7 Tips for a Healthy Nursery
August 28, 2012
By Guest Blogger
A child’s nursery is a sanctuary of sorts – a safe, peaceful place away from the hubbub of the household and the din beyond its doors. Most parents pay close attention to detail as they create the space, lovingly choosing just the right shade of paint and decor to reflect their child’s budding personality, and bedding that hopefully helps promote long hours of tranquil slumber. But one thing that’s often overlooked is creating an environment… Read More >
5 Tips to Jumpstart Your Spring Detox
April 18, 2012
By Guest Blogger
Happy Spring, Crazy Sexy Lifers! All over the country, even in the Northeast, it’s come extra early this year (which is a whole other topic –climate change anyone?). But for now, let’s focus on the positive aspects: sunshine, getting outside and shedding extra layers of clothing. And while we’re at it, let’s shed some toxins too! They’ve most likely built up over the winter. Richer foods, fewer fresh vegetables and fruits, lowered immunity, and lack… Read More >
Detox to Divinity
April 5, 2012
By Guest Blogger
Fasting has been prescribed in most ancient traditions as a tool to cleanse and purify one’s mind and body in order to achieve inner purity and find the path to divinity. It was believed that when thoughts of preparing food and feeding were out of one’s mental schemata, one could focus without hindrance on mantra, prayer or devotion. Fasting was considered a tool in aiding devotees to disconnect from the physical realm as they turned… Read More >
9 Steps to Getting Healthy This Year
January 4, 2012
By Alexandra Jamieson
1. Get clear. Want to see the most marvelous waterfall at sunset? Let’s go! Wait – where are we going? You can’t find it without directions, right? To transform your health, energy, and body, you need to take stock of where you are now, what you’re eating, and what you want to change. Write down everything – how you feel when you wake up, what cravings you have, what your diet is like, your exercise… Read More >
Summer Iced Coffee Detox
August 22, 2011
By Alejandro Junger, MD
A sure sign that we’re in the sweltering dog days of summer is that the trash cans, park benches and sidewalks are suddenly littered with the ubiquitous clear plastic cups, plastic lids and straws from iced coffees – whether they’re black, flavored, or milk and sugar-filled. Just because they’re slightly watered down with ice cubes doesn’t mean they’re any less harsh on our bodies than a steaming paper cup full. And people are drinking hot… Read More >
Do We Really Need to Detox?
June 8, 2011
By Tracy Piper
Can you remember all the junk food you have eaten in your life? From childhood, high school and through college? All the environmental and chemical toxins we have come in contact with? Now, imagine a magical potion taking them all away, washing us squeaky clean and making us new as a baby. Sadly, there is no magical potion, but there is hope. We can revitalize our body and our cells, reduce our toxic load and… Read More >
Sayonara Cellulite: Another Reason to Detox Your Body
December 29, 2010
By Jennifer Reilly RD LD
If you’ve ever tried on clothes in a dressing room, you may have noticed some not-so-pretty “lady lumps.” Even thin women and men can have cellulite. So rather than simply avoiding cellulite-accentuating mirrors, here are some tips on kicking it to the curb with regular detoxes. Cellulite is formed from fluid retention and the accumulation of waste products and toxins in the body. Exercise, stretching and weight-lifting (all of which help get rid of fluid,… Read More >
The Secret to Making Your Detox Effective
October 22, 2010
By Frank Lipman, MD
What is detoxification? Detoxification is what your body does naturally to neutralize, transform or get rid of unwanted materials or toxins. Although it is mostly ignored by our current medical system, the detoxification system is a key component of our body’s functioning, constantly working and interacting with all the other functions of the body. So a good detox program improves and optimizes the function of your body’s own built-in detoxification systems. This is done by… Read More >
20 Ways to Detox Your Home
August 27, 2010
By Frank Lipman, MD
Many of us have done a detox to eliminate internal toxins from our body, but how many of us do anything about the toxins in our own homes? Common household and body care products are increasingly being found to have negative health effects on the nervous and immune systems, on our reproductive systems, and on our endocrine, cardiovascular and respiratory systems. The average home contains 500-1,000 chemicals, many of which we are unable to see,… Read More >
5 Cleansing Tips for a Wellness Boost
April 29, 2010
By Guest Blogger
By Jenny Nelson Spring is a very traditional time for a cleanse. It’s an instinctive behavior that is deeply rooted in our bodies, as we tend to consume heavier, more acidic, and mucus forming foods in the winter months, so as the days lengthen and we transition to warmer weather, our bodies naturally want to lighten and expand. It’s a time to move toward the light, to stretch, grow, and shed our winter layers—both emotionally… Read More >
