Raw Foods Detoxifying Diet

You are what you eat, right? But when it comes to cancer, what’s food got to do with it? A growing body of medical research suggests “a whole lot.” Shortly after beginning my recovery from fibromyalgia I made a call to the American Cancer Society to confirm a claim about diet and disease. There they advertised a new “break through raw foods detoxifying diet” for cancer. Digging deeper, I discovered a larger pool of evidence linking diet and disease than what appears in the USFDA Food Pyramid.

In the 1920’s, a young German biochemist, Otto Warburg, provided clinical evidence that degenerative disease thrives in an acidic environment. By employing a raw foods detoxifying diet he reversed the pH of his patients from acidic to slightly alkaline and cured Tuberculosis. He earned double doctorates in chemistry and medicine, and won the Nobel Prize in 1931 for this research. Find his lecture, “The Prime Cause and Prevention of Cancer,” online.

Twenty years later, other medical doctors learned of Warburg’s work, and began employing the same alkaline detoxifying diet to cure diabetes, cancer and other forms of degenerative disease. Today a vast array of books by medical professionals and researchers extoll the virtues of a primarily alkaline diet in the treatment of cancer and other forms of degenerative disease.

Consider the effect on the body of consuming the most acid forming foods: refined sugar, commercial dairy products, meat and cooked foods for 30-60 years. Eventually, the body shows signs of breakdown. On the other hand, raw fruits, vegetables, wheatgrass juice, nuts and seeds have an alkalizing effect on the body. If raw, alkalizing foods are consumed consistently for a long enough time, they detox cleanse the body correcting the acidosis and return it to its proper pH, where degeneration cannot thrive.

Recent medical research on the subject was conducted by Cornell University’s T. Colin Campbell, and published as The China Study. This research looked for causal factors in the high rate of cancer, heart and liver disease among Americans vs. the extremely low rate of such diseases among the rural populations of China. Using highly acid forming milk protein, Campbell demonstrated on rats that cancerous tumors could be created by increasing animal protein to 20% of overall calories in the diet. He then fed the sick rats on raw plants and the tumors receded. Again he elevated animal protein and the tumors reappeared.

This information has long been afloat in the vast ocean of medical literature; our western medical system just hasn’t internalized the information yet. Our medical doctors, including those specializing in Internal Medicine, are not required to take courses in diet/nutrition before graduating from medical school.

They can’t be faulted; you can’t take someone to a place you haven’t been. Nor can another person take responsibility for your health. No one’s quite as invested in your return to wellness as you are.  So, claim your power! Bring more raw food into your life and experience greater wellbeing as you do…without a prescription.

Raw Foods Cleanse and Nourish the Body, So It Can Heal Itself

I’m still discovering this unique and wonderful cuisine where food is showcased in its naturally vibrant and alive state-teaming with catalyst enzymes, anti-oxidants, vitamins and other nutrients that are lost when cooked. Living foods offer the highest quality energy to the body to cleanse, nourish and heal itself.

I have employed raw food eating since my teen years for 3 to 5 days at a time to cleanse my body, increase energy, slough off excess weight, and heal stubborn ailments.

I drink raw vegetable juices for a weekend to cleanse and build the blood, and eat raw vegetable salads to merge back into solid food. But there is an entire universe of the most flavorful, alive, “feel good foods” that are not in liquid or salad format that I’d never imagined.

Because of the way raw food alkalizes the blood and tissues, it has power to reverse the acid state required for degenerative disease to thrive. As you seek a greater level of health and well-being, bring more live food into your diet and experience for yourself an increase of light and life in you.

Ways to get raw food goodness in you:

Green Smoothies for breakfast

Wheatgrass Juice (blend grass in your own high speed blender) midmorning

Sprouted grains and seeds like buckwheat, sunseeds and freshly rolled oats

A salad for lunch

Raw food snacks for kids after school (diced veggies with dip or fruit)

A side salad at dinnertime

Watch for healthy and easy recipes coming your way in the weeks ahead!

Best to you,

Jonell Francis

My Feel Good Foods

Good Foods Recipes - Pink Grapefruit Sorbet

On a recent trip to Sonoma Valley where I grew up, my sisters and I discovered Screamin’ Mimi’s Ice Cream Shop in Sebastapol, California where the pink grapefruit sorbet jumped right off the menu and into our hands.  When I returned home, I began working to add it to my Good Foods Recipes right away.  If you like pink grapefruit, this dessert delivers!

