Juicy Shortcut to Health and Vitality

Have you ever juiced spinach before? How about carrots? Apples? If you ever tried to fill a glass with the juice of any fresh produce, you know it takes a lot of produce to fill that glass. And there lies the key to juice's immense health benefits.

You could never hope to eat all that produce it takes to fill a glass of wondrous raw and living juice. Once all the fiber is removed, the nutrients are available for easy assimilation by our bodies. Now we shouldn't juice everything in our diets: we need some fiber in our daily regimen otherwise, waste produced by our metabolism won't move along as easily and blockage will inevitably occur. A raw and living foods diet will provide ample fiber to meet your bodily requirements. When we choose to juice a certain amount of fruits and vegetables from our daily intake, we can maximize nutrient intake. It just makes it easier to obtain and assimilate the recommended daily nutrient requirements from our food (hence, less need for supplementation!). Juicing allows us to get the nutrients from vegetables we ordinarily wouldn't eat by themselves or in sufficient quantities. An example of this are dark leafy vegetables. One large salad per day is what most raw foodist will have. But juice a whole pack of spinach, add some celery to that and maybe a carrot or two... Whoah! Now that's adding nutrition to a diet! It's worth making this practice an habitual one.
Do you experience some of these symptoms?

• fatigue, exhaustion, chronic fatigue syndrome
• frequent headaches
• skin problems, blemishes, acne
• brittle nails and hair
• muscular and/or joint pain, arthritis, fibromyalgia
• body odour
• coated tongue
• cardiovascular problems
• excess weight
• repetitive or chronic sinusitis
• environmental sensitivities (odors, cleaning products, etc.)
• irresistible and powerful cravings
• mood swings, anxiety or depression
• concentration and/or memory problems
• frequent colds and flus
• asthma
• insomnia or trouble sleeping
• food allergies
• constipation or diarrhea (or an alternance of both)
• flatulence and/or bloating

All these symptoms, and more still, stem from a toxic overload that the body cannot eliminate through proper channels. So, it has to improvise, so to speak! Hence, the importance to take the time to detoxify, periodically. Detoxification, like the one experienced while Juice Feasting for example, is an integral part, essential even, of any optimal health and vitality program. Detox, as it is also known, then becomes a valuable and efficient tool for our physical, mental, emotional and spiritual well-being. When elimination becomes regular and through proper channels, toxins created by chemical, over-processed and acidifying foods are evacuated before they can damage or stress the digestive system, making for better bodily ressource allocation. Our body can therefore devote itself to repair, building and improving systems, without being impeded by a constant toxic assault.
Enzymes found in great quantities in raw and living foods, and made even more available and absorbable by juicing fruits and vegetables, are the catalysts of  hundred of thousands of chemical reactions in all over the entire body. They are essential to digestion, to absorption and to the production of cellular energy. Enzymes are vital to the construction and reconstruction that is continuously going on in our body.
Benefits resulting from detoxification include:

• reduced toxic load
• increased immunity
• liberation of excess weight, achieving a healthy weight
• softer, smoother skin
• healthy, functioning sinuses
• better sleep
• cravings are reduced or eliminated
• integral revitalization of all body systems
• physical, mental as well as spiritual well-being
• purified blood, balanced pH
• allergies, food and environmental sensitivities eliminated or reduced
• improved digestion, absorption and elimination
• better concentration and memory

So, get juicing! This simple to implement life practice can quite simply revolutionize your health!
Juicin' hugs,

NEW BOOK: Defeat Cancer: 15 Doctors of Integrative & Naturopathic Medicine Tell You How

Paperback, 443 Pages, $39.95

JUST PUBLISHED IN MAY, 2011!
In this groundbreaking new book, 15 of the world's most competent integrative cancer doctors invite you to explore their treatment strategies and discover their healing protocols. Why buy a book on just one treatment ideology when you can discover treatment strategies used by 15 doctorsءll inside the same book?
 
Just over a year ago, health care journalist and author Connie Strasheim set out to write one of the most important cancer books of our time. She identified 15 top cancer healers from the United States and five other countries, then spent the better part of the past year interviewing them. After the interviews, she dedicated countless grueling hours to compiling their most effective treatment methodologies into this clearly written and well-organized 443-page paperback book.

Defeat Cancer: 15 Doctors of Integrative & Naturopathic Medicine Tell You How is just the resource you have been waiting for. The book puts modern, cutting-edge treatment strategies in the palm of your hand. Interviewees included fifteen medical doctors, osteopaths and naturopaths who treat cancer either exclusively or as a major part of their practice. (Read the press release).

During the interviews, the doctors were asked difficult and important questions that the typical cancer patient may not think to ask. To get an idea of just how comprehensive this book is, see the Table of Contents. You can also read a complete sample chapter.

Because the book exposes the treatment methodologies of 15 physicians, readers will have the rare opportunity to compare and contrast the different healing methodologies used across various medical disciplines in the treatment of cancer. Or, as author Connie Strasheim explains, "the evidence of what works best for the treatment of cancer may be silently established by the similarities, or differences, found among these practitionersҠprotocols."

