Are you really ruled by your DNA?
Over the last 2 decades, I have been fortunate in the fact I have been studying quantum physics and the world beyond our physical one. Now it seems that mainstream science is starting to implement and study the effects that quantum scientists have known and been talking about for a very long time. in this newsletter we are covering a little about the impact our DNA has on us and the impact we can have on our DNA! It is so very exciting!
Are you ruled by your DNA? Or can you choose your Health destiny?
Over the last 2 decades, I have been fortunate in the fact I have been studying quantum physics and the world beyond our physical one. Now it seems that mainstream science is starting to implement and study the effects that quantum scientists have known and been talking about for a very long time. in this newsletter we are covering a little about the impact our DNA has on us and the impact we can have on our DNA! It is so very exciting!
Are you ruled by your DNA? Or can you choose your Health destiny?
Over the last few years science has now proved beyond any doubt that your DNA has absolutely nothing to do with your illness!
Yes, we all have genetic weaknesses and strengths, that is very clear. However, due to studies in epigenetics (Epigenetics is the study of heritable phenotype changes that do not involve alterations in the DNA sequence. The Greek prefix epi- in epigenetics implies features that are "on top of" or "in addition to" the traditional genetic basis for inheritance. Wikipedia)
it has been shown that we are actually in the driving seat as far as our health is concerned.
This is a huge statement isn’t it? As it does appear that certain families do seem to go down with the same problems eg. Heart, cancer etc. however what the new science is showing us is that the hereditary part is not in the genes at all, it is in our family habits!
Those family habits are mechanisms that can turn certain genes on or off. For example if it is your family habit of eating certain foods, or habits of life that can turn certain genes on or off!
Does that make sense to you?
No, then here is a more detailed explanation
Epigenetics, as a simplified definition, is the study of biological mechanisms that will switch genes on and off. What does that mean? Well, if you are new to this whole thing, we first need a quick crash course in biochemistry and genetics before learning exactly what is epigenetics:
Cells are fundamental working units of every human being. All the instructions required to direct their activities are contained within the chemical deoxyribonucleic acid, also known as DNA.
DNA from humans is made up of approximately 3 billion nucleotide bases. There are four fundamental types of bases that comprise DNA – adenine, cytosine, guanine, and thymine, commonly abbreviated as A, C, G, and T, respectively.
The sequence, or the order, of the bases is what determines our life instructions. Interestingly enough, our DNA sequence is mostly similar to that of a chimpanzee. Only a fraction of distinctively different sequences makes us human.
Within the 3 billion bases, there are about 20,000 genes. Genes are specific sequences of bases that provide instructions on how to make important proteins – complex molecules that trigger various biological actions to carry out life function
Now that is the genetic component, the epigenetics part of it is how our genes are read by our cells and then how they produce proteins.
Here are a few facts about how our body uses this information and what epigenetics is all about.
Epigenetics Controls Genes:- Certain circumstances in life can cause genes to be silenced or expressed over time. In other words, they can be turned off (becoming dormant) or turned on (becoming active).
Epigenetics Is Everywhere. What you eat, where you live, who you interact with, when you sleep, how you exercise , even aging – all of these can eventually cause chemical modifications around the genes that will turn those genes on or off over time. Additionally, in certain diseases such as cancer or Alzheimer’s, various genes will be switched into the opposite state, away from the normal/healthy state.
Epigenetics Makes Us Unique. Even though we are all human, why do some of us have blonde hair or darker skin? Why do some of us hate the taste of mushrooms or garlic? The different combinations of genes that are turned on or off is what makes each one of us unique. Furthermore, there have been indications that some epigenetic changes can be inherited.
Epigenetics Is Reversible. This is the most exciting thing about this research as I feel we are totally in the driving seat as far as our health (and the rest of our life for that matter)
With 20,000+ genes, what will be the result of the different combinations of genes being turned on or off? The possible arrangements are enormous! But if we could map every single cause and effect of the different combinations, and if we could reverse the gene’s state to keep the good while eliminating the bad… then we could theoretically* cure cancer, slow aging, stop obesity, and so much more.
