Welcome to my articles on what to avoid and why. You deserve radiant health and beauty! Our biggest health challenge is how to avoid ACCUMULATED TOXINS. We do that through selective choices in food, air, water, substances, lifestyle, emotions, friends, spiritual and energetic forces around us. There are countless marketing motives and dangerous toxins out there. Instead of seething with anger or frustration, relax, breathe and try my many healthy solutions. Yay! Our health movement has reached a tipping point, and this is SO EXCITING! Click below to read all the latest research in toxins, health risks, and products to avoid. Here’s to your delicious health! Jane
Avoid Maple Syrup – Almost 100% sugar!
We LOVE to drizzle maple syrup! We think it's pure sap of maple trees - Right? Uh Oh! Sorry to bring sad news! Maple syrup is highly processed containing 50% glucose, 50% fructose. It's almost 100% sugar! WHAT!?!? Yes! Maple syrup will acidify your body pH and spike blood glucose like sugar. Charts below show high sugar, high calories and carbs! Read the LABEL! As usual, the truth is in the details. This won't be my most popular post. Ha Ha! ...
WiFi Disrupts Natural Sleep Cycles & Brain Biorhythms
Why do many people sleep poorly and don't know why? But when they turn the WiFi OFF before bed, they enjoy refreshing deep sleep? Aha! That's because WiFi tells your brain that it is DAYTIME! WiFi stimulates your pineal gland, brain, and endocrine system to WAKE UP! Poor sleep always leads to accelerated aging. Are you getting all five stages of sleep at night? Damaged sleep cycles due to WiFi can increase your risk of disease. It all starts with ...
QUIZ: What are the Best (and WORST) Cooking Oils for Long Life?
Rising chronic disease is a global pandemic. What is causing the continuous increase heart disease, cancer, and diabetes? Could the refined oils we eat be a factor in rising disease and accelerated aging? These new oils were recently developed and marketed to the world. Ever since their introduction, we see rising disease incidence and lower healthy life expectancy. Do you trust your life and your family's health to the global food industry? Could money and selfish interest be driving marketing ...
3 Big Causes of Rising Disease, and 3 Antidotes in Your Kitchen Now
THREE PRIMARY FOODS are the roots of almost all chronic disease. These are the 3 BIG BAD FOODS that kill us. Fortunately, their ANTIDOTES are right in front of us. Today I'm looking for a way to describe whole food nutrition in a few words for all people of the world using pictures and infographics. Let me know your thoughts... (1) GMO & Seed oils are TOXIC! Sadly, these are the main cooking oils in India and Bhutan. AVOID all Refined ...
Uh Oh! Favorite Foods that Convert to SUGAR in Your Blood
Shall we do some MYTH BUSTING? We all know sugar is BAD. And whole foods are GOOD. Yep, we've got that. But WHY is SUGAR bad? And why do many people eat a whole food diet but still end up with Diabetes, Heart disease, and Rheumatoid Arthritis? Maybe it's not caused by BAD vs. GOOD foods. Maybe it's because HIGH-CARB WHOLE FOODS immediately convert to sugar in the body? AHA!! These foods may not TASTE sweet, but too much of ...
AVOID! The Toxic Truth About Stevia
By Jane Barthelemy. Stevia is marketed as a healthy sweetener. But surprising new evidence indicates all stevia sold in grocery stores is highly processed with methyl alcohol or other toxic chemicals. Healthy Solution: Look for my top natural non-toxic sweeteners. Do you know if your stevia is pure? Or is it mixed with other sweeteners, sugars, and chemicals? Do you wonder how your stevia is refined? What does “natural” mean, if anything? Where is your stevia produced? You deserve to know what’s hidden in your stevia. It is essential for ...
AVOID! Genetically Engineered Salmon
Bad news! The US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved the first genetically modified food animal, an Atlantic salmon that grows twice as fast as natural salmon, with the insertion of genes from Chinook salmon and eelpout, an eel-like fish. Healthy solution: Buy wild Alaskan salmon ...
Uh Oh! Coconut Sugar is 100% Sugar!
Terrible news! Coconut sugar is 100% sugar! You won't feel a glycemic rush, as coconut sugar is relatively low in glucose. But here's the rub: The rest of the sugar is fructose! It's 100% sugar! Just like HFCS (High Fructose Corn Syrup), fructose in coconut sugar is a liver toxin that causes high cholesterol, obesity, and diabetes (Yup, our top epidemics). Fructose doesn't give you a glycemic jolt. Instead it quietly and insidiously fills your liver with bad lipid (fat) deposits and makes you want more sweets. Glycemic index can measure glucose, ...
