This is for all you that want to feel better and get a jump start on your weight loss goals. This has been adapted from the Diet Free Life Detox Drop. You can do a 3 day or 6 days. Let me quickly say that this may not be what some consider a true detox. For myself though, it did work wonderfully! I got tons more energy, was not having trouble sleeping any more, just feel better over all. That saying, "You are what you eat" has new meaning for me now. I had to adapt it due to the lack of funds to get the real kit. So without further adieu here is the menu that I followed...
7 am (Breakfast-2 eggs, and a whole grapefruit or (protein shake)
9am (Snack- organic apple juice 8oz.
12pm (Lunch-5oz chicken and salad 2 to 3 cups or (protein shake)
3pm (Snack-organic apple juice 8oz. or Trader Joe's tomato soup 1 cup
6pm (Dinner-5oz. chicken, turkey, or fish and 2 to 3 cups of salad or cauliflower, broccoli, or other good veggies, or ( protein shake )
9pm (Snack-Trader Joe's Tomato soup 1 cup
This was my schedule, but you can change it to work for you, just remember to eat every two to three hours, and up to an hour before bed.
Do's: Do drink at least 8 eight-ounce glasses of water daily. This will help your kidneys eliminate toxins. Do drink cleansing teas like Milk thistle, Ginger, and Dandelion Root along with Green, Peppermint or Chamomile tea when possible. No sugar in tea. Do choose a protein powder with at least 15 grams of protein and less than 5 grams of carbohydrates per serving. Do use a variety of fresh, frozen organic fruit, choose from, any berries.
Don't's: Don't drink anything other than what is specified above. A simple iced tea or soda whether full of sugar or "diet", will derail the plan. Don't use any sweeteners (simple sugars or artificial sweeteners) they will alter your metabolism and interfere with the detoxification process.
Get as much organic as you can that will help you feel the best. Trader Joe's usually has the best prices on produce, I have found. When cooking your veggies it is important that you steam, broil, poach, bake, or BBQ grill. You don't want to boil the veggies, it will cause leaching of the vitamins.
As you eliminate toxins, you may feel light-headed or dizzy for a day or two. If this persists, stop the detox. While eliminating toxins, some people feel tired and fatigued while most find their energy increases. If you are feeling tired, be sure to get extra rest to help your body do its job. Your sleep habits might change. You may find that you need more or less sleep during you cleans. Listen to your body and do what it wants. Due to possible changes in energy and the stress of eliminating toxins, it is recommended that you perform light to moderate exercise, but put off high intensity workouts until the completion of the detox. Although rare, you may breakout in blemishes, rashes or get a boil as toxins leave the body.
You may experience an increase in the frequency of bowel movements. Your urine may be darker than normal or have an odd odor. Be sure to drink you water to help keep hydrated and to continually flush the toxins out of you body. You may experience bad breath or an increase in body odor. Toxins will leave the body as they choose. I had several of these happen to me so I know it worked for me. As always, consult with your doctor before beginning this or any weight loss program. Now, to get to the smoothy recipes.
Vanilla Blue
*1/2 cup crushed ice (optional)
*1 scoop or 4TBSP vanilla protein powder
*1 cup frozen or fresh bluberries
*1 small banana, sliced
*6 to 8 oz water
Pomegranate Blend
*1/2 cup crushed ice (optional)
*1 cup frozen or fresh strawberries
*1 cup frozen or fresh blueberries
*1/2 cup organic unsweetened pomegranate juice
*1 scoop or 4 TBSP vanilla protein powder
Misty Red
*1/2 cup crushed ice (optional)
*2 cups frozen or fresh strawberries
*1/2 cup organic unsweetened orange juice
* 1 scoop or 4 TBSP vanilla protein powder
If you have any questions feel free to ask. I hope this works for you as well as you did for me.
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Stronger bones and teeth anyone?
I will warn you, this is a longer post but full of great information. As I keep learning more about nutrition and eating to become a healthier me. Actually I am soaking it up like a sponge! I have been doing more research regarding bone broths. Well it started out as chicken broth, and then turned in to looking at bone broths, and how good are for us. The following are excerpts from Nourishing Traditions, and Nourished Kitchen.
Modern nutritional research continues to prove what traditional cultures learned through observation over time, when we eat a specific part of an animal, it nourishes that same part of our body.
One example of this like supports like principle can be found in Dr. Catherine Shanahanʼs book, Deep Nutrition. Dr. Shanahan explains that the highest source of available vitamin A known to man isnʼt in a carrot or broccoli, but found in the tissue in the back of the eyeball. As vitamin A is known to specifically support healthy eyesight (among many other crucial health supporting roles), it goes without saying that if we consume what Dr. Shanahan calls “those nasty bits,” we will receive the nutritional bounty contained within to support our expression of optimal health. Broths and stocks provide a very easy way to incorporate the health giving benefits of all those culturally unappealing “nasty bits” into our regular diet.
