Simple tips for healthier and greener life!

By: Badr Bakry

Cleanse Your Life Now

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• Buy local produce as much as possible. Shop local food and produce, go to the farmers market and support your local economy.
• Eat more greens and whole, unprocessed foods.
• Always have a salad with your meal. Make your food colorful and attractive.
• When you buy meat, dairy products or eggs, make sure they are from grass-feed and free range farms.
• Shop for meats guaranteed to come from animals that have not been given any hormones or antibiotics.
• Instead of making a sandwich using bread, use lettuce wraps, or use sprouted bread, it is a better choice.
• Eat wild fish (not farm-raised) and shellfish from unpolluted waters. Shop for wild caught seafood: wild Alaskan tuna and salmon.
• Eat only full-fat dairy products from pasture-fed cows, preferably raw or fermented, such as raw milk, yogurt, cultured butter and raw cheeses.
• Avoid all hydrogenated vegetable oils, partially hydrogenated fats and oils, and processed oils such as vegetable oils made from soy, corn, safflower, canola or cottonseed, etc.
• Use extra virgin olive oil and coconut oil.
• Avoid all sugar and refined sweeteners, such as dextrose, glucose, high fructose corn syrup and fruit juices.
• Avoid all artificial sweetners.
• Use natural sweeteners in moderation, such as raw honey and stevia powder, instead of sugar.
• Avoid all refined carbohydrates.
• Avoid fried food.
• Avoid drinking soda, soft drinks and commercial juices.
• Drink more water.
• Drink a large glass of water before every meal.
• Read labels carefully. If you don’t understand it, don’t buy it.
• Drink fresh vegetable and fruits juice.
• Avoid bottled water. Buy a reusable stainless steel water bottle, and carry it with you wherever you go.
• Avoid coffee. Drink green tea and herbal teas: chamomile, jasmine, mint, instead of coffee.
• Turn off you TV and turn ON your life.
• Reduce the use of cell phones.
• Be Informed and learn about the issues in our food and our environment.
• Stop using microwaves.
• Cook only in stainless steel, cast iron, or glass.
• Avoid using make-up, it can cause skin cancer and many other skin problems.
• Walk at least 20 minutes everyday.
• Recycle and buy recycled paper products.
• Think positive thoughts and practice forgiveness.

Badr Bakry