By: John Phillip
Source: NaturalNews.com
Americans drink more than 216 liters of carbonated soft drinks each year, a number that continues to increase at an alarming rate. Many people use low-calorie diet soda in a futile effort to lose weight, yet find that […]
People started gaining weight ever since life became more and more convenient. When modern amenities were introduced, life became sedentary and we simply got less exercise. But that’s stating the obvious, isn’t it? Unfortunately, it is much more subtle than that. While a ‘fatty’ or sedentary lifestyle directly contributes to weight gain, the enemy is subtler than sheer laziness.
Modern conveniences often come wrapped in toxins, both literally and metaphorically. They’re everywhere: in tap water, bottled water, bottled drinks, product packaging, […]
By Andreas Moritz
More than two-thirds of the body’s immune system is located in the intestines. And since it takes care of both physical and mental toxins, it acts as our physical and mental healing system. Obesity, including lumpy cellulite, is one of the many conditions that results from a congested lymphatic system,which forms a large part of the body’s natural immunological defenses. Other diseases include multiple sclerosis, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome and cancer, the ultimate defense against toxins.
The lymphatic […]
The digestive process actually begins in your mouth. Here, food is pre-digested by saliva, which also signals to your pancreas and small intestine that a meal is on the way. These organs then release the appropriate types and amounts of digestive enzymes and minerals needed to break down the food into the smallest nutrient components.
Not only is it necessary to chew every morsel thoroughly so that it is […]
By Andreas Moritz
The principles of good health can be related specifically to body weight. Remember, the two are inseparable. You cannot achieve your true optimal body weight if you are not healthy.
According to the ancient science of Ayurveda, every human being is a complex experience or interplay of three processes – mind, body and spirit. All these three together are an expression of your life force or dosha or Prana.
Your every waking and resting moment is therefore an expression of your […]
By Andreas Moritz
Enemy Number One of the overweight or obese individual is processed foods including fast food, ironically billed as saviors of the 21st century. Breakfast cereals, energy bars, TV dinners, hamburgers, chili dogs, pasta, puddings and baked chicken. You pick them off the shelves, peel off the wrapper, eat most of them on the move or put them in the microwave.
They are time-savers, they are delicious and, why, they are even ‘nutritionally enriched’. At least, that’s what […]
By Andreas Moritz
Emotional Memory
Many of us are virtually ruled by our emotions. Emotions influence our every waking moment; they dictate who our friends are, our attitudes towards ourselves, other people and life in general; and they determine the important decisions we make.
Our emotions form a critical aspect of the mind-body connection and can determine whether you can successfully cleanse yourself and lose weight or whether you desperately want to hold on to excess weight as a defense mechanism.
We […]
