Lifestyle Tips

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! ...

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 ...

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 ...

Living in this wild world of transition and challenge, it is essential to protect our DNA. We can build resilience, strength, and longevity using time-tested techniques. I always eat an early dinner at 4pm, because I feel stronger and sleep better. Now I have even MORE EVIDENCE - I found an authentic quote of the Buddha's words recommending the very same eating schedule! Check this out! The Buddha said 2,500 years ago: "I abstain from the night-time meal. As I ...

I recently posted a video interview about the health crisis in America with Callie and Casey Means. See my post: “How Big Pharma Keeps You Sick". Here is a sequel to that video, even more controversial. I don't necessarily AGREE with any of this. Ha Ha! I'm just presenting it here for consideration and discussion. This interview is with Neurosurgeon Dr. Jack Kruse, who criticizes Callie and Casey for not dealing with the most critical issues. He calls them out ...

85% of Americans use caffeine daily, although coffee is by far the # 1 biggest drain on your Kidneys and Adrenals. In fact, we gulp down over 400 million cups of Joe every day. Our coffee obsession is a roaring $30 billion industry! However, if you're an independent soul like me that wants to be truly healthy, here's a delicious alternative. I'll cut to the chase: Coffee is addictive. It slowly depletes the kidney energy, according to Chinese Medicine, which ...

The best way to optimize your health is to watch the water! Why? Because your body fluids hold the key to wellness. Our bodies are 70 - 90% water. So, it’s no surprise that a clean lymph system is a top priority for wellness. These techniques will keep you young for many years. Your life force is electric. If you wish to be truly alive and ascend to higher states of consciousness, these detox tips are even more essential. You'll ...

What's the BEST diet for ALL humans? Are we all different? Or should we LISTEN to the body, to discover what it needs every day? Should we all jump on the most recent diet craze? How about the latest US Food Pyramid? Is a Vegan diet healthy, or will it make you weak? Should we consider the Paleo Diet? Or is it Vegetarian best with eggs and dairy? What percentage of your food should be leafy green veggies? How much fat is best? How much ...

What just happened? DeepSeek, a small upstart AI company in China just upset Google and the entire information world, offering a BETTER AI research tool for FREE. As we observe cracks in the foundations of our old American corporate reality crumbling before our eyes, maybe this is a milestone. I downloaded the free app for DeepSeek and used it to research this article. I asked a lot of questions - see the answers below. How do you like it? Is ...

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 ...

I was recently SHOCKED on a trip to a small grocery store for SALT. When I asked for SALT, I was given LOW SODIUM SALT. There was no other salt available. The grocery manager said it is BETTER THAN SALT, as it PREVENTS HEART DISEASE. Yikes! Really? Now I see low-sodium salt is a popular alternative. Low-sodium salt has some of its sodium replaced with potassium chloride. Let's take a look at the heated debate! Do you believe excessive salt ...

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 ...

Our world invites us to participate in constant stress, which sometimes can accumulate inside us. We can just let it go. Stress creates emotional highs and lows. This exercise allows us to let it go and balance the nervous system in a few minutes Many people live in a constant state of Flight-Flight, because our entire culture is focused into stress. Continuous tension builds tremendous suffering in the mind, emotions, and body, bringing us constant ups and downs. How wonderful ...

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 ...

One of the easiest and most economical ways to boost your health is FERMENTING! In stressful times when your digestion is under attack from processed food, undisclosed additives, and GMO's, these old-fashioned fermented foods like sauerkraut and yogurt can offer your gut a life-saving break. Fermented foods are high in fiber. They contain more beneficial bacteria than most probiotic supplements, and they're cheaper than store-bought pills. Make them easily in a variety of flavors, just 2 tablespoons of fermented food at ...

We love to measure things. We hope by counting Nutrition Facts we can know how GOOD a food is for us. But how effective is it? What about the vast nutritional gap between the three realms of food: Organic vs. "Conventional" vs. GMO? What's the effect of chemicals on complete nutrition? Obviously, this will vary depending on the type of seed, minerals and microbes in the soil, growing conditions, and freshness of the food. Ha Ha! Did you know that ...

Possible Symptoms of Adrenal Fatigue Include: Exhaustion, Insomnia, Weakness, Poor immune system, Poor Blood Circulation, Allergies, Apathy, Depression, Hair loss, Food cravings, Mood swings, Skin eruptions, Autoimmune disorders, PMS or menopausal symptoms, Low libido, Lightheaded when getting up, Can't handle stress, Mentally distracted, Brain fog, or Hard to concentrate. QUICK TAKEAWAY: Reduce Stress and Rebalance the Kidney Meridian: Chinese medicine says Adrenal exhaustion is related to STRESS and some form of FEAR. That's why Fear, Cortisol, Insomnia, and Depression are like ...

Winter is the season of the Kidney. The Kidney energy is the most essential root of your life force. Maybe the hibernating bears are smart to put the wisdom of the ages into practice, and humans should do the same. Wintertime for bears is time to snuggle together to conserve your JING life force. Be quiet, sleep more, eat warming foods, wrap yourself in full insulation of natural fabrics, stimulate the Kidney meridian with accu-tapping points and use warming breathing ...

Top ratings go to 1) Raw Honey, 2) PureLo by Swanson, 3) Swerve Sweetener, 4) Lakanto, and 5) Raw Stevia leaves, the only healthy sweeteners I can find. My criterion are purity, stable blood sugar, and balanced metabolism. With a world epidemic of diabetes, obesity, and metabolic disorder, we need sweeteners that stop the sugar cycle in it's tracks. Sadly, grocery stores do not carry healthy sweeteners, so we buy them online. We don't really need sweeteners, but some of us got used to a sugar ...

If you haven’t yet heard about Dr. Jack Kruse, you’re in for a big surprise. Brilliant neurosurgeon, longevity expert, and mitochondrial guru with vast experience, Jack Kruse sports 90 years but looks only 55. Dr. Jack explains the science of how light affects our biology; and he is decades, possibly even centuries ahead of his time. He does his podcasts in shorts, stripped to the waist, in his home which has no walls, allowing copious direct and indirect sunlight to ...