The Dtox Skin Cleanse

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Dtox Skin Cleanse

What you put inside your body for beauty is more important than what you put on it. The most expensive skin care product in the world cannot repair and restore skin that covers a body burdened by an intake of excess food, especially junk food and unhealthy sugar-laden beverages. 

An overly taxed digestive system can result in equally sluggish looking skin. When the kidneys have to deal with too much waste, toxins can come out from the skin and cause blemishes and other problems. This is why you often get breakouts after a facial, deep tissue massage or a cleansing program.

After drinking half your body weight in ounces of water per day for two weeks (#H2O:30), you're ready for the Dtox Skin Cleanse having already brought out the toxins.   The Dtox Skin Cleanse consists of four juices, one tea, and one elixir.  Green tea with lemon, the first step in our Skin Cleanse has been found to reduce skin reddening, as well as increase microcirculation, increase elasticity, reduce roughness and increase moisture content of the skin. DTOX green tea is fair trade, organic, and FRESH so you'll receive all the antioxidant benefits.   Raw, unheated, organic honey has antibacterial properties that speed the healing of infections and wounds, including acne. It also contains antioxidants, which neutralize free radicals to promote healthy skin. Honey also improves skin hydration, an important factor in the skin’s ability to maintain softness, suppleness and elasticity.

The first juice of the day is the PInk Plus juice containing grapefruit, coconut oil, aloe vera, pear, lemon and coconut water.  Grapefruit has unique phytochemicals that help promote skin health. The skin consists of collagen which creates keratin, a protein building block found in skin cells. Grapefruit is rich in vitamin C which is essential to collagen synthesis. Raw Aloe Vera contains a multitude of vitamins including A, C, E, folic acid, B1, B2, B3, B6 and is one of the few plants that contains vitamin B12, which is essential for healthy skin, hair, and nails. It helps in cell reproduction and constant renewal of the skin.

Pure Virgin Organic Coconut Oil is made up of medium-chain-length fatty acids which are shown to raise the body's metabolism and are also antiviral, antifungal and antibacterial. The antioxidant activity increases wound healing and the lauric acid present helps prevent and reverse skin infections. It is an effective cure for psoriasis and eczema.  

Next step in the DTOX Skin Cleanse is to choose either a Green Juice or the less sugar of our Lean Mean Green Juice with only 7 grams.  The greenest juice with the least amount of sugar is what you're working your pallet towards.  Watercress and parsley are just two of the 8 ingredients in our Green Juices.  Parsley is a popular herb rich in vitamins A and C. It also helps clear blemishes and maintain an even skin tone, while also cleansing the urinary tract, liver, and kidneys. Parsley has high levels of vitamin K, which can improve skin elasticity and speed up the wound-healing process.  Watercress is another veggie that helps to purify the blood, making it great for healing skin conditions. Due to its high sulfur content, watercress is a beauty vegetable that will assist in clearing and improving your complexion.

The third juice of the day is the Liquid Gold Milk.  Brazil nuts have more selenium that any food source. Selenium aids the production of an antioxidant called glutathione, which actively slows down the skin's ageing process by repairing cell damage from things like sun exposure. Selenium is a mineral crucial to immune system function that helps speed cell turn over and leaves the complexion with a boosting glow and better elasticity. Our famous Brazil Nut Milk with Turmeric and Maca helps reduce acne, wrinkles and dry skin. 

Finish the afternoon with a DTOX H2O to keep things flushing out.  Add the gingerGIZER with wheatgrass, ginger and lemon and your skin will be glowing in 3-5 days.  

On the DTOX Skin Cleanse, you eat an organic, gluten free and 50% raw dinner.  

Cleanse with Friends goes until July 31st.  Save 15% with a partner.  

Food and Mood

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Larry James Salter and baby Salter

Ten years ago today, we celebrated my dad's 50th birthday singing 'Family Tradition' karaoke together. Little did we know he would be dead in 5 years. He died during a first time rehab stay detoxing from Xanax and Suboxone.  Two years prior, he had detoxed himself from a 20 a day Lortab habit he picked up after knee surgery.  He was so excited to find Suboxone.  He made us all read the literature and thought it would be his savior.  The two years he spent on this medication were his ultimate demise and downfall.  It's the new methadone and in my opinion, ten times worse and more addictive than the narcotics it is meant to inhibit.  I think prescription pill abusers are given this, it is costly and they want more, so heroin is a cheaper and easier to get alternative.  Luckily my dad didn't do heroin or have access to that, but I'd bet this is what happened with Phillip Seymour Hoffman.  

Starting Dtox Organic Juice and Junk, pursuing Ayurvedic Wellness Coaching and starting the Daily Dtox blog, all stem from my desire to share what I have learned about food and mood.  They have EVERYTHING to do with one another.  By focusing on your food, maybe you find that dairy is the cause of your "seasonal" allergies.  The allergy medication could be tossed if you tossed the dairy.  The extreme tiredness you felt on the allergy meds were combatted with large amounts of caffeine.  The caffeine made you so anxious, you eventually started taking an anti-anxiety pill.  And the cycle begins.   If I can show you how to feel amazing on a daily basis without ever starting the vicious cycle of pills, it's worth it.    

We all miss our Big Daddy and wish he were here today to celebrate his 60th birthday.  He talks to me via music, Willy Nelson specifically.  I listened to his greatest hits all during the funeral days.  Last year on my dad's birthday, Willy Nelson's "Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die" randomly came on.  That was totally my dad saying Ha Ha and HI. 

Digital Detox

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Back from a few days with family in Tennessee.  Stayed at Montgomery Bell State Park.  My idea of camping.  Beautiful place, modern cabins, inexpensive and plenty of room for kickball and dominoes.  We will be back.  Taking time away from all social media, digital devices, and whatever work you do, truly recharges you to have more energy and more creativity for it.  

On a smaller level, you can carve out this digital detox and time for thinking, doing, and planning NO THING daily in a 1 hour yoga class or a 20 minute meditation.   Start small at 5 minutes and work your way up to 20 minutes.  It is a practice.  

If it's your first time sitting quietly in meditation, you may find you are physically and mentally very uncomfortable.  Yoga Asana or the physical practice of yoga can get your body ready to sit comfortably in meditation.  Asana means comfortable seat in Sanskrit.  If you're in pain, there is little else your mind will focus on.  But if your body is a friend and accomplice, you can let go. 

Find a spot to sit quietly, cross legged or in a chair if needed, spine erect.  Close your eyes and watch the thoughts pass by.  When your mind wonders, note it and come back to QUIET.   Work to slow the fluctuations of the mind.  Meditation can reduce stress and anxiety, mood disorders, insomnia, and hypertension.