But when it comes to seafood, it’s those Omega-3′s that we’re after – critical for good brain and heart function, and able to keep things like inflammation and heart attacks at bay. Omega-3′s in the diet have been shown to ward off dementia and Alzheimer’s, improve skin conditions, and reduce the risks of ADHD, diabetes, strokes, and arthritis, and lots of other crazy good stuff.

The most bioavailable forms of Omega-3′s (EPA & DHA) are found in fish, particularly oily fish, while the less bioavailable form (ALA) is found in things like flax seeds and chia seeds. It’s suggested that to really reap the benefits of those super powerful EPA & DHA essential fatty acids, we need to eat 2-3 servings of seafood each week. But along with all that heart healthy stuff, seafood also often comes with a hefty dose of contaminants like PCB’s, dioxins, mercury, and in some cases, pesticides and antibiotics. Not so healthy there, huh?

These toxins bioaccumulate in the bodies of fish (and other animals, including us) – this means they build up over time. Most of these toxins don’t really break down and they stick around inside us for a very very long time. Specifically, they sit in fatty tissues and they stay there. Some fish have higher levels of these toxins depending on where they are on the food chain (bigger fish like tuna have higher levels than smaller fish like mackerel).

While most fish have some measurable levels of broader environmental toxins like the pcb’s, dioxins, and mercury, farmed fish have much higher levels of pesticides and antibiotics than their wild caught counterparts. How come? Well for one, because of the stocking density of fish in farmed operations, disease and pest infestations are rampant and to combat that, large quantities of antibiotics and pesticides are used. And those chemicals end up in fishy bodies (and when we eat them, in ours). And two, farmed salmon are fatter because they are fed an unnatural diet intended to fatten them up, and bring them to market weight faster than they would in the wild.

Right now, at least for salmon, the third most popular seafood in the US behind shrimp and tuna, the distinction between farm raised and wild caught is hugely important because 90% of the salmon we eat in this country is farmed! That means that unless you’re super picky about the species of salmon you’re eating and how it was caught, you’re likely eating farmed salmon every time you eat out. Yucky.

Relying on product labels, both in grocery stores and in restaurants seems like the easiest thing to do, but a recent study by Oceana showed that 55% of seafood purchased in LA was mislabeled! Clearly we can’t rely on labels all the time.

So what do we do? We use our EYES! (at least when it comes to salmon).

FARMED Salmon (notice the visible fat)

Farmed salmon is usually pretty easy to spot – it’s paler in color, and has clearly visible fat lines throughout the flesh. If you see salmon like this and it’s labeled “wild caught” it’s more than likely mislabeled! Skip it!

Wild caught salmon has that traditional “salmon” color, deep and rich, with very little, if any, visible fat. This is the good stuff.

WILD CAUGHT Salmon (notice the uniform, deep pink color)

Because wild caught salmon is lower in fat, it automatically carries less toxins than it’s farmed counterpart. Remember those toxins sit in fatty tissue – less fatty tissue means less toxins!

It’s important for us to take measures, big and small, to reduce the amount of toxins we expose ourselves too. Some choices are harder than others – most toxins don’t have a clearly visible flag like the fat in farmed salmon does. Many toxins sneak into our bodies through the air we breathe – from our dry cleaning, from perfume and air fresheners, or through our skin when we shower, use lotion, and make up.

When making the choice between heart healthy seafood, opt for one that doesn’t also come with a side order of chemicals. Wild caught always!

mmm...synthetic chemicals & flavorings...

Last Friday I decided to take the afternoon off so I could spend a day with my sister-in-law Lucy, and my 3 year old niece, Phoebe. My niece is awesome – cuter than pretty much any other 3 year old I’ve ever seen (not biased here at all). She’s clever, funny, and all about being crazy silly. Poop jokes are pretty high on the list these days, with offers of pretend “poop sandwiches”, poop flavored ice cream (or booger flavored ice cream), or my favorite – “poop soup”.

I took the train through the city to meet up with them in Brooklyn in a small cafe where they were enjoying a post-haircut chocolate croissant and reading of Where The Wild Things Are. Lucy shared with me that Phoebe had just had her first lollipop, given to her at the hair salon for not crying during her haircut. Lollipops had apparently been mentioned in a few books they were reading at home, and Phoebe was eager to have a go at one.

But candies aren’t really on the menu in their family.

