How to Deal with Candida OR Lyme Toxin Die-Off

What is Candida Die-Off?

Note: Some of these I've tried, and some of them I haven't. I've tried to put my own little notes next to the ones that I think are the best! - B) 

• What is Die-Off?
  Learn how your Candida treatment could result in a Die-Off reaction, and how to recognize the symptoms of Candida Die-Off.

Supplements to help with Die-Off

• Vitamin C
  Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) restores your adrenal function and helps to boost your immune system.
• Milk Thistle
  This herb contains a compound that helps to repair damaged liver cells and protect them from the toxins released in Die-Off. (This is one of the supplements I would recommend more than anything else. It helps your liver process toxins (because remember, EVERYTHING has to go thru your liver first! - I take Milk Thistle EVERY DAY! - B) 
• Swedish Bitters
  Swedish Bitters are an excellent digestive support. They also help to regulate your stomach acidity and support your liver function. (Have actually never tried these so let me know if they work! - B) 
• Detox Drops
  Detox Drops is a supplement that promotes the healthy functioning of your liver and the elimination of toxins from your body.

Other ways to reduce your Die-Off symptoms

• Alternative Detox Methods
  This page summarizes the different alternative detox methods that you can try. The pages below go into more detail.
• Skin Brushing
  Your skin is responsible for up to 15% of toxin elimination. Skin brushing enhances this process and improves your circulation too. (I HIGHLY recommend this method of detoxing - I've done this myself and it really DOES work! - B) 
• Contrast showers
  Contrast showers boost your lymphatic system and improve your circulation. They have long been used as an alternative remedy for the common cold. (Note: I'm not familiar with  contrast showers so when I try it out, I'll give you my opinion! - B) 
• Exercise and Candida
  The right amount of exercise can improve your body's defenses against Candida. Don't over-do it though as this can weaken your adrenals.
• Rebounding (aka Mini Trampolines) - This is an excellent way to get your lymphatic system pumping - An interesting thing I learned about this. Your blood is pumped thru your body through that wonderful organ called your HEART, unfortunately, the lymphatic system doesn't HAVE a pump - so it relies on YOU to exercise, preferably in an up and down movement like on a mini trampoline (aka rebounding) - or you could go up and down the stairs if you are able to! -B) 
• Sauna
  Sauna improves circulation and helps you flush out toxins through sweating. This page tells you what type of sauna works best. (Note: Infrared (FIR) Saunas are one of the BEST ways to detox and you can buy a portable one for as little as $180. I have one and it helps you work up a sweat using dry heat versus a traditional steam sauna - B) 

Also: Just a few things that my Lyme friends have learned thru trial and error - the following items can help take the edge off when your body is "Herxing" - when you have toxins being released thru your body, it can make you feel REALLY sick! For some reason, don't ask me why, Alka Seltzer Gold and/or Benadryl can take the edge off when you're feeling the effects of bacterial load die off. I always keep some on hand!  

Also - the article above did not mention EPSOM SALT BATHS. If you're up to it (sometimes I'm just too tired to do it! but if you CAN, it can REALLY help draw out toxins from your body. You can buy a big bag of Epsom Salts at a drugstore like CVS for less than 10$ - B) 

What is Lyme? Where to Start for Newbies

Just wanted to share this link with anyone who has been newly diagnosed with Lyme Disease or thinks that they may have LD. There is a wealth of information on this site - they do a great job in posting some great resources for Lyme patients. This page in particular is good for people who are just starting out and need to know "Where do I start"? 

http://whatislyme.com/where-to-start-lyme-info-for-newbies/

Lyme and Co-Infection Symptom Chart

Just wanted to add a link to this chart. It's really well done and lists all the various symptoms of Lyme as WELL as all the various co-infections from TBD (Tick Borne Diseases). Go to: http://www.lyme-symptoms.com/LymeCoinfectionChart.html

Personal update: June 3, 2012

Hi all, it's been a while since I've updated my own personal story. I'm on my second round of IV antibiotics and am around Month 4. I will see my LLMD next week, to find out how much longer he wants me to keep going, it's possible I may have to go 6 to 9 months this time. The first round of IV abx, I was on for 4 months and elected to take a 2 month break. Within a few weeks, I started to backslide quickly and my symptoms all came back with a vengeance. The worst symptom I had when I started my first round of IV Rocephin was incredibly severe nerve pain. The standard pain chart is 1-10. Mine felt like a 20. I was so miserable. I went to neurologists, orthopedic doctors, NO ONE could help me with the pain. My legs were also getting weaker and weaker and I literally was starting to look at wheelchairs online. (I was already using a walker to get around - named "Pink Floyd"!) I had been seeing another doctor who had me on oral antibiotics for a year, but nothing was happening. I saw no improvement and in FACT, was getting worse - mostly my Neuro symptoms. I had brain fog, trouble with word recall, memory loss, and then there was the nerve pain. I can't even begin to describe to you how awful that was. 

