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Gain a bit of weight, feel lethargic and have trouble sleeping.

Another name that you are probably familiar with after reading my blogs is Brigitte Mars. She is the author of Love, Sex & Health and in an interview that I had with her last year she shares some of her thoughts on how we should use food, our minds and our hearts to ensure our sexual vitality. Many of us have experienced the changes in our sexual desire and function as we age.

Some of the changes can be great and some of them can be a little less than great. I loved this interview that I had with Brigitte. I learned so much and couldn’t wait to share some important points that came out of it. Brigitte is also one of my favorite herbalist authors to date!

Nancy: A common complaint I hear from women is that they gain a bit of weight, feel lethargic and have trouble sleeping. They suffer mood swings because of uncontrolled blood sugar levels and if that's not bad enough, their sexual vitality flies out the window. Since most of our problems can be traced to the foods we eat, what sexual Super Foods would you recommend to change all that?

Brigitte:  I've been 99% raw foodist for the past eight years, and I do think raw foods are where it's at. In the raw food world, nuts and seeds are Super Foods. They contain the life force to create new life. Anything that's good for fertility is also good for sexuality. So if anyone is thinking they'd like
to get pregnant, know that if it's good for sexuality, it also improves fertility. 

Raw nuts and seeds like almonds, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds are great foods to consume on a regular basis. Pumpkin seeds help to improve the male prostate gland. Both sunflower seeds and
pumpkin seeds are high in zinc, which is a component of sexual fluids. Zinc is considered one of the sexy vitamins. All of those foods are also high in Vitamin E.

If you've ever looked at a bottle of Vitamin E, you've probably seen tocopherol on the label. All that means is to bring forth life, because there have been many years of observation that when Vitamin E is included in animal foods, it helps to prevent miscarriages and helps to promote healthy pregnancy. And I encourage anyone to eat more leafy, green vegetables, because greens are high in minerals.
It's also possible to have low libido because of low thyroid function, so I want to remind people to eat seaweeds: kelp, dulce, hijiki.

There are some wonderful seaweeds grown along the Canadian coast. Seaweeds are so high in minerals. Remember that sexual energy is extra energy. If someone is exhausted and depleted, it's part of your body's nature to protect itself and conserve the energy. So your body is going to say, "It's not a good time to make a baby."

Our sex drive really has a lot to do with this divine plan to make children. I know we may think that having kids is not what this is about, but when we are depleted, our body goes into protection to conserve our energy so that we don't get pregnant. It's natural for our libido to decrease in those conditions, so we want to be in the best health possible. I know we'll talk about herbs later on, but other Super Foods are roots, foods like rutabaga, carrots, beets, burdock, turnip.

Roots are said to energize the lower chakras, the lower parts of the body. The best thing is just to be in good health. I know that many men are taking things like Viagra for erectile dysfunction, but erectile dysfunction, if it's not emotional, is often a form of hardening of the arteries. If blood flow can't get to the genitals in men or women, it's going to be very desensitized there. So cut back on animal foods like meat and dairy products.

If it's full of mercury, it's not so great either. Wild caught fish from cold water is probably the best. You could certainly do this on a vegetarian diet as well. But just as people are compulsively addicted to junk food, I think that people are on a quest for junk sex. Sex should be an expression of our highest being. Be with the right person. Every day, you read about someone who did something sexually inappropriate and they've just ruined their family life and their career, and now their picture is in the paper, because they couldn't keep their head together.

We want our motivation to be for the highest good, and not let our sexuality govern us so that we make poor decisions. I'm sure that your listeners are thinking about making wise decisions about food. We also need to put that right energy into our lovemaking decisions.

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Your Body's Built-in Clock

From: Nancy Desjardins

Although your body is toxic, it still works very hard to repair itself. Every organ in your body has a repair and maintenance schedule to keep on a daily basis. You will use this to your advantage when participating in a cleanse. Most of us in the West have never been aware of this, but Chinese and Ayurvedic holistic health practitioners have known this for hundreds of years. It is important to know the schedule if you want to understand your health problems and learn to treat yourself. If you feel sluggish, foggy, achy, or simply off at these particular times of day, you will know which organ is trying to repair the damage done to it. These uncomfortable feelings you are experiencing are the result of energy being expended to do these repairs.