Lucy works really hard to make sure that Phoebe has the best food possible – organic, clean, fresh, local. They shop at the farmers market down the street from their home. They compost their food scraps. Phoebe’s meals – everyone’s meals- are home cooked, from scratch, with love. She filters her bath water, uses chemical-free soaps and shampoos in the tub, slathers her with coconut oil afterwards. She gives her probiotics and elderberry syrup if she’s not feeling well. Phoebe sleeps on an organic mattress, perched on a solid wooden bed frame painted with low-VOC paint. Lucy is doing an amazing job of keeping unnecessary and harmful chemicals, preservatives, artificial ingredients, and toxins away from her little one so she doesn’t become part of the growing statistics of kids with diseases like obesity, diabetes, or cancers.

But sometimes life (or the hairdresser) gives you lollipops.

Here’s how our conversation went:

Lucy: (with a too-subtle-for-Phoebe-to-notice level of disdain) “So Phoebe had her first lollipop today. They gave it to her at the salon for not crying during her hair cut. Right Phoebe… you didn’t cry!”

Me: “Nice Phoebe! Your haircut looks great!”

Phoebe: smiles cutely and brims with new hair cut pride

Lucy: “Phoebe, can you tell Lara what color your lollipop was?”

Phoebe: “PURPLE!!!”

Lucy: “And what color was your mouth after you ate it?”, said with a bit of grimace.

Phoebe: “PURPLE!!!”

Lucy: “Phoebe – lollipops are not for everyday. They’re just for when you get your haircut, okay?”

Phoebe didn’t seem to mind or even hear over the munching and mushing of her croissant, but I think she understood that lollipops weren’t going to be making regular appearances any time soon.

That dreaded lollipop – full of corn syrup, artificial flavoring and chemical food coloring – given out at hair salons, doctors visits (this actually blows my mind), birthday parties, etc.are hard to avoid sometimes. They’re just a part of modern living.

Lucy could have freaked out, snatched the lollipop away and scolded the hair dresser for offering such an unhealthy item to a kid at a time when childhood obesity and diabetes are rampant. Or she could have politely said “no, thank you” and turned it down, possibly leaving Phoebe to wonder why she didn’t get to have the pretty purple lollipop, which, if you’re 3, could amount to some pretty big wonderings.

Instead, she just let her have it. Why? Because it wasn’t a battle worth fighting. Because lollipops had been popping up in stories they had been reading and Phoebe wanted to try one. Because Lucy didn’t want to deny her that experience. Because being obsessed about every single morsel that makes its way into a kids mouth is an exercise in futility, and can result in full on neurotic behavior.

But this also doesn’t mean that she was just going to throw her arms up in defeat and say – “well, now that she’s had one lollipop – what’s the point? I guess I’ll just give her a lollipop every day!” It’s not quite that black and white.

So why am I sharing this story? Because in it, I see reflected the same potential for neurotic worry and throw-your-arms-up-in-defeat thinking that’s so often present in the conversation about environmental toxins.

We can become so hyper-obsessed, or what I call “detoxorexic” – totally fixated on being toxic free that we end up turning people away from the message rather than inviting them into it. When we fall into this mode, we don’t let our kids go to friends houses because that mom makes microwaves popcorn, or serves processed foods full of synthetic ingredients… we don’t let our kids play soccer because the field was treated with chemical fertilizers… we don’t let our kids swim because the pool has chlorine. You can see were this is going, right? Straight into crazy-land!

Or the flip side: We say “F it! There’s nothing I can do, so I’ll do nothing” and we continue to unknowingly (or sometimes knowingly) give our kids Doritos with artificial flavorings and synthetic food dyes… we give them Gatorade, Kool-Aid, and anti-bacterial Band-Aid’s… we get our own back yards treated with chemical fertilizers… we use air fresheners in the bathroom, scented candles in the bedroom and “Mountain Rain” scented laundry detergent.

THE MIDDLE ROAD

But there is a middle road – and the middle road is an important one to take. It’s not realistic in the world we live in to ever hope to be 100% free of toxic chemicals in our home or in our bodies. It’s just not possible. But that doesn’t also mean that we can sit by and do nothing. It doesn’t mean that since Phoebe had one lollipop that her mom should just throw her ams up in defeat and say “whatever – give her a lollipop for breakfast!”

