Cheryl and Company can make your loved ones smile with tasty cookies. No matter where in the United States you might want to send a gift to, they can deliver a huge selection of bakery goods directly from the oven. Each and every order is beautifully wrapped and delivered straight to the recipient’s home with each item in perfect condition. It is a comforting and quick means to cheer up your husband or wife, family members, clients, and business contacts.
The original location opened its doors in Ohio in nineteen eighty-one. And, less than a decade after opening, they had evolved to include a wide range of puddings and other epicurean gifts. Before long the company had launched a seasonal catalogue, and then introduced a section specifically for medium to large businesses. Their website was an exceptional success and now they have joined the 1800Flowers.com brand family, who offer a selection of floral and edible gift options across the world.
The quality of their products and ingredients is the cookie supplier’s first priority. The company guarantee their baked items are always sent fresh ideal for consuming straightaway.
None of the cookies have any chemical additives. Triple chocolate, snickerdoodles, oatmeal raisin, and cookies with icing in virtually any color are for sale as well as a number of unique recipes, for example key lime white chocolate chip. Your hardest task will be deciding what to send.
Quite as wonderful as their scrumptious baked items are the decorative packages they arrive in. You can choose between boxes, tins and towers crammed with pre-selected varieties. Or, you can select a gift box or tin and then choose the varieties that appeal most. If you log on to the brownie shop on the web pages you will find the range encompasses buttercream iced, nut and even specially frosted seasonal varieties. Select brownies, cookies, and much more in traditional packaging to say thank you to to a loyal client or supplier. Or, let a friend know you are missing them and are thinking about them by picking out tasty goodies in a novelty basket. Naturally, for Xmas and other holidays, they provide especially decorated treats with an appropriate theme.
When you look at the fantastic range of flavors available not to mention the enormous variety of ways to pack your choice of epicurean treats, you are bound to find the perfect present for any occasion.
Fulvic Ionic Minerals maybe be one of nature?s better kept secrets. Users of Fulvic Ionic Minerals have accounted finding energy, loss of abnormal appetite, a stronger immune system and many more benefits. Ultimately, like any non-pharmaceutical product you must make a conclusion on your own about the effectiveness of such a product. This is simply because the FDA does not sanction these types of products.
You might be wondering how an acid can help you feel better, specially when you may have also perceived that base-forming materials may be best for your body. Foremost, Fulvic Ionic Minerals is not truly acid , it was described this because in early pioneering days acids were used to extract organic fulvic matter from substances such as fossilized peat moss. Since that time, better methods to extract fulvic have been discovered. It is always best to find a Fulvic acid product that has not been processed with excessive heat, chemicals or acids. You are much better off with an all natural, organically processed Fulvic acid product.
True Fulvic acid should contain no less than 72 minerals in their ionic form and should contain the eight essential amino acids. It is very important to note that you should be looking for fulvic that has no minerals in their molecular form as it is likely to have heavy metals in it. There are only a couple of Fulvic Ionic Minerals sources that have been found to have 0 heavy metals and only one hundred percent ionic form minerals.
You have only to glance at the numbers to realize the place popcorn holds in America’s affections. Upwards of 1.000.000.000 pounds of unprepared kernels passed over the counters of U.S. retailers in just one year. You can get yours from the biggest in the market — dispatching a million or more pounds each year to you and people like you of popcorn balls.
Given their thirty years of experience, you can rely on them to supply your needs, no matter which variety you crave. It takes the finest ingredients to produce perfect popcorn, so the Factory trawls through the domestic corn to find the best available. Then, pure corn oil is used to pop the kernels to allow flavorings to infuse into the flesh. The resulting popcorn is packaged in colorful wraps and dispatched immediately. Their tins go further than most, in 2.5 and six gallon sizes and filled completely. There truly is no better way to make sure your friends have nibbles — or even a business shindig. Of course, you’d expect the buttered and plain varieties, but other flavors available may be new to you. Should these be beyond your budget, or if you happen to be considering something else, they also sell their tasty snack foods in containers. Designed to say “congratulations”, to celebrate a favorite sports team, or to send a message, they make fantastic gifts. There are extra personalization opportunities — an appropriate image, your name, even a witty message. If you’re already certain what you’re after, you might place a significant order. You could alternatively go for an assortment or perhaps a sampler.
