It’s understandable that you want to drink tasty beverages like soda, tea, alcohol and other flavored beverages – especially those with a lot of sugar and fizziness in them… but the truth is, this is the worst thing you can do with your health.

These things may taste good (but do they really?) but the long-term effects are bad.

Think about this: every cell, organ and tissue in your body uses water. You can go a lot longer without food than you can water, and still live. Water is as important as blood to your survival.

Thankfully you can get water into your body in a variety of ways, but nothing is as good as some good, filtered spring water. Continue reading →

You don’t always have to do a full-fledged strict detox to reap some of the benefits of a detox.

Try a Breakfast Smoothie

Make a smoothie from spinach or kale, bananas, hemp seed, and plant-based milk or yogurt each morning. You’ll get in some of your veggies for the day, and jump-start your metabolism.

Drink Fresh Juice

Make your own cold-pressed juice to drink each day for a snack. You can make juice out of cucumber, orange, and ginger with a little wheat grass for added nutrition.

Drinking just six to eight ounces of fresh juice a day can help rebuild good gut bacteria and ward off colds. Continue reading →