1) When you cook, make sure your cookware is thoroughly clean of all residue. Your food can become contaminated by bacteria, as well as potential allergens, such as eggs, milk, peanuts and other legumes, wheat, shellfish, nuts, and even soy. Thoroughly sterilize your cookware before and after use. Consider switching to stainless steel cookware.

2) Substitute spinach instead of romaine or iceberg lettuce in your hamburgers, tacos and sandwiches. Spinach contains lutein, which protects eyesight by preventing a form of retinal damage known as macular degeneration. A half-cup of spinach contains nearly four times as much folic acid and almost nine times as much vitamin A as a cup of iceberg lettuce. It's wise to remember this rule of thumb: the greener the vegetable, the higher the nutrients.

Jean Farrar, who has lectured on nutrition at Eisenhower Hospital in Rancho Mirage, California, and the College of the Desert in Palm Desert, California, recently shared some of her health tips with us:

3) You can eat nuts, providing you don't have food allergies, but you must make sure they're fresh. Avoid nuts that have been sitting on someone's coffee table in the open air. Make sure the nuts you buy are vacuum-sealed in airtight canisters or packages.

4) You can use your Raw Green Energy Juice as a dip for blue corn tortilla chips. Add 1 cup avocado and a teaspoon of olive oil for a tasty, spicy dip. Or you can pour the energy drink over cooked brown rice to make a healthy lunch.

5) You can also grind up a clove of garlic and add it to your Raw Green Energy Juice in order to boost your immune system.

6) Flaxseed oil, when added to your smoothies, also boosts your immune system
and contributes to healthy hair and skin. If you use flaxseed oil in your smoothies, you should always make sure that it is refrigerated in the store. Always keep the flaxseed oil in your refrigerator. Even better, buy flaxseed in the health food store and grind it in your grain mill or food processor.