Best Home Remedy For Acid Reflux Or Stomach Issues

It seems this last week I have had a few people come to me asking me for advice on something they can take for an acid stomach or acid reflux issues or just plain old stomach issues after eating a certain meal. It got me thinking about what 2 or 3 things I could offer them fast that could make a huge difference and as soon as I uttered out my 2 favorite remedies I realized I had to write this for my blog this week. So here it is. Millions of people in the world suffer from gut...

Juice vs. Smoothies – Which Is Better & Why?

I am often asked about the difference between juicing and smoothies regarding our health. Many of you would like to know the benefits of each of these and when or if we should avoid either of these practices & why. So let me try to unpack this subject & help you understand it in the way I have learned to understand both practices. Let’s talk about smoothies first. We all know that giving our gut a break on digestion is a good thing, whether we do fasting, juicing, or smoothies. 85% of our body’s energy goes to digestion...

2020 Lessons Learned!

2020 was an unprecedented year in so many ways. So much loss, destruction, love, violence & change. Hard times teach us the best lessons, help us evolve to something better from the lessons learned. I believe that the Phoenix will rise from the ashes so maybe the destruction of 2020 will bring hope for something better in 2021. Today’s VS Blog is a podcast about lessons learned in 2020 on a personal level and regarding the health situation in the world. Enjoy. Check out vidalSPEAKS.com here & donate here to support my work. Check out my new youtube cooking...

Merry Christmas – HO HO HO!!!

Thank you so much for all your support & enthusiasm to join me in helping to be part of the change in the world! Change your health & we can change the world. Eat vegan & make a huge impact on the climate crisis & save millions of animals who suffer unnecessarily when a plant-based diet is so tasty! Here is my Christmas Card/Video for you! https://youtu.be/WP4Ye5KgFr0 2021 is the year to be vegan & take your health to another level. 2021 is the year to learn to cook delicious vegan food - To help you do...

Happy Thanksgiving! The Gratitude & Challenge of 2020

Today is a day I feel thankful for all I have, but also it is a sad day for me when I think that almost 50 million turkeys will be killed for tomorrow's Thanksgiving meal. That just breaks my heart. I feel too sensitive at times to live in this world but I want to use my sadness to help take some action for change. Most of us grew up eating meat and not making the connection between our food & the compassion for the life of that animal, therefore it is not helpful when vegans judge meat-eaters because...

2020 Holiday Season Begins!

I love the holidays. Once Halloween arrives I start getting excited for the holiday season. Sometimes here in Los Angeles, it is difficult to feel the holidays around the corner when the weather is still in the 90’s. Today it finally got chilly out & I started getting excited. Thanksgiving is a couple of weeks away, & usually by this time I have put my plans into place regarding who will come over to eat with us & what I will make. This year with COVID it is smart to not venture out of your “safe bubble” as they...

Join Me On This Food Journey!

I am super excited to make an announcement and fill you in on something I have been working on all year. I know some of you have followed me via my VidalSPEAKS Podcast for years and others just found me & follow my blog or podcast or are members of the VS Club and I feel so grateful to have each and every one of you. No matter why you find me, for sure we share the same passion for health, whether it is detox, or food, or veganism, or our overall world view on health we have come...

SLEEP Like A CAT & Without Drugs

Do you wish you could sleep better? Do you wish you could sleep deeper? Do you need more sleep? Less sleep? Do you toss around in your sleep Or have dreams that leave you feeling tired? Do you fall asleep easily but wake up too early or does it take you hours to fall asleep? Homeopaths are very interested in the quality of their patient's sleep. Therefore we ask many questions having to do with sleep. Such as what position do you sleep in and if waking in the middle of the night is common is there a recurring...

Climate Crisis! – How 2020 is challenging all of us … even us optimists.

It has been such a challenging year for so many. Especially for the USA in comparison to other countries. Granted we handled the virus totally irresponsibly and still have no real universal plan to keep it in check, which shows by the numbers that are skyrocketing every week. We are first place in all the wrong stats having to do with the pandemic, but our misery doesn't end here. We also have had floods, once in life-time hurricanes, tornados, and now the most deadly fires ever. We are only 2 weeks into a 4 month long fire season and...