1 (12 ounce) can 100% pink grapefruit juice concentrate
2 quarts rice milk
1 pink grapefruit, sections scooped out of skin or peeled
1 cup xylitol
½ teaspoon guar gum (optional)

Combine in blender. Blend on high for 30 seconds then freeze in rotary ice cream freezer according to directions.  The flavor is best right when sorbet comes out of the rotary freezer.  Or if frozen solid, let it sit out for 15-20 minutes to soften before serving.

Tips for Fabulous Old Fashioned Ice Creams:

Whipping air into the liquid base of your ice cream using a blender just before freezing, will render a lighter, creamier frozen treat.
*Guar gum is a plant extractive that serves as a stabilizer and binding agent. It prevents ice cream from icing up in the freezer and also causes the ice cream to be softer to scoop even while still  frozen. Buy it in powder form at a natural foods store. It’s optional, but it goes a long way. I consider the minor expense well worth it.
Do not skimp on the rock salt! Instead of purchasing it in tiny expensive boxes, get a big inexpensive bag of water softener salt (granular, not pellets) and ‘pour it on’. Your motor will last longer and the ice cream will freeze faster by using 2 cups of rock salt per batch.

When I first tried this soup at The Olive Garden Restaurant it was love at first bite! I came right home with a take-out order and created a dairy-free “Good Foods Recipes” version for my family to enjoy. Yesterday my 13 year old and friends came home for a special birthday lunch and they all wanted this “Healthy and Easy Recipes“ soup to celebrate! (Warning: this soup can be habit forming.) Serve soup warm with a crisp salad and fresh bread. (This big batch serves 10-12 people)

• 1 onion, diced

• 1 leek or 5 green onions, finely chopped

• 2 Tablespoons butter

• 5 pounds red potatoes, rinsed, unpeeled, quartered, then thinly sliced

• ½ pound Homemade Italian Sausage, cooked (or mix and cook sausage ingredients in the pot)

• ½ cup healthy mayo

• 1 ½ Tablespoons salt

• 1 teaspoon pepper

• 2 quarts rice milk

• 1 Tablespoon chopped parsley

• 1/8 teaspoons cayenne

Rinse leek well as dirt often settles between the leaves. Sauté onions, add potatoes, then remaining ingredients. Simmer for about 20 minutes until potatoes are tender, then enjoy!

Homemade Italian Sausage (Another of My Healthy and Easy Recipes)

This crumbled sausage is wonderful in soups, lasagna, omelettes, quiche and pizza.  I cook up several pounds of turkey or chicken sausage at once, then freeze it in 1/2 pound servings for quick meal preparation throughout the year.

• 1 pound pure ground chicken or turkey                        Bulk Batch:   6 pounds

• 1 Tablespoon honey (+1 teaspoon molasses)              1/3 cup (+2 Tablespoons molasses)

• 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper                                1 Tablespoon

• 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning                                        2 Tablespoons

• 1 teaspoon garlic or onion powder                                2 Tablespoons

• 1/2 teaspoon sage                                                        1 Tablespoon

• 1 teaspoon salt                                                             2 Tablespoons

Thaw meat. Blend ingredients in mixing bowl. Freeze for later use or form into patties and cook in buttered skillet (turkey has insufficient fat to prevent sticking to bottom of pan.) Cook several pounds at once and freeze in 1 cup servings for use on pizza, Italian soups, or quiche.
 

For more  “good foods recipes“ refer to The Feel Good Cookbook, or submit your own healthy and easy recipes to My Feel Good Foods.

Yeast-related illness has been around for centuries. Four hundred years before the birth of Christ, Hippocrates the father of modern medicine recorded many occurrences of thrush, cradle cap, and other fungal infections of the skin. All of these are indications of yeast infection by candida albicans.

A BIBLICAL CANDIDA ALBICAN DIET

It was brought to my attention one day that the weeklong Passover Feast or Feast of Unleavened Bread, observed by Orthodox Jews was very similar to the anti candida diet and other lower-carb diets. The feast was instituted to commemorate the passing over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt when God smote the firstborn of the Egyptians with a plague.

