Newscasts, Talk Shows and the newest craze, “TV Doctors”, happily share their disdain for “those expensive, unnecessary concoctions” based on this idiom.

 Whether it is your doctor, your mother or your friend, who is advising you that “You’re wasting your money on those things, your food gives you everything you need. ” says so, because this paradigm is a commonly held belief.

 So, what exactly is this balanced diet that these people assume you’re eating?

Do you know?

The USDA (United State Department of Agriculture) reports it is: My Plate.  Harvard School of Public Health reports it is: The Nutrition Source.  The University of Michigan Integrative Medicine Department reports it is: The Healing Food Pyramid.

 Still confused?

I subscribe to a version of “the balanced diet”, too.  It is eating 5-7 servings of differently color, fresh vegetables, that grow above the ground, 2 – non tropical fruits, drinking 8 to10 – 8 ounce glasses of water each day, consuming a deck of cards sized serving of oily fish 3 times per week, of chicken 3 times per week and of red meat, once a week.

 Do you eat like that?

In fact, “consuming a balanced diet” is a mythical construct. – hardly anyone eats a balanced diet.  And, because this false paradigm is so prevalent, what you are eating is the last thing anyone, including doctors, ever considers when someone’s health begins to slip away.

 A recent study, reported in The Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging, concludes that:  “ … use of supplements significantly improved the status of several vitamins in elderly people. Due to age-related problems concerning the intake and digestion of nutrients, a moderate, regular supplementation might be a useful option for older people who are otherwise unable to satisfy their micronutrient requirements.”

 In people-speak, the study shows that if you aren’t consuming the nutrients your body needs, taking supplements can fill the gap.  The study was well constructed, peer-review and duly reported in a professional journal.

 Did you get the memo?  … No?
Did you hear a peep from the talking heads?  … No?
And, I’ll bet your _________ (doctor, friend, mother) didn’t read it either!

 Here what the memo should say:

 “If you’re not eating enough vegetables, fruit, chicken, fish, meat and drinking enough water to satisfy the minimum nutritional needs of your body or taking supplements to fill the gaps in your diet – you will get fat; and sick; and grow old too fast.”  And, regardless of your age, if you’re neglecting to feed your body properly, ditto!

 There are epidemics of degenerative diseases that:

• Threaten to overwhelm the finances of the industrialized world
• Overwhelming people and families with expense, heartache and suffering

 There are:  Telethons, Drives, Walks, Runs; Gold-Ribbon Panels; academic and pharmaceutical research and … , orgainized to:

“Wipe Out  fill in the blank
(obesity, cancer, diabetes, stroke, heart disease, respiratory disease, kidney disease or …)
In Our Lifetime” 

And yet, the numbers keep growing.

 Composing or Decomposing

The body (and all living things for that matter) possesses an orderly process that replaces worn out cells, the ability to accelerate repairs to damaged tissue (due to accidents or otherwise), to ward off infection, infestation and to energize itself.

 The process is wholly dependent on the raw materials that are garnered from the environment.   Those raw materials are the nutrients in the food you are consuming.

 This Isn’t Brain Surgery

• The raw materials are there, or they’re not. 
• The process works or it doesn’t.
• The body composes or it decomposes.

What you eat controls the equation, and you know what you’re consuming.

 The revelation of the study, reported in The Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging, says it all:

Do the best you can with your diet, then take fundamental supplements to fill in the gaps and, if need be, support them with supplements for any specific needs.

Conclusion

 So the next time you hear someone say, “You can get every thing you need from your food.” you know what that really means:  you should probably be taking supplements.

Quoting Red Green:  “We’re all in this together, I’m pulling for you.”

 P.S.  Please, read our BAM (Blatant Advertising Message):  NUPRO Nutraceutical Products – Advancing Beyond Vitamins™

 

This could be the wonder product of the century!

 I’ll bet you are you asking yourself:  “How much does it cost?” and “Where can I get it?”

 Here’s how you can get your supply today:

 Go to your kitchen sink, fill a glass with water and drink it. That’s right – it’s WATER

Incredible as it may seem, water is the most important component of good health known to man.

