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How Breastfeeding Saves Lives
May 15th
Everyone knows that breastfeeding is best, but saving lives?
That’s the latest news from Nigeria.
Last weekend, Susan Grant from an organization called Save The Children stated that, “…mother’s breast milk can save a million children’s lives each year.”
Wow… a million kids saved every year — just by breastfeeding!
Kids’ Mental Health Begins With Diet
May 8th
May 6-12 is Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week — yet many still are not “aware” that a child’s diet has a lot to do with mental health.
Even fewer understand that mental health really begins in the colon.
That’s right, the colon.
Got allergies?
May 3rd
Technically, you may not be lactose intolerant, but dairy can play havoc with springtime allergies no matter who you are.
Dairy causes phlegm to form in most kids and adults and that can compound the trouble of springtime allergies.
But guess what?
Creating phlegm when presented with dairy is what your body is supposed to do! It’s your body’s way of collecting the toxin and expelling it!
New Healthy Living Guide – FREE
May 1st
We’re so excited!
Our brand new healthy living guide, Living The Hallelujah Diet is now available, and it’s FREE of charge! (shipping charges apply) Just call 800.915.9355 and we’ll send you a copy.
It covers all the basics of The Hallelujah Diet in plain language, including how a vegan diet helps the body heal, plus testimonies, recipes, insider tips, a crossword puzzle, and a whole lot more — it’s easy to understand, it’s fun, and perfect for beginners!
The Gluten Trap
Apr 26th
Raw, steel cut oats for breakfast; a veggie burger on a bun for lunch; and a big salad with dinner rolls at supper.
If you don’t have celiac disease or a sensitivity to gluten, you may not see anything wrong with this picture. And maybe that’s the problem.
Hallelujah Diet or not, our food-frenzied culture is permeated with gluten.
Could you be sensitive to gluten and not know it?
Read the rest of this article in the May-June 2012 issue of Hallelujah Acres Health News magazine.
Need To Chill? Go Vegan.
Apr 24th
The words “vegan” and “uptight” don’t seem to jive.
And there may be a scientific reason for that.
Researchers at Benedictine University in Lisle, Illinois have found that eating meat can put you in a bad mood while a vegetarian diet can improve your mood.
The Most Damaging Kind Of Aging
Apr 19th
We all know that stressful situations can be draining, both emotionally and physically.
But do we consider how each moment of stress can affect our longevity?
Just as each cigarette contributes to a smoker’s risk of lung cancer, episodes of stress have a snowball effect that can literally shorten your lifespan—if you let them.
Want Fries With Your Salt?
Apr 17th
Sun Safety Revisited
Apr 12th
Gearing up for summer? Got your sunscreen?
Not so fast!
You probably know that most sunscreens contain questionable chemicals, and that’s bad enough.
But the most troubling part is that sunscreens block your body’s ability to produce vitamin D from sunlight by 95% — and yet getting vitamin D is the whole point of being in the sun!
New Research Confirms An Ancient Diet
Apr 10th
Looks like somebody other than Hallelujah Acres is going back in time to find the diet best suited for the human body.
Researchers at Children’s Hospital Boston say that a modern, Western diet, which is “low in dietary fiber and fermentable substrate, and high in saturated and trans fatty acids” is mismatched with the unchanged, ancient microbial makeup of the human body’s gut flora.
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