 Articles By Derek Henry
Motivated by his own story of being sick and crippled at age 30 to healthy and pain free 5 years later, Derek is an expert in helping people get on track in a fraction of the time it took him on his own journey. Actively engaged in the research of natural healing for over 6 years, Derek has spent over 3000 hours studying and collaborating with top minds in nutrition and utilizes that extensive knowledge to deliver protocols that help people overcome their own health challenges. Derek is the owner and Master Health Coach at Healing the Body, and writer of over 200 natural health articles, many of which are featured at his Healing the Body Facebook Fan Page. Derek specializes in specific nutritional and wellness programs, from simple lifestyle transitions to complete healing protocols. Check out his popular free health consult. For more information, please visit this author's webpage. |
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Four Plant-Based Options To Help Rejuvenate Your Entire Body
There are no shortage of options to rejuvenate your body in the world of plants. Whether it is a vegetable, fruit, herb, seed, nut, or superfood, there are solutions to help you rejuvenate your body and increase your uptake of precious enzymes, vitamins, minerals, fiber, and other life supporting nutrients. Getting a good dose of plants in on a daily... [read more]
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12 Little Known (And Scary) Facts About Coffee
Coffee has become arguably the biggest habit ever known to mankind, and the facts about coffee presented in popular health sites often weight in favor of drinking the black elixir. But is there a “dark side” that isn’t being told, in order to not offend the 250 million drinking coffee across North America alone? [read more]
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Four Ways To Heal Arthritis Naturally
People living with arthritis are struggling with pain on a daily basis, and it absolutely doesn’t — and shouldn’t — be that way. Just how much damage can be reversed can’t be said, but there are foods, herbs, and essential oils that will reduce pain and swelling and encourage healing and repair. [read more]
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Three Things That Set You Up For Chronic Disease By The Time You Turn Six
People tend to forget about the things they do on a daily basis that precludes them to disease, and often blame genetics as the primary reason their health is not reflecting their current lifestyle. Although genetics certainly have merit when it comes to the likelihood of living with illness, it is more likely that certain "traumatic" exposures throughout... [read more]
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Four Things You Need To Understand About Your Sun Exposure
As the dog days of summer approach and the sun starts to beat down, it becomes vitally important to know how to use the sun effectively. Far too often people use it in ways that create negative consequences, and as a result, they become jaded, afraid, and end up blocking the healing benefits of the sun. To use the sun to its fullest advantage this summer... [read more]
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Get The Proven Facts On Saturated Fats
The desire to become healthy has become dangerously associated with our physical appearance. As a result of this obsession to be thinner, we have unscrupulously pinned the blame on fat consumption and have become label scanners instead of responsible consumers. This lack of research combined with emotional decisions has led to low fat diets that have all... [read more]
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Eight Hard-Hitting Facts About Cancer
Cancer can be incredibly scary, especially when you don't understand how to prevent the onset through incorporation of a healthy and holistic lifestyle that addresses all the core factors that facilitate its development. Unfortunately, avoidance of this deadly disease is difficult due to the pollution of our food, air, and water. Check out these 8... [read more]
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Five Foods That Work Miracles On Digestive Problems
Whether you have been diagnosed with a digestive disease or not, chances are you are suffering from some type of intestinal distress. We have wandered a long ways away from clean, unprocessed, and live foods. The resulting deficiency has left our guts raw and inflamed - a precursor to all sorts of diseases (many of them autoimmune). [read more]
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28 Daily 'Habits' That Predispose Us To Aggressive Cancer Growth
We know that cancer is out of control, yet we can't seem to slow it down. Cancer has been ingrained into our psyche and is now a significant part of our cultural identity. We have either had it, are dealing with it, or know someone that has been adversely affected by it. So what factors are we interacting with on a consistent basis that are producing... [read more]
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Fight Cancer By Fasting
With cancer poised to become the number one killer in North America and traditional therapies not cutting the mustard for long-term success, it may be time to rethink the war on cancer. We have been focused on killing it conventionally at all costs, even when the collateral damage is significant and often accelerates the demise of a weakened immune system. [read more]
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Fight Cancer By Fasting
With cancer poised to become the number one killer in North America and traditional therapies not cutting the mustard for long-term success, it may be time to rethink the war on cancer. We have been focused on killing it conventionally at all costs, even when the collateral damage is significant and often accelerates the demise of a weakened immune system. [read more]
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Candida Overgrowth - 12 Things You Absolutely Need To Avoid If You Have It
Proper management of the digestive system could easily be one of the most important health practices one can do on a day-to-day basis in order to obtain good health. However, a severely compromised food supply and chemical filled world has made it very difficult to achieve that important goal. This in turn has encouraged the overgrowth of digestive... [read more]
