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How to lose weight and detox at the same time

Ash — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:09:46 +0000

There is a way to detox your body and lose weight at the same time. Through detox you help your body get rid of toxins and other harmful substances and this makes your body healthier. A healthy body is able to function better which in turn makes the food digestion process more efficient and eventually the whole process enables you to lose weight.

To really understand how to lose weight and detox at the same time you need to have one thing in mind. Both these actions need a lot of patience and willpower. Losing weight is not something that can be done from one day to the next and detox is a procedure that needs knowledge and a special way.

The best way to approach this is by following the guidelines below:

1. Whenever you decide to make drastic changes to your weight or eating habits you need to get the approval of your doctor. Although most of the cases the chances of causing other more important health problems are limited, to be on the safe side you can inform your doctor about your intentions and get the necessary advice and guidance.

2. The main idea behind detox is the consumption of natural foods, free of processed substances and chemicals. By doing so for some time your body will get rid of those bad toxins and start functioning better and more efficient. In addition the consumption of natural foods makes their digestion easier and faster and thus your body will be able to break down the foods you eat completely without increasing the fat reserves. On the contrary since the process is more efficient the body may utilize energy from the existing fat reserves to cover the extra requirements.

3. A very important aspect of weight loss is eating healthy food and foods that are low in fats and sugars. During your detox period your diet will consist of food items that are calorie friendly like fruits and vegetables, water, rice while at the same time you will avoid diet killer foods like sweets, meat and dairy products.

4. Do it slowly and gradually. We already mentioned above that weight loss and detox take time. You should not rush into getting quick results. What you should do instead is go slowly and gradually. Analyze your current diet and gradually replace items from your diet until you reach a point where the foods you consume can help you detox and lose weight at the same time.

5. Finally, do not overdo it. If at any point during the process you feel that something is wrong with your diet then stop and revise your action plan. People who are not used to this kind of diet may have difficulties in the beginning. This is normal and in some cases expected. What you should do is workout out a plan that you can follow without too much effort otherwise you will get bored easily and quit.

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2 Day Apple Detox Cleansing Diet

Ash — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 02:18:45 +0000

Why a 2 Day Apple Detox Cleansing Diet? Apples are a very good system detox cleanser and personally I feel doing frequent short diet detox cleansing is a better way to go. 2 day detox fits in my busy schedule and is easier to manage. If you have followed my blog you know I believe a detox cleansing diet should be incorporated in your daily life and be part of an overall healthy lifestyle.

First get a bunch of apples, it is better to get too many, then if you have extra you can juice them or give them to friends. Select a few different apple varieties. Delicious, Fuji, Pippin, or any of the hundreds of apple varieties that may be in your area. I do include apple juice but also herbal teas like peppermint and jasmine and water.

If possible get Organic apples and wash them well.

Think of different ways to make apples. You can just eat them as they are, chop them and even cook them. For dinner time I bake 3-4 apples about 20 min at 325 degrees F and put cinnamon on them. With a nice cup of Jasmine tea this is delicious and feels like you had dinner. You may find yorself fixing this on non-detox cleansing days, I do.

You can chop them up and add some water and maybe ice in a blender and make a shake. Blend different types to create your favorite. By applying a little creativity you can make this a good tasting and satisfying experience. I tend to find my taste buds get more sensitive when I detox so I find foods taste better.

To add to the cleansing effect take walks, do some deep breathing, take showers and use a brush to scrub your skin well. This all aids your circulation and stimulates your energy. A nice relaxing Epsom Salts bath in the evening is especially good for getting into a deep restful state to add to the rejuvination.

For a few days before and after it is best to make sure you are eating at last half of your diet in fresh food.

Apples have lots of fiber and the Pectin is believed to help remove heavy metals from your system. They hav a type of anti-oxidant called flavonoids which are good for you and may help prevent cancer.

Apples provide plenty of vitamin E, folic acid, and biotin. Vitamin C, beta carotine, potassium, iodine, silica, magnesium, calcium and some amino acids.

As with any fasting, it is possible you could have gas, bloating, fatigue, or headaches. If that happens lie down or take a hot bath. If the symptoms persist stop the fast and maybe contact your health practitioner. If you have any serious ailments you should discuss fasting with your health practitioner before doing one. Mostly these things are minor or do not happen but I have to say this to make sure you are taking a reasonable course.