Cleansing End of Summer Soup Recipe Or Just Enjoy

Summer is a great time to eat lots of fruit or even do "fruit cleanses" where you eat only fruit for 3-10 days or more. Fasting, cleansing, and detoxing is easier in summer when the weather is hot and we crave the water-filled fruit naturally. I get asked all the time how I like to break my cleanse and for me, I feel best doing it with this lentil soup recipe that I want to share with you today. Also, by the end of summer, I get so craving soup and something warm and hearty, something a bit salty...

My Favorite EASY Summer Squash Cakes Recipe

I love growing my own food in my garden. It is not an easy task and for sure I am no master at it. We all need to little by little learn the tricks of growing more of our food. Even if you don't have a garden you can grow your own herbs for cooking. Fresh herbs make a dramatic difference in any recipe. If you only grow basil, oregano, thyme & rosemary you will use them daily and gain from their health benefits tremendously. This summer we planted yellow squash. The saucer-like ones are so delicious but so...

Pandemics Will Be Part Of Our Future! Let’s Prepare Now.

Today we live in what feels like strange times, but actually we are lucky we avoided many other pandemics in the past. However, I do feel pandemics are here to stay so I would like to do my part and teach you the best way to be prepared for any viral or bacterial pandemic that may hit us in the future. We should be able to use lessons from how we have handled this Coronavirus but sadly we have not handled this one well at all. The lessons we have learned are what not to do next time not...

Hormonal Imbalances?? Here’s Good News!

If you are a woman do you suffer from hot flashes, insomnia, PMS, weight gain, or thyroid issues? If you are a man do you struggle to keep erections, have prostate issues that cause you to get up several times each night? Have you been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes or one of many thyroid diseases? Do you have Endometriosis? Hormone imbalances affect all of us especially as we age. The endocrine system is very complex. Many environmental chemicals, pesticides, EMF frequencies, food additives, and other toxins trick the body into thinking they are hormones, therefore they can cause...

5 Summer FOODS To Grow In Your GARDEN & Their Health Benefits!

With Covid-19 everything is behind except time! Time keeps moving forward but I find myself saying: "Why didn't we plant our garden sooner?" But in quarantine, everything was closed so it just could not happen. The good news is there is still time to plant and harvest a few great veggies. Here is how I know that. Most plants will take 50-60 days to harvest their vegetables. If you buy your plants already started from a nursery ASAP and get them in the ground you have plenty of time to reap the rewards of homegrown veggies even if your frost...

Vertigo – GO GO AWAY Forever!

It is really important to know there are many causes of Vertigo. I believe many are suffering unnecessarily due to the fact they have no idea WHY they got vertigo to begin with. Some of the known causes are: Dehydration Injury to neck or head Bad infections like flu or sinus infections Malassimilation of calcium Misalignment of the atlas vertebrae also known as C1 Poor posture & sleeping posture over time So let’s break it down and try to make a complex subject easy. First, you need to know that vertigo can be caused by 2 different systems and...

Oh Causticum – Oh Injustice – I Will Fight For You!

Today's blog is a V-Blog. I wanted to use my words to show my support for the changes that are being brought to the forefront due to the horrible, wrongful, death of George Floyd. Racism is a dark ugly feeling. It serves NO ONE. So many forget that we are all one of the same and we are hurting ourselves when we hurt another. So sad to see the struggle that many black beautiful human beings have to go through just to live life. It is great right now that we are focused on the idea that black lives...

Amazing Rainforest HERB You Must Know About!

Happy VidalSPEAKS Wednesday! Today I am so happy to tell you about one of my favorite herbs ever. I tell you all about it in the video but you can do your own research and learn more. I recently had to use it in a situation with Lloyd that felt like a crisis. He had for a while an enlarged submaxillary gland. We did remedies and acupuncture and it got much smaller but still, he had it bigger some days. The main symptom that developed the last month was a super dry mouth. I began him on a homeopathic...

Pandemic Fear, Anxiety, & Depression – Homeopathy To The Rescue!

There are many things that are tragic about this pandemic. Should I list them? Well to name a few: the thousands of lives that have been lost; the many jobs lost that have left people hungry & desperate; the small businesses that many have given their whole life energy into creating are on the edge of going away; & the attention we are putting on creating an overly clean environment (instead of a clean INNER environment), which is creating a nation of germaphobes. There are so many more, but just these, many say, make our current state of affairs...

Focus On The Terrain NOT The Virus!