So keep the following maintenance cycles in mind:
Repair Table
Lungs:  3am - 5am
Large intestine (or colon):  5am - 7am
Stomach:  7am - 9am
Spleen:  9am - 11am
Heart:  11am - 1pm
Small intestines:  1pm - 3pm
Bladder:  3pm - 5pm
Kidneys:  5pm - 7pm
Pancreas:  7pm - 9pm
Blood vessels and arteries:  9pm - 11pm
Gallbladder:  11pm -1am
Liver:  1am - 3am

Lungs: The lungs are the first organs of the day up for repair and maintenance. The toxic waste from your lungs is loosened between 3 am and 5 am - which is why you sometimes cough when you awaken in the morning. Your lungs are trying to expel the loose waste. If you are coughing in the morning, this indicates that your diet and lifestyle need tweaking.

Large intestine or colon: 5 am to 7 am is the time for this organ. A healthy colon needs water to do its job properly, which is flushing waste matter 24/7. The morning is the most important time to drink plenty of water for this process, and the worst time to have caffeine. Caffeine is a diuretic that takes water away from your colon and dumps it into your kidneys and bladder for evacuation. Your body needs water in the morning to do its repair and maintenance of the large intestine and colon. This keeps you from getting constipated, gaining weight, and looking and feeling older. When you irrigate your system every morning with pure water (up to 32 oz), your health improves. If you wait until you have a bowel movement before you eat in the morning, it's also healthier for your colon.

Stomach: Between 7 am and 9 am, your stomach is repairing itself and does not need a big meal to deal with. While the large intestine and colon need fluid to repair properly in the morning, the stomach needs very little. Start with fluids (pure water or fresh juiced vegetables) or fresh fruit that is easily digestible. However, if you can, drink only fluids in the morning for optimal health.

Spleen: From 9 am to 11 am the spleen is cleaned. During this process, and also whenever the spleen is in a weakened state, you may suffer from allergies or find it harder to shake a cold or flu. This is because the spleen works with the liver and your immune system. A healthy spleen produces antibodies when there is an infection and constantly watches the blood for invaders.

Heart: The time for heart repairs is between 11 am and 1 pm. Your body is removing waste from the heart and you may sometimes notice a rapid heartbeat, double beats, and/or skipping beats during this process. 70% of heart attacks occur when the heart is in its repair period.

Small intestines: Have you noticed that between 1 pm and 3 pm you are more apt to experience indigestion, stomach pain, and bloating? If this happens, two things could be wrong:
1. Your diet is not what it should be and your food is not digesting properly.
2. Your diet is causing problems that are now causing you stress.
In either case, a proper diet will help take care of these issues.

Kidneys and bladder: From 5 pm to 7 pm you may notice you're tired and want a nap. When the kidneys are healthy and working properly, you'll feel energetic, not tired, during this time.
Pancreas: Between 7 pm and 9 pm, do you find yourself having intense cravings for sweets or processed carbohydrates that turn to sugar immediately in your system? The kidneys regulate the pancreas, and if you do consume sweets during this period, you may notice lower back pain, which is a kidney symptom.

The kidneys, bladder, and pancreas are all parts of the same whole. If you need a nap early in the evening it is just your pancreas, as directed by your kidneys, putting you out so it can do its repairs.
Blood vessels and arteries: From 9 pm to 11 pm the blood vessels go into repair mode. If you get headaches or feel abnormally tired or weak, itís an indication that the blood vessels are doing heavy repairs.

Liver and gallbladder: Between 11 pm and 3 am, these two guys go into action. Do you ever have nights when you can't sleep during this time? This means that waste is not being processed by your liver and it acts as an irritant to your body, causing insomnia and frayed nerves. Your brain just won't stop.

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Learn to Avoid and Better Cope with Stress

You've heard this many times from other people... and know it's virtually impossible to go through life these days without some stress.

Nevertheless, this is one of the most important tips that can make or break your detox program.

The thing is, when your body is under a lot of stress, you experience the emotions typically associated with stress: anger, fear, anxiety, worry, frustration, hostility, etc.  Each of these emotions produces chemical reactions in your body that usually have adverse effects. 
Here are a few examples:

Anger, fear, and anxiety typically cause a complete shutdown of your digestive system.  That means that these emotions interfere with the elimination of toxins. Worry, hostility, and anger cause your stomach to excrete extra acids.  That results in more toxins and half-digested foods to deal with, which is definitely not good!

