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When detox does more harm than good
If these drainage pathways are clogged and not cleansing properly, you are simply recycling toxins and putting more and more of a burden on your liver. This happens when you are trying to detox, and your body is releasing more toxins into the bloodstream than it…
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Dis-ease is never random
Dis-ease is not a punishment. It’s not an attack. It’s not an accident. It’s never random. Dis-ease is always a response – to smth we’ve been processing or been exposed to I don’t buy into the scientifically unproven (even if widely established) belief of random…
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The sneaky blue light and why it keeps you up at night
As human species we evolved sitting around the fire after the sunset. Therefore having flickering light bulbs blast us from atop and/or screens (laptops, phones, TVs etc) penetrate our eyes with intense, unbalanced doses of man-made blue light spikes has a major impact on our…
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How to reduce your mold exposure when living in a humid climate
One of the first things we did when we started preparing for our big move from Dubai to Costa Rica was to sell our air purifiers. After all, we were leaving one of the most polluted cities on earth (because of the sand particles in the air)…
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6 wellbeing practices that actually matter
I feel like we often tend to overcomplicate things. Kids are notoriously black and white. It’s either “I love you” or “I hate you”, which also changes every 5mins if not more of often. Yes, their prefrontal cortex is still developing – and yet, there’s…
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Coffee Enema: the whats and the hows
Constant exposure to environmental toxins is the root cause of most common diagnosis. Environmental toxins come in many forms: as herbicides/pesticides sprayed on our food, as chemicals in our water supply, as pharmaceutical drugs including antibiotics and vaccines, as EMFs, as car exhaust fumes laden with carbon dioxide,…
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Aquatru vs Berkey
One of the most common questions I get from friends and customers, is what water filter is the best. More specifically, what I think of the Berkey Water Filter, reverse osmosis (RO), the Kangen machine, clay filters, ionized water, ozonated water, hydrogen water – you…
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How to know if your skin-care products are toxic
Just because something comes in a container, plastic bag, bottle or any other packaging and is sold in a pharmacy or a supermarket, it doesn’t mean it is safe. As a matter of fact, it’s often quite on the contrary. Companies in many industries are exclusively…
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How to enjoy your Costa Rican coffee sin químicos
If you, like me, derive a lot of pleasure enjoying your cup of morning coffee, these are 6 simple ways you can reduce the amount of toxins that can find their way into your cup of liquid gold: 1. Buy coffee that’s been tested for…
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Toxins we are exposed to when dining/taking out in Costa Rica
As a rule, we tend to consider eating or taking out as a treat. I don’t mean to be a party pooper but if you eat out a lot, you’re more likely than not exposing yourself to a bunch of toxins that can eventually have…
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Here is why you need a water filter in Costa Rica
If you do a quick search on google, you’ll get a lot of results suggesting that water quality in Costa Rica is great. As with everything we find on Google, we should, however be vary of these search results. Relatively speaking, if you compare public water in Costa Rica to that, which…
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From the desert to the jungle
And so we made the BIG MOVE. Again. As a soon to be family of five. 6.5 years ago newlyweds as we were, we made the decision to leave our orderly lives in Stockholm to get a taste of expat life in Dubai, UAE. Having…
Costa Rica's first non-tox shop
