November 2011 ~ I'm Holistic

The majority of people wait until a symptom presents itself before they feel it is worth doing something about it, what if you could eliminate or reduce any potential symptoms from occurring? Generally, symptoms are an expression of your body telling you that something is not in balance. Balance after all is the key. When your body is alkaline, disease can find no place to call home.

For many including myself this has become our cure. What does it mean to be alkaline? How can it help your symptoms? Alkalinity is referred to as the pH, it is determined by the concentration of Hydrogen ions in a substance such as water, blood or food. On a scale from 1 - 14, a pH level of 7.0 is considered neutral, 7.0 downwards is increasingly acidic and upwards of 7.0 is increasingly alkaline. Our bodies are alkaline by design and acidic by function and we need both. The human body has adapted to two types of digestion, alkaline for starches and acid for proteins, but true health lives in an alkaline state.

Good health needs a balanced equilibrium and this is achieved by maintaining a basic pH balance of acid and alkalinity. Edgar Cayce, was among the first to let us know that disease cannot live in an alkaline environment. Since then many studies have been conducted to document this as truth. It is said that you can drink a lemon squeezed in your water every day can help you achieve alkalinity.

Any number of bodily fluids can have a small chemical fluctuation at anytime which may show a strong implication towards health or illness. For example a change of only a few degrees of body heat can cause severe sickness or even death. PH balance has been identified by biochemists and medical physiologists as a one of the most important aspects of a balanced healthy body. A pH of 7.4 is considered desirable for the human body. A drop in blood pH level to a reading of 6.95 can lead to serious health risks, such as coma or death.

Prevention can be better than a cure. Saying you are what you eat really has more meaning than once first thought, just ask Thomas Edison who said over 100 years ago, "Doctors of the future will prescribe no medicines, but will prescribe food and will interest their patients in the care of the human frame, in diet and in the cause and prevention of disease."

When the body is alkaline the body is given the maximum opportunity to perform at it's highest capacity. To achieve this daily it is best to follow a nutritional plan that includes fresh, raw organic vegetables and fruits. Dark green and orange veggies have the highest nutritional value. Research indicates that phytochemicals from cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli, brussels sprouts, cabbage and cauliflower, as well as turnips and kale support the detoxification processes within the body. Be sure that your diet contains adequate protein to supply the building materials necessary for tissue repair. For animal protein, free-range or organically raised meats and poultry or wild game are our best choices. Fresh fish is also an excellent source of protein.

The best way to help your balance is to eat a variety of foods and rotate your selections so that you can stop any reactions that may happen from specific foods. Water is very important to help flush wastes and toxins out of our body. You should drink at least 8 -10 oz glasses of distilled water each day, make sure to add 'Concentrace' by Trace Minerals to help replace essential minerals that can assist your body with alkalinity. If you don't feel that you can drink that much plain water everyday, green tea, herbal teas or squeeze a lemon into your water and this will give you variety plus an excellent source of even more antioxidants.

To stay alkaline avoid... Carbonated drinks, sugar, processed foods, over eating acidic foods

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Everyone is searching for the magic pill... the magic pill to health, youth, no more aches and pains, weight loss and more. While you can take a pill that says it will change your life the truth is the only way to really to change your life is to work on it from the inside out. Secondly, The trouble with most pills is that their effect only lasts so long and may create other health concerns for you to fight later on in life. Is it really worth the risk? What if there was another way to at least try?

If you have an ache or pain most take ibuprofen, aspirin, acetaminophen... the pain is dulled or becomes non-existent generally; however, have you ever stopped to ask yourself why the pain and ache presented itself in the first place? Obviously if you were recently injured this is your main contributor. For many others their experience with pain is hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, and so on. This is known as a chronic pain and for many it feels like it will never go away. For many there is no diagnosis and for others it looks like chronic fatigue, fibromyalsia, diabetes or any other number of pain causing disorders. The truth is in the discovery.

First, If you experience chronic pain then you should ask yourself why? How? When? The best way to help identify what may be contributing to your pain is to start a journal. Write about what you eat daily, the time, portions, whether you exercised, worked, drove around in your car, read a book, sat at the computer, watched tv.. etc. Then write about your pain. Give your pain a 1-10 scale 1 being great 10 being the worst, build your own special code. Note in your journal how you feel when you wake up, how you feel mid day, if anything significant chances with any of your activities, and then again before you go to sleep at night. It is important to note any changes before, during or after your activities. By doing this it may help you identify patterns or possible items that may be contributing to your pains.

Second, start an elimination diet. Take the next 4 weeks to rule out foods that may be causing the pain. Remove everything except for green vegetables, sour fruits, fish, nuts and seeds. For the first week eat any number of combinations you like of that list at anytime during the day. Drink plenty of distilled water with added Trace Minerals - Concentrace. In the middle of week 2 introduce one item not on your list, whichever you crave the most, document how you feel before, during and after. Continue to drink plenty of distilled water with added Trace Minerals - Concentrace. At the end of week 3 add another item you are craving the most, document how you feel before, during and after. Drink plenty of distilled water with Trace Minerals - Concentrace. You are now at the end of week 4 you decide add or take away whatever you like. Make sure to document the before, during and after. Drink plenty of distilled water with Trace Minerals - Concentrace.

By utilizing all of your journal activity you now have a great way to see what has been working for you. By charting your progress each week you gain a great starting point to truly understanding what helps you understand your personal needs. You'll know what truly makes you happy and what truly stresses you out. From here you can determine which foods serve a purpose for you and which foods do not. You'll be amazed at how easy it is to feel this, to understand this and to be able to now make better choices because of it.

By doing these steps you'll discover the best way to your best is just to listen to yourself. Pay attention to which foods make you feel great.... to which ones make you feel bad. You choose based upon the experience of knowing how things make you feel. The trick is to pay attention.. this is where most of us fail, somewhere along the way we forgot to pay attention. One second, one moment and life goes on, but if we don't stop to pay attention, attention will pay us. Just be, everybody, just be. Make sure to write about it, remember it, embrace it, accept it. Watch how things change in your life. Write about your life as if you were the main character of your very own movie. Stop for a moment to pay attention with appreciation. Your Journey... Your Journal.... You are Your own Magic Pill.