The more toxins you create and/or keep in your system, the more your body will try to park them in fat cells, leach minerals from your organs, and suffer many other adverse effects. But to get you started, here are a few quick tips to deal with stress.  I use these every single day, and trust me-they work. They may sound simple, but that's actually what makes them so effective!

Ask yourself "What difference will this make in 10 years?"  If the answer is "Not much," then you can relax and face the problem with a cool head.

Ask yourself "How can I use this situation to my advantage?"  I know the first thought you'll have is "What the heck are you talking about? There is no way to use this situation to my advantage!" But if you keep asking this question, your brain will come up with an answer. Trust me, this one will shock you!

Ask yourself "What do I want out of this situation/event/issue?"  Again, you'll come up with a completely negative answer at first, but keep asking the question until you get a positive answer. This will change your focus from what you don't want to what you do want... and that will help you handle the stress much better.

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If you’re overweight, it’s just a symptom...

From: Nancy Desjardins
If you’re overweight, it’s just a symptom...

An imbalance in one part of the body affects your entire system, so being overweight is a symptom of what is going on inside you. What is your digestion doing- Are you eliminating wastes properly- What  do your glands think about your health today- On top of all that there are external elements contributing to your health: your emotions, sleep patterns and stress levels — all playing as much of an integral part  of your health as the function of your liver, colon and lungs. Things affecting your spirit, or “chi,” your energy levels and your health have to be addressed along with the disease in your body.
If you correct the problems, the symptoms, such as being overweight, will disappear.

Why are enzymes important
Enzymes are responsible for every single chemical reaction in every single cell of your body. All of the minerals, herbs, vitamins and hormones in your body cannot do their job without enzymes. Enzymes are, biologically speaking, the source of life. A diet without live enzymes is removed from the source of life, and things removed from their source of life slowly begin to die. For us, that leads to disease, excessive weight gain, depression — and many other health conditions that plague us today.

Where do you get enzymes
The enzymes found naturally in whole, live, raw foods not only help with proper digestion, they provide our bodies with the tools they need to do all those jobs that are so important to good health. Enzymes also help with obesity at the “whole being” level. Foods that are treated with preservatives, over-cooked and processed are virtually devoid of the enzymes we need.
The action of enzymes in the body burns fat and provides a magic bullet for easy weight loss. For example, lipase, a fat-splitting enzyme, is found abundantly in raw, live foods. However, few of us eat enough raw foods to get enough lipase to burn even a normal amount of fat, not to mention any excess. Lipase helps your body in digestion, fat distribution, and fat burning for energy. Lipase breaks down and dissolves fat throughout the body. Without lipase, fat stagnates and accumulates. You can see it on your hips, thighs, buttocks and stomach.

What happens when you don’t get the nutrients and enzymes you need
Eating only cooked and processed foods deprives you of needed nutrients and enzymes. In turn, your body receives a signal that it needs to store fat to prevent starvation; thus your body holds on to more and more fat. Not what the doctor ordered. It will also send a signal that you are hungry, resulting in a vicious cycle of eating continuously while still feeling hungry. These physical and mental effects of poor nutrition and weight gain can lead to eating disorders, depression and anxiety. Cooked and processed foods are “dead foods” that have NO enzymes.

Your body must scavenge enzymes for digestion from other metabolic processes in your body, wasting energy and resources. Plus, our modern lifestyle kills enzymes in more ways than just cooking food. Stress can damage enzymes. Food additives can kill them. Frequent air travel, workouts, coffee breaks, air pollution, food irradiation and poor sleep all kill enzymes. No wonder we are enzyme deficient! So eating raw, live, enzyme-rich foods is more than just a weight loss or digestion issue — it affects your whole life, your whole being.

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Get Rid of Your “Sugar Addiction” Naturally & Permanently! Lose 4 to 7 Pounds in Just 7 Days – And Keep it Off! Get Rid of Cellulite, Wrinkles & Improve The Look of Your Skin! Dramatically Improve Your Energy, Stamina & Mental Alertness! End Hot Flashes, PMS, Bloating & Cramps!
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