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		<title>Confused by social media? Need more traffic to your website?</title>
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If you are struggling trying to build an online business then perhaps you need some training. Two excellent training programs that are available right now that can help you really get your feet wet are Ryan Deiss&#8217;s Perpetual Traffic Formula and Don Crowther&#8217;s Social Media Profit Formula.
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<p>If you are struggling trying to build an online business then perhaps you need some training. Two excellent training programs that are available right now that can help you really get your feet wet are <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.dinaknight.com/go/perpetualtraffictraining" target="_blank">Ryan Deiss&#8217;s Perpetual Traffic Formula</a> and <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.dinaknight.com/go/socialmediatraining" target="_blank">Don Crowther&#8217;s Social Media Profit Formula</a>.</p>
<p>Regardless of what you think about internet marketing or marketing in general if you want to have a successful business online you have to understand some fundamental concepts such as how to drive traffic to your website and how to effectively use social media to build your business.  If you&#8217;re trying to get your website to be ranked better in the search engines or trying to figure out social media like facebook, twitter etc. to actually help your business and not just as a personal social tool then I highly recommend you check out these courses. The Social Media course doors close today and the perpetual traffic formula also closes soon! The best part is that Don will pay you more than the course is worth if you don&#8217;t succeed!</p>
<p>Even if you decide you don&#8217;t want to invest in the courses which are not cheap, they are an investment but when you invest in yourself you always will get high returns..I suggest you check out the free videos that Don has and the free software and reports that Ryan is offering because they are very useful and content rich.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve been studying online business for quite awhile now and a lot of this stuff was confusing to me and I&#8217;m still learning so..believe me there is a learning curve..so learning from experts is important to cut down your learning curve.</p>
<p>Ryan also has a great course that he put out on how to become a social media manager..it&#8217;s a great way for you to learn how to manage the social media campaigns and make money doing it! it&#8217;s a very cost effective course.  The course is called <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.dinaknight.com/go/letsgetsocial" target="_blank">Let&#8217;s Get Social</a></p>
<p>Good Luck!</p>
<p><a href="http://dinaknight.com/go/socialmediatraining" target="_blank"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-909" title="socialprofitformulalogo" src="http://dinaknight.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/socialprofitformulalogo-300x75.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="75" /></a></p>
<p>More info on Social Profit Formula</p>
<p>In this social profit formula review post you will learn about 6 modules-</p>
<p>Module1 - Social Marketing Quick Start:-</p>
<p>In this module,you will learn how to make money in a record time  using social media sites and it teaches a simple and proven  strategy,which can take maximum of 20minutes per day.In this module you  will also get a time saving tool called Status Syndicator to achieve  social media success.You will also learn many strategies and formulas  which will help you to make money as quickly as possible.</p>
<p>Module2 – Microblogging</p>
<p>In this video training you will learn the easiest and fastest way to  build a profitable source of traffic and credibility using Twitter,  Foursquare and other micro-blogging sites.You will also get powerful  social media tracking tool, enabling you to painlessly track real-time  mentions of whatever keywords you wish, keeping your pulse on the market  and enabling you to proactively engage key audiences with answers to  their questions and issues.</p>
<p>Module3 – Content Sharing Sites and Blogging</p>
<p>This module teaches how to optimize your blog, turn it into a cash  machine, and send tons of carefully-prepped traffic from it into your  money sites. And also it provides indepth coverage of content sharing  sites – sites where you can post articles and other content, generating  SEO link credit, credibility, and a steady stream of traffic that  literally pays benefits for years!</p>
<p>Module 4 – Social Networking Sites</p>
<p>In this module you will learn about social networking sites like  facebook and about other giant sites(facebook is not only the site you  should concentrate).You will learn many secrets of how to use these  sites to get many followers and in turn increasing your profit and  relationship.</p>
<p>Module 5 – Online Video</p>
<p>You may know that online video is the tool that has the highest  potential to build sales, yet is the most underutilized technique in the  online marketer’s toolbox. This module teaches how to quickly and  easily create, distribute, and syndicate powerful videos that bring  customers to your door ready to do your bidding. It also teaches how to  integrate video into other areas of your online marketing to take  everything you do to a higher level of performance.</p>
<p>Module6 – Integrating Social Marketing</p>
<p>Most people don’t realize that the real power of social media lies in  the way that you integrate the different tools, strategies and  techniques across each of the major social sites, your mobile presence  and your sites, blogs, and stores. This module brings everything else  learned in the course into a single, integrated whole, that puts you and  your message in front of customers wherever they are online and  continues that social, participative pattern in your existing web  properties. It’s a fitting end to a powerful, results-oriented course.</p>
<p>More info on Perpetual Traffic Formula</p>
<p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.dinaknight.com/go/perpetualtraffictraining" target="_blank"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-910" title="perpetualtrafficreport" src="http://dinaknight.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/perpetualtrafficreport.jpg" alt="" width="209" height="250" /></a></p>
<p>The system explains and shows how to get traffic from organic  search engine listings on demand.</p>
<p>Ryan Deiss has proposed an interesting theory and a new twist on how SEO  is done. Perpetual Traffic Formula has three parts:</p>
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<li>Content</li>
<li>Backlinks</li>
<li>Activity</li>
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<p>If you know anything about SEO, the first two parts are obvious, but  the third one might be something new. This SEO method was design after  the most recent Google changes and their move towards social media and  fresh information. In other words, in order to rank higher and easier on  Google, your website has to be active with new user generated content  and flood of links from social media.</p>
<p>As any new theory it still has to stand a test of time but in worst  case you will simply get more links with this system and rank higher  anyway.</p>
<p>Beginners aren’t left out also as the system takes you through the  whole SEO process from scratch and teaches all aspects of it and how to  do it correctly.<br />
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		<title>Raw &amp; Vegan food for Ironman Triathletes?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 03:43:38 +0000</pubDate>
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So I recently started training in the kitchen an Ironman Triathlete named Fred Williams. He&#8217;s a very cool guy who&#8217;s even developed his own style of Yoga called Endurance Yoga http://www.enduranceyoga.com.