After working in the natural health field for so many years I have been lucky enough to see this in action. I have seen clients who have been given a death sentence who, with work and a total belief that they would get well. They have turned the illness around totally and after just a few months been told that there is no sign of the disease. What they have done is turn the illness genes off and turned the wellness genes on!
How?
Well first off you have to make changes. For some it will be just a few tweaks and with others it might be a total life change. It just depends on what is going on and what results you are after.
Does that lifestyle change have to be all at once?
This is a question I hear often. In a word no, if you do change everything it can be a huge challenge and can feel very uncomfortable, so I advocate a nice gentle approach and work on one area of your health and wellbeing at a time. Why? Because then you will know what is working and what isn’t.
What do I mean by that?
Just like when you come and see me as your practitioner, I will normally send you away with just a few products to get started with. If I have done my job properly you should notice a difference, then we will know what is working for you. If I send you away with an armful of supplements and herbs and you start to feel better, you won’t know what is doing the job for you and what is surplus to requirements. The same with lifestyle changes. One thing at a time.
Saying that, if you have a life-threatening illness then you don’t have time to waste and you throw the whole lot into the mix and know that you are getting better.
So my prescription for keeping the wellness gene turned on and the unwellness genes well and truly turned off. Eat foods that your body thrives – you can find out this with our Fast Track to Health program (80 days)
Think positively about yourself and those around you – hard sometimes I know but the more you practice this the happier and healthier you will be. Do moderate exercise – the ideal for you will depend on body type and what you love to do. Use a few well-chosen supplements – you don’t need huge amounts if you are eating the low inflammatory foods (see above)
Avoid chemicals like the plague- in foods, skin care, air fresheners (in-house and car) and cleaning products. Last but by no means least – surround yourself with people who you love to spend time with and strictly limit time with those who make you feel down tired or angry (if you can totally avoid them that is ideal!
Hope this makes sense to you?
If you would like a consultation on preventive or help with your health and well-being then give me a call on 021 408 277 or connect via email or on Facebook
Thank you for being you and thank you for reading this far!
With Love and Wellness
Gut health link to anxiety/depression
It is funny isn’t it, we somehow disassociate our physical and emotional well-being as if they are two separate entities! But now, there is evidence to show (what we in natural health have known for centuries) that our physical health is a vital component to our mental well-being.
Today I specifically want to talk about gut health, well one aspect of it in particular which you will already have heard of, but some extra exciting aspects have come to light over the last few years that you may not know!
It is funny isn’t it, we somehow disassociate our physical and emotional well-being as if they are two separate entities! But now, there is evidence to show (what we in natural health have known for centuries) that our physical health is a vital component to our mental well-being.
Today I specifically want to talk about gut health, well one aspect of it in particular which you will already have heard of, but some extra exciting aspects have come to light over the last few years that you may not know!
What I am talking about is probiotics. Probiotics have come a long way since I was first introduced to them at a seminar in London in the early 90’s. Then we only had one supplement to recommend and it was very expensive.
As the decade went on we got a few more strains and clients were seeing a few results – the strains we primarily used were Acidophilus and Bifidobacterium. There was quite a buzz about the potential for health even back then. As we could see that these products were really helping with long term gut issues.
When I was working with a health company in 2004 I was introduced to a probiotic called Reuteri and have been recommending them ever since and as I find out more and more about this strain I get more and more excited by the research and the results we are getting.
Why is Reuteri so exciting after all there are so many probiotics on the market, what makes this one so special?
First off Reuteri has been with us on this planet since before the continents drifted apart, yes a very long time ago in fact over 100 million years ago. With that length of time Reuteri has evolved to co- exist with humans. In fact it doesn’t just co – exist it is highly valuable for all of human life. This probiotic has been found in breast milk, specifically the colostrum, to help populate the infant’s gut and therefore helping with immunity digestion etc..
