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Dear ,
 2010 is finally upon us - it's hard to believe 2009 is part of the past. I trust you had a wonderful festive season with your friends and loved ones. If you need a clear start on the path of well-being, carry on reading. Being mid-January, many of us are well on our way to starting off the year on a "clean" slate. With the festivities of Thanksgiving and Christmas behind us, we can now focus on getting back onto the road of health. |
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What About Detox?
One of the best ways to start off the new year is with a good detox program. How do you know it's time for a detox? Here are some signs: always tired and can't sleep, puffy eyes with dark circles, dry and itchy skin, bad breath, dull and greasy hair and headaches.
A good detox plan will help your body purge itself of these impurities by giving it the opportunity to rest, renew and recover. Having a lymph-drainage massage during your detox will also be beneficial.
The recommended duration of detox plans vary, but you could choose to do a detox for 3 days, 7 days or 21 days. The idea is to restrict your diet to raw or steamed vegetables, fruit and water, with strict avoidance of meat, alcohol, dairy products, processed foods, preservatives and stimulants. It's important to include plenty of freshly extracted vegetable or fruit juices. Diluted Ceres Fruit Juice can be found at EarthFare and Food Lion or anywhere in South Africa. |
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Foods to Include
Fresh fruit and vegetables (preferably organic). These are good sources of vitamin C and glutathione, which are essential for removing toxins from the body.
Broccoli and other members of the brassican family (cabbage, cauliflower, brussel sprouts) to support the liver's detoxification enzymes.
Artichokes - these contain plant compounds known as caffeoylquinic acids, which increase the flow of bile and help to digest fats.
Milk Thistle has many positive effects on the liver. This herb is an antioxidant and helps in liver cell regeneration.
Herbal Tea - non-caffeinated herbal teas.
Nuts and seeds - unsalted raw nuts and seeds can be sprinkled over any meal. Include flaxseed, pumpkin seeds, sesame seeds, sunflower seeds, almonds, cashews and walnuts.
Water, fresh lemon water, unsweetened whole fruit and vegetable juices. |
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Foods to Avoid
Decreasing the following foods in your diet can help keep those toxin levels down.
Sugar - all refined sugars including sucrose, dextrose, corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup and brown sugar.
Dairy products - milk, eggs, butter and other dairy products, as these are mucus-forming.
Wheat and products containing wheat - these can be mucus-forming.
Gluten and all gluten-containing grains, including barley, oats and rye.
Yeast
Caffeine - coffee, both regular and decaffeinated, black tea, green tea and other drinks containing caffeine.
Food additives, preservatives and processed foods - Become label wise - read labels!
Chocolate
*Keep in mind that detoxifying is not suitable for pregnant women or people with diabetes, kidney disease or eating disorders. |
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Recipe: Quick Energy Fruit Smoothie
This smoothie is a quick breakfast drink full of essential fatty acids and zinc, with an extra Vitamin C boost to keep the flu bugs at bay.
1 cup freshly extracted apple juice 1 ripe banana 1 apple, peeled and cored Handful sunflower and pumpkin seeds Pinch of AIM CalciAim (order from the Products page at www.aliveagainonline.com) Blend all the ingredients and drink immediately. Keep in mind that detoxifying is not suitable for pregnant women or people with diabetes, kidney disease or eating disorders. |
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AIM Products for Detoxification
AIM Herbal Release - a combination of herbs essential to help your lymphatic system clean out all those heated, rancid or animal fats! Really gets the cellulite and lumpy flesh moving.
AIM BarleyLife - dried barley grass juice, containing 100% usable natural nutrients as God made them. This is a whole food, essential in helping you recover, heal and maintain energy levels.
Para 90 - a combination of herbs gets rid of parasites which can cause a host of problems from bedwetting to teeth grinding, nose picking, weight problems, bloating, allergies, arthritis and even cancer. Best taken with AIM Florafood to regulate intestinal bacteria.
Herbal Fibreblend - a combination of herbs and plants that regulates bowel function, makes hard soft and soft firm - not a laxative. This is an ideal product to take along when you go away on holiday or business.
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Spiritual Health 2009 was the most challenging year for my family and I. We nearly lost my sister in a head-on car collision and had to face many other challenges. What does the new year hold? We don't know. But, to quote my spiritual father, "I sense is that 2010 is going to be a year in which we will have to make a quality decision to walk by faith like never before." Paul writes in Heb 11:1, Now faith is the substance of things "HOPED" for, the evidence of things not seen. The real question though is: What are we "hoping" for? What are YOU "hoping" for?
Instead of writing a New Year's Resolutions list, I want to challenge you do go before the Lord and write a "Hope List." The fact is that if we do not have a "Hope List" we may never see it come to pass. We will never gain the confidence and we will never be able to pray that that which we are hoping for will manifest.
-Willie Crew
Embrace the new year with hope and the goal to be the healthiest you have ever been!
Most Sincerely,
Lere Robinson
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