature chainsaw, switched on…everyday…for a couple of weeks. If you’ve ever passed a stone or cared for someone who did, it’s an experience you NEVER want to repeat. And yet, the numbers say once you’ve had one, there could be a whole lot more where that came from. Which is why the information in this post may be...

Evolving Sweeteners 20 years ago I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia, hypoglycemia, hypothyroidism and had zero tolerance for sweets. Even eating fresh fruit gave me headaches and fatigue. After opening my mind to the Leaky Gut model for understanding overall health I began wending my way through a forest of uncertainty and an ocean of literature about natural health and healing with many conflicting voices about what was and was not essential to restoring me to vibrant health. Taking my body’s pain messaging system as my guide, I eliminated every single food that made me feel bad, including fruit. Employing every...

8 Tips for a Sugar Free Life As a teen I once saw a doctor who told me that if I did not stop eating refined sugar I would be diabetic by age thirty. My response was “What a relief that you’re not my real doctor.” No way could I envision a happy life eating sugarfree! There are a zillion reasons why removing refined sugars from your diet is a good thing. But the only enduring reason is because you like the way you feel and the way you heal without it. Of all the cleanses, dietary changes, treatments and therapies...

“New FDA guidelines urge Americans to drastically cut back on sugar” is how the New York Times headline read last month. The dietary guidelines, issued by the Agriculture and Health and Human Services Departments, are updated every five years since 1980. Typically, they’ve encouraged Americans to consume more fruits and vegetables, whole grains, lean meat, and low-fat foods, while restricting intake of saturated fat, trans fats and dietary cholesterol, though never a statement about sugars…until now. Though many of us may not give the guidelines much thought, the recommendations have the potential to influence the diets of millions of Americans...