I was particularly excited about this idea because the promise for observing the feast was “that the destroying angel would pass them by.” In light of the pervasive occurrence of yeast related complaints among human beings, and the debilitating effect it has from the inside out, “destroying angel” would be an apt description of how it feels to deteriorate under yeast’s control.

I went to the local library to find a book about the Passover Feast. I learned that the feast is observed in late March or early April before the earth bears anything sweet.

THE SEVEN DAY PASSOVER FEAST

The seven-day feast includes fasting during the day and eating the feast after sunset each night. A traditional Passover plate was pictured with divided sections for each of the foods that are eaten.  The meal consists of a brilliantly low carbohydrate collection of foods:

• Unleavened bread (containing no yeast),
• A piece of lamb,
• A boiled egg,
• Leafy greens,
• A grated apple/nut mash called ‘charoseth’
• and a bitter herb like parsley, horseradish or some other kind of radish,

which all happen to contain anti-fungal properties. In fact, all bitter, hot and spicy herbs combat candida albicans yeast, alleviating candida symptoms.

The physiological effect of observing the Passover would be like a “spring cleaning” of the body from candida albicans yeast, mold and fungus every year.

What a fun thought! What if the command to God’s chosen people to observe this feast were not just a means of remembering their deliverance from bondage to Pharaoh centuries before, but also a means of literal annual deliverance from a subtler destroyer within, namely candida albican?

Since this fascinating idea settled in, I’ve enjoyed, and strongly recommend, an annual spring cleaning of systemic candida albican yeast from the body to optimize energy, zap foggy thinking and prime hormone systems for peak performance in the year ahead.

Get Back on Track

Yeast Infection Treatment for Candida Albicans

THREE STEPS TO REVERSE GUT-LINKED ILLNESS CAUSED BY CANDIDA ALBICANS WITH THE SPEEDIEST RESULTS:

1) TAKE THE GARBAGE OUT EVERY DAY WITH A GOOD BOWEL FLUSH:

Do what you can to help your bowels move daily. For adults this means 18-24 inches of 3/4 inch diameter stool total throughout the day. (For a two year old, 8-12 inches.) Taking one teaspoon Exodus GI Cleanser each night before bed helps that happen the next morning.

In addition there are other methods you can use to increase the outgo of garbage daily: drinking 2 quarts clean water, mild exercise 3-5 days a week, eating flaxseeds, drinking 1/8-1/4 t. senna leaf powder blended into juice or water, drinking aloe vera juice, etc. Exodus and senna both produce a bowel movement about 8-12 hrs later.Find methods that suit you and get it done.

You will be amazed at how much clearer you think and better you feel when you take the garbage out every day.

If you are taking Yeast Beaters Plus Immune Support capsules or Childrens Yeast Beaters but are not pooping daily, your body will reabsorb dead yeast and its juices into the bloodstream making you feel headachy, bloated and worse than you otherwise would. Often allergy foods like sugar, dairy and gluten are responsible for stopping up the bowels.

If you’ve had problems with chronic constipation, consider avoiding all three for the two weeks of The Yeast Beaters Cleanse.

(Note: Whenever combining a powder like Exodus or senna with water or juice, use a handheld blender to make it smooth before drinking. There is no extra credit for grossing yourself out by drinking supplements chunky! These handheld blenders cost $10-15 at Target or Walmart and will be your best friend in the kitchen! Once you have one, you’ll use it for everything.)

2) EAT A LOW GLYCEMIC DIET.

That means avoiding refined carbs and replacing them with whole foods to keep blood sugar in low and steady. All sugars (natural or not) feed yeast and make it proliferate.

(Note: The Feel Good Cookbook is a great resource for replacing high sugar foods with lower ones.)

A low sugar diet is especially helpful during The Yeast Beaters Cleanse. The Yeast Beaters Capsules will in turn curb your craving for sugar as they remove the yeast responsible for your sugar addiction. Just do the best you can with this part.

If you eat some trigger food (usually sugar, milk or gluten/wheat products), just notice how it exacerbates your yeast-related symptoms, them mop it up with a dose of Exodus GI Cleanser and take an extra dose of Yeast Beaters plus Immune Support to regain your progress.