In fact, 60% – 70% of the body’s weight is water.  Water is the body’s solvent:  it thins blood, carries away toxins, helps metabolize fat, liquefies consumed food, rinses out organs, balances electrolytes to support nerve function, carries hormones for endocrine function – in short it is the body’s magic potion.

However, when the body gets less water than it needs, it perceives the situation as a threat to its survival and begins to conserve every drop. Many of the cleansing functions of water are affected as it reuses and reuses and reuses the conserved, filthy water.

Drinking enough water is the best treatment for a whole litany of things – headache, constipation, digestion, sluggishness, clarity of mind, water retention, weight gain – all symptoms of dehydration.

There is a good rule of thumb for drinking enough water:  divide your body weight by two. The result is the number or ounces of water to consume every day.

Caffeinated beverages such as coffee, soda, energy drinks and certain teas are diuretics, which force the body to expel water. If you consume caffeinated beverages, compensate for their effect by drinking two ounces of water for each one ounce of these beverages

If you are trying to lose weight or are not healthy, increase the amount by 20%. Contrary to popular opinion, juices, soups and other liquids that require digestion do not count! Water is water!

Follow this schedule to utilize water effectively:

• Morning (right after rising):  consume one quart of water during a 30-minute period.
• Noon:  consume one quart of water during a 30-minute period.
• Evening:  consume one quart of water during a 30-minute period.
• Drink the remainder of your requirement throughout the day.

 The body’s signal for hunger and thirst are similar and are often confused. Try drinking a glass of water instead of eating something. Your body just might need hydrating instead of a snack!

When the body gets all the water it needs to function efficiently, its fluids are perfectly balanced. Glands, nerves, and bowel begin to function efficiently. Skin begins to glow, water retention subsides, weight normalizes, endurance increases, concentration improves, and on … and on … and on!

P.S.  Chlorine isn’t good for your body but it kills the stuff that gets in your water pipes that can make you sick. Chlorine is normally a gas … so if you put a one gallon, open topped container full of tap water in your refrigerator before you go to bed, the chlorine will dissipate and your fresh water (without chlorine) will be waiting for you in the morning.

P.P.S.  Most people are deficient in trace minerals because they aren’t eating enough fresh vegetables (5 to 7 baseball size servings – daily).  Add an ounce of a trace mineral supplement to your daily water to fill the gap in your diet.

NOTE:  Are you doing the best you can to stay healthy?   Take the test.

 

 Books, magazines, infomercials, talk shows, television ads, radio ads, newspaper ad feature experts dissecting real and imaginary health concerns that “every American should know about.”  Media advertisers are bombarding you with sound bites or glossy pages for: prescriptive medicine, natural advances and smiling faces extolling near miraculous additions to everyday food.

 Is it any wonder that this torrent of minutia has you confused?

 Your challenge is to remove yourself from this quagmire of irrelevance and come face-to-face with this warning about your health that is similar to a sign you often see in antique stores, “You break it – you bought it.”  Your motto, concerning your health, should be:  “It is easier to stay healthy than to become healthy.”

 Certainly, you need to consider the possibility of the “bad luck” of an unforeseen accident or a particularly virulent infective agent, but, if you manage the factors that you can control, it is more likely that you will enjoy the benefits of being healthy.

 Personally, I cover the known deficiencies that exist in my, and everyone’s, diet – the essentials for wellbeing.  Next, I filter my choices through a question that I ask myself before I choose to do something:  “Will my body thank me for this later?”  When the answer is yes, more often than not, I know I am contributing to my wellbeing.  If the answer is no, I use a nutraceutical supplement that is formulated with combinations of complementary, natural ingredients, intended for a particular purpose, to fill the gap left by my choices.

 Declining Health Is Not Inevitable, But It Is Predictable.   The predictors are:

 You are what you eat.

Joel Wallach, DVM, ND, a noted author, sought out speaker and producer of a controversial tape: Dead Doctors Don’t Lie frequently points out:  “If a visit to the Super Market results in bags of cans, boxes and bags of food, you should throw away the contents and eat the packaging.”  The message is that processing, preserving, enhancing the appearance and taste of these products significantly diminishes their nutritional value.  Whole food, fresh, ripe and properly prepared, is the superior choice.

 Keep your body clean.

