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Long Luscious Lock Can Be Yours I love discovering natural ways to accelerate my hair growth, the longer the better! Luscious long hair makes me feel sexy. I’ve got a secret to move your hair from good to great. Even if you love your hair worn short, I have still have a secret for you. [...]

The words probiotics and healthy flora (aka “good bacteria”) do not sound very pretty which is quite ironic because it is precisely these substances that enhance our natural beauty – possibly more than anything else! It’s in our gut where these happy flora live and frolic. If we’ve got chaos going on in our colon (a [...]

People are always sending us private messages on the Young and Raw facebook page to ask how they can heal their eczema without using expensive and harmful chemical creams. I for one, have a lot of experience with the agony and embarrassment that eczema breakouts can cause. For the duration of my childhood and early [...]

I love life, and I love it even more when I feel the ease in my body during and after a cleanse. The thing is, we need to find ways to feel this way all the time, even when the cleanse is over and ‘regular’ life sets back in. After experimenting with finding my optimal [...]

We all know that our liver is important for detoxing the body.  We know this precious organ processes everything we ingest, and converts it into safe substances to be cleared from the body.  We know that white blood cells protect us from invading pathogens and microbes.  But did you know that your Lymphatic system plays [...]

I’m sure you already know that you should eat fruit to stay healthy but have you been putting your fruit to work on the outside of your body, too? All it takes is a little fruity love to keep skin radiant. Puréed fruits, like cherries, grapefruits, papaya, and pineapple, can actually remove dead skin cells [...]

Chlorophyll is a true super nutrient. It is almost molecularly identical to our red blood cells, with the only difference being that it has a magnesium molecule at its centre instead of an iron molecule that our red blood cells have. It is this chemical structure which makes chlorophyll so healthful for humans. Chlorophyll will act like haemoglobin [...]

Lately the ancient Ayurvedic practice of Oil Pulling has started to circulate by word of mouth again. People are buzzing about this magical practice that whitens teeth naturally and provides a host of benefits that one would never imagine go hand in hand with simply swishing some oil around in your mouth for 20 minutes. [...]

Do you suffer from inflammation, sore joins, menstrual cramps or even want to repair your muscles faster after yoga or a really good workout? If you answered yes to one or more of these questions, boy do we have a cocktail for you! I first started “shooting” coconut water and turmeric because I was experiencing [...]