The human body is magical in the automation and seamless communication that happens every second of every minute in every human-being on the planet. The body is resilient beyond belief, self-regulating, self-cleaning, repairing and restoring itself back into equilibrium. As inhabitants of these bodies, there are fundamentals required to ‘fuel the tank’ as well as regular ‘tune-up’s’ and annual/ bi-annual ‘servicing’, depending on how hard we have been pushing ourselves. If we fail to put the right fuel in, perform the tune-ups and forget about the servicing, this magical system can only prop itself up for so long before a ‘break down’ is imminent.

Are you overly analytical? Do you like to run scenarios in your mind to understand what is happening/ has happened? Are you BIG on planning? Do you RESIST spontaneity?

I am ALL the above and sometimes this means that I retreat into my shell, anxious, panicked and in a deep sense of overwhelm. Feeling totally out of control, my body stiffens, my breath becomes shallow and quick, my lips stick to my gums as all the moisture disappears from my mouth and I wonder how I am going to pull out of this tailspin.

The “Dirty Dozen” is a list of fruits and vegetables that are highly sprayed with pesticides that can’t be washed off. These pesticides not only contaminate the food but also reduce the nutritional value of it through the degradation of soil quality. Pesticides have been shown to increase the risk of cancer, nervous system diseases and reproductive problems. Exposure to pesticides have also been linked to an increase in neurological diseases, childhood leukemia, lymphoma and asthma.