3) KILL THE YEAST.

The yeast killing herbs in Yeast Beaters Plus Immune Support are very powerful against yeast and  providing the first goal is met, you will love the results! Just remember to take it slow as you ease into the capsules.

Glutamine speed heals the gut and taken with a quality probiotic is optimal for restoring balance and proper function. If your die-off symptoms become too uncomfortable,( ie, headache, bloating, fatigue) and you are already pooping regularly and drinking the recommended water, use ½ -1 teaspoon Exodus GI Cleanser to quickly relieve the symptom and reduce the number of capsules you are taking until your body is cleansing yeast at a slower rate with which you are comfortable.

You can build back up to three capsules morning and night as slowly as you like. Ideally you will clean out the yeast with little to no noticeable die-off symptoms. You will know a die-off symptom from a chronic yeast-related symptom because it will flare up and then move on within 24-48 hrs. Many users have noticed that the body heals from inside to outside and from newest to oldest injuries in the body.

(Note: When using the Yeast Beaters Plus Immune Support Children’s Liquid, the dropper fills up to 1½”. If it’s filling much less than that, check to be sure the opening of the dropper is not plugged and that the glass dropper has not been pushed up into the rubber bulb at the top of the dropper).

Three squirts is about 1/2 teaspoon, but the dropper really is the easiest way to get that goodness in them. If you slip the dropper just inside the corner of your child’s mouth, outside his/her teeth and squirt, it will slide down their throat without them spitting it out. One bottle is about a 30 day supply or 60 doses.)

With these 3 objectives in place: daily bowel flush (movements), keeping sugars in check, and killing yeast at a comfortable rate, we know you’ll be pleased with your experience on The Yeast Beaters Cleanse. We look forward to hearing your story.

Email us at results@myfeelgoodfoods.com.

Yeast Treatment During Pregnancy

SOME COMMON QUESTIONS WOMEN WANT ANSWERED

are how the Yeast Beaters Cleanse compares with grocery store brands, and whether or not it is safe to use while pregnant or nursing.

I haven’t tried the yeast cleanse yet, because I wasn’t sure if I had a yeast problem… well, now after being on antibiotics a week from an upper sinus infection, and even taking acidophillus, I still got a horrible yeast infection. So I’m wondering,

* Do you know if I need to treat the yeast infection with Monestat 7 and then do your yeast cleanse, or do I just need your Yeast Beaters Cleanse?
* Also, after completing the yeast cleanse, when can we start trying to conceive without having problems?
* Do we need to wait 30 – 60 days, or just wait during the 14 day cleanse and then try conceiving?
* I know weird questions, I’m sorry.

Thanks so much for all your recipes, and always answering my questions,

Amy

THE YEAST BEATERS TREATMENT

Just do the Yeast Beaters Cleanse. It is a safe and powerful yeast treatment and unlike Monestat 7 it gets the yeast where it colonizes first–in the gut. Back in the 80′s JAMA, Journal of the American Medical Association ran their own study and found that recurrent yeast infections always have a gut reservoir. Until you remove the imbalance of yeast from the gut, you may continue to have yeast problems pop up repeatedly.

Give yourself as long as it takes to clear your yeast symptoms. Two to four weeks should be plenty of time for a vaginal yeast infection treatment but let your body be your guide. Once you feel your symptoms are gone, then discontinue the capsules and try to conceive. No need to wait.  After the first trimester of pregnancy, it is fine to use Yeast Beaters capsules for lighter yeast cleansing (up to 3 days at a time) such as to clear a foggy brain, recurring headaches, urinary tract or vaginal infection, or other yeast related symptoms as you need it.

YEAST TREATMENT & CURE DURING PREGNANCY

The herbs are not ocytocic–meaning they will not cause your uterus to contract bringing on early labor. But they are killers of pathogens (mold, yeast, bacteria, and even viruses).  I do not recommend taking any cleansing herbs on a regular daily basis throughout your pregnancy, because the result of killing off pathogens is that all of their waste gets into your bloodstream and therefore into your baby. If you experience uncomfortable yeast related symptoms during pregnancy, use the Yeast Beaters Capsules for up to 3 days at a time and then discontinue for a week. For a deeper yeast cleanse lasting 2 weeks or more, I recommend waiting until after your baby delivers.