The middle road is where we do what we can. The middle road is where we change the things we can control, so we can worry less about the things we can’t. The soccer field? Very little control. The swimming pool? Very little control. The occasional lollipop handout out with good intentions? Not so much.

But we have control over the things we bring into our home. We can choose to make popcorn on the stove instead of in the microwave so we can avoid the unnecessary exposure to neurotoxic PFOA compounds found in the bag. We can choose to use Band-Aid’s that aren’t treated with unnecessary anti-bacterial chemicals. We can choose to forgo the air fresheners, scented candles, and heavily fragranced laundry detergents which are loaded with hormone disrupting phthalates.

The world is big and crazy out there – and everywhere you turn there’s some toxic chemical being shoved in your face. That may always be the case, but it doesn’t mean that we throw up our arms and accept defeat!! It means that we just work a little harder to ensure that the things that are within our control are as safe as possible.

If you’re ready to start taking that middle road – to have a sane, and measured approach for how to handle the chemical toxins in your home, then I want to invite you to join me in Blueprint For A Healthy Life™. This first of it’s kind, and one of a kind training will walk you through your home, helping you to make important changes so you can reduce your exposure to harmful chemicals – ones that are linked to weight gain, diabetes, thyroid disease, early onset puberty in girls, and cancers to name a few.

This 90 day training program kicks off on April 19th at 8:00pm Eastern. Curious? Click here to find out more: http://www.laraadler.com/blueprint

When life gives you lollipops, will you know what to do?

Healthy living probably comes naturally to you by now. You’re likely the “healthy” person in the family – the “green sheep” as it were! (every family’s got one!)

You would never, say, pick up a pack of cigarettes, or a BigMac, because a) you know better! and b) because that’s totally out of alignment with who you are and what you stand for.

But, the reality is that you may be doing the equivalent on a daily basis in your own healthy homes!!

Say what??

Even though you’re likely eating all the right foods, drinking plenty of water, and exercising, there are things just as bad as cigarettes and BigMacs that you’re bringing into your home right now that can contribute to weight gain, diabetes, thyroid disorders, behavioral problems like ADHD, and cancers. And they’re not always obvious things like a BigMac or a cigarette. They’re sneaky things – chemicals that exist in the products you’re using around your house every single day!

I’m on the tail end of a training program for health coaches right now called “Tools For Teaching Toxicity” which is designed to help them learn about these chemical toxins, how they image health, and how to share this information with their clients. 84 coaches are enrolled and they are LOVING it! The response to this program ha been huge, and here’s a big part of why… because no one has been teaching this kind of content before!

I’ve learned a ton from this group – but the biggest thing I learned is that these coaches want to learn this stuff
for THEM. So they could really WALK THEIR TALK!!

Pretty cool right? As health coaches, we’re deeply connected to the idea of living in alignment, and living in integrity. Yet there’s this gaping hole there – we’re eating organic foods, but still using bleach. We exercise, but still wash our gym clothes in Tide or ALL laundry detergent. We still clean our toilets with bleach, wash our hair with drug store shampoos, and store our foods in plastic.

I want to help you to move past these unhealthy habits in the same way that you help your clients move past processed foods, gluten, and sugar – through education, motivation, and solutions!

Who’s with me?!?

Watch this space, because in the next few days I’ll be announcing a totally FREE training/preview call that’s going to help you fill that hole, and help you snap yourself fully into alignment with healthy living!  This won’t be about how to talk to clients (although you’ll certainly learn that too) it’s about how to get YOU totally healthy…More to come soon!!

As great as these detoxes or cleanses might be in theory, in practice they fall short. Why? Because they almost never address one of the primary sources of toxins in the first place – toxins in our environment. These are the chemicals that we unknowingly bring into our homes, slather on to our bodies, inhale as we freshen our air, and ingest through the foods we eat.

This is best illustrated by the story of the man who was asked to mop up the water from a leaking faucet… hours later he was still mopping up because he never bothered to shut off the tap! That’s what we’re doing when we don’t address chemical toxins in our work with clients… we’re constantly in a state of “mopping up.” Wouldn’t it be great to be able to stop, or significantly reduce that flow of toxins into the body in the first place??

