6 simply ways to avoid digestive toxicity Sat. Aug. 3, 2013 by Thomas E. Levy, MD, JD (NaturalHealth365) How healthy you are depends substantially on your daily toxin exposure. The pathway back to good health is to minimize new toxin exposure, eliminate old accumulated toxins, and increase the overall antioxidant stores in your body, led by vitamin C. Antioxidants will directly neutralize toxins, and they will also repair the oxidative damage already inflicted by the toxins. A healthy gut is incredibly important to achieving and maintaining an overall state of good health. This is another concept that most people know to be true. What you eat at lunch one day should be coming out the next morning. Someone having a bowel movement every few days is generating and absorbing toxins very similar in nature and quantity to the toxins generated by root canal-treated teeth and chronically infected gums. Having a bowel movement less than once a day is never normal The way back to a normal gut… 1. Remember that digestion is delicate References:
Chlorella detoxifies the body by removing mercury and other heavy metals (NaturalNews) There's mercury everywhere around us, it seems. It's in the food (seafood), the medicines (vaccines) and even the lights (compact fluorescent lights). And that doesn't even cover mercury fillings still used by crazed dentists who insist mercury is "perfectly safe" to chew on! All the sane people have already figured out that mercury is highly toxic to human health, but how do you get mercury out of your body once you've ingested it? That's where chlorella enters the picture. I've taken chlorella for over a decade. Chlorella is a single-cell, fresh water algae that is rich in protein, vitamins, minerals, chlorella growth factor, and other beneficial substances. There are several species of chlorella. In rats, chlorella was found to promote the excretion of dioxin in the feces. Once the mercury burden is lowered from the intestines, mercury from other body tissues will more readily migrate into the intestines where chlorella will effectively remove it.
Food Combining: The Little-Understood Secret to Optimal Health & Weight Revealed Steak and potatoes, tuna-noodle casserole, scrambled eggs with toast... these classic American meals are also classic examples of why the Standard American Diet is making us fatter and more prone to disease. After eating one of those traditional American meals, you might experience bloating or feel gassy, dehydrated or tired. No wonder! This meal might look healthy, but it actually cause weight gain and digestive problems. Many diet companies, like Weight Watchers and Jenny Craig, tell you to eat less and exercise more, with little regard towhat you actually combine together in your stomach. Many years ago, our ancestors worked hard at physical jobs and returned home each day to eat big meals of meat, breads, cheeses, and even sweets with no adverse effects. Over time, the introduction of antibiotics, pasteurization and processed foods, along with a lifestyle of constant stress, has damaged our inner ecosystems. Food Combining the Body Ecology Way #1) Eat Fruits Alone on an Empty Stomach
Amazing food combinations that will change your health (NaturalNews) The strategy of proper food combining for optimum digestion has been around for decades in western dietary science and for centuries with Ayurvedic medicine. Both traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and ancient Ayurveda have long recognized the importance of good digestion as the foundation for good health, while poor digestion leads to bad health and disease. Slowly, modern western medicine is catching on, due mostly to the influences of holistic or alternative health practitioners and researchers. That is, two or three foods simultaneously combined will deliver more than the sum of each food individually consumed. Here are the broad stroke basics. Different types of foods require different gastric juices and enzymes to break the foods down into assimilable nutrients. Occasional bad food combining results in gas, bloating, constipation, or diarrhea. Don't eat sweet fruits with other foods. But protein foods can be consumed with low starch veggies and healthy fats.
Warm Salt Water Intestinal Flush: One Week Healing Cleanse Saltwater cleansing practice purifies the digestive system and draws impurities out of organs inside the body. Salt-water cleanses may be used to treat common colds, high blood pressure (it's important to have salt from a natural source that has not been processed), digestive ailments, fever and degenerative related ailments. Natural Salt Crystal: Smithsonian Institute Use non-purified salt for salt water cleansing. We recommend this inner body cleanse with natural salt prior to spiritual consultations, meditation groups and retreats. Before starting a new healing program, taking a new herb/vitamin, fasting or changing diet, you need to rid your body of built-up toxins and schlock. NOTE: persons with very advanced forms of ulcer, appendicitis, intestinal tuberculosis, or cancer are recommended not to practice this technique. During the Cleanse Avoid alcohol, spicy foods, fried foods and anything rich or heavy during this week of cleansing. Salt-Water Flush Recipe YES!!!
One Day Gallbladder Cleanse. Read these simple directions. Gallbladder and Liver Cleanse Intro You may clean your gallbladder and liver with this simple, non-medicinal procedure in less than 24 hours. Schedule a time when you have a holiday from work or a light workload. You will start your cleanse at 2pm and finish by late morning of the following day. Make sure your bowels are clean. If you need, take a natural bowel cleaner (i.e. senna or garcinia) the day before this cleanse. Liver Cleansing will assist these important liver functions. Gallbladder and Liver Cleanse Shopping List Extra Virgin Olive Oil - 4 oz (equal to 125 ml, ½ cup) Limes, Lemons or Grapefruit - 4 oz fresh juice Epsom salt - Magnesium Sulphate MgSO4 - 4 tablespoons Day 1 Afternoon Note Gallbladder in Green for location within the body. Day 2 Morning What Benefits to Expect from Gallbladder & Liver Cleansing Of course, you may feel nauseous drinking saltwater and the oil/juice mixture (we think it taste like Italian Salad Dressing.) Expect diarrhea in the morning. Vidhyasom Co.