When you need more, but want to keep that variety of flavors, you might assemble a tower. Comprising several boxes built up on top of the others and secured, you may order them as particular combos or alternatively fill them with your favorite flavors.
There you have it; so many flavors, so many options. Buy them as treats for yourself or as gifts. Why not spread a little happiness? We greatly recommend it.
Quick Overview- I think the most important thing for people starting a workout program is to keep moving, so I highly recommend starting with a basic walking regiment ie. {like walk around the block}
I’m not the typical trainer, I don’t think people want the stereotypical trainer you get at most clubs. My focus is more on “WHY” we do what we do, or don’t do. So I like to think of myself as a life coach!
Here is a little of what I teach:
- Relationship between pain versus fear
- Mental State, managment
- Power moves
- Body physiology
- Breathing for peak performance
- Goal setting as it relates to taking action on your health and fitness program.
Our topic this month is,
“How do you pick the Right Trainer for YOU”.
It can be a complicated process. You want the best trainer for your buck. So what do you do?
My belief is, you need to investigate and interview different prospective trainers.
Here are a few tips of what to ask:
- How long have they been training?
- How many clients do they have?
- What are their specialties? ie. {nutrition, weight loss, muscle building etc.}
- Ask for any references of past or present clients?
- Are they certified or have they ever been certified?
In my professional opinion a trainer must possess these skills:
- Making the client feel comfortable
- Have strong communication skills
- Be a teacher instead of a boss.
Without these skill, in my observation, a trainer may have all the credentials in the world but will not be able to complete the task at hand.
“Motivate and develop results in the client”.
These are some of the strategies I recommend when looking for a trainer.
- Create your enjoyment, Remember everything comes to people that have the ability to create constant pleasure for themselves and others,
- A need to push themselves to continually grow.
- Success, money, love and virtually anything you want will manifest itself when you have the ability to control your emotional states.
LIVE IN THE STATE OF PASSION
Warmest regards,
James Spicer
Founder, “Neuro-Fit Fitness”
You can visit James at:
walkablock.com/james
Protein is an essential nutrient, and is vital to your health. It is used to build muscles, skin, hair and nails. However, many people put their health at risk by eating too much protein.
The typical American diet already provides plenty of protein and there is no point in adding any more, unlike fat cells, there is no place in the body to store protein so the excess is eliminated or is seen as fat rather than muscle.
So what you need to do is to consume just enough protein to allow your muscles to be healthy, perform work and grow. But how much is just enough?
You only use protein for about 15% of your energy use, the majority of energy comes from fats and carbohydrates. Exercising doesn’t necessarily mean that you require more protein but more carbohydrates to stop your body breaking down protein and using that for energy.
Try to make sure that 70% of your protein comes from sources such as meat, fish, eggs or poultry. The complete protein provided by these foods combines with incomplete protein consumed from other food sources. So your body makes the best of all the protein that you consume.
If you are consuming too much protein, you are probably consuming too many calories over your maintenance levels and this will show as an increase in your body fat levels. And with the advent of the latest fad high protein diets, not enough carbohydrates are being consumed so the protein is converted to glucose and not converted into muscle growth.
What is needed for muscle growth is not more protein but high intensity strength training with the required amount of time for rest and recovery between sessions. Because that major bodybuilding star you saw in the latest magazine requires 300 grams of protein a day doesn’t mean that you have to. What he won’t tell you is that taking Steroids is behind his muscle gains and not his diet.
High intensity strength training and not food stimulates muscle growth.
Consuming excessive amounts of protein is not only bad for your liver and kidneys but also promotes vitamin and mineral deficiencies. It is also linked to osteoporosis and some forms of cancer.
One way to overcome the need to eat large quantities of protein is to increase the consumption of protein in stages until a maximum efficiency point is reached and then to drastically reduce it again. This obliges the body to over-compensate by increasing the efficiency for the absorption of protein into the body.
An example of a Protein Loading diet is found below.
Week One
Breakfast: Poached egg on toast, cereal with fruit and milk.
Snack: Fruit and protein shake.
Lunch: Chicken, potato, and vegetables. Fresh fruit salad.
Snack: Nuts, fruit, and biscuits with cheese.
