Alicia has found that by removing animal based foods from your diet, you can overcome health conditions, lose weight and feel younger. She has helped friends by introducing the to a plant based diet with great results and now wants to help others by releasing ‘The Kind Diet’ book.

What’s the Kind Diet about?

Alicia says it’s not about animals or treating them humanely, although she loves animals, it’s all about you. Your life in a positive manner, about feeling great and being kind to yourself. If you fall of the wagon so to speak, don’t beat yourself up, just focus on the positive and get back on track and move forward. It’s also about the benefits of a plant based diet without eating animal foods. She makes the case for a plant based diet well and also includes lots of vegan recipes, from appetizers to desserts and everything in between.

She goes in detail about addressing concerns over nutritional needs and answers questions about issues like ‘where do you get your protein’ on a vegetarian diet as well.

The Kind Diet also focuses on how eating a vegan, plant based diet is one of the kindest things you can do for the planet. It’s one of the most eco friendly and ‘green’ ways you can impact the environment since raising animals for food contributes more to the detriment of our environment than all the auto pollution combined. She makes the environmental case for a plant based diet clearly as well.

If you’re interested in losing weight, being radiant, feeling younger and better, than Alicia Silverstone’s The Kind Diet is certainly worth investigating.

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Walter Breuning, of Great Falls, MT, says that the key to his longevity and health has been a combination of two things:

• eating moderately
• skipping supper

He eats lots of fruit, drinks plenty of water and pushes away from the table when he’s still hungry. Walter says “You get in the habit of not eating at night, and you realize how good you feel. If you could just tell people not to eat so darn much.” He’s weighed the same for over 35 years.

And even though he does eat dairy foods, meats and occasional desserts, which aren’t on the healthy side of the menu, this proves that if you eat moderately, earlier in the day (avoid eating at night) and enjoy lots of fruit, it can still bring you a long and healthy life.

I’ve personally shifted my eating times to daylight hours of between 8am and 3pm and this alone has made a significant difference in my health even after being on a raw food diet for over 5 years.

Enjoy and to your best health!

Source: Great Falls Tribune

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It’s one of the most straightforward plans since the reason most people gain weight is that they eat more calories than they burn. So restricting calories and increasing activity will help in weight loss.

But it’s also important to remember that the type of foods eaten are also vital to the success of any healthy living lifestyle.

Along with restricting calories, it’s important to focus your diet on high nutrient dense, fresh and locally or organically grown produce, primarily fruits and vegetables. Eating these will increase cleansing of the body riding it of toxins and at the same time, release extra fat. They are also fiber rich and full of living enzymes vital to proper digestion and assimilation of nutrients. Processed and cooked foods lake these living enzymes and clog up your system instead.

Learn more about healthy meals and how to lose 10 pounds in 2 weeks as well as the vegetable diet.

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The StressEraser’s effectiveness is based on science’s understanding of the physiological manifestations of psychological stress. If focuses your mind and guides your breathing to synchronize with a calming BreathWave pattern. After about two weeks of 15-minute nighttime sessions, the company suggests you can expect to feel consistently calmer, more patient as well as more energetic during the day. You can use the StressEraser at anytime, day or night, when you want to feel less stressed.

The StressEraser was honored with Frost & Sullivan’s 2006 Medical Industry Award for Technology Innovation of the Year for helping individuals achieve “physiological, mental and emotional relaxation”, without drugs and non-invasive.

Feedback from users ranges from “WOW! I DO feel much more relaxed; almost euphoric.” to “Nothing short of magical.” and “I have found heaven in this device.”

The best thing about this device is that it’s drug free. With all the prescription drug alternatives, this is a better alternative, although the best alternative is always to make some simple lifestyle and diet changes to allow your body to naturally avoid the stressful effects of our modern and fast paced society.

Changes can include:

• concentrate on a diet of mostly fresh fruits, vegetables, nuts, seed and natural, living grains
• reduce or eliminate the effects of stress in your life naturally
• drink lots of water
• stay active and exercise daily
• eliminate processed, junk and convenient foods from your diet
• choose organic foods as much as possible
• lose weight and regain your natural weight
• keep a positive outlook on life
• laugh as much as possible

Learn more about the Stress Eraser.