Detox: A Fresh Start in 2010
December 22, 2009
By Alejandro Junger, MD
Forgive me for getting an Outkast song going through your head (my Clean Team is composed of super hip (they’ll love that!) music lovers so I’m getting quite an education) but your very own “so fresh and so clean” New Year begins with not only a catchy little beat but three very important R’s. These R’s will be the tools for absolutely amazing vitality as well as an immune boost. They are: Remove, Restore and… Read More >
Quitting the Smokes
November 6, 2009
By Guest Blogger
By Gena Hamshaw Tell me if this sounds familiar: you’re the designated “health nut” in your circle of friends. Perhaps you’re the resident vegan; you might also be the runner who’s training for her next marathon. When you go out to dinner with friends and family, you’re the one explaining what tempeh is, or extolling the joys of raw nut cheese, or giving your companions a quick tutorial in sea vegetables. But something’s amiss. You’ve… Read More >
Battle of the Bulge
September 17, 2009
By Donna Perrone
This summer, I cooled off with an excursion to a local water park featuring water slides, and a cool wave pool. I grabbed my bathing suit, packed a lunch and headed to Jersey. This day trip meant planning my meals ahead of time, which consisted of two Norwalk pressed green/vegetable juices from the best juice joint in NYC called, ‘Liquidteria,’ packed in a cold storage insulated bag with a cold pack, germinated sunflower seeds, sliced… Read More >
Mercury & Me
September 9, 2009
By Guest Blogger
Dr. Sam Rader I realized the madness had to stop when I retrieved a clump of hair the size of my fist from the drain filter in my shower. For weeks, I had been surfing the net for hair loss shampoos, supplements and tinctures. With all the pictures of aging men, I had to wonder why a healthy 29-year-old woman like myself had been reduced to such desperate measures. By the time I got tested… Read More >
Part II: DETOX, is it Real?
August 13, 2009
By Alejandro Junger, MD
Put down the Zagat Guide and pick up a good book on cleansing and detoxification. It can save your life, and the planet’s. A good book to start with is my book, CLEAN, The revolutionary Program to Restore the Body’s Natural Ability to Heal Itself. I wrote CLEAN in an attempt to clear the general confusion on detoxification and to prevent something tragic in my opinion. We are at risk of discarding the whole thing… Read More >
Part I: DETOX, is it Real?
August 12, 2009
By Alejandro Junger, MD
When I was a little boy, my mother always said, “Do not go swimming after a meal. Your muscles will cramp and you will drown.” For a long time I laughed it off thinking it was a scare tactic so she could take a nap after eating without having to watch me in the pool. As soon as she nodded off, I would jump in and swim even more. I was lucky… Throughout medical school… Read More >
The Scoop: Kathy Freston’s Quantum Wellness Cleanse
July 14, 2009
By Corinne
What was your inspiration for adopting a vegan lifestyle and how has it impacted your life? I always considered myself a spiritual person, someone who wanted to live by principles that would better hone my personal evolution: kindness, compassion, alleviating suffering when I saw it. When I saw, through videos and in books, what was happening to animals as they became food for my plate, I realized I was not living my principles at all.… Read More >
The Gallbladder Flush
May 13, 2009
By Donna Perrone
Let’s face it. Just about everyone has Gallstones. Gallstones are found in the liver, gallbladder and connecting ducts. There can be thousands of stones that accumulate in the liver that never show up on a basic blood test. I learned about the Liver/Gallbladder Flush about 10 years ago. I met many people at the time that would show up at a local health group exhibiting their gallstones for all to see. Big stones, little stones,… Read More >
A little pH refresher course
April 29, 2009
Hello Jalapeno! I’ve written about pH many times but since proper pH (acid/alkaline balance) is the key to how I maintain a healthy life AND the foundation of our upcoming Adventure Cleanse Tune-up (aka ACT), I thought I’d revisit the topic once more. Remember high school science class? Well, if you don’t, here’s a little refresher course. The body maintains a delicate pH balance. Technically, pH is a measure of the hydrogen ion concentration in… Read More >
Spring Yoga Detox
April 23, 2009
By Guest Blogger
Kristin McGee It’s that time of the year when we start to pull out our summer clothes and bikinis and we might be feeling a little less then excited to bare some skin. Yoga is the perfect way to not only shape up for the warmer months, it also helps to detoxify our internal organs, boost our metabolism, and clear up our skin after a long winter. Twists are wonderful ways to get the blood… Read More >
