We are all looking for that smaller tighter abdominal area. Beware of all of the advertising that is out there with acai berry and colon cleansing. All those items do is clean out your colon with diarrhea and dehydrate you .so yes there is a number loss on the scale but you did not lose body fat.
As seen on the Today Show Feb. 26, 2009 newer studies have just come out on weight loss and dieting. The bottom line is less intake in your calories (but not eating less than 1200 calories) and more output or movement and exercise.
Unfortunately there is not a magic bullet out there, and yes you need to work at losing weight on a daily basis.
I spoke to a client a few years ago and she told me she was performing 300 crunches a day. I looked at her and asked why. She stated that her boyfriend told her to get rid of her belly she needed to do lots of crunches. So she did just that.
I looked at her and told her that her body is made up of bone, on top of bone is muscle and on top of muscle is body fat. Performing all those crunches did have a benefit. She had very strong abdominal muscles but she still had a belly. I continued to explain to her that you can not spot reduce. That means that you can not take one area of the body and reduce the body fat in just that area.
To reduce any belly fat you will need to incorporate a healthier nutritional intake. Limit your junk foods and limit your calories not going under 1200 calories. If you are an active individual you will need to take in 1500 to 2000 calories and you will still be able to have energy and lose body fat. You will also need to incorporate strength training and aerobic activity.
To strengthen your belly yes you can perform crunches or perform the IsoBreathing breathing technique to tighten the entire length of your abdominals, or you can hold your belly in for as long as you can performing an isometric exercise. (Don’t forget to breathe) You can work on machines at the gym or exercise ball for crunching variety.
Again there is no magic bullet just your will power. Yes you all have it. You just need to use it.
Cleansing has always had a place among humans, throughout all ages and cultures. For thousands of years, body purification has been a part of our rituals for health and well-being. It was also used in ancient times as a way to reconnect with God.
Diets have just been in vogue during the last 150 years or so. You can look at the word diet in different ways. It has that painful reference to cutting way back on all the foods you love. It also can refer to a set of foods you allow yourself to consume without limit.
Recently diet products and supplements have turned into diet “systems”. Diet products used to just burn fat or boost your metabolism so you burned more calories. They were fat burners. Now diet systems involve a cleanse portion as well, a metabolism booster and sometimes a natural appetite suppressant like Hoodia.
So, what is the best way to healthy weight loss? Let’s talk about what a colon cleanse can do for healthy weight loss.
Detox or cleansing is a way to clean out all the toxins, environmental pollutants, and wastes from all the drugs, toxins and chemicals ingested into our bodies. Think about all environmental poisoning from just the pesticides, insecticides and other contaminants that are on most of our foods. Think about all the chemicals in our air and water, food additives in processed food, antibiotics and more that we absorb into our cells. These environmental toxins and stresses assault our liver, blood and colon on a daily basis. Our liver removes many of these toxins, but in today’s world our liver is overloaded it just keeps dumping toxins into our colon and blood systems because it can’t take the toxic load we are giving it. Repeated exposure to these toxins, pesticides, and antibiotics can take its toll on the body resulting in suppressed immune systems, unexplained aches, depression, weight gain, loss of memory, and low levels of energy.
“The colon is a sewage system, but by neglect and abuse it becomes a cesspool. When it is clean and normal, we are well and happy; let it stagnate, and it will distill the poisons of decay, fermentation and putrefaction into the blood, poisoning the brain and nervous system so that we become mentally depressed and irritable; it will poison the heart so that we are weak and listless; poisons the lungs so that the breath is foul; poisons the digestive organs so that we are distressed and bloated; and poisons the blood so that the skin is sallow and unhealthy. In short, every organ of the body is poisoned, and we age prematurely, look and feel old, the joints are stiff and painful, neuritis, dull eyes and a sluggish brain overtake us; the pleasure of living is gone.”
