Most people do not realize that their water can actually be creating toxicity in their bodies. If the majority of the water you consume is through plastic water bottles, then you are at high risk for toxicity from the plastic leaching in to your water. I always recommend using stainless steel canteens or glass water bottles to drink your water from. But if the water that you are putting in to those bottles is tap water, then you are still consuming high levels of chlorine and fluoride. These are exteremly toxic elements and should be avoided at all times. In fact, if you are brushing your teeth with a fluroide based paste, which I do not recommend, if you read the back of it it will say something like if swallowed contact a physician. But with tap water you are swallowing it all day long! I run in to a lot of people that say oh I use a PUR filter or I use a Brita jug. These do NOT filter fluoride!!! A better option, which is more affordable than you might think, is a reverse osmosis system for your house. For my family, we purchased a reverse osmosis system that goes under the sink from Costco for around $200. And you only have to replace the filters every 6 months which cost around $40. It was easy to install and filters the Fluoride from your tap water! Fluroide is know to cause brain damage!  And recent studies show it doesn't even benefit your teeth and was placed in public water as a form to get rid of industrial waste. 

I get a lot of people ask me on a daily basis what my opinion is on healthcare reform, specifically Obamacare. This is not a politcally charged post so you can keep reading... I tell them that they can not rely on anyone else to take care of their health. No government, no insurance companies, no one. The only person who is responsible for your health is YOU. You see, does the government or your insurance company really care if you are healthy? Would they lose sleep if you were to be diagnosed with cancer or even die? The answer is no, they wouldn't. You have to take responsibilty in to your own hands. You are in charge, you call the shots. Be proactive when it comes to your health. If you do not invest in your health now, you will have to pay later. The bill will come due, trust me. And 75% of all bankruptcy is caused by health problems and health bills. If you work your whole life saving to retire someday, what is it worth if you can not enjoy it. Invest now! Do not rely on anyone else. YOU are your only HOPE.

Like I said yesterday in my blog, saturated fats are an important part of my diet. And the one I consume the most and Lisia and I do all our cooking with is coconut oil. Make sure you get raw, unrefined, and organic. Costco has a big tub of it for pretty cheap. Coconut oil as a "saturated fat" is not the culprit for heart disease as has been claimed. Heart disease prevention begins with consuming a good quality saturated fat such as virgin coconut oil. Coconut oil actually regulates blood cholesterol levels as well as triglycerides and therefore helps with heart disease prevention and treatment. Research indicates that coconut oil prevents oxidization of cholesterol, one of the main causes of atherosclerosis. Coconut oil-based diets lowered Lp(a) levels. Measuring Lp(a) levels has been found to be a much more accurate indication of being prone to CHD (Coronary Heart Disease). Prevention begins by normalizing bodily functions and virgin coconut oil does just that!

Today the Mayo Clinic tweeted a link on Twitter to their heart healthy guide. They are 25 years behind the research! In the guide they tell you to replace butter with margarine, and to avoid saturated fats. Research is telling us now that this couldn't be further from the truth. In fact, margarine users are twice as likely to develop heart disease compared to butter users. Not to mention develop some other sydrome or disorder because margarine is crap! It's artificial, and until 1950 it wasn't even allowed to be dyed yellow to confuse consumers. It was required to be in its "natural" color, grey. Gross! Would you put it on your toast if it was grey? Probably not! If you put out a piece of margarine and butter out, ants won't even touch the margarine, and if they do they die! But they will flock to the butter. The saturated fat myth has been busted. When you go for things that are "low fat", the fat is replaced with sugars or other artifical crap which is the cause of inflammation and the root cause of heart disease. Saturated fats are an important part of my diet, and are essential to your health. So skip the toast (grains and carbs can cause inflammation) but stick to the real stuff, BUTTER!