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New Year, New Start

It’s a new year, yay!  2010, alright.  After the celebrations, the congratulations, and the jubilations, you make resolutions.  The most common resolution is weight loss or some health related resolve.  Well, if weight loss is in your plans for 2010, or quitting smoking, or just improved digestion and health, I hereby suggest a cleanse.  A cleanse [...]

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Type Of Cleanses

There are many good herbs that help the body cleanse itself from different toxins.  Nature’s Sunshine Products has put together herbs, minerals and vitamins targeted to various cleansing needs. 
However, before you go on a cleanse, make sure your energy level is high enough for one.  To be sure ask an herbalist, your doctor, or medical [...]

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Natural Hair Care

On average there are 120,000 hair strands on our head, and like the rest of the body, they need to be fed.  The saying “You are what you eat” also applies to your hair.  Whatever you consume or lack in your diet reflects on your locks also. 
That makes hair analysis one of the most accurate [...]

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Six weeks to perfect skin

The skin is the largest organ in the human body.  More often than not it defines us.  No matter how healthy you may be or how good you feel on the inside, your skin tells your health story in a rather strident tone.  Nothing speaks well of your health condition like young smooth flourishing skin.
Forget [...]

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…Natural hair care continued.
However, there are guidelines for average need and some specific nutrients and supplements you can focus on while working on certain needs. 
For example:
Dry hair- usually due to a lack of essential fatty acids.  Eating foods high in EFAs also help boost protein that is necessary for glossy hair.
Oily hair- determined by genes, [...]

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The Bushman’s 10 Commandments To Healthy Skin

Thou shalt have no other foods but organic foods, fresh fruits, raw nuts, and vegetables.
Thou shalt not put on thy skin anything that thou would not eat, or any likeness of anything that is not in thy dinner plate, or that is not natural, or that is not in thy refrigerator, or thy pantry.
Thou shalt [...]

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Dehydration and You

We’ve all heard it before: the human body is 75% water.  So the question that comes next is how much water do you drink in a day to stay hydrated?  Eight glasses? More?  Less?  Does that include coffee, teas, and sodas?  What about juices?
So many factors to consider.  Well, let’s set the record straight.
First, the [...]

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Dehydration signs

The many ways dehydration may manifest can be grouped into two categories:  minor and severe.  Signs such as dry mouth, swollen tongue, low urine output, deep yellow-colored urine, thirst, sweaty palms, and headaches may be categorized as minor dehydration.  Most times, minor dehydration is confused for hunger, and some headaches caused by dehydration are relieved by [...]

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Causes of Dehydration

There many causes of dehydration. As the body loses water and salts quicker than can be replaced, it gradually becomes dehydrated.  The number one cause of dehydration is physical activity, in other words exercise.  It is the underlying cause of most sports injuries.
Athletes lose a lot of water in action.  They are often dehydrated before [...]

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Channels Of Elimination

We all need three things to survive:  air, water, and food.  When consumed, these three elements are taken to required sites (organs and tissues) by the blood for absorption, and utilization.  Therefore, any unwanted substance in these three elements, in form of poisons and toxins, gets to the blood and is ultimately transported to organs [...]

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