Liver Lovin’ Springtime Salad

1 organic celeriac peeled

3 organic golden beets cubed

3 small organic blood oranges

¼ pound of organic baby arugula

¼ pound of organic dandelion

1 organic garlic bulb, roasted

¼ cup organic chives diced

Preheat oven to 400F.

Peel away the outer layer of the garlic keeping the bulb intact. Chop ¼ off the top of the bulb, exposing the inner cloves of the bulb. Place on a sheet of parchment paper and drizzle olive oil over the garlic. Wrap the entire clove with parchment paper, wrapping under garlic to secure it. Place in oven and bake for 30-35 minutes as you prepare the rest of the salad.

Place cubed beets  in a steamer and steam for about 15 minutes until soft. Set aside in a bowl. In the meantime, peel celeriac’s skin and discard. Continue to peel away at the celeriac to get long strips – don’t worry if some of them are short. Place in a bowl along with arugula, dandelion and beets. Chop chives and add to bowl.

Peel blood oranges and remove white pith. Cut into ¼ inch slices and add to bowl.

By this point the garlic should be ready to remove from oven. Allow to cool, and begin to make salad dressing (see below). With a small knife, cut around each garlic clove and remove with fingers or a cocktail fork. Add to salad.

Dijon Honey salad dressing

¼ cup olive oil

1 Tbsp organic Dijon mustard

1 tsp honey (or to taste)

Juice from one organic lemon

For salad dressing combine all ingredients into a small jar, close and shake vigorously. Pour over salad and eat immediately.

By eating according to the spring season we can discard the old and allow new energy to flow in. So eat your greens, breathe deeply, and welcome in the new change with seasonal foods under your belt.

Spring is a time of detoxing and inner cleansing. If you are considering a detox this spring, be sure to add probiotics (good bacteria) to your routine. There are three main steps to detoxing: 1) clean 2) capture 3) sweep. In step one, your body’s detoxing organs (for example, your skin, lymph, blood, liver and kidneys) work to clean out toxins hiding within your body. They send these toxins to your liver. In step two, the liver adds these toxins to bile and sends them into your intestines. Fibre in your intestines traps the toxins so you will not re-absorb them. Step three involves the colon. Sweeping or moving the toxin-filled fibre out of your body is very important. If left too long in your colon, the toxins can cause damage to the tissues. Cascara sagrada and magnesium hydroxide are two supplements commonly used to help sweep out waste from the colon. 

This sweeping is the step in which probiotics fit into cleansing. How? Certain species of beneficial bacteria help sweep out the colon and it can be used to promote colon health during a cleanse. However, your colon is not the only part of your intestines affected by a cleanse. The increased amount of toxins in your intestines during a cleanse can cause damage to your probiotic populations. Therefore, it may also be beneficial to replenish your probiotic populations after cleanse.

Replenish your probiotics

Rapidly replenishing the intestinal tract with probiotics after a cleanse can help ensure the intestines do not become a host to infections. Your intestines are like a parking lot. If there are spaces in your intestinal parking lot left empty after it experiences the high toxic load of a cleanse, bad microbes (for example, salmonella) take over. Make sure that these empty parking spaces, which are filled on a first-come first-served basis, are filled by probiotics not bad bacteria. Include a high-dosage probiotic  to your cleansing program to keep your intestines healthy and happy.

Health effects of probiotics

• Boost immunity
• Prevent diarrhea/constipation
• Improve vitamin synthesis (use by the body)
• Help with lactose digestion
• Prevent yeast infections and urinary tract infections
• Promote health of heart and bones

Making a good choice

When selecting the probiotic to add in your cleansing program, choose one that includes both lactobacilli and bifidobacteria species. These  probiotics live in your small and large intestine respectively. Using this type of probiotic product will help ensure that your entire intestinal tract is replenished, not just one part. Look for a product that contains a variety of probiotic species. Your intestinal tract contains over 40 different species of probiotics, so using a product with many species is beneficial because it mimics your natural, healthy probiotic environment. Select a probiotic product that contains prebiotics. Prebiotics encourage probiotics to grow and flourish in your intestines. Adding prebiotics to your probiotic supplement offers additional help because prebiotics promote the health of your existing probiotics populations.

