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Ready to get started? This is not a prescription you will get at your local medical clinic. You must begin the process of transforming your life by wanting to. It’s your ship of wellness, you’re driving it, and more important than anything I can say here is… FEEL GOOD ABOUT WORKING TO FEEL GOOD! Pick a starting date; then begin by measuring your weight on the first morning without clothes. Using a tape measure, measure your waist around the widest point near your belly button. Now record it. Do this the same day every week and at the end of the three week period. Taking and recording measurements in your Detox Journal the day before you start your new menu, during, and when you finish the program, along with how you are feeling along the journey will validate your efforts and progress.

OK, here comes the hard part…detoxing your cupboards and refrigerator. Get rid of anything that is not real food. Fortunately, we live in a society that demands disclosure on the packages of everything we consume. If it is processed and packaged in a factory it usually contains, preservatives, additives, coloring, or dyes; it’s not that real, so get rid of it. Remove food or drink that contains added sugars, high fructose syrups or artificial sweeteners, especially any sugar-sweetened beverages or fruit juices. Remove anything that contains hydrogenated oils and refined vegetable oils. Get rid of any sugar or flour based foods such as cookies, cakes and candies. Okay, now that you’ve detoxed your kitchen you are ready to begin the transformation of your health by adding back-in nutritious and delicious healthy foods, specific to your personalized 21 day program.

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After more than 20 laboratory tests since 1970, the extracts revealed that they destroy the malignant cells in 12 cancers, including colon, breast, prostate, lung and pancreas...

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Have you noticed that your muscles seem to get weaker as you get older? It’s thought that starting at age 40, we lose about 1 percent of muscle mass each year.

Multiple studies have questioned whether that muscle loss is true aging or whether it’s from disuse.

One particular study compared “master athletes� (recreational athletes who seriously exercised four to five times a week) who were 40 to 80 years old.

Researchers measured leg strength, muscle mass and fat content of their muscles. They even took MRI scans of cross sections of the muscles of those at various ages who exercised versus those who didn’t.

They discovered that the loss of muscle mass and strength was not due to aging alone. Senior athletes had almost as much leg muscle as the younger athletes.

There was little fat in the muscles of senior athletes.

There was little loss of strength.

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● Unless you’re a literary scholar, you’ve probably never heard of the novel “Cup of Gold.” It was American author John Steinbeck’s first novel, and it was a flop. He was issued a $250 advance to write the book, and the sales didn’t even make that much money for the publishing house. Of course, early failure was no indication of talent; Steinbeck continued writing and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962.

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