YEAST TREATMENT DURING LACTATION

The Yeast Beaters Cleanse is safe to use while nursing your baby, although both the herbs and some of the byproducts of cleansing yeast will get into your milk. If your baby has yeast related symptoms like colic, thrush, cradle cap or eczema the herbs coming through your milk will help to clear their yeast issues. In the case of lactation, always let your baby be your guide as to whether your cleansing is beneficial to both of you or is too much for baby to handle. If only baby needs yeast treatment, we offer a milder Children’s Liquid Yeast Beaters made from vegetable glycerin that can be used by babies as early as 3 months old.

If you can avoid cleansing until you are neither pregnant nor nursing, that is the best choice. However, if either you or your baby are already uncomfortable with yeast related symptoms, you’ll want to do something about it. I have found over the years that I can do about three days of systemic cleansing at a time before my baby becomes sleepless or crabby or gets a rash. These are all signs that baby is getting more toxins through your milk than their body can kick off. If this happens, immediately stop cleansing whether for yeast or to clean your blood or internal organs. Your baby will respond by returning to his/her former happier self. If it is only you that needs the yeast treatment & cure, you might consider expressing and freezing your breastmilk until you have a week supply, then feed baby on this milk while throwing your cleansing milk out after the first day and a half of cleansing. You may find as I have, that baby can handle one feeding a day at the breast (that really late at night one) and still feel well.

Best to you,

And hooray for more babies!

Jonell Francis

(Mom of nine)

Yeast Treatment and Cure

NOT JUST A YEAST TREATMENT… A YEAST CURE

To reverse gut-linked illness with the speediest results, observe the following three related goals:

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1.) Take the garbage out every day. Taking a teaspoon of Exodus GI Cleanser at night before bed produces a satisfying bowel movement the next morning. Other daily habits that help flush the bowel are: drinking 2 quarts of clean water, mild exercise for 30 minutes, 3-5 days a week, eating flaxseeds, and using whole grains instead of refined grains. Find a combination of daily habits that suit you and get it done. You’ll be amazed how much clearer you think and better you feel when you take the garbage out every day.

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2.) Eat a low glycemic diet. This means avoiding refined cabs and junk food and replacing them with whole foods to keep blood sugars mid-level and steady. All sugars, natural or not, feed yeast making it proliferate. The Feel Good Cookbook offers hundreds of sugar-free, dairy-free, and gluten-free, whole food recipes your family will enjoy, including kid-approved snacks and treats. Sample recipes. A low sugar diet is especially helpful during  The Yeast Beaters Cleanse. The cleanse itself, will in turn curb your craving for sweets as it removes the yeast responsible for your sugar addiction. Because of the power of The Yeast Beaters Cleanse,  a strict candida diet is no longer necessary to get the job done.

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3.) Kill the Yeast. The anti-fungal herbs in Yeast Beaters Plus Immune Support are very powerful against yeast, and providing you are flushing your intestines or bowel everyday, you will love the results! In addition, Glutamine is a free form amino acid that steadily rebuilds the enteric epithelial lining of the bowel and taken with a quality probiotic is optimal for restoring balance and proper function. This is the best yeast infection treatment.

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With these 3 objectives in place: daily bowel flush, keeping sugars in check, and killing yeast at a comfortable rate, we think you’ll be pleased with your experience onThe Yeast Beaters Cleanse. We look forward to hearing your own success story!  Success Stories

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Beat Candida Albican Yeast

The Yeast Beaters Cleanse is a simple program that brings together the most effective cleansing and nourishing agents to drop-kick yeast imbalance out of your body. Here’s how to discover your own success story:

Day 1: Cleanse the Gut. Start with the Exodus GI Cleanse: 3-5 doses of Exodus in a 24 hr period (morning, noon, midafternoon, evening, and just before bed). A dose is 1 Tablespoon mixed in juice or water. Follow each dose with an 8 ounce glass of water.  Drink as much water as you can throughout the day. Eat if you are hungry; give digestion a rest if you are not. Recurrent yeast always has a gut reservoir (JAMA, Aug. 1985). This will sweep out your gut, removing trigger foods and other agents contributing to inflammation and will begin easing adverse digestive symptoms right away.