Toxins enter our lives in a million different places, and fill up our homes to the point that indoor air pollution can be upwards of 50 times WORSE than outdoor air, even in a city like Los Angeles. These toxins end up in our bodies where some of them get stored in our fat cells. These are chemicals that are linked to obesity, diabetes, thyroid disorders, ADHD, asthma, and cancers to name a few. No wonder everyone wants to detox!! Instead of freaking out, or blowing this off as something “out of your control” you can take small steps to reduce your exposure to toxins in your home. Take these steps while running or participating in a diet detox and you’ll be doing yourself a world of good.

Here are my top 5 tips to reducing your toxic exposure at home:

TIP #1: Don’t eat canned food. Canned foods (with a few notable exceptions) are coated with a hormone disrupting chemical called BPA that has been shown to leach into the foods stored in them. This means canned soda, canned tuna, and even organic canned tomatoes!

TIP #2: Ditch the non-stick pans. Non stick pans contain a chemical that when exposed to high heat (well within normal cooking ranges) will release PFOA, which is also a hormone disrupting chemical that bioaccumulates in our bodies. Animal studies have linked PFOA to everything from hyperactivity to thyroid disorders.

TIP #3: Open your windows. Our furniture, carpeting, bedding, and other items around the house “off-gass” toxic chemicals into the air. When your windows are closed for weeks or months at a time, all those off gassed fumes are trapped and you just breath them in. Even if it’s chilly outside, it’s a good idea to open your windows to air out the house, even if it’s just for a few minutes a week.

TIP #4: Take off your shoes. Dog poop isn’t the only thing you track into the house on the bottom of your shoes. You track in all kinds of pesticides and chemicals and then track them all over your carpets and floors. If you have kids in the house, remember that on the floor is where they spend most of their time! Taking off your shoes helps to cut the inflow of pesticides into the home.

TIP #5: Eat organically. This might seem obvious, but health coach or not, people just don’t always do it. Here’s the deal – these pesticides don’t wash off with water and are often not just on the outside, but on the inside of the produce. Many of these pesticides are “obseogens” which means they are part of a class of chemicals that contribute to obesity. Some pesticides can flush from the body pretty quickly – in a matter of a few days, so eating as close to fully organic as possible will have a large impact on the amount of pesticides you take in through your food.

Following these tips won’t leave you pure and clean and 100% toxin free – that’s just not possible if you live on planet earth – but they will move you in the right direction of stopping the flow of toxins into your body! Once you’ve stopped that flow, bust out the mop and clean up what’s in there!!

While this might seem like a radical change of course, I actually don’t see it like that at all. Environmental toxins – what’s in our homes (and now more than ever, in our bodies) are just as important to pay attention to as what we eat and can indeed influence our state of health- from disease to excess weight. The connections might not be clear and they might not be obvious, but they are strong and I’ve committed myself to opening up the conversation with you about what you can do to protect yourself and your family from the devastating harm these toxins can cause. Why? Because not enough people are! In the current conversations about health – from morning news show snippets, to popular magazines – the focus is on calories and exercise… eat less junk food, eat low-fat foods, whole grains, and your vegetables, and remember to exercise daily.

But clearly that’s not working right? That’s why we have a nation of sick people getting sicker every day. Obesity. Diabetes. Heart disease. Cancer. Autism. ADHD. Thyroid Disorders.

And who are the most vulnerable populations? Who are the group of people who are seeing the largest increase in disease rates of anyone?

CHILDREN.

And second in line to them are women of child bearing years.

My goal over the coming year is to help you to see the deep and strong connections between your health and the toxins that are in your home – the majority of which you probably don’t even realize are there. While my focus will be on young women and children, please know that creating a safer and healthier space, and cleaner way to eat and live will benefit everyone. Why? Because whether you’re 7 or 70, the chemicals that you’re exposed to daily can still impact your health in devastating ways. If there are young women or children in your life, daughters, sisters, nieces… share what you learn with them (or invite them into the circle!).

If you came to be on my mailing list because you were interested in weight loss – I urge you to stick with me, because so many of the chemicals floating around in our bodies from the things we use every day are directly linked to weight gain… Making the shift to less harmful habits and products likely won’t make you lose 30 pounds, but it will definitely support you on your journey.

If you find that the conversation about toxins is too far removed from your goals or interest right now, and we must part ways, then I wish you endless love, support, and gratitude for your being a part of my community.