Reuteri has been found to be a thinking bacterium – where it can help proliferate good bacteria and kill off non-beneficial bacteria, helping to keep our gut in good health. With this it helps in so many other ways. Reuteri has had the most clinical studies done out of all of the bacteria strains. It has been shown to help in many diverse health areas such as:-
· Constipation
· Diarrhoea
· IBS
· Abdominal pain
· Allergy prevention and treatment
· Cystic fibrosis
· Lactose intolerance
· Colic prevention and treatment
· Antibiotic side effects
· Infection protection and treatment
· Helicobacter pylori
· Anti-inflammatory
· Leaky gut
· Metabolic disorders – insulin resistance
The above are the proven benefits (as in long term clinical trials) we have also noted that these bacteria can help in other ways too- these are from observational trials.
· Lowers stress and pain
· Increases vitamin D levels
· Good for the thyroid
· Can lower bad cholesterol
· Promotes oral health
· Produces vitamin B12
· May help Autism
· Believed to help with weight loss
· Speeds up healing processes
· Helps thicken hair
· Helps with uptake of collagen so helps with skin integrity
· Helps with feel good hormone production Oxytocin
· Believed to help with sex drive in men and women
· Helps fight Candida Albicans
· Help to relieve anxiety and depression
So, if we are born with this amazing strain of bacteria why do we need to supplement?
Well, due to our western diet and medicine over the last few decades Reuteri in our guts and therefore in the nursing mothers breast milk have reduced levels significantly, making us more susceptible to infections. Which then leads us towards using more antibiotics which reduces the amounts of all gut bacteria.
By supplementing with Reuteri you can really help your whole body to thrive.
At Vitality we have 3 forms.
Nature’s Way - Primadophilus Reuteri – this is in capsule form and has to be kept in the fridge – I tend to recommend taking last thing at night as it seems to work best then – take 2 for the first 2 weeks then 1 per day after that.
We also have Nature’s Way - Primadophilus Reuteri powder – which is great for babies and children up to the age of 4 years of age. Put in water to give them a wonderful start in life. If your child is struggling with feeding, reflux or just not thriving then this really can help – have a chat with us re the dose. – some clients have also had success making yoghurt with this product – I have never tried but if you love yogurt and you have a lactose intolerance this could help!
New kid on the block – Practitioner only product BioGaia – this is a chewable strain that has been extensively tested and is very exciting. The other great thing is that, unlike the two others it doesn’t have to be refrigerated. So nice and easy to travel with.
Now back to the beginning – gut health and emotional wellbeing – sorry I got carried away with Reuteri (it is so exciting!!)
Did you know that we have cells in our gut, called gut epithelial cells? They run from our mouth to our anus. All the way through our digestive tract. These cells act like another brain. The GI system has, for some time, been called our second brain. We also have a large semi-autonomous nervous system, in fact the largest outside of the brain. This system could not (and cannot) do its job without the constant communication and actions with the single layer of Epithelial cells. These cells within the gut (we have epithelial cells in other parts of the body, but these are what we are most interested in for this topic) Have a critical job to do, as they have to communicate with the friendly gut bacteria, as well as T cells, B cells and macrophages.
What does that mean in simple terms?
If the gut is compromised, with leaky gut, IBS etc. then these amazing cells cannot do their job as their chain of communication has a gap in it, a broken link. When this happens all sorts of disease processes can start. Metabolic disease and viral infections are allowed to take hold, which can progress into deeper more chronic problems like Multiple sclerosis, arthritis and diabetes to name but a few.
Plus, while this is all going on our emotional state takes a battering. There is a large body of research that has been done linking probiotics that can really help our emotional well-being including amazing results with the many symptoms of depression and anxiety. Due the fact that there are more neurons in the digestive tract than anywhere else except the brain. These are linked to the interaction between the brain and the gut, which used to be thought to be a one way track (from brain to gut) it turns out that it is a two way street, with both interacting with each other, in so many ways that science really has only just seen the tiniest tip of the iceberg that is how our bodies really works as a whole not in separate parts.
