The Healthy Journal

Myth: If you want to lose weight, you need to eat less and exercise more. Fact: Losing weight isn't about eating less. It's about eating healthy—cutting out the sugar, breads and artificial ingredients. It's not about counting calories, but choosing the right calories. Dump the processed foods and eat fresh, plant-based foods (vegetables, fruit, beans, nuts and seeds), which are full of nutrients. You'll shrink to a healthier weight with whatever exercise you do.

We live in a very different world today from when I grew up in the 50's and 60's. Even though there were issues with pollution and toxicity, it seemed nothing like the saturation point it appears we have reached today. We are surrounded by chemicals that cause cancer. Chemicals are in our food, clothing, furniture, water and air. Is it any wonder cancer is so pervasive today? It used to be few knew anyone with cancer. Today, we all have family, friends and neighbors confronted with the horrible diagnosis of cancer . In the Us vs. Them War on Cancer, clearly cancer has won. So what can we do? First, make the choice and act to go CLEAN. The foundation of a healthy lifestyle starts with living clean. Simply speaking, it means removing chemicals from every part of our lives that we control—in and around our homes, in our food, what we put on our bodies, furniture we buy... you get the picture. Start With Your Food Open your pantry and refrigerator and throw out anything that has a