Make bifidobacteria your friend

The health of your colon is important. The colon is not just a holding tank for waste; it is also the site of vitamin synthesis (usage by the body). Probiotics called bifidobacteria live in your colon and help synthesize B vitamins, which you need to feel energized. Bifidobacteria also help convert vitamin K in foods to vitamin K2, the form your bones need to stay strong and healthy, as well as play a role in boosting your immunity. Bifidobacteria help to detox, too! When your colon contains bifidobacteria, it has lower amounts of putrefactive substances (harmful toxins caused by “putrefying” or rotting food). This means that your colon tissue is less likely to be damaged. A product that contains Bifidobacteria longum, a particular strain of probiotics, has been shown in clinical trials to help increase fecal movement and improve the health of the colon. Not sure if you have a healthy colon? Frequently illness and diarrhea or constipation are signs that your colon is unhealthy. Cleaning up this spring? If you are detoxing or inner cleansing, add probiotics to your program. Then you can enjoy health from the inside out.

Step 4: Create a medicine cabinet checklist
Stock up with essential: Echinacea (immune booster), a good probiotic (for digestive discomfort), a herbal cough syrup, zinc, lozenges.
• First aid kit must: antibiotic ointment, alcohol wipes, bandages, an instant cold pack, hydrocortisone cream, sterile gauge pads (non stick and adhesive tape.
• Restock your medicine cabinet with Dr. Anca’s Homeopathic First Aid Kit.
Just as spring cleaning is an event so should be cleaning out your medicine cabinet. Ask your pharmacist how to get the most benefit from your medications and your naturopath how to best use the natural remedies you’ve saved up!

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11 BRAIN DAMAGING HABITS

·       1.No Breakfast

>            People who do not take breakfast are going to have a

> lower blood sugar level.

>            This leads to an insufficient supply of nutrients to the

> brain causing brain degeneration.

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·       2. Overeating

>            It causes hardening of the brain arteries, leading to a

> decrease mental power.

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·       3. Smoking

>            It causes multiple brain shrinkage and may lead to

> Alzheimer disease.

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·       4. High Sugar consumption

>            Too much sugar will interrupt the absorption of proteins

> and nutrients causing malnutrition and may interfere with

> brain development.

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·       5. Air Pollution

>            The brain is the largest oxygen consumer in our body.

> Inhaling polluted air decreases the supply of oxygen to

> the brain, bringing about a decrease in brain efficiency.

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·       6. Sleep Deprivation

>            Sleep allows our brain to rest. Long term deprivation

> from sleep will accelerate the death of brain cells.

·       7. Head covered while sleeping

>            Sleeping with the head covered increases the

> concentration of carbon dioxide and decrease concentration

> of oxygen that may lead to brain damaging effects.

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·       8. Working your brain during illness

>            Working hard or studying with sickness may lead to a

> decrease in effectiveness of the brain as well as damage

> the brain.

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·       9. Lacking in stimulating thoughts

>            Thinking is the best way to train our brain, lacking in

> brain stimulation thoughts may cause brain shrinkage.

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·       10. Talking Rarely

>            Intellectual conversations will promote the efficiency of

> the brain

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·       11.Toxicity overload

Just like the rest of the body, or even more, the brain is susceptible to the damaging effects of toxins;  toxins cause neurodegeneration leading to memory loss, neurological complaints, “brain fog”, decreased focus and concentration, etc. The best way to keep your brain(and your body) “clean” is to follow Dr.Natrajan’s Detoxification Program twice e a year:  in the spring and fall.

Normally, the body has its own internal de-cluttering system, continually detoxifying, pollutants, cellular by- products, harmful chemicals and toxic waste. Here’s how.

LIVER

The liver is our most important detoxifier, as it neutralizes poisons. What it cannot render harmless, it stores – protecting the rest of the body from harm.

Through its 2 detoxification phases, the liver transforms toxins into water-soluble toxins to be eliminated through the kidneys and fat-soluble toxins that need to be eliminated later on through bowels via the gall bladder.

KIDNEYS

The kidneys eliminate fluid wastes, maintain electrolyte balance and purify the bloodstream by detoxifying medications, free radicals and toxins found in the blood.

COLON

The colon eliminates solid wastes and absorbs water from foods.

LUNGS

The lungs act as a site of blood filtration and eliminate toxic gases with each respiration.

SKIN

As the largest eliminative organ, every pore of the skin is an escape route for waste material.

