Green Tips and Food Facts, from holisticvoice.org

Limit Dairy Products

Contrary to a popular ad campaign, milk does not do your body good. Yes, milk contains calcium, but it comes with a price: When you ingest cow’s milk you are also ingesting unhealthy saturated fat, growth hormones, and antibiotics that were given to the cows. Growth hormones contribute to our nations obesity epidemic- especially in children- and the antibiotics in cows milk lower our resistance to antibiotics.

You can get all the calcium you need from dark green leafy vegetables such as spinach, brocolli and kale.

Still not convinced? Consider this: Dairy products contain casein, an animal protein that promotes cancer development and growth. Dairy products have been linked to skyrocketing rates of breast cancer and prostate cancer in the United States. Additionally there is an undeniable correlation between Johne’s disease in cows and Crohn’s disease in humans.

There are some wonderful substitutes for milk that you can drink and use in baking and cooking such as soy milk, almond milk, hemp milk or my personal favorite: rice milk.

Garden with a Green Thumb

Stay Alkaline For Cancer Prevention

Balancing a healthy lifestyle with healthy choices is key in all cancer prevention. According to the American Cancer Society, a woman in the United States is diagnosed with breast cancer every three minutes. There are many things you can do to prevent yourself from becoming a statistic. 

Lifestyle factors such as regular exercise, increasing vitamin D intake, and eating a low-fat diet can help reduce your risk of getting breast cancer. All the prevention methods listed here can all help you live a well-balanced life-one full of energy and vitality:

Alkalize your blood. A healthy pH balance-the ratio of alkalinity to acidity in the body-is crucial to being cancer-free. Cancer thrives in acidic environments and but is unable to survive in alkaline ones. Edgar Cayce, typically referred to as "father of holistic medicine," consistently emphasized the importance of maintaining a proper acid/alkaline balance in the body. Cayce said that "a normal diet is about twenty percent acid to eighty percent alkaline-producing." 

Make sure your diet is rich in alkalizing foods such as green vegetables, beans, spices, herbs, seeds and nuts. Limit your consumption of alcohol, coffee, meat, fish, poultry and eggs. You can measure your pH levels with litmus strips to be sure your body is more alkaline than acidic. 

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Green your beauty routine.

The way we look is a direct result of what we put into our bodies. The food we eat and the beauty products we use greatly affect our outward appearance. 

Unfortunately, it is a fact that like our food supply most of our beauty products are full of toxins, preservatives, and even poisons. These are put in our beauty products in order to give them a longer shelf life and thus give the companies more profits. In order to be a healthy consumer, we must make conscious choices at the check-out counter by choosing natural and organic beauty products.

Don't be fooled by advertising. Most of the beauty products you see on TV and in magazines are targeted towards us to make us think we need their product to look younger, sexier, and skinnier. In fact these products actually age us because of all the poisons, toxins and preservatives in the product! When we use these products on our hair, skin or nails we are putting these toxic substances directly into our bloodstream!

The cosmetics industry is the least regulated industry under the jurisdiction of the FDA. This means that we have to be cautious and aware of the products we are using. Even some natural products contain hidden toxins and preservatives so it is important to read labels carefully. Go to your local health foods store and purchase products that are certified organic. Or, save money and make your own products and cosmetics with natural ingredients such as yogurt and honey. Your hair, skin, and body will be on their way to being beautiful and glowing the way nature intended!

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Know your toxins. Avoid MSG

Monosodium glutamate, also known as MSG, is a common food additive. It`s toxic and physically addictive. Fast food companies and other food manufacturers use MSG as a "flavor enhancer," so
consumers will become "hooked" on their products and keep dishing out money for more. When people consume unhealthy foods containing MSG, they often gain weight and feel sluggish, and some also experience "MSG symptom complex." The symptoms can include headaches, chest pain, heart palpitations, nausea, and other heath problems.

Although MSG is normally associated with Chinese food, processed meats, and salty snacks, it`s also frequently found in bouillon cubes, canned soups and vegetables, barbecue sauce, salad dressing, and virtually every other processed food you eat. "Monosodium glutamate," or "MSG," won`t likely be listed in a products` ingredient list.  It`s often disguised as calcium caseinate, gelatin, hydrolyzed vegetable proteins, autolyzed yeast, hydrolyzed yeast, yeast extract, soy extracts, "spices," or "natural
flavorings."

