Deirdre Rawlings

08/20/2023

Just sharing my progress with you 🎨🖌🐨
Still plenty of details to go, looking forward to seeing this little joey come to life!

08/20/2023

Perfect timing

08/20/2023

In an abandoned mansion

07/29/2023

07/29/2023

07/12/2023

Need a Beauty Super-Boost? Juicing is Second to None!

Health experts recommend we consume six to eight servings of fruits and vegetables. Every day. If you've ever tried this, you already know it's no easy feat.

It is darn difficult to eat raw, fresh produce on an ongoing basis. Can you imagine how tired your jaws would be if you tried to chew your way through
two beets, five stalks of celery, and a pound of raw carrots?

But whereas you might not be able to easily make your way through whole bags of fresh veggies, you can easily juice them.

Juicing is simply a powerful tool that makes it absurdly easy to feed our bodies premium fuel since you don't have to worry about learning how to prepare various vegetables, taking time to cook them, or forcing yourself to eat them.

You get the same benefits - around 90% of the nutrients and enzymes are found in the juice, not the fiber - and your jaws don't have to do the work.

Any one of us can easily drink a couple glasses of fresh, nutritious juice every day. It takes only a few minutes and makes meeting your recommended dose the easiest thing you'll do that day.

When you start juicing regularly, you’ll begin to notice a number of welcome side effects - less cravings, more energy - as well some subtle changes like thicker lashes and a clearer, brighter complexion.

It's not surprising since fresh fruits and vegetables are full of nutrients that go a long way in making you healthier, and thus, more beautiful.

Health is beauty, after all, and vegetables that are rich in magnesium, silica,riboflavin, vitamins A & C - all important nutrients for skin, hair, and nails – are going to contribute toward your looks.

The huge nutritional boost you get also translates to a number of little perks that you’ll notice with regular juicing, like an increase in stamina, better sleep, steady and lasting energy levels, mental clarity, less inflammation in your joints and skin, an improved immune system, and even better eyesight.

Of course, to get the most out of juicing, it helps to know what to choose and how best to do it. Ready to find out?

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05/24/2023

Serious Conditions Greatly Improved With Juicing
Juicing offers many health benefits, including a faster and more efficient way to absorb nutrients, an easy way to consume fresh produce, promotion of healthy dieting habits, reduced calorie intake without nutrient deprivation and flooding the body with micronutrients.

Many conditions can be alleviated or treated through diet therapy. Juicing is a great way to fill up on large amounts of fruits and vegetables, which contain phytochemicals and enzymes that may otherwise be lost when heating fruits and vegetables during traditional cooking methods.

I invite you to consider doing a 3-Day Juice Cleanse and Detox with me as your guide. You'll also get more than 100 condition-specific juicing recipes I've created to help guide and excite you… and so, so much more.
Ready to transform your body and life forever?

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11/30/2022

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11/28/2022

Lacto-fermentation uses lactic acid bacteria to simply and effectively preserve food. Lacto-fermented foods may boost heart and brain health and offer anti-inflammatory, cancer-fighting, immune-boosting, antidiabetic, and anti-obesity benefits.

11/18/2022

STUDIES: LYCOPENE IN TOMATOES HELPS PREVENT THE SPREAD OF TUMORS

Lycopene is the plant pigment, or carotenoid, responsible for the brilliant reds of tomatoes, the scarlet hue of watermelon and the pink coloration of red grapefruit. As far back as the mid-1980s, Harvard researchers asserted that lycopene-rich tomatoes may offer protection against prostate cancer.

A more recent review of studies published in Journal of Biological Regulators and Homeostatic Agents credits lycopene with interfering with the proliferation of cancer cells and slowing the progression of the disease, thereby helping to prevent malignant tumors from spreading to other sites in the body. Encouragingly, lycopene has been shown to decrease levels of cancer-promoting matrix metalloproteinases, or MMPs.

