The Ruby Red Superfood Most People Underestimate Beets don’t get the same attention as kale or blueberries. They should. Few foods offer the combination of: Liver detox support Hormone-balancing nutrients Blood pressure benefits Exercise endurance enhancement Antioxidant protection When it comes to functional foods that build cellular resilience, few foods beat the beet. Why Beets Are a Detox Powerhouse Beets are rich in compounds that: Support phase I and phase II liver detoxification Stimulate antioxidant enzyme activity Support bile flow and gallbladder function They are also high in glutamine, an amino acid that nourishes and strengthens the intestinal lining a critical foundation for detoxification and immune health. Remember: Your liver metabolizes toxins.Your gut determines what gets absorbed. Beets support both. Why This Matters for Women’s Hormone Balance The liver is responsible for metabolizing estrogen and other hormones. When liver detox pat…

Perhaps you’ve been pleased with how you’ve been eating. You’re following Raymond Francis’s book, Never Be Fat Again, eating a nutrient dense diet, taking good supplements, avoiding toxins and exercising. You’ve given up counting calories and diets that made you feel deprived, stressed and irritable, and you’re quite happy losing weight slowly but steadily.  You’re feeling like you’ve finally got a handle on this thing called food. Then it happens. At the Farmers Market you’re hungrier than you anticipated. A baker there sells organic, gluten-free, whole grain muffins.  Although carbohydrates are a problem area for you, you’ve had these particular muffins before without difficulty, so you eat one, and it hits the spot. Back home you get a distressing phone call from a friend that makes you feel anxious. Making lunch, you add wild rice to your chicken-vegetable soup.  You mean to add only half a cup, but end up adding a cup and a half. After finishing the soup you’…

Beyond Health’s approach to weight loss, presented in Raymond Francis’ Never Be Fat Again, (NBFA) is based on the theory of one disease and two causes. We say there is really only one disease—malfunctioning body cells, and two reasons why cells malfunction—they are deficient in needed nutrients and/or they are being poisoned by toxins. Overweight is a type of disease, and as better health is achieved, the body will naturally lose excess weight.Intuitive eating (IE) is an anti-diet approach to weight loss which seeks to help people regain a lost or weakened ability to “hear” and respond to body cues relating to hunger and satiation. Regaining this ability, it is hoped, will lead to losing excess weight. Both IE and NBFA agree that diets don’t work. Thought they can lead to short-term weight loss, most of this weight is regained over time. They also agree that diets are usually harmful and enforce the bad habit of overriding internal body cues. Following the strategies of IE that we…