- Dr. Bernard Jensen
Healthy weight loss starts with a colon cleanse. If the colon is cleansed on a regular basis it is better able to absorb nutrients into our cells. If our colon is full of compacted old waste it absorbs very little of the actual nutrients we eat. That is why the body keeps telling you that you are hungry and calls for more food. It is a vicious cycle. Healthy weight loss, weight loss that lasts, comes from fine tuning your system, starting with a colon cleanse. A good colon cleanse will eliminate most sugar and salt cravings making that healthy weight loss even easier! To keep your body running in top shape with high energy levels you should consider a colon, liver, blood and kidney cleanse once every three months or once every season. You can also buy some “health assurance” by adding a green superfood to your diet daily. That is what I call a diet!
Energetic, and full of life! That’s how you can be when you incorporate the secrets of cleansing and fasting, in combination with select organic foods in to your current lifestyle. Don’t complain that it’s hard; it is easier than you think to take the steps toward making healing and vitality a much more important part of your daily life.
If you feel sick and tired most of the time even though you maintain strong efforts at living a healthy life, don’t be discouraged. I’m here to help you turn that around. Perhaps you’ve been struggling to lose weight and just can’t keep it off- losing a few pounds here and there only o gain them back, or more. Maybe you’re feeling sluggish and tired. If so, know that fatigue is a reminder that something may be wrong. Do you have pain frequently elsewhere in your body?
Your sleep may be disturbed; you may be waking up and still feeling tired. Your digestion may be off- with more than usual gas, bloating, or constipation. Your immune system may not be up to standards, and as a result, you experience colds, flus, infections and or sinus problems frequently.
These are all symptoms and signs that the body is in need of a detox program and better nutrition.Whatever health challenges or goals you have, know that you can benefit from the life-giving nutrients in fresh juice and raw vegetables. Short juice fasts can provide you with an energy and vitality boost. You could greatly benefit from detox programs if you’re system is overloaded and overworked trying to clear out surplus toxicity that has built up in your cells, tissues, and organs, over long periods of time lacking proper nutrition.
The average person is exposed to thousands of toxins and environmental pollutants on a daily basis, and research shows this. This trend is on the increase and the current figures are higher than ever before in history. All of this toxicity takes quite a toll on the body.
The EPA, The United States Environmental Protection Agency, reported that 87,000 new chemicals are being produced each year. It’s almost impossible to stay on top of eliminating excess toxicity and keep your body in a state of good health without periodic detoxing.
Detox products and programs are popping up nearly everywhere these days, as more and more people are discovering how they can improve overall health and mental functioning significantly, with less effort than strict diets or hard exercise (not that one shouldn’t also engage in exercise in combination with detox). Books, magazines, and all media mediums continue to promote the latest detox plans. Countless health spas offer special detox wrapping, and cleansing programs with natural mineral springs. Health food stores are boasting huge displays of cleansing products. It seems nearly everyone we talk to about detox has an opinion or a question about how to do it or how it can benefit them.
There are many detox programs on the market, and many focus on items to purchase. Very few programs have detailed menu plans with plenty of delicious recipes that make it easy to follow and don’t require a huge budget.
We all know that a healthy colon is essential for good health. Everything that we eat gets stored in our bowels as toxins and other such hazardous by-products. If these toxins are not cleaned or removed from our body, it ends up inducing various major diseases such as colon cancer and inflammatory bowel disease, and nasty side effects such as constipation and weight gain. The aim of this article is to give you an introduction on colon cleansers.
Colon Essential, a natural colon cleansing product, is now offering you a golden chance for a flat tummy and better overall health. Colon Essential suppresses your appetite and delivers a feeling of satiety that is harder to achieve otherwise. This is an all natural method to help you reduce the amount of food consumed on daily basis.