In 2006, The American Holistic Medical Association, Guide To Holistic Health reports:  “There are an estimated 80,000 chemicals regularly in use today, with an additional 1,000 to 2,000 chemicals added to this list each year.  Only 3 percent of them have been tested to determine whether they are toxic or carcinogenic.  In 1998, the United states released approximately 500 billion tons of toxic chemicals into the environment.”

 People shower or bathe everyday to keep the outside of their bodies clean.  It is the healthy thing to do.  What about the inside?  The “stuff” in the air we breathe, the water we drink and the food we eat builds up over time.  Keeping the inside of your body as clean as the outside pays dividends.

 Take responsibility.

Invest in your health.  You have the most to lose if your health is compromised.  Stop expecting that someone or some magical machine; thing or plant will fix what you have broken.  It is your body that maintains your health using the nutrients derived from the things you put in your mouth.  Ask the question:  “Will my body thank me for this later?” 

 Do the best you can.

Stress, fast food, skipping meals and inactivity are one set of predictors; rest, a healthy diet and moderate exercise are another.  Choose wisely.  Make changes where you can, then use supplements to fill the gap.  Just remember:  “You break it, you bought it.”

 Health is a journey that features you, the person who has the most to gain, or lose, when you choose a path.

 NOTE:  Are you doing the best you can?  Take the test.

 

Those of you who are trying to realize your New Year resolution to lose weight are, in all likelihood, frustrated.  The fact is:  metabolism is turned down every fall; it is restored every spring.  Overwhelming this cycle is not very likely. 

Take heart!  Spring is just around the corner.

Children, all over the U.S., will soon be repeating a simple poem:
Spring has sprung, the grass has riz,
I wonder where the flowers is?

Plants will be budding, putting on leaves with blossoms springing toward the sun.  Animals will be awakening from their winter doldrums, or their hibernation, to welcome the return of the season of plenty.

It is the cycle of all living things on Earth; it is basic survival and, it is a testament to the adaptability of life on Earth.

Even though people live in modern homes, with central heat, abundant food and water, this natural cycle exerts the same, unavoidable impact on the human body.

There are a few steps you can take can assure you that your metabolism will come roaring back when it is time.

Are you 3 – 6’s, 2 – 9’s or 1 – 18?
It’s time for a spring-cleaning.  Your bowels should move at least once every day – preferably after each meal (3 –  six inch cigar-shaped.)  Even then, it is a good idea to clean up any residual wastes from the winter diet.  Supplements are especially effective in that regard so, choose an effective supplement to refresh your bowels.

Are you suffering a hangover from the holiday goodies and/or craving carbs, sugar and starches?
They, and most other winter foods, are notoriously short of trace minerals. Often referred to as “The Currency of Life”, trace minerals deficiencies have been known to contribute to a listless feeling, cravings and constant hunger.  Once again, the fastest way to address the issue is with a full-spectrum trace mineral supplement until fresh, mature vegetables are readily available.  By the way, if you are a vegetable-hater, you should consider trace mineral supplementation year-round.

Feed your Metabolism.
The 3 Day Diet, once attributed to the Cleveland Clinic, has been around for a long time.  None-the-less, it is still an effective way to feed your metabolism.  Follow the instructions, wait a week to repeat the diet. Two cycles is usually sufficient to jump start metabolism.

If you have packed on more than a few pounds, weight management supplements are in order.
However, caution in order, too.  Some weight loss supplements rely on stimulants to “spike” wake-time metabolism.  Advertisements for these types of supplements often emphasize energy as their most notable characteristic.  The tendency to consume more than enough sweets, bread and pasta, starchy vegetables, and caffeinated beverages (coffee, tea, soda and energy drinks) may already be taxing metabolic functions.  Adding another source of stimulants may not be the best idea.

A better choice may be weight management supplements formulated to support metabolic function while managing appetite, cravings and alertness.  While you won’t get the “buzz”, you won’t be anxious and/or jittery either.

Feed your body.
While it seems counter-intuitive, you must eat to lose weight.  Starvation and low-calorie dieting send a signal to your body that food is in short supply so it goes into survival mode – protecting fat and reducing metabolism. 