To your best health!

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Tomorrow, Friday February 1st, is National Wear Red Day, a campaign to educate and bring awareness to the rising incidence of heart disease in women. Organized by the American Heart Association with celebrity Marie Osmond as the spokeswoman, their goal is to reduce by at least 25% heart disease and stroke by the year 2010.

The web site is filled with stories from women that have made changes along with advice to talk to your doctor about how to reduce or avoid heart disease.

First, your doctor may not be the best person to speak with regarding making changes in your diet and lifestyle. Doctors are primarily trained to ‘heal’ or fix something once it’s broken, and their primary focus is not on prevention.  A nutritionist or better yet, doing some research on your own may be one of the best solutions to reducing your risk.

I was also surprised to find most the recipes on the site were not heart healthy. They featured Canadian bacon, buttermilk, dairy, processed complex carbs and other meats throughout.

Research has confirmed that your eating habits and specifically animal foods, are the primary cause of heart disease, cancer and other diseases. A recent study from the University of Massachusetts even named a primarily vegetarian diet the best diet for heart health. A diet primarily of fresh fruits and vegetables, nuts, seeds and natural grains can also lead to weight loss, lowering cholesterol, lowering blood pressure, eliminating depression, reducing the risk of cancer and making you feel better overall.

And just recently, another study published in the journal ‘Circulation’ found that people who eat two or more servings of red meat a day are much more likely to develop conditions leading to heart disease and diabetes. There are many studies that support this and more come available regularly. But why do campaigns like this not make stronger recommendations to avoid meat and continue to include recipes with Canadian Bacon and other meats?

Although the National Wear Red Day is more focused on telling others how widespread heart disease is in women, a campaign focused solely on making lifestyle changes would be much more effective. Here are some suggestions you can use to significantly reduce your risks of heart disease or any other affliction starting today:

• concentrate on a diet of mostly fresh fruits, vegetables, nuts, seed and natural, living grains
• reduce or eliminate the effects of stress in your life
• drink lots of water
• stay active every day
• eliminate processed, convenient and junk foods from your diet
• choose organic foods as much as possible

Get ideas on how to easily and conveniently add more fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds into your diet.

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In an effort to increase customers and do a seemingly good thing, NetSpend has extended their pink All-Access PrePaid Debit Card campaign through this year after launching in fall of 2006.

You can purchase the debit card online from MyNetSpendCard.com or at ACE Cash Express locations nationwide and each time you use it a portion of the purchase goes to support the National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF).

(If you use referral code: 5663980848 you also get $5 automatically credited to your account)

This sounds like a good deed and a worthy cause, but does it help women with breast cancer?

According to the NBCF web site, their mission is to educate women, primarily about breast self examinations, getting mammograms and early detection strategies.

Early detection is good, as well as self examinations, but this will not stop women from getting breast cancer, only find out as soon as they have it. The only real way to eliminate and reduce cancer of any type, including breast cancer, is to eliminate the source of the problem. Most often that’s your lifestyle and diet.

Can breast cancer be prevented?

Yes it can, and here are the best ways to do it:

• Stay active and get plenty of exercise. Strenuous exercise and activity that makes you sweat helps move toxins out of your body, helps keep your insulin levels down and makes you feel good, physically and mentally.
• Get at least 30 minutes of exposure to the sun daily, preferably earlier or later in the day. The sun provides the best source of Vitamin D, proven by new research from Creighton University to reduce by up to 77% your risk of getting any cancer, including breast cancer.
• Avoid processed and modified foods and concentrate on fresh or dried, preferably organic, fresh fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds and natural grains.
• Sprouts, dark green vegetables and have great anti-cancer benefits
• If you have to cook some foods, steam them instead of any other method.
• Maintain a positive outlook, release negative emotions and enjoy your life.
• Avoid environmental and personal care product toxins including synthetic air fresheners, pesticides, bug sprays, household cleaners, heavy perfumes and pollution.
• Avoid deodorants that contain aluminum, preferably opting for natural personal care products, or changing your diet so you don’t need deodorant at all (deodorant just covers your body odor, and body odor comes from what you put into your body).
• Reduce or eliminate the effects of stress in your life.
• Drink lots of spring or distilled water.
• Get plenty of sleep.

