[📚Thursday Recharge] 7 Detox “Roots and Tubers” ➕ Pros and Cons of a Raw Diet 🍋🥕🥒

Also Inside: 8 Ways to Use Activated Charcoal Thursday, Feb 16, 2023  Happy Thursday, {NAME}!  On this day in 1937, a chemist at DuPont patented nylon. The new polymer quickly grew in popularity, and has been used for everything from pantyhose to toothbrush bristles. But DuPont has since grown into a massive corporation with a sordid history of creating environmental toxins and a major stake in genetically modified food, or GMOs.  The truth is that most of the food we eat, water we drink, and clothes we wear contain nasty chemicals that can cause a host of diseases, including cancer. This week, we’ve written some great new articles on some little-known food that will help keep you healthy, the pros and cons of a raw food diet, as well as some great information on how to use activated charcoal to help cleanse your body of the toxins that are all around us.  What we put in and on our bodies is important. Armed with the right information, you can protect yourselves and your loved ones to live a happier, healthier life.  Let’s dive in!  7 Roots and Tubers You Probably Didn’t Know Were Detox Superheroes  When we think of foods synonymous with detoxification, images of leafy greens and chlorella usually come to mind. We don’t usually think of root vegetables, but maybe we should! As it turns out, roots and tubers are treasure troves of good health and can be used this time of year for your cool-weather detoxification routine.  Roots, or rhizomes, are specifically designed to not only store nutrients and water, but to also draw these necessary ingredients up into the plant’s stalk, stems and leaves. A tuber, on the other hand, is mostly a “storage bin” for nutrients since they lack the mechanisms through which to draw nutrients to above-ground parts. Examples of roots are carrots, radishes, and turmeric. Sweet potatoes and taro, on the other hand, are classified as tubers.  �  What roots and tubers have in common is a plethora of concentrated nutrients that human beings have used for their good health – and, indeed, for their very survival – for the last 100,000 years. This, of course, includes substances that can have detoxification benefits for the liver, the kidneys, the gut, the brain, the skin, the blood, and the respiratory tract as well as particular phytonutrients which are geared towards removing, eliminating, and protecting against both externally and internally-produced toxics.  >> [7 Vegetables to Help Detoxify]( <<   The Pros and Cons of the Raw Food Diet  Have you ever wondered if “eating raw” is right for you? Have you ever felt confused as to what exactly the raw food diet even is? No matter how familiar you are (or aren’t!) with a raw food diet, this article is for you! In this article, we hope to clear the air and cut the confusion about all things raw by presenting both “the pros and the cons” of the diet, based on what experts are saying as well as the latest research.  Eating raw lets you employ unique and creative ways of preparing foods without ever turning on a stove. This includes blending, dehydrating, sprouting, soaking, and juicing. Vegetables, fruits, nuts, and seeds make up a large part of a raw food diet. However, some raw people choose to also eat wild-caught raw fish and free-range meats as well as raw free-range eggs and raw organic dairy products such as cheese and yogurt.   You can eat a raw foods diet for part of the year (in the hotter months, for example). You can do an 80/20 or 60/40 diet. Or you can simply decide to replace one or two cooked meals a day with a raw option. You can also go mostly raw most of the time and decide to incorporate foods such as fish, fermented foods, eggs, meat, and sea vegetables into your diet as needed. We suggest taking your time and having some fun on your food journey. Commit to adding more raw fruits and veggies onto your plate and mark your progress and insights in a food journal as you go along.  >> [12 Pros and Cons of Raw Food Diets]( <<   8 Ways to Use Activated Charcoal  As strange as it may sound, the practice of using the charred remains of non-toxic wood and other vegetation for both utilitarian and health-related purposes has been around for thousands of years. In fact, the first documented use of charcoal was dated at approximately 3750 B.C. in Egypt where it was used as a cleaning product, for creating bronze, for writing, and as a digestive aid. Flash forward to 2020, and charcoal is making a comeback in a big way. We’ve got everything you need to know to get started using activated charcoal for detoxification, longevity, and everyday vitality.  There is a difference between the powdery black gunk left at the bottom of your grill after a summer barbeque and the types of charcoal you use for health. The former is actually a proven carcinogen. The latter is known as “activated charcoal,” or AC. AC is exposed to very high temperatures, which changes its internal structure. This makes it very porous and a much more potent detoxifier. Through the heating process, charcoal also becomes “activated” in that it can hold a negative electric charge. This charge then attracts positively-charged toxins. A quality activated charcoal can attract up to 100 times its weight in toxic materials.   Imagine all the toxins you are exposed to every day. Toxins exist in food, in water, even in the air we breathe. They are present in the lotions and potions we put on our skin, in the chemicals we use to clean our homes and in the new appliances, furniture, carpets, and cars we buy. A 2005 study conducted by the Environmental Working Group found that a typical newborn comes into this world with “an average of 200 industrial chemicals and pollutants” inside their system.  Unfortunately, no one is immune to toxic exposure these days. Now consider a relatively inexpensive, simple substance you can get at your local health food store or online that is able to sop up 100 times its weight in microscopic toxins. Keep reading to learn 8 great ways to use activated charcoal.  >> [Everything You Need to Know About Activated Charcoal]( <<   This is “American Heart Month”  Did you know that February is American Heart Month? Did you know that heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States? But we’re not educated about how to truly take care of your “ticker” and maintain a healthy heart. And the key is nitric oxide. Thanks to its role as a vasodilator, nitric oxide helps arteries widen and relax, facilitating the body’s ability to exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide. Ultimately this leads to better oxygenation as the respiratory cycle is supported by the ongoing nitric oxide produced.  We know first-hand how important it is to get ample therapeutic amounts of nitric oxide DAILY to strengthen your endothelial cells. This is an important element to overall health, as your endothelium constitutes the smooth tissue lining of all your arteries and capillaries. The function of the endothelium is the reason why nitric oxide is a powerful vasodilator, and why researchers at the University of Florida call it “the spark of life in the cell.”  >> [Learn why nitric oxide is “the spark of life”](    “When Diet Is Wrong, Medicine Is Of No Use. 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