Naturally Healthy Vibrant Skin

Our skin is at the forefront of how we present ourselves to the world. Radiant, glowing, vibrant skin is what we all hope for and want to have. But as time marches on it seems to march right across our face. When we are working toward healing internal health conditions and diseases and preventing life long health problems through healthy eating and living practices, often our skin is our biggest indicator and self diagnostic tool as to how healthy, or unhealthy, we are on the inside. Our skin is the major detoxification organ for our entire body and as our body begins to release and expel toxins our skin can show signs of just what is going on internally. Polluted air and water, exposure to toxic byproducts of the modern ways of living all also begin to take their toll on our skin. Spots, discolorations, lines, wrinkles, deep creases, dryness, acne, breakouts, all of these are external signs of internal imbalance and toxicity. In fact, deep creases in the skin on the face are signs of internal toxicity. As we begin to heal internally, and detoxify, externally our skin begins to heal and deep creases, discolorations and other skin problems begin to clear up. In fact, it is entirely possible to have better and better looking skin as we age, become more health conscious and naturally healthy.

Here are some natural tips to help heal and rejuvenate the skin while increasing vitality and vibrancy of your skin....

Balance Hormones

Whether you are male or female chances are you are dealing with some sort of hormone imbalance internally. This is because so many of the toxic chemicals we are exposed to on a daily basis mimic hormones creating and internal imbalance. In addition many of the foods we eat and ways in which we live contribute to an ever tipping scale toward hormone imbalance The skin is one of the first to show signs of hormone imbalance. Breakouts, acne and too much oil can all be signs of internal imbalance. No matter what lotion or potion you put on the outside, if you do not address the underlying root of hormone imbalance your skin can never be its best. Eating a diet rich in organic plant based foods, with lots of healthy fats, raw nuts and seeds, coconut and avocado oils, fresh vegetable juices and reducing exposure to health harming toxins can all help to make the skin glow while helping to address the underlying issue of hormone imbalance. Raw Vitality Foundations for Healthy Living program take these principals and teaches them in-depth to you over a 30-day period of time.

Food Allergies

Underlying, unrecognized food allergies and sensitives are often at the root of skin problems. We see so many food allergies and sensitivities these days because of food supply. Most foods are no longer real foods but fake, man made processed foods filled with harmful toxins and deficient in vital vitamins and minerals. Foods are often no longer grown traditional, natural ways but are genetically modified, grown in mineral depleted toxic chemical soaked soils or created entirely in a laboratory. Our bodies react poorly to these types of foods and some more aggressively then others. Corn, soy, wheat and dairy are some of the biggest offenders. Cutting these foods out or reducing their consumption and moving to only organic versions is one way to address this problem and discover if food allergies are at the root of your skin problems.

Nutritional Deficiencies

Studies show that even those that feel they eat and live the most healthy are suffering from undiagnosed nutritional deficiencies. Again this is due to our food supply. the majority of the Western diet is nutritionally depleted. Over time deficiencies develop in the body and the skin is one of the first to show its signs. Zinc, Antioxidants including Vitamin A, E and C, essential fatty acids are all stripped from the typical Western diet and are needed to maintain healthy, vibrant skin. Supplementation through processed, laboratory made supplements is not the answer. Moving to a whole, organic fresh diet corrects this problem. Incorporating fresh fruit and vegetable juices daily can also help restore nutritional deficiencies, detox the skin and create healthy skin from the inside out. The 30-day Recipe book included in the Raw Vitality Spring Cleanse and Foundations for Healthy Living program give you full recipes and meal ideas that are based solely around these principals including fresh daily juicing recipes.

Stress

 Stress is the underlying driving force behind many of our health problems. Stress plays a major role in the condition and look of your skin. It is estimated that during stressful times the inside of your body is actually 30+ years older then your calendar age, and your skin will be the first to show it. Stress is a given part of our daily life, not something we can get away from, so the key is not to eliminate stress but learn how to manage it in a healthy way, reducing its impact on our internal health and wellbeing. Healthy stress management practices offer a natural alternative and cure for the stressful Western lifestyle. Incorporating yoga, daily meditation and deep breathing exercises are some ways to reduce your internal stress and increase the beauty of your skin. If you do not have experience with deep breathing exercises or meditation Raw Vitality offers both in their Spring Cleanse and Foundations for Healthy Living programs.

Through practicing the 4 Key Area of Health, Vitality and Longevity, taught throughout all the Raw Vitality programs, you can create the naturally vibrant skin you have always desired. 

Every year Raw Vitality hosts a 30-day Spring Cleanse. This year our cleanse will begin on May 2nd, 201.

In the 30-day Raw Vitality Spring Cleanse & Rejuventation we will practice:

1. Whole, Organic Eating Practices including Fresh Daily Juicing

2. Balanced, Consistent Exercise

3. Healthy Stress Management Practices including yoga, meditation & deep breathing exercises

4. Green Living Practices to reduce your exposure to health harming toxins


Reserve your spot and sign up for our Spring Cleanse today: https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/home?studioid=37555 or check out one of the other Raw Vitality programs www.rawvitalitytotalhealth.com. 

Download 10 FREE, FAST, FRESH AND HEALTHY Recipes by visiting our web site!