These harmful enzymes break down the protective matrix between cells, making them more susceptible to invasion by cancer cells.
Promising studies on lycopene continue to accumulate, with animal research published in the American Journal of Cancer Research showing that lycopene reduced ovarian cancer growth, and a recent review published in Antioxidants revealing that higher dietary intake of lycopene could protect against prostate cancer.

You can boost your lycopene intake with guavas, tomatoes, watermelon, papaya, red grapefruit and sweet red peppers. Of course, organic fruits and vegetables are always preferable.
Lycopene is also available in supplementary form, with natural health experts typically advising 2 mg to 30 mg a day. However, get the okay from your doctor before supplementing with lycopene.

REFERENCES:
https://www.naturalhealth365.com/lycopene-cancer-protection-2547.html
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5489781/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23883692/

11/14/2022

GREAT NEWS: QUERCETIN-RICH DIETS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH LOWER CANCER RISK
Quercetin, a flavonoid found in fruits and vegetables, helps to protectplants against damage from extreme temperatures and infections. As it turns out, this antioxidant compound may extend protective courtesies to humans, as well.

Although it is by no means a “silver bullet” against harm from to***co use,studies suggest that quercetin is particularly beneficial for smokers. Animal studies have shown that quercetin has a protective effect against cancer-causing chemicals found in cigarette smoke and diesel exhaust - and can help prevent the formation of malignant lung cancer lesions.

In an influential study published in Carcinogenesis, participants with quercetin-rich diets had a 51 percent lower overall risk of dying from lung cancer, with heavy smokers cutting their risk by a hefty 65 percent. In a Swedish study published in Annals of Oncology, high-quercetin diets caused a 43 percent reduction in deaths from stomach cancer. The protective effect was particularly strong for female smokers, who slashed their risk by an astonishing 80 percent!

Of course, experts say that the single most important thing you can do to cut cancer risk is to stop smoking. However, if you haven’t yet been able to quit, eating plenty of quercetin-rich fruits and vegetables is clearly a wise move.

Our bodies can’t make quercetin, but many fruits and vegetables contain it. Some examples would be citrus, capers, onions, green tea, apples, broccoli, cherries, berries, and red wine. Easy on the red wine for all you wine lovers out there as that can really mess up your microbiome.

The takeaway: smokers and non-smokers alike can benefit from healthy amounts of quercetin, which is found in grapes, red onions, tomatoes, apples, blackberries, blueberries and citrus fruits. Quercetin is also available as a supplement - but check with your integrative healthcare provider before trying it.

References:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18057710/
https://www.naturalhealth365.com/quercetin-cancer-cells-2065.html
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20688844/

07/10/2022

Summer is here and I've got a few quick questions for you…
* Do you feel congested from too much food or the wrong kinds of food?
* Do you feel lethargic, as if you need a good spring-cleaning?
* Do you need to eliminate drug residues? Or normalize after illness or hospital stay?
* Do you want to assist weight loss? Or to clear up your skin?
* Would you like to find a way to improve your energy levels, think clearly, feel less achy, improve your metabolism, and decrease symptoms?

There’s no doubt in my mind that you need to cleanse the
inside of your body from time to time -- we all do!

The world around you can be toxic, you’re constantly producing toxins within your body, as a result of digestion, stress, and a variety of metabolic processes. Your liver gets tired and becomes overburdened, and its normal detoxification processes slow down.

Sluggish detoxification pathways contribute to headaches, fatigue, hormonal imbalance, join pain, brain fog, and food cravings. It can also lead to more serious illnesses, like the dreaded "C" disease.

So given that it's a good idea to cleanse your insides periodically, consider doing a 3-Day Juice Cleanse and Detox with me as your guide. You'll also get more than 100 condition-specific juice recipes I've created to help guide and excite you… and so, so much more.
All for the very low offer of just $4.99
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07/08/2022

Given that it's a good idea to cleanse your insides periodically, consider doing a 3-Day Juice Cleanse and Detox with me as your guide. You'll also get more than 100 condition-specific juicing recipes I've created to help guide and excite you… so much more.
All for the very low offer today of just $4.99

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07/06/2022

What if you could do something so amazing, that goes directly to the core problems behind a multitude of health issues, like toxicity and nutritional deficiencies, and that spurs the renewal of your health...In as little as 3 days?!

