Simply Mendes

Inspirational People: Madonna Buder, The Iron Nun

We at simplymendes.com, believe in an imminent rise in general awareness, an incremental leap forward, much like the progress witnessed with the industrial revolution. Theoretical Physicist, Michio Kaku believes the internet age to be the precursor of a class 2 civilization. As people continue to share their common knowledge and experiences, the quality of our information will significantly…

Simple Acne Treatment: Epsom Salt

At simplymendes.com, we believe in simplicity in medicine. Often times, simple home remedies passed on through the generations are the ones most effective at curing our diverse ailments. I have recently discovered a very simple and inexpensive treatment for persistent acne, which I cannot recommend highly enough. I have personally used it to cure my persistent acne problem – if you’ve struggled…

Simple Weight Loss Tip #3: Flavor – Part 1 (Palate Comforts of Umami)

In this series we will explore simple and practical strategies one can use to lose weight, with minimal effort and strain. It is our belief at simplymendes.com, that in order to achieve this critical goal one must implement simple changes to lifestyle and diet. (more…)

Inspirational People: Johanna Quaas

Inspirational People: Philippe Petit, The Art of Balance

  At simplymendes.com, we believe that finding personal balance in health and fitness is of primary importance. It’s a belief that is right in line with the personal life philosophy of Philippe Petit, the Master of Balance himself! (more…)

Simple Weight Loss Tip #2: Dietary Fiber

In this series we will explore simple and practical strategies one can use to lose weight, with minimal effort and strain. It is our belief, at simplymendes.com, that in order to reach this goal one must implement simple changes to one’s diet and lifestyle. This strategy explores the ways one can use dietary fiber to accelerate weight loss. Here are the four key benefits of dietary fiber: 1.…

What are Empty Calories?

Firstly, what is a calorie? A calorie is a basic unit of food energy that comes from the food we eat – whether it’s from carbs, fats, sugars or proteins; they all provide calories.

Knowing how many calories our body needs is very tricky. Our caloric need is directly linked to our level of physical activity. For example, those who engage in daily heavy physical activity will have a greater caloric…

Health Alerts: Is Aluminium in Deodorant a Health Risk?

By Y. Ming One of the challenges of my generation, is figuring out how to process and assimilate the excessive amounts of information we’re bombarded with on a daily basis. A world of information at our fingertips – these are the privileges of being born to this age. Yet most of this information can be considered “junk”,  misleading or simply just false.

What we know, is that our nations are in…

By Y. Ming

Cancer is disease that hits close to home to all of us. We’ve all had loved ones or acquaintances who are or have been afflicted.

It’s been more than 4 decades since Richard Nixon declared the war on cancer, yet as of today, many forms of cancer still remain incurable and very little improvements have been made in the way they are treated. Many have battled cancer into remission – for…

My Personal Journey: Can Foot Detox Therapy Soften the After Effects of Vaccination?

By Eva Bernadett

My personal journey towards balanced health started in the spring of 2010; that’s when, as recommended by my family practitioner (during my yearly check up), I received the MMR and Hepatitis B vaccines. Growing up in Eastern Europe, in the mid 1970’s I had not received all those vaccines which are now mandatory in North America and all developed countries. Afterwards, I had the…

What you Need to Know About Deep Breathing?

By Y. Ming

The goal of this site is to share the health knowledge and wisdom that Luis Mendes has acquired over the last decades, in his journey towards achieving maximum health.

“Who’s Luis Mendes?” you may ask; Luis is an ordinary man like you and me, who through his love of life and his thirst for knowledge, has broken down the achievement of great health into it’s simplest and most holistic…

Inspirational People: Jack Lalanne

By Yu-Ming Joanis

We know of Jack Lalanne’s world famous juicers, but he’s also arguably the most influencial person in the field of health and fitness of the last century. By trade a chiropractor, body builder, personal trainer and TV personality, Jack revolutionized the field of fitness by opening the very first modern health clubs, which natural evolved into what we now know as “Bally’s…

The short and simple answer is sure we can! And it all starts with patients who empower themselves with the right kind of health and fitness information and health care providers who challenge the status quo, by returning to what Dr. Lissa Rankin calls “soul medicine”.

Dr. Lissa Rankin is the founder of the Whole Health Medicine Institute, the founder of owningpink.com, a professional artist and…