Do you know the difference between acidic foods and acid forming foods?  It’s easy to get confused but there is a huge difference.

We need to eat acidic foods such as citrus fruits for balance in our bodies.  But acid forming foods are harmful such as milk, eggs, cheese, etc.

It’s important to know the difference if you want to eat healthy and have a good balance in your diet. The article below highlights the differences between acidic foods versus acid forming foods.  It also goes into detail of why eating acidic foods is beneficial and acid forming foods are dangerous.

Understanding Acidic vs. Acid Forming

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It’s that time of year again when many people use the holidays as a reason to eat the junk that makes them or keeps them overweight as well as unhealthy and sick.

The holidays are a time when cakes, pies, meat, soda, alcholic beverages, and specialty coffee drinks are promoted more than ever.  You don’t have to fall into this dietary madness.  I suggest reading Dherb’s new article below about food and the holidays.

I am sure you will be enlightened and think twice before stuffing yourself full this holiday season:

Holiday Dietary Madness

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Are you in a dilemma with your own baby boy as to whether or not you should have him circumcised?  I have friends and family who have also been in this situation.  I even had one friend who didn’t circumcise her sons simply because she couldn’t afford to have it done.

What you need to ask is if circumcision is truly necessary?

Little male babies do not need their penile foreskin cut off. It is totally unnecessary, especially in today’s world. Many ancient civilizations performed circumcision for religious rites and ritualistic reasons and purposes, many dealing with sex rituals.

Remove ritualistic reasons (beliefs) behind circumcision and circumcision is absolutely unnecessary and illogical. To say little boy babies need to be circumcised is to say God screwed up (leaving the foreskin of the penis in tact) and man must come to the rescue and right God’s wrong, and of course to man this is done by removing unnecessary foreskin on the penis.

Many new parents do not know about the origins of circumcision in the first place.  They usually go with the flow because it is what society has always done.

Circumcision is surgery that isn’t necessary at all.  Learn more about the why behind it by visiting the full article below:

Circumcision!

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Fruit smoothies are great for a snack or a refreshing beverage but buying them at some of the popular smoothie places can lead to more sugar and fat that you may not have suspected.  A lot of smoothie shops add ice cream or sherbert to their smoothies as well as using whole milk.  Not only do the calories add up but so does the junk you don’t want to put into your body.

The best way to avoid all of this is to make your own smoothies at home using fresh, organic ingredients.  Smoothies are some of the easiest drinks to make and you will feel good knowing you know what is going into it.

Here is a super easy recipe for a strawberry smoothie:

“Tropical Strawberry”

Ingredients
One (1) cup frozen strawberries
One-half (½) cup pineapple
One-half (½) cup ripe papaya
One (1) small peach
One-half (½) fresh, ripe avocado
One-half (½) cup apple juice
One-half (½) cup of pina colada juice
One-fourth (¼) teaspoon coconut flavoring (optional)
One (1) teaspoon lime juice (optional)

Directions:
Pell, seed and slice pineapple, papaya, peach, and avocado. Combine with strawberries, juices, and flavoring in the blender (or Vita-Mixer). Puree until smooth.

Makes 2-3 servings.

If you want to learn how exactly a smoothie is put together as well as four more easy recipes, read the article below:

Fruit Smoothies

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