As an addition to all of this, gut bacteria is also linked to our Hypothalamus (which I have written about heaps in my newsletters and blogs) This is in part due to the HPA axis (hypothalamus, pituitary adrenal) If your gut isn’t under stress then the rest of your body is more likely to be settled and at peace. Then we will no longer be in stress mode!! Bliss……..
Fast Track to Health Program – a health Transformation that helps you shed extra kilos!
Are you sick and tired of trying every new diet program that comes out, only to feel like you have failed? Do you try to lose weight but feel so awful that you can’t help but gravitate towards foods that you know in your heart aren’t right for you, but you just have to have them? The great thing about Fast Track to Health program is that it is not just a weight loss program. It is a program that helps in so many other ways – (see testimonial below). It can help us find out what foods are causing inflammation in our bodies. That matters because it has been proven that inflammation is the root cause of ALL Disease processes. What this does is empower us to make choices that help the continuing improvement of our health and wellbeing. This is very different to many programmes/products on the market that are designed in a way that to keep weight off you HAVE to continue to use those products.
Are you sick and tired of trying every new diet program that comes out, only to feel like you have failed? Do you try to lose weight but feel so awful that you can’t help but gravitate towards foods that you know in your heart aren’t right for you, but you just have to have them?
The great thing about Fast Track to Health program is that it is not just a weight loss program. It is a program that helps in so many other ways – (see testimonial below). It can help us find out what foods are causing inflammation in our bodies. That matters because it has been proven that inflammation is the root cause of ALL Disease processes. What this does is empower us to make choices that help the continuing improvement of our health and well-being. This is very different to many programmes/products on the market that are designed in a way that to keep weight off you HAVE to continue to use those products.
Yes you may want to continue taking the nutritional component of Fast Track, but you don’t have too!
With our Fast Track to Health program. You will have a unique journey. On your journey I guarantee you will lose weight and with that begin to transform your life. This program enables you to unveil your unique beauty that is there waiting to be revealed. Whether you have 2kg or 60kg to lose Fast Track to health, comes to the rescue.
With Fast Track to health you will be able to transform your body and lose the fat from areas you have never been able to before. This works because of my unique remedies and nutritional formulas along with a specific food program.
How?
This is the question I get asked all the time, How does this work?
Quite simple really the Homeopathic Remedy, which we call Fast Track spray. The Fast Track spray, is working on bringing balance in your body. Starting with the master gland of the body, your hypothalamus. This amazing glad controls so much of what goes on in our body.
Here are a few of the functions that it has an impact on:
Control of blood pressure and electrolyte composition
Body temperature
Control appetite
Controls Taste buds
Energy metabolism
Reproduction
Emergency responses to stress
Receiving sensory information from all areas of the body
Comparing sensory information with biological set points
Adjusting the system to restore the body balance when deviations from biological set points occur
Releasing hormones
Regulating emotional response
Controlling appetite
Many of these actions are to do with our HPA Axis – this is a Big topic that you can find out more about here (this is a booklet I wrote many years ago that explains how this works) . The HPA axis is the interlinking and connections between the Hypothalamus, Pituitary and Adrenals.
If the hypothalamus is out of balance all of these actions go out of balance too!
The remedy works on bringing this vital gland back into line, so then everything else comes back into alignment too.
What causes the Hypothalamus to go out of balance in the first place?
The simple answer is stress! Our world today is a very stressful place. We are exposed to EMF’s at higher and higher rates – see blog here for explanation. We are getting exposed to more and more toxins, virus, bacteria, fungal and parasites than ever before (mainly due to the fact we are all travelling much more and so these pathogens and chemicals are going all around the world.
Plus our “Food” is becoming a stressor for the body too as it doesn’t know how to deal with this foreign substances. Exposure to news and other negative programmes, films all cause the body to go into stress mode.