I switched doctors and found a new LLMD who, because of my severe neuro symptoms, decided to treat more aggressively. Fine with me! When I started the first round of IV antibiotics, nothing miraculous happened for several weeks. I kept waiting for SOMETHING, and during that time, I was in so much pain, I clenched my teeth so hard that I literally BROKE 6 of my teeth. And my Primary Care Provider STILL did not take this seriously (that's what really still upsets me - he just kept sending me to orthopedic doctors to "evaluate" me when I could barely walk) Around the 5th week of IV Rocephin though, I felt a shift. My nerve pain FINALLY Started to come down, my legs felt stronger and many of my other symptoms began to get better. Within a few more weeks, I continued to feel better and better and for the first time since I got Lyme, I had HOPE. None of the other dozens of doctors I'd seen had been able to give me that one thing: HOPE. I have to say, I am SO grateful to have found one of the best LLMDs and I am lucky that he is literally only 15 to 20 minutes away depending on traffic. It saddens me when I hear of people who have to drive HOURS to get to an LLMD appt.

This is me on a "typical day" Too sick to get out of bed!
(Sorry the pic is so blurry!)

So back to now: I'm back on IV Rocephin and after the first 5 weeks of the 2nd round, sure enough, I started to feel MUCH better. I actually for the first time in a year and half, took a walk around a park with my dog which was a milestone for me. I still have good days and bad and unfortunately with Lyme - just when you feel like you're turning a corner, you have a relapse, and feel like you're taking two steps backwards. But from experience, I know that I just have to stay the course. Whenever I start doubting whether I'm really improving, all I have to do is think of where I was a year ago and I'm SO much better than I was then. My progress is just SO incredibly SLOW and I'm impatient! I want to be better NOW! Dealing with a chronic illness takes so much patience and coping skills and so far (overall) I've done a pretty good job of staying sane and not getting bitter and depressed about my situation. Sure I have my "poor me" moments, but they don't last long and they actually are cathartic sometimes.

I've found that by helping others, I feel like I have a purpose in my life again - I've become a mentor to dozens of other Lyme patients and although lately it's become a bit overwhelming (I've had some new symptoms in the past month or so that have set me back a bit) and I've gotten a bit behind in answering all the emails from people looking for answers.

See - some days I actually have GOOD DAYS! It helped
that my BFF was visiting - really lifted my spirits! People
see me like this and think "She doesn't look sick at all!"
If they only knew. . . .

I am currently the "expert" on All Experts.com in the Lyme Disease category and while it's extremely rewarding, I'm the kind of person who will write a 2-3 page answer if I have to - because I really care about helping people. As a result, it's VERY time consuming and I'm trying to figure out ways to make things more efficient. I've noticed that I'm answering the same types of questions over and over, so I think I'm going to change my blog into a better resource that I can direct people to so they can get the answers they need. Plus, one symptom that has NEVER gotten better since I started, is my Lyme arthritis. If I spend even an hour writing online, my fingers joints get so painful, that I have to stop. So coming up with a more efficient way to help people is an absolute MUST at this point. Because I'd rather come up with more effective solutions versus giving up my role at All Experts.com. There is currently no other experts under the Lyme disease category and there are SO many people who need ANSWERS! I know, I was one of those people in the beginning who had no idea what to do and it really is gratifying to help people.

So right now, I'm hoping to have some more blood tests taken next week to figure out why the heck I've suddenly developed crushing fatigue once again, bruising, and now I'm having major stomach issues where I get sick after eating. So frustrating because 2 months ago I was doing SO much better! But that's the roller-coaster of Lyme - you're up, you're down - sometimes you just have to "go with it".

Thanks for listening and I hope to come up with a new "revamped" website soon that will  include a FAQ section as well as links to many more resources out there.