What you are consuming is the issue.
Before you put something in your mouth, ask yourself one simple question:  “Is this going to feed my body something it needs?”  If the answer is no, don’t eat it.  You already know the answer when you consume junk, packaged, comfort and fast food, so don’t eat them. 

Eat, eat, eat.
Eat breakfast, eat vegetables for lunch, eat a healthy supper early.  You should eat a baseball sized apple or pear for mid-morning and afternoon snacks. (Add a sprinkle of cinnamon and/or a dash of lime juice for variety.)   Here are 10 healthy, easy to fix recipes.

Drink water to help flush away the byproducts of burning fat – at least 8 – 8 ounces glasses each day.

Lose it and keep it off!
Besides appearance, losing weight is a healthy choice.  Researchers have shown, time and time again, that maintaining a healthy weight will reduce your chances of enduring many of the health issues that are confronting others.

Would you care to know how healthy you are?  Take the test.

Editor’s Note:  Rather than the prevalent “miracle in a bottle” paradigm, we believe maintaining health is a life-style. We have developed a strategy that promotes and maintains health.  You can review our work at the Natural Health Consulting Center at NURPO.

 

Here are two questions for you to consider:

• If eating is so simple, why are there so many people who are overweight?
• Why are so many people experiencing declining health over time?

We know, for example, the biology of science, Senescence, is showing that your body is fully capable of rebuilding a perfect replica of itself, cell by cell, every 7 years.  By producing 300 billion cells every night that are programmed to die, it replaces all of the 750 trillion cells that make
up your body.

Every minute of everyday your body assembles and disassembling all sorts of:

Enzymes to:

• digest your food
• operate your body
• fire nerves
• fire metabolism
• repair and replace damaged tissue

Amino acids to produce:

• hormones to start and stop different functions
• neurotransmitters to operate your brain
• immune cells to protect your body
• blood and lymph cells to carry substances around the body
• repair and replace damaged cells and tissue
• and, there’s even more – suffice it to say – the scope is enormous!

Here’s the rub:
the only way your body can do any of this is if the food you are eating contains the “stuff” the body needs to accomplish the tasks.

This business of eating the food you “like” virtually guarantees that your body won’t get what it needs to rebuild a perfect replica of itself – let alone carry on all of its minute by minute activities that keep you focused, active and healthy.

There are two thresholds, energy and nutrition, that must be met or your body ceases to operate efficiently – the perfect replica starts to become less perfect.

Carbohydrates

Your body burns carbohydrates, fat and water to create energy. The main dietary source to energize your body is carbohydrates.

• If you eat too few, or the wrong kind, you will run out of energy before you run out of day.
• If you eat too many or you are eating the wrong kind – you will get fat.
• If you hit the threshold, you will breeze through the day.

The “wrong” ones are easy:  white flour products, vegetables that grow underground, sweet fruits, sugar and sugars that added to packaged food.

• If you cannotburn these simple carbohydrates within two hours your body will turnthem into fat.
• And, you willget hungry because you need energy again.

The best carbohydrates come from whole grains, vegetables that grow above ground and fleshy fruit.  The Harvard School of Public Health provides guidance to help you select the “right” carbohydrates.

Fat

Fat has been painted with too broad of a brush so, people avoid it at all costs – this is a big mistake!  Granted, there is a “wrong” kind that can turn into plaque and body fat if you eat too much of it.

But, the “right” kind is essential to your body – that’s why they are called essential fatty acids.  Essential fatty acids keep your heart and arteries flexible, fight inflammation and support metabolism.   Harvard, once
again, explains the details if you want more information.

Water

Research has shown that within 10 minutes of drinking a pint of water, the metabolism increases by as much as 30 percent.  Other drinks did not show the same effect.

If you drink too little water and you may be at risk for headaches, muscle cramps, dizziness, constipation and other nasty symptoms.

If you drink an adequate amount of water you gain some great benefits such as a clearer mind, more energy and even help your body metabolize body fat.  

The second threshold is nutrition.  The tissue of all plants and animals are made up from building blocks, called Amino Acids.  Your body disassembles the plant and animal tissue then reassembles their Amino Acids, along with minerals to produce your tissue.

