July 15th, 2010 | 
Author: An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound Of Cure
By Lotus Heart Holistic Center
No one can argue that preventative health care is important, especially in today’s environment and economy. With healthcare costs continuing to skyrocket and access to affordable heath care extremely limited we are faced with the reality that we have to take a much more proactive role in staying healthy.
Currently we are facing an upcoming flu season that promises to be challenging at best. The World Health Organization is estimating that worldwide infections of H1N1 (Swine flu could exceed one billion people, possibly affected up to 60% of the American population. Given the risks associated with this particular strain, it behooves all of us to begin the process of, proactively, brining our bodies back into balance.
We all know that maintaining a healthy diet and exercise is key to staying healthy—but it’s only a piece of the pie. A critical component in staying healthy is the Immune System. The Immune system is our first line of defense in protecting the body from bacteria, viruses, fungