Detoxing

The Basics on Three Day Detox Diets

posted by: Deana Hudson

The Basics on Three Day Detox Diets
Many people nowadays are becoming more and more into the detoxification trend due to the increase in awareness when it comes to the different toxins and wastes which are possibly stored inside the human body due to years and years of unhealthy food intake or unhealthy lifestyle in general. The increase in the people’s awareness gave way to the different possibilities on how to cleanse the body system some of which include introduction of very high amounts of antioxidants in the system and others depend on the different types of colon cleansers in the market.
There are actually many types of colon cleansers which are now being used in order to enhance the body’s excretory functions especially when it comes to removing bodily wastes and toxins; you can either choose from the different natural methods as well as the different commercial products. On the other hand, diets are now also being performed in order to cleanse the colon and the other systems in the body; one good example is the three day detox diet which is known to cleanse the body in just a short period of time. It is actually very easy to follow since it is also very accessible for anybody who is interested to use it. Furthermore, the three day detox diet is easier to sustain and fulfill over the long diets which consists of the intake of raw foods for a month.
The very purpose of the three day detox diet is actually to flush the toxins which have been stored in the body as well as to allow the liver which is the strainer for bodily wastes to recover and rest during the process. There are many other advantages of this diet but take note that before you even try any type of diet, you should always consult your doctor.

Vitamins

Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) for good health – What it is, and what it does

posted by: Deana Hudson

Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) is an important antioxidant compound that is found in almost every cell in the body. CoQ10 is responsible, and essential, for creating cellular energy. It can strengthen the heart, help normalize blood pressure and support the immune system. It also acts as an antioxidant, offering vast protection from free radical damage. Coenzyme Q10 is also thought to be a healing nutritional supplement with almost miracle drug status. It has been shown to improve cardiovascular health as well as offer anti-aging properties, even being touted as the new natural fountain of youth supplement. There has been evidence to support that CoQ10 can potentially reverse many age-related illnesses and conditions and can even help people to feel and appear younger and more youthful. As people age, they tend to have lower levels of CoQ10 in their bodies. An unhealthy diet, stress, environmental toxins and even taking statin drugs can all contribute to diminished levels of CoQ10. Some experts believe that there is a clear correlation between lowered levels of coenzyme Q10 and certain age-related diseases. In fact, it has been documented that many people who have chronic health problems or diseases such as hypertension, heart disease, cancer, diabetes and Parkinson’s disease also have significantly low levels of CoQ10. As a result of this and other studies, Coenzyme Q10 is taken as a supplement every day in an attempt to reduce the risk of getting various diseases like cancer, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. CoQ10 has been found to be a very safe nutritional supplement, well tolerated to levels well above 1,000mg/day. The typical supplement dosage is 50-100mg/day for health individuals.

Although C0Q10 is available in certain food sources, it is difficult to consume a healthy amount through diet alone. Therefore, people often supplement their diet with CoQ10 pills. There are vital reasons for taking the right kind of high quality CoQ10 nutritional supplement, especially as you get older. Ubiquinone, which is the common, raw form of Coenzyme Q10, is in most regular CoQ10 supplements available. But if you are 40 years old or older, it becomes harder for the body to convert the common form of CoQ10 (Ubiquinone) to Ubiquinol, which is the usable, reduced and active form of CoQ10 that the body can convert into energy. So as we age, and lose CoQ10 levels in the body, it is very important to take an easily absorbed, powerful nutritional supplement that specifically contains Ubiquinol, that way you are guaranteed to experience the most benefit from your CoQ10 supplement. It’s really that simple. To fight free radical damage, cardiovascular disease, and other chronic diseases, take the right CoQ10 supplement and live a long, healthy life.

Be sure to talk to your doctor. Having a blood work up done to see what your body is needing is a great way of knowing where to start.

Love

Condition Yourself to Love Unconditional

posted by:Deana Hudson

Even in the healthiest of relationships, opportunities abound to find fault, criticize or “tweak” the other person no matter whether we are talking about a mate, a child or a friend. Most of us were raised in an environment where rather than focusing on the positive, we were taught to zoom in and dwell on the negative. Breaking that habitual way of thinking is a matter of conditioning our minds to refocus and learn to love with abandon, without any requirements, without any rules and without any limitations.

Here is our list of top ten ways to condition yourself to love unconditionally:

10. Develop Amnesia

Forgive and forget—knock the first three letters off of both of these words and what you have is “give” and “get.” When you give forgiveness, you get so much more in return. You no longer have the burden of  carrying around, remembering and reliving the ways you have been wronged, hurt, or upset. You free up your mind and your heart to receive. 

