Lemon juice has a secret of mild acidity. For this reason, reach for lemon aid when treating age spots.

Dab a cotton-tip applicator into lemon juice and put onto the spots at least twice a day. The citric acid it contains is just strong enough to safely peel off the skin’s upper layer. That peeling action can remove or lighten some age spots.

Citric acid is also the active ingredient in some cosmetic bleach sold to lighten freckles and nails. It does take a month or two to see the results, though.

Benefits of Apricot:

Benefits:

• Cancer

• Controls Blood Pressure

• Saves Your Eyesight

• Slows Aging Process

• Shields against Alzheimer’s

The apricot is loaded with betacarotene, iron, fiber, vitamin C and several B vitamins and over 8,000 other nutritional components making it a fantastic fruit. Dry apricots are a great snack because upon drying an apricot, its nutrients get more concentrated.

Eating apricots will help you with the effects of aging, protect your eyesight, ward off cancer and prevent heart disease whether they are fresh or dried. Apricots, especially dried ones, are another source of lycopene, which is the amazing carotenoid that can help prevent prostate, breast and several other cancers. Munching on apricots throughout the day can boost your lycopene quicker than you think even though they are not nearly as good a source of lycopene as the tomato; about 30 dried apricots have the same amount of lycopene as one tomato. Apricots are also a beta-carotene which is good source of the most famous carotenoid. The consumption of this powerful nutrient reduces your risk of some types of stomach and intestinal cancers.

To get these benefits, eat about six fresh apricots a day.

When the clear liquid is pressed from the thick, fleshy leaves of the aloe vera plant, it promotes the growth of normal skin cells.

The aloe vera gel that has been commercialized does not appear to work as effectively. To fade age spots on your hands and face, use aloe vera gel straight from the plant.

So if you’re going to try aloe, the fresh material is your best bet.

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Everyone knows someone that needs this information! This Holiday help your loved ones to question the current Medical and Education System.  Help them to ask ‘What if?”  Invite them to join the Self-Care Revolution.  Give them the gift of  the Farmacist Desk Reference – FDR

Foods that contain copper are a great source of relief for Arthritis sufferers. Try eating more lentils, brazil nuts, mushrooms and walnuts to help relieve your Arthritis pain.

Two basic types of exercise can help with pain relief:

* Stretching – helps you stay flexible while preventing stiffness and joint deformities
* Strengthening – makes the muscles, ligaments and tendons that support your joints stronger, thereby making movement less painful.

The number one solution for back pain is to regularly do “bent knee push ups”.

Do 20 in the morning and 20 in the evening.

Also an ancient method of self adjustment is sneezing. Sneezing is one of the bodies natural chiropractic responses. Sniffing ground black pepper and sneezing has help thousands. It can be uncomfortable, but with each sneeze comes relief – until finally a remission of pain.

You may not know it, but fevers actually serve as a useful purpose. The fever itself is not an illness but a symptom of one bodily process of healing. In fact, it’s one of the body’s defense mechanisms for infection. Ideally, you should let a fever run it’s course but if you feel the need for extra relief try the following:

* Drink water and lemon juice (or just water)
* Have cups of Linden Tea, Willowbark Tea or Black Elder tea
* Suck on ice
* Have a colonic

You may recall me talking about this before…Wholefoods are colored the way they are for a specific reason. Each color group has meaning and can influence how you feel. Let’s take a look at YELLOW wholefoods: Yellow is the color of sunshine. It’s associated with joy, happiness, intellect and energy! It produces a warming effect, arouses cheerfulness, stimulates mental activity and generates muscle energy. Eat plenty of foods in the yellow, plant food spectrum like Corn, Lemons, Pineapple and a summer favorite – Mangoes!

Did you know that watermelon is the worlds largest berry?

Watermelon is also a healthy food choice, it will give you a nutritious load of vitamins A & C, potassium, lycopene and thousands of other minerals & nutritional components.

Some of the benefits of eating watermelons:

* Protects prostate
* Promotes weight loss
* Lowers cholesterol
* Controls blood pressure

Summer is a great time to tuck into this delightful berry and kids love them!

Fasting has existed since the beginning of life on earth. It helps to purify the body of pollutants, thereby improving bodily health and function.

So, Fast to give your digestive system a rest every once in a while. It will help rid your body of excess toxins, waste products, acids, proteins, fat deposit and medicinal residues which will help prevent cancer and other innumerable diseases. (More info on Fasting can be found on page 390, volume 1 of my FDR).