Find out Robyn's opinion about everything (well almost)!
For foundation, don't use products containing mineral oil, which are generally the low cost tanning oils and foundations as well as many other skin products. If you’re going to use facial powder or foundation, choose “bare minerals” instead—still not nontoxic, but far better than mineral-oil products.
When choosing cosmetic products, look for natural, greener products at your health food store instead of a discount store like Target or Wal-Mart. Although standard markets are increasingly boarding the organic foods bandwagon, they are slower to offer nontoxic personal care products.
Brands like Kiss My Face, Vita Bella, All Stop, Burt’s Bees, Garden of Eve, and others are vigilant to avoid endocrine disruptors, heavy metals, and poisonous chemicals in their products. But many who call themselves “nontoxic” eliminate one toxic ingredient for another. So it’s imperative to know what toxic ingredients are and always read labels.
We also have a great resource called the Genius Guides which include a wallet card for Toxic Cosmetic Ingredients you should avoid.
An infrared sauna in your home is like having your own personal retreat, wellness center, and de-stressing zone!
Group buy pricing for Health Mate Saunas is available all year, but extra freebies and additional special offers are only available during our annual sale event.
Below are 4 of Robyn's posts regarding skin cancer and what she did about her own skin cancer.
Robyn purchased the black salve and Sangre de Drago she used on her own skin cancer from https://www.herbhealers.com/.
Disclaimer: please consult with a trusted healthcare professional before you make any decisions for yourself. We do not give health care advice. This is Robyn's story and I do not suggest you do what she did. It’s not for everyone. You should, however, know your options, the pros and cons.
The AIP diet may be worthwhile, short term, while the gut heals...and I’ve discussed this with Izabella, who like Paleo (she’s young, and I’ve spent about 18 more years on this planet studying diet than she has…) but while it’s good in that it bans dairy and processed food...it’s too much meat for me.
I do NOT feel good eating like that. And if you read “How to Not Die”...you’ll understand why. Best health book of 2016 and there are 130 pages of references to the studies Dr. Michael Greger, MD cites about the power of the plant-based diet.
Izabella is fantastic, and her work is life changing...but Paleo is a fad, and I believe that AIP is a fad too...some good things there, but banning legumes and whole grains? That’s just going way too far!
Most of Africa, with no access to American processed foods, eats just grains and vegetables and they have virtually NO heart disease or cancer, or neurological disease or auto-immune.
I’m actually about to be on my friend Dr. Alan Christianson’s program (he’s an adrenal and thyroid and hormone expert), an NMD, talking about how I reversed my own auto-immune disease with a plant-based diet.
I was recently talking to one of our new employees, who did AIP and felt terrible. Try it if it resonates with you, but remember, it’s just another new fad diet.
There is no substitute. Take your Vitamin D3 + K2 in the winter, great idea—but we still need sunshine. Human beings had no problem getting regular sunshine until the past few generations. With the shift away from an agricultural society, populations, in general, now spend the majority of their time indoors.
Turns out, it is a misconception that people should stay out of the sun and/or slather themselves with sunscreen. In fact, the #1 correlate for cancer risk is how far from the Equator you are! The further away, the less sun, the higher the cancer risk. High Vitamin D levels actually correlate to low cancer risk.
Lack of sunshine is also a perfect recipe for depression. In the last two decades, a diagnosis of “Seasonal Affective Disorder” is practically an epidemic. That’s because people who live far from the Equator, with long, overcast winters, are living in conditions that few humans ever have—totally indoors. Our biology demands sunshine and everything that comes with it—hands in the black dirt, grounding us, feet in the grass, breathing clean air, and feeling the warm sun on our skin.
Don’t wash that Vitamin D off when you come inside. It takes hours for it to internalize, as hormone, and work with calcium to build bone.
I had Sibo several years ago and I have done a lot of research in regard to this condition. Most dr/nutritionists recommend high fat, high protein. Staying away from highly fermentable carbs. What are your thoughts?
These food fads….the obsession with artificially inflating fats and/or proteins….make me sad, since it was proven long ago, by many studies, that these are fads harmful to human health. A very obscure book you might want to read on this subject that will convince you quickly, with data, is Carbophobia by Michael Greger, MD.
There are 10s of millions of people alive right now on the planet that have essentially 0% cancer and heart disease…..who eat TWICE as many carbs as Americans do.
That’s because “carbs” like Twinkies and bagels, and “carbs” like the whole grain faro and cassava, grown in Africa, don’t even belong in the same class of foods! It’s the diet and processed food industry that has taught you categorize foods by protein, fat, and carb.
The fact is, we should sort foods by whole foods, and processed foods…...and 90% of our disease would disappear, if we valuated them that way. The healthiest people on the planet, now and always, have eaten 80% carbohydrate. It’s the TYPE of carb that matters.
We don’t diagnose, treat, or prescribe of course….but the food we eat (or don’t) is at the root of all inflammation. Inflammation is at the root of all disease.
So it makes sense that while we may ALSO do other things besides address the diet…we HAVE to address the diet piece. This is a very low-inflammation diet. Whole grains and legumes, are good foods, sometimes we may need to take a break from them to give the body space and time to heal and help tame inflammation for a bit, but just know that they are GOOD foods, says 10’s of millions of Africans, Indians, and other people who don’t eat meat OR processed foods, and have approximately ZERO heart disease and other inflammatory conditions.
What type of skin care products does Robyn use?
I use Trevor Cates’ Spa Dr organic line and also Annmarie Skin Care...and at night just coconut oil as my moisturizer.
What are your thoughts on Bone Broth?
Wondering your thoughts on bone broth? Are the things it supposedly provides such as collagen etc...needed if you are trying to stick to vegetarian/vegan?
We think that collagen products are highly processed, but bone broth is a whole food that has been known for hundreds of years to strengthen human bones and ligaments and joints, as well as sooth the GI tract.
So, we’re bringing a monkfruit-sweetened, grass fed bone broth to market. We’re pretty excited about it, because not only is it really nutritious, but the vanilla and chocolate are out of the world, taste-wise. Coming VERY soon!
What are good protein type bars that you recommend for quick on the go and travel?
What about Kombucha? Isn’t it a good healthy probiotic drink?
About kombucha, I just don’t trust the storebought kind, and in fact, while I teach you HOW to make it, it’s not my cultured food of choice. I recommend it for people trying to wean off soda, but otherwise, it’s fermented sugar water and not a great path to health.
I’ve been told to throw away my margarine and I know butter isn't really good for me, so what do you recommend?
Grass fed butter is actually good for you in some ways.
Margarine definitely yes get rid of that.
Virgin coconut oil is a good alternative.
Check this video out for more information.