For any questions contact: therawvitalitycleanse@gmail.com

5 Easy Ways to Cleanse Every Day

It is Spring! A time of renewal and new beginnings. The time of year when nature begins to cleanse which makes it the perfect time for you to look at cleansing. Cleansing is a popular term that unfortunately has little to no meaning these days because of how over used it is, but in it's truest sense cleansing is natural and important process your body goes through on a daily basis to rid itself of everything it no longer needs, everything that isn't supporting health and healing. Engaging in a yearly or seasonal cleanse is a great way to heal, rejuvenate and get your eating and lifestyle practices on track but daily cleansing is so much more important.

Learning simple practices you can use each day to help you naturally cleanse, can increase your energy and vitality while helping you to heal and prevent long term health problems.

Here are 5 easy practices you can put into place to Cleanse Every Day...

1. Drink Lots of Water Especially in the Morning

You may have heard this one many time before but that is because it is one of the best and easiest ways to stay your most healthy! Even if you feel like you are drinking enough water every day, chances are you aren't getting enough. Your body uses water to cleanse and flush toxins so when you aren't getting enough water, daily cleansing slows and toxins begin to build up in your tissues. To help your body to naturally cleanse drink lots of water every day and especially when you first wake up in the morning. Drinking water for the first hour after getting up in the morning helps your body flush toxins from the day before and will help to increase your energy levels throughout the day. 

2. Take Time to Breathe Deeply

We release 80% of our toxins through our breath. Problem is most of us don't breathe deeply enough. Especially during stressful or busy times during the day your breathing becomes more shallow and many times you may be forgetting to breathe or holding your breath. This keeps toxins from being released and keeps them trapped inside your body. Taking 5 minutes each day to do some deep breathing is a great way to help naturally cleanse but also helps to release stress and center and calm you. 

3. When you Eat is just as Important as What you Eat

Your body has a natural digestive rhythm that makes you a little hungry 1-2 hours after getting up, really hungry in the middle of your day when you are expending the most energy and moderately hungry a couple hours before you go to bed. When you follow this natural digestive cycle digestion begins to work optimally which means food is better digested and nutrients assimilated and toxins are naturally expelled. When you start eating out of whack with these natural digestive rhythms digestion begins to overlap causing digestion not to function as well, you begin to get less nutrients and more toxins stay in your body. By following your natural digestive rhythms digestion you will assist your body in naturally cleansing each day. 

4. Clean Up Your Products

One of the biggest sources of health harming toxins that we bring into our body is through our personal care products and the products we use to clean in and around our home. Have you ever taken a look at the ingredients list in any one of the products you use on your body each day? You might be astonished to find a lengthy list of chemicals, many of which have been found to be harming to your health. Think of just how many products you use each and every day and how many chemicals that means are getting into your body. Making a switch to cleaner, greener and organic products is one of the best ways to help your body naturally cleanse. By limiting the number of chemicals you are bringing into your body you are helping to keep your body clean and naturally cleansed. 

5. DeStress

Stress has an enormous impact on your health. On the inside of your body stress turns toxic. We live in a stressful world and living without stress is not possible, what is possible however is reducing the internal impact stress has on your body and health by using daily healthy stress management practices. Healthy stress management practices like yoga and meditation help to change the way stress is experienced inside your body decreasing its harmful toxic effects, Yoga and meditation can help detoxify your body and help to naturally cleanse your body each day. Raw Vitality offers a 30-day meditation program that comes along with both the 7 and 30-day Raw Vitality programs. If you are new to meditation or want to explore how meditation can help you to reduce stress and help naturally cleanse this is a great meditation program to explore. 

These daily practices are great ways to keep your health at its very best throughout the year. Yearly and seasonal cleansing are great ways to go more in-depth, to get your eating and lifestyle practices back on track, to cleanse, revitalize and to heal if health problems are present. 

Every year Raw Vitality hosts a 30-day Spring Cleanse. This year we will be holding a 3-hour cleansing workshop at Mind Body Energy Center on May 2nd, 2015 and will then begin our 30-day online Spring Cleanse. If you live out of state or can't attend the workshop, you can still join us online!

In the 30-day Raw Vitality Spring Cleanse we will practice:

1. Whole, Organic Eating Practices including Fresh Daily Juicing

2. Balanced, Consistent Exercise

3. Healthy Stress Management Practices including yoga, meditation & deep breathing exercises

4. Green Living Practices to reduce your exposure to health harming toxins

We will meet for a 3-hour workshop on May 2nd to learn all the natural healing practices and overview of the Spring Cleanse & Rejuvenation taught in the Raw Vitality program.

Reserve your spot and sign up for our Spring Cleanse today: https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/home?studioid=37555

For any questions contact: therawvitalitycleanse@gmail.com

Healthy Stress Management to Heal & Prevent Type 2 Diabetes

Type 2 Diabetes has become a global epidemic, and while it may seem puzzling to see such massive increases in one disease category it isn't such a puzzle once you understand Type 2 Diabetes is a Lifestyle disease and the Western lifestyle is the perfect breeding ground for just such a health problem.  A lifestyle disease is one that is directly linked to lifestyle choices including what you eat, how much you exercise, what toxins you are exposed to and your stress levels. The Western lifestyle is the perfect breeding ground for Type 2 diabetes because of the way we eat (To lean more about how to Eat to Heal & prevent Diabetes click here), how toxic our environment, products and foods have become, how little we move these days and how much stress is normal in every day life. Stress plays a HUGE factor in the development and worsening of Type 2 Diabetes and most of us would say we live a fairly stressful lifestyle. 