SPRING&FALL ARE THE BEST TIMES TO DE-CLUTTER & REGENERATE

Can what you eat give yourself  breast cancer? A mountain of evidence says yes, and it is summarized in the latest issue of Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine.

For years, researchers have studied the role of diet in breast cancer. By comparing different countries, researchers found strong links between high-fat diets and breast cancer risk. The disease is rare where the diets are very low in fat and where rice and plants products are dietary staples. For example, before 1950, the rice-based Japanese diet drew less than 10 percent of its calories from fat. Breast cancer was exceedingly rare. But over the years, as Western influences have altered Japanese eating habits, breast cancer rates have climbed dramatically.

These international studies are just one line of evidence, however. Case-control studies are another research tool in which researchers compare diets of cancer patients (”cases”) with those of healthy women of similar age and background (“controls”).Such as studies have shown a link between fatty diets and higher risk of breast cancer, and even on cancer patient’s chances for survival. One study tracking Canadian breast cancer patients for ten years found that for every 5 percent increase in saturated fat in diets, the risk of dying of breast cancer shot up by 50 percent.

How does fat do its dirty work? Fats increase the amount of estrogen in the blood. In turn, this hormone stimulates breast cells in such a way that cancer is more likely to occur and is more aggressive. Fatty foods also leads to obesity which itself is linked to higher estrogen levels in the blood. Increased estrogen levels are also linked with early menarche (onset of first period), also a breast cancer risk factor.

Despite such evidence, doubts about the connection have persisted, fuelled mainly by the results of a large study of nurses run by Harvard University in which researchers found no association between fatty diets and breast cancer rates.

Why the conflicting results? Unlike the populations examined in international studies, the nurses were a fairly homogeneous group, all eating fairly high-fat diets. No group in the study was following anything similar to a traditional Asian diet or other low-fat diet.

As important as it is  to get fat off your plate, it’s just important to pile on the vegetables and other healthful plant foods. Their fiber helps cut breast cancer risk by naturally decreasing estrogen breast cancer risk by naturally decreasing estrogen levels. Plants foods are also rich in beta-carotene, vitamin C, and other vitamins which protect cells against damage. Unlike animal products, most plant foods have little fat and do not store up large amounts of pesticides residues.

A brisk morning walk – or any other regular exercise – also helps cut breast cancer risk. Skipping happy hour cocktails can also  do you a favour, too. Studies have shown that even one drink a day can increase your risk of breast cancer by 25 percent.

Starting today, you can boost your body’s chances of preventing and surviving breast cancer by giving it nature’s best ammo. Eat a variety of whole grains, vegetables, fruits, and beans every day. Limit your use of vegetable oil, alcohol, and skip tobacco and meat products. For  the most  balanced and  easiest  best nutritional lifestyle eating program, check out Dr.Anca’s FLT Program.

FREE PDF:   Dr.Anca’s Dietary Considerations for Cancer

An imbalanced diet high in acidic food (animal protein, sugar, colas, fried foods, caffeine, processed foods) causes far-reaching damage to one’s health. The body constantly attempts to rebalance itself, and return to its natural alkaline state. The alkaline minerals: sodium, calcium, potassium and magnesium found in vital organs and the bones, are removed and used to return the body’s fluids to an alkaline state.

Over time, poor eating habits deplete the body of these valuable alkalizing minerals and acidic waste builds up in the cells and tissue. Consequently, it becomes more difficult for your body to naturally cleanse and detoxify itself. This is where daily detoxification comes into play.

THE LIVER LOVES LEMONS!

Starting each day with lemon juice in a glass of pure water has been referred to in medical text for hundreds of years, and known by our “grandmothers” as beneficial, health- giving habit.

The morning is the natural cleansing period for the body. The lemon, one of nature’s powerhouse foods, is known to stimulate digestion, increase saliva flow, and support the liver and the production of bile- releasing congestion & toxins.

You can drink fresh lemon juice or lemon slices mixed with water throughout the day for further detoxification. Water is the key component here and you should ideally drink at least 64 ounces per day.  For the EXACT amount of water YOUR body needs, download and listen to my QUICK START ON YOUR NATURAL PATH mp3, which contains the formula…

To investigate how toxic You are 7 find solutions, take Dr.Anca’s TOXICITY SELF-TEST