We all know that doctors appointments can be brief, and in many cases, inadequate in addressing all of the questions a patient may have. After leaving the appointment, a patient's head can be spinning with all of the questions that went unanswered. Now you can sit back and relax and find the answers to some of the most difficult questions, all in your own time, on your own schedule, inside this comprehensive book. This is possible because the physician interviewees were asked specific, pre-determined, targeted questions. Additionally, each doctor was given the opportunity to share special insights which may not have been a part of the planned interview process. The result of this planned, intentional, and careful interview process is a book that contains an unprecedented amount of practical and useful informaton. This information is available to anyone who is able to sit down and readءnd for only the price of a bottle of supplements.

Each chapter of the book focuses on the treatment approach of a single physician. Fifteen physicians were interviewed, so there are fifteen chapters (meet the interviewees). Author Connie Strasheim worked closely with each interviewee, over the course of several revisions, to ensure that their particular chapter was refined, accurate and as complete as possible. This kind of focused, organized information cannot be found anywhere else in print or on the internet.

Because physicians from five countries were interviewed, the reader is able to easily move beyond local political and medical standards and gain an international perspective on cancer treatment. The physician interviewees are based out of the United States, Denmark, Germany, Mexico, and England.

Written for both patients and practitioners, this book also allows you to avoid paying an arm and a leg for the travel and medical appointment fees that you would incur to meet and talk with 15 world-renowned cancer doctors, not to mention the time that it would take to actually have appointments with 15 different healers. In fact, you will not even have to leave the privacy and security of your own home to get this information. 

The following are some of the topics which the doctors addressed in their interviews:

• Anti-neoplastic (anti-cancer) treatments targeted at lowering or eliminating cancer cells and tumors. These include everything from IPT (Insulin Potentiation Therapy) and gene-targeted therapies, to metronomic chemotherapy, mistletoe, high-dose Vitamin C, sono and photodynamic therapy, dendritic cell vaccines, and intravenous nutrients. The doctors also answer the question, ԗhat is cancer and what causes it?Լ/strong>
• How to support and heal the body during and after cancer treatments. Included is information on diet, detoxification, vitamin and herbal supplements, hormone therapies, homeopathic remedies, allergy treatments, exercise and other physical therapies, as well as additional supportive treatments.
• Factors that affect healing, including finances, lifestyle habits, psycho-emotional stress, past treatments, and co-morbid conditions. Tips are provided for patients with limited financial resources.
• How to prevent cancer in the first place, and/or keep it from returning once patients are in remission or successfully managing their cancers.
• Why medical politics have limited peopleӳ access to effective treatments, and why knowing this is essential when searching for a cancer doctor.
• Dangerous and/or ineffective approaches to cancer treatment
• Suggestions for how family and friends can help their loved ones with cancer
• The treatment outcomes that the doctors have with their patients
• Patient and practitioner challenges to healing and how to overcome these
• How to heal past trauma and psycho-emotional problems that contribute to disease, with sections such as "Roadblocks to Healing," "How Family & Friends Can Help Their Loved Ones," "The Role of Stress, the Mind & Spirituality in Healing," "Healing Regret, Resentment & Self-Righteousness," and more
• How to contact the physicians
• The book also contains a very detailed Table of Contents and a user-friendly index so you can easily navigate through the information and find the topics that are relevant to you personally. 

Modern cancer treatment is complicated and controversial. Can you afford to be without the wisdom contained in this book? Save yourself time and money by reading about dozens of cutting edge therapeutic approaches before you and your doctor embark on the expensive and time consuming journey of using them in your own personal treatment program. Get the information first, and make your decisions after you are educated.

Irritable Bowel Syndrome

In this syndrome, the intestine is described as being hypersensitive, as the passing of the alimentary bolus (and therefore the distension of the intestinal walls) brings about painful sensations and discomfort. The results are spasmodic and uncoordinated contractions of the intestinal muscles. This disorder leads to episodes of  diarrhea or constipation accompanied by abdominal pain. IBS can cause small problems for certain people, whereas for others it can be much more serious. Symptoms may appear every day for a week or a month and then disappear, or they can persist for life. It is estimated that one school-aged child in nine has a period of symptoms similar to IBS every three months.

This intestinal disorder affects one Canadian in five, particularly women. It is a very serious functional illness and constitutes between 30% and 50% of gastroenterology consultations. Unlike more serious intestinal illnesses such as ulcerative colitis or Crohn’s disease, IBS does not cause inflammation, does not alter the structure of the intestinal mucous membrane and does not increase the risk of colorectal cancer. IBS does not get worse over time and does not require surgery. However, it can seriously get in the way of professional and social activities and can impoverish quality of life. On the other hand, diarrhea and constipation can induce or worsen hemorrhoid symptoms.

Causes

• Anger and stress linked to what is “retained” in the abdomen; in women, often after sexual abuse.
• Antibiotics
• Intestinal permeability

Solutions:
Intolerances to lactose and gluten are the most frequent; tests or a food journal with a food elimination-reintroduction protocol should be undertaken. The following foods should be eliminated or  restricted: alcohol,  caffeine, artificial sweeteners (Splenda, Aspartame, sorbitol, mannitol, etc.), very fatty  foods, and excessive consumption of simple carbohydrates.

• Enzymes.
• Pro- and prebiotics.
• Enteric capsules of peppermint oil.
• NAG (n-acetyl-glucosamine).
• Eliminate allergenic food.
• Hypnosis.
• Psycho-energetic medicine, such as homeopathy or acupuncture.

This article is an excerpt from the AMCC's course: Metabolism and Nutrition (course 343).