How Stress Creates and Makes Type 2 Diabetes Worse

Stress is a normal part of the Western lifestyle, we live extremely stressful lives from jobs that take too much time and too much of a toll, to family commitments and obligations, to running households, volunteering, church activities, keeping in touch with friends...the to-do list of life never seems to end causing lots of additional stress each and every day! This external stress has a profound effect on our internal health especially in the process of creating and worsening Type 2 Diabetes. 

In people with diabetes, stress can alter blood glucose levels in two ways:

• People under stress may not take good care of themselves. They may drink more alcohol or exercise less. They may forget, or not have time, to check their glucose levels or plan good meals.
• Stress hormones may also alter blood glucose levels directly.

Scientists have studied the effects of stress on glucose levels in animals and people. Diabetic mice under physical or mental stress have elevated glucose levels. The effects in people with type 1 diabetes are more mixed. While most people's glucose levels go up with mental stress, others' glucose levels can go down. In people with type 2 diabetes, mental stress often raises blood glucose levels. Physical stress, such as illness or injury, causes higher blood glucose levels in people with either type of diabetes.
- See more at: http://www.diabetes.org/living-with-diabetes/complications/mental-health/stress.html#sthash.U4eiV14O.dpuf

In people with diabetes, stress specifically alters blood glucose levels. Stress does this in two ways:

1. Stress hormones which are naturally produced when we are under stress alter blood glucose levels directly.

2. When you are under stress you do not care for yourself as well as you would if you where not stressed, you do not eat as healthy and will often be drawn to or crave sweet substances and carbohydrates. Overall self-care goes down significantly when under stress and since Type 2 Diabetes is a lifestyle disease self-care is VITAL to prevention and healing. 

Scientists have studied the effects of stress on glucose levels in animals and people. Diabetic mice under physical or mental stress have elevated glucose levels. In people with type 2 diabetes, mental stress often raises blood glucose levels. Physical stress, such as illness or injury, causes higher blood glucose levels in people with either type of diabetes. (1)

How to Naturally Reduce Stress to Heal & Prevent Type 2 Diabetes

Since we know there is little we can do about eliminating stress altogether, we must instead find healthy ways to reduce the effects of stress on our internal health. Healthy stress management practices can do just that. 

Yoga

Yoga is a mind-body practice of exercise and movement that combines stretching exercises, controlled breathing and relaxation. A number of studies have shown that yoga can help reduce overall stress while also enhancing mood and overall sense of well-being.

One three month study found that those with Type 2 Diabetes who engaged in a regualr yoga practice had a significant reduction in BMI and better glycemic control. They also found yoga to increase specific internal antioxidants which helped to reduce oxidative stress which has been linked as a root cause of Type 2 Diabetes. (2) Overall yoga had a significnalty positive effect on helping to heal and reduce the symsptoms associated with Type 2 diabetes. 

Meditation

Studies have shown that meditation not only reduces stress it also increases the efficiency of the immune system and helps facilitate quicker healing  overall in the body. Regardless of the disease you have, helping to support quicker and better healing in the body is imperative. meditation is one such tool which can help you to increase your healing rate. 

After just 3 weeks of meditative practice, one study found that blood glucose levels decreased in regular mediators as well as blood pressure. (3)

Deep Breathing Exercises

Deep breathing exercises can be beneficial to your health in so many ways. At the tops of that list is the ability to take time to release stress and also built up toxins. As our previous blog posts have talked about, Toxins have a direct link to the development and worsening of Type 2 Diabetes. We release up to 80% of our toxins from our body through our breath, the problem is most of us breathe too shallowly, especially during times of stress, which means more toxins stay trapped in the body. Deep breathing exercises help to release those built up toxins and also is a way for you to decrease and manage stress in a more healthy way. 

Now that you know some easy Healthy Stress Management tools the key is to implement them into your daily life. If you have no used these tools before they are not hard to begin, but consistency and making them long term habist can be the challenging part. 

Raw Vitality offers a way for you to learn how to eat and live in a way to Heal and Prevent Type 2 Diabetes in a supported environment over a 30-day period to ensure all the things you need to be doing to heal, become long term habits. 

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The Raw Vitality Naturally Healing Diabetes program is a 30-day program that teaches and guides you through the 4 keys to health. In 30-days you will gain the education and support you need to begin to heal your body and naturally reverse type 2 diabetes. This is an online program that offers you workbooks, recipe books, group wellness coaching calls, daily meditations, and unlimited support from the Raw Vitality team. 

Our next Naturally Healing Diabetes group will begin on Monday May 4, 2015. Register for this program today!

For any questions contact: therawvitalitycleanse@gmail.com

In people with diabetes, stress can alter blood glucose levels in two ways:

• People under stress may not take good care of themselves. They may drink more alcohol or exercise less. They may forget, or not have time, to check their glucose levels or plan good meals.
• Stress hormones may also alter blood glucose levels directly.