Anyway, it&#8217;s been great to start refining my recipes and come up with menu plans that are for high-octane workouts as [...]]]></description>
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So I recently started training in the kitchen an Ironman Triathlete named Fred Williams. He&#8217;s a very cool guy who&#8217;s even developed his own style of Yoga called Endurance Yoga <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.enduranceyoga.com" target="_blank">http://www.enduranceyoga.com</a>.</p>
<p>Anyway, it&#8217;s been great to start refining my recipes and come up with menu plans that are for high-octane workouts as well as have enough calories, fat, protein that an athlete of this caliber would need. We&#8217;re doing a nice mix of raw and some cooked vegan foods and he seems to really enjoy how I power pack all of the desserts so they can be used as recovery foods as well.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m going to be sharing more about what kinds of foods we&#8217;re using and perhaps some recipes as well. If you&#8217;re interested in learning more about how to fuel yourself as an athlete or if you are really interested in shifting to a high-vibration high-octane fuel diet. Sign-up on the list below to join my fuel for athletes list!</p>
<p>So this is a level of food technology which is exciting and fun to explore. How to get optimal performance using natural foods and do so in a way that not only provides optimal nutrition but also tastes good!<br />
I pride myself on being a food alchemist of sorts so it&#8217;s exciting to play around with the possibilities!</p>
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		<title>Vegetarian Health Institute &#8211; Vegan Mastery Program</title>
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If you&#8217;d like to thrive on a vegan diet, whip up delicious meals in  10-30 minutes, and stop being vulnerable to vitamin and mineral  deficiencies, here&#8217;s great news&#8230;
If you hurry, you can claim a 15-day trial in The Vegan Mastery Program.  Created by The Vegetarian Health Institute, it&#8217;s a series of 50 [...]]]></description>
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<p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.dinaknight.com/visit/veganmastery1" target="_blank"><img class="alignleft" title="vegan_book_3" src="../wp-content/uploads/2010/06/vegan_book_3.jpg" alt="" width="140" height="180" /></a>If you&#8217;d like to thrive on a vegan diet, whip up delicious meals in  10-30 minutes, and stop being vulnerable to vitamin and mineral  deficiencies, here&#8217;s great news&#8230;</p>
<p>If you hurry, you can claim a 15-day trial in The Vegan Mastery Program.  Created by The Vegetarian Health Institute, it&#8217;s a series of 50 lessons  that&#8217;ll show you how to thrive on a vegan diet. My friend Trevor  Justice created this program and I&#8217;ve also contributed some lessons to  it. Other guest chefs and instructors included Elaina Love,Nomi Shannon,  and my friend Dr. Klaper from True Health North. Good Information to  get you started or keep you going strong on a vegan diet. There&#8217;s nothing to  lose with trying it out so check it out. Just 1cent for a 15 day trial.</p>
<p>The first 200 students will get some  awesome bonuses as well!  check it out!  Check it out here!</p>
<p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="Today the Vegan/Vegetarian Mastery Program opens! You can sign up for a 15 day trial for just 1cent! The first 200 students will get some awesome bonuses as well!  check it out! My friend Trevor put together this program and I've contributed some to a few of the lessons as well as many other respected authors and instructors such as Nomi Shannon, and Dr. Klaper M.D. Check it out here! http://www.dinaknight.com/visit/veganmastery"> </a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.dinaknight.com/visit/vegan-mastery" target="_blank">http://www.dinaknight.com/visit/vegan-mastery</a></p>
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&#8220;I&#8217;ve not only been blown away by the lessons, but by the recipes as  well! My husband has cancer and your information has been invaluable in  helping me tweak his diet to support his recovery. I also love the way  you handle the Q&amp;A calls, Trevor. You keep  on task in a kind and gentle manner.</p>
<p>There&#8217;s so much bad information on the Internet. I know your information  is accurate and cutting edge, because I read a lot of high quality  research. I bought a gift subscription for my personal trainer and she  is as thrilled with the program as I am.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8211; Mary Montanye, Bellvue</p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve been a vegan/macrobiotic cookbook author, food coach and speaker  for 37 years. Yet I continue refining my understanding of nutrition,  thanks to the broad range of experts Trevor  brings to the Q&amp;A calls. My interest in sprouting and juicing has  been renewed, and the insights shared on bone health and Vitamins D and  B12 have been revelatory.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Raw Food Diet Weight Loss &#8211; Releasing 115+ lbs with a high-green diet! Raw Chef Dina Interview</title>