Detox and Cancer Prevention

Ash — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:57:39 +0000

No study I know of shows definitivly cancer will be prevented if everybody does just this one thing, or eats this one food, or not this other. Since people’s bodies and tolerance are different there will probably never be a “one size fits all” for cancer prevention. Our bodies change substantially during our own life. We go through deteriation and healing.

As beings with the spark of life we are served well by living foods. To gain detox and promote out body’s healing ability choosing fresh vegetables, fruits, grains and beans to be a big part of your daily diet will detox you.

More energy and less disease can be pretty much guaranteed to those who partake in making fresh natural foods, enough rest and exercise, and stress management something to study and practice.

As much as this blog is about body detox recipes doing specific detox activities has to be part of making the best effort to live a healthy and productive live by incorporating healthy habits and working to unload the unhealthy stuff.

Rushing into detox as a way to counter an otherwise unhealthy living experience is much like rushing to your doctor for a “fix me” prescription. I can only imagine how doctors feel when they see an overweight smoker have a serious ailment when he knows it never had to be like that.

Even detoxing and healthy eating will be substantially undermined if a person is not learning to deal better with the stresses life presents to everyone. When you are upset by anything, that is stress. Stress is your reaction to life. Resentment is the worst. It seems a natural reaction yet if followed, the poisons resentment, unforgiveness, and holding ill will generate inside you will fester into a destruction no medicine or fast or herb will fully protect you from.

I appreciate your comments, questions and experiences.
Regards,
Ashley

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Living A Detox Cleansing Lifestyle

Ash — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 05:34:00 +0000

Healing your body and preserving your your health is a daily choice so becomes a way of life or lifestyle.

Just drinking a big glass of water first thing in the morning is a big help. Your body is frequently dehydrated as you lose moisture just breathing through the night. Breath 10 times on a piece of glass and it is easy to see how this happens. Not only do you get rehydrated but since you have nothing else in your stomach the water is rapidly used and flows to all your cells.

At the end of the day we often feel the need for a snack. Here is a moment when you can do something good for your body or create a lifetime of chronic illness. The little things we do every day for or to our bodies add up over time. In 10 years the 3650 pieces of fresh fruit or the 3650 bags of potato chips will bear the harvest.

Simple but profoundly more healthful options are given daily.

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Simple Diet Detox Cleansing Secret Demystified

Ash — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:03:46 +0000

Ready? Ok, Here it is: Make at least half of what you eat fresh food. Just making that one change will detoxify and cleanse. Fresh food and even steamed vegetables are natural healing and body rejuvenation miracles.

Sure you can push it further, juice fasts, weekend fasts, all kinds of other recipes ar all good. But if you spend the rest of the time eating fast food, and everything cooked, processed, and not alive then you are just begging for chronic health problems.

Making half or more of your diet fresh food will make you loose weight, have more energy, and just feel better. If that is all you do but you make this your daily ongoing food choice you will reap a lifetime of benefits. It may not be all that easy to switch if this has not been your habit. I tell my friends to just eat anything you like as long as it is fresh. You have to find what you like. Some combinations work better than others.

I just made a baked potato, then put fresh onion, fresh garlic, basil. pepper, and some vanilla yogurt. Tasty and healthy. For me forget about plain yogurt. Cannot take the flavor. Yea I baked the potato because they taste really great. Food has to taste good or forget about it. So just think about what kind of fresh things would be good on a baked potato? Bananas? Apple Slices? Strawberries?

Have An Apple Detox Cleansing Recipe Day

Ash — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 18:50:20 +0000

Well I don’t know if I can properly use the term recipe here because this is just all about eating fresh raw apples.

The recipe is 6 to 10 apples for the day. As you may recall I believe the best way to do detox and cleansing is to incorporate it into my daily life. This apple cleanse is so easy you can do it a few times a week. You will not be starving hungry and apples are just super healthy to eat.

I found this great list of the health benefits of apples at the Eat This Blog

We’re told that an apple a day keeps the doctor away, but what exactly are the health benefits of apples? Here are ten reasons to heed the advice of that old proverb.

Bone Protection
French researchers found that a flavanoid called phloridzin that is found only in apples may protect post-menopausal women from osteoporosis and may also increase bone density. Boron, another ingredient in apples, also strengthens bones.

Asthma Help
One recent study shows that children with asthma who drank apple juice on a daily basis suffered from less wheezing than children who drank apple juice only once per month. Another study showed that children born to women who eat a lot of apples during pregnancy have lower rates of asthma than children whose mothers ate few apples.