Scientists have studied the effects of stress on glucose levels in animals and people. Diabetic mice under physical or mental stress have elevated glucose levels. The effects in people with type 1 diabetes are more mixed. While most people's glucose levels go up with mental stress, others' glucose levels can go down. In people with type 2 diabetes, mental stress often raises blood glucose levels. Physical stress, such as illness or injury, causes higher blood glucose levels in people with either type of diabetes.
- See more at: http://www.diabetes.org/living-with-diabetes/complications/mental-health/stress.html#sthash.U4eiV14O.dpuf

References:

1. Does emotional stress cause type 2 diabetes mellitus? A review from the European Depression in Diabetes (EDID) Research Consortium.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20193636

2. Effect of 3-Month Yoga on Oxidative Stress in Type 2 Diabetes With or Without Complications
http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/34/10/2208.full


3. Hypoglycemic effect of sitting breathing meditation exercise on type 2 diabetes
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18386551

Eating to Heal & Prevent Type 2 Diabetes

Type 2 Diabetes is an increasing epidemic. Over 29 million people currently are living with diabetes equating to 1 in every 10 people over the age of 20 being diagnosed at some point in their life with 1 in 4 being diagnosed over 65! Diabetes cost the United States an estimated $245 billion in 2012, a figure that is expected to rise with the increasing number of diagnoses. Type 2 diabetes is not just an epidemic here in the US but is on the rise worldwide. The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) reports that as of 2013 there were more than 382 million people living with diabetes. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 90% of people around the world who suffer from diabetes suffer from type 2 diabetes. It is fair to say diabetes is a worldwide health crisis!

Both type 2 diabetes and its side effects can be prevented, delayed and even reversed. The most effective prevention methods include regular physical activity and a healthy diet. Up to 85% of complications and morbidities among individuals with type 2 diabetes can be prevented, delayed, or effectively treated and minimized with a healthy diet and lifestyle.

Type 2 Diabetes is a disease of lifestyle, meaning it is directly caused by how you eat and your lifestyle practices. It is not something you get overnight, over the past week or even over the past year. Often the process of creating type 2 diabetes takes decades or more. However, it can take substantially less time to reverse by making changes to your diet and lifestyle. 

In the Raw Vitality Healing Diabetes Naturally program we teach the 4 Key Areas of Health, the first of which is Eating for Healing and Long Term Health. Your eating practices are the very foundation the rest of your healing and long term health will be built upon. 

Eating for Healing and Long Term Health Type 2 Diabetes

There is one overall approach to eating to heal, reverse and prevent type 2 diabetes and this one approach is simply:

Eat real, living, organic, nutrient dense, plant based foods. 

Seem too simple? Repeated studies and doctors have found that by simply following this one principal type 2 diabetes can be stopped in its tracks, reversed and prevented while at the same time eliminating all the usual health complications associated with type 2 diabetes. 

The reason this one principal is so effective is that it solves all the problems associated with creating type 2 diabetes through diet including: calorie restriction, nutrient deficiency, high toxicity in tissues, high amount of sugar in the diet and too much animal protein. 

Caloric Restriction

Restricting calories is one of the most beneficial ways to begin the process of reversing, healing and preventing type 2 diabetes. Traditionally in our culture when we think of restricting calories we think simply of eating less but eating the exact same foods, just decreasing the total amount eaten. This is not a good way to restrict calories as it will leave you feeling unsatisfied, hungry and can cause your blood sugar levels to make sudden dips. 

Instead, the better approach is to change the types of foods you are eating. If you make the correct changes you will reduce your total calories while still consuming the same amount of food, keeping your blood sugar even and feeling satisfied. 

The correct way to do this is to begin eating high quality (real), organic, nutrient dense living plant foods. 

Nutrient Deficiency

Often obesity or carrying excess weight is a contributing factor to the development of type 2 diabetes. Yet despite high calorie intake, studies have shown obese individuals have high rates of micro-nutrient deficiencies. Processed foods lose 50% of the protein, 70-80% of the vitamins and minerals and 95% of certain nutrients. Deficiencies of specific vitamins and minerals play an important role in glucose metabolism and insulin production and contributes to the development of type 2 diabetes. In addition, diabetes itself frequently causes nutritional deficiencies. (1)


The body uses micro nutrients to heal and repair normal wear and tear so when deficiencies exist this healing and regular upkeep of the body stops or does not operate effectively. These same nutrients are needed to produce insulin and use it effectively in the body.


To begin helping the body heal and reverse type 2 diabetes increasing the amount of micro nutrients in the diet is vital. Taking supplements does not do an effective job because that is not how the body was designed to get nutrients. Foods have thousands of different types of plant chemicals, macro and micro nutrients that all work together for health and healing and the body is better able to digest, absorb and assimilate foods rather then supplements. The key to reversing nutrient deficiency and healing type 2 diabetes is to eat nutrient dense, organic, plant based foods. Organic foods have been showed in repeated studies to have higher amounts of nutrients including antioxidants which help reverse cellular damage, but also organic foods do not contain the health harming toxic chemicals of non-organic foods.

High Rate of Toxicity

New research shows that environmental chemicals have a great deal to do with both diabetes and obesity. A 2006 study found that US adults with the highest exposure to six kinds of POPs had 37.7 times the risk of diabetes of people with the lowest levels of exposure. The POPs included dioxins, DDE, oxychlordane, and trans-nonachlor. The last two are breakdown products of the pesticide chlordane.

Virtually everyone in the world is contaminated with POPs. They are sprayed on most commercially grown foods in America and have many industrial uses. They are also found in higher quantities in animal fats, because fat stores toxic chemicals. POPs and arsenic are the chemicals most strongly linked with diabetes by existing evidence.

Pesticides have also been linked to type 2 diabetes. In-organic foods are sprayed with pesticides multiple times before arriving in your kitchen. Studies have shown that farm workers have high rates of Type 2 diabetes. One study found that women who mixed or applied pesticides to crops or repaired pesticide application equipment during the first trimester of pregnancy had a higher risk of developing gestational diabetes. Four herbicides and three insecticides were found to increase the risk of type 2 diabetes. (2)

Again, Eating real, living, organic, nutrient dense, plant based foods solves this problem by reducing your exposure of toxic chemicals and beginning to detox your body of existing built up chemicals.

