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and given no hope for recovery. It was only after studying and traveling all over the world

did he discover how to combine ancient iavada healing practices with state-of-the-art

naturopathic and functional medicine to fully rebalance the body and re-energize it with life.

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Today we're going to keep with our theme of making sure our weight loss Wednesdays are really focused on good overall health

but at the same time teaching people why certain cravings or certain things with our own physiology can make us want certain foods which then in turn

could affect our overall health or even make us gain weight. So we're talking about food

cravings and really what they mean

because they honestly do mean something like a lot of the foods that you want that

you crave are actually a physiological requirement that your body is looking for and I want to explain that.

So before I go into those I want to give kind of a public service announcement, just something

really really important.

There's a few parents that have written into me saying that their children are you know

They're eating things that they shouldn't be eating like they're eating like they're trying to literally rocks or

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