Dinner: Fish any style, rice, vegetables, whole meal bread and fruit salad.
Week Two
Breakfast: Two poached eggs on toast, cereal with fruit salad and milk.
Snack: Nuts, fruit, protein shake.
Lunch: Chicken with potatoes and vegetables (any style)
Snack: Nuts, fruit, biscuits with cheese.
Dinner: Roast Beef with vegetables, brown rice, whole meal bread.
Week Three
Breakfast: Three eggs any style on toast, cereal with fruit and milk.
Snack: Nuts, fruit, and protein shake.
Lunch: Turkey with potatoes and vegetables, brown rice, whole meal bread.
Snack: Nuts, fruit, protein shake.
Dinner: Chicken, potatoes, veggies, brown rice, whole meal bread.
Before Bed: Protein shake.
Week Four
Breakfast: Four eggs any style on toast, cereal with fruit and milk.
Snack: Nuts, fruit, protein shake.
Lunch: Spaghetti with meat sauce, potatoes, brown rice, whole meal bread.
Snack: Nuts, fruit, protein shake.
Dinner: Roast Pork, potatoes, brown rice, whole meal bread.
Before Bed: Protein shake.
After week four of this protein loading diet, move from the max intake of protein to the lowest. So in the fifth week go back to week one menu, in the sixth week, week two menu and so on.
This protein loading diet provides a balance of protein, fats and carbohydrates and combined with high intensity strength training will be very effective in increasing muscular bodyweight without the need to ingest large quantities of protein.
Gary is the author of several ebooks, including “Maximum Weight Loss in Ten Weeks” - the complete ebook and time-saving solution for burning away unwanted fat, and “Maximum Weight Gain in Ten Weeks” - easy-to-use and follow techniques that serve as a guide to muscle growth without having to “live in the gym”.
Visit Gary’s website at www.maximumfitness.com/
Flu and the Immune System
Influenza (”flu”) strikes every year and afflicts millions. Under normal circumstances, flu is not considered a general public health risk. Of course, any disease must be taken seriously for two reasons.
First of all, any disease, including flu, can become dangerous through complications.
But, let’s also understand the far more important issue with regard to flu (and not just avian flu)…but disease in general. Every flu is a problem primarily because our immune system gets compromised through life’s stresses. Put bluntly, flu is “caught” by people because their immune system is not functioning well.
Immune system dysfunction and weakening occurs from constant stress, constant threat of danger, constant deprivation of nutritional needs, and constant exposure to vicissitudes of life. Flu …even deadlier strains such as avian flu, can be the result.
Specifically, flu impacts us due to an under active immune system. This is true of many diseases such as cancer, Hepatitis B and C, TB, strep, shingles as well as flu. Other disease conditions are the result of an over active immune system.
What makes this an issue of late is the fact that only recently has science begun to understand the immune system, its complications, its sheer power to fend off disease conditions and its power to aid in the healing process.
Remember that as we introduce the potential of avian flu.
Avian Flu and Pandemics of the Past
To understand the avian flu threat, we need to understand flu pandemics of the past. Flu epidemics have been explosive and unusually deadly. In past centuries, flu probably spread so fast due to humans and animals living in close proximity.
As you probably know, avian flu is a complex disease mutated from flu that kills birds. But, avian flu has mutated successfully to strike human life. Close proximity of animal and human life allows for such mutations to develop and spread.
Flu can spread like wildfire. The pandemic flu of 1580 began in Asia, spreading over all continents in less than a year. The flu engulfed all of Europe in less than six months.
That’s the problem with flu breakouts. Flu pandemics hit like the proverbial flash flood. A highly contagious flu virus can hit populations that have little or no specific antibody immunities to the disease, infect a quarter of the population, outstrip societal response capability, disrupting societal health and economy.
The fear today is that avian flu will strike suddenly and will spread globally in a matter of mere months.
There were three flu pandemics of the 20th century. They are well documented as to origin, spread, and impact. Those flu pandemics occurred in 1918-19, 1957-58, and 1968-69.
The flu pandemic of 1918-19 killed upwards of 40 million people. No doubt, society did not have the tools nor understanding to stop the plague. However, if ever there was an argument for immune debilitation, it’s war weariness.