Alzheimer’s Prevention
A study on mice at Cornell University found that the quercetin in apples may protect brain cells from the kind of free radical damage that may lead to Alzheimer’s disease.

Lower Cholesterol
The pectin in apples lowers LDL (“bad”) cholesterol. People who eat two apples per day may lower their cholesterol by as much as 16 percent.

Lung Cancer Prevention
According to a study of 10,000 people, those who ate the most apples had a 50 percent lower risk of developing lung cancer. Researchers believe this is due to the high levels of the flavonoids quercetin and naringin in apples.

Breast Cancer Prevention
A Cornell University study found that rats who ate one apple per day reduced their risk of breast cancer by 17 percent. Rats fed three apples per day reduced their risk by 39 percent and those fed six apples per day reduced their risk by 44 percent.

Colon Cancer Prevention
One study found that rats fed an extract from apple skins had a 43 percent lower risk of colon cancer. Other research shows that the pectin in apples reduces the risk of colon cancer and helps maintain a healthy digestive tract.

Liver Cancer Prevention
Research found that rats fed an extract from apple skins had a 57 percent lower risk of liver cancer.

Diabetes Management
The pectin in apples supplies galacturonic acid to the body which lowers the body’s need for insulin and may help in the management of diabetes.

Weight Loss
A Brazilian study found that women who ate three apples or pears per day lost more weight while dieting than women who did not eat fruit while dieting.

How healthy is that? very very healthy. Truth is that with a good fresh raw diet, exercise, and keeping a good additude, many of the chronic diseases that seem to plague our modern society can be avoided completely.

Fast Detox Cleansing Diet Lunch Recipe

Ash — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 01:44:55 +0000

Just had this today and it was excellent, tasty and refreshing.

First get 2 cucumbers and 3 Fuji apples. Cut them up and Juice them in your juicer.

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Then to round it out and make it a solid meal grab an Avacado and some full grain or better yet multi grain bread. I like mayonaise but if that bugs you try olive oil. To season it I add some Lemon Pepper and garlic powder. Writing this is making my mouth water.

I have a quick trick for putting the avacado on the bread that you might appreciate. I cut it in half, take out the pit, then squeeze each half together right over the bread. It all mushes out just fine and right now. Then I chop across it a bit so it all fits. One medium avacado is fine for one sandwich.

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How Juice Fasting Heals The Body

Ash — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 23:53:57 +0000

Your digestive system maintains a coating of mucus as a protection. Problems arise when this coating becomes too thick from illness and environmental conditions like pollution and eating too many processed, fatty, and sugar type foods.

Juice fasting breaks up this mucus so it is eliminated naturally and reduced back to
a normal healthy amount. The juices also provide nutrients and antioxidants to make your body heal faster and better.

As a result your own body’s natural healing power is released to speed your healing and rejuvenation.

A 3 day juice fast where nothing but juice is consumed once a month will help greatly to balance your body. The typical effects are also better energy, better looking skin, getting colds less often and losing weight.

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Cranberry Apple Pomegranate Detox Cleansing Diet Recipe

Ash — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 23:43:24 +0000

Are your feeling fresh and lively today? I hope so.

A couple days ago I had this diet for a full day. It was delisious and full of powerful antioxidents. A detox diet like this is so simple to do because, once you get used to them your are not hungry all day yet becoming healthier. You could, of course, use a couple different juice recipes through the day. The idea is a day of juice only to detox and cleanse your body.

The recipe amount makes a good meal size amount for one person. I had this 3 times during the day.

1) Take a nice big Pomegranate from the fridge and cut it in half then into wedges. Use your fingers to push the seeds into a bowl. Don’t worry when a few small pieces of the pomegranate husk fall into the bowl also, just pick them out. Then I just get a spoon and eat this while drinking my cranberry apple juice. Yes, I know this is not officially juice but they real taste great this way.

2) Take about 5 apples and a one pound bag of cranberries and juice them up. Hopefully you had them in the fridge and they are nice and cold. This is a delicious blend and feel free to add this to your daily detox list. If you had a big glass of this with breakfast I think your would be glad you did.

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Simple Daily Detox Water Method

Ash — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 01:02:29 +0000

This is very simple, almost so simple I wondered if I should write a whole post about it. But, it is one small yet very important thing anyone can do to help themselves be healthier.

Every morning, before you eat anything, have a big glass of water. A good 16 ounces.

I have been reading that a common health regimine in existance for at least hundreds of years it to drink 1.5 liters on arising. That seems a little much for daily detox but if I was not feeling well I would certainly do this.