High Sugar in the Diet

We know that increased levels of sugar in our Western diets are a leading contributor to type 2 diabetes. We know how high in sugar soda and candy are, but did you know that all processed foods are sugar rich foods? White, processed foods turn to glucose when digested in the body so have a very similar effect on blood sugar as eating spoon fulls of white sugar. Most all packages and processed foods contain some sort of sugar additives, even foods you would not think contain sugar! Check labels, but better yet stay clear of foods that come out of a package and instead....

Eat real, living, organic, nutrient dense, plant based foods. 

Too Much Animal Protein

In terms of health, meat eaters have 4 times more breast cancer, 3.6 times more prostate cancer, 4 times more diabetes, and much more in general chronic disease. If you're just having milk, your risk of leukemia is 3 times more. In diabetes, the main cause is sugar, but we know that a meat, fish and chicken diet creates 4 times more diabetes because it creates insulin-resistance.

Several studies have found that higher intakes of total protein, especially animal protein, are associated with long-term risk of developing diabetes. (Dr. Frank Hu, from the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston) Substantial amounts of animal protein from red meat and processed meat have been consistently associated with increased risk of diabetes. Additionally, higher intake of animal protein often comes along with other undesirable nutrients such as saturated fat, cholesterol and sodium.

In other studies, plant protein sources such as nuts, legumes and whole grains have been associated with lower risk of diabetes. Therefore, by replacing red meat and processed meat with plant sources of protein you increase the rate of diabetes healing and prevention. (3)

Again, by Eating real, living, organic, nutrient dense, plant based foods you easily reduce the amount of animal protein in the diet. 

You can eat in a way that will begin to heal and reverse type 2 diabetes, prevent it from occurring and can significantly reduce the health complications that come along with type 2 diabetes by following one simple approach. Eat real, living, organic, nutrient dense, plant based foods. 

In people with diabetes, stress can alter blood glucose levels in two ways:

• People under stress may not take good care of themselves. They may drink more alcohol or exercise less. They may forget, or not have time, to check their glucose levels or plan good meals.
• Stress hormones may also alter blood glucose levels directly.

Scientists have studied the effects of stress on glucose levels in animals and people. Diabetic mice under physical or mental stress have elevated glucose levels. The effects in people with type 1 diabetes are more mixed. While most people's glucose levels go up with mental stress, others' glucose levels can go down. In people with type 2 diabetes, mental stress often raises blood glucose levels. Physical stress, such as illness or injury, causes higher blood glucose levels in people with either type of diabetes.
- See more at: http://www.diabetes.org/living-with-diabetes/complications/mental-health/stress.html#sthash.U4eiV14O.dpuf

In people with diabetes, stress can alter blood glucose levels in two ways:

• People under stress may not take good care of themselves. They may drink more alcohol or exercise less. They may forget, or not have time, to check their glucose levels or plan good meals.
• Stress hormones may also alter blood glucose levels directly.

Scientists have studied the effects of stress on glucose levels in animals and people. Diabetic mice under physical or mental stress have elevated glucose levels. The effects in people with type 1 diabetes are more mixed. While most people's glucose levels go up with mental stress, others' glucose levels can go down. In people with type 2 diabetes, mental stress often raises blood glucose levels. Physical stress, such as illness or injury, causes higher blood glucose levels in people with either type of diabetes.
- See more at: http://www.diabetes.org/living-with-diabetes/complications/mental-health/stress.html#sthash.U4eiV14O.dpuf

The Raw Vitality Naturally Healing Diabetes program is a 30-day program that teaches and guides you through the 4 keys to health including how to implement this one simple eating approach to naturally healing and preventing type 2 diabetes. In 30-days you will gain the education and support you need to begin to heal your body and naturally reverse type 2 diabetes. This is an online program that offers you workbooks, recipe books, group wellness coaching calls, daily meditations, unlimited support from the Raw Vitality team and so much more!

Our next Naturally Healing Diabetes group will begin on Monday May 4, 2015. Register for this program today!

For any questions contact: therawvitalitycleanse@gmail.com

In people with diabetes, stress can alter blood glucose levels in two ways:

• People under stress may not take good care of themselves. They may drink more alcohol or exercise less. They may forget, or not have time, to check their glucose levels or plan good meals.
• Stress hormones may also alter blood glucose levels directly.

Scientists have studied the effects of stress on glucose levels in animals and people. Diabetic mice under physical or mental stress have elevated glucose levels. The effects in people with type 1 diabetes are more mixed. While most people's glucose levels go up with mental stress, others' glucose levels can go down. In people with type 2 diabetes, mental stress often raises blood glucose levels. Physical stress, such as illness or injury, causes higher blood glucose levels in people with either type of diabetes.
- See more at: http://www.diabetes.org/living-with-diabetes/complications/mental-health/stress.html#sthash.U4eiV14O.dpuf

References:

1. The Malnutrition of Obesity: Micronutrient Deficiencies That Promote Diabetes

http://www.hindawi.com/journals/isrn/2012/103472/

2. Toxic Chemicals and Diabetes. http://www.diabetesselfmanagement.com/blog/toxic-chemicals-and-diabetes/

3. Too much animal protein tied to higher diabetes risk. http://in.reuters.com/article/2014/04/14/us-animal-protein-diabetes-idINBREA3D1HV20140414?feedType=RSS&feedName=health&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&dlvrit=309303

 

Can Type 2 Diabetes Be Healed Naturally?