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Become the you&#8230;that you want to be&#8230;:) See video below from Raw Food Chef Dina Knight. Chef Dina released over 115 pounds with a high green diet. She&#8217;s been a raw chef for over 6 years and teaches people all over the country. This is truly an inspirational raw food diet weight loss story of [...]]]></description>
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<p>Become the you&#8230;that you want to be&#8230;:) See video below from Raw Food Chef Dina Knight. Chef Dina released over 115 pounds with a high green diet. She&#8217;s been a raw chef for over 6 years and teaches people all over the country. This is truly an inspirational raw food diet weight loss story of what can happen when you commit to changing your life for the better.  Raw Food weight loss of over 115 pounds! Raw food Chef Dina Knight has been a vegetarian since age 13 but around 6 1/2 years ago her father became extremely ill and following a quadruple bypass operation was given 6 months to live. Having been a long term diabetic his health was even in worse shape and the doctors gave him no hope. This made chef Dina search for alternatives to help.  She came across the benefits of vegan diets and how they can help people reverse or heal from diabetes.  To learn more about that story click here: <a href="http://dinaknight.com/diabetic-diet-vegan-diet-heart-disease-bypass-surgery-alternatives.html" target="_self">Healing Heart Disease and with a Vegan Diabetic Diet</a></p>
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<p>much love,</p>
<p>Chef Dina Knight</p>
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		<title>Vegan Diabetes Diet &#8211; Healing a Broken Heart &#8211; Interview with Chef Dina Knight</title>
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In this heart touching interview. Raw Food Chef Dina Knight of Greenivore and Living Health Inc. discusses how she got started in health and wellness.  Following her father&#8217;s quadruple operation he was given 6months to live. She got him started on a vegan diabetes diet and miraculous changes occurred! Watch this interview for inspiration.  Other [...]]]></description>
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<p>In this heart touching interview.<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.dinaknight.com" target="_self"> Raw Food Chef Dina Knight</a> of <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.greenivore.net" target="_blank">Greenivore</a> and <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.elivinghealth.com" target="_blank">Living Health Inc.</a> discusses how she got started in health and wellness.  Following her father&#8217;s quadruple operation he was given 6months to live. She got him started on a vegan diabetes diet and miraculous changes occurred! Watch this interview for inspiration. <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.dinaknight.com"> </a>Other Vegan Diabetes diets that have garnered a lot of support is the one recommended by Neil Bernard Shaw at PCRM and the one recommended by Gabriel Cousens that was featured in the film Simply Raw &#8220;<a href="http://dinaknight.com/go/diabetes" target="_blank">Reversing Diabetes in 30 days!&#8221;. </a>If you don&#8217;t have a copy of this film yet I highly recommend it! If you click that link you&#8217;ll get access to 2 1/2 hrs of live video that I did for <a href="http://dinaknight.com/go/diabetes">Reversing Diabetes Action Day</a>! This epidemic can be stopped it takes each of us getting educated on alternative methods of healing and doing what it takes to love ourselves and each other! <a href="http://dinaknight.com/go/diabetes" target="_blank">Click here to Access 2 1/2 hrs of video FREE</a></p>
<p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.dinaknight.com">Raw Chef Dina Knight</a> also personally released over a 115+lbs following a high-green raw and living foods diet click the link to learn more! It&#8217;s a very inspiring<a href="http://dinaknight.com/raw-food-weight-loss-chef-dina-green-diet.html" target="_self"> raw food weight loss story</a> that you won&#8217;t want to miss!</p>
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		<title>Are you living a life of passion?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 17:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
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There is no passion to be found playing small &#8211; in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.