If this topic piques your interest, if you’re concerned about headlines about chemicals in our foods, water bottles, or increases in diseases in children – then I look forward to being able to help guide you through the maze of confusing and often conflicting information.

If there are people in your life who you feel need to be plugged into this conversation – invite them in!

2012 is already framing up to be an exciting year for me – with exciting partnerships and projects already on the calendar. There will be new content and programs on my site which will help you start to take action in your own homes so you can have the peace of mind that you’re leaving no stone unturned.

To take a peek at what this might look like, check out the brand new gift that I created called “Are These 3 Everyday Items Making Your Kids Sick? What Every Parent Should Know…” – share this with your family, friends, PTA board… It’s too important to keep it to yourself! (You can get this by signing up in the box on the right of this post!)

I hope your holidays are calm, peaceful and relaxing (as much as they can be anyway!), and that 2012 brings you health, peace of mind, and happiness.

Best wishes and Happy Holidays, and looking forward to helping you transform the health of your family in 2012!!

Yours in health,

PS – If you already know that you want to kick this toxins thing to the curb but aren’t sure where to get started- I want to invite you into a f.r.e.e. Whole Home Detox Strategy Session with me. This session is designed to help you see where the toxins in your home live, how they’re affecting your and your children’s health, and exactly what you can do to ease the worry and give you the peace of mind that you’re doing the absolute best for your and their health. To schedule yours, just click HERE: https://my.timedriver.com/2MSPJ

1. A Stick

2. A Box

3. String

4. Cardboard Tubes

5. Dirt

Think back to when you were a kid…these really were the essentials! With these 5 things you could create anything! You could go out in the backyard, find some sticks, a length of string and have yourself a great time filled with creativity and imagination.

But, (wait for it…) kids these days! My goodness! They want the newest gadgets, the spanking new iPhone 4s, with the cool cover and all the latest apps. They want whatever is advertised on TV as being the hottest, coolest new thing, and nothing else will do. While I’m not suggesting you ditch traditional gift giving altogether and start wrapping boxes of dirt (imagine their faces! ha!), I will suggest that you rethink gift giving a little bit. Why, you ask? Well, there are a lot of reasons why rethinking gift giving is a great idea – from being less wasteful, to being more environmentally mindful – but for me one of the most important reasons to rethink gift giving is that so many of them are just plain bad for us.

Bad for us? In a lot of ways yes! That fancy scented candle set… The expensive perfume… The brand new non-stick cookware set. On the surface these might seem like great gifts, but dig a little deeper and you’ll find that these gifts are loaded with toxins that are linked to things like obesity, thyroid disorders, liver toxicity, behavioral problems, birth defects, and cancer. Happy Holidays, right?

So what do you do instead? You think OUTSIDE THE BOX, and you RETHINK THE GIFT! To help you do that, I’ve put together a Eco-Chic Holiday Shopping Guide – full of ideas on how to get creative, think outside the box, and give gifts that actually mean something this year. And for those of you that really love to shop but want to buy safe gifts that aren’t going to contribute to horrible diseases (that would be all of you, right?), then you’ll want to check this guide out asap- before you hit the stores!

Just Click HERE to get your F.R.E.E Shoppers Guide!

It’s the perfect alternative to wrapping sticks this holiday season!

Ahhh!!

Now you may not know this about me, but I’m a total scaredy cat. I hate scary movies, and will only watch them on bright, sunny mornings (so by the time I go to bed, I’ve forgotten about it!). I hate haunted houses and things that jump out at me, and I much prefer the cute, fun, or silly costumes to the zombies and other gory, blood drenched ones. No thanks.

But come Halloween, that’s the least founded of my fears. What really scares the crap out of me is what’s in all the costumes and make up that everyone, especially kids, wears. Can you guess? Toxins. Lots of them, and amazingly, some of the worst. What am I talking about? Well the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics recently sent 10 children’s face paints to an independent lab for testing and found that:

• Ten out of 10 children’s face paints contained lead at levels ranging from 0.05 to 0.65 parts per million (ppm).

• Six out of 10 children’s face paints contained the potent skin allergens nickel, cobalt and/or chromium at levels ranging from 1.6 to 120 ppm – far exceeding industry safety recommendations of 1 ppm.

• Snazaroo Face Paint, labeled as “non-toxic” and “hypoallergenic,” contained some of the highest levels of lead, nickel and cobalt found in the study.