Almost every author who writes about this flu pandemic notes the fact the world was at war. But, that was not a mere footnote. It was a major contributor to society’s incapacity to restrain, much less stop the flu plague.
War brings unique circumstances, to say the least. War brings a strain to everything including the immune capacity of the survivors. If flu occurs in compromised immune systems, war guarantees the stress and deprivation which is often the prelude to plague:
” soldiers live in horrid conditions and return to a disrupted life but the effect on their immune system follows them into peace time …and plague,
” loss of loved ones brings its stresses to the emotions which impacts the immune system,
” constant anxiety for soldiers and loved ones even though they return safely, brings its emotional traumas and immune system depletion,
” loss of hygienic conditions weakens resistance and breeds viral and bacterial conditions,
” depression economy brings poverty and its consequences to human quality of life,
” uncertainty of safe living conditions (bombing, terrorism, battle, mob actions)
during war takes its own toll on the body
” disrupted economies, making recovery long, difficult and uncertain,
” work hours longer and work conditions harsher, pay less,
” crime, destruction, barbarism frightening or actual,
” whole economies perish, trade and commerce uncertain,
” political uncertainties,
” peace often brings more severe dislocation and hardship (this was especially the case after World War I),
” all populations suffer nutritional deprivation, with few exceptions
When flu strikes after such conditions, scientists often misjudge the fact that the victims, deemed “healthy”, really were compromised terribly throughout the war and peace time consequences. The generation, which was victimized by the “Spanish flu” of 1918-1919, was in the age range of 15 - 35 … the very age which includes:
” soldiers,
” single parents,
” factory workers,
” teens called upon to assume unusual responsibilities on the home front
” workers in their prime, needed on all fronts…
” medical and other service personnel exposed to a constant need for their services,
Their “after the war” physical let down is almost reminiscent of what happens to people after particularly long periods of stress…They fall prey to flu, colds, and infection.
Why the flu? To answer that question, consider the physical impact upon athletes from their workouts.
It is now known that after a heavy workout, whatever other benefits accrue to the body, there is one clear draw back. The oxidized radicals thus formed take the body several days to get over… leaving the body open to radical damage and some internal harm. (See my article: “Antioxidants, Free Radicals, and Sports Nutrition”
New research suggests glyconutritional supplementation taken before, during, and especially after workouts helps the body get over the radical burden in a matter of hours, not days.
Now, if recent research shows that athletic stress takes days to get over, often leaving damage to organs and tissues in its wake (especially if it is a habitual practice), why are we surprised at the massive flu fall out following the First World War - a war which was worldwide in its scope, as was the flu pandemic which followed it?
Perhaps, before we consider avian flu in the second article, we should realize there is strong scientific testimony that recognizes glyconutrition is a way to prepare and deal with the onset of deadly flu…and potentially other pandemic possibilities.
Read the following testimony before Congress when doing further research on flu, avian or otherwise.
“In instances of unusual, epidemic, or virulent infectious agent exposure, glyconutrient supplementation has been found effective for enhancing general immune functions and defense. When supplied at higher levels than available in nature, sugars needed for cellular synthesis can take innate defense systems to a much higher level that are effective against infectious agents.”
-Dr. H. Reginald McDaniel, “Comprehensive Medical Care for Bioterrorism Exposure”
Congressional Hearing, November 14, 2001
(emphasis ours)
About the Author
Dr. Robert Gamble is retired from a very successful medical/surgical career spanning three decades. He is now active in researching medical issues such as glyconutrition… and offers his insights for public benefit. For information about Glyconutrition: www.glycoshare.com or write NetPublish@myarticleannouncer.com Call Toll Free: 1866.735.5871
During the last decades there has been a change towards mechanization and homogenization of farming, which uses pesticides, additives, herbicides, synthetic fertilizers and mass-production techniques. All this is clearly affecting mankind’s health, and new diseases are spreading rapidly amongst humans and animals (bird’s flu being the most recent one).
The World Health Organization produces reports to show how the use of chemicals and other products on food, coupled with the manufacturing processes involved, are actually a threat for our health.
If you have space for a few pots or even a small piece of land, it is a wise decision to grow your own organic vegetable garden. Today I’m presenting you with seven reasons for doing this:
1. You will have no additives in your vegetables. Research by organic food associations has shown that additives in our food can cause heart diseases, osteoporosis, migraines and hyperactivity.