It is easy today to be totally in fear due to the Coronavirus that is sweeping the nation. Like I always say to you is that I want you to learn to be the driver of your OWN car & not put your health responsibility in anyone's hands including your doctor! How does this apply to this virus going around? The answer is 2-fold. First of all, we have to live consciously & make smart decisions about how will integrate into society when we do have to go out or when we are allowed to open our cities again....

The Dangers Of MORE Viral Pandemics From Eating Animals!

As a homeopath I have always believed I would see a pandemic in my life because in our studies to become a practitioner, we learn how homeopathy has been used with great success in many epidemics & pandemics. The 1918 Spanish Flu is one that homeopathy came out of that one as the superstar since the homeopaths lost very few people to death in comparison to the traditional medical treatments offered that killed 50 million people or 1/3 of the population. I guess we didn't learn anything from that because as I watch so many die, during the Coronavirus...

Life With Coronavirus & The Balance Of Being Informed & Not Stressing

Today's blog is a podcast. The link is at the end of this blog. I want to write a bit in addition to my podcast because life today is so strange due to COVID-19 Coronavirus sweeping our world. As I write this today we are in quarantine in LA & it is so strange to look out in one way & yet another way so beautiful. The freeway in the distance is empty and silent, an eerie feeling in the streets as if we are in the moment of calmness before the storm; & yet the sky is so...

Coronavirus CRISIS – How To Deal With The Panic, Fear & Unknown

We are living in very unpredictable times right now. There is fear & panic in the air as people are trying to prepare their pantries for what may lie ahead, which is mandatory quarantines as they have done in Italy and China already. The news is 24 hours a day filling our every waking cell with information, which is overwhelming our nervous systems. People are standing in lines for hours just to get in the store to buy groceries. Everyone is hearing every little sniffle, cough or sneeze and thinking that person has been infected with Coronavirus. People are...

Coronavirus Homeopathic Preparation

It is a fact now that the Coronavirus is a worldwide pandemic which is a very scary situation. I had a feeling I would see a pandemic in my life-time because it seems mother nature has a way of finding balance one way or another. With 7.5 billion people in the world, it seems inevitable that we would have to face a situation to help the population decrease to a more viable number and killer viruses are one way that nature finds its balance. Also because 72 billion land animals are killed for food each year, which is not...

Learn To Use Homeopathy Successfully Even As A Beginner!

Many people get overwhelmed with homeopathy because unlike allopathic medicine, which uses blanket medicines to suppress symptoms of diseases, homeopathy individualizes and treats the whole person including their temperament at times. This makes it harder because there are so many ways to get lost. But I always feel we need to make homeopathy simpler so that it can become accessible for everyone to use. I want all of you out there to experience the benefits and powerful healings I have over the last 25 years. Honestly, homeopathy still amazes me every day! I love it so much. There were...

911 INFO – CORONA VIRUS PROTECTION TIPS

It was an obvious choice for me to cover the topic of Coronavirus! It is all over the news and most people are totally fearful or they are believing what they hear on TV, which is not giving us the whole story! In 1918 we had a pandemic when the Spanish Flu hit the world. 150 million people died and the homeopaths only lost a few patients to death because it took time to find what is called the "Genus Epidemicus" remedy. That just means they see which remedies (usually there are 2-4 remedies) are the ones that match...

Healthy Eating Means Learning to Cook – Vidal Can Help Make It Easier!

I am always shocked when I meet someone and learn they rarely make their own home-cooked meals or snacks. Why is that I often ask myself? Is it because they never learned to cook? Is it because they are too busy? Or do they just really hate cooking? I understand it takes time but it also takes time and money to eat out or pick up to bring home and it also comes with a high health risk because those foods are always high fat filled with oils. This will catch up to you fast and one day you...

Taking The Fat Out Of Your Diet – Eat WFLFV … (that is whole food low fat vegan!)

Today's Blog is a Podcast! Yeah! I know the popular KETO diet is telling you that eating fats are healthy AND will help you lose weight actually. But don't believe that for one second. OK, yes you can lose weight, but it comes at a very high health risk cost. You lose weight while you fill your arteries with plaque. Is that a healthy exchange and is it worth your life because that is what you are risking to fall into the trap of the KETO lies. Yesterday when we were at the cardiologist office to get a paper...

Merry Christmas 2019!!!!

Merry Christmas Vidal Speakers! May you and your families have a wonderful Christmas! Enjoy the kindness the Christmas cheer brings & don't get caught in the madness! I thank you for spending 2019 listening to Vidal Speaks! Peace, Joy & Gratitude. Hugs... Deborah & Lloyd Snoopy was hand carved by Lloyd from a linoleum block.