The best thing is that the product comes in the form of colon and body cleansing ingredients. This means that you will be able to enjoy benefits from both sides. First, you will get benefits from the low food intake because this helps in decreasing the calorie intake and secondly, you will receive benefits from the effect of colon cleansing products as you will be able to get rid of all types of toxins and waste products stored in your colon at the same time.
These are not all the benefits that you will enjoy as there are other ingredients that help in quick weight loss. The selected ingredient extract really helps your body to stop absorbing more fats. This means that your body will be able to burn the stored fat as a source of energy instead of the absorbed one.
Burning more calories is the core of weight loss programs. Now you can get benefits from more and more ingredients in one single formula that can help you lose a good amount of fat in a short time with no side effects at all as it is an all – natural weight loss colon cleanse product.
You can also prevent constipation with a good colon cleanse. Keeping your colon clean is a great way to help avert constipation.
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Okay, I realise it’s not the type of subject you might discuss around the dinner table but how much do you know about bacteria? Not a lot I’ll bet. I didn’t either until recently.
I always thought they were dirty nasty things you didn’t want. After all I was always reading anti-bacterial this and that or receiving antibiotics for bacterial infections. I just hadn’t realised there were two types – the good ones (probiotics) and the bad ones (pathogens). Now I know better.
You see when I suffered mercury poisoning because of the dental amalgams my immune system was compromised. That led to digestive problems amongst other things and subsequent ill health. Fortunately, I discovered the source before things got really bad.
Part of the recovery process involved the use of probiotics . Those are the good friendly bacteria you really want colonising inside you. Yes, I did say colonising.
Bacteria cover every available square inch of your intestinal tract. Whether you like the idea or not, a battle is continually raging from your mouth to your anus between the good and bad bacteria.
If you are healthy the probiotics will never allow the pathogens to colonise but as we are constantly exposed to billions and billions of potentially harmful microorganisms on a daily basis that’s rarely the case.
Unfortunately, as we age the levels of beneficial bacteria decline dramatically and other reasons for their decline are
Changes in the acid/alkaline balance of the bowels
Non steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs(NSAIDS)
Chlorine in drinking water
Radiation and Chemotherapy
Meat, Chicken and Dairy loaded with antibiotics (unless organic)
Diets high in meats and fats
Constipation
Cigarettes
Alcohol
Stress
Antibiotic herbs
Medicinal antibiotics
Additives
Pesticides
Fertilisers
You’ll notice I mentioned ‘antibiotics’ a few times there and that’s because antibiotics kill off ALL bacteria, both good and bad. If you are ever given a course of antibiotics by your doctor you absolutely must take some probiotics to restore the good bacteria.
Probiotics comes from the Greek “for life” and is the science of using living bacteria to prevent or treat clinical disorders. However, not all beneficial bacteria are created equal and unless you get the recognised super strains together with their food source you’ll be wasting your money.
You see bacteria have a voracious appetite and have their favourite foods. If they don’t have their own they’ll go in search of another food source and will fight. It’s a question of survival of the strongest and you don’t want beneficial bacteria fighting each other instead of concentrating on the pathogenic ones.
There are many probiotic formulas in your supermarkets but you need to check them carefully. Many only contain a few strains of healthy bacteria and that’s not a good thing.
Yogurt containing probiotics is popular but often it only contains acidophilus. Also, many yogurts are pasteurised AFTER they’ve had the bacteria culture added (to increase the shelf life) and that totally destroys any benefit.
When you choose a probiotic you need to make sure the beneficial bacteria is ‘live’ so it continues to colonise. Often formulas will state it contains a certain amount of live organisms at the “time of manufacture”. The problem with that is the levels in most formulas start to die off immediately and heat and moisture speed up the process. That’s why it’s usually recommended probiotics be kept in a cool, dry place such as the refrigerator.
According to the renowned Bacteriologist, Professor Ilya Mechnikov “death begins in the colon”, and it is the good bacteria’s role to ensure it stays healthy.
Bacteria are the first line of defence of the immune system. If you want to maintain your good health a proper balance of bacteria in the intestinal tract is essential.
