Holistic Voice

Juice Detox Day 1

Allison — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 00:34:53 +0000

I got the opportunity to interview some rad folks for my documentary up in Desert Hot Springs so I took the whole week off and I’m here doing a detox/juice cleanse to rid my body of the toxins it has accumulated lately from stress, unhealthy food, wine, environmental toxins, etc.

This will be my third cleanse in Desert Hot Springs so for me it is not as hard as it is for others to give up solid food for a week. I find it an amazing way to rejuvenate myself and upkeep my health. Cleansing is important for the mind, body and soul. Not only am I cleaning my body out but I am also clearing my head and making sure I am in alignment with my purpose in life. Part of the detox is to let go of things in life that are no longer serving you such as anger, sadness, stress, and toxic emotions.

The truth is with the massive amount of toxins in our food supply as well as our toxic diets, air pollution and stressful lives our bodies are unable to properly detox us efficiently. This leads to all kinds of things such as weight gain, fatigue, skin problems, colds, the list goes on and on. (For more on why we all need to detox periodically check out our Detox page.) Eventually this can lead to more serious disease such as cancer and heart disease. Juice fasting is important in disease prevention, but in fact, detoxing can even reverse disease- I’m talking about chronic as well as so-called “terminal disease” such as cancer. (For more on that visit our Cancer Cures page)

So that’s why I am here. Because even me, the organic, mostly vegan yoga chick needs to detox periodically!

I’m here at We Care Spa in beautiful Desert Hot Springs. The temperature is about 78 degrees and I am laying in the sun by the pool as I type this (end of March 2012). Really can’t complain about that! I’m not staying at We Care because I brought my dog but I am doing the We Care Detox Program.

I found a hotel that allows your dogs to roam the hotel grounds freely during your stay. It’s called Dog Spa Resort and Wellness Center and it’s just three miles from We Care Spa. Pretty amazing for dog-owners! So I brought Charlotte along and she is quite enjoying herself meeting all the other dogs, and getting loads of attention from the dog-loving owners. The internet password here is DogsRule!

Anyway, the cleanse consists of juicing- organic veggie juice, carrot juice, lots of detox teas and supergreen pills. You are constantly hydrating your body because one of the biggest problems in pur culture today is actually poor digestion due to dehydration (as well as feeding your body crap!)

There are activities such as yoga and meditation and great nutrition classes, where you learn why it is so important to eat organic and local whenever possible and why you should severely limit your intake of meat and dairy products as they are very hard on our bodies and extremely acidic. Acidity matters because when our bodies are acidic, disease can survive and thrive, but when our bodies are alkaline disease is not able to survive- therefore we do not get sick!

For more on alkalinity check out Kerri Kasem’s video or read more on our Cancer Cures page.

The first class I took was focused on digestion and how to make kefir. Here are highlights from the class:

-Eat 2 solid meals daily and one liquid meal. this can be a smoothie that you fill with protein, fiber, fruits and veggies. An example would be combining plant protein powder, with frozen strawberries, blueberries, and or blackberries. Berries are the best fruits to add because they are low in sugar and high in antioxidants.

- Eat as much raw food as you can and whenever you eat cooked food, you want to take digestive enzymes before you eat. This is because when food is cooked at high temperatures it loses the enzymes that aid us in digestion. When our food is not digested- no matter what it is- it becomes toxic in the body.

-Hydrate- Drink plenty of water- half your body weight in ounces each day. Drink two glasses of alkalized water as soon as you wake up. Drinking water an hour before eating aids in digestion. Stop drinking water 15 minutes before your meal and don’t drink liquids with meals.

- Eat 9 teaspoons of healthy oil a day. Must be cold-pressed. Best sources of oil include olive oil, coconut oil, flaxeed oil and hemp oil. “Oil will not make you fat.” This is a myth. Oil will help you lose weight by keeping everything moving. It is also an anti inflammatory. Stay away from hydrogenated oils and transfats.

-Eat Kefir. Kefir is inexpensive and easy to make. Make it with coconut milk or goat’s milk. No cow’s milk. You can use it as sour cream, in smoothies, or as a yogurt. Multiple uses. Full of probiotics.

After class, I went back to the Dog Spa where I chatted with Bob, Holistic Practitioner and Lifestyle Consultant, who gave me many pearls of wisdom also regarding alkaline water, the Lifeline Technique, NLP and more . Check out his awesome site at www.bobbeliveau.com!