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4 Reasons Dental Problems Are Causing Illness In Your Body
Teeth have been treated as tools rather than a living part of our physiology. They have been pulled, drilled, and filled, and as a result, significant damage has been inflicted to the rest of the body. This is why it's vitally important to understand the four reasons dental problems are causing illness in the body, and how to help remedy them. [read more]
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Top 5 Plant Based Foods That Improve Your Digestion
Digestive health could easily be touted as one of the most important aspects of your health. Unfortunately, our digestive systems have been compromised due to a highly refined and nutrient deficient food supply, various toxins, and stress. The good news is that digestive balance can be restored by eliminating gut menacing habits and introducing these... [read more]
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Four Things You Need To Understand About Your Sun Exposure
As the dog days of summer approach and the sun starts to beat down, it becomes vitally important to know how to use the sun effectively. Far too often people use it in ways that create negative consequences, and as a result, they become jaded, afraid, and end up blocking the healing benefits of the sun. To use the sun to its fullest advantage this summer... [read more]
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4 Reasons Dental Problems Are Causing Illness In Your Body
Teeth have been treated as tools rather than a living part of our physiology. They have been pulled, drilled, and filled, and as a result, significant damage has been inflicted to the rest of the body. This is why it's vitally important to understand the four reasons dental problems are causing illness in the body, and how to help remedy them. [read more]
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12 Little Known (And Scary) Facts About Coffee
Coffee has become arguably the biggest habit ever known to mankind, and the facts about coffee presented in popular health sites often weight in favor of drinking the black elixir. But is there a “dark side” that isn’t being told, in order to not offend the 250 million drinking coffee across North America alone? [read more]
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The Best Way To Help Your Body Protect Itself Against Ebola (Or Any Virus Or Bacteria)
With the threat of the Ebola virus spreading, there is a need to understand what natural options are readily available to you in case you don't want to be subjected to conventional medical treatments and infected patients in hospitals. The only proven system to help eradicate the Ebola virus is your body's immune system, and it is of primary importance to... [read more]
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Top 8 Superfoods That Can Heal Your Entire Body
The grocery aisles have displayed foods for decades that are nutritionally deficient. Poor soil conditions combined with seed engineering and processing have left people with poor choices. Consider these eight superfoods to get the required nutrients for optimal body function. [read more]
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Four Ways To Heal Arthritis Naturally
People living with arthritis are struggling with pain on a daily basis, and it absolutely doesn’t — and shouldn’t — be that way. Just how much damage can be reversed can’t be said, but there are foods, herbs, and essential oils that will reduce pain and swelling and encourage healing and repair. [read more]
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Candida Overgrowth - 12 Things You Absolutely Need To Avoid If You Have It
Proper management of the digestive system could easily be one of the most important health practices one can do on a day-to-day basis in order to obtain good health. However, a severely compromised food supply and chemical filled world has made it very difficult to achieve that important goal. This in turn has encouraged the overgrowth of digestive... [read more]
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Top 5 Plant Based Foods That Improve Your Digestion
Digestive health could easily be touted as one of the most important aspects of your health. Unfortunately, our digestive systems have been compromised due to a highly refined and nutrient deficient food supply, various toxins, and stress. The good news is that digestive balance can be restored by eliminating gut menacing habits and introducing these... [read more]
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Running FROM The Cure - 4 Things You Can Do To Prevent Cancer
It's October, and with that we are blasted with pink paraphernalia and special events (cancer runs) to help us recognize the growing problem of breast cancer. It is during this campaign that we also are reminded that the best plan is to learn how to detect cancer in the early stages, while scientists work feverishly on developing a cancer drug to "cure"... [read more]
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Four Ways To Easily Tell What Your Poop Says About Your Health
It's not something discussed in most social circles, but one of the most important topics when it comes down to you being able to evaluate your health, is your poop. The frequency, form, fumes, and color are all you need to evaluate your stool and to be able to make a reasonable assessment of how different areas of your body are functioning. [read more]
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8 Critical Upgrades For A Healthier Body
It is often difficult for people to completely drop old health compromising habits and pick up completely new ones, even if it is a better choice for their health. Due to that fact, transition is an important strategy. Here are 8 upgrades to transition to in order to reach that next level of health. [read more]
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4 Reasons Dental Problems Are Causing Illness In Your Body
Teeth have been treated as tools rather than a living part of our physiology. They have been pulled, drilled, and filled, and as a result, significant damage has been inflicted to the rest of the body. This is why it's vitally important to understand the four reasons dental problems are causing illness in the body, and how to help remedy them. [read more]