~ Nelson Mandela



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<hr size="1" noshade="noshade" /><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;">There is no passion to be found playing small &#8211; in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular; font-size: medium;"><strong>Let&#8217;s be honest.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular;">Real and raw.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular;"><strong>Do you have areas in your life that you play too small?<br />
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<p><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular;">I mean, in some places, are you trying too hard only to get back average rewards?<br />
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<p><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular;">If you are ready to lose the excess weight, find a better job, have a bigger bank balance, or just find that special someone to go through life with, you need to check this out&#8230; <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.dinaknight.com/go/passionprogram" target="_blank">Click Here</a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular;">You see, my friends <strong>Chris and Janet Attwood</strong> (the creators and NY Times  best-selling authors of <strong><em>&#8220;The Passion Test&#8221;</em></strong>) have come up with a systematic plan to truly finding your passion and purpose in life.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular; color: #193b60; font-size: medium;"><strong>Passion can turn around your health, energize your day, supercharge your relationships, and boost your finances.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular;"><strong>Isn&#8217;t it true?<br />
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<p><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular;">People crave being around passionate people, they attract more clients and opportunities and so they earn more money.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular;">But that is not all. Passionate people have less stress, they inspire others to their cause, and they have little regrets.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular;">And what&#8217;s the alternative?<br />
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<p><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular;">How does it feel to have areas of your life, your work, your purpose, your relationships, without the levels of passion you desire or deserve?<br />
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<p><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular;">If you are not enjoying the passionate life that makes you have to pinch yourself to believe&#8230;<br />
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<p><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular;"><strong>It&#8217;s not your fault!<br />
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<p><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular;">Passion is not something that is taught in school, and it&#8217;s not the right of a select few.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular;">If you are ready for a recharge, maybe one that will last your whole life, check out what the pioneers of passion, Chris and Janet are sharing and give yourself this gift.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular;">I give it my highest recommendation!<br />
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<p><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular;">And let me know what you think about it, OK?<br />
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<p><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular;"><strong></strong></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular;"><strong>P.S.</strong> Btw, when was the last time you did something significant and life transforming for yourself? We all know it&#8217;s hard to give others what you don&#8217;t give yourself. If you are a source of strength for others&#8230; a spouse, a parent, your customers, this is just what the doctor ordered.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular;"><strong>P.P.S.</strong> If you are ready to claim your passionate life, today is your time. It is SO powerful, you have to experience for yourself right now!</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular;">If you haven&#8217;t taken the free passion test yet or watched the awesome videos than click the picture below!<br />
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		<title>Why eating &#8220;Organic&#8221; does not always equal healthy..</title>
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But mom&#8230;they&#8217;re organic&#8230;can&#8217;t I have the cookies?
These days smart consumers are reading their labels. The one label that has always been the one to look for was the &#8220;organic&#8221; label. Unfortunately nowadays just because something say&#8217;s it&#8217;s organic does not mean that much.  Some organic farmers and activists say that in the United States the [...]]]></description>
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<p>But mom&#8230;they&#8217;re organic&#8230;can&#8217;t I have the cookies?</p>
<p>These days smart consumers are reading their labels. The one label that has always been the one to look for was the &#8220;organic&#8221; label. Unfortunately nowadays just because something say&#8217;s it&#8217;s organic does not mean that much.  Some organic farmers and activists say that in the United States the organic label, once the symbol of foods produced by environmentally friendly means, has with time been cheapened into a gimmicky marketing tool.</p>
<p>I went to Costco the other day out of curiosity and was blown away by all the &#8220;organic&#8221; and &#8220;natural&#8221; products that they were selling there. Everything from &#8220;organic&#8221;  Kraft Macaroni and Cheese, to  &#8220;organic&#8221; Heinz ketchup, Frito-Lay natural &#8220;Doritos&#8221; and &#8220;natural&#8221; Cheetos it was quite a plethora of new &#8220;organic&#8221; and natural health foods right?&#8221; .</p>
<p>Wrong!</p>
<p>A lot of consumers have mistakenly thought that if the label says it&#8217;s organic or natural than it must be healthy and must mean it&#8217;s sustainably produced and all natural. Just like I know several people who think if they bought the item at Whole Foods or some other &#8220;health food&#8221; store than it must be healthy.</p>
