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Green Medicine: A Holistic Approach to Health and Healing

When you think of health and healing, what comes to mind? For many people today, it is not much more than a visit to the doctor’s office, sterile rooms, prescriptions, surgeries and medication. We have grown to become accustomed… Read and discuss

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Decrease Your Toxin Load: 11 Ways To Cleanse & Detoxify Your Body

Although we live on a beautiful planet of luscious greens and blues, we have unfortunately due to lack of awareness to this point introduced many harmful chemicals onto and into it. Today we know that the quality of our water… Read and discuss

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The Benefits of Juicing

A few years ago amidst my personal journey of optimal health and nutrition, I became aware of the benefits of juicing. Although not fully convinced at first that a homemade juice, specifically green or other vegetable juice was needed if… Read and discuss

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My 21 Day Juicing Challenge

Habits can either work for us or against us. It all depends if the habits are health promoting, like taking a walk each day, or disease promoting, like smoking each day. As we go through our lives, we tend… Read and discuss

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Vegetarian Support For You & Information From the Toronto Vegetarian Association

The vegetarian lifestyle is becoming increasingly embraced by people of all ages, races and backgrounds in our society. As we continue forth in the 21st century, we are seeing the clear consequences of our actions to date when it comes… Read and discuss

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Why Going On A Diet For Weight Loss Is Not the Answer

With the New Year upon us, January is the month that seems to have a large percentage of the population eager to get more fit, lose some weight and maybe even take what they eat a little more seriously…. Read and discuss

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Understanding Cleansing & Detoxification with Digestive Expert Brenda Watson

Each day we absorb a variety of substances from our environment. Whether through our mouth in the forms of food and drinks, through our breath from the air we breathe, or through our skin from the substances that come into… Read and discuss

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The Missing Piece That Can Sabotage Optimal Health

With the holidays around the corner, and most people scrambling through hectic work and home schedules, some of us may be wondering if we can make these holidays different when it comes to taking better care of our health. We… Read and discuss

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Is There Such a Thing As a Healthy Burger? How To Make the Healthiest Burger Possible

It is hard to believe that the modern day burger is only about 75 years old. Today, for most people this food is a regular staple in their diets and many cannot imagine life without it. Most of our population… Read and discuss

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Evita’s New Book “Healing & Prevention Through Nutrition” is Officially Launched

It is with great pleasure and excitement that I share with you all—the readers and community of Evolving Wellness—that this past month marked the official launch of my new book. The greatly expanded, edited and updated print copy of Healing… Read and discuss

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Don’t Be Fooled – Learn How To Discern Mainstream Nutrition Headlines

A few weeks ago I received an interesting press release in my inbox. I read the title. It stated “New Studies Confirm Health Benefits of Red Wine.” I thought to myself “okay, here we go again.” I was not phased… Read and discuss

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Exploring the 3 Modern Dietary Approaches To Eating: Moderation, Plant-Based and Paleo

For the past few decades our society has experimented with a lot of different diets. Novel foods came onto the market, new ways of preparing foods, new technologies and what could have worked to our benefit, has for the most… Read and discuss

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3 Kitchen Tools That Do Not Match An Optimally Healthy Lifestyle

On your journey into optimal health and wellness, one of the easiest ways to be successful is to be equipped with the right tools. From what food you have in your fridge or cupboards, to what tools can be found… Read and discuss

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9 Nutritional Fallacies That Are Still Common Today

Today more than ever, an increasing amount of us are seeking nutritional excellence, understanding the benefits of nutrient-dense food, what real health means and correlating what we eat to how we feel. At a time when our society seems to… Read and discuss

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An Introduction To Making Green Smoothies & Their Benefits

Green smoothies are a meal idea that is today becoming more and more familiar to many people. What was once an odd or unheard of green drink to the average person, common only to the raw-vegan community, is today becoming… Read and discuss

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Is Sunscreen Protecting You From Skin Cancer or Causing You To Get It?

About a decade ago, when I was in my late teens/early 20‘s I used to work at a pharmacy. One time I got sent to a conference on sunscreen products. I remember hearing everything that was shared and how sunscreen… Read and discuss

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Understanding Integrative Medicine with Dr. Hyla Cass

The face of medicine is changing. We are at a wonderful time in our present day society, where we are more receptive to recognizing what works and what doesn’t when it comes to health, healing and prevention. Of course not… Read and discuss

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5 Pillars of Optimal Health with Evita Ochel

We are at an amazing time in our human evolution on the planet today where more and more of us are ready to see beyond the illusions, the unconscious habits and the conditioned ways that do not serve our highest… Read and discuss

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Getting Real About Real Food

Living in the wilderness a few good hours away from the major cities, means that every so often based on various needs I find myself being on the road travelling for 3-5 hour spans. Living the lifestyle of eating whole, natural,… Read and discuss

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Interview with Howard Straus on the Gerson Nutritional Cancer & Chronic Disease Therapy

One of the greatest pleasures in my life is empowering other people to take accountability and responsibility for their life. For this to happen, normally we need to expand our consciousness and step out of the conditioned upon us, limiting… Read and discuss