Getting more minerals from your fruits and vegetables

Written by Rudy Silva


Beforerepparttar thirties, people knewrepparttar 144373 importance of minerals. Their soil was rich in minerals and they ate plenty of vegetables grown in these soils. When vitamins were discovered during this time, people began to forget aboutrepparttar 144374 important of minerals and started their fascination with vitamins.

Today becauserepparttar 144375 soil is highly depleted of minerals, our vegetables are lacking in these life-giving nutrients. It is now necessary to consider how you can get more minerals in your bodyrepparttar 144376 natural way. Here are some things you can do to get more minerals:

·buy organic farm products ·eat fruits and vegetable without peeling them ·eat fruits and vegetable raw ·cook fruits and vegetable with a minimum of water and temperature

Organic Farm Products

There are some major grocery markets that now sell organic vegetables. However, these vegetables are much higher in price, so that it discourages most people from buying, even though these vegetables are better for them.

By going to farmers markets, you will find many organic fruits and vegetables. The prices here will be almostrepparttar 144377 same as what you pay for non-organic food at a regular market. When buying produce at a farmers market, askrepparttar 144378 vendor if his produce is pesticide sprayed, if he doesn’t have an "Organically Grown" certification sign.

When buying dried fruit, like apricots, make sure that you buy those are prepared with no or little sulphur. There is clinical evidence that sulfate-reducing bacteria, which exists in our colon can contribute to colon diseases - IBS, colitis, or Chiron's disease. The sulfate that reaches our colon comes from eating an excess of meat and eating and drinking food products that have sulfur and sulfur dioxide - dried fruits, jams, sodas, and many other products. Look for sulfur compounds and sulfur dioxide onrepparttar 144379 food label, and then avoid eating these products.

Peeling Fruits and Vegetables

Most vitamins and minerals in many fruits and vegetables lie right underneathrepparttar 144380 outer peel. For this reason it is best not to peel certain fruits or vegetables to gainrepparttar 144381 most benefit of that produce. But make surerepparttar 144382 produce that you don't peel is organic. Don't peel apples, carrots, cucumbers, squash, broccoli stocks, celery, pears, nectarines, or tomatoes. Eating Raw Produce

How the kidney, lungs, and lymphatic system keep you acne free

Written by Rudy Silva


The kidney

The purpose ofrepparttar two kidneys is to filterrepparttar 144372 water in your blood asrepparttar 144373 blood passes throughrepparttar 144374 kidneys. About 4 gallons of water are filtered every day but only around 3 pints are pulled out as urine.

Alcohol and sugar arerepparttar 144375 most damaging torepparttar 144376 kidney since they kill kidney cells and weakenrepparttar 144377 kidney function.

Water isrepparttar 144378 major wayrepparttar 144379 body keeps toxins from accumulating inrepparttar 144380 body and skin. You need to drink plenty of clean water daily sorepparttar 144381 kidneys can remove toxins and excess nutrients, vitamins, and minerals fromrepparttar 144382 blood.

When you drink plenty of water,repparttar 144383 skin does not have to act as a filter to filter out excess waste fromrepparttar 144384 blood since it is been filter and excreted, as urine, by your kidney.

Water also is needed to keep your skin moist. Water inrepparttar 144385 skin layers helps to protectrepparttar 144386 skin from bacteria and toxins that try to pass into your skin.

The more fresh juices you drink andrepparttar 144387 more fruit or vegetables you eat,repparttar 144388 less water you need to drink. All juices contain plenty of distilled water, which contributes to your daily water requirement.

Drinking sodas and other drinks that have sugar cannot be counted as water.

The Lungs

You have two large sacs that are called your lungs. As you breathe in air,repparttar 144389 lungs pull oxygen out ofrepparttar 144390 air, which is captured by your blood, routed to your liver, moved into your heart and then moved into all parts of your body.

As you breathe out, waste and carbon dioxide are pushed out through your mouth.

Your cells use oxygen to create energy for you to live by. You need energy for every movement your body does. Oxygen is also used to neutralize toxins, waste and pathogen. The more toxins, acid waste and pathogens you have in your body,repparttar 144391 more oxygen is used up to neutralize them. This means you will have less oxygen for cell, organ and other body functions.

Ifrepparttar 144392 other elimination channels are weak and overloaded,repparttar 144393 lungs will also become overloaded trying to get rid of toxic wasterepparttar 144394 other channels cannot get rid of.

When your lungs become overloaded with toxins or become weak, more waste stays inrepparttar 144395 body, making your body more toxic, acidic and susceptible to disease and infections. If you have kidney weakness, liver weakness, lung weakness mostly likely you will have skin disorders like eczema, psoriasis, acne, and many other types of skin disorders.

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