HealthPractical Lifestyle Tips for Optimal Health and Weight Loss

January 31, 2009

• Drink a big glass of water first thing in the morning to flush toxins. Drink ½ of body wt in oz. per day (150#’s= 75oz).

• Drink warm lemon water twice daily to flush the liver and gallbladder.

• Breakfast is the most important meal; it sets up metabolism for the entire day. Include some quality protein to start burning fat.

• Limit coffee to one cup per day.

• Eat small frequent meals that have either protein or fat to help stabilize the blood sugar.

• Avoid eating refined sugar and carbohydrates which leads to reactive hypoglycemia (low blood sugar), mood swings, and weight gain.

• Good carbohydrate choices are whole grains that are high in fiber such as brown rice, beans, sweet potatoes and steel cut oatmeal. For weight loss limit to one or less servings per day. Avoid all wheat and wheat products.

• You get plenty of carbohydrates to survive in the fresh organic fruits and vegetables eaten, we can live a very healthy life without any other source of carbohydrate.

• Avoid transfats in processed foods by reading the labels (hydrogenated oils, partially hydrogenated oils, fractionated oils). All other fats are good fats.

• Avoid the dirty foods (refer to organic shopping list) which cause weight gain.

• Eat a wide variety of foods and get all the colors of the rainbow in your diet, this helps ensure that you get all the necessary vitamins and minerals.

• Avoid flavor enhancers which are also neurotoxins (brain and nerve poison).

• Take time for you to relax and let stress go. Stress makes you gain weight. Learn to say NO! Make yourself #1 on your to do list. Be Happy!!

• Make sure you get adequate and restful sleep.

• Exercise daily with some gentle continuous movement such as walking, swimming, stretching and deep belly laughter, which all benefit the heart.