Really? The "World's Safest"?? Doubt it!

That’s CRAZY, right?! The CDC take a firm stance that the only safe level of exposure to lead is ZERO. None at all. But sadly there’s no regulation in the industry that makes these products, so if they want to put lead – a potent, and well established neurotoxin, in a product that’s going to be in direct contact with your child’s body, they can go right ahead and do it.

So what do you do? For your kids, or yourself, on this holiday that’s all about face paint, and dressing up?  Well, you can easily pick or design a costume that doesn’t require face paint – that’s pretty easy. Or, if you feel like you just have to dress up like a zombie, or Tammy Faye Baker, try buying your face make-up from a place like this.

But the scary stuff doesn’t stop there – there are the super toxic hair-sprays – neon ones, ones that glow in the dark… Some of these products, particularly the cheap-o ones that you’ll find in those pop-up Halloween stores, are loaded with things like Butane (yes, the stuff in lighters) recognized as a human carcinogen (causes cancer), and colorings and other additives that have been banned for use in cosmetics in the European Union and other countries around the world (but not here in the US). Check for labels that read “Warning: Danger extremely flammable. Do not breathe spray particles. Container may explode if heated.” Would you spray that on or near your own head, let alone your child? No way.

And be mindful of buying vinyl costumes… these are those masks that slip over your head and have that nasty plastic-y smell. What you’re breathing in there are Phthalates – a class of chemical that’s linked to hormone disruption, early onset puberty, and birth defects, as well as vinyl chloride, a known human carcinogen that causes liver cancer. This definitely includes soft fake teeth sets that go into the mouth, which also have high lead levels.

Loaded with Lead

See why this stuff scares me?! The fun, thrill, and excitement of Halloween really takes a back seat to my concern over children’s health when I see them walking down the street covered in face paint. And the hard part is that currently, there’s no real way to know if the face paint you bought contains lead, nickel, chromium, or other heavy metals because FDA has no safety standard for these in cosmetics and federal law doesn’t require them to list them on the ingredient label.

Forgoing face paints altogether is the best option, as is picking costumes made of fabric, not plastic or vinyl. For lots of great holiday activity ideas, check out GreenHalloween.org, or this, this or this site for easy, (mostly)make-up free DIY Halloween costume ideas for kids – big and little!

Keep their costumes safe and worry a little less about all the candy they’ll be eating. There are bigger monsters out there on Halloween!

We heard lectures and talks on foods that affect blood sugar, metabolism, and that protect us against cancer. The amount of information we got in only 2 short days was amazing. But guess what I noticed was missing??

Exactly what I was talking to you about in my last email – this missing piece of TOXINS. While both Dr. Katz & Hyman mentioned toxins as being a significant contributor to the obesity epidemic, they glossed over it, giving the whole topic nothing more than a passing mention. I admire and respect these two professionals, but was frankly a little upset that again, an amazing opportunity to address this piece of the puzzle was lost.

So what did I do? At the end of the event, during Q&A time with Joshua Rosenthal, the founder of the school, I stood up, in front of FOUR THOUSAND people and said that this was not okay – and that this piece of the puzzle is HUGE! In my typical cheeky way, my “question” was this: “How can I get up on that stage, and talk to a group of people this big about this issue?!” People hooted, hollered, clapped, and cheered – it felt incredible!

So here’s the deal – I want to address this missing piece of the puzzle with you, right now, in a really easy, approachable way. I no longer want to present you with only 2 or 3 pieces of the puzzle. I want to give you the whole thing!

I know you want to look good, feel good, have tons of energy, feel hot and sexy in your jeans, get restful sleep without having to rely on drugs, pills, or quick fixes. I also know that you definitely don’t want to struggle with frightening illnesses like cancer, obesity, diabetes… What I’ve realized is that its just not possible to have all of that without addressing all the pieces of the puzzle!

I want you to be empowered to help yourself – to be able to literally or metaphorically stand up in front of 4000 people and say “this is what I want!” and then go after it.

This whole idea is what inspired my 5 Day Clean & Green Diet Detox – to teach you how you can have amazing energy, restful sleep, delicious food, and lose weight and get super healthy in the processes.