And that’s not just my opinion, even the American Cancer Society, most often tied to the medical establishment, has reported that upwards of 62% of all cancers can be avoided by making simple lifestyle changes.

Here’s the press release from NetSpend that goes more in detail about the extension of the pink Pre-Paid Debit Card to benefit breast cancer awareness:

In response to underbanked customers’ demonstrated desire to adopt and contribute to a cause, NetSpend Corp., one of the premier providers of prepaid solutions in the United States, and ACE Cash Express, a leading retailer of financial services, have announced continuation of the successful pink All-Access(R) Visa(R) Prepaid Card to benefit the National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF), an organization dedicated to breast cancer awareness, education and early detection.

NetSpend and Ace launched the first reloadable prepaid debit card to offer consumers a way to support breast cancer awareness. The pink All-Access Visa Prepaid Card program was projected to raise $100,000 in its first year and already has far exceeded that amount, the sponsors report.

“We are so thankful for everyone who has purchased a NetSpend prepaid Visa card and continues to spend with it,” said Janelle Hail, founder and president of NBCF who is also a 27-year breast cancer survivor. “Each time a cardholder makes a purchase, a portion of it is donated to the Foundation and these funds will help educate women that early detection is the most important element in the fight against breast cancer.”

NetSpend and ACE representatives presented the program’s first donation to the Foundation at White Memorial Medical Center in Los Angeles last year. The funds directly aid in providing educational materials and free mammograms to women who could not otherwise afford the procedure.

“Our research indicated that under-banked consumers have an authentic appetite to support important causes so we are not surprised the industry’s first prepaid cause-related card has been so successful,” said Rick Savard, CEO of NetSpend. “We look forward to presenting another check to the National Breast Cancer Foundation in the future that will directly benefit breast cancer awareness and education.”

The reloadable prepaid debit card is available to new and existing cardholders at ACE Cash Express locations nationwide. Donations are based on funds collected from a portion of every purchase made with the pink All-Access Visa Prepaid Card.

“The response to this cause has been very gratifying,” said Jay B. Shipowitz, president and CEO of ACE Cash Express. “ACE Cash Express and NetSpend customers continue to purchase and use this card in year-round support of the National Breast Cancer Foundation.”

The pink All-Access Visa Prepaid Card can be used to make purchases or gain access to cash everywhere Visa debit cards are accepted worldwide. Cardholders can load funds onto their pink All-Access Prepaid Cards at NetSpend authorized reload locations across the country and maintain up to a $10,000 balance. Funds are deposited into a federally insured account at MetaBank (Member FDIC), one of NetSpend’s issuing banks.

About ACE Cash Express

ACE Cash Express, Inc. is a leading retailer of financial services, including check cashing, short-term consumer loans, bill payment and prepaid debit card services, and the largest owner, operator and franchisor of check cashing stores in the United States. As of June 30, 2007, ACE had a network of 1,712 stores in 38 states and the District of Columbia, consisting of 1,528 company-owned stores and 184 franchised stores. ACE focuses on serving consumers, many of whom seek alternatives to traditional banking relationships in order to gain convenient and immediate access to financial services.

The ACE Community Fund

ACE Cash Express, Inc. implemented a corporate giving program in 2003, the ACE Community Fund, as a way to give back to communities where ACE has stores. The ACE Community Fund supports charities that help children, support education and promote financial literacy. Each year, ACE sets aside one percent of the previous year’s net income to support these worthwhile causes through the ACE Community Fund. Since its inception, the ACE Community Fund has donated over $1,143,000 to 41 charities.

