SPoH: Day 32 - How toxins effect our bodies . . . Body Odor! Research is showing that a lot of odor is a result of eating red meats. How interesting! If you have a lot of body odor, try a meat fast. Specifically Pork and Beef and see what happens. Vegetarians often do not have the body odor problems that people who eat meat have. If you have any vegetarian friends, ask them if they have any problems with it. Colbert said that he met someone who doesn't even use deodorant because she does not have any odors to cover up. Our body odors are mostly due to the toxins we have in our body. Toxins in our body open us up to a plethora of other issues such as: fatigue, Heart disease , Memory loss, Premature aging, Skin disorders, Arthritis, Hormone imbalances, Anxiety, Headaches, Emotional disorders, Cancers, and Autoimmune diseases. What Colbert has to say next totally throws me. How many of you have allergies, food sensitivities, or massive mucus production? It could be because of all the toxins your body has been exposed to has caused your liver to be unable to process them all. Your body may be experiencing a toxic overload! Colbert recommends fasting as a way to detoxify the body which he talks more about in the next few days. However, he has also written a couple of books on them if you are interested in reading more in depth. Fasting Made Easy and Get Healthy Through Detox and Fasting.
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Catching up & SPoH: Day 32 - How Toxins Effect the Body
Ok, so there has been a lot of very stressful, off schedule stuff going on over the last two weeks. Just as I was getting excited about doing the 5am workouts again, things were happening at work that threw off my whole daily schedule as well as my focus. However, things are slowly starting to go back to normal. During everything, I did get up and workout when I could. I just recently purchased a couple of workout videos that I am very excited about. Most everyone knows Jillian Michaels who has been branded as America's or TVs toughest trainer. I liked the last video of hers that I did so much, that I decided to purchase a couple more while the "New Year's Resolution" sales have been going on. If you are looking for workout videos to do, January is the month to by them. Many of them go on sale for pretty decent prices. Anyways, so this last week I started Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred. Another kick in the rear end workout. I like her concept of working out. She has a formula that she uses: 3 minutes of strength, 2 minutes of cardio, and 1 minute of abs. Really a fantastic idea. It's set up like a circuit. In the 30 Day Shred video, she has 3 different levels. Each level is only 20 minutes long. Well, about that anyways. It is not easy though. Even at the beginning level. Pushups for a minute at a time is not easy for me. However, I can tell I am getting stronger.
Aside from starting this program, I have been doing one other activity: Shoveling Snow! We have finally had our first real snowfall of the season. I have been well aware that you can burn a lot of calories when you shovel snow BY HAND. I did not anticipate that my T-Shirt would be soaked by the time I did a half an hour of shoveling. If you are interested in knowing how many calories you can burn shoveling, use this calculator to get an idea. So instead of doing a workout indoors on Thursday and Friday, I took it outside. It's a great winter exercise because you are also giving your lungs a deep breath of fresh air. If you have a long driveway, this is a great activity that you can do together as a family. Leave the snow blower in the garage for a little while. Do at least a half hour of shoveling by hand, then pull it out. You'll save on the gas for your snow blower and burn some calories in the process! Plus you are teaching your family a number of things doing it together. You can have fun doing chores when you work together. They are learning responsibility of how to take care of the driveway for one day when they might need to know that. Keep in mind that you need to stretch those muscles after spending all that time shoveling. Otherwise, you are going to be awfully sore the next day or even the next several days. Last year, I made the mistake of not stretching out afterwards and I deeply regretted it. This year, I remembered that I needed to stretch out. I'm not nearly as sore. I just feel like I had a good workout yesterday. :)
SPoH: Day 32 - How toxins effect our bodies . . . Body Odor! Research is showing that a lot of odor is a result of eating red meats. How interesting! If you have a lot of body odor, try a meat fast. Specifically Pork and Beef and see what happens. Vegetarians often do not have the body odor problems that people who eat meat have. If you have any vegetarian friends, ask them if they have any problems with it. Colbert said that he met someone who doesn't even use deodorant because she does not have any odors to cover up. Our body odors are mostly due to the toxins we have in our body. Toxins in our body open us up to a plethora of other issues such as: fatigue, Heart disease , Memory loss, Premature aging, Skin disorders, Arthritis, Hormone imbalances, Anxiety, Headaches, Emotional disorders, Cancers, and Autoimmune diseases. What Colbert has to say next totally throws me. How many of you have allergies, food sensitivities, or massive mucus production? It could be because of all the toxins your body has been exposed to has caused your liver to be unable to process them all. Your body may be experiencing a toxic overload! Colbert recommends fasting as a way to detoxify the body which he talks more about in the next few days. However, he has also written a couple of books on them if you are interested in reading more in depth. Fasting Made Easy and Get Healthy Through Detox and Fasting.
