Archive for the ‘Cellular Health’ Category

Change of Season Good Time to Detox

Sunday, May 24th, 2009

Changing seasons is a great time to detoxify they body. Regardless of whether you are suffering from over indulgence during holidays, or have been loading up on carbs to keep warm during the winter. A detoxification program is a great way to get rid of accumulated toxins and boost your natural detoxification system (your liver, kidneys and lungs).

Not only do your liver and bowel get a good clean, your cells will be leached of built up harmful pesticides, chlorine, bleach and ammonia, and carbon monoxide, all of which can cause disease.

Low Pace

Simply changing your diet can help relieve constipation related to poor diet, and accomplish the same thing that many herbal detoxification products do. It just takes longer. Constipation [ less than one bowel movement a day] means that harmful toxins are held in the bowel longer.

Medium Pace

Moderate your diet by reducing the amount of red meat, coffee and tea, alcohol, wheat and dairy products. Then take a detoxifying herbal supplement for 10-14 days. This speeds up the body’s natural detox process.

Fast Pace

Fasting for 1-3 days is a rapid detoxification and can cause a toxic rush if your body is heavy with toxins. Take medical advice before opting for this treatment. Avoid Fast Cleans detox plans such as those that consists of nothing but lemon juice, maple syrup and cayenne pepper.

Fasting can deny your body specific nutrients to be able to perform its job of detoxification, and can hence work against you.

Try to give your natural detoxification system a boost at least twice a year for a period of 10-14 days. You will be amazed at the results. And you can expect to lose a few pounds as a bonus!

Tags: , , , ,
Posted in Antiaging Treatments, Cellular Health, Weight Management | 12 Comments »

Eat Less As The Day Goes On

Friday, October 26th, 2007

Nutrition writer Adelle Davis wrote “Eat breakfast like a king, eat lunch like a prince and eat dinner like a pauper.” There are those that agree with this statement and other who do not.

I do both!

I am not a big fan of eating as soon as  I get out of bed, plus I like to give my body at least 12 hours in every 24 to cleanse and repair itself. Every time you eat, your body has to ramp up its digestion processes to assimilate the nutrition from the food, and rid the body of toxins. This means that all its processing power is tied up, and no capability is available to rid the cells of toxic waste and focus on repairing damaged cells. Its a bit like your computer – it only has so much processing capacity at any one time, and you cannot scan the disk or defrag the hard-drive whilst you are using the computer to do other things. You have to wait until it is idle to run these utility functions.

I also like to exercise first thing – so will have a protein shake following, then wait until 10.30-11am before having any carbs for breakfast.

My main meal is lunch – at around 2pm. I always have chicken/steak and lots of salad. Portion control is the key to avoiding that after lunch doze zone. As my blood sugars are level from the earlier protein, and I have little additional carbs at lunch [half a toasted tortilla], I feel energetic for the rest of the day.

I enjoy my “reward” glass of wine and handful of nuts pre dinner, then eat very lightly around 7.30-8pm. This gives me a good 2-2.5  hour clearance before retiring, meaning my dinner is well digested and I sleep well.

So you see I start light – go moderate – end light.

Even with weeks of very little sleep due to an inconsiderate neighbor, I can still maintain a full workday and mental stamina [even if I am a bit more forgetful than normal]. I am sure this is due to my daily eating plan, and my morning exercise routine.

So think not only about what you eat, and when you eat it. Try a few combinations of moving your food allowance around through the day, and see what impact it has…you may be as pleasantly surprised as I was.

Nicola

Posted in Antiaging, Cellular Health, Diet | No Comments »

Antioxidants – Good or Bad?

Sunday, May 20th, 2007

Recent research on antioxidants has focused on “how antioxidant vitamins may reduce cardiovascular disease risk”.  With up to 30 percent of Americans taking some form of antioxidant supplement,this may naturally spark concern.

However, such studies need to be put into perspective. The real power of antioxidants is NOT as a “vitamin” as categorized in the studies, nor as a method to reduce cardiovascular disease. Antioxidants cover a range of compounds that help the body manage cell toxins to a healthy level, where cell processes are not compromised, and DNA not mutated.

It would be easy to fall into the trap of believing that all ‘super-supplement’ claims are everything to every condition. Instead, I recommend you focus on the primary benefit of each type of nutritional supplement, antioxidant or metabolizer. Most items that fall in these groups have benefits in several areas of health, but depending upon your bodies personal needs, and your lifestyle, you are better to adopt only those you feel benefit your personal, individual needs, and not get caught into the hype of searching for the one single super health supplement.

For me, I wouldn’t even consider not taking antioxidants. But that’s my own personal choice. Make yours.

Nicola

Posted in Antiaging, Antiaging Products, Cellular Health | 3 Comments »

HLEX – A New Longevity Measure

Thursday, May 17th, 2007

A new measure of aging HLEX is now being used to measure Healthy Life Expectancy.

This supplements the two previous aging measures:

  1. Life Span – the age to which the body could survive, forsaking the impact of disease
  2. Life Expectancy – the average to which we currently live, taking account of disease

Although the average lifespan is increasing through improved nutrition and better healthcare, the life expectancy, the actual age of mortality remains about the same. This is due to the impact of chronic disease.

But what is more alarming, is that the average age to which we live before suffering a chronic illness is reducing. This has led to HLEX being introduced.

HLEX is the life expectancy without a chronic illness. The HLEX is reducing due to two reasons:

  1. The number of cases of chronic disease each year is escalating across the globe
  2. Prior to improved healthcare, patients would have died from simple heart attacks, strokes etc. Today medical interventions are capable of maintaining life, even if not curing the disease.

 I decided to review the current statistics on chronic disease, and was alarmed at what I read. (more…)

Posted in Aging, Antiaging, Cellular Health | No Comments »