The forget part of this equation does not mean that you erase the event or circumstance that caused you pain, just that you release it, and minimize it in your mind to the point that you do not dwell on it or use it as artillery every time an argument or disagreement comes up. Please note that we are not talking about abusive relationships here. Physical and emotional safety are your unconditional right, and not an option in any type of interpersonal relationship or affiliation.

9. Don’t Pick Fights; Pick Your Battles

Whether you know it or not, everyone has their own personal credo that spells out what is and what is not acceptable to them. When someone crosses that line of what is tolerable to you, it is certainly worth a discussion or two to communicate those boundaries to insure that they are not breached again. But is anything less than a hands-down, unacceptable violation of your personal credo worth arguing about? If harmony and unconditional love are your goals, the answer is “no.”

If you don’t know what your personal credo is, maybe it would be a good idea to define it for yourself. What are your fundamental beliefs about how you want to live your life? What are your irrevocable core values? What are your guiding principles? For example, someone whose personal credo includes a high degree of order and cleanliness might feel disrespected, angry and resentful when a loved one continually leaves dirty socks lying all around the house. On the other hand, if your personal credo does not have order and cleanliness as high priorities, or if those qualities are not on your list at all, you may only be frustrated or mildly irritated. So in other words, one person’s view of dirty socks is that they are an all-out affront to their personal credo and another’s might be that they are just a stinky annoyance. 

The point is that you choose whether or not something is important enough to be a source of contention for you. If it truly is, then it’s time to communicate—and we are using the word “battle” in this segment to mean “take a stand,” not to wage an all out offensive—in a loving but convincing conversation. If not, let it go. Laugh it off. Try to ignore it.

It’s your credo, so you decide; you choose; but remember to pick your battles wisely, because your harmonious relationships and your own peace of mind are at stake.

Note: While this may appear to be a set of rules or restrictions that you are putting on someone in order to love them, it really is just making your values and desires known to someone who you love in order to have a happy, mutually-satisfying relationship. Negotiation and compromise are at the heart of this 9th way to condition yourself to love unconditionally.

8. Be Prepared to Switch Rather than Fight

OK, even if stinky socks are just an annoyance to you, stinky socks lying around the house are still stinky, and you may not want company in your living room wondering what that strange smell is emanating from under your couch. So you may decide that you want to express your disapproval or embarrassment with the situation. But when you do that, if you feel that things are escalating into a fight, walk away and switch your focus to a predefined list of things that make you happy and that you appreciate about your loved one. Make up your list in advance and keep it handy for whenever such a disagreement looms on the horizon. Switching to a feeling of love and appreciation is a much better place to be than focusing on a negative activity that really is not all that important to you.

7. Mistakes Are Meant To Be Made

Mistakes—everyone makes them, that’s how we learn. When we love someone, we naturally want to make them the beneficiary of our vast experience and knowledge. But if you have observed in the past that your suggestions appear to be unwanted, are met with resistance, or are falling on deaf ears belonging to your loved ones, make it a point to reserve your “help” until it is asked for. Let’s face it, constantly telling someone else what to do can be really annoying to the person on the receiving end of the advice. Now I’m not talking about holding your tongue concerning situations that could be potentially unsafe or dangerous, particularly for children. What you should look out for are sentences that start out with, “I think you should…” “It would be better if you…” Why don’t you try…” …You know what I mean. Allow your loved ones the freedom to make their own mistakes.

6. Love Means Never Having To Say You’re Sorry—NOT! 

We are all human and we all use poor judgment or are insensitive to the needs or feelings of others at times. When this happens, ‘fess up; apologize; ask for forgiveness; and don’t do it again. 

And when you are on the receiving end of an apology, listen attentively; graciously accept it; and then forgive and forget (See #2.).

5. See Adults As Children and Children As Adults

Often times even as adults we are living out recurring dramas that started as a result of childhood issues. For example, wanting more love and attention could have lead to an obsessive need to be noticed, resulting in an overwhelming desire to be first, to be the best, to be right at all costs. The same lack of love and attention in another child could have left him or her feeling defeated, invisible, unlovable. Recognize the wounded child in your loved ones when they make an appearance in their adult life. Acknowledge the unfulfilled need and try to help them satisfy their own wounded child self.

Children are not little adults, they are children, but they do have an inner, older, wiser soul. Do not put off their opinions, observations or questions as silly or childish. Show them the love and respect for their words and actions that they deserve at all ages and stages of their lives.