Before your Green Beer, Try a Green Juice!

Allison — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 23:52:47 +0000

It’s st. Patty’s Day and I there’s a lot of celebrating going on on the streets of Santa Monica where I live. I will be out to celebrate the irish later but before I partake in drinking a green martini or some other festive beverage, I am juicing up with my supergreen juice. Since alcohol is acidic and dehydrates our bodies, we want to make sure to drink lots of alkalizing juice before and after a night of partying. Here are three great recipes:

SuperGreen Alkalizing Juice:

2 celery sticks
1 cucumber
2 handfuls spinach
handful lettuce
handful kale
handful parsley

The Liver Cleanser:

2 apples
1 bunch grapes
1/2 beet
1/4 grapefruit
1/4 lemon

Hangover Cure:

2 grapefruit
4 lemons
2 cloves garlic, grated
2 inches ginger, grated
2 Tbs flax oil
1 tsp acidophilus
dash of cayenne

NBA Star John Salley on Nutrition and Eating a Plant-Based Diet (Excerpt)

Allison — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 01:57:17 +0000

Actor, NBA Star and Wellness Advocate John Salley talks about nutrition and why he believes in a plant-based diet.

“A vegan diet changed my life,” says former Detroit Piston, John Salley. After his doctor told him his eating habits were killing him, John chose to forgo their cholesterol lowering medications and instead adopted a plant-based diet. “My message I want everybody to know is: Eat a plant-based diet, or don’t. A plant-based diet keeps you alive, the other diet keeps you in the hospital.”

Kerri Kasem on Juice Fasting and the Vegan Diet

Allison — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 01:22:10 +0000

Host of The K-Pod and co-host of Sixx Sense, Kerri Kasem is a wellness advocate who healed herself from ADD and depression without drugs. Here Kerri explains how juicing and eating a plant-based diet can prevent and reverse disease!

Why is Dairy Bad for Me?

Allison — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 01:14:43 +0000

Nutritional Counselor Laura Sands explains why milk does not do a body good, answering your questions such as:

What does dairy do to my body?
What’s the deal with growth hormones in milk?
What is the connection between dairy and disease?
What are some healthy alternatives to milk?

Chipotle just “gets” me

Allison — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 02:23:59 +0000

I was struck by this well-produced ad by Chipotle. Very effective storytelling and happy that they are committed to, as they say, producing “food with integrity.”

Holistic Voices Fundraising Trailer Now Online

Allison — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 02:17:40 +0000

Holistic Voices is a feature length documentary that will document the stories of individuals who have healed themselves of chronic, degenerative and terminal disease without drugs, surgery or chemotherapy.

To finish this film we need your help!

Help us tell the stories of individuals who have healed themselves from chronic and terminal diseases through detoxing, alkalizing, and other natural methods. We need your help to finish the film. Every little bit helps!

For more about the film click here!

Heal Scleroderma Naturally

Allison — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 02:44:12 +0000

One of the fastest growing epidemics in our society is a group of ailments called autoimmune diseases: including Lupus, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Multiple Sclerosis, Celiac disease and Scleroderma. Although the prevailing view has been that genetics is the primary cause of these ills, recent studies have focused on the role of diet and nutrition as contributing factors. Diets high in processed, caloric and acidic foods create an environment so toxic that the immune system cannot fend against everyday invaders that it would normally conquer with ease. With an autoimmune disease, the body attacks its own organs and tissues, turning against the very systems that sustain its survival.

Scleroderma is a chronic connective tissue disorder and is classified as a rheumatic autoimmune disease. Scleroderma means “hardening of the skin”, which results in the overproduction of collagen within the body. The devastating symptoms include stiff, painful fingers; necrosis, or tissue death, in the fingertips due to Raynaud’s Phenomenon (causes a lack of oxygenated blood from getting to the fingertips due to blood vessel constriction); difficulty in breathing; digestive disorders; chronic fatigue; depression; Candida; loss of menstrual cycle; tightening of the facial skin, especially cheeks and lips; recession of gums; and tightness in the jaw.

Although these symptoms seem insurmountable, Sales Director Laura Sands was able to reverse this degenerating disease.