Protein
Protein provides the building blocks your body uses to create all of its cells, tissue and fluids are amino acids – they come from protein.  The source for protein is plant and animal tissue.  If you eat too many of the wrong kinds you will plug up digestion, the heart, arteries and your brain.  If you eat too few, your body will start to gradually deteriorate.  If you hit the threshold, you will be blessed with perfect replacement cells that maintain an efficient, perfect body.

The “right ones are easy:  vegetables, fleshy fruit, fish, poultry and limited
meat from vertebrates (beef and pork).  The Harvard School of Public Health provides guidance concerning meat and plant protein.

Minerals

Particular minerals like calcium have received lots of attention, so, there isn’t much to say about it and the other minerals for which a recommended daily intake has been established.

BUT (and there is always a but), most authorities fall silent when it comes to an entire category of minerals called trace minerals.  Also known as electrolytes, this obscure collection of water-soluble minerals are, in fact, essential for your well being.  They are co-factors in virtually every activity of your body.

The assumption is: you will receive sufficient amounts of these important nutrients when you consume fruits and vegetables.

This assumption is wrong in two ways:

• most people do not consume enough vegetables and even if you do consume the recommended 9 servings of vegetables and fruit
• the soils, on which the plants are grown, have long-since been depleted of these elements due to commercial farming practices.

In fact, this is one area were you must rely on a dietary supplement to support your body’s requirements.  They are marketed as Colloidal Minerals and/or trace minerals, typically liquid and a must if you plan on staying healthy.

Water

Did you notice that water is in both thresholds?  Water is your body’s principal chemical component, making up, on average, 60 percent of your body weight.

Every system in your body depends on water.  Water flushes toxins out of vital organs, carries nutrients to your cells, plumbs your body to protect vital tissue and provides a moist environment for ear, nose and throat tissues.

Possibly the most important thing you can do for your body is to keep it hydrated.  The biggest mistake most people make is to believe beverages count toward hydrating the body.

Water is . . . water!  Beverages:  coffee, tea, soda and juice are liquid food.  So, don’t get caught in that trap.

Drink at least 8 – 8oz. glasses of water everyday – more if it is hot, cold or your are sick.   There is no substitute for water and it is free from your tap and, if you let the water sit overnight in an open container, all of the chlorine will dissipate.  Fresh, clean, free water.  What could be better? 

You make the choice then you will experience the consequences.

• Too many simple carbohydrates – you will get fat.
• Too much exercise – you will tear up your joints.
• Too few minerals – your body can’t work right.
• Too little protein – your body will deteriorate.
• Too little water – metabolism slows down, you will become a husk, plus your body can’t clean itself.

Let me make it simple:  today’s choices are tomorrow’s consequences.  Too many people, me included, have been sugar coating the facts for too long.

• If you are not healthy, you have bought your own trouble.
• If you are neglecting your body but not experiencing the signs of neglect now, you have agreed to a layaway plan to experience
  those same sign of neglect – later.

You are paying, every day, with the choices you are making about convenient, fast food and adhering to a false paradigm that there is some special person or some magic bullet that can fix what you are breaking.

• The special person who can change the consequences is YOU.
• The magic bullet is the “stuff” you are consuming – everyday.   

You can change the way things are by changing the things you are doing.  The arguments that it is too expensive or you don’t have the time won’t hold water.

You either make time for health or spend time being sick.  The latter is very expensive in both money and the quality of your life.

• Start with an action plan to meet the thresholds your body needs to stay healthy or get healthy.
• Assess what you are eating for breakfast, lunch and dinner – everyday -  to care for the needs of your body.
• Fill the gap in your diet with the best nutraceutical supplements you can buy.  Know this: the better you do with the foods you are eating – the fewer supplements it takes to fill the gap in your diet.
• Do your best.  It is not practical to expect to “eat right” everyday.  There is a principal in health that you can take to the bank:  It is not
  what you do occasionally that hurts, it is what you do everyday.
• Splurge once in a while.   After all, life is worth living.  But, get back on the wagon as quickly as possible. 
• Health is a journey.  You can choose to accept the fact that you are in charge of your own health or cling to the false hope that someone orsomething can fix what you have broken.

It’s Your Life – It’s Your Choice.