About National Breast Cancer Foundation

The National Breast Cancer Foundation extends women’s lives through education about breast cancer and early detection. The organization provides hope to women and families affected by breast cancer through a community of caring support and encouragement that enables those diagnosed with breast cancer to have fulfilling lives during their treatment and afterward. Learn more at http://www.nbcf.com

About MetaBank

MetaBank is a federally-chartered savings bank headquartered in Storm Lake, Iowa. Meta Financial Group, Inc.(R) is the bank holding company for MetaBank, MetaBank West Central, Meta Payment Systems(R), and Meta Trust Company(R). The Meta Payment Systems division of MetaBank based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, serves banks, processors, and third party marketers by providing prepaid cards, credit cards, ACH origination, merchant acquiring, ATM sponsorship, and money transfer. Meta Financial Group is traded on the Nasdaq Global Market: CASH. For more information call 605.275.8052 or visit http://www.metacash.com.

About NetSpend Corporation

NetSpend Corporation is one of the premier providers of innovative, accessible prepaid debit cards that enable financial freedom for under-banked consumers. Grounded by a mission of financial empowerment, NetSpend is committed to meeting its customers’ financial services needs on their terms while offering the convenience, security and acceptance of conventional financial services. NetSpend’s proprietary processing platform allows it to support prepaid card programs end-to-end from customer acquisition and card fulfillment to customer service and risk management. The NetSpend(R) Prepaid Card Network includes leading consumer brands and companies serving the un-banked and under-banked markets, and its strategic relationships include card issuers, EFT networks and payment card associations. For more information, visit http://www.netspend.com.

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The autopsy on actor Heath Ledger has revealed apparently no foul play and no illicit drugs.

What was found was a combination of over-the-counter and prescription medications near his body. Apparently the prescription sleeping pills Ambien and anti-anxiety drugs were being used by the actor prior to his death.

This would lead to the conclusion that he died from taking FDA approved medications. He will join over 100,000 others that die each year from approved pharmaceutical drugs and medications according to the American Medical Association.

This is an example of the ‘drugging of America’ that has been steadily increasing since big pharmaceutical drug companies started advertising on television and prescriptions for medications have followed.

It’s a shame so many opt to ‘pop a pill’ rather than seek natural and alternative methods of healing. Americans are seeking fast and easy solutions to weight loss, sleeping problems, anxiety, ADHD, diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and many more. All medications are chemicals and have side effects. Whenever you take a drug you are risking side effects, some more than others.

Drugs only treat the symptoms. It’s important to resolve the core problem, not only mask the symptoms. The problem will most likely continue or the side effects may be worse than the original condition, and sometimes ends in death as we find in the case here.

With the widespread success of natural cures, it’s a wonder why more don’t seek to resolve their health problems that way. There are no side effects to foods, superfoods and medicinal plants and using them are how natured intended us to heal ourselves.

At least 100,000 deaths, including Heath Ledger’s, could potentially be saved each year by choosing to avoid chemical, toxic drugs and prescription medications, especially for non-life threatening or urgent situations. There are now proven natural methods for healing most every affliction including heart disease, acne, diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, the effects of stress, cancer, smoking, anxiety, insomnia and more.

And furthermore, making simple changes in your lifestyle and eating habits can help avoid the health problems you would normally (in today’s world) ask for a prescription.

The loss of one life is too much. Consider natural therapies over the FDA approved chemicals and help save not only your life, but also those of your loved ones.

To your best health!

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I recently gave a workshop in Ontario. Since we didn’t have a yoga teacher, I was asked to show some exercises in the morning. I’m not an expert in Yoga but one thing I have practiced for years was the FIVE TIBETAN RITES, a simple series of exercise designed to increase your energy and level of well-being. To my great surprise, no one in the workshop had ever heard of that.The five “Tibetans” is a series of simple, yoga-like exercises that can give you tons of energy and make you look years younger. The book that made the Tibetans really popular is “The Ancient Secrets of the Fountain of youth,” by Peter Kedler. It is still available as an e-book, and has been translated into many foreign languages. But still, some people haven’t heard of the Tibetans.