How to Clean Your Liver with 5 Natural Liver-Cleansing Tips Your liver is like the maid of your body, cleaning up all the toxins you put into it, and therefore keeping all internal systems running smoothly. The modern diet, environmental pollutants, and our increasing dependence on toxic personal care products have put our livers on serious overtime. For this reason, it’s important to know how to clean your liver thoroughly and effectively – oh, and naturally. Your liver works to cleanse the blood and remove toxic substances that we’ve eaten, inhaled, or rubbed on our bodies. When it is overworked—as it is in many modern adults—or when you are under a significant amount of physical or even mental stress, your liver can struggle to keep up. “The thousands of enzyme systems that are responsible for virtually every body activity are constructed in the liver,” explains Dr. How to Clean Your Liver – No Products Required So, what can you do about it? 1. Source: Natural Society Related:
Activated Charcoal: Medicine of the Egyptians, Greeks, and Native Americans Eating charcoal sounds about as appetizing as scarfing down some black, charred remains of a Saturday BBQ, but activated charcoal is a whole other animal. Activated charcoal is used as a detox agent to absorb a host of heavy metals, chemicals, and pharmaceutical drug remains that flow through your blood stream and cause a hindrance to your best health. Activated charcoal absorbs the toxins from your body and then, since it is not absorbed by the body, the toxins along with the charcoal are expelled, leaving you cleaner and more toxin-free. The Numerous Benefits of Activated Charcoal Charcoal is “activated” because it is made to have a very small particle size. To understand just how effective this substance is at absorbing toxins, one standard 50-gram dose of activated charcoal has the surface area of 10 football fields. Hippocrates, the Greek physician considered the father of natural medicine, used activated carbon to cure many patients. Source: Natural Society Related:
Fresh and Alive! About Live Food The term live food does not refer to eating critters alive, but rather raw, uncooked, and sprouted vegetarian foods, not heated above approximately 115 degrees Fahrenheit, consumed for optimizing health, reversing disease, as well as delicious taste. The terms "live" or "living" food are used to differentiate the inclusion of sprouted and growing plants from simply raw harvested plants such as leaves, fruits, and vegetables. Kristine Nolfi, MD is credited with coining the term "living food" in the 1940s to describe the diet when writing about healing herself of breast cancer with raw vegan foods. Human beings and the animals they have domesticated are the only living organisms on this planet from bacteria to whales that normally eat cooked food. Although often presented in the media as a new fad diet, the concept of eating uncooked food is not new, logically predating the discovery of cooking by fire. More recently in the United States, live food has had many proponents.
How probiotics can improve your health Fri. Aug. 16, 2013 by Michelle Marks, staff writer (NaturalHealth365) Probiotics are beneficial bacteria that enhance the population of the healthy micro-flora in the human gut. They are consumed from the diet in the form of fermented products like yogurt and from nutraceuticals in the form of dietary supplements. The human intestinal tract is a host for more than 400 different types of beneficial bacteria with lactic acid bacteria dominating the group. What can probiotics do for me? Probiotic foods have been a part of the diet across many traditional cultures as a way to maintain health. • Digestion • Immune health • Absorption of nutrients • Bowel movements • Re-establish the balance of beneficial bacteria • Detoxification Where can I find probiotics within the diet? Dietary sources of probiotics are delicious and can be enjoyed in varied forms. Yogurt: A preparation of fermented milk that is set in a semi-solid form. Kimchi: Fermented cabbage that is a staple in Korean diet. 1. 2. 3.
Tibetan Breathing for Health What is Tibetan Breathing? Tibetan Breathing is self-help healing technique that expands your lungs and increases oxygen in your blood. All your organs (and your brain) benefit from more oxygen and work better. Daily practice of this breathing program has been shown to calm the nervous system, regulate heart activity, relax muscles and spasms, oxygenate the blood, reduce blood pressure, stimulate digestion and help to clean the body of toxins. How to perform Tibetan Breathing Sit comfortably with your spine straight and your feet apart and flat on the floor. This simple breathing exercise establishes an equilibrium between positive and negative currents throughout the body. You can perform Tibetan Breathing while sitting, laying down or even while walking (keep your hands in your pockets). Note: this Tibetan Breathing Technique is a very powerful energizer which should not be overdone. Also see our recommendations for the 5 Tibetan Rites of Rejuvenation
Melatonin protects brain function Sun. Sept. 29, 2013 by Michelle Marks, staff writer (NaturalHealth365) Melatonin is a hormone secreted by the pineal gland, a pine cone-shaped gland in the brain. Melatonin is well-known for its role in maintaining our sleep rhythm and new studies have confirmed their role in our brain function. How does melatonin improve brain function? Melatonin supports brain function via its powerful antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects. Research shows that melatonin exhibits strong neuro-protective properties under conditions such as oxidative stress or inflammatory conditions. Melatonin also demonstrates many health benefits such as immune support, decreased risk of degenerative conditions, relief from fibromyalgia, and reduce menopausal symptoms. What factors affect melatonin secretion? Natural ways to boost melatonin production Get ample sun exposure during the day: The amount of melatonin produced by our brain is roughly proportional to the amount of sunlight received during the day.