<p>There was a study done at Cornell University where researchers offered cookies to student volunteers. Some got plain cookies and others got &#8220;organic&#8221; cookies. Then they were quizzed after wards and many of the students were boasting to the researchers how they carefully read food labels and how they always try to buy organic etc.</p>
<p>These so-called careful organic shoppers went on and on and on about just how much better those organic cookies were versus the non-organic ones. They believed their special cookies had 40 percent fewer calories than the non-organic ones. They also said these cookies looked better, tasted better and had more fiber.</p>
<p>The truth was however that they were all fed the exact same cookies.  However, the perceived value of these cookies went up dramatically just because they had the label &#8220;organic&#8221; on them.</p>
<p>I have news for you..just because something say&#8217;s it&#8217;s organic does not mean it&#8217;s healthy. White flour and white sugar whether they&#8217;re &#8220;organic&#8221; or not does not make it healthy. You need to read these labels that are giving the picture of what you&#8217;re really buying. Organic processed food is still processed food.</p>
<p>Just because it&#8217;s organic cereal with organic sugar does not make it healthy!</p>
<p>These large companies and agribusinesses have jumped on the &#8220;organic&#8221; bandwagon because there are large profits to be had from consumers who mistakenly think they&#8217;re eating &#8220;health food&#8221; because it&#8217;s &#8220;organic&#8221; and with a relaxed &#8220;organic&#8221; standard don&#8217;t be so sure it&#8217;s good for the environment either.</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t get me wrong, of course I&#8217;m all for truly organic healthy foods, pesticide-free vegetables and fruits, but after seeing all these boxes of processed &#8220;organic&#8221; food in the grocery it really makes me wonder what the consumer thinks they&#8217;re buying?</p>
<p>There seems to have been a mad rush to slap an “organic” label on everything in sight, from cookies to clothing, and in most cases you’re just paying for that label.</p>
<p>That word has been slapped onto everything… so now it how much does it mean?</p>
<p>Look closely at some of those labels… you’ll find frozen “organic” food from China and organic junk food like those cookies clogging up supermarket aisles.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, genuine organic U.S. farmers can’t use that same label… because they can’t afford the certification process.</p>
<p>It’s a joke, the ones who are laughing are the large corporate millionaires selling their processed &#8220;organic&#8221; junk making you think you&#8217;re eating healthy.</p>
<p>There are lobbyists for the agribusiness and large multi-national corporations that since 2002 when the USDA took over the organic standards label that have been trying to weaken the organic standard.   A weakened organic standard helps big business and hurts consumers.</p>
<p>According to a <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/02/AR2009070203365.html?hpid=topnews" target="_blank">Washington Post </a>article:</p>
<p>&#8220;Three years ago, U.S. Department of Agriculture employees determined that synthetic additives in organic baby formula violated federal standards and should be banned from a product carrying the federal organic label. Today the same additives, purported to boost brainpower and vision, can be found in 90 percent of organic baby formula.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Relaxation of the federal standards, and an explosion of consumer demand, have helped push the organics market into a $23 billion-a-year business, the fastest growing segment of the food industry. Half of the country&#8217;s adults say they buy organic food often or sometimes, according to a survey last year by the Harvard School of Public Health.</p>
<p>But the USDA program&#8217;s shortcomings mean that consumers, who at times must pay twice as much for organic products, are not always getting what they expect: foods without pesticides and other chemicals, produced in a way that is gentle to the environment.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Under the original organics law, 5 percent of a USDA-certified organic product can consist of non-organic substances, provided they are approved by the National Organic Standards Board. That list has grown from 77 to 245 substances since it was created in 2002. Companies must appeal to the board every five years to keep a substance on the list, explaining why an organic alternative has not been found. The goal was to shrink the list over time, but only one item has been removed so far.&#8221;</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t be fooled&#8230;into believing the just because something has the word &#8220;organic&#8221; or &#8220;natural&#8221; on it that it&#8217;s good for you or good for the environment.</p>
<p>Consumers can’t trust the USDA Organic logo and must instead seek out reputable companies who maintain high standards and avoid synthetic additives.  In general, avoiding processed foods and purchasing from local farmers is the safest way to ensure your food is truly organic.</p>
<p><em><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://fnic.nal.usda.gov/nal_display/index.php?info_center=4&amp;tax_level=2&amp;tax_subject=273&amp;topic_id=1318" target="_blank">In the US  the following terminology is allowed on organic food products:</a> </em></p>
<p>“100% organic” &#8211; single ingredient such as a fruit, vegetable, meat, milk and cheese (excludes water and salt).</p>
<p>“Organic” &#8211; multiple ingredient foods which are 95 to 100% organic.</p>
<p>“Made with organic ingredients” &#8211; 70% of the ingredients are organic. Can appear on the front of package, naming the specific ingredients.</p>
<p>“Contains organic ingredients” &#8211; contains less than 70% organic ingredients.</p>
<p><strong><em>To say the least, organic labeling is both complicated and confusing.  However only those products that meet the &#8216;100% organic&#8217; and &#8216;organic&#8217; criteria are allowed to carry the USDA Organic seal.  Furthermore, the USDA emphasizes that the term &#8216;organic&#8217; is not synonymous to &#8216;natural&#8217; or &#8216;all-natural&#8217;. </em></strong></p>