4. WYSIWYG

“What you see is what you get” is a very important distinction in giving unconditional love. It’s all about what you are focusing on in the relationship, because what you focus on is that you get. If you are only looking at the things that make you want to criticize and find fault, you will get more and more of those kinds of things to criticize and find fault with. Concentrate on the positive aspects of your loved ones and that is what you will see more and more of. 

3. Affirm Away Negativity

Sweep away any negative thoughts that you may have about your relationships and replace them with positive affirmations that express exactly how you would like the relationships to be. Affirmations are tiny sound bites that are transmitted directly to your subconscious mind, where their creation begins. Think or say your affirmations out loud with emotion for the best results. Also, make sure that you create them in the present tense as if they are already happening. Here are some examples: “I love and respect my mate and my mate loves and respects me.” “My children are a constant source of love and joy in my life.” “I lovingly and effectively communicate my wants and desires.”

2. Don’t Be An Energy Hog

Did you know that you can actually “steal” energy from someone else? Along with our physical body that we can see, we also have an energy field surrounding the full length of our body and extending out as far as our outstretched arms. This energy network is an expression of our personal power. Power struggles ensue when we attempt to control or manipulate someone else and the “loser” can actually lose some of their power to another. (Haven’t you ever felt “drained” after being in an argument or a confrontation with someone?) Let go of your need to control or dominate someone else or, conversely, of your incessant need to cling to your loved ones. These are both energy-robbing activities. A feeling of powerlessness activates the need to take power from others, even—and maybe especially—our loved ones. Keep this in mind as you go on to #1.

1. It Takes One to Know One

“If you aren’t good at loving yourself, you will have a difficult time loving anyone, since you’ll resent the time and energy you give another person that you aren’t even giving to yourself.” ~ Barbara de Angelis

Until you love yourself unconditionally, you cannot unconditionally love someone else. Period. Love and respect yourself just the way you are…now. Not in the future, not whenever you achieve whatever… now. Your power and capacity to love lie in the present moment and it starts with loving yourself. We are all spiritual beings living in a physical dimension. Invite the spiritual part of you to join the physical part of you as you experience your life. See your world through the eyes of spirit and you will recognize the truth of it. Everything is perfect as it is right now. You are perfect as you are right now. Embracing your perfection will condition your heart to love and accept others as they are, too. 

Buddha said, “You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.” Truly hear these words in your soul and you’ll see the results in your heart. Your happiness will not depend on your loved ones acting in a certain way; your happiness will depend on you!

Inspiration

Love Your Body, Forgive Your “Self”

By: Laura Turner

This may sound a bit odd coming from me, but I believe that regardless of what you eat – how many times each week you exercise or what particular diet you decide to try – if you do not have your inner life in order, it will be difficult to be at peace with yourself and your body.

In discussing ways to love your body, therefore, it is important to look at ways we can have peace with ourselves. Moreover, in this article, we will discuss an idea you may not have considered: forgiveness.

The Past Is The Past, Let It Go:

The most important process we can undertake for our health and well being is to make a conscious effort not to leave negative energy embedded in the past. In effort to move into present time, and be at one with our own body, it becomes essential to let go of all the hurts and struggles that have led us to this moment. There is only one road to this state of oneness, however: The act of letting go.

As it turns out, I’m not the only one who stands by the belief system of releasing the past in effort to improve the health of our minds, as well as our body and spirit. Carolyn Myss in her healing lecture series: Why People Don’t Heal, makes the claim that forgiveness is the #1 way to move forward in health. And she can back it up. She has used the healing process of letting go to transform people from near death to glowing health. With this in mind then, ask yourself: Is there anyone or anything from my past which prevents me from moving forward? Said differently: is there something in your past that’s holding you back?

Learn To Forgive Others, The Process:

This brings us to the next step in our progress of releasing the past: learning to forgive others. Keep in mind, most often others say and do things as a result of how they are feeling about themselves. In most cases, whether they are aware of it or not, unhealthy individuals inflict their wounds upon us to salve their own pain. This can no longer affect us if we make a full effort to do as Don Miguel Ruiz says in his book The Four Agreements, and “not take things personally.” When we do take things personally, we really could gather up a lifetime of emotional baggage.

As it pertains to body image and self-esteem, however, is there anyone you need to forgive? Has someone knowingly or unknowingly inflicted a negative body view onto you? Here’s my personal example: When I was in high school, I had a “friend” who was popular, pretty and blonde. As an introvert and troubled youth, I took everything most personally. Imagine my emotional baggage when any time I would so much as mention my interest in a particular boy, she’d make sure she would go out of her way to get his interest.