Best,
Bonni aka Sandie

ABCs 20/20 show to air segment on Lyme. Friday, May 18, 2012

**PLEASE NOTE: ARTICLE SAYS SHOW WILL BE ON MAY 16TH, HOWEVER I BELIEVE THIS IS A TYPO SINCE IT IS SUPPOSED TO AIR FRIDAY NIGHT WHICH IS MAY 18TH**

TOUCHED BY LYME: 
Teen with Lyme will be featured on ABC’s 20/20 show
16th May 2012
 
Her YouTube videos caught the attention of ABC news.

Elaina P. is a New Hampshire high school student who has been blogging about her experience with Lyme disease since 2008.

Just a couple of weeks ago, her mom posted a couple of Elaina’s videos on YouTube, which were noticed by some ABC news producers working on a segment about teens with hard to explain illnesses. One thing led to another, and here’s how Elaina explained it in her blog:

“For the past two days I had a national team on my property and in my life to get to know me. They saw my room and watched as I took medicines, wrapped my IV up, prepared for a shower, wrote a new blog entry, visited my miniature horse, ate ice cream, and performed regular activities. Nothing about the experience was regular however. It was surreal having strangers going to and from and putting a microphone on you and following you around. I’m used to just doing my thing pretty quietly but there was nothing quiet about the new visitors.”
The show will air this Friday, 10 pm, on ABC News.

Click here to see Elaina’s blog and view her videos.

TOUCHED BY LYME is written by Dorothy Kupcha Leland, LymeDisease.org’s VP for Education and Outreach. Contact her at dleland@lymedisease.org.
http://lymedisease.org/news/touchedbylyme/lyme-teen-2020.html
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New Lab Testing & Awareness to Attack Lyme in California

NEW LAB TESTING AND AWARENESS TO ATTACK LYME IN CALIFORNIA

by Luanne Bradley on May 10, 2012 in NEWS & CULTURE

(Full article at:  http://ecosalon.com/new-lab-testing-and-awareness-to-attack-lyme-in-california/)

A new Borrelia Culture and awareness may increase Lyme Disease literacy in California just in time.
“I’m testing three patients for it right now,” says Dr. Todd Maderis, a leading naturopath running the Marin Natural Medicine Clinic in a county with the highest number of Lyme disease outbreaks in California. He has just returned from a national conference in San Diego on educating medical experts about the early recognition of Lyme disease cases which are too often undiagnosed or misdiagnosed as having other ailments.

“Lyme has similar symptoms as chronic fatigue, depression, fibromyalgia, MS and ALS, and unless you run a complete lab panel on the bacteria, you won’t be able to see all of the stains and diagnose the disease properly,” explains Maderis, adding that Advance Lab in Pennsylvania has just released a new Borrelia Blood Culture for clinical use in 49 states which will advance better detection. While not available yet in New York, applications have been filed and are pending.

While the western blot has been the preferred serologic test, researchers have found no single blood test is reliable enough to be used alone and physicians are now urged to evaluate all of the markers to be certain of the diagnosis. Lyme combined with co-infections is known as “the great imitator” and about half of the people diagnosed remember having a tick bite.

Maderis says most holistic practitioners have been careful about testing all strains, but this isn’t true of all doctors. “The gold standard is routinely running a complete line panel through IGeneX, inc. Lab in Palo Alto, California which looks at all strains of the Borrelia bacteria plus co-infections, but your local general practitioner down the street won’t know about it.”

That’s a big problem for victims. Thanks to global warming and more cases finally being reported, Lyme disease is the fastest-growing infections disease in the country, doubling since 1991 to over 200,000 cases per year, making it greater than AIDS and the West Nile virus combined. As a result, California health care professionals are boning up on how to better diagnose what can be a debilitating and deadly infection.
While the state doesn’t keep records on outbreaks, Marin has proven fertile ground for the deer tick that carries the illness and many who suffer from the effects such as chills, headaches, brain lesions and brain fog, weakness, joint swelling and paralysis can be in grave danger if left untreated.

One such victim was Bay Area author Amy Tan, who ended up temporarily in a wheelchair since none of doctors considered she might have Lyme when she complained for years about the symptoms. Tan spoke of her experience in the documentary, Under our Skin, directed by Marin filmmaker Andy Abrahams Wilson of Open Eye Pictures.

“Amy’s story is sadly typical,” said Wilson. “It’s a twofold failure of the medical community: they don’t know the best ways to test for Lyme, and even when they conclude it is Lyme, they can’t agree on how to treat it. ” Compounding that failure is a refusal of insurance companies to pay for treatment since it can result in a long-term illness. Wilson’s own sister was a victim and he suspects many of his neighbors have had the disease, too, since the region is a deer tick hotbed.
Both the film and new books such as Out of the Woods by Katina Makris, a Lyme survivor, strongly emphasize that awareness is key on the part of both health care experts and the public in avoiding, diagnosing and treating the illness in its earliest stages.