<p>Here&#8217;s a great chart from the Corucopia Institute that you download to see just how the large companies are now taking over the organic standard.</p>
<p>Click the picture below to access the full size chart!</p>
<p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.cornucopia.org/wp-content/themes/Cornucopia/downloads/OrganicT30J09.pdf" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter" title="whoowns" src="http://www.cornucopia.org/wp-content/uploads/2006/12/whoowns.jpg" alt="" width="480" height="360" /></a>So what do we do as smart consumers to make sure we&#8217;re truly eating healthy foods?</p>
<p>Stick to the basics, avoid processed foods altogether because just because they&#8217;re organic doesn&#8217;t mean a whole lot in terms of health. I always like the foods that don&#8217;t need to have labels in the first place..stick to the produce aisle because that&#8217;s the only place in the store where there&#8217;s truly &#8220;health food&#8221;.</p>
<p>Ideally get your produce from a local farm, coop, farmers market or CSA. The produce tends to be fresher and your supporting the local economy and lessening use of natural resources and pollution.  Locally grown is the way to go! Support your local farmers and start growing your own food!</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t know where your local farmers markets are or CSA&#8217;s visit the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.localharvest.org/" target="_blank">Local Harvest website by clicking here. </a></p>
<p>Post below what do you think about the &#8220;organic&#8221; foods showing up all over the place?</p>
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<p><strong>Resources:</strong></p>
<p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="hhttp://latimesblogs.latimes.com/booster_shots/2010/04/organic-foods-calories.html" target="_blank">http://foodpsychology.cornell.edu/</a></p>
<p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/booster_shots/2010/04/organic-foods-calories.html" target="_blank">http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/booster_shots/2010/04/organic-foods-calories.html</a></p>
<p>Business Week. <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_42/b4005001.htm?chan=search" target="_blank">The Organic Myth.</a> 16 October 2006.<br />
Cornucopia Institute. <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://blogs.mercola.com/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2007/05/09/More-Organic-Food-Deception-by-Wal-Mart.aspx" target="_blank">Mislabeling Organic Food at Wal-Mart.</a> January 2007.<br />
Cornucopia Institute. <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.cornucopia.org/who-owns-organic/" target="_blank">Organic Industry Structure: Acquisitions by the Top 30 Food Processors in North America.</a><br />
Kindy K and Layton L. <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-organic3-2009jul03,0,3644654.story" target="_blank">USDA organic label comes under fire</a>. LA Times 3 July 2009.<br />
Merchant B. <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/07/organic-label-greenwashing.php" target="_blank">Has the &#8216;Organic&#8217; Label Become the Biggest Greenwashing Campaign in the US?</a> Tree Hugger. 3 July 2009.<br />
NC State University. <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://fnic.nal.usda.gov/nal_display/index.php?info_center=4&amp;tax_level=2&amp;tax_subject=273&amp;topic_id=1318" target="_blank">What Does the &#8220;Organic&#8221; Label Really Mean?.</a> North Carolina Cooperative Extension.<br />
NOP. Filing a Petition: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/ams.fetchTemplateData.do?template=TemplateC&amp;navID=NationalOrganicProgram&amp;leftNav=NationalOrganicProgram&amp;page=NOPFilingaPetition&amp;description=Filing%20a%20Petition&amp;acct=nopgeninfo" target="_blank">The National List Petition Process.<br />
</a>NOP. <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/ams.fetchTemplateData.do?template=TemplateN&amp;navID=NationalListLinkNOPNationalOrganicProgramHome&amp;rightNav1=NationalListLinkNOPNationalOrganicProgramHome&amp;topNav=&amp;leftNav=&amp;page=NOPNationalList&amp;resultType=&amp;acct=nopgeninfo" target="_blank">National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances.<br />
</a>NOP. <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/ams.fetchTemplateData.do?template=TemplateJ&amp;navID=NationalOrganicProgram&amp;leftNav=NationalOrganicProgram&amp;page=NOPACAs&amp;description=USDA%20Accredited%20Certifying%20Agents&amp;acct=nopgeninfo" target="_blank">USDA Accredited Certifying Agents<br />
</a>Organic Consumers Association <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.organicconsumers.org/Organic/cornucopia.cfm" target="_blank">Press Release.</a> 10 November 2005.<br />
The Daily Green. <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.thedailygreen.com/healthy-eating/eat-safe/3980" target="_blank">38 Non-Organic Ingredients Found in &#8216;USDA Organic&#8217; Foods.</a> 19 July 2007<br />
Warner M. <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/01/business/01organic.html?_r=3&amp;hp&amp;ex=1130907600&amp;en=1a66fec0344c8870&amp;ei=5094&amp;partner=homepage" target="_blank">What Is Organic? Powerful Players Want a Say.</a> The New York Times, 1 November 2005.<br />
WebWire. <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=96775" target="_blank">Judge’s Ruling Fuels Meltdown in Organic Dairy Industry</a>. 9 June 2009</p>


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<small><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="Jar0d" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/40803964@N08/4649749639/" target="_blank"></a></small></strong>Have you ever had a job you couldn&#8217;t  stand? You dragged yourself in to work every day, you weren&#8217;t  making the money you want, maybe you didn&#8217;t quite jive with the  people, and you were pretty much miserable day in and day out?</p>
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<p>They just released this free version of the test online and some great videos!</p>
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Causes of strange allergies..could it be mangos?