So, our remedy has a very big job to do and it does it amazingly well, plus it is supported by our boost drops (high ionic minerals with support remedies for our liver, kidneys and lymphatic system to aid the detoxification and re-mineralisation along with our unique Magnesium oil which you apply to the skin and helps bring up the levels of magnesium helping every system of your body. Along with the products you will eat low inflammatory foods, drink plenty of liquids, remove toxic products that go on your skin, you will do intermittent fasting and get supported along the way.
On this wonderful program you will learn what foods suit your body best and which ones don’t serve you. By doing this you will feel totally empowered. As You will then know what foods are best for you. After all we are all so unique and beautiful why not let that beauty shine through for all to see. Plus with that release of fat and fat cells comes a release of toxins, emotional and physical that enables your body to bring about healing and therefore balance.
Every client (and we have had thousands), who has completed the full 80 days of Transformation have said that they feel so different and that they will never go back to the old habits of eating, drinking and thinking that they had before!
This program is great value – clients have said that they save over 40% of their average shopping bill, so pay for the program in a matter of weeks – so you have nothing to lose and everything to gain – except the weight!!
Testimonial - Jacky, Auckland
I went to Vitality to see Karen about 4 months ago and asked about what I could do to help heal my very sore foot and leg. When I was there I heard her talk about Fast Track to Health. I didn’t think any more about it, as my diet was so similar to what I heard her describe that I thought there was no point in my trying. After using Karens potions that she made up for me with my leg, and feeling the difference almost straight away (when, NOTHING had helped me for 3 years) I thought I would give this Fast Track program a go. So the next time I was in Paihia I went to the shop, filled in a form, purchased the products and I was on my way.
I had been trying to lose weight for the last 8-10 years, since hitting menopause and nothing had made this weight shift. As I say the diet I was eating was almost identical to the Fast Track one. So the eating part was easy. In the first week I lost 3kg’s I was wrapped. Every week I saw similar results. After 12 weeks I am 18kg’s lighter and feel so good. Everyone I meet ask what I have been doing as I do look a lot more vibrant too.
Karen, I am amazed, whatever magic you have in those potions of yours keep on creating as they are totally amazing. Please share this as I know there will be many who are doubtful that it can work for them. It works, plus it has changed the way I feel about myself. It is not just the weight loss It has made my life a lot more positive and I am excited about what is to come.
Suffering with feelings of anxiety?
Are you like a high proportion of the population suffering from either mild or debilitating feelings of anxiousness, depression and/or fatigue?
You could be suffering from ….. Fear! Yes that’s right anxiety is just fear in another guise. If we are in fear then all sorts of things can raise their ugly heads and bite us on the derriere.
Are you like a high proportion of the population suffering from either mild or debilitating feelings of anxiousness, depression and/or fatigue?
You could be suffering from ….. Fear! Yes that’s right anxiety is just fear in another guise. If we are in fear then all sorts of things can raise their ugly heads and bite us on the derriere.
Life has changed hugely over the last five decades; things we used to take for granted are no longer written in stone, like jobs for example. When I was growing up people had jobs for life, they stayed in their houses and they had neighbours that did the same. Everything was stable and ticked along at a gentle pace.
Now we have a world that is unstable that even our monetary system appears to be wobbly.
No wonder we are living in a state of anxiety and stress!
However we can cope, in fact we have to learn to cope as this it the way the world is and we have a choice we either sink or swim.
I am personally making a choice – I am going to swim and I am going to help as many people who want to swim along with me!
Why do we react like we do?
The reason we are either suffering from anxiety or fatigue or anything in between is due to our hormonal system going into overdrive our adrenals are working overtime and we are feeling on edge and tired at the same time.
There is an awful lot written about fatigue and I am sure there are some of you reading this are sufferers of this horrible ailment - I know how you feel as I have been there. I have been blessed over the last 30 years to have overcome the long-term fatigue I was struck down with in my 20’s and to help others to do the same.
However, if I had of taken notice of the anxiety I had when I was in my teens I might never have fallen as hard or as long as I did!
