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See How You’re Dooing by Robynne Chutkan

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good bowel movement is the ultimate detox, eliminating toxins, unwanted bacteria, cells that have outlived their usefulness and other waste that has to go. Stools provide an index of health, so turn around and take a look at them for feedback for improving digestive and overall health. One key way to assess a stool is by its color. Use the following guide: 4 Pale, chalky stool can be a sign of liver disease or clogged bile ducts, and is often accompanied by dark urine because the bile gets excreted through the kidneys instead of the digestive tract. 4 Yellow stool may mean a parasite like Giardia or excess fat because of a pancreas that’s not secreting enough enzymes. 4 Green stool can be the result of a Clostridium difficile infection or antibiotics. 4 Red stool occurs with bleeding from the colon, but can also be caused by eating beets. 4 Black stool usually signifies bleeding from higher in the gastrointestinal tract or from an iron supplement. 4 Lighter brown stool may mean insufficient deeply pigmented leafy greens in the diet. 4 Blue stool can be from bluecolored food. 4 Dark brown is the color of stool nirvana. Bile and bilirubin pigment, formed in the liver from dead red blood cells, give healthy stools this chocolate color. Learn more at DigestiveCenterFor Wellness.com.

RECLAIMING OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH EARTH MOTHER A Retreat Presented & Channeled By The Ascended Masters Foundation

The Call of Divine Invitation by Earth Mother is NOW Sacred Activities: Meditation, Active Prayer, Labyrinth, Nature Walk, Dance/Singing and Ceremony Menucha Retreat Center (Columbia Gorge near PDX) July 6-9, 2017 Register at AscendedMastersFoundation.org Contacts: Marie Marks 360-609-6498; Ron 360-823-7071 natural awakenings

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