Can Type 2 Diabetes Be Healed Naturally? The short answer to that question is Yes, without a doubt, without question. Type 2 Diabetes is a lifestyle disease, meaning it is directly caused by your lifestyle habits. The good news with this is that YOU can do something about it by making healthy changes to your eating and lifestyle practices. Type 2 Diabetes is not a life sentence, your health does not have to degenerate and get worse as you age, your disease does not have to progress and get worse, you do not have to live on prescription medications and/or injections on a daily basis, you can heal your body, you can heal Type 2 Diabetes naturally.

Focus on the 4 Keys to Health to Heal Type 2 Diabetes Naturally

By focusing on the 4 keys to health you can heal your body and reverse type 2 diabetes naturally. there are 4 main contributors to the development and progression of type 2 diabetes and by focusing on these 4 main areas you can begin to heal your body and reverse this condition naturally. Continue with these practices long term and you can be free of type 2 diabetes forever.

Eating

The typical Western diet is comprised of many processed foods which are nutrient deficient while being loaded with health harming chemicals that begin the process of type 2 diabetes. Processed foods are sugar rich foods and cause a continual spike in insulin levels in the body. Over time your body becomes resistant to insulin and sugar stays in the blood, at the same time body weight typically is increasing putting a greater strain on insulin production. At the same time these foods are deficient in all nutrients so that body is not getting what it needs to naturally heal and repair as damage is being done. Added to this mix is the addition of health harming chemicals added to processed foods which destroy body tissues and damage DNA.

Additionally the Western diet is typically heavy in animal products. French researchers found a diet heavy in animal products and other acidic foods (like processed foods) can cause an acid load in the body, resulting in health complications. This includes reduced insulin sensitivity, which can lead to type 2 diabetes, according to their study.

"We have demonstrated for the first time in a large prospective study that dietary acid load was positively associated with type 2 diabetes risk, independently of other known risk factors for diabetes," the researchers said. (1)

The simple solution to all of these problems in eating practices is to move to an organic, plant based nutrient dense, low sugar diet. This may sound complicated but Raw Vitality has made it very simple for you to learn, day-by-day, in just 30 days. (Learn more about our Healing Diabetes Naturally program)

Movement

Studies have well established that being involved in regular physical activity improves blood glucose control and can prevent or delay type 2 diabetes, along with positively affecting lipids, blood pressure, cardiovascular events, mortality, and quality of life. (2)

At the time most people are diagnosed with type 2 diabetes they have been inactive for quite some time. Jumping into an intense exercise routine may actually end up harming your health even worse, by causing internal stress and burn out, but establishing a consistent, balanced exercise routine can not only help begin to heal your body it can begin to reverse type 2 diabetes and prevent it long term. This is another area we focus on during the 30-day Healing Diabetes Naturally Program. 

Healthy Stress Management

Stress is a normal part of the Western lifestyle, we live extremely stressful lives. This external stress has a profound effect on our internal health especially in those with type 2 diabetes. 

In people with diabetes, stress can alter blood glucose levels in two ways:

• People under stress may not take good care of themselves. They may drink more alcohol or exercise less. They may forget, or not have time, to check their glucose levels or plan good meals.
• Stress hormones may also alter blood glucose levels directly.

Scientists have studied the effects of stress on glucose levels in animals and people. Diabetic mice under physical or mental stress have elevated glucose levels. The effects in people with type 1 diabetes are more mixed. While most people's glucose levels go up with mental stress, others' glucose levels can go down. In people with type 2 diabetes, mental stress often raises blood glucose levels. Physical stress, such as illness or injury, causes higher blood glucose levels in people with either type of diabetes.
- See more at: http://www.diabetes.org/living-with-diabetes/complications/mental-health/stress.html#sthash.U4eiV14O.dpuf

In people with diabetes, stress can alter blood glucose levels in two ways:

1. Stress hormones alter blood glucose levels directly.

2. When you are under stress you do not care for yourself as well, you do not eat as healthy and will often be drawn to or crave sweet substances and carbohydrates.

Scientists have studied the effects of stress on glucose levels in animals and people. Diabetic mice under physical or mental stress have elevated glucose levels. The effects in people with type 1 diabetes are more mixed. While most people's glucose levels go up with mental stress, others' glucose levels can go down. In people with type 2 diabetes, mental stress often raises blood glucose levels. Physical stress, such as illness or injury, causes higher blood glucose levels in people with either type of diabetes. (3)

Creating and maintaining a healthy stress management practice is crucial to helping your body heal and reverse type 2 diabetes naturally. In the Raw Vitality Healing Diabetes Naturally program we focus on utilizing meditation, yoga, deep breathing exercises and outdoor walking to reduce the stress impact on the body naturally. 

Green Living Practices

For years we have known that many of the chemicals found in our body care products, cleaning products and foods have a negative impact on health and even have been linked to many disease cycles. New studies are beginning to show that these same chemicals play a role in the development of type 2 diabetes.

How is it that these toxic chemicals lead to the process of type 2 diabetes? Toxins can overload the immune system, leading it to make mistakes in the form of what we call an autoimmune disease, or a disease in which the body’s attacks its own healthy cells.  According to a Reuters article the scientists concluded that in many cases, a strong connection exists between chemicals and Type 2 diabetes as well as obesity,.(4)

Many chemicals we come in contact with on a daily basis we have no little to no control over like those found in the air we breathe, but we do have control over a large portion of the other chemicals we bring into our body. 

