Being Holistic

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.

·         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.

·         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.

·         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. 

·         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!!

·         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/). 

·         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). 

·         DRINK LOTS OF WATER!  Get rid of sodas, caffeine

·         Detox:  Dandelion tea is good.  Luke warm lemon water on an empty stomach is a good one too.  Carrot juice works too.

·         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/.

·         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,