Do you want to save money & still eat healthy vegan meals? Read on…

Today’s blog is a podcast. I was so happy to discover Toni Okamoto’s work because she shows people that you can eat a healthy vegan diet even when on a budget. Most people have the belief that eating a healthy whole food vegan or plant-based diet is expensive and therefore if on a budget it would not be a sustainable choice. It is true that the “BIG FOOD” industry targets those in the lower-income bracket by continually subsidizing the meat industry and then enticing them to buy all the fast food deals that are created by their subsidy. Sadly,...

Making Coffee For Coffee Enemas

I know many people love their coffee, but today I am not talking about the normal way of enjoying coffee, which is for most, a nice big cup of their favorite morning brew. Maybe it is a latte, a frappe, an espresso or just plain black, whatever the recipe, millions of people are addicted to this unhealthy caffeine-filled liquid. People can not seem to manage life without their cup of "java," "joe," "dirt," "mud," "brew," "cuppa," "daily grind," "lifeblood," "tar," "rocket fuel" or whatever else it is known as. This is something I don't relate to because I don't...

Healthy Permanent Weight Loss & Healing Illness With A Healthy, Low or No-Fat Vegan Diet

Do you wonder what the best way of eating is or what the best diet is to once and for all stop dieting? Are you sick of being confused about how to lose weight or heal from symptoms or diseases that you know are lifestyle diseases? Are you frustrated after trying the keto diet only for your weight to return or to find out now you have high cholesterol & other consequences of that diet? Well, look no further because you have come to the right place. I can promise you that today's blog will help you. Today's blog...

Help! – Chemical Soup Overload!

It was a week of chemical soup overload for me and for Los Angeles!!!!! Maybe you can learn from my story and prepare yourself with knowledge so when you are in this same situation. I got totally doused in pesticides at the golf course this week. I was so MAD...... can I curse here.. %^#@^ :-/ The reactions I got to the chemicals triggered my OLD poisoning symptoms of a fast sore throat/layrnx that spreads to pain to ears, then to sinuses and ends up in my bronchi or lungs! UGH I hate this pattern I have but this...

Can A Vegan/ Plant-Based Diet Be For Everyone?

Can A Vegan/ Plant-Based Diet Be For Everyone? I bet you have heard the argument that no one diet can be for everyone and that is why the world could not be all vegan. Well, I agree that we all need variation in our diets but I totally disagree that each of us could not be vegan or plant-based. What vegan expert or doctor has ever said each of us has to have the same diet just because we eat all plant foods? None. As a homeopath you know I believe in treating each person as an individual and...

Raw Vegan VS. Cooked Vegan Diets

Today's blog is a podcast and I will answer many questions about why I think being 100% is not the healthiest choice for most people. I am sure you will love this episode, so be sure to listen now! Before I start my blog today I want to let you know that in my podcast I ask you if you would help me by answering 2 very simple questions that will only take a couple minutes, I promise. You can answer the questions here (and get a little more detail on my course) at this link: http://bit.ly/2oqEeey You will hear...

Flu Season Do’s & Don’ts & Prevention Tips

It is middle of September & many are talking about the flu season arriving soon. But the truth is there is no season for the flu anymore. I have seen people sick with respiratory & flu-like symptoms all year long. I know many of you are living in places where the temperature has changed drastically already. The cold nights are a wonderful reminder that can fall season is right around the corner. These quick temperature changes can challenge our immune systems & trigger bacterial & viral respiratory infections like ear aches, runny nose, sinus infections, coughs & which...

Vidal’s Famous Salsa Video Recipe

Do you LOVE tomatoes? I sure do. I love them so much that I can say it is almost my favorite thing about summer. I am a fall & winter lover, but summer tomatoes well that makes summer manageable. I think my most favorite way to use tomatoes or my most favorite food is my home made salsa. I learned to make it 30 years ago when I had a friend over & we were both craving salsa. We ended up eating the whole bowl (which chips) & since then he always asks me to make him Vidal’s salsa...

Soup for Detox? Yes you can!

I love soup don’t you… Have you ever heard of a soup cleanse… WOW soup as detox now that is cool… I had to keep reading…. I know we don’t often think of soup in the summer time but I have made yummy raw cold soups before so that would for sure be a great summer soup… & even in summer sometimes I really crave a nice healthy bowl of soup. I have several great vegan soup cookbooks that I love but the other day I found one that looked amazing because it was all about Soups as DETOX...