SPoH: Day 32 - How toxins effect our bodies . . . Body Odor! Research is showing that a lot of odor is a result of eating red meats. How interesting! If you have a lot of body odor, try a meat fast. Specifically Pork and Beef and see what happens. Vegetarians often do not have the body odor problems that people who eat meat have. If you have any vegetarian friends, ask them if they have any problems with it. Colbert said that he met someone who doesn't even use deodorant because she does not have any odors to cover up. Our body odors are mostly due to the toxins we have in our body. Toxins in our body open us up to a plethora of other issues such as: fatigue, Heart disease , Memory loss, Premature aging, Skin disorders, Arthritis, Hormone imbalances, Anxiety, Headaches, Emotional disorders, Cancers, and Autoimmune diseases. What Colbert has to say next totally throws me. How many of you have allergies, food sensitivities, or massive mucus production? It could be because of all the toxins your body has been exposed to has caused your liver to be unable to process them all. Your body may be experiencing a toxic overload! Colbert recommends fasting as a way to detoxify the body which he talks more about in the next few days. However, he has also written a couple of books on them if you are interested in reading more in depth. Fasting Made Easy and Get Healthy Through Detox and Fasting.
Day 44 of 5am & SPoH: Day 31 - Toxins that you would not expect
Sorry for the delay. I was working on this being posted January 3rd! Keep that in mind when reading this.
So I did it! I woke up at 5am to do my workout. Yay! This is much better than last year. I was doing pretty well with the workouts up until Christmas break and then I pretty much quit or at least wound up not working out nearly as much. Anyways, today I pulled out Jillian Michaels "No More Trouble Zones." Talk about intense! Of course, I'm going to have to rebuild my body back up to where it was about 2 weeks ago because I did not do much working out over the course of the last two weeks. I managed to do about 35 minutes worth of this video. I wanted to do more before I realized that it is a 56 minute workout and not a 40 minute workout like the cover said. Note about workout times on videos. Sometimes I have found that they do not include the warm up and cool down in the actual time. So if you see 40 minutes, plan on it being at least 10 minutes longer. Anyways, great workout though. I have feeling that I am going to feel it tomorrow. Jillian does a great thing with this particular workout and many others I have seen where she combines working two areas at the same time. Lower and upper body. It's nice because it gets your heart rate up a little more and you are maximizing the movement and getting the most out of it as you can. I plan to use this workout DVD for awhile. Looking forward to seeing results. Push ups are getting easier. Still on the knees. Not ready for the feet yet.
SPoH: Day 30 - Toxins that you would not expect. Heavy Metals have been known to cause several unpleasant symptoms. We are exposed to them through our foods and our environments. To help detoxify our bodies from the metal you should have chlorophyll foods, including wheat grass, barley grass, oat grass, healthy algae, and other supplements. Many of our dentists in the past have used silver amalgam fillings for those unwanted cavities. Unfortunately it exposes us to the metal mercury. Most everyone knows that mercury does not do a body good. This metal is slowly released into our bodies from the time we receive the filling until we eventually die. However, you may be exposed to even more if you have them removed improperly. If you decide to have them removed, make sure you find a dentist that is well aware of the effects and knows how to handle it. If you or your children have any cavities, it is safer to go with the porcelain. It is more up front cost, but think of the health that you will be saving! Less problems down the road. Many of us already know that household products we use contain many toxins that are not good for our bodies. If you are going to use chemicals, be sure to read the labels and make sure that your skin is not exposed. Your body has a less chance of being effected by them when you are wearing rubber gloves than if you are washing with bare hands. Also, beware of the toxins they emit in the air. A good inhalation of bleach or ammonia can damage your lungs. If you can switch to natural products for cleaning (such as vinegar & lemon juice) and cosmetics (see www.safecosmetics.org), it is much better for you.
So I did it! I woke up at 5am to do my workout. Yay! This is much better than last year. I was doing pretty well with the workouts up until Christmas break and then I pretty much quit or at least wound up not working out nearly as much. Anyways, today I pulled out Jillian Michaels "No More Trouble Zones." Talk about intense! Of course, I'm going to have to rebuild my body back up to where it was about 2 weeks ago because I did not do much working out over the course of the last two weeks. I managed to do about 35 minutes worth of this video. I wanted to do more before I realized that it is a 56 minute workout and not a 40 minute workout like the cover said. Note about workout times on videos. Sometimes I have found that they do not include the warm up and cool down in the actual time. So if you see 40 minutes, plan on it being at least 10 minutes longer. Anyways, great workout though. I have feeling that I am going to feel it tomorrow. Jillian does a great thing with this particular workout and many others I have seen where she combines working two areas at the same time. Lower and upper body. It's nice because it gets your heart rate up a little more and you are maximizing the movement and getting the most out of it as you can. I plan to use this workout DVD for awhile. Looking forward to seeing results. Push ups are getting easier. Still on the knees. Not ready for the feet yet.