2. There will be no pesticides or synthetic fertilizers used. These chemical products are applied to obtain crops all the time regardless plagues or weather conditions, and affect the quality of the vegetables. Besides, pesticides are usually poisonous to humans.
3. Your vegetables will not be genetically modified (GM). Antibiotics, drugs and hormones are used on vegetables to grow more and larger ones. One of the consequences of this practice are vegetables which look all the same and are usually tasteless. Besides, we end up consuming the hormones that have been used on the vegetables, with the potential risks for our health.
4. Eating your own organic vegetables will be much more healthy for you. They will not contain any of the products or chemicals named above, and they will be much more natural than any ones you would find at the supermarket. Your health will not be at risk because you will then know that nothing has been added to your vegetables.
5. Your own organic vegetables will be much more tasty. The use of pesticides, synthetic fertilizers, hormones and antibiotics make vegetables grow unnaturally and take the taste away from them. With organic vegetables, your cooking will be enhanced as their flavour will show fully.
6. Organic farming is friendly to the environment. Because you won’t use pesticides or other equally harming products on your vegetables, you will not damage the soil or the air with the chemical components.
7. When you grow your own organic vegetables you are contributing to your own self-sustainability and the sustainability of the planet. Small communities have been founded where members exchange products that they grow naturally, thus contributing to create a friendly and better place for us all.
In the end, eating organic products only means that we do not add anything else to them than they would naturally have. As you can guess, additives, fertilizers, pesticides or hormones are not components of naturally grown food. To better care for your health, grown your own organic vegetables -and a few pots is all you need.
Cristina Diaz Garcia is the Author and Founder of the “Beautiful Gardens Email Club”. Visit her page for an useful Pot Gardening free report at www.soapystuff.com/free-garden-reports.html
Healthy eating starts with careful planning and organization. Since fresh produce has a very limited shelf life, regular grocery shopping is a must. Creating a menu for the week and writing out a shopping list will save you time and money; while helping you stick to healthy recipes. Local health food stores and farmer markets are very money-wise solutions. Plus, frequent visits will allow you expand your culinary horizons as well as mingle with other health-concerned people.
Healthy eating means using fresh ingredients and gentle cooking methods without adding any artificial ingredients and fats. Healthy eating requires a lot of cooking, since take-out food often contains too many refined fats and artificial seasonings. However, with modern appliances you will discover that cooking is no longer an annoying chore reserved for special occasions, but an exciting part of everyday life.
So which products should we buy when we actually decide to begin eating healthy food? Here’s what your weekly shopping list should include.
Vegetables. All vegetables should be eaten young, when they are tender and not coarse. Vegetables are best bought from fresh food markets or seasonal, when they are sold in boxes or baskets. Supermarket vegetables are often genetically modified or have been picked green and ripened in boxes when traveling long distances. Sprouts and brightly colored vegetables contain the most vitamins and antioxidants.
Fruits. Again, the trick is to buy seasonal fruit, since exotic fruits have often traveled long distances and ripened in their boxes, not on trees. Local, naturally ripened or, better yet, organic fruit are the best choice for the health-conscious cook.
Herbs. Aromatic herbs and spices can be used fresh or dried. The best idea is to plant the aromatic herbs in pots on your window and use them fresh whenever you need them. To preserve flavor, you can buy spices whole and use them freshly ground.
Cheese. Although cheese is quite rich in fats, cheese is a great source of vitamins and minerals. Buy only fresh cheeses in small quantities and try to eat them at once, since gourmet cheeses don’t have a lengthy shelf life.
Eggs. Buy only organic or free-range eggs, and shake them before buying to ensure freshness.
Fish and shellfish. The best way to buy fish is fresh and unfrozen. Again, most of the fish in supermarkets comes from fish farms where it is fed with artificial substances, and this fish cannot be used in healthy recipes. Pink salmon and other popular kinds of fish will most likely come from a fish farm. Shellfish is a more healthy choice, since shrimp, for example, does not live in chemically polluted water. When you boil mussels, discard those that do not open.