Doors are opening for registration in just a few days, and I’ve already had a number of people say they want in. They want in because they want to…

• Shed a couple of extra pounds – sometimes the difference between feeling ‘okay’ and feeling incredible!
• Let go of unhealthy eating habits that have been holding them back from feeling their best.
• Get energized! No more 3pm slump or feeling exhausted at the end of the day
• Fall asleep easily, rest soundly, and wake energized
• Learn how to support your body’s natural detoxification systems so you never feel bogged down by heavy, unhealthy foods again
• Understand this critical, “missing piece” of the weight loss/ health gain puzzle!

The amazing thing is that we’re going to do all of this in only 5 days!!

Mark your calendars for October 6th at 8:00pm EST for the kickoff of this program.

Pretend I’m an audience of 4000 people – tell me what you really want – why you want IN on this fun, transformative, and delicious 5 day detox, and I’ll share with you 1 simple thing you can do now to participate in this program for F.R.E.E.

I set aside 10 “scholarship” spots for this program and 6 have already been claimed – so if you want in, but want to know how to do it for F.R.E.E. then email me and tell me:

What you want for yourself & why you want to participate in this 5 day detox

I’ll email you back with details on how you can participate at zero cost.

It was exhilarating to stand up in front of that many people and share my passion for this “big picture” and it’s with this same feeling that I approach the launch of this program – so I can help you stand up, say what you want, and then go get it!

Can’t wait to see you in the detox!

-Lara

In early August I found myself in the emergency room TWICE in one week with terrible food poisoning. If you’ve ever had food poisoning, or even a bad bout of the stomach flu, than you’ll know how awful I was feeling. The culprit? My guess is almond milk, although I can’t be sure.

On that first morning in the ER I was being questioned by a med student who was taking down my history, symptoms, and an accounting of what I’d eaten. I told him all about the ingredients in my recent (but never again!) favorite smoothie. Although I was certainly in no laughing mood, it did strike me as pretty funny (and a little sad) that he asked me if I happened to put any Brussels sprouts in my drink that morning. Really? Brussels sprouts in my smoothie??

I knew what he was trying to get at, but the poor guy clearly didn’t know his sprouts! Recently salad sprouts have been making headlines for being contaminated with dangerous and sometimes deadly e-coli bacteria – but not the mini-cabbage, delicious-when-roasted kind!

I was sure it was food poisoning, but both the ER doctor, and my regular doctor who I followed up with the next day told me it was likely a stomach virus. Okay, fine. Stomach virus it is. So 3 days later I go back to my favorite breakfast smoothie and the seemingly exonerated almond milk, and whammo! Back in the ER only a few hours later.

As I lay there, getting re-hydrated with saline, freezing under a heap of hospital sheets, I got to thinking about how I should have listened to my gut, both figuratively and literally! My body was telling me something MAJOR, and I ignored it over the “wisdom” of doctors.

What was my body telling me? That there was a toxic, dangerous invader in my system, and that it needed OUT – FAST. As much discomfort I was in, I had to acknowledge the infinite wisdom of my own body in knowing exactly what to do to protect me from serious harm.

This got me thinking about all the other kinds of toxins that we’re exposed to, and how our bodies work incredibly hard to protect us from them as well. What are these other toxins? They are the dangerous chemicals lurking in our shampoos, body lotions, toothpaste, and even on our fruits and vegetables. They’re in canned food, water bottles, and vinyl shower curtains. They’re in that “new car smell” and they’re in children’s toys… pretty much everywhere! And our bodies work hard to protect us from those toxins too.

But here’s one of the amazing ways in which they do it: Our bodies pack on, or cling desperately to our fat stores! Why? Because many of these toxic chemicals are “lipophilic”, which means they dissolve in, or are attracted to fatty tissues. The more chemicals coursing through our veins, the more our body tries to protect us from them by storing them in our fat cells. Don’t have enough fat cells to keep you safe? No problem! Our bodies will start packing on pounds to sequester those dangerous toxins, and will hold on to is as hard as it can.

Can you see why I think it’s SO CRAZY that no one has been talking about this missing piece of the weight loss puzzle? That it’s not just what you’re eating, and how much you’re exercising. It’s not just your genes, or the amount of stress you have – there are bigger things going on?

This is why I’m so excited to finally tell you about what I’ve been working on the past few weeks! [Drumroll please....]

My 5 Day Clean & Green Diet Detox!

A 5 Day Detox to Help You Shed Extra Weight, Skyrocket Your Energy, and Re-set Healthy Eating Habits!

