How Sweet Is It?

Aspartame (NutraSweet, Equal) – is a white, odorless, crystalline powder 180-200 times sweeter than sugar. It is popularly used in diet soft drinks and diet foods and is also used in breakfast cereals, beverages, desserts, toppings, fillings, chewing gum, breath freshener products, fruit spreads, purees and sauces, table syrup, salad dressing, peanut spreads, condiments, coating mixes for snack foods and confections.

The controversy surrounding aspartame has raged for nearly forty years, ever since the G.D. Searle company first approached the FDA in the late 1960’s to request permission of its use. Watch the below video to unravel the history of this controversial additive.

Be Healthy

It’s all love . . .

I don’t eat no meat, no dairy, no sweets
only ripe vegetables, fresh fruit and whole wheat
I’m from the old school, my household smell like soul food,
bro curried falafel, barbecued tofu
no fish though, no candy bars, no cigarettes
only ganja and fresh-squeezed juice from oranges
exercising daily to stay healthy
and I rarely drink water out the tap, cause it’s filthy

Lentil soup is mental fruit
and ginger root is good for the youth
Fresh veg-e-table with the ital stew
sweet yam fries with the green calalloo
careful how you season and prepare your foods
cause you don’t wanna lose vitamins and minerals
and that’s the jewel
life brings life, it’s valuable, so I eat what comes
from the ground, it’s natural
let your food be your medicine
no Excederin
strictly herb, generate in the sun, cause I got melanin
and drink water, eight glasses a day
cause that’s what they say

They say you are what you eat, so I strive to be healthy
my goal in life is not to be rich or wealthy
cause true wealth comes from good health, and wise ways
we got to start taking better care of ourselves

They say you are what you eat, so I strive to be healthy
my goal in life is not to be rich or wealthy
cause true wealth comes from good health, and wise ways
we got to start taking better care of ourselves,
be healthy y’all . . .

by: Dead Prez
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTAhSJt_8×8

Healing with Dextoxification & Dedictation

What is Detoxification?
Detoxification is the process of clearing toxins from the body or neutralizing or transforming them, and clearing excess mucus and congestion.

What is a Toxin?
A toxin is basically any substance that creates irritating and or harmful effects in the body, undermining our health or stressing our biochemical or organ functions.

When does Toxicity occur?
Toxicity occurs on two basic levels: external and internal. We can acquire external toxins from our environment by breathing them, by ingesting them, or through physical contact with them. We can acquire internal toxins from our normal everyday functions. Biochemical, cellular, and bodily activities generate substances that need to be eliminated. Even our thoughts and emotions and stress itself generate increased biochemical toxicity.

Why Detoxify?
We detox/cleanse for many reasons, but mainly for ones own health, vitality, and rejuvenation. To clear symptoms, help reduce disease, and prevent further problems. Many people detox/cleanse for spiritual renewal and to feel more alive, awake, and aware. We also cleanse/detoxify to rest our overloaded organs of digestion and our liver, gallbladder, and kidneys and allow them to catch up on past work.

Above Image was taken from: www.teapartystudio.com/page/2/

Who is Best Suited for Detoxification?
Almost everyone needs to detox, cleanse themselves, and rest their body functions at times. Cleansing or detoxification is one part of the the path to nutritional action, the others being building, or toning, and balance, or maintenance. Who needs to detoxify and when is based in part on individual lifestyle and needs.

SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF TOXICITY
Headaches Backaches Runny nose Fatigue
Joint pains Itchy nose Nervousness Skin rashes
Cough Frequent colds Sleepiness Hives
Wheezing Irritated eyes Insomnia Nausea
Sore throat Immune weakness Dizziness Indigestion
Tight or stiff neck Environmental sensitivity Mood changes
Anorexia Angina pectoris Sinus congestion Anxiety
Bad breath Circulatory deficits Fever Depression
Constipation High blood fats

OUR GENERAL DETOXIFICATION SYSTEMS
Respiratory: lungs, bronchial tubes, throat, sinuses, and nose
Gastrointestinal: liver, gallbladder, colon, and whole GI tract
Urinary: kidneys, bladder, and urethra
Skin and dermal: sweat and sebaceous glands and tears
Lymphatic: lymph channels and lymph nodes

When does Detoxification occur?
Everyday! Your body is always trying to heal itself. As examples, many of the antioxidant nutrients such as vitamin C may help neutralize free-radical molecules. The liver helps transform many toxic substances into harmless agents, while the blood carries wastes to the kidneys; the liver also dumps wastes through the bile into the intestines, where much waste is eliminated. We also clear toxins through sweating, from exercise or heat. Our sinuses and skin may also be accessory elimination organs whereby excess mucus or toxins can be released, as with sinus congestion or skin rashes, respectively.

Above Image was taken from: www.teapartystudio.com/page/2/

Detoxification occurs on many other levels as well. Physically, this process can help clear congestion, signs and symptoms, and disease potential. It can improve energy. Mental detoxification is also important. Cleansing our minds of negative thought patterns is essential to health; the physical detoxification also helps this mental process. Emotionally, detoxification helps us uncover and express feelings, especially hidden frustrations, anger, resentments, or fear, and replace them with forgiveness, love, joy, and hope. On a spiritual level, many people experience new clarity and or an enhancement of their purpose of life during cleansing processes.

Looking for a Detox
There is a wealth of information to be found on different types of detoxification/cleanses. Remember not all detoxes are suited for everyone so, pick up the detox that resonates with you. If the information and act of choosing a detox becomes overwhelming you may always see a holistic health practitioner, nutritionist, or a trained employee at a health store to provide information and advise.

But ultimately anything that supports our elimination can be said to help us detoxify. Doing nothing more than drinking an extra quart of water a day will usually help us eliminate more toxins. Eating more fruits and vegetables, cleansing foods, and less meat and milk products will create less congestion and more elimination.