Being Holistic, but I call it being whole-istic…. I have
found a new way to stay healthy and keep my body free from toxins. By trying to keep the toxins out of my body,
I am helping my body to fight off disease, cancer, and illness and boosting my
immune system to do this. Exercise isn’t
enough. Erin says I am being obsessive,
but if that is how I need to be in order to be healthy, then so be it. I call
it being passionate!!
Toxins are in our air and water, food, lotions, shampoos,
deodorants to name a few. You have to breath, and have no choice on your
water, but you do have a choice on selecting your food and other products you
put on your body. For example:
Deodorants/antiperspirants contain the chemical Aluminum
that has been linked to breast cancer.
( http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk/AP-Deo
).
Your liver is the primary organ in your body that filters
out these toxins. It is important to
keep it healthy to continue to filter them out.
Cancer feeds off of sugar and acid. Your body must be in a state of alkaline,
cancer cells cannot live in this state.
This is what I have done to try to live out a healthy,
toxin free life to prevent any future cancer.
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I exercise daily for 30 minutes or more: This includes weights, yoga, pilates or
cardio. You only need 30 minutes/ 3times
a week to get the benefits of exercise.
Sweating is a good detoxifier of the body and a natural way to rid the
body of toxins. And believe me, I sweat.
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I have eliminated all processed food from my
diet. There are way too many additives
and preservatives in food already without adding more from man-made foods. Just think about what preservatives do to
food, keeps is on the shelf longer. Now
just think what it does to your body, it
will take your body longer to digest it and you do not absorb all the nutrients
from the food because the preservatives are doing what they are supposed to do,
preserve. This for me is the hardest
part, because I have to plan my meals, and portion them out. Prepping for meals is A JOB.
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I have eliminated sugar from my diet. I only eat natural sugar like in fruit. I do not add any to my tea and do not eat any
candy or sweets. Sugar feeds cancer
cells. This is hard because I LOVE
CHOCOLATE CAKE!! But every once in a while, I do cave in and have some
chocolate. What girl doesn’t need
it! Not this one.
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I have changed my deodorant to a natural one
that is free from Aluminum. This is a
hard transition because I actually sweat now!
I sure do hope I don’t stink!!
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I am currently in the process of switching to
natural products for shampoo, lotion, hair color and soap. I found this great store called Lush
(www.lush.com) that is all natural products.
There is a possibility that some chemicals can be linked to Alzheimer. “More
recently, two ingredients in shampoo -- the zinc in dandruff formulas and a
preservative, MIT -- have been studied, but no clear link has been established.”
(http://www.livestrong.com/article/1006961-shampoo-alzheimers/).
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Your skin is your largest organ of your body and
it is there to protect you. But it also
absorbs toxins by the water (fluoride and chlorine), air (pollution),
lotions/sunscreens (chemicals in these have been linked to endocrine and immune
disruption, cellular mutations and even allergies to name a few. http://www.budget101.com/scratch-recipes-storebought-items/myo-no-sweat-sunscreen-stick-4174.html).
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DRINK LOTS OF WATER! Get rid of sodas, caffeine
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Detox:
Dandelion tea is good. Luke warm
lemon water on an empty stomach is a good one too. Carrot juice works too.
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Wheat grass daily: I mixed with orange juice and it is easy to
swallow this way! Wheat grass is full of
chlorophyll and high in oxygen. Cancer
cells hate oxygen. Wheat grass rebuilds
the bloodstream. For more see the
website http://foodbabe.com/2011/09/02/what-a-miracle-food-wheatgrass-bali/.
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Eat raw vegetables. Buy organic food when possible. It is free from pesticides, hormones and
toxins.
So maybe I am a little obsessive and passionate about
this. But there is no magic pill to be
healthy. We have way too many people
that are obese, including kids. This
leads to cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and stroke. If people would just make a little change to
their way of life and to what they put in their body and on their body, then we
would not see so many illnesses. And as
a nurse, I may not have a job!! Which is not good for me but a good outcome for
our society!!
"Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;" 1 Corinthians 6:19
Love to all,