Needless to say our friendship wasn’t long term. And later I learned she was living in an unstable home. Yet, when I was younger, her actions just plain hurt my feelings and gave me a negative self image. Now I realize my insecurities at the time were my wounds to heal, and once I’d forgiven her and not taken her actions personally, I could move forward without holding on to past insecurity.

Learn To Live In the Present, An Exercise:

When we can learn to let go of the past and live fully in the present, we are also growing. After all, how could we grow if we have negative energy lodged in the past? Moreover, there are many other active ways to learn to live in the present. Begin the process by taking a current inventory of your body. I like to do this by using my journal (you do have a journal, don’t you?)

Here’s how it works:

• Take a scan of your body. First take body part by body part and make a note of what you are happy about. Ask yourself: What do I love about me? At first this may seem awkward, but I cannot stress the importance of taking time to spend time with your self and learning to know “you.”

• After you’ve noted all the positive aspects of your self, make note of those parts you’d like to change. Keep in mind your boundaries – are these changes within your control? If so, make notes to yourself as to how you may go about making a change for the better. If changes are out of your control – take time every day to consciously send love to those parts of your body. When ever possible, tell your mind that you accept your body and your self for who you are, right now.

• When you’ve finished, take a look at your list. What can you do right now that would make you love a part of yourself? Consider this your permission slip: Today take time to do something good for yourself. Better yet, walk to the phone right now and make an appointment to do something for your self. My favorite self-love activities? Here’s a couple suggestions. Ladies: A manicure or pedicure? Gentlemen: A massage?

Today, take time to focus on all of your positive qualities. Make an effort to forgive the past and move into the present moment. Prepare to grow!

Journal Entries:

Make note: What do I love about myself?
What can I do for myself this week that is “just for me”?

About the Author: Laura Turner is a natural health practitioner and author. She publishes the New Body News and Wellness Letter, The Online Magazine Healthy People Read! ( www.new-body-news.com ) Subscribe for f.r.e.e. and receive her Special Report: “Take Charge of Your Health!” Visit: www.beauty-and-body.com and check out her latest book: Spiritual Fitness!

Aromatherapy

Chamomile vital oil works

posted by: Deana Hudson

An aromatherapy tub is an ideal manner to finish a lengthy, active, and hectic day. Aromatherapy acts on your sense of odor carrying the normal goodness of the vital oil you used through your whole system and psyche providing an enjoyable consequence. Aromatherapy tub has nearly the consequence of an aromatherapy massage it calms your muscles, conditions your rind and soothes your psyche and feeling. Aromatherapy tub products carry particular vital oil blends to get maximum influence on your rind and system. Aromatherapy tub products carry particular vital oil blends to get maximum influence on your rind and system.
They are designed to offer you with loosening and harmony. Some tub products are tub oils infiltrate deep into the pores providing sustenance to the rind. such oils are vanilla which calms the system and psyche, sea fog which stimulates the senses and lavender which calms and relaxes your whole being. Mandarin vital oils are proper to take when one is suffering from acne, oily or boring rind, strain and wrinkles. Linden flower vital oil is better to take to alleviate headaches, migraines and to handle strain. tub gunpowder aromatherapy merchandise is merely used by adding it to your tub bathtub filled with hot warm water.
Chamomile vital oil works really easily when one is looking to loosen and look quiet. Some vital oils are known to be really amorous in nature few drops your favorite oil will assist you and your partner to loosen allowing impassioned moments to outpouring. It can too merely be used to help in your enjoyment of your tub, to look the balminess of flowing water. Aromatherapy tub products are especially made to let you have the goodness of a spa in your toilet. They are easy to take and simple to keep. Aromatherapy brings you in contact with your inner power, using it to uplift your spirits and system easily being.
Aromatherapy can be achieved in many forms, from lighting a candle in your room to just plugging in an air freshener. Today, aromatherapy bath recipes are popular among both men and women. More and more people are taking aromatic baths for the simple pleasure of inhaling pleasant smells while relaxing in the soothing warmth of water. Aromatherapy bath recipes are beneficial for two reasons. First is that water itself is a powerful compound and for many years. The second reason why aromatherapy bath recipe is beneficial is the fact that the water used is warm. The warmth of the bath helps stimulate the oil, allowing it to be better absorbed by the skin. Warmth also provides an excellent moisturizing effect.