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Beauty Enhancers:
- Organic veggies and fruits daily
- Dark leafy greens daily
- Omega rich foods and oils
- Plant fiber
- Pure water (8-10 glasses daily, preferably alkalized and structured)
- Cultured foods
- Adequate sleep (7-8 hours)
- Consume food rich in Vitamins A,B, and C (found in whole grains, fruits, veggies, eggs, fish, wheatgrass, algae, and essential oils)
- Proper thyroid function have checked by an endocrinologist)
- Probiotics
- Regular touch or massage
- Love
- Laughter
- An alkaline pH
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Things to avoid or reduce:
- Avoid excess caffeine
- Avoid excess table sugar
- Avoid excess protein
- Alcohol
- Processed foods
- Pasteurized dairy
- Preservatives and additives
- Soda
- Negative thinking
- Worry
- Stress
- Rid the body of toxins
- Over acidity
- Excitoxic chemicals (MSG and Aspartate)
Eating With Awareness:
The daily choices we make about what to eat certainly impact how we age, look and feel. Just as important is the awareness that we have regarding how we eat what we eat. The environment in which food is prepared and consumed makes an important contribution to the nourishing influence food has on the body. By paying attention to a few simple principles, you can help your system extract the highest level of nourishment from everything you eat!
- Eat in a settled atmosphere.
- Don’t eat when you are upset.
- Sit down to eat.
- Eat only when you feel hungry.
- Reduce ice-cold foods and drinks, they put out your digestive fire.
- Don’t talk while chewing your food, engage in light hearted conversations.
- Eat at a moderate pace, neither too fast or too slow.
- Wait until one meal is digested before eating the next.
- Sip warm water with your meals.
- Eat freshly-cooked meals whenever possible. Reduce frozen, leftover, un-cooked, microwaved and canned foods.
- Minimize raw foods-cooked food is much easier to digest.
- Try and experience all six tastes at every meal.
- Leave 1/3 to 1/4 of your stomach empty to aid digestion.
- Sit quietly for a few minutes after your meal. Take a walk if you can.
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Creating Balance with Food:
In her infinite wisdom, nature has packaged her food sources into six tastes as a way to inform us about each food’s influence on our mind-body physiology. All six tastes should be taken at every meal to represent the nutrients available and create satisfaction. In addition to nourishing the body, food serves as a source to bring balance and harmony between mind and body. The tastes are sweet, salty, sour, bitter, astringent, and pungent.
Strengthen your Digestive Fire:
The ability to fully digest what we eat, absorbing what nourishes the body, and eliminating what is toxic is the key to optimizing your health. We are what we eat, and more profoundly how well our body had digested it! Eastern traditions teach that our “digestive fire” needs to be strong in order to metabolize our foods to best support health. Herbs, which are foods, are very supportive in fueling the fire, as well as digestive enzymes, which help to break down and assimilate nutrients. My favorites are Vitalzyme X and Q-Zyme by Garden of Life whole food supplements.
www.gardenoflife.com
Nano Greens
Better health starts here:
This is my version of “coffee” that gets me going in the morning! I also use it in the afternoon for a mid-day boost of energy and extra immune supporting nutrition. How many cups of fruits and vegetables do you have each day? This delicious powdered drink provides the body with the phytonutrition and antioxidant power of more than 10 servings of fruits and vegetables. For more on the benefits of including phytonutrition in your diet see my Articles page and visit www.biopharmasci.com.
The Body Ecology Diet, created by Donna Gates, is the most comprehensive program for recovering your health and rebuilding your immunity that I have experienced. Her “must read” book is for anyone who wants to be healthy or who is exhausted, overweight or has digestive problems, candida, viral infections, cancer or neurological disorders such as ADD, Autism, Alzheimer’s or Multiple Sclerosis. I have personally studied with Donna to become a Certified Body Ecologist. For more information to see if this is the right healing path for you, or to order any Body Ecology products, you may contact me or visit www.bodyecologydiet.com.
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My favorite Body Ecology products:
Vitality Super Green Designed to help restore your inner ecosystem and supply easily digested nutrients.
Ocean Plant Nourishes the thyroid to increase energy for healing, helps eliminate mercury and protects against radiation. A must for pregnant women and those with low thyroid.
LivAmend Helps support a healthy liver and improves bowel elimination. Increases bile flow.
Kefir Starter For making homemade milk kefir or for fermenting the liquid of young coconuts.
Cultured Veggie Starter For making homemade cultured vegetables which are a mainstay on this healing diet! Make your own, get creative and save money. I teach small groups the art of making cultured veggies. Please inquire if you are interested in learning!
Estrosense from Natural Factors
A natural hormone balancing formula for optimal breast and skin health! Made from powerful foods and herbs like broccoli, rosemary, and turmeric, this supplement if taken regularly keeps hormonal acne and PMS under control. I take this everyday and it works!
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Where Beauty is More Than Skin Deep!
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