In terms of treatment guidelines, Maderis and other Lyme literate doctors look to the International Lyme and Associated Disease Society (ILADS) which offers an exhaustive list of symptoms to check off in patients. Among the weaponry is a combination of antibiotics while sorting out co-infections that often exist and complicate healing. Also administered are nutritional supplements and a yeast-controlled diet. All of these of course must be continually monitored by a health professional.

In the meantime, the public must focus on avoidance. That’s why May isLyme disease awareness month, aptly timed since spring and summer are the at-risk seasons, and residents are being warned they don’t need to venture deeply into the woods to be exposed. One researcher at a California park found many nymphal ticks lurking under a wooden picnic table.

“Nymphal ticks, the immature ones, can be hard to spot because they are as small as poppy seeds,” explains Phyllis Mervine, president of the California Lyme Disease Association, which maintains an educationalwebsite. “They are often in leaf litter or at the base of trees. Adult ticks are often found on the tips of grasses and shrubs. Both immature and adult ticks can transmit the illness.”

She says small children are most vulnerable to the devastating effects of the disease because they are low to the ground and also might pull a tick off of their body without telling anyone. “Parents need to educate themselves about ticks and check their children carefully whenever they’ve been outdoors,” she warns, adding all people should check themselves after spending time outdoors.
“If you do find a tick, remove it and place it in a Ziploc bag with a moist cotton ball and send it to IGeneX for a diagnosis,” Maderis recommends.

In recent weeks, researchers speculated that the direct and indirect effects of global warming will probably increase the incidence of Lyme disease, as well as intensifying the prevalence of tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS and creating a more mosquito-friendly habitat which will up infection rates.

“One possible way in which temperature may limit tick populations is by increasing the length of their cycle from two to thee years in the north, where it is colder,” explained Maria Diuk-Wasser, assistant professor of epidemiology at the Yale School of Public Health. “Climate change could be reverting that and therefore increasing production of ticks.”

While understanding climate control is extremely complex, battling Lyme doesn’t have to be as perplexing given the diagnostic tools now available to the medical community. But are western practitioners biting? “The gold standard way to test is not on the radar of most doctors,” argue Maderis, “But most holistics are already Lyme literate and using it and able to treat patients early for the disease.”
Images: San Diego Lymer; Lyme Disease.Org; Medicalpicturesinfo

Lyme Forum in Saratoga Springs, NY on May 21st!

EVENT: “A Forum on Tick-borne Diseases–What Next?”

2nd April 2012

 

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New York Congressman Chris Gibson is hosting a public forum about Lyme disease in Saratoga Springs, NY, on May 21.

From the Lyme Action Network:

Congressman Chris Gibson Invites You to Attend
A Forum on Tick-borne Diseases – What’s NEXT?
Monday, May 21, 2012
Zankel Music Center, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY

AN INVITATIONCongressman Chris Gibson (NY-20) invites all individuals, communities, organizations, or enterprises with interests pertaining to Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases to join him for a unique public forum he will be hosting in the Zankel Music Center, Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York, on May 21, 2012 from 8:30 am to 6:00pm.The event, entitled A Forum on Tick-Borne Diseases – What’s NEXT? seeks to focus public awareness on the future of these difficult diseases. A group of speakers, leaders in their fields, will present forward thinking, problem-solving proposals to a  panel of policymakers from both private and public sectors about what can reasonably happen NEXT to advance the cause of improving the lives of people suffering with Lyme disease and other TBDs.

Pamela Weintraub, renowned author of Cure Unknown, and Executive Editor of Discover, will be the keynote speaker for this event.

PRESENTERS INCLUDE:

Dr. Richard Horowitz, internationally renowned physician and consultant in the field of Lyme and tick-borne diseases as been working with patients for over twenty years. He has seen the evolution of the diseases from the clinical perspective, and will present a proposal for a paradigm-shifting approach to the diseases that could encourage new perspectives, new synergies, and new research in this difficult subject.

Lorraine Johnson, one of the best known and most highly regarded advocates for Lyme patients, is an attorney advocate on issues related to the medico-legal and ethical aspects of Lyme disease and has published over 30 peer-reviewed articles on this topic. She is the Chief Executive Officer of LymeDisease.org, and is a director and an offficer of the International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society.  She will speak on the Burden of Illness, an in-depth study of what the costs are to people who have Lyme  and other tick-borne diseases and to their communities, and she will recommend research paths forward to address these issues.

