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Holistic Health

You Really Are What You Eat

The whole-body health regime emphasizes nutrition, exercise, and preventive care.

You love cheesecake and chocolate, we all do. As you age your body's metabolism slows due to poor eating habits. You may not be sleeping well. You're generally tired, have mood swings and irritability caused by accumulated toxins.

Start with the 'Basics' to release trapped toxins and regenerate your body. Experience the benefits outlined here of getting back to basics. Your commitment now will have a profound affect for the rest of your life. Moderation is the key to enjoying all your favourite foods and drink. Rediscover the vitality you once had.

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the B A S I C S

Starting Fresh

How clean was our environment 60 years ago? How badly polluted has our environment become in the last 20 years? The air we breathe, the water we drink and even the foods we eat. Our society has become dependant on the convenience of fast foods and processed packaged foods. You may or may not have poor eating habits but your mind is sluggish, your body feels uncomfortable and your energy levels are close to zero. It's time for a body detox. Body detoxing is not about deprivation and starvation. A safe body detox involves well balanced meals, no fasting, no restrictions, just good wholesome foods. Detoxing is looking after yourself, giving yourself a better body and a clearer mind. Allow your body time just 21 days to reprogram itself for a new you.

Four popular types of colonic cleansing are colon hydrotherapy or colonic irrigation, enemas, herbal supplements and laxatives. Some believe that colonic cleansing will remove mucoid plaque and intestinal parasites. Intestinal parasites can infect anybody. Symptoms of intestinal parasites include coughing, cramping abdominal pain, bloating, gas and diarrhea. Some parasites also cause low red blood count causing anemia. Seek medical attention if you are experiencing any of these symptoms.

Consult your doctor/naturopath before undertaking any diet or detox program, especially if you are taking any type of medication or have any medical problems. Do not detox when pregnant, breastfeeding, menstruating or with a cold or infection.

Eating Healthy

When the body is too acidic as a result of acid and mucus forming foods, high fat, and toxic food residues, disease and infections proliferate. Most foods are alkaline by nature, once food is manufactured and processed they become acidic. The balance to attain in each meal is 75% alkaline to 25% acidic to maintain health. Perfect body pH is 6.4, above is alkaline and below is acidic. Acid and Alkaline Forming Foods.

How our body digests food and how long does it take. In a nutshell it breaks down food, absorptions nutrients then elminates waste, unfortunately the whole process can take up to 24 hours. That's why eating the wrong foods cause weight gain. Eat a mixture of fruits in the morning and detox soup with salad in the afternoons, finish with a balanced dinner of a small salad, vegetables and protien. Eat when you're hungry by having more fruit in the mornings, another bowl of soup or portion of salad in the afternoons. To curb the evening hunger pains have an apple. Eating smaller proportions and eating more frequently will speed up your metabolism. Following the above regime and 'drinking lots of water' will help to maintain your weight afterwards.

During the first week you are flushing toxins from your body, the remaining 14 days will help regulate your body's nutrition assimilation process for the rest of your life.

It didn't take you overnight to get you where you are now, so it's not going to take you a week or two to get you where you want to be. You may feel overwhelmed, disappointed and defeated. That's normal and quite alright. Think of each day as a fresh start, take little steps.

Rest & Excercise

Give yourself thirty to forty-five minutes every third day. Take comfort in a darken room with low lighting, scented candles or aromatic essences and music. A quiet, restful time in your hectic lifestyle. Chakra Balancing through yoga and meditation techniques.

Set aside thirty minutes everyday for a brisk walk. Increase your walk a little each day till you reach one hour the first week. Increase your time or increase your speed, this will raise your metabolism rate. Low impact aerobic workouts, walking or yoga is the only exercise you need for the duration of 21 days to help your body to renew itself. Avoid any strenuous weight bearing exercise. Simple things will make a difference, like using the stairs more often, doing swats instead of bending over at the waist. Stretching exercises to align your body's Meridain Lines.

21 Day Body Detox