I first read about it in Joe Alexander’s book Blatant Raw Foodist Propaganda, where the exercises are explained, accompanied with Joe’s drawings. I felt inspired after reading that chapter, and started practicing the exercises. I was surprised to find that what Joe had described in his book was true: the Tibetans give you more energy and make you feel great!

The Tibetans are so easy it’s a joke. They are a series of five exercises that take about 10-15 minutes to complete, that everyone can learn in a few minutes, and can be done anywhere where there’s enough space to lie down.

Each exercise is done 21 times, and you don’t have to hold the position like you do in hatha yoga. You combine deep breathing with the movements. The first exercise is not even an “exercise” as it only involves turning around like an idiot. In the second “rite” you lay down, raise your leg in the air, keeping your chin on your chest. The third rite is a back stretching exercise. The fourth one is doing the “bridge,” and the fifth one is a regular, bending, typical yoga exercise.

- The Fountain of Youth?

Christopher S. Kilham (who has written several book on yoga) writes: “After practicing the Five Tibetans for two years, I was convinced that, at the very least, they were extraordinary. Despite the fact that they represented only minutes in a daily yoga regimen that was several hours long, I felt invigorated by practicing them. (…) At the very least, they do in fact greatly increase strength, energy, and mental alertness. They open up the body/mind energy system and seem to balance energy in a way that I have not experienced with any other individual yoga method or set of yoga practices.”

In the beginning of the book, “The Ancient Secrets of the Fountain of Youth,” by Peter Kedler, we can read a series of testimonials where people report: more energy, increase in strength and endurance, gray hair turning back to its original color, vision improvement, athritis relief, better memory, younger look, weight loss, and more extraordinary rejuvenation. People claim to “look ten years younger,” and to have “never felt better.”

One M.D. writes: “My sexual desires and my abilities have all returned to normal. I cannot explain this medically or scientifically, yet I know that what has happened to me is absolutely true.” One person claims that after six months of doing the exercises, “the gray hair at the back of my head began to turn back to its original dark brown.” Another person says: “Since doing the rites, I’m always alert and full of energy.” A man from California writes: “Everything this book claims is true. I haven’t been sick for one and half years — not even a cold!” All these extraordinary testimonials of rejuvenation and many others can be found at the beginning of Kedler’s book.

Whether the five Tibetans are indeed the “secrets of the fountain of youth” remains to be seen. There might be some exaggeration in these testimonials. However, every person that I have talked to who has done the rites has had great results, and most are really excited about them. People usually report increased energy and mental alertness. The most radical testimonials of rejuvenation from doing the rites, as most of the ones found in Kedler’s book, come from older folks, some past their 80th birthday, who report feeling decades younger, while getting rid of health problems that had been plaguing them for years. But even younger people (like me!), can get a lot of benefits from doing the rites.

- The Colonel’s Tale and the chakras

One afternoon, Peter Kedler was sitting in a park, reading his newspaper, and engaging conversation with an old man, a retired British Army officer, whom he calls Colonel Bradford, though he admits that it is not his real name. It seems that during his travels to India, some years ago, Colonel Bradford had heard the interesting stories of a group of lamas who had discovered the secret of eternal youth. The lamas lived in monasteries, where the secret had been kept due to their remote location. Colonel Bradford, who had, like many other men, grown old at the age of forty (and was not getting younger since), told Kedler that he intended to go to India and look for this monastery. He asked Kedler to come along, but Kedler refused, wondering shortly after if this was the right decision.

Many years later, Kedler received a letter from Colonel Bradford. The very exciting news were that not only had the Colonel found the fountain of youth, but that he was bringing it back to the USA, two months later. This was about four years after Kedler had last seen the Colonel. When he finally arrived, Kedler could not recognize him. His gray hair had mostly disappeared and he looked decades younger. The Colonel then went on to tell his story.