Holly Ahern, associate professor of Microbiology at SUNY Adirondack, will present the findings of her 2011 research study on the number of cases of Lyme disease that go uncounted in our “official” statistics.  Most cases of Lyme disease are NOT reported, and this number of “invisible” cases, will ultimately have a significant impact on all our communities.

Dr. Daniel Cameron will speak to the immediate need for our policymakers to PROTECT the doctors who are treating according to the ILADS standards.  There are Two Standards of Care, each authorized by the CDC, and the doctors who treat according to the ILADS standards are routinely harassed and intimidated.

Additional speakers will be announced as confirmed.  Registration information will be posted soon…stay tuned…

Please plan to attend!  We need you to come – TO BE VISIBLE! 

Click here for more information.

My letter to Dr. Phil following today's show on Lyme Disease

Thank you SO much to Dr. Phil and his crew for FINALLY having the courage to bring Lyme Disease Awareness to the national level  

Replied By: sandiegolymer on Apr 13, 2012, 4:48PM

Dear Dr. Phil,
I was previously a VERY active person - I was a documentary filmmaker and had just wrapped on a feature length documentary that I'd been producing and was on top of the world. I had a great job, a great life and was getting ready to move to LA to work in the film industry. In the meantime, I decided to take a much needed vacation back in Virginia where my family and friends live.

During that time, I had tons of energy like I always have, and was spending a lot of time outdoors in the woods in what I would later find out was a high endemic area for Lyme ticks. I concluded my vacation, drove back to San Diego and was getting ready to move to LA, when about 3 weeks later,  I came down with a bad flu. I thought nothing of it, and just assumed it was a "run of the mill" flu that would be gone within a week. I did noticed a very large purple bruise about the size of a melon on my left thigh which looked very strange, and I KNEW I hadn't run into anything that hard to cause a bruise/rash that large. I also developed very strange rashes on my right hand, fingers, and palm. Again, I just ignored them, I wasn't one to run off to a doctor at the slightest ailment - I figured they would all go away.


The flu eventually subsided, but I was a bit more tired than usual. I had to stop running and just took walks instead. I just assumed they were lingering effects from my "flu".

 A week later, I went to the store and stopped right outside the entrance. I realized that I had completely forgotten WHY I was there and it was the most scary, unsettling feeling I've ever had. That was the beginning of my strange cognitive and neuro issues I would have for the next 2 years.

I had previously been an extremely active person - running up to 4 miles a day and hiking a few times a week. All of a sudden, I was so tired I couldn't get out of bed and my legs became weaker and weaker. At first I thought I was anemic, and when I went to a clinic, they said you probably have mono even though you aren't testing positive. I began to get fevers, night sweats, sleep disturbances, abdominal pain, and horrible nausea. Within 6 months I was developing severe arthritis in every joint in my body and THEN...the worst. . . nerve pain developing in my arms and legs. It was horrific pain.

It took 7 months and a dozen doctors to diagnose me with Lyme, and since then, my entire world has been turned upside down! I have had to learn everything I could about Lyme Disease since I live in Southern California, we only have FOUR Lyme Literate doctors in this area.

I have lived with Lyme Disease for over 2 years now and have had to educate myself because of the appalling lack of (correct) information about this disease. There is so much misinformation about Lyme, that I took it upon myself to read every book, article and studies available.

I'm a member of several Lyme groups and have learned so much by listening to other patients about their experiences and treatments. Thankfully I now have a wonderful LLMD (Lyme Literate MD) and am finally getting the treatment that I need.

It saddens me when well meaning doctors tell their patients that they should be CURED after 3 weeks of antibiotics and yet these same patients are still suffering years later because they still have large bacterial loads in their body that are causing symptoms like fatigue, brain fog, memory loss, nausea, weight loss/gain, sinus issues, muscle weakness and sometimes lack of mobility, nerve pain, joint pain, seizures, psychiatric manifestations, etc. - the list goes on and on.

We need doctors to come together and realize that the past guidelines are NOT effective and they need to take their patients seriously rather than suggest that maybe it's "all in their head" (which happens more often than you'd think!)

I am now unable to walk without a cane or walker (depending on how bad my legs are!), I went for a year of severe peripheral neuropathy in both arms and legs - the brain fog and lack of focus/concentration (is maddening!), fatigue, joint pain, nausea, headaches, sinus issues. . .the list goes on.