Wouldnʼt it be great if there was a type of intelligence that made it where we could eat a nutrient and have it go to a specific part of the body that needed it most? Well, there is such intelligence in nutrient-dense foods such as bone broths. This concept of an intelligence of a specific nutrient we consume to have an affinity to the same tissues within our own bodies is amazingly simple to our over-intellectualizing culture. Modern science still hasnʼt figured out how this intelligence works but they know that certain compounds have an affinity for certain tissues.
The Chinese medical perspective includes the adrenals as part of the system they call the kidneys. So, bone broth directly supports adrenal function. It is recognized that the adrenals perform so many hormonal functions vital to our immune health. Adrenal fatigue is another one of those ʻelephants in the living roomʼ that so many of us in the real food movement are talking about yet remains unheard of in mainstream media.
Itʼs interesting to note that the bones after making stock are so soft you can push your thumb nail into them. That tells you that the minerals that were in the bone are now in the bone broth.
How does this translate into stronger, healthier teeth that resist decay and even can heal from tooth decay? Well, the mechanism the body utilizes to remineralize the tooth enamel is through the saliva. Provided that the diet has sufficient minerals, the saliva will have the necessary minerals to interact with the tooth enamel to remineralize the teeth. Bone broth provides the necessary minerals in the proper, combinations, to make them available for use throughout the body. (See video Mouth Probiotics to learn more about the role saliva plays in creating greater oral health).
The reason the concept of tooth remineralization is not present in the culture at large is due to the fact that our diets, for the most part, are miserably deficient in the minerals necessary to optimize health.
Making bone stocks is an easy way to massively raise the minerals in oneʼs diet. But the benefits of bone broth go well beyond mineral content.
With healthy fats, heirloom vegetables. Broth, you see, is a nutritional powerhouse. It is extraordinarily rich in easy-to-assimilate minerals, amino acids and goodies like glucosamine chondroitin. (You know that good stuff for your joints) Its gelatin helps to heal the gut, which is why it plays such an integral role in the GAPS diet, and it provides powerful medicine – particularly in combating colds and flus.
So mom and grandma was right to make you chicken noodle soup when you were sick. (the homemade kind, not the one from a can with all that salt and other preservatives.) I know this was a lengthy post but I think so full of great information, to help us get back to old traditions of cooking that can lead to a stronger and more healthier you. You can find the broth recipe in the recipe section of the blog. So make and enjoy.
Modern nutritional research continues to prove what traditional cultures learned through observation over time, when we eat a specific part of an animal, it nourishes that same part of our body.
One example of this like supports like principle can be found in Dr. Catherine Shanahanʼs book, Deep Nutrition. Dr. Shanahan explains that the highest source of available vitamin A known to man isnʼt in a carrot or broccoli, but found in the tissue in the back of the eyeball. As vitamin A is known to specifically support healthy eyesight (among many other crucial health supporting roles), it goes without saying that if we consume what Dr. Shanahan calls “those nasty bits,” we will receive the nutritional bounty contained within to support our expression of optimal health. Broths and stocks provide a very easy way to incorporate the health giving benefits of all those culturally unappealing “nasty bits” into our regular diet.
Wouldnʼt it be great if there was a type of intelligence that made it where we could eat a nutrient and have it go to a specific part of the body that needed it most? Well, there is such intelligence in nutrient-dense foods such as bone broths. This concept of an intelligence of a specific nutrient we consume to have an affinity to the same tissues within our own bodies is amazingly simple to our over-intellectualizing culture. Modern science still hasnʼt figured out how this intelligence works but they know that certain compounds have an affinity for certain tissues.
Bone Broths & Traditional Chinese Medicine
Bone tissue relates to the kidneys according to Chinese medical theory. So, given the theory of like supports like, consuming bone tissue will support the kidneys and therefore the bones (including the teeth).The Chinese medical perspective includes the adrenals as part of the system they call the kidneys. So, bone broth directly supports adrenal function. It is recognized that the adrenals perform so many hormonal functions vital to our immune health. Adrenal fatigue is another one of those ʻelephants in the living roomʼ that so many of us in the real food movement are talking about yet remains unheard of in mainstream media.
Bone Broths and Adrenal Support
Bone broths provide the adrenal glands with the much needed nutritional support to help make the shift from survive to thrive. Dr. Shanahan even suggests that the nutritional matrix in bone broths may actually help patch the holes in the kidney tissue that cause the kidneys to function less optimally.Massive bone support
Bone stock is rich with minerals. Isnʼt it interesting that within bone broth are the exact minerals, in the proper proportions, that our teeth are also made of? 65% of the mineral mass of bone is made up of calcium and phosphorus – the two main minerals that compose our teeth. When making bone broths we stew the bones for several hours, even days, the stock itself becomes very rich with minerals.Itʼs interesting to note that the bones after making stock are so soft you can push your thumb nail into them. That tells you that the minerals that were in the bone are now in the bone broth.
How does this translate into stronger, healthier teeth that resist decay and even can heal from tooth decay? Well, the mechanism the body utilizes to remineralize the tooth enamel is through the saliva. Provided that the diet has sufficient minerals, the saliva will have the necessary minerals to interact with the tooth enamel to remineralize the teeth. Bone broth provides the necessary minerals in the proper, combinations, to make them available for use throughout the body. (See video Mouth Probiotics to learn more about the role saliva plays in creating greater oral health).