 

1. EDE stands for: Eliminate naturally, Digest completely, Eat fresh foods
2. EDE is essential for every living thing on earth!
3. EDE is the most important component of health, next to water.
4. EDE is the foundation of every function of your body.
5. EDE is so important that plants, animals and humans become sick and can die when it is interrupted.

Why is Elimination the First Thing on the List?
That’s easy! If you pour water into a pipe that is capped at the other end, what happens? That’s right! Nothing comes out. If you pour more water in – it just keeps filling up the pipe until it overflows. It doesn’t matter what you put in the pipe – good or bad – solids or liquids – it just keeps backing up.

IF YOU DO NOT REMOVE THE PLUG FROM THE END OF THE PIPE,
IT DOESN’T MATTER WHAT YOU PUT IN, IT IS STILL PLUGGED UP!

Natural elimination is: Eat a Meal – Eliminate a Meal.
You can see natural elimination in action when you feed a newborn – about ten minutes after feeding the baby you need to change the diaper.  THAT’S REGULARITY – THAT’S THE WAY IT SHOULD BE!  Otherwise, you are constipated.

Incidentally, that’s why people think supplements don’t work – they get stuck somewhere in the pipe and can’t get to where they can do anything. And, if you think about what’s happening to all that stuff that is just hanging around in the pipe . . . it isn’t a very pretty thought.

The Body is Designed to Store Two Meals:

1. digesting one meal in the intestines,
2. processing the remains of a second meal in the colon for elimination.

When you’re eating a new meal, chewing signals the intestinal muscles to make room for the next batch of food – the remains of the digesting food are pushed to the top of colon for final processing – the wastes are pushed out:  ONE MEAL IN – ONE MEAL OUT!

Dr. Kenneth Cooper, M.D., M.P.H., internationally renowned Physician and the founder of the Cooper Wellness Clinic in Dallas TX., asks his audiences a telling question: Are you 3-sixes, 2-nines, or 1-eightteen?

He explains that the size, nature and frequency of elimination reflects a person’s health. His point is: the healthiest people eliminate one, two or three times every day a total of 18 inches of 2 inch around cigar shaped waste.

Otherwise, the body is burdened with the accumulating sludge, the toxins it produces during the day, the weight and bulk of the accumulating wastes.

For example, Jane Doe eats 3 times a day:

1. breakfast – coffee & toast
2. break – coffee & “a little something to tide her over”
3. lunch – fast food salad with dressing
4. break – a soda & “something from the vending machine”
5. dinner – meat, potatoes, a canned vegetable
6. snacks in front of the TV
7. She eliminates regularly every other day

The result of her health test is: 3 (meals) / 1 (elimination) =
3 x 2 (days between elimination) = 6 x 1.5 lbs. = 9 lbs. of you know what!

Do you really think that carrying around of all of that stuff is healthy?
Most people would answer NO! The fastest and easiest way to eliminate the accumulated debris, toxins and organisms is to choose a safe, natural cleansing and detoxification program to sweep all that stuff away.  Or not.  It is your life, it is your choice.

 

When you understand what causes constipation, you can begin the process of managing constipation.For most people, the number 1 cause of constipation is eating too many processed and fast foods, too little exercise and not drinking enough water — you can take steps to manage constipation or prevent it altogether.

The food you eat, how much you exercise and how much water you drink—everyday— is a major factor for most people.  But, there are other factors, too.

What can you do to manage constipation?

Check the food you eat.
Packaged, preserved and fast food contain chemicals that preserve it for “shelf life” at the supermarket and at home, flavor it, color it, may interfere with digestion, may be putting your digestive tract to sleep or poisoning your body straight away.  Cutting back on processed, package foods, fast food lunches is important when you are beginning to manage constipation.  Packing a lunch from home is not very glamorous but it is a very good alternative.

Check the medicines you take.
Medicines that you take for another problem might cause constipation—ask your doctor (or search the internet) if your prescriptions might be at fault. They include pain pills, pills with codeine in them, some antacids, iron pills, diuretics (water pills), and medicines for depression. Ask you Doctor if there is an alternative prescriptive medicine to help you manage your constipation.  Don’t forget the over the counter medicines either.  They can play a role, too.