AVOID! Whole Foods GMO Apple Pie
Whole Foods Markets Apple Pie looks enticingly "home made". But the ingredient list leaves their options open to allow them to use the most toxic, cheap ingredients. When you see "Apples", you can assume it's the new GMO apples. When you see "Sugar", know that it is probably cheap GMO Beet Sugar. When you see "Brown Sugar", you can assume it is GMO Beet Sugar infused with cane molasses and Monsanto's toxic glyphosate. When you see cage-free eggs, know that the hens are fed ...
Avoid Processed Foods and Eat Homegrown! Scary Videos of Graphene Oxide!
A few days ago a friend sent me a video of instant noodles under a microscope. Oh dear! What I saw shocked me and opened my eyes to the brave new world, in which our food, air, water, even our own bodies, blood and DNA are weaponized against life without our consent. The videos I'm sharing below outline the challenges we face. I've always cautioned folks against eating processed foods, however now the situation is more serious. I see clear ...
Xylitol, NOT a low calorie sweetener!
By Jane Barthelemy. Is Xylitol a healthy sweetener? Touted as a safe sugar substitute for diabetics in snacks, chewing gum, and baking, Xylitol is NOT the low-calorie sweetener it's cracked up to be. Just look at the nutrition label and you'll see it's loaded with calories and carbs. I don't accept that stripping birch bark and thus killing the tree is sustainable or earth-friendly. How is Xylitol produced? How does it affect the body? You deserve to know the truth to ...
AVOID! Free-Range & Cage-Free Eggs – Do you really want to eat Glyphosate?
Sadly, free-range and cage-free chickens are routinely fed GMO-grains with Monsanto's toxic glyphosate. Yucch! Do you really want to eat this carcinogenic chemical? It's very simple. To find non-GMO eggs, we must first ask "WHAT DO THE HENS EAT?" Healthy Solution: To avoid eggs with GMO-glyphosate, buy certified organic, buy from a local farm you know, or save money by raising hens yourself. Life is not about money. It's about quality and balance. Please eat wonderful food, live long and well. Life tastes better ...
Drinking Fluoridated Water? Check your USA city!
Over two-thirds of US cities add fluoride chemical to drinking water - Click here to find your state and city. Fluoride is proven to damage the brain and lower IQ in childhood development. Despite ealier claims that fluoride lowers cavities, new research by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ National Toxicology Program AND MANY OTHERS, indicate that fluoride should be “presumed to be a cognitive neurodevelopmental hazard to humans." Fluoride is a potent neuro-toxin and endocrine disruptor that can ...
AVOID! Aluminum: Dangerous Neuro-toxin Linked to Autism & Alzheimer’s
Aluminum has been long known to be neurotoxic, with mounting evidence that chronic exposure and gradual bio-accumulation is a factor in many neurological diseases including Alzheimer's, Autism, ADHD, and Parkinson's disease. The best way to protect yourself is to be careful about your choices in food, personal products, to minimize your use of vaccines and other drugs that are often contaminated with aluminum. Despite the shortage of conclusive studies, mounting scientific evidence really leaves little room for doubt. Guest post by ...
AVOID! Starbucks Cupcakes with GMO Beet Sugar & Glyphosate
Uh Oh! Standing in line at Starbuck's again? Just one cupcake will give you a whopping 35 grams of GMO sugar, which is 3X the sugar in a Krispy Kreme glazed donut! Even worse, you'll get a heavy dose of Monsanto's herbicide Glyphosate, which has been named a root cause of Cancer, Autism, Alzheimer's, ADHD, Inflammatory Bowel Syndrome, and Parkinson's ...
AVOID! Truvia Toxic Sweetener
Uh Oh! Bad News. Truvia kills fruit flies. A not-so-sweet marketing ploy by Cargill, Truvia has zero calories but sadly is loaded with toxins. Ingredients: GMO corn erythritol (with Monsanto's glyphosate), Rebaudioside-A (chemical extraction, nothing to do with stevia.) ...
Avoid GMO Beet Sugar in Restaurants
The very worst sugar for your health is GMO beet sugar. Innocently called "sugar", sadly almost all restaurants use it. GMO beet sugar represents 55% of all sugar consumed in the USA. But like a double whammy, it gives you a dangerous blood sugar rush, with a toxic side of GMO's and Monsanto's herbicide Glyphosate. A known carcinogen, Glyphosate has been proven to cause Autism, Parkinson's disease, and Obesity ...
AVOID! New GMO Potato Chips
Potato chips, America's favorite high-calorie, low nutrient snack will now be available in a genetically modified version! The all-new GMO potato doesn't turn brown when cut open, which is expected to save food manufacturers $55 million dollars each year! ...