Beat Summer Heat With My Hydrating Delicious Magenta Detox Drink

Happy Summer 🙂 Today's BLOG is a delicious detox beat the heat summer drink recipe. You will love this one. Watch the video now and then read on. https://youtu.be/e9q_scejNfo We are reaching record high temperatures all over the globe this summer. The world cup women’s soccer was played in Paris with temperatures over 100. Imagine that… Geez this is horrible. Germany had 3 straight weeks of record high temperatures with many days over 100. In the US most of this country is currently under a heat warnings and we are hearing the news of old people die every night...

Take A Step Towards A Raw Food, Fruitarian Lifestyle – Interested?

Have you considered trying a raw food lifestyle? Or do you just want to add more fruits & veggies to your daily meals? Or have you tried eating a raw food diet & failed & wondered why? Are you curious what an MD doctor would say about healing with a living food diet or even a plant based diet? Do you have a bunch of questions about a raw vegan diet vs. a cooked vegan diet? If you answered yes to any of these you will like todays blog because it is a podcast. Todays episode of Vidal Speaks...

I COULD NOT BELIEVE MY EARS!

Health can seem so complicated I know. But the truth is our bodies are so amazing & we don’t even realize how many functions rely on millions & millions of components that we take for granted for sure. But the moment one of those tiny little components stops working we realize just how fragile health really is. It is so true… because I remember when I had my vertigo.. OMG that was the worst I ever had…. I will have to tell you about that one day. For sure it will be a blog or video but anyway it...

Super Immunity Is Becoming a MUST!

By far this was the worst year yet for infections in a long time… Fatigue, long lasting cough, stuck mucus, pneumonia, collapsed lung…. These are the symptoms that have been going around for months and months this year. Is there a beginning or an end to the flu season anymore? Right now it is almost July & people are still out sick with this bug! I know there are years when we have flu pandemics and we lose millions… or some strange strand of the flu like the bird flu is taking over…. but this year was kind of...

All About Medicinal Mushrooms & Their Super Immune Boosting, Detox & Healing Powers

Welcome! Today is my first official blog & the GRAND OPENING of my new website! I now have the ability to reach out to each of you on a regular basis in addition to being able to offer more services. I am so excited about this journey & I look forward to walking with you on your health journey! Together we can change the world.. I believe that from the bottom of my heart. Today’s blog is a podcast… Yay! I love doing my podcast, AND do I have a great GRAND OPENING Blog/Podcast today! It is a podcast...

Vidal Makes NO KILL Tuna!

Check out this recipe I made for Jane Velez Mitchell's Lunch Break Live Show!!!

Merry Christmas 2017

To my Vidal Speaks Family - I love all you guys & I thank you for listening & sharing the show! May we all heal; may we all help each other to heal & may we eat plant based to save the animals & our planet. Peace to all! Be healthy, Be Free, Live Life! Peace... Vidal!

“Thank-you… I am filled with gratitude for your support!” … Vidal.

Thank you for your Support!

MERRY CHRISTMAS 2016!

May 2017 bring you a great year filled with passion, laughs, and energy to get well & help heal the world.... and many more information filled episodes on vidalSPEAKS!

“vital littleSPEAK” – Get Your Wellness Toolbox Prepared & Ready!

Supplements, remedy kits and equipment can be expensive but if you start now little by little you can have a great wellness toolbox that will be able to handle almost any situation.

“Vital little SPEAK” – Healing an abscess with homeopathy! Simple steps to avoid antibiotics even in scary situations!

How to treat an abscess naturally with homeopathy.

Homeopathy Basics

There are many alternative medicines are available to us today. Today's post is about Homeopathic Medicine, which is over 200 years old.

What does health mean to you.

Over the years of seeing patients in my practice I noticed when I listen to their list of complaints the one thing in common among them is how their life feels limited.

Don’t become a statistic!! Learn how to change your health destiny.

Every year our medical system and healthcare model is killing or disabling about 250,000 people only from what is called IATROGENIC cause.

Welcome to “vidalSPEAKS”

I am super excited today because on this first day of the New Year I launched my new website and podcast project. Today January 1, 2016 I will post this as my very first blog post!

Words Of Wisdom ...