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Vitamin D: What it does and why it’s important to test  January Monthly Special
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Upcoming Show
Does Your Heart Need a Tune-Up?, where Dr. Ritamarie will interview Dr. Steven Masley, author of the soon to be released book The 30-Day Heart Tune-up: A Breakthrough Medical Plan to Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease.
Archived Show
2 Keys To Create Trust In Relationships, where Dr. Ritamarie is joined by Laura Fine, who provided tools for calming the mind chatter that gets in the way of emotionally healthy relationships.
Archived Show
Chemical Consciousness (Encore Presentation), where Dr. Ritamarie is joined by chemical expert, Donna Kasuska. Donna’s passion is educating people about chemical safety and usage.
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Dr. Ritamarie Recommends
After the Gluten Summit, what’s next? “Now That You Know, Where Do You Go?” free webinar Jan 30-Feb 2 will show you the next steps on how to get back your life, and restore your health and energy if gluten is an issue for you. Register here.
If you have dreamed of starting an online business related to health and wellness, but are not sure where to start, then you will love Ka Sundance of The Raw Food Family’s new FREE webinar
Check out Dr. Steven Masley’s Heart Health gift , get a glimpse of his new book “The 30-Day Heart Tune-Up” and learn life-saving information about preventing and reversing cardiovascular disease.
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Austin Texas Resources
Dr. Ritamarie’s Living Foods Meetup
Once a month, you can join us LIVE in Austin, Texas for a local potluck where you can:
Upcoming Dates February 22nd, 2014 March 29th, 2014 April 26th, 2014
Click HERE to learn more about Dr. Ritamarie’s Living Foods Meetup! Find out all the details on what to bring and what to expect.
Raw Food Delivery Get a yummy weekly delivery made by the amazing Chef Karen Osborne. This week’s order has to be in by January 30th. Wait until you see her mouth-watering menu! Tip of the Week:
Adopt an attitude of gratitude
When something goes wrong, look at it as an opportunity rather than a threat.
When you seek to find the silver lining, your health improves naturally. When you expect the worst, your health declines. Try it.
Avoid the temptation to dwell on misfortunes and look for the silver lining.. Do it today, then commit to trying this on for a week. Observe what changes!
For tips like these and many more resources, check out our VITAL Community.
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February 8, 2014
Flexibility and Intermittent Winter
 Hi Health-Seeker, The first month of the year is just about over, and with all I’ve been doing, it sure feels like it’s been longer.  I feel very fortunate to have been able to spend a couple of hours on the beach in Florida last Monday before having to catch a flight bound for home.
While the water and air made it too cool for swimming, I did enjoy the hot sand and walked with my feet in the water for a few miles. Ah! As I lay on the warm sand, I filled with tears of joy and found as if I had just found my way home.
2014 certainly needs a lot more beach time for me!
So, on Monday while I was in Florida, it was 81 degrees at home!
 A few days later we had a “blizzard” of 6/10th inch of snow and the schools shut down. 2 days later I was out running in 75 degree weather. Tuesday we were back to winter with an ice storm, that closed the schools again, and on Friday it’s supposed to be 79 degrees. One of my energy recharge health strategies is flexibility.
Here in Austin we have to be flexible and keep several seasons worth of clothing around all the time.
However odd it may seem to have such erratic weather, when I think of the alternative, I cringe. I don’t envy you if you live in the North where it’s cold for 3-6 months of the year. We always know that the cold is just “intermittent winter”, as I have come to call it. And like intermittent fasting, it keeps our bodies resilient and flexible.
This week we have a lot of great free resources to promote, and I encourage you to take advantage of the generosity of my colleagues:
And I am looking forward to introducing you to something new very soon. Talk to you soon.
With love and appreciation, Dr. Ritamarie Loscalzo
 The Top Ten Foods that Reduce Inflammation
Study after study is now coming to light that inflammation in the body is a major cause for nearly every health issue–or at least contributes to making it worse.
Heart disease, cancer, auto-immune, fibromyalgia, and chronic pain are all closely tied to inflammation. The good news is that inflammation can be significantly reduced and even eliminated using food and nutrition to help the body heal itself.  What is Going on When Eating More Greens Backfires!
Have you ever had a client who you thought would respond to adding greens to their diets and it backfired? It’s rare, but I thought I would give you a few clues as to what might be going on.
As health practitioners, we strive to get our clients to eat more greens —leafies, brassicas, sprouts, sea vegetables — they are all brimming with nutrition and antioxidant protection.
But sometimes, due to biochemical individuality, your client might get worse when you increase their greens.
Here are a few possible reasons. We’ll explore each of them in a post over the next few weeks.
1- Oxalate sensitivity: oxalic acid is found in many green vegetables. While most people excrete it very nicely, those with leaky gut and a genetic predisposition have difficulty getting rid of it, and it causes a myriad of symptoms. For some folks with oxalate sensitivity, taking calcium citrate with high oxalate foods can be helpful.
2- A genetic polymorphism that makes it hard to excrete sulfur or to utilize it in beneficial ways.
3- Sensitivity to isothiocyanate, found in cruciferous vegetables. For some people, they can’t properly break it down due to impaired detoxification pathways, and the buildup of isothiocyanate can impair thyroid function. By the way, supplementing with iodine and/or sea vegetables rich in iodine can counteract this.
4- Leaky gut and inflammation in the intestines. The fiber in raw greens can be like sandpaper to an inflamed gut, and a month on lightly cooked blended greens and green juices can help heal and repair while providing lots of nutrients.
5- Low stomach acid makes it hard to break down the cell walls of greens. Blending and juicing can be very helpful.
These are the most common causes of greens intolerance. If your client tells you that their green smoothie hurts their tummy, then take a look at possible causes, and one by one, like a good detective, you can narrow down and intervene.
If you have a passion for solving even the toughest health cases, I have a solution. I have some seats in my recently announced Nutritional Endocrinology Practitioner Training. There are 3 levels to choose from and 2 of them lead to certification as a functional endocrinology nutritionist.
Download the program invitation here, and if you would like to apply and determine which level is best for you, schedule a consultation with Jan.
Jan is one of my star practitioner certification candidates from my first Functional Nutrition Practitioner Training Program and she will be able to help you get started, and get the skills you need to be a superstar health and nutrition practitioner.
Schedule with Jan HERE: https://www.timetrade.com/book/8FBDS
 Vitamin C Rich Brussels Pate
Ingredients:
Directions:
1. Cut all vegetables into 1 inch slices. 2. Put everything in food processor with “S” blade and process until relatively smooth but still a bit chunky 3. Season to taste if you prefer it saltier or spicier.
This was one of the delicious recipes shared on Dr. Ritamarie’s January VITAL Healing Kitchen Show. To get the video of this and all the other recipes, plus the recipe guide, an hour and a half presentation on the benefits and sources of Vitamin C, access to Dr. Ritamarie for Q&A and a resource library to skyrocket your health, check out our VITAL Community here:
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