Have you ever considered doing a juice cleanse? Well.. I recently finished one and I’m about to share my 3-day experience with you. The good, the bad and the ugly. Ha! You may be wondering why one would even want to do a juice cleanse or what the benefits are. This is what I love Juice Bar says about them. Juice cleanses, popularly referred to as “juicing” or even “juice fasting” can offer numerous benefits: general detoxification and cleansing boost and rebuild immune ...
What to eat after a Juice Cleanse
Are you wondering what to eat now that you've completed a juice cleanse?It's normal once a juice cleanse has ended to want to devour all the food you've been dreaming of the last few days. But hold up! Don't ruin all that hard work you just put in. You want to ease back into it. A few things to keep in mind. Keep up your water intake, just like when you were on the cleanse. Continue flushing the body.Avoid any processed or refined foods.Keep your distance from dairy, sugar, alcohol and ...
Lifestyle Tips for Cancer Prevention
I never thought I'd be writing a post with lifestyle tips for cancer prevention, yet here I am. Last January I had a little bit of a health scare. At my yearly women's well-check, the doctor thought she felt a lump in my left breast. So she told me to schedule a mammogram. At that appointment, they thought they saw a mass and also needed to do an ultrasound. As I lay there waiting for them to analyze the results I started thinking...am I truly doing everything in my control to prevent cancer? ...
The Many Benefits of Beautycounter
** Beautycounter is currently in the process of rebranding. You can shop Beautycounter through this link until Dec. 2nd. www.beautycounter.com/CHARITYSMITHIf you're unfamiliar with the many benefits of Beautycounter I have some very interesting information for you that may make you change the way you shop for beauty products. Have you ever stopped to think about the personal care products you are putting on your body every day? Like…if they are safe or not? Yeah…I hadn’t really either until I ...
The Day My 36 Year Old Husband had a Heart Attack
I remember the day my husband had a heart attack like it was yesterday. For some odd reason that morning I was awake before the sun came up. I was up on my own, without a child or an alarm waking me. At that point in my life, it was rare for both boys to sleep through the night, so I was usually trying to get as much shut-eye as possible. But for some reason around 5:00am, I woke up on my own. I jumped out of bed and put my clothes on for the day. About 30 minutes later, I heard one of the boys ...