Use OTC and prescriptive laxatives as a last resort and only under professional advice.
Laxatives (in any form) are medicines that will make you pass a stool. Your doctor may recommend laxatives for a limited time. Be advised: The FDA is warning consumers not to use oral sodium phosphate (OSP) bowel cleanser products because of the risk of acute kidney injury. These products are routinely used as bowel cleansers before colon examinations, other medical procedures and in OTC (over-the-counter) products for bowel cleansing.

Functional constipation means that the bowel is healthy but not working properly.  It is often the result of poor dietary habits and lifestyle.  Changing what you eat, what you drink and how much you exercise will help relieve and prevent constipation. Here are some positive steps you can take to manage your constipation:

Eat more fiber.
Fiber helps form soft, bulky stool. It is found in many fresh vegetables, fruits and whole grains. One good suggestion is “The Perfect Breakfast”. It is easy, tastes great, gives you a terrific start in the morning, helps with cholesterol, high blood pressure and constipation. NOTE: Be sure to add fiber a little at a time, so your body gets used to it slowly.

Limit white flour foods, dairy, sugar, starches and starchy vegetables.
Foods that have little or no fiber such as ice cream, cheese, meat, snacks like chips and pizza, and processed foods such as instant mashed potatoes or already-prepared frozen dinners have little or no fiber and can make the situation worse.  One of the first questions is:  What do I cook?  Here are 10 recipes that are great tasting and easy to prepare.  They are a terrific way to painlessly manage constipation and eat your way to regularity.

Drink plenty of water, eat lighter meals and soups.
Liquid helps keep the stool soft and easy to pass, so it’s important to drink enough fluids. The formula for water is: drink 1/2 your body weight in ounces (up to a maximum of 128 ounces) every day. NOTE: Try not to drink liquids that contain sugar, caffeine or alcohol. Caffeine and alcohol tend to dry out your digestive system.

Get more exercise.
Regular exercise helps your digestive system stay active and healthy. You don’t need to become a great athlete. A 20- to 30-minute walk every day may help.

Allow yourself enough time to have a bowel movement.
Sometimes we feel so hurried that we don’t pay attention to our body’s needs. Make sure you don’t ignore the urge to have a bowel movement, and then allow enough time for it to happen.

Choose a natural nutraceutical supplement to promote bowel function or a natural, thorough whole body cleanse to sweep away the years of accumulation, restore balance and function.

These simple steps, along with a natural night cleanser, can help you manage constipation and, depending on your commitment to changing the things that are causing the problem in the first place, support regularity.

 

Do you remember the relief when the plumber cleared the line so the stuff could flow out of your home once again?

A critical function of the human body is the elimination of waste . . .
both liquid and solid. Researchers report that the estimated time between eating a meal and elimination of solid waste is six hours.

That’s right … six hours. The body can break down a meal, extract the nutrition, completely discard the undigested wastes before they get a chance to spoil in the intestines and colon . . . in six hours.

The notion that people are regular when wastes are eliminated at a particular point in time – say once a day – is foolishness – since the act of chewing sends a signal to the bowel to make room for the next batch.

Forcing the body to conform to some cycle of elimination is akin to flushing a public toilet once a day – and – who would do that? The point of this analogy gets sharper when you consider the implication of even longer intervals between bowel movements.

There are several unfortunate consequences of constipation or slow bowel movements:

The staging area (Colon) fills to its capacity slowing the movement throughout the entire digestive tract.

1. The food that you have eaten starts to spoil:  carbohydrates begin to ferment, proteins putrefy, fats become rancid
2. The spoiling mass of food begins to support “unfriendly” micro organisms and parasites whose byproducts affect the integrity of the system and may allow unwanted substances and organisms to spill into the body.
3. The pH of the bowel changes which affects, and sometimes kills, the friendly microbes – further compromising digestion and elimination.
4. Wastes and toxin levels begin to build in the body, compromising your overall body function and well being – even at the cellular level.
5. Energy drops to almost nothing. You feel good enough to go to work, but forget anything else. You’re moody, bloated and gassy.

Ask yourself this: How long would you wait to call a plumber if your sewer was slow draining or backed up ?

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