Day 2-15: Beat the Yeast and Nourish the Gut. Begin taking Yeast Beaters with Immune Support the day after cleansing your gastrointestinal tract, 3 caps morning and night. Take the evening dose just before bed, on an empty stomach, with 1 teaspoon glutamine powder mixed with cold liquid, and a daily dose of high quality probiotic. (Probiotic is a supplement of friendly bacteria that you can purchase at a natural food store. If it comes with FOS it is even more effective). It is not necessary to be 100% off dairy, fruit, or gluten unless you know these cause you discomfort. It is helpful however to avoid obvious sweets and junk food.  Since you are making a new start now, commit to eating whole foods for the next two weeks while The Yeast Beaters Cleanse works it’s magic on your interior surfaces.

Drink Sufficient Water: Your body needs enough water to conduct electrical impulses, carry nutrients to cells and flush out metabolic waste.  An easy formula is to drink half your body weight in ounces of clean water every day. A 150 lb person needs 75 ounces, or about 9, 8 ounce glasses of water a day.  Carry a water bottle with you for the two weeks of the cleanse to increase your water intake.

While you sleep each night, Yeast Beaters slays yeast in large numbers, Glutamine helps repair the damage done to your gut by yeast in the past, and friendly bacteria take over the freed up real estate and link arms together to prevent hostile takeover from happening again. Continue taking these three: Yeast Beaters, Glutamine and a good probiotic at the prescribed times for two weeks. Use Exodus GI Cleanse as needed to maintain healthy bowel habits in the weeks ahead. If you are eating three meals a day, you should be eliminating 2-3 times a day. These steps constitute the Yeast Beaters Cleanse. A small bottle of Yeast Beaters plus Immune Support has enough capsules for a two week cleanse for one person.

Record Your Progress. Make a record every few days of how it’s going. Especially note how you feel around day 3-5 on the herbs. This seems to be a breaking point for yeast. Note the positive results you see (including areas other than your gut) and any cleansing reactions you may feel: dull headache, gas, itchy skin, achy muscles or joints, etc.

In case of cleansing reactions, celebrate! You know it’s working.  If your reaction is uncomfortable and is not relieved by drinking the recommended amount of water daily, back off the Yeast Beaters plus Immune Support capsules until the reaction subsides, then resume again at half the dose, building up slowly until you are using full dosage again and complete the cleanse. Most people have no memorable die-off at this dose. Some extreme or long-standing conditions may require repeating the cleanse after a 1-2 week break.

Maintaining a happy gut: After the yeast cleanse, take a one to two week break from the herbs and then maintain with just 3 capsules each night with Glutamine for a time. A good formula is to continue maintenance for one month for every year you’ve had symptoms. The herbs are not expensive, and the help to your immune system is priceless. Fully 80% of your bodies immunity occurs in the gut! Care for your gut and it will take care of you. If you eat more sugar/dairy than you really wanted, sponge it up with Exodus GI Cleanse and double up on Yeast Beaters plus Immune Support capsules for a day or two to regain balance.

After 30-60 days, send off an email telling us your experience. results@myFeelGoodFoods.com For answers to Frequently Asked Questions about this cleanse, see FAQ on our website, www.myFeelGoodFoods.com

Here are some symptoms associated with diseases that have evaporated simultaneous to using The Yeast Beaters Cleanse system:

Athlete’s Foot
Aggressiveness/Anger
Bedwetting
Bladder Infection
Bowel Irregularity
Candida
Chronic Sinusitis (Congestion)
Constipation
Cradle Cap
Dandruff
Depression
Diarrhea
Eczema
Endometriosis
Fatigue
Herpes virus
Mouth Sores
Oily Hair
Irritable Bowel Syndrome/Spastic Colon
Itchy Skin
Joint Pain
Menstrual Cramps/Afterbirth Pains
Rashes/Hives
Respiratory Infection/Bronchitis
Seasonal Allergies
Sleeplessness
Sugar Sensitivity
Tooth Decay
Thrush
Urinary Tract Infection
Vaginal Yeast Infection

We’re looking forward to hearing from you about your own happy results!