Meat. For truly healthy eating purposes it’s better to skip meat entirely, since it’s almost impossible to find meat that comes from an environmentally and health conscious farmer. Most of the meat in supermarkets has enormous quantities of growth hormones and antibiotics. The best meat for use in healthy recipes comes from small farming communities or organic farms.
Grains. Whole wheat and whole grains should become a staple of your healthy eating routine, because many healthy ingredients are contained in the grain shell. Rice is the only exclusion from the rule, because, even though the rice grain shell is removed, many nutritional elements still remain in the rice grain.
What we eat become a part of us. So make your kitchen a starting point for your new healthy eating habits, and enjoy preparing healthy meals.
Kathryn Whittaker writes articles on a number of different topics. For more information on living a Healthy Lifestyle please visit www.healthy-lifestyle-guide.com/ and for additional Healthy Lifestyle articles please visit the following article page www.healthy-lifestyle-guide.com/healthylifestyle-articles/.
Whether you are trying to lose weight or live an active healthy life style, nutrition and exercise are vital to your health. We have become as a whole in the western culture, a couch potato, slow moving, over weight and flaccid society. Of course there will always be that smaller percentage of people who get it right and remain fit and healthy. But those that do, make a conscious effort at it with diet and exercise. Well done if you are in that category!
Part of the problem is that because we as humans have it ingrained in us to constantly change things, we are the only creatures that invent food. No other animal or insect does this and they don’t have the diseases humans do unless we have poisoned their environment. We have so much in the way of processed food that have little nutrient value, that we pack on the pounds and become slower moving.
In the wild, animals that eat the raw greens, grasses fruits and berries are very healthy animals. The meat-eating animals consume the healthy plant-eating animals and remain virtually disease free. Our farms on the other hand, need to mass-produce cattle and chickens so we give them hormones and phosphates and the like and we consume them. That is by the way, some experts now think younger girls are developing much earlier than they used to because of the hormones in meat and dairy products. We can however, luckily eat raw organic fruits and vegetables and we should do so on a daily basis.
Another culprit is our need to once again, change our environment. We have more machines that do things for us now and it won’t stop there. This is both good and bad. The good is a higher rate of production for the products we need, bad because we are slowing down physically. In as little as ten years ago we could go out on a Sunday morning and see someone pushing his or her lawn mower. (And I mean pushing). Now a days, you’ll see more of sit down mowers or power mowers that literally pull you along with it. Our fore fathers were much more active and they ate nutrient rich foods. And they could eat a lot of it without getting fat because of how much energy they spent from hard physical labor.
Is all lost for us in this day and age? Absolutely not!!! We are perfectly capable of reversing this trend, but it does require a) your dedication and b) follow through. This can be done no matter what your weight and activity level.
Make your first step the decision to become healthy and fit. Once you have firmly made that decision you are on your way. Now take the time to evaluate your lifestyle and really look at it. Be honest with yourself about your eating habits and activity level.
Changing your diet to eating healthy whole foods is a good way to start. It’ll not only help you lose weight and help you feel better, but it will enhance your quality of life. You’ll have more energy and life just feels better when you are healthy.
There are many popular diets out there. The Zone, the Blood Type Diet, Atkins, the South Beach Diet, Weight Watchers and the list goes on. They all have had their share of successes so it is hard sometimes to know what to do. I can only say, do your homework. You will find the right one that works for you and you will be more likely to stick to it.
If you want to do it on your own you can be just as successful if you know some basic rules.
1) Portion control. Cutting down to smaller portions can help tremendously. A great
way to eat less food at one sitting is to drink a glass of water before you eat and then drink more water with your meal. Water takes up a lot of space in your stomach so you will feel full faster and water won’t give you any extra calories. Awesome!
2) Water, water, water. Drink lots of clean pure water. Your body needs it and more than you think. Most North Americans are in a state of semi dehydration. Water flushes out toxins, gets your bowels moving. (Did you know that the amount of pain you feel from injury or minor aches and pains are directly proportional to how dehydrated you are? An interesting tid bit)
3) Eat raw fruits and vegetables as much as you can especially dark greens. Cooked veggies lose some of their nutrients so eating a salad every day would benefit you. Most of your vitamins and minerals are going to come from fresh fruits and leafy green vegetables. And try to stick to organic on this to avoid the pesticides and chemicals.
