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Event: Spring Cleaning and Seasonal Support
Join us for a Health and Wellness Open House! Spring Cleaning and Seasonal Support April 26th from 10am - 2pm New Life Natural Health Center725 S. Adams. Ste 185, Birmingham, MI 48009 FREE Food, FREE Samples, FREE Workshops, FREE Learning, FREE Fun! Come...
De-Clutter and Lead a Purposeful Life
With the recent success of Marie Kondo’s Tidying Up on Netflix, everybody’s got de-cluttering on the brain. Getting rid of junk is good! Focusing more on what we value instead of having stuff for the sake of having stuff is great! I just did this...
Don’t Forget About the Ultimate Holiday Fruit!
They’re bright, they’re cheerful, and they instantly make you think of the holidays. If you want the ultimate seasonal fruit, pick up a bag of fresh cranberries! While dried cranberries are almost always coated with sugar and most cranberry juices have more sugar than...
Essential Oils and Home Care
Our bodies are bombarded with chemicals, toxins, and pollutants from varying sources on a daily basis. Over time, these toxins begin to build up in our bodies and the immune system can become compromised, making us more susceptible to disease, digestive and gut...
Naturally Taking Care of Yourself, Your Family & Your Home
We’re used to reading ingredient lists on our foods—we’d rather not consume chemical dyes, artificial flavors, trans fats, or anything that might have a negative impact on our health. But what about everything else we use on a daily basis? Brushing our teeth, washing...
Springtime Salads Made Simple
Fresh Produce Creates Great Flavors Salads are delicious all year round, but spring is when they really shine—the first veggies of the season are delicate, refreshing, and a welcome reminder that summer lies just ahead. Spend a little extra time at farmer’s markets...
Avoid These 4 Things and Be Healthier
#1 - Avoid Aluminum Aluminum is a highly toxic metal. Large numbers of aluminum molecules enter food that is cooked, covered by, or stored in aluminum pots, pans, cans, and foil. Teflon coatings (also toxic) do not prevent aluminum from leaching into foods. Aluminum...
Swap Screen Time for Nature Time
Between TVs, phones, and computers, the average American child spends seven hours a day in front of a screen. Some of that is educational material, but still, it’s time for kids and adults to trade in some screen time for some real-world outdoor fun, especially before...
Make Food Fresh—Spring Clean Your Pantry!
When spring rolls around, we think about cleaning our houses from top to bottom (which I have been doing the past two days!), but what about the pantry? Jars roll into corners, bags get pushed to the back, everyone keeps ignoring the hominy…time to spring clean the...
Essential Oils 101
It seems like everyone is talking about essential oils these days. I have been using them for 15 years and they are quite amazing I do agree! Essential oils—or hydrosols, as they’re sometimes called—are aromatic compounds extracted from plants. The term “essential”...
Are you surviving or thriving in today’s toxic world?
Environmental toxins can be found in what you eat, drink, breathe, feel and think. You may not be aware of toxins, but if you want to be healthy, being educated on the latest in toxins is a must! Chronic conditions, like type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and...
Want to Learn How to Feed Your Family Healthier?
My good friend and colleague Angelle Batten has an amazing program launching this week that can help you feed your family healthier! This is a virtual guided coaching program that has a lot of personal support and attention. You get to learn from your own home {no...
Water, Wonderful Water!
Our bodies are mostly water, and so an ongoing intake of water is essential to our every function. Drink the appropriate amounts, and everything is much more likely to function at optimal levels. Don’t drink enough water, and over the short term you will experience...
Drink Pure Water!
Drinking pure water is important for optimal health. Our bodies are mostly water and so intake of water is essential to functioning at optimum levels. Without enough water, you may experience fatigue, dry skin, headaches, and constipation. Over time in a dehydration...
Toxins and Natural Cleaners!
The liver is the main organ in the body that is burdened by any toxins that we expose ourselves to on a daily basis. Some of these toxins can be controlled through the choices we make. For optimal health it is important to use natural and organic items in your...
Toxins and Body Care
A simple way to begin increasing your well-being is to choose not to expose yourself to toxins that can voluntarily be avoided. The foods we eat, the cleaning products we use or the body products we put on our skin are all voluntary toxic exposures if we choose for...
Get the Plastic Out of Your Diet!
Plastic seems to be everywhere around us and it is also everywhere around our food! From processing to packaging to how we store our food, many people are exposed to excessive amounts of plastic often on a daily basis. Plastic can contain estrogens and some plastics...