In a healthy colon there are between 100 billion and 100 trillion beneficial bacteria per millilitre and these consume the harmful bacteria. Worryingly the typical American could have a beneficial bacteria count as low as four or five per millilitre. That’s quite a difference and has much to do with poor diet.
Beneficial bacteria are responsible for
providing essential enzymes to make nutrients available to the body
cleaning up cholesterol
manufacturing B vitamins
cleaning out the lower bowels of encrusted matter
destroying bad bacteria
eliminating toxins from the body
Amazingly, if you spread your intestinal tract out flat it would cover half a tennis court and many researchers believe many chronic degenerative diseases are caused by the lack of friendly bacteria inside it.
If there are not enough probiotic bacteria to produce the enzymes (responsible for every metabolic process in your body) you’ll have problems.
There’s power in numbers and when probiotics reign supreme you get
Enhanced Immunity
Protection against Food Poisoning
Protection against Stomach Ulcers
Lowered Cholesterol
Inhibition of Cancer
Improvement in the health and appearance of the Skin
Protection against Candida and harmful vaginal Yeast Infections
Protection against harmful Bacteria, Fungi and Viruses
Prevention and correction of Constipation, Diarrhoea, Ileitis, Colitis, IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome)
Better Nutrition from improved Absorption
Improved generation of important B Vitamins
Good reasons to start taking probiotics today wouldn’t you agree?
Did you know that constipation is one of the most widely given reasons for digestive complaints? After many years, the colon can become congested with harmful bacteria and damaging toxins that prevent people from feeling healthy and looking good.
In some cases, an unhealthy, clogged colon can lead to the development of diseases, skin problems, other stomach ailments, hair problems, or a lack of energy and desire to do things. Problems with the colon can weaken the immune system leading to a delay in recuperating from surgery or other medical conditions.
A healthy colon is supposed to eliminate waste materials on a daily basis. When this does not occur, the problem can be related to constipation die to hardened stools. This means that waste products can build up since they are not eliminated properly. The infrequent passing of waste materials can create sluggishness as well as other medical problems.
Fortunately, for people who suffer from constipation, body cleansing can be the answer they are looking for. No harsh chemicals, no prescription medications, and no side effects are connected to this process for relieving constipation. Best of all, you can perform it in the comfortable surroundings of your home.
Plus, in addition to relieving constipation, body cleansing can be an integral part to providing good health. Some of the wide-ranging benefits include relief from bloating, a stronger immune system, regular bowel movements, and a renewed sense of energy.
A change in daily diet and weekly exercise might be all that is needed to relieve constipation. However, when this is not the case, a thorough body cleansing might be called for so that you can eliminate toxin residues and move on to have the benefit of an active, healthier lifestyle.
Detoxifying the colon will remove harmful elements that can have long-lasting, damaging effects upon the body as a whole. Undergoing a body cleansing means that you will flush out bacteria, parasites, and waste products, all of which can sap the body’s energy, lead to an unhealthy feeling, and more. Once regular bowel movements begin again, your body will continue to flush bacteria, parasites, and waste products out on its own.
Once you have experienced a body cleansing, you can maintain good colon health by eating a proper diet rich in fiber and water. Adding fiber and water to the diet increases the bulk of the stools leasing to elimination that is more regular. Maintaining an active lifestyle is also important in order to avoid irregularity. Therefore, you should incorporate hobbies or events that will increase your activity level.
Other reasons exist as causes of constipation. Medications that are noted for leading to bouts of constipation include antidepressants, antispasmodics, blood pressure medications, diuretics, anticonvulsants, and certain pain medications. Hormonal changes can lead to constipation or the pressure that the uterus can place on the intestine can also lead to constipation. Even if these are at the root of your constipation, a body cleansing can be effective in eliminating it as well as renewing your mental clarity, alertness, health, and vitality.
