Raw kale chips. You can make these with a blender if you don’t have a Vita-Mix.

I am always looking for ways to pump up the greens in my diet, and this is a great option.

Rene Oswald–Raw Food Recipe for Kale Chips

One of the biggest challenges for people following an Alkaline Diet is what to eat for snacks.

Sometimes you just get the munchies in between meals and you need a healthy snack.

Here are a couple other healthy snack ideas:

• Have a bag of cut up vegetables in the frig at all times, so it is handy to grab.
• Almonds are a great portable snack.
• A bowl of fruit, but don’t go overboard, as we have written elsewhere about the sugar content of fruit. Too much of a good thing, just might be too much.
• A glass of powdered greens, with some rice protein.
• Any kind of dehydrated vegetables.

We would love to hear your healthy snack ideas. Please post in the comment box below.

A good way to detox the body is to  drink an organic, cleansing herbal tea. It acts as a very gentle colon cleanse and helps to remove toxins and undigested debris.

How many foods in grocery stores and restaurants contain wheat?

Lots, I  have personally been avoiding wheat for many years, and I feel much better as a result.

Sally Fallon DVD Part 2 “NOURISHING TRADITIONAL DIETS”

Several years back I did some self testing. I discovered that wheat makes me tired and almost depressed.  Soon after this was verified with allergy testing. Many people are sensitive to the gluten. We are finally starting to see more gluten- free items appearing in the grocery stores, instead of just the health food stores.

You will want to check out what Sally Fallon has to say about soybeans in this video. They are not the health food they are made out to be.

Here are some of the points she makes about soy:

• Contains toxins, difficult to get rid of
• Difficult to digest, contains enzyme inhibitors
• Blocks the absorption of zinc, calcium and other minerals
• Inhibits thyroid function

So a little bit of soy now and then is not going to kill you. The problem comes in with vegetarians who substitute soy for meat products, thereby eating lots of soy almost every day. Or people who eat a lot of soy, thinking that it is a health food.

She also warns us about soy infant formulas and soy milk.

In Asia, soy foods are fermented for a long time before consumption. They also eat a diet rich in thyroid supportive nutrients.
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One of my favorite ways to balance my pH is to drink an organic, cleansing herbal tea. It acts as a very gentle colon cleanse and helps to remove toxins from my body.

It is certainly better than cookies, candy bars, chips and other acid forming junk foods.

Check out what Brian Clement from the Hippocrates health institute has to say in this video.

Brian Clement on Three Essential Raw Foods #509

Here are some points Brian makes in the video

• Fruit has been bred to contain up to 30 times more sugar than it did in the past.
• We should be ingesting food with significant protein
• Spouts are the best land-based source of nutrition
• Blue-green algae is a great food.
• Excess sugar can lead to disease
• Fruit is best when picked ripe

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One of my favorite ways to balance my pH is to drink an organic, cleansing herbal tea. It acts as a very gentle colon cleanse and helps to remove toxins from my body.

The US government official diet really does not make one very healthy.

It may be a food pyramid that creates pyramidal shaped people.

Sally Fallon DVD Part 1 “NOURISHING TRADITIONAL DIETS”

Dr Weston Price, a dentist wondered why his patients were increasingly unhealthy. He set out on a global expedition to study healthy people and what they were eating.

Check out the video to lean more about his incredible adventure and the eye opening dietary information he uncovered.

Lillah Schwartz is the most knowledgeable yoga  teacher I know.

She also has the wonderful ability to communicate clearly with her students.

Yoga Seated Twist

In this video clip, you can watch her teaching the seated twist. Check out the attention to detail. It is these subtle changes that can make a big difference in your yoga practice.

People travel long distances to work with Lillah Schwartz.  She also travels to different places to teach.

Check out her yoga teacher training classes.
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She got up to 300 lbs. Very unwell and very miserable.

According to her story, a  raw food diet changed all that.

Angela Stokes on CNN News: Raw Food Weight Loss

One day while working in a greenhouse the light came on. This is what I have been waiting for, this is what I have been searching for. 160 pound weight loss later, she shares her story with others.

The heart of the diet is:

• Nuts
• Seeds
• Fruits
• Vegetables
• In an unheated, unprocessed condition.