Laura Sands was diagnosed in 2007. The disease quickly destroyed her life and her dreams of becoming a Certified Chiropractic Sports Physician. She was forced to leave Chiropractic College because she was too exhausted and in too much pain to continue with the intense curriculum.

“I felt sabotaged by my own body, and I struggled for 7 months, with little to no success, to stop this disease from taking me down like a sinking ship,” Laura recalls.

Having always been against medication and drug therapies as a means to healing, Laura decided to take a holistic route and experimented with several holistic therapies to try to get the disease under control: colonics, hyperbaric oxygen treatments, and acupuncture.

After crossing paths with several key proponents of supergreens and superfoods, Laura was introduced to the idea of healing her body at the cellular level through nutrition.

She began to take supergreen supplements twice a day, feeding her nutrient-deprived body and cells with an array of super foods, vitamins, minerals, live enzymes, antioxidants, phytonutrients, and probiotics. She also changed her diet to vegan, which meant eliminating all animal products and the hormones and antibiotics usually found in meat and dairy.

“I felt a difference in my energy within the first 3 days, and over the next 12 months, my health continued to improve. My depression and chronic fatigue began to dissipate, my digestion and elimination returned to normal, my menstrual cycles were normal, my lungs finally cleared out and I could take a deep breathe with ease. Also, the inflammation and pain in my fingers had decreased!” Laura explains.

Because the body always tries to reach homeostasis, or perfect balance, once Laura began to provide her cells with the right combination of nutrients derived from whole food ingredients, her immune system started to do its job once again, now free from the terrible burden of acidic foods, chemicals and synthetics.

Her cells were able to completely absorb the minerals and whole food nutrients, and in conjunction with Laura’s vegan diet and her positive attitude, she won her drug-free battle against Scleroderma. “I have never felt better in my life,” says Laura.

Allison — Tue, 10 May 2011 19:24:13 +0000

A Special Thanks to Kerri, Ashley, and Laura for having me on the K-Pod!

I had been listening to the show for weeks and then when I was invited on, I was so excited. As soon as we got on air my heart started pounding and I was so nevous, but these three ladies made feel right at home- it was just like I was having a conversation with my good girlfriends. So special thanks to Kerri, Ashley and Laura for having me on! Check out my guest spot on Show #221- Help For Cancer It’s Week 5 our health series. Laura Sands brings in Filmmaker, Allison Biggar. Anyone who is affected by cancer needs to hear this show! Download from itunes!

On the show I talked about losing my parents to cancer and how important cancer prevention is. Keeping the body alkalized is the most important thing you can do to prevent or even reverse cancer. When your body is alkalized cancer cannot survive. Cancer thrives in acidic environments but is unable to survive in an alkaline oxygenated environment. How to Alkalize- Eat a plant-based diet. More greens than anything else. Drink tons of organic fresh squeezed juice! Drink alkaline water. Have greens with every meal!

Edgar Cayce, typically referred to as the “father of holistic medicine,” consistently emphasized the importance of maintaining a proper acid/alkaline balance in the body. Cayce said that “a normal diet is about twenty percent acid to eighty percent alkaline-producing.” Make sure your diet is rich in alkalizing foods such as green vegetables, beans, spices, herbs, seeds and nuts. Limit your consumption of alcohol, coffee, meat, fish, poultry and eggs. You can measure your pH levels with litmus strips to be sure your body is more alkaline than acidic.

If you have cancer you must get your body into an alkaline state and your cancer will not survive! You can cure yourself without drugs, chemotherapy or radiation!

Allison — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 19:37:19 +0000

Check out these Photos from my Photoshoot with Amanda Deming who cured her cervical cancer without drugs, surgery, or chemotherapy. Instead she radically changed her diet and let her body heal itself naturally!

“I believe the combination of a raw food vegan diet, kundalini yoga, meditation, exercise, and taking care of my body in every way possible helped get rid of the cervical cancer.”

-Amanda Deming

Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer among women and almost 4,000 cases were fatal just last year. Conventional treatments for cervical cancer include chemotherapy, radiation, surgeries, hysterectomies, or the removal of lymph nodes and ovaries. Treatments like this often leave the woman infertile.

When Amanda Deming was diagnosed with cervical cancer she was determined to cure herself naturally through a raw vegan diet, meditation, and yoga. Without any conventional treatment she is now cancer-free.

I had the honor to interview Amanda on how she did it. To read the full interview click here!