So I recently had a client who contacted me with a strange itchy allergic reaction where her skin was inflamed around her lips, mouth, nasal passages that had been lasting for days. She had also experienced some gastro-intestinal upset.
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<p>Causes of strange allergies..could it be mangos?</p>
<p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="P5280142" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/54129171@N00/4653395548/" target="_blank"><img class="alignleft" style="border: 0pt none;" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4059/4653395548_0cd5b4cb9d_m.jpg" border="0" alt="P5280142" width="141" height="105" /></a>So I recently had a client who contacted me with a strange itchy allergic reaction where her skin was inflamed around her lips, mouth, nasal passages that had been lasting for days. She had also experienced some gastro-intestinal upset.</p>
<p>She had no idea what was causing this reaction nor did her doctor so her doctor&#8217;s only option for her was to put her on steroids. She wanted a second opinion because her mom had died of kidney failure after an extensive use of steroids so did not want to go that route.</p>
<p>She called me as I do a lot of &#8220;investigative intuitive work&#8221; and we figured out what had caused the allergic reaction.  I&#8217;m a natural troubleshooter at heart and so we started investigating and I was able to trace it back to some raw mangos she had eaten a few days before.</p>
<p>She was in shock that this is what was causing it but as I walked back in her time-line (this is what I call it when I do a medical intuitive session with someone&#8211;like working with someone&#8217;s energy field to draw past information with their assistance)</p>
<p>I was able to learn about a time when she was a child and she had a severe poison ivy reaction that landed her in the hospital. She recalled on several occasions where the incidence was so terrible that she could barely breathe and the blisters that she had were so terrible.  She also got extreme stomach pains which would seems unrelated until now.</p>
<p>The link and connection is that Mangoes belong to the genus Mangifera, consisting of numerous species of tropical fruiting trees in the flowering plant family Anacardiaceae. Mango peel contains <strong>urushiol </strong>(cashews and pistachios can also contain urushiol so if you have an allergy to either of these nuts this could be why!), the chemical in poison ivy and poison/oak and sumac that can cause urushiol-induced contact dermatitis in susceptible people. Those with a history of poison ivy or poison oak may be most at risk for such an allergic reaction.Urushiol is also present in mango leaves and vines.</p>
<p>This is the oil, which for people that are sensitized to, will cause the  characteristic delayed allergic reaction. Up to 30% of people have no  allergic reaction when in contact with the oils from poison oak or poison ivy. Most will become sensitized to it with repeated exposure. The urushiol oil is found in the nut shell of the cashew fruit (though  not in the cashew fruit itself), and in the mango plant sap as well as  the skin of the mango fruit.   The mango fruit skin has a lesser concentration of urushiol, though  still with some potential for the delayed skin rash with more sensitive  people.</p>
<p>Mango allergies are often noticed soon after eating a mango but may take several hours or days to develop in some cases.  Typical mango allergy symptoms are blisters around the mouth and severe itching. This usually takes several hours to develop, so you many not realize that your symptoms are caused by a mango allergy.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s what we did naturally to help calm down her rash that you can do too if this is an issue for you or someone you know.</p>
<p>As many of you know I studied clinical aromatherapy so I often will provide alternative approaches using essential oils as I have found them to be quite effective in clearing up conditions with little to no side-effects.</p>
<p>As an acute measure here&#8217;s what I had her do to help provide some  quick relief.</p>
<p>1) put 6-9 drops each of tea tree and peppermint oil in a tablespoon of coconut oil or calamine lotion and apply to the affected areas.</p>
<p>This helped control the itching  reaction (btw this also will work for a poison ivy/poison oak reaction  many times). If your rashes/blisters are not oozing than you can try   applying them directly to the rash/blisters. The tea tree/peppermint mix  will both provide pain relief and can work to Dry the rash and soothes  the itch.</p>
<p>2) Dab it on whenever you feel the itch, and at night before  going to bed. Keep it up until the last flaky bit of skin has gone. It  may take a week or two to clear.</p>
<p>3) You can also add about 20-30 drops tea  tree oil to the bath and soak in it or do an apple cider vinegar bath  soak can also provide relief.</p>
<p>I also work with herbal medicines and cleansing to help my clients trace down to the source of the issues as much as possible.</p>