After many months of wanderings in northern India, the Colonel headed for Tibet. After a long and perilous expedition in the Himalayas, which followed a thorough investigation to find the location of the monastery, the Colonel finally arrived to the land of eternal youth. There, he found a group of lamas, composed of men and women, who didn’t seem to age the same way that Westerners do. They constantly kept their strength and vitality. The secrets to this “fountain of youth” was apparently a set of simple exercises that they performed everyday, along with a frugal existence away from the worries of the modern world. But the most important thing was their understanding of the “chakras”

The lamas explained to Colonel Bradford that the chakras, also called vortexes, are powerful energy centers, that govern the endocrine system of the body, which, in turn, regulates the process of aging. There are 7 vortexes or chakras, and anyone that has studied yoga is familiar with them. In a healthy person, the chakras are “spinning” at a normal speed, permitting the prana, or vital life energy, to flow through the body. What happens is that at some point, one or more of these chakras slows down, and then the flow of prana is inhibited, and that’s when aging starts. So the key to eternal, or at least greatly prolonged youth, is to keep the chakras spinning full spine, and one of the ways to do this is to practice the five Tibetans everyday.

He wrote: “The only difference between youth and vigor, and old age and poor health is simply the rate of speed at which the vortexes are spinning. Normalize the rate of speed, and the old person becomes like new again.”

- Putting the rites into practice

I do not know if these rites originate from Tibet, or anywhere else. As far as I can tell, Kedler might have just made up this whole story about the lamas and the Colonel Bradford… but I don’t care, it works! I don’t know if it has to do with the chakras, but I know, like everyone else who has practiced this series of exercise, that the stuff works. The only thing required for them to work is: (1) to practice them everyday, (2) to perform 21 repetitions for each exercise. But before we get into the rites themselves, there are a few things we can discuss that will be of interest to you.

Colonel Bradford, who later went on to start the “Himalaya Club,” where he would teach the rites to others, mainly dealt with old and sick people. Therefore, he recommended a certain progression when starting the five Tibetans. He suggested practicing each rite three times a day for the first week. Then, with every following week, to increase the repetition by two, until, after 10 weeks, you are performing 21 repetitions for every rite. However, like I said, he was dealing with fairly old and sick folks. Most people can start right away with 7 repetitions, and increase with 7 repetitions by the second week, so you are already performing the full set of 21 repetitions after the second week. You could even start right away with 21 repetitions. That is what I have done. If you find the rites difficult to perform at first, find a progression that works for you. The goal is to perform 21 repetitions for every rites, and do the series once or twice a day. One thing that is important to remember is that the rites work in conjunction with each other. So it is important to do all of them. Performing the five rites with 21 repetitions each will take you from 10 to 20 minutes.

A good time to practice the rites is in the morning, after of before taking a shower. You will find that practicing the five Tibetans in the morning will make you feel more energetic and fresh during the rest of the day. You will also experience greater mental alertness during your daily activities. I have also found great benefits in performing the five Tibetans another time, before the evening, when most of us come back home. It will leave you feel better for the rest of the day, and improve the quality of your sleep.

You will have better results if you practice the rites slowly without rushing, and if you breath deeply in-between the rites. It is also critically important to combine breathing with the movement, as I explain in the description of the exercises. There is no point in doing the rites as fast as possible. However, if you don’t have much time, you could do fewer repetitions. Also, most people have found that doing more than 21 repetitions is not useful. 21 seems to be the magic number when doing the rites.

As Barbara Simonsohn suggests in her book (“Die Fünf Tibeter mit Kindern”), it is useful to practice the exercises at the same time everyday, for example in the morning after a shower, before breakfast, or before the evening meal. This way we get used to the routine and we implement a new rhythm in our lives. In is also better to practice the exercises on a empty stomach. We can also practice the rites at the same place everyday, for example in the living room.

To learn more about the Tibetans rites, I have found the out-of-print, old edition of Peter Kedler’s book, originally titled “The Eye of Revelation.”

This e-book comes with a 100% money back guarantee, so I’m really happy to point you to this classic in the natural health field. The exercises work for me, and I bet they’d work for you too.

Click here to learn more!

Frederic Patenaude, is the author of the best-selling e-book “The Raw Secrets”. He is currently giving away free access to his private library of over 100 exclusive articles along with a subscription to his newsletter Pure Health & Nutrition. Visit http://www.fredericpatenaude.com while charter subscriptions last.

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