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  • By the year 2010 more than 75% of the American population will not know how to cook.


  • The size of our dinner dishes has increased 40% since World War II.


  • 3900 calories are produced in the United States every day for every man, woman and child, excluding exports.


  • The average American consumes 3-4 pounds of toxins per year and that the human body does not know how to eliminate these.


  • 95% of the immune system is in the gut.


  • Infection in the mouth does not stay in the mouth.


  • 70% of Americans have symptoms of, or have been diagnosed with, leaky gut syndrome (the development of spaces between the cells of the gut wall, through which bacteria, toxins and food leak into the body).


  • The human body is composed of 66% water - however this percentage drops as we age. Chronic dehydration affects most of the elderly and without adequate water in the system there is a build-up of toxic and inorganic debris making way for physical illness.


  • Urine is never darker than pale yellow when the body is properly hydrated.


  • We have overwhelming scientific evidence that the body needs both high and low intensity exercise.


  • The 12 fruits and vegetables that are the most contaminated with pesticides, and therefore should be purchased organic are: apples, bell peppers, celery, cherries, grapes (imported), nectarines, peaches, pears, potatoes, red raspberries, spinach and strawberries.


  • The use of mind-body therapies has been steadily increasing, and considerable evidence has shown these therapies to be effective in the treatment of coronary artery disease, chronic low back pain, headache, insomnia, urinary incontinence and cancer.


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When you're
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vibrant and totally alive, you perceive the world differently than when you’re tired or sick.

The condition of your physiology literally changes the way you represent and thus experience the world.




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