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Limit Dairy Products. Contrary to a popular ad campaign, milk does not do your body good. Yes, milk contains calcium, but it comes with a price: When you ingest cow’s milk you are also ingesting unhealthy saturated fat, growth hormones, and antibiotics that were given to the cows. Growth hormones contribute to our nations obesity epidemic- especially in children- and the antibiotics in cows milk lower our resistance to antibiotics. You can get all the calcium you need from dark green leafy vegetables such as spinach, brocolli and kale. Still not convinced? Consider this: Dairy products contain casein, an animal protein that promotes cancer development and growth. Dairy products have been linked to skyrocketing rates of breast cancer and prostate cancer in the United States. Additionally there is an undeniable correlation between Johne’s disease in cows and Crohn’s disease in humans. There are some wonderful substitutes for milk that you can drink and use in baking and cooking such as soy milk, almond milk, hemp milk or my personal favorite: rice milk. For more green tips go to www.holisticvoice.org.

Stay Alkaline For Cancer Prevention

Balancing a healthy lifestyle with healthy choices is key in all cancer prevention. According to the American Cancer Society, a woman in the United States is diagnosed with breast cancer every three minutes. There are many things you can do to prevent yourself from becoming a statistic.

Lifestyle factors such as regular exercise, increasing vitamin D intake, and eating a low-fat diet can help reduce your risk of
getting breast cancer. All the prevention methods listed here can all help you live a well-balanced life-one full of energy
and vitality:

Alkalize your blood. A healthy pH balance- the ratio of alkalinity to acidity in the body- is crucial to being cancer-free. Cancer thrives in acidic environments and but is unable to survive in alkaline ones. Edgar Cayce, typically referred to as “father of holistic medicine,” consistently emphasized the importance of maintaining a proper acid/alkaline balance in the body. Cayce said that “a normal diet is about twenty percent acid to eighty percent alkaline-producing.”

Make sure your diet is rich in alkalizing foods such as green vegetables, beans, spices, herbs, seeds and nuts. Limit your consumption of alcohol, coffee, meat, fish, poultry and eggs. You can measure your pH levels with litmus strips to be sure your body is more alkaline than acidic.

For more green tips  go to http://www.holisticvoice.org.

Cheers to your good health!

Your friends at Holistic Voice www.holisticvoice.org Holistic Voice

Green Tip: Garden with a Green Thumb

Here’s this week’s Green Tip:

Garden with a Green Thumb.

Americans use approximately 80 million pounds of pesticides in their gardens every year. Like chemical-cleaners, pesticides and synthetic fertilizers pose a threat to you and your loved ones, and the environment in general.

Instead, use compost and plant native plants, which have adapted to the environment and require less water and attention, in your garden. Organic gardening benefits the soil, plants, animals, insects, water and air quality, as well as our own mental and physical health!

And by composting you can recycle your yard and kitchen wastes (even your dinner scraps) to fertilize your own garden. This saves you time and money and helps the environment!

For more green tips go to www.holisticvoice.org.

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Green Tip: No Diet Food

Here’s this week’s Green Tip:

-Eliminate diet soda. When companies make something “sugar free” or “diet” as in diet coke, they put an artificial sweetener called aspartame in the product to make it taste good. What they don’t want you to know is thataspartame is a known carcinogen that wreaks havoc on our bodies. Aspartame is linked to diabetes, obesity, seizures,liver disease, and a whole host of other health problems.

-Don’t eat “diet” foods. Diet foods are manufactured specifically with MSG to make you become physically addicted to the food. Monosodium glutamate is a common food additive. It`s toxic and physically addictive. Fast food companies and other food manufacturers use MSG as a “flavor enhancer,” so consumers will become “hooked” on their products and keep dishing out money for more. You crave the product and therefore eat more which means you have to buy more which means the company makes more money. Who wins? Not your waistline!

For more green tips and to learn more about the harmful effects of MSG and aspartame go to www.holisticvoice.org.

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Limit Dairy Products.

Contrary to a popular ad campaign,milk does not do your body good. Yes, milk contains calcium, but it comes with a price: When you ingest cow’s milk you are also ingesting unhealthy saturated fat, growth hormones, and antibiotics that were given to the cows. Growth hormones contribute to our nations obesity epidemic- especially in children- and the antibiotics in cows milk lower our resistance to antibiotics. You can get all the calcium you need from dark green leafy vegetables such as spinach, brocolli and kale.

Still not convinced? Consider this: Dairy products contain casein, an animal protein that promotes cancer development and growth. Dairy products have been linked to skyrocketing rates of breast cancer and prostate cancer in the United States. Additionally there is an undeniable correlation between Johne’s disease in cows and Crohn’s disease in humans.

There are some wonderful substitutes for milk that you can drink and use in baking and cooking such as soy milk, almond milk, hemp milk or my personal favorite: rice milk.

For more green tips  go to www.holisticvoice.org.