4) Fiber. You need to keep the bowels moving and the combination of water and fiber will do the trick. The best fiber comes from fruit and whole grains. But consider this: You would need to eat 10 bran muffins to get the same amount of fiber as in a half cup of raspberries.
5) Protein. The best source of protein is from meats such as beef, chicken or turkey. But do limit the amount you eat at one time. You don’t need a 10 or 12oz piece of meat at one sitting. You can get protein from dairy and cheese but consume only small amounts because they digest too slowly. Nut is a source of protein but they are high in fat so consume small amounts.
6) Sugar, confectionary treats, soda’s, junk foods and some processed foods are your enemy. Nothing gives you weight gain and that sluggish feeling quite like this grouping. I am not saying you should never partake of them, but do so only occasionally. We do after all need our cheat days once in a while. Just make them small portions.
7) Find an exercise regimen that you like and will stick to. Pretty much any exercise program will help you lose weight if you stick with it. You will see on TV all the equipment people want to sell you but after watching for a bit you usually know what appeals to you or not. You may just want to pop in a video and exercise with that.
I can’t say enough about sticking with your program. It takes time and you can experience losses in the beginning when it seems it is not going fast enough, but if you stick with it, you will get your reward and you will reach your goal weight and have energy to burn.
9) And finally, because some of food is deficient in nutrients from growing in poor over used soil it might be a good idea to get some good vitamin supplements to assisting in getting our daily requirements in. Getting it in food is the best but that is hard to do these days so find a qualified nutritionist to help you in selecting what’s best for you.
Good luck and good health!
Willie Jones, www.nutrition-tips.com Willie is a freelance writer, researcher and artist. After having been diagnosed with Lupus more than a decade ago, health and nutrition became the most important issue in her life. Happily, the research she did over the years has paid off and she is doing well.
Due to the highly processed foods that we consume and the polluted air that we breathe, our body accumulates toxins. The body does its best to eliminate the toxins, but ends up being stressed due to the overload. Symptoms such as chronic headaches, skin allergies, premature ageing, etc. start to manifest.
What can we do to help our ailing body? Try juice fasting, as a safe way to detox! Many studies have been done on the beneficial effects of juice fasting. We can increase our lifespan, treat bio chemical imbalances, reduce our cholesterol levels, treat allergies, acne, etc.
In juice fasting, by giving the body a rest from food and digestion, the immune system can focus on elimination of toxins, with the aid of the organs of elimination (liver, pancreas, gall bladder, kidneys, intestines, skin, etc.).
During a prolonged fast (3 plus days), the body will start to burn off and digest its own tissues by process of autolysis in a discriminate manner. It will first decompose and burn those cells and tissues, which are diseased, damaged, aged or dead (tumors, morbid cells, abscesses, excess fat deposits, etc.). The stomach shrinks and becomes less acidic. Then, certain detox symptoms are experienced eg. acne breakouts, fatigue, headaches, as the body eliminates its toxins. These symptoms should ease and we will feel a renewed sense of health and well-being!
You can juice almost any fruit and vegetables that you can eat raw. Vegetables that are good for juicing include tomatoes, cucumbers, celery and carrots.
Fruit vegetable combinations taste delicious. For example, apple and carrot juice makes a nice blend. Another nice combination is apple, celery and tomato.
For vegetable and fruit skins, peel them off especially if you suspect that they have been sprayed. If you can use organic fruits, this will be much better. Rinse off in filtered or distilled water.
How to Juice for Juice Fasting? It is recommended to dilute your juice 50/50 with water, especially if you are using fruits and the juice is too sweet. Use distilled water, if possible, for dilution.
Also, remember that you can’t buy freshly prepared juice from a supermarket or any juice that comes from a packet, despite what the label on the packet says. Any juice in a carton, can or bottle has been heat treated for preservation.
Juice has to be prepared fresh! The longer the juice stays out, the less fresh raw food enzymes it will contain. This means that you either find a store that prepares it right before you drink it or you use a juicer yourself.
Sandra Kim Leong publishes information on detoxification and cleansing. She is dedicated to promoting alternative therapies as a remedy for some of the health problems faced today. For more details and free resources, please visit www.detox-cleansing.com.