But I do want to add this: I had a positive Lyme test and yet STILL had resistance from doctors to treat me. After my primary treated me according to the guidelines of the IDSA (Infectious Disease Society of America), and I STILL wasn't showing improvement after 4 weeks of Doxycycline, he said that his "ID friends told him that I couldn't still have Lyme.

Well, that's all fine and well, but I'M STILL SICK and no one could tell me what was wrong with me. I was in horrific nerve pain which no amount of pain meds would help and it wasn't until I began IV Antibiotic treatment after living with this illness for a year and a half, that I FINALLY started to see improvement. My severe neuropathy finally started to subside after 5 weeks of IV abx and I stopped shopping for wheelchairs. Now I'm able to walk with a cane (and only need the walker every once in a while) and although I still suffer from many symptoms, I am in WAY better shape after IV abx, then I was before I started.

Lyme Disease is such a difficult, complex disease and I understand why so many doctors are reluctant to treat Lyme patients because they simply haven't been trained properly. I know most doctors have their patients best welfare at heart - but they need to take a lesson from the brave Lyme Literate doctors who have gone out of their way to LOOK at the studies and the research and more importantly, LISTEN to their patients.

We are not hypochondriacs or suffering from the need for attention. Believe me, I was a very confident person before I got sick, and this illness has not given me any SIGNIFICANCE at all - in fact, it has ROBBED me of over two years of my life.

But I have and always will be, an optimist. And I am SO thankful to Dr. Phil and his producers for being brave enough to take on this very controversial subject. I truly hope that it WILL raise awareness, and bring about more discussions so that the thousands of people who are sick will have hope that someday, they will be taken seriously and get the treatment and support they so deserve.

Best,
Sandie  

Kris Carr's CRAZY SEXY JUICES & SMOOTHIES

Kris Carr's Crazy Sexy Juices!

I've long been a fan of Kris Carr who is the filmmaker behind "Crazy, Sexy, Cancer" and several books about how to improve your health whether you have Cancer, Lyme Disease, any other Chronic Illness OR are just looking to start treating your body better! She has a new Electronic version of her book "Crazy Sexy Juices and Succulent Smoothies" and I want to say, it was because of Kris Carr, that I learned how to make delicious green smoothies at home - talk about a 180 in changing my dietary habits! But when you're faced with a severe chronic illness, you learn pretty fast that you need to make changes - FAST! Here is a summary of her new book:


Crazy Sexy Juices & Succulent Smoothies is your ultimate guide to juicing & blending. It’s the next best thing to having me right in your kitchen!

Learn everything you need to know about making juices and smoothies from buying the equipment to savoring your first sip—including how to maximize nutrition and adjust flavors to suit your taste buds. You’ll get 60 of the best recipes from the Crazy Sexy Community—hand-picked by me—full of fun options, new twists and delicious goodness.

If you’re new to the juicing and blending scene, I’ll teach you how to make this healthy habit stick so you can have more energy, a kickin’ immune system, clearer skin, bright eyes and thighs any pair of skinny jeans would cherish.

If you’re an experienced pro (boo-yah!), then you already know the amazing health benefits of juicing and blending. I’ve got you covered with a fantastic variety of recipes (good-bye boring routine).   This complete guide is an 80-page digital book that answers all of your questions about juicing and blending PLUS includes 60 tasty recipes.

This digital book is available only as a Adobe Acrobat pdf file. After purchase, you can download the file to read on your computer, laptop, iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. Click here for more information.

Dr. Phil to discuss Lyme Disease, Friday April 13th, 2012!

On April 13th, Dr. Chitra Bhakta, a well known and respected Lyme Literate Medical Doctor as well as Journalist, Brooke Landau, with the CW Network in San Diego, will appear on the Dr. Phil Show. 


Brooke shares her 17 year battle with Lyme Disease. Brooke went to bed fine one day, and woke up unable to move from the waist down. She overcame that battle and today she continues to fight and survive. Brooke's survival story has been featured on the Today Show, Good Morning America, Fox News, ABC, Discovery Health, Mystery ER, CW Network...and now the Dr. Phil Show.  Brooke says she continues to speak out for those who can't.




Check your local listings everyone! This could be a HUGE step forward in promoting Lyme Disease Awareness on a national level! 

Tips on Herxing and Detox (from YouTube)

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Tips to help with Herxes and Detoxing