I hope that you have enjoyed the weather over the last couple of days. BBQ’s are a good way of esting plenty of fresh vegetable and meat, just look out for the puddings and the acohol consumption…. I don’t know about you but when the Barbe comes out I go straight into holiday mode!
Anyway, detoxinifcation, how toxins are making you fat and sluggish and which vegetable you need to by organic!
I think that we all know that it’s a good idea to buy organic varieties of fruit and vegetables but we are often unsure as 
to why. You can read articlse in the paper stating that organic varieties have a higher vitamin and mineral content and then read the following day that they don’t!
For me it’s not just about the nutrient density, it’s also about the toxic load. Before we get onto this let’s just stick with the nutrient density. You are always going to find discrepancies between which is better, the organic variety or the factory farmed. This is due to 2 reasons;
1) It depends on who’s doing the study or who is paying for it and what they have got to lose by the study not finding in their favour
2) Soil quality, let me explain with a little back groud information.
Back in 1936 a group of doctors introduced document 264. This document was a warning to the senate that the mineral content of the soil was eroding and that the vitamin and mineral content of our produce was at risk and would not be ble to support the health of the nation. Since this time nothing has been done to correct the problem and it has become a global problem!
It’s going to take time for the soil to recover it’s nutrient density therefore it’s going to take some time before we see supermarket organic produce that is consistantly higher in nutritional density than facory farmed produce.
Elmer Heinrich in his book, the root of all disease states that we need 10 servings of vegetable just too equal 1 serving of vegetable from 50 years ago.
Back to Toxins!
It’s better to buy organic as they do NOT have the toxic load that factory farmed produce has. A toxin is a substance that causes harm to the body. The immune system, liver and kidneys work hard to break down and excrete these toxins but they often become over loaded due to our level of exposure.
When you consider the exposure from our environment, factories, cars, air fresheners and then we add in perfumes, deodorant, cosmetics and shower gel and then on top of this our food we could over time overload our systems ability to cope and to detoxify us.
Just for a moment think of the pressure on your detoxification systems if you do this every day for 30 years, 40 years even 50 years and then add in that most people don’t get good quality exercise or sunlight in, don’t drink enough water, have poor quality sleep and consume processed food and don’t eat to their metabolic type. It’s not a surprise that our systems could be compromised and that we may suffer some symptoms such as fatigue, weight gain, stomach problems, regualar head aches or lifestyle diseases, cancer, coronary heart disease, diabetes etc.
Weight loss in itself is a process of detoxification. Many toxins are fat soluble, if the body can’t process them it stores them in fat cells to be delt with later, therefore increasing your weight. Many people never give their body enough of e rest from toxins to enable the body to retreve the toxins from the fat cells and process them. They therefore get fatter and fatter on the toxins they consume.
To assist your liver and to help your weight loss or health you should follow the advice of the Environmental working group;
12 Foods you should only buy Organic!
Buy these organic only
1) Peach
2) Apple
3) Bell Pepper
4) Celery
5) Nectarine
6) Strawberries
7) Cherries
8) Kale
9) Lettuce
10) Grapes
11) Carrot
12) Pear
Ok even if not organic
1) Onion
2) Avocado
3) Sweet Corn
4) Pineapple
5) Mango
6) Asparagus
7) Sweet Peas
8) Kiwi
9) Cabbage
10) Aubergine
11) Papaya
12) Watermelon
13) Broccoli
14) Tomato
15) Sweet potato
Healthy weight loss, lifestyle disease prevention all require you to give you body a break from time to time, and let it detoxify itself and recharge.
Here is quite a simple detoxification programme for you to follow;
- For 5 days keep all sugar, grain, grain based products, dairy and processed foods out of your diet
- Eat organic fruit, vegetable and meat
- Drink at least 2 litres of water throughout each day
- Introduce some super foods such as Spirulina, cocoa, macca powder and aloe vera
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Committed to your success
Keith, Clare and the Team