In Naturally Healing Diabetes we take a look at this issue and teach you how to implement green living practices into your life so you begin to significantly reduce your exposure to toxic chemicals.

In people with diabetes, stress can alter blood glucose levels in two ways:

• People under stress may not take good care of themselves. They may drink more alcohol or exercise less. They may forget, or not have time, to check their glucose levels or plan good meals.
• Stress hormones may also alter blood glucose levels directly.

Scientists have studied the effects of stress on glucose levels in animals and people. Diabetic mice under physical or mental stress have elevated glucose levels. The effects in people with type 1 diabetes are more mixed. While most people's glucose levels go up with mental stress, others' glucose levels can go down. In people with type 2 diabetes, mental stress often raises blood glucose levels. Physical stress, such as illness or injury, causes higher blood glucose levels in people with either type of diabetes.
- See more at: http://www.diabetes.org/living-with-diabetes/complications/mental-health/stress.html#sthash.U4eiV14O.dpuf

In people with diabetes, stress can alter blood glucose levels in two ways:

• People under stress may not take good care of themselves. They may drink more alcohol or exercise less. They may forget, or not have time, to check their glucose levels or plan good meals.
• Stress hormones may also alter blood glucose levels directly.

Scientists have studied the effects of stress on glucose levels in animals and people. Diabetic mice under physical or mental stress have elevated glucose levels. The effects in people with type 1 diabetes are more mixed. While most people's glucose levels go up with mental stress, others' glucose levels can go down. In people with type 2 diabetes, mental stress often raises blood glucose levels. Physical stress, such as illness or injury, causes higher blood glucose levels in people with either type of diabetes.
- See more at: http://www.diabetes.org/living-with-diabetes/complications/mental-health/stress.html#sthash.U4eiV14O.dpuf

The Raw Vitality Naturally Healing Diabetes program is a 30-day program that teaches and guides you through the 4 keys to health. In 30-days you will gain the education and support you need to begin to heal your body and naturally reverse type 2 diabetes. This is an online program that offers you workbooks, recipe books, group wellness coaching calls, daily meditations, and unlimited support from the Raw Vitality team. 

Our next Naturally Healing Diabetes group will begin on Monday May 4, 2015. Register for this program today!

For any questions contact: therawvitalitycleanse@gmail.com

In people with diabetes, stress can alter blood glucose levels in two ways:

• People under stress may not take good care of themselves. They may drink more alcohol or exercise less. They may forget, or not have time, to check their glucose levels or plan good meals.
• Stress hormones may also alter blood glucose levels directly.

Scientists have studied the effects of stress on glucose levels in animals and people. Diabetic mice under physical or mental stress have elevated glucose levels. The effects in people with type 1 diabetes are more mixed. While most people's glucose levels go up with mental stress, others' glucose levels can go down. In people with type 2 diabetes, mental stress often raises blood glucose levels. Physical stress, such as illness or injury, causes higher blood glucose levels in people with either type of diabetes.
- See more at: http://www.diabetes.org/living-with-diabetes/complications/mental-health/stress.html#sthash.U4eiV14O.dpuf

References:

1. Meat Products Could Raise Diabetes Risk: Study. http://www.webmd.com/diabetes/news/20131112/meat-products-could-raise-diabetes-risk-study

2. Exercise and Type 2 Diabetes. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2992225/

3. Does emotional stress cause type 2 diabetes mellitus? A review from the European Depression in Diabetes (EDID) Research Consortium. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20193636

4. Toxins and Type 2. http://www.diabetesselfmanagement.com/blog/toxins-and-type-2/

3 Ways to Reduce Inflammation Naturally

For many years we knew inflammation was a response that happened when we got injured or hurt an area of our body. We saw it as heat, pain and swelling. If you are an athlete or physically active inflammation may be something that is all too common for you. In these instances inflammation is a needed response that flushes the area of toxins, brings nutrients and white blood cells in to heal and restore the area. However, as health sciences have continued to move forward we are discovering that inflammation, if chronic, is at the root of most all chronic health conditions including Alzheimers, diabetes, cancer and many others. Stress, lack of exercise, genetic predisposition, exposure to toxins and your dietary choices can all contribute to chronic inflammation. 

Whether you are looking to reduce or eliminate inflammation due to an injury or are more concerned with long term prevention of chronic health conditions here are 3 ways you can naturally reduce inflammation within your body...

1. Diet

Your diet may play the biggest role in the reduction and reversal of inflammation. One of the biggest changes to the modern Western diet that has caused a marked increase in chronic inflammation is the increase of "bad" fats and a decrease of "good" fats. This imbalance in fat intake causes internal chronic inflammation. 

Increase your intake of "good" fats through increasing the amount of fresh, organic plants based foods in your diet. Good fats are found in plant based foods and the best sources are chia, flax and hemp seeds and oils, avocados, raw nuts and seeds like pumpkin and sunflower and organic extra virgin olive oil. At the same time you want to eliminate your intake of processed, heated and damaged fats like those found in packed, processed and fast foods. Simply eliminate these types of foods all together. Also if you choose to eat meat or animal products you want to ensure you are eating the free range, grass fed, organic versions. These types of animal products have a  higher "good" fat percentage and lower "bad" fat percentage, while factory farmed animals who eat unnatural diets have a very high "Bad" fat percentage and contribute directly to chronic inflammation. 