Sounds a little too good to be true, right!

That's what I thought too when I started juicing. Yet, that's exactly what happened to me when I started supplying my body with an abundance of essential vitamins, minerals, and antioxidant phytonutrients on a daily basis by juicing fresh organic vegetables and fruits.

It's been years now since I made my very first juice and I can proudly say juicing works. And it doesn't just target individual health issues. The best part about juicing is that it targets the core of problems behind a multitude of health issues, like toxicity and nutritional deficiencies.

That's why I often find it difficult to list out the exact benefits of juicing to my friends and clients – I simply don't know where one benefit ends and another begins.

Does juicing improve skin health by detoxifying your body or does it simply supply a whopping load of skin-friendly nutrients? Or are there vital, living enzymes found in whole, raw foods that help our organs (the skin is the biggest organ) thrive?

All I know is that all these benefits are related because they all stem from one core benefit: radiant health.

But don't get me wrong – the juicing journey hasn't been all unicorns and rainbows. I've made plenty of mistakes – some were laughable, like my experience with seaweed juice, and some were down-right painful, like making lemonade with all the peels on (FYI – stomach pain like you can't imagine).

My goal in this guide is to take everything I've learned about juicing – the good, bad, and marvelous – and simplify it into actionable tips so yu can make it an efforlessly empowering part of your own life.

Here's a quick look at what's you'll get...

* All the juicing basics to transform you from a newbie to a juicing extraordinaire!

* Common juicing mistakes and how you can jump over the pitfalls most new juicers fall into!

* Everything you'll need to know to juice in the healthiest way possible!

* Really easy juicing hacks that'll help you squeeze every benefit from your juicing experience!

* How to create juice combinations that'll make your tastebuds cry Halleluljah and your cells yell Amen!

* More than 100 condition-specific juice recipes I've created to help guide and excite you!

… and so, so much more.

Ready to transform your body and life forever?

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06/20/2022

Nightshade vegetables are now known to cause Leaky Gut (just like gluten does in gluten-sensitive people). Leaky Gut is a medical condition that damages your small intestine, making it more permeable. This means its ability to filter out harmful things (permeability) is compromised – because holes appear in the tissue lining. We say the gut (intestine) becomes leaky – hence the term “Leaky Gut”.

A damaged small intestine also means its ability to absorb the good things from food is compromised. Leaky Gut causes Malabsorption conditions like anemia and osteoporosis. But these can be cured by correcting the diet after identifying food intolerance.

The most commonly eaten nightshade vegetables are:
Bell peppers (green, red, yellow peppers)
Pepperoncini (Tuscan peppers)
Chili peppers - the most common varieties are:
Anaheim pepper
Cherry pepper (pimento)
Dried versions - cayenne, paprika
Habanero pepper
Jalapeno
Serrano pepper
Tabasco pepper
Thai pepper
Wax peppers

Other nightshade vegetables include:

Eggplant
Gobi berry (Wolf berry)
Ground cherry (physalis)
Potatoes - especially potato skins
Tamarillo (Tree tomato)
Tomatillo (husk cherry, husk tomato, jam berry)
Tomato (all varieties)

Therefore - take care with nightshade vegetables – until you are sure you can tolerate them without symptoms. Remember these are Dose-Dependent – so you can find your threshold level and eat them in moderation only.

You can easily test your sensitivity to nightshade vegetables by removing them from your diet for 21 days then re-introducing a nightshade vegetable for ONE meal only and noting all changes in your symptoms. It is best not to consume them two days in a row and rotate them to eat only 1 x per week, if at all, while you are healing your gut wall.