The reason the concept of tooth remineralization is not present in the culture at large is due to the fact that our diets, for the most part, are miserably deficient in the minerals necessary to optimize health.
Making bone stocks is an easy way to massively raise the minerals in oneʼs diet. But the benefits of bone broth go well beyond mineral content.
With healthy fats, heirloom vegetables. Broth, you see, is a nutritional powerhouse. It is extraordinarily rich in easy-to-assimilate minerals, amino acids and goodies like glucosamine chondroitin. (You know that good stuff for your joints) Its gelatin helps to heal the gut, which is why it plays such an integral role in the GAPS diet, and it provides powerful medicine – particularly in combating colds and flus.
So mom and grandma was right to make you chicken noodle soup when you were sick. (the homemade kind, not the one from a can with all that salt and other preservatives.) I know this was a lengthy post but I think so full of great information, to help us get back to old traditions of cooking that can lead to a stronger and more healthier you. You can find the broth recipe in the recipe section of the blog. So make and enjoy.
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Can you do healthly on Vacation?
I am back! We can do anything we set our mind too! I know this to be true. I started this journey about 15 months ago, and still going strong. Don't get me wrong there are times that I don't try as hard. Then I remember how far I have come and there is no going back for me.
As many of you know my guys and I took a mini vacation to Leavenworth this past week. We ate out most of the time, (not so good for the pocketbook) and it was not as bad as I thought it would be. Breakfast was at the hotel, John and I split a waffle and I had eggs and sausage, with tea. Very yummy! For lunch and dinners, I had mostly salad, and I have learned a few tricks to keep from going overboard on salad dressing. Ask for the dressing on the side, and dip your fork in the dressing and then your salad. I have also learned that salsa can be a great alternative for any salad, and better for you. What about exercise you might say. Well most hotels have a room just for that, ( that is not my thing). For me exercise HAS to be something that I love to do. The hotel also had an indoor pool, but alas I couldn't do that ether (woman issues) too bad cause I love the pool! So that left walking, that works for me. We walked everywhere, great exercise and nice on the gas tank. That is a win win situation if you ask me. All it takes is a few little tweaks here and there to make your vacation a bit healthier. I challenge you to make some tweaks of your own and tell me what you did. Till next time...
As many of you know my guys and I took a mini vacation to Leavenworth this past week. We ate out most of the time, (not so good for the pocketbook) and it was not as bad as I thought it would be. Breakfast was at the hotel, John and I split a waffle and I had eggs and sausage, with tea. Very yummy! For lunch and dinners, I had mostly salad, and I have learned a few tricks to keep from going overboard on salad dressing. Ask for the dressing on the side, and dip your fork in the dressing and then your salad. I have also learned that salsa can be a great alternative for any salad, and better for you. What about exercise you might say. Well most hotels have a room just for that, ( that is not my thing). For me exercise HAS to be something that I love to do. The hotel also had an indoor pool, but alas I couldn't do that ether (woman issues) too bad cause I love the pool! So that left walking, that works for me. We walked everywhere, great exercise and nice on the gas tank. That is a win win situation if you ask me. All it takes is a few little tweaks here and there to make your vacation a bit healthier. I challenge you to make some tweaks of your own and tell me what you did. Till next time...
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Is there a difference between organic and non-organic foods?
I used to think that there wasn't much of a difference between organic and non-organic foods. But after some digging. I have changed my mind on the matter. This is just some of the info that I have come across, and I think this information needs to be shared (cause I love you all).
Rutgers University USA did a study, and this is what they found. Sorry for the smallness of it, hope you read it.
I encourage you read the book Back to the Basics of Human Health by Mary Frost. She talks about "avoiding the fads, trends, and bold-faced lies. Why the low-fat diet has made our nation fatter. Why more Americans than ever are fatigued, overweight and depressed. Why the vitamins "off the shelf" aren't giving you the results you want."
Did you know that in order to get the iron that was is one cup of spinach in 1945, today we would have to eat 65 cups. Crazy if you ask me...
Also "food for thought" This morning I made a protein smoothy (I will post the recipe on the recipe page) with organic frozen blueberries when I opened the bag, they smelled so good and the sent was very strong. I have not had that happen before with other frozen berries. That should tell us something too. Well I will get off my soap box now. Till next time...
Rutgers University USA did a study, and this is what they found. Sorry for the smallness of it, hope you read it.
Did you know that in order to get the iron that was is one cup of spinach in 1945, today we would have to eat 65 cups. Crazy if you ask me...
Also "food for thought" This morning I made a protein smoothy (I will post the recipe on the recipe page) with organic frozen blueberries when I opened the bag, they smelled so good and the sent was very strong. I have not had that happen before with other frozen berries. That should tell us something too. Well I will get off my soap box now. Till next time...
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Whole wheat is not what it is cracked up to be
Think of the pen above as a stock of wheat, so when God made the wheat, only the little tip of the pen (where my pinky is) was the gluten, and the rest was wheat.
Now after being messed with only the the tip (where my index finger is) is really wheat and the rest is gluten. Our bodies are not made to brake down that much gluten.
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