Cleansing
How Does Body Cleansing Work?
If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Whether out for a run, grilling your favorite meats on a hot summer day, or spring-cleaning the house, our bodies are exposed to millions of chemicals considered “toxins”. These toxins in our environment (exotoxins) and that our bodies produce (endotoxins) have the ability to disrupt the essential biological structures needed for the body to function such as DNA, cellular membranes, and protein. Repeated exposure to various toxins can contribute to adverse health effects in the short-term such as headaches, nausea, and fatigue; and in the long-term can contribute to weight gain and...
Read MoreThe Fast Diet from the UK — Seriously??
We all want something for nothing. As Mother always use to say — you can’t get something for nothing. So.. In the UK the their is a book call The Fast Diet. The jest of the book is you can eat whatever you want, but still lose weight, and even live longer as long as you employ “intermittent fasting.” The book claims that you can eat whatever you want for 5 days and then fast for 2 back to back days having no more than 500 calories for women and 600 calories for men. In their book, Dr. Michael Mosley and Mimi Spencer do a fine job building a case for intermittent fasting as a method for better weight-control, improved health, and even longer life. For...
Read MoreFighting Processed Food “Bliss”
The “processed-food industry” have most of us hooked on junk food and their large ad campaigns and creative packaging convinces us to eat more hyper-processed foods, more often, every year. Scientists have found the balance of sugar, salt and fat that puts our bodies into the “bliss point” that point where we cant’ resist the taste and can’t get enough of it. They know just how much sugar, salt and fat to add to make it craving more and more. Tip 1: All meals should include protein. Meals with a higher percentage of protein makes you feel more satiated (full) . Which leads to fewer calories eaten over all. Tip 2: Make sure you are...
Read MoreStop Singing The Bikini Season Blues
Spring official starts on March 21st, my fingers are crossed that we are going to start to see a nice warm up. Now is the time to start your fitness spring cleansing! You declutter your closets, so why not declutter your fitness routine and your eating habits? Taking these 5 steps will get you reach for bikini season. Here are a 5 things to do right now to get ready for spring fitness cleansing and achieve that beach-ready body just in time for warmer temperatures. Get rid of the junk. Have a stash of cookies, chips, empty-calorie liquid losers aka soda or other tasty processed treats hanging around calling you from another room? Toss or give them away and replace it...
Read MoreThe Girl Friend Project
For the past few months, I’ve been traveling for work and the holidays. My workout schedule and my eating has been all over the place. Have anyone else had the same experience? Come on, I can’t be alone with this. You woke up on January 1st and you had tight clothes. I’ll raise my hand to that one. Then you made the resolution that you are going to get back on the wagon. You’ll hit the gym, eat healthy and give up booze, sugar, what ever your vices are. You feeling me so far AND THEN here we are ½ way through January and you feel like you are spinning your wheels. You want you to button your pants, you want to take a pic and feel like you don’t need...
Read MoreHow To Lose Belly Fat
An expanding waistline is sometimes considered the price of getting older. For women, this might be especially true after menopause, when body fat tends to shift from the arms, legs and hips to the abdomen. Yet an increase in belly fat can do more than make it hard to zip up your jeans. Research indicates that belly fat also increases the risk of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, certain cancers — even premature death. The good news? The threats posed by belly fat can be cut down to size. What’s behind belly fat Your weight is largely determined by how you balance the calories you eat with the energy you burn. If you eat too much and exercise too little,...
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