DETOX YOUR WORLD!
When you've been over-indulging after Christmas, or just plain over indulging, your body often feels run down and cold or flu viruses can easily overcome you. The most beneficial action you can take for the wellbeing of your body and soul is to detoxify yourself by adopting a healthier lifestyle, but there's no need to go crazy and cut out everything you enjoy: moderation is the key to successful detoxification. Probably the best way to get things going is to reduce your fat intake and take more exercise on a daily basis.
Most people nowadays try to eat a lower fat diet in an attempt to reduce their overall calorie intake - unfortunately this often leaves people low on the Omega 3,6, and 9 essential fatty acids. These fatty acids control many factors involved in weight management - they regulate the metabolism by turning on fat burning genes and turning off fat storage genes, reducing water retention, and elevating mood. Udos Choice Ultimate Oil blend delivers a balanced 2:1 ratio of Omega 3:6 essential fatty acids and can be easily incorporated into any diet. It doesn't taste foul so it can be enjoyed mixed into natural yoghurt, soups, smoothies, salad dressings, or just straight from the spoon. As little as 3 tablespoons a day will be enough to get the body burning up that fat and you will also experience the added beneficial side effects of beautiful skin, hair and nails. Essential Omegas are also contained in Flax seeds (Linseeds) and Hemp seeds, which you can sprinkle over anything, and in Hemp oil - wonderfully nutty tasting oil.
Another addition to a healthy detoxifying lifestyle is eating freshly sprouted seeds and beans, which are a fantastically cleansing and delicious way to stay healthy. By capturing the plant at its earliest stages of life you are in effect concentrating the nutrition you would normally get from the adult plant, and the energy is more easily absorbed by the body. Almost any seed or bean such as Alfalfa, Chick peas, Sunflower seeds, Lentils, Broccoli seeds, or Mung beans can all be sprouted in a few days and then enjoyed in sandwiches, salads, soups, or even healthy quick stir fries.
A very good food source for detoxification is Spirulina - blue green algae - often referred to as the world's most nutritious superfood, which has extraordinary concentrations of vegetable protein, chlorophyll and antioxidants. Compared to other foods on a weight to weight basis Spirulina is the richest source of Iron - 58 times (yes 58) more than Spinach, 25 times more beta carotene antioxidants than Carrots, twice as rich in Chlorophyll than Wheatgrass or Barley, and also very high in vitamins A, B12 and B complex. It can also help in maintaining weight by making the body feel full up - for breakfast take just one teaspoonful in your favourite juice, whizzed up in the blender with a banana for a deliciously yummy and filling smoothie. Spirulina is also very beneficial to pregnant and nursing mothers, during menstruation or menopause, recovery after illness, vegetarians, senior citizens and children who don't eat all the good stuff they maybe should! It is available in powder, tablet or capsule form.
If you are feeling a bit sniffly then take Echinacea daily to help build up the immune system and keep colds at bay, or if a cold has already got you in its grip then take a few drops of Citricidal Grapefruit Seed extract - it tastes pretty sharp but will kill a cold dead in 24 hours, and it can also be used for lots of other problems such as athletes foot, nits, mouthwash. Take Milk Thistle Complex for your overworked Liver and sluggish bowels, which contains Milk Thistle and Dandelion root to nourish the Liver and assist bile production - bile helps break down fats and encourages regular bowel movements.
To maximise the benefits of your detox you should drink plenty of fresh water and avoid alcohol, coffee, dairy products, white bread, refined sugar and fatty fried foods. Eat lots of fresh fruit and raw vegetables, take a brisk walk to work instead of driving, swim, give up smoking (now!) and smile lots and lots!
