There is always the tried and true method of avoiding all human contact. Just stay home, hunker down in my little cocoon and allow no outside germs to invade. Of course, being a responsible human being, and a parent to boot, I don’t think this is the most prudent choice. We’d get hungry eventually. Or tired of each other’s constant company.

I can wear one of those Michael Jackson-style face masks. Unfortunately/Fortunately I am not Michael Jackson and can’t quite pull off the face mask look . In any case, about 95% of the face masks sold are not effective against the virus that causes swine flu. (As far as I know, the only non-scuba face mask that can stop the virus is manufactured by a little company in San Diego that coats their face mask fibers in iodine.)

The extreme, and sometimes silly, choices go on and on… Luckily for me, while debating my many choices I happened to speak with a friend of mine about the growing problem of swine flu – and my corresponding, growing paranoia about it. He reminded me that I’m already doing the best thing possible to protect myself. I’m helping my body boost its defenses and its ability to heal itself through the addition of wheatgrass to my diet.

I’m pretty new to the whole wheatgrass thing so sometimes I forget some of the items on the very long list of its benefits. From my perspective, having so many positives that I can’t keep track of them is a good thing. A very good thing. In fact, for comparison sake, let me tell you the negatives. That list is much shorter and much easier to remember. There is only one negative: it tastes bad. Not terrible, but its not exactly delicious.

In case you’re interested in what a newbie does, I’ll share my wheatgrass routine with you. 3-4 times a week, I drink a 2 oz shot of fresh juice. Not juice from a place that only cuts and juices 1 or two times a day, but from a place that I go cut and juice the grass myself. Every day I take wheatgrass supplements, either in the form  of a chewable wafer or a pill to swallow. I’m experimenting with both forms. Right now, I’m really digging the chewable wafer. Probably because they are chocolate flavored, and help satisfy my sweet tooth. Check out my fave wheatgrass wafer here.

Must be working. I feel great! Heathier than ever.

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If we practice the science of yoga, which is useful to the entire human community and which yields happiness both here and hereafter – if we practice it without fail, we will then attain physical, mental and spiritual happiness, and our minds will flood towards the Self.

Click here to see the official announcement from KPJAYI.

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I’ve been getting acupuncture for YEARS, but somehow never even thought about using those wonderful little needles to smooth out some the “character” I picked up along the way. After all, with my sparkling personality, I don’t need people reading my character on my face like a map. Make ‘em work for it. Make ‘em talk to me ’til they figure me out.

Much like acupuncture for other issues, the premise of an acupuncture facial is that the acupuncturist will treat your issues from the inside out by restoring the balance and flow of Qi (energy) – the blockage or stagnation of which is why you’re getting those nasty wrinkles, sags and bags. Physically, the treatment is carried out by using very thin needles in and around the problem spots to stimulate circulation, boost collagen production and plump fine lines.I saw this procedure in action recently when watching an episode of “10 Years Younger” on TLC. It was a really nice surprise too, since I think the show usually jumps too fast to using surgery as a solution. In this particular episode, the pre-aged lady had some serious double chin and eye baggage that was very drastically improved after acupuncture treatment. In fact, had I not seen the fact that they used acupuncture, I would have assumed they took their usual surgery route to achieve the results. While they didn’t mention how many sessions were required to achieve the results, it really can’t have been too many since I’m sure the show is filmed over the course of days rather than weeks or months.

Of course, detractors in the medical community scoff at the possibility that a bunch of tiny needles can be as effective as a nice fat injection of botox. In fact, there are even detractors within the acupuncture community who don’t agree with the facial-only treatments since they don’t treat the whole body – a key principle or Oriental medicine.

For me, after the amazing success I’ve had with acupuncture (longer post on that subject later), I’m willing to give it a try!

One last thought… if you care enough about your face, skin, character map to sit through the acupuncture treatments, you also need to consider what other steps you can take to give your body a better chance of retaining and maintaining your fabulous new look. In addition to all the usual advice about getting enough sleep, eating right, living right, I’ve got one extra to-do to add to the list: get your daily dose of wheatgrass. That’s right, wheatgrass. It’s amazing stuff.

Wheatgrass is pretty much all vitamins, amino acids, enzymes and trace minerals which work together to purify your system. Plus, there’s the chlorophyll. Best detox agent around. No way are you going to stay young, or at least look and feel young, unless you can keep your inside as clean and toxin-free as possible.

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Who knows how many people out there would be buying only organic fruits and veggies if it just wasn’t so much more expensive? I don’t know, but I certainly would make more of an effort to be exclusively organic if the prices were at least a little closer to non-organics. I would love to be all-organic, but not only is it more expensive, its also a big pain to find everything we need organic in one store. So, asides from paying more for the priviledge of being all-organic, I would also end up spending a lot more time (and gas) to stock up on all the organic goodies.

As if they could read my mind, my friends at TheDailyGreen came up with a handy-dandy list of the top 15 fruits and vegetables that it’s “okay” to buy non-organic. Not only do they provide the list, but they also provide us with the reasons these 15 fruits and veggies are safe in their non-organic form and they provide some yummy recipes.

The Clean 15, as they call them, are:

Onion, Avocado, Sweet Corn, Pineapple, Mango, Asparagus, Sweet Peas, Kiwi, Cabbage, Eggplant, Papaya, Watermelon, Broccoli, Tomato, and Sweet Potato.

On the flip side, TheDailyGreen also has the list of the Dirty Dozen- the top foods you need to buy organic. No big surprises here, but if you’re like me, I like being reminded and I particularly like lists.

The Dirty Dozen are:

Meat, Milk, Coffee, Peaches, Apples, Sweet Bell Peppers, Celery, Nectarines, Strawberries, Cherries, Kale, Leafy Greens, Grapes, Carrots, Pears, Potatoes, and Tomatoes.

OK. So that’s way more than 12 foods. I think they couldn’t find a snappy name for a list of 17 items, at least not a name as good as the Dirty Dozen.

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