Starting out on the Raw Food Diet, the Easier Way

I like her recommendation, start out slow. In the beginning, go with 50% raw or better. I think that is good advice. A 100% raw diet is really too extreme for most people and may not even be healthy in the long run, in my humble opinion. Personally I like to eat  a good percentage of raw foods. Somewhere around 70% raw is good for me. A little bit of meat helps to match my metabolic type and still keep a good pH alkaline balance.

I clearly feel more energy. I can eat as much food as I like, and not worry about putting on excess weight.

So what can you really do to reduce stress, or at least lessen the impact on your life?

Yoga is something that really works for me. I was talking to my yoga teacher after class this past Monday. We both observed how much better we feel after a good yoga class.

Tone Up Your Sun Salutes

My mind feels much calmer. Not only that, I can actually feel a difference in my body.

Movement is one of the best ways to combat stress. When a zebra is stressed by an attacking lion, what does it do? Run! Stress triggers a need for movement in the body.

When the zebra is done running and the lion ate somebody else, then what? He takes a rest.

Yoga combines movement, with deep breathing and relaxation. That is what makes it a great stress solution. It works with that mind-body connection.

There are some other great ways to reduce stress, I will share in upcoming posts. I would love to hear about your favorite stress reduction method. Please use the comment box below.

He says there is a long list of health problems that are affected by magnesium.

Helping the body and mind to relax is just one of the myriad of things magnesium does in the body.

Problem is most Americans are deficient. I will list some of the foods high in magnesium below.

Foods High in Magnesium:

• Leafy green vegetables are at the top of my list, also very alkalizing as well. Dandelion greens have lots of other benefits too.
• Nuts and peanuts are a good source of magnesium Pumpkin seeds are also a good source of zinc.
• Seafood
• Beans, legumes
• Grains, but not my favorite way to get magnesium.
• Bananas and figs
• Artichoke, sweet potatoes and okra along with other vegetables.
• Sea vegetables like kelp
• Buckwheat
• Garlic

There is also a list of things that can drain calcium from the body:

• Coffee
• Acidic foods
• Stress
• Drugs and excess alcohol
• Salt
• Soda pop

One of my favorite ways to balance my pH is to drink an organic, cleansing herbal tea. It acts as a very gentle colon cleanse and helps to remove toxins from my body.

I have had one colonic in my lifetime. I did feel a notch better afterward.

These days though I think it is easier, more convenient and cheaper to keep my colon in good shape with herbs.

Raw Food Episode 9 – Colonic

There are many different herbs that can keep things moving down there.

One of my favorite ways to keep my colon clean is to  drink  Iaso organic, cleansing herbal tea. It acts as a very gentle colon cleanse and helps to remove toxins from my body. I drink it almost every day for good maintenance.  It is gentle enough for daily use.

Load Up the Veggies

I also make sure I get plenty of fiber in my diet. Loads of fresh raw vegetables do the trick for me. Vegetable blender smoothies make it easy to pump up the fiber content of my diet, without having to choke down a huge plate of vegetables at every meal. I still like to eat a good salad, high amounts of vegetables help my energy and well being. Also great for pH balance.

If you experienced a colonic or cleansing herbs, leave some thoughts in the comment box below.

It is kind of funny watching her drink this green smoothie.

It’s not too bad! With banana it actually tastes good.

Green Smoothie Taste Test

She even does the green mustache at the end. Got Greens?

We talked in some of our other posts about how to adjust the sweetness of a green smoothie, so you almost don’t even notice the vegetables. Adding fruit can give the green smoothie sweetness and flavor to mask the greens. It is a good place to get started, if you are new on the journey toward vibrant health. Down the road, you can bump up the greens and scale the fruit down some.

Another good way to move toward vibrant health is to drink Iaso, herbal tea. It helps to detox the body. The directions say, mix one quart of the tea concentrate, with 3 quarts of other liquid. The Iaso tea just mixed with water is not half bad. Or you can blend it with many other beverages like sweet tea, herbal tea, or add a little lemon and honey. Even with juice. Use your imagination. The point is, make it taste good so you actually consume it. Getting it into the body is the key to getting results. Start somewhere and work from there. Good luck on your journey toward Vibrant Health!