2. Decrease Stress

Stress in all forms, physical, emotional, spiritual, all takes a physical toll on your body and health. We cannot avoid stress in our modern way of living so instead we must learn and then use healthy stress management practices. In the 30-day Raw Vitality program we teach the use of meditation, deep breathing, exercise and yoga as healthy stress management tools that can be used consistently in life to reduce the stress ion your mind, mind and health. 

A new study has shown that meditation can suppress genes that cause inflammation. In the study, to be published in the February edition of the journal "Psychoneuroendocrinology," subjects showed reduced levels of pro-inflammatory genes after eight hours of meditating, among other alterations in gene-regulating machinery. This correlated with faster physical recovery from stressful situations.

If you are new to meditation but would like to learn how to use it in every day life sign up for one of our upcoming 30-day programs and receive our 30-day meditation program. 

3. Get Active

Studies have continued to show that exercise is a good way to reverse or reduce inflammation. One recent study showed participants who completed 2.5 hours of moderate exercise each week—about 20 minutes a day—lowered their markers of inflammation by at least 12%. Furthermore, those who began exercising midway through the study also significantly lowered their levels of inflammation, meaning it’s never too late to benefit from exercise. 

So how does exercise cut inflammation? Your blood contains a type of protein molecule called “cytokine.” When you exercise, your adipose and muscle tissue release big bursts of cytokines into your blood stream, which Hamer says is likely the cause of the inflammation drop.  

The key to using exercise to reduce inflammation is for it is be balanced and consistent. Over exercising has been shown to actually increase inflammation and other internal injury. Find something you love to do and do it often, 3-5 times a week. Get up from your desk and take a few short walking breaks each day and make sure to get outside in the fresh air and sunshine which helps to alleviate stress and further reduce inflammation. 

To learn the most effective natural healing and preventative health tools join one of our 30-day holistic health programs where we focus on natural eating practices, balanced consistent exercise, healthy stress management and green living practices to reduce your exposure to health harming toxins. To learn more visit: www.rawvitalitytotalhealth.com

Our next online 30-day group program will begin March 16th which will teach you all the tools you need to create long term health and balance for you and your family. 

Raw Vitality teaches

• Fresh eating principals including fresh daily juicing
• Healthy stress management practices like meditation and yoga
• Balanced, consistent exercise
• Green living practices

JOIN OUR ONLINE program beginning Monday March 16th!

Register Here!

Get a free taste of Raw Vitality with 10 Fresh, Fast & Healthy Raw Vitality Recipes at www.rawvitalitytotalhealth.com

Raw Vitality Friday Night Farmer's Market Pizza Recipe

Who says healthy has to be boring, bland or not kid friendly?! Keeping dinners fresh and fun for the entire family is important for long term sustainable health and wellbeing. Choosing ingredients that are fresh, organic and plant based are the main factors to keeping your meals health-ful!

Try one of our family friendly recipes from the Raw Vitality 30-day recipe book. Kids love these nutrient dense pizzas and can help choose the veggies they want and make their own pizza pies! The more involved you get kids in choosing and making their foods, the more they will be open to healthy foods. 

This recipe includes a vegan option, making your own basic cashew nut cheese but you can also use organic mozzarella cheese.

Farmer’s Market Pizza

Ingredients:

3 tablespoons flax seed oil, divided

3 cloves organic garlic, minced

1 bunch of organic asparagus

Handful of fresh organic spinach

¼ c Chopped Broccoli Florets

1 Organic Tomato Sliced

1/2 cup fresh snipped chives

1/4 tsp Celtic or Himalayan Sea Salt

1/4 tsp. fresh ground pepper

1 sprouted flax seed or other seed based pizza

crust, spouted is best (can be found in the

frozen section of most natural grocery stores)

1 c basil cashew cheese

Ingredients Basil Cashew Cheese:

2 cups of soaked cashews

1/4 cup oil (olive, hemp or flax)

The juice of 1 organic lemon, freshly squeezed

2 garlic cloves

1/2 teaspoon Black pepper

1/2 teaspoon Sea salt

1/4 c fresh basil, minced

Directions Cheese:

Put all your Basil Cashew Cheese ingredients

into the blender and blend mixture until it

becomes creamy.

You can serve as is or refrigerate for a few

hours if you want a more firm consistency.

Directions Pizza:

Preheat oven at 450

Mix the flax oil and minced garlic

Trim asparagus to about 6 inch spears then toss

in a bowl with the remaining oil

Spread a thin layer of basil nut cheese onto

pizza crust

Top with veggies

Drizzle with remaining oil and garlic

Cook in oven until pizza crust is desired

crispness (should not be long, just long enough

to crisp crust but not over cook veggies)

Enjoy!

Raw Vitality is the only complete holistic health program that teaches you the most effective natural health and preventative health tools in just 30 days. Whether you want to reverse health problems naturally, increase energy and vitality, cleanse and rejuvenate your body, increase healthy longevity or practice natural preventative health care Raw Vitality is your source for creating a lifetime of healthy, vitality and longevity. 

Our next online 30-day group program will begin February 16th! Find your Balance with our Finding Balance program which will teach you all the tools you need to create long term health and balance for you and your family. 

Raw Vitality teaches

• Fresh eating principals including fresh daily juicing
• Healthy stress management practices like meditation and yoga
• Balanced, consistent exercise
• Green living practices

JOIN OUR ONLINE FINDING BALANCE program beginning Monday February 16th!

Register Here!

Get a free taste of Raw Vitality with 10 Fresh, Fast & Healthy Raw Vitality Recipes at www.rawvitalitytotalhealth.com