SPoH: Day 30 - Toxins that you would not expect. Heavy Metals have been known to cause several unpleasant symptoms. We are exposed to them through our foods and our environments. To help detoxify our bodies from the metal you should have chlorophyll foods, including wheat grass, barley grass, oat grass, healthy algae, and other supplements. Many of our dentists in the past have used silver amalgam fillings for those unwanted cavities. Unfortunately it exposes us to the metal mercury. Most everyone knows that mercury does not do a body good. This metal is slowly released into our bodies from the time we receive the filling until we eventually die. However, you may be exposed to even more if you have them removed improperly. If you decide to have them removed, make sure you find a dentist that is well aware of the effects and knows how to handle it. If you or your children have any cavities, it is safer to go with the porcelain. It is more up front cost, but think of the health that you will be saving! Less problems down the road. Many of us already know that household products we use contain many toxins that are not good for our bodies. If you are going to use chemicals, be sure to read the labels and make sure that your skin is not exposed. Your body has a less chance of being effected by them when you are wearing rubber gloves than if you are washing with bare hands. Also, beware of the toxins they emit in the air. A good inhalation of bleach or ammonia can damage your lungs. If you can switch to natural products for cleaning (such as vinegar & lemon juice) and cosmetics (see www.safecosmetics.org), it is much better for you.
Monday, January 2, 2012
Happy New Year! & SPoH: Day 30 - Where do toxins come from?
The New Year has commenced and I am so excited for what is to come this year. I am working on learning sign language. I've already begun my bible readings. While I have not started my 5am workouts this year, I am planning to do so starting tomorrow and I am really excited. If you have not tried doing the early morning workouts, I must recommend it. I feel so much better physically and even mentally when I workout in the morning. I am also ready to get back to eating much better. The holidays always seem to be the easiest time to gain weight. Our culture is so inclined to have every favorite food item available at our family/friend parties when our bodies don't need it. Next time you are considering having a family party, look at your food pyramid and limit what you serve. It can be fun to have leftovers, but it has happened to me where sometimes you have leftovers for too long and the food is no longer good enough for you to eat. Anyways, I am ready to feel healthy again.
SPoH: Day 30 - Where do toxins come from? Air, Food, Water, and Skin contact. Essentially through every possible opening we have on our bodies.
The air contains loads of pollutants that if you live in America have most likely learned in an environmental biology or science class. Industrialization, Cars, the Ozone, Pesticides - all of these things effect our air and eventually our bodies. Inside our homes we deal with chemicals and bacteria. If you are a smoker, things will be numerous times worse for you and your family. I am thankful that in the state of Illinois, smoking has been banned from restaurants.
For foods, non-organic produce usually contains pesticides, herbicides, parasites and chemicals. With processed foods you expose yourself to a number of chemicals. Just read the back of a canned or boxed food. If you do not know what a particular ingredient is on the list and it sounds like a chemistry element or compound, most likely it is a chemical meant to help preserve the product or enhance the taste synthetically. Just imagine that going into your body. Oh yes, and there is even a form of bleach found in many foods. The stuff that has the warning label on it to not get it on your skin. Animals imported from out of the country still contain DDT and PCBs which have been banned in the US. Again, better to stick with Organic. Also look for alkalizing foods to raise the pH levels in your bodies. Also remember to drink filtered water.
When choosing your fruit and tea drinks, again, stick with organic. They have the same issues that our foods have. It's always better to stick with water.
Don't forget that your skin is porous. If you are using chemicals of any sort, it is better to wear gloves and keep your skin protected. You want to be mindful of what chemicals can also cause more harm to the air you breath in your home. While I love the clean feel I get from using bleach in my bathroom, the fumes are toxic. I have resorted to using more milder cleaners
SPoH: Day 30 - Where do toxins come from? Air, Food, Water, and Skin contact. Essentially through every possible opening we have on our bodies.
The air contains loads of pollutants that if you live in America have most likely learned in an environmental biology or science class. Industrialization, Cars, the Ozone, Pesticides - all of these things effect our air and eventually our bodies. Inside our homes we deal with chemicals and bacteria. If you are a smoker, things will be numerous times worse for you and your family. I am thankful that in the state of Illinois, smoking has been banned from restaurants.
For foods, non-organic produce usually contains pesticides, herbicides, parasites and chemicals. With processed foods you expose yourself to a number of chemicals. Just read the back of a canned or boxed food. If you do not know what a particular ingredient is on the list and it sounds like a chemistry element or compound, most likely it is a chemical meant to help preserve the product or enhance the taste synthetically. Just imagine that going into your body. Oh yes, and there is even a form of bleach found in many foods. The stuff that has the warning label on it to not get it on your skin. Animals imported from out of the country still contain DDT and PCBs which have been banned in the US. Again, better to stick with Organic. Also look for alkalizing foods to raise the pH levels in your bodies. Also remember to drink filtered water.
When choosing your fruit and tea drinks, again, stick with organic. They have the same issues that our foods have. It's always better to stick with water.
Don't forget that your skin is porous. If you are using chemicals of any sort, it is better to wear gloves and keep your skin protected. You want to be mindful of what chemicals can also cause more harm to the air you breath in your home. While I love the clean feel I get from using bleach in my bathroom, the fumes are toxic. I have resorted to using more milder cleaners
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