Even though I have strategies in place to keep the fatigue under wraps, I admit that over the last few years I have had many days where I have felt that I simply cannot cope. It has been having support that has got me though. The support for me has come from a variety of sources it has been emotional support with a friend, colleague or practitioner (yes practitioners need practitioners too) I also have a list of “things’ that I do to make me feel better, plus some remedies/nutrients that support my body through the time of high stress. With this repertoire I find that I get effected by the ravages of stress less and less, even though I still have the usual stresses/anxieties I just don’t react like I used too!
Some tips that helped me to help reduce Anxiety/Fear: I know that they can help you too!
Try one or more of these tips to help you on a daily basis to reduce anxiety
1. Herbal supplements like Rhodiola and/or lemon balm can really help. Lemon balm makes a delicious relaxing tea. Rhodiola is an amazing herb that can be used with other medications – it is great if you are taking any medication for depression and anxiety - I can help if you need any confirmation of this.
2. Try deep breathing I have found the following technique really useful. You can do this anywhere, well nearly! Take a deep breath in, through your nose for a count of 5, hold it, for a count of 6 then breathe out for a count of 7. Do this once to start with as if you do too many at first you can find yourself getting a bit dizzy.
3. Go for a gentle walk out in the fresh air, whenever you feel anxious. Gentle exercise can be a wonderful therapy for those of us prone to anxiety.
4. Some essential oils can really help – so keep some on hand to help almost immediately. Lavender is probably the most known about but patchouli and geranium are a great mix to put with your lavender for an exotic antidote.
5. It is recommended to meditate if you are prone to any forms of anxiety however if you are anything like me with a brain that hates to shut off, I find guided visualisations really useful.
6. Avoid drinking excess alcohol as this really can make things a lot worse.
7. Having a delicious massage can really help combating stress as it can reduce inflammation.
8. Write a to do list every evening before finishing up for the day and have it beside you so that when an idea comes to you, you can write it down. By doing this you are decluttering your mind. I have a to do list that includes something for me personally to do every day.
9. It has been shown that by being creative can take your mind away from other things so pick something totally different from what you do for work – I see my work as my ART so I make sure that I either pick up a paint brush or read some design magazines they are great distractions.
10. When you start to think in a negative way – make it a habit to change that around. Once you get used to doing this you will feel better and then things start getting easier and you will feel less anxious and more in control – as the saying goes “the better it gets, the better it gets” We always need to practice this one!
11. Get some sunshine. You have to be in sun to get essential vitamin D, everyone always feels better when the sun starts to shine. If you can’t be in the sun then take a vitamin D supplement
12. Sleep for at least 7 hours each night. If this is a challenge for you then you might need some assistance. Try chamomile tea or an Epsom salts bath – just 12 minutes and don’t have it too hot, why only 12 minutes? The theory is that Epsom salts help us to detox and if you stay in the bath any longer reverse osmosis starts, which means you start to reabsorb the toxins you have released.
13. Take a magnesium supplement – in my opinion transdermal is best as by applying it to the skin bypasses what can sometimes be a digestion that is under duress. (we have our own that works wonderfully well!) Here is the link for Calm.
14. Eat lots of vegetables and good quality protein – organic where possible.
I would like to thank you for reading this, I truly hope it helps you.
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There is a new weightloss craze going on – well it appears to be new!!
That new craze is mono dieting ! This basically means that you eat just one food!! There are a few extremes – the most extreme I have read about is Bananas all day and every day until you reach your goal weight, some people have stayed on this for weeks at a time!!
The other – not quite so extreme but it is still very restricted is mono meals – say bananas for breakfast, apples for lunch and strawberries for dinner.
That new craze is mono dieting ! This basically means that you eat just one food!! There are a few extremes – the most extreme I have read about is Bananas all day and every day until you reach your goal weight, some people have stayed on this for weeks at a time!!
The other – not quite so extreme but it is still very restricted is mono meals – say bananas for breakfast, apples for lunch and strawberries for dinner.