<p>So here&#8217;s the underlying issue when we&#8217;re dealing with allergies/sensitivities or allergic reactions. If you&#8217;re experiencing allergic reactions, your system was probably exposed to a certain toxin during a very weakened immune state at some time in your life..very likely childhood and hence you have developed antibodies against this &#8220;foreign invader&#8221; that it now wants to attack and this can create a histamine or inflammatory reaction to something in the future that is either the same or somewhat related.</p>
<p>In the case of the mangos they are related to the same family of poison ivy and her system was well aware of the reaction it had suffered and it immediately had started triggering the immune system response.</p>
<p>Now here&#8217;s the interesting part&#8230;just like certain foods may not &#8220;bother you&#8221; when you&#8217;re younger and as you grow older you can oftentimes become more &#8220;sensitive&#8221; to these foods or environmental toxins..this can happen as your gut lining becomes damaged and your immune system is weakened or can stem from genetic weaknesses that are being expressed.</p>
<p><strong>Genetic Factors and Influence:</strong></p>
<p>When doing <a href="http://dinaknight.com/dna-testing" target="_blank">DNA testing</a> with clients concerning the genetic factors that can be at play is EPHX (Microsomal Epoxide Hydrolase) this gene is in large part responsible for how well you will detoxify chemicals and foreign antibodies.  Epoxides are toxic, highly reactive foreign chemicals present in  cigarette smoke, car exhaust, charcoal-grilled meat, and smoke from  burning wood, pesticides, and alcohol. The body’s way of dealing with  epoxides is through the enzyme microsomal EPHX, which detoxifies these  foreign compounds. Due to a SNP on the EPHX gene, people with lowered  EPHX activity will have difficulty detoxifying harmful substances and  thus be particularly vulnerable to their effects.</p>
<p>Hormones/Immune System/Natural Body Defenses</p>
<p>During our 20s-30&#8217;s nature tries to super ramp up all defenses, hormonal activity and health in order to allow you to be in your prime of &#8220;reproductive activity&#8221;, after this age most of these hormones drop, immune system tends to drop..and other signs and symptoms of &#8220;aging&#8221; being occuring with greater rapidity.</p>
<p>One of the best ways to prevent this onslaught of breakdown in your system at the biological level is by keeping your immune system in tact and working very effectively for you and not against you.</p>
<p><strong>Protecting the Liver Protects you</strong></p>
<p>A large part of this function comes from the protective effects proper liver function provides for you. As your liver function degrades so does your overall health. I&#8217;m going to be sharing more about these functions and effects on the upcoming<a href="http://dinaknight.com/reversing-aging.html" target="_blank"> Reversing Aging Seminar</a>. If you haven&#8217;t signed up yet for it, please do so you don&#8217;t miss out.</p>
<p><strong>Underlying Reasons Why you may be experiencing Allergic Reactions/Warts/Skin Issues</strong></p>
<p>Weakened Immune System<br />
Weakened Skin System<br />
Weakened Intestinal System<br />
Weakened Liver/Gall Bladder<br />
Weakened Glandular System</p>
<p>Many times this weakened state will stem from underlying parasitical, fungal or viral infections that are lurking within your system and can subsist in the synovial fluids in dormant states.</p>
<p>As we rebuild and restructure our internal cleansing systems, and strengthen our immune systems we provide an environment where we have less reactions to our &#8220;everyday&#8221; world.</p>
<p>I also have touched on this but not very much yet but just like our &#8220;minds&#8221; seem to hold onto and store memories..so do our bodies..I&#8217;m going to do another post about this because the connection between mind/body/spirit is very strong and is not something that should be overlooked. We&#8217;ve thought of them as separate but alas what I have found working as an energetic healer and medical intuitive is that they&#8217;re indeed very connected.  I will share more about this in future posts.</p>
<p>So I realize that was a pretty long post..but I hope you found the information useful..</p>
<p>So with my client we&#8217;re now working on cleaning up her blood system using a combination of specific herbs, diet and protocols to support her liver etc. so she can relieve herself of these allergies altogether.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m a mango lover and really like pistachios and cashews as well..and would be unhappy if I couldn&#8217;t eat them&#8230;ugh!</p>
<p>Have you ever had experience with poison ivy infections, mango reactions or other food/plant allergies? If so it may be time to look into getting some help.</p>
<p>I was considering writing a series on nut allergies as a lot of people have issues with them which makes it challenging for them if they&#8217;re trying to follow a raw foods diet sometimes..if you&#8217;d like more info on this or if this interests you please let me know by posting below.</p>
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<p>Chef Dina</p>
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