• If you’ve got a couple of extra pounds to shed…
• If you’re tired of the 3pm slump every day….
• If you’re aching for help putting healthy meals on the table…
• If you’re ready to start addressing all pieces of the weight-loss/health gain puzzle…

This whole idea of Detoxing might be new to you – but people have been detoxing for centuries. Lately though, detoxes seem to be focused on emptying you out instead of supporting your body’s natural systems of detoxification.

And amazingly, I’ve yet to see a detox on the market that addresses the issue of “the other toxins” – and how they are affecting your health and your weight. I’m not going to lie, I’ve been really hesitant to share this information with my clients for fear of freaking them out, or overwhelming them, but I had a couple of good friends tell me that I needed to put my own fears aside, and get out there and help people detox in a meaningful way. I’m not talking about lemonade cleanses, or enemas here, I’m talking Clean & Green!

The 5 Day Clean & Green Diet Detox is going to kick off on October 6th at 8:00pm (est) so mark your calendars!

To help you get started supporting your body’s natural systems of detoxification, I created this F.R.E.E. guide called 6 Simple Strategies To Detoxing At Home. I want to share this stuff with you right away – because even if my detox program isn’t for you – you can still benefit from understanding how to support your body so you can feel great, function optimally, and maybe shed a few pounds in the process.

Click HERE to download this F.R.E.E. ‘how-to’ guide now!

And don’t forget -mark you calendars for October 6th – the kickoff of this super fun new program!

Participating is this detox programs means that you’ll be able to…

• Shed a couple of extra pounds right before fall clothes shopping begins!
• Let go of unhealthy eating habits that have been holding you back from feeling your best
• Get energized! No more 3pm slump or feeling exhausted at the end of every day
• Fall asleep easily, rest soundly, and wake energized
• Discover how unsuspecting, everyday items in your home may be making you fat! (this is that “missing piece”!)

Looking forward to having you join me in a few weeks!

You’ve probably heard me talk about how stress can compound your struggles with weight and saying healthy, and it’s absolutely true!

Here’s what I’ve learned about extra weight and struggles with losing it – there’s never just one thing solely responsible. More accurately, there are a lot of things at play and if we truly want to succeed – if we truly want to shed our excess weight, increase our energy, and feel amazing all the time, we really need to address all of them. I tell people all the time that they can eat all the kale and quinoa in the world, but if the other parts of their lives are stressful or toxic, then it won’t matter. They’ll still get sick, they’ll still hold on to extra weight, they’ll still be tired and worn out all the time.

In my work, I see a lot… a TON of programs aimed at helping people lose weight, and while some of them are great, the vast majority are missing at least one, but usually way more pieces of the puzzle. And there’s one piece of the puzzle that I have never seen addressed – anywhere! I’m amazed, and frankly upset that this critical piece hasn’t been addressed in any comprehensive way, because it’s just as important, if not MORE, than healthy breakfasts, lunches and dinners.

Here’s the incredible thing about addressing this missing piece – it not only helps your body function at it’s best and let go of extra weight, it also helps you reduce your risk of cancers, neurological conditions, behavioral and developmental problems. Amazing. Why are more people not talking about this?!?!

Do you see what I mean about being upset that this hasn’t been addressed!?

I want to help you start out the fall season without stress, without take-out dinners, flagging energy, 3pm slumps, and too-tight pants…

I want to show you how you can drop a few extra pounds, skyrocket your energy, re-set health eating habits, and get you started addressing this critical missing piece so you can finally be a full picture of health! (I know I’m being vague here… I’ll spill the beans soon enough on the details!)

Last week I asked you what you really want this fall – less bloating? More energy? Better Sleep? Healthy Recipes for quick dinners? I bunch of people replied and we given a sneak peak at this amazing new program that’s almos ready to launch… If you want the inside scoop on this program (before anyone else!) then send me a quick email at lara@laraadler.com with a note about what YOU really want this fall, and not only will I give you a behind the scenes look at this program, but I’ll give you details on how you can participate for F.R.E.E.!

I only set aside 10 spots for f.r.e.e. admission, and at this point most of those have been snatched up already – So if you want the behind the curtain peek at this new program, AND learn how you can get all the juicy content for f.r.e.e., send me an email ASAP and tell me what you really and truly want for yourself this fall!

Looking forward to hearing from you!