The more user-friendly end of the scale – but still mono diet – is where you have a single food group at each meal, say eggs for breakfast, fruit for lunch and a vegetable at night – still only one (no mixing your veggies like a salad!) This last one could work, if you really know your nutrition and you follow a very rigid plan. However, it does take all the fun out of food.
On all these programmes you will lose weight, quite simply because you will be restricting intake. However, it is not only boring, but lacking in nutritional variety. When you do a programme like this your body will let go of fat, but what it will also do, is believe that you are going into famine time. So, when you do resume eating as normal – which you will do because you will get bored – your body will save up all the excess and store it away as fat, so you end up being heavier than you were to start with.
I think it works well for some, in the short term, because it takes the choice out of what to eat, you don’t have to think about it. You just have that one food, all day every day!! But what you won’t do is learn. Learn how to eat right for YOU or how to moderate your eating so that your body stays in balance. When we are in balance we won’t over eat, plus we make good food choices because it feels good to do so.
I say in my introduction that this appears to be new, but it isn’t.
Mono dieting been a part of my dieting life – as a constant dieter from the age of 13 up until I discovered Fast Track to health 10 years ago – So, for 37 years I went through a variety of different “mono” diets. In my late teens, I tried carrot only days – yes lost weight after 5 days of only carrots, my skin also went a very appealing orangey colour!! But once I started eating a couple of very light meals, after just 1 day my weight was back to where I started.
After a while I came across another trendy program, I went onto the fibre only diet which left me very bloated most of the time, with NO weight loss.
Then came Apple only days, result, the same as carrot. I did do this particular one many times as I thought it would work better this time and each time the same outcome! Nosuccess!
Food combining, which for those of you who don’t know is not mixing fruit, protein and carbohydrates together. This one probably isn’t considered mono dieting but it is working on the same premise. The premise is that our bodies can’t cope with all the different food groups in one meal. Well that really doesn’t make sense when you think about how we, as humans have been eating over the last few thousand years, we have always mixed, protein, fats and carbs in one meal, after all we didn’t have a choice of what to have. It was what was available
Then the next extreme was juice only (same result as carrot and apples) Did that for a month!
Need I go on – this type of eating has been around for many a year. It hasn’t stayed around because, yes it works, but it is very temporary, plus it has health repercussions that you really don’t want to experience.
I can’t prove that the extreme dieting I did as a teenager and adult had anything to do with the extreme fatigue I experienced for a very long time from my mid-twenties onwards. But it wouldn’t mind betting that it had a lot to do with it!
Because your body thinks that you have been starved, your hormonal system will be out of balance, even more than it was before you started. I believe, that, if you put on weight it is because your hormonal system is out of balance, so you are doing more harm to this vital system.
The damage that mono-fasting can do to the rest of your body includes muscle wasting, foggy brain, constipation and bloating to mention just a few.
I know there are going to be those who love this sort of eating and say they have healed themselves of a variety of ailments. Well that is what they are saying on the blurb they write. But I am not convinced! I believe we need a variety of nutritious foods to keep us healthy and energised. I am not saying that you need loads of variety in each meal. But we do need to keep those taste buds happy. If you do, cravings will go away, then we will be balanced in every way.
Plus, I don’t know about you but I love food! I love the variety I am now able to enjoy. I no longer worry about my weight, as I am balanced and if I feel myself craving my unhealthy foods. I put myself onto one of my programmes for 10 -20 days and voila I am in balance again and making healthy food choices.
How do you do that?
Well you need to change lifestyle and eating habits if you are to make lasting changes in your body.
I found that by doing intermittent fasting you get the benefits of fasting – giving your body a break from food so that your body can start the healing process by having 2 meals with a balance of protein and variety of vegetables. Have this along with 2 pieces of fruit a day and some selected nutrients you can stop overeating. We do this with our programmes, Kickstart, FastTrack2Health and Enlightened Hormones. You will learn what foods your body loves – so you can eat every day plus the ones your body is not so keen on so that you have them maybe once or twice a week.
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