Kefir vs. Yogurt

The debate may continue on which is better for our health, yogurt or kefir, but the best test is to try them both and see the results. In my experience, I found excellent improvement in my digestive system after adding kefir to my diet, and now consider it a superfood... Read More

Take Charge of Your Health, Naturally

The Natural Health Journal delivers information on alternative health therapies, nutrition and natural healing. Author, Virginia Hanspiker, is a Registered Polarity Practitioner, Registered Massage Therapist, Reflexologist and Reiki Master. Her training and health experience is in a variety of natural therapies, including nutritional counseling, as she believes nutrition is the foundation for optimum health. To learn more about Virginia and her work as a Natural Health Practitioner, visit her online practice at: aTouchOfHealth.ca.

The Fountain of Youth is at Your Front Door!

Walking impacts everything from blood sugar and cholesterol levels, weight control, lung function and oxygenation of tissues. This simple activity actually improves everything… from muscles (including leg cramps or poor circulation) to organs and let’s not forget – our mind. It relieves depression, anxiety and stress by producing endorphins, the body’s natural tranquilizer. What an easy way to put a smile on your face! Read More

Detoxification

… the foundation for good health

Detoxification benefits could fill an entire page listing conditions that improve after an inner cleanse. Regardless of whether you are ridding your body of accumulated wastes from food preservatives, food additives and dye, air pollutants, refined sugar, unhealthy eating choices, or parasites…  regular detoxification keeps you healthier. It results in improvement in all body functions, including nervous systems that influence every part of our body and our mind.

With skin being the largest organ of our body, better skin health is often one of the first noticeable improvements with inner cleansing. Clearer thinking and improved memory are initially more subtle, but it happens. Detox will benefit every tissue and every function of your body!

While I consider the least expensive, the most gentle and widest-reaching method to detoxify and balance the body is to ingest aloe vera regularly, not everyone is as keen on taking it. But, live foods help to detoxify, support and balance our metabolism,  which includes a stronger immune system.  An option to aloe vera is to juice regularly with vegetables known to be anti-parasitic. If this becomes too intensive for your schedule, you can buy detox packages at health food stores. Your reaction to a detox package containing a wide range of anti-parasitic herbs that targets your whole system, will depend on your particular body’s level of toxicity. If you have not done an inner cleanse for years, guidance from a health care practitioner experienced in this area may be your safest and most effective choice in order to not need time off work because of adverse reactions from ‘too much, too fast”.  For more detailed information on the importance of detoxification and parasites in particular – you can read the article entitled Parasite Cleansing.

It helps to remember we are not in a continuous state of deterioration as we age; that we can do much to retain our energy and vitality with lifestyle choices. Our tissues regenerate, forming new cells throughout each year. Skin, for example, normally regenerates with new cells around every 28 days. Keeping this in mind helps strengthen your self-image of vibrant health that can often be re-gained from food choices and improved lifestyle habits. Inner cleansing lets our organs make the best use of nutrients we provide our body by improving function to ensure maximum uptake of nutrients from the food  we eat.

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