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Hail Wheatgrass

Juice Master Jason Vale sings the praises of nature’s most health-enhancing elixir.

One of the most popular new super drinks of the 21st century is wheatgrass. I say ‘new’, but what I mean of course is new to most. Wheatgrass shots have in fact been around for centuries. The famous Swiss doctor Bircher-Benner was using powerful green juices as far back as the 1800’s and it is reported that as far back as the 16th century green juices were used to help treat all kinds of disease. And of all the green juices on earth, none is more nutritionally powerful than wheatgrass. In fact, it has been said that just one little shot of wheatgrass has the same nutritional value as 1kg of other leafy green vegetables. Whether that stat is actually true or not (after all how can one ever really know?) one thing is for sure: a tiny amount of this super green liquid can have a tremendous impact on every aspect of your health. 

10 Years Younger in 10 Days

Roe Gallo outlines a health plan that will leave you feeling revivified and rejuvenated in just over a week.

Do you look in the mirror and see a body you don’t recognize? Do you wake up with aches in muscles and bones you didn’t know you had? Are you just too tired by the end of the day to do anything but plop down on the couch? And are you beginning to believe that there isn’t anything you can do about it?

What makes you look and feel old?

I asked this question to many people in different age groups ranging from late 20’s to late 80’s and the answers were, surprisingly, very similar:

• People were concerned about their weight making them look older.

• They felt the stress in their lives showed through.

Eating Disorders a Modern Epidemic

 

In today’s world, eating disorders are the norm not the exception, but there is a way out, says Natalia Rose

From the perspective of what is fit for human consumption, all modern eating is disordered eating. The consumption of processed foods in thoughtless combinations (à la the norms) is imbalanced. Three meals a day plus snacks is imbalanced. Grain, flesh, packaged foods and drinks – it’s all grossly out of line for the human body. The FDA guidelines and food pyramids themselves are disordered. It’s important to establish that “eating disorders” are not the exclusive domain of anorexics and bulimics.

The major “text book” eating disorders (anorexia, bulimia and compulsive over-eating) have been particularly poorly understood and treated. The common threads that anorexics and bulimics all share are:

1. They are usually of above average intelligence.

2. They are typically (but not always) from high income households or backgrounds.

3. They are angry about something (that they are usually not conscious of).

Liver Cleanse Ultimate Green Smoothie

 

 

  Green smoothies
Chlorophyll is the green pigment that gives plants their colour and enables them to convert solar energy into food energy. Chlorophyll acts as both a liver tonic and a liver cleanse. Here's the recipe for our Ultimate Green Smoothie Recipe. Drink it every day and not only will you avoid hangovers, but after two weeks your skin will appear fresher and less lined and your energy levels will be much higher, too.

 

 

 

Ingredients

• ¼ pineapple
• 1 celery stick
• 2 golden delicious apples
• ½ lime peeled
• Slice of lemon with peel
• Thumb nail of fresh ginger
• ¼ avocado
• 2 cubes of frozen spinach
• 30ml of CherryActive, BlueberryActive or BeetrootActive concentrates
• 1-2 tsp Kiki Natures Living Super Greens
• 1 tablespoon Kiki raw hemp protein powder
• Water if blending

Methods:

1. Either juice the first six ingredients and then add with remaining ingredients to a high powered blender.

2. Or simply add all ingredients into a high powered blender such as a Vitamix and blend until smooth. Add water to thin as needed.

 

Recipe by Lifehouse Spa and Hotel, Essex

This recipe is an extract from an article in Esquire, go here to read the full article.

Watch Jason Vale's Super Juice Me! for FREE

Watch Jason Vale's
SUPER JUICE ME! FOR FREE
Yes, watch the film for FREE for 8 days
from the 27th April

Jason Vale, aka 'Juice Master', has been teaching 'juicing for health and effective weight loss' for over fifteen years and for nine years has been wanting to produce a film that would test/illustrate his One Disease - One Solution hypothesis. Today we are pleased to announce Jason Vale's ground-breaking documentary Super Juice Me! will be FREE to watch for EVERYONE in the world (with a good internet connection) from 10am (GMT) Saturday 27th April 2014 for 8 full days!

 

This New Year Ditch Dieting for Good! says Kirsten Flowers

by Kirsten Flowers

 

Don't start another diet, Stop Counting calories it's NOT the answer! Nor is the latest best selling diet book - Dieting doesn't work!  There I've said it.  If you want to lose weight the very first thing you need to change is your mindset!

Some people like to be seen wearing the latest designer label in fashion.  It is also now a rapidly growing trend to be following the latest diet or food regime eg vegan, raw, 5:2 and so many more. Whether it be what you wear or what you eat and how, it matters a lot ... to some people! How you see yourself and how you are perceived by your peer group and society can seem very important, an insight into the type of person you are, which can feel quite revealing.  People put themselves under a lot of pressure to follow the rules of a diet, detox or fast and it seems anything less than 100% shows weakness, a lack of self discipline.  

Ozone Therapy - A new lease of Life

by Caroline Carter

"The beauty of Ozone is that when this molecule, almost as old as primordial life, is applied in small precise doses, it is able to simultaneously trigger or reactivate many functional activities that have gone astray during a chronic disease."

 

Dr. Velio Bocci, Professor Emeritus of General Physiology, University of Siena, Italy.

 While everyone understands we would quickly die without oxygen, few understand the vital role it plays in maintaining a healthy body, free of disease.

Oxygen makes up approximately 21 percent of the air we currently breathe. 100 years ago, available oxygen was estimated to be about 38%; 30 years ago, about 22%.  Today, the oxygen content of our air has dropped to an average of 19%-21% in even relatively unpolluted environments.

The Story in Your Blood

Live blood analysis may provide significant insights into your health, says Gareth Edwards. So what is it, and how do you find a practitioner?

As someone interested in health and vitality, you may have heard about live blood analysis, but you may think that it is expensive, painful(!) or that you have to travel abroad to have it done. There are, in fact, many practitioners in many countries, including the uK, who use this observation technique. As someone aiming to optimise their health, you might find that live and dry blood analysis is an effective way to see if the path you are following and the choices you are making are really delivering the results that you are seeking.

Hippocrates Living Foods Programme

Hippocrates Living Foods Programme

A Day of Practical Preparation Demos 

with Nadia Brydon & Jill Swyers, Hippocrates Health Educators

Sunday June 30th , 10-30am - 4.30pm. lunch provided, London SW6.

£70 early booking.

Go here to reserve your seat www.allaboutnaturalmedicine.com. Or call 020 8350 4607 / 07984 592626

Juice Master's Big Juice Spring Clean

After the huge success of the 'World's Biggest Juice Detox' in January, Juice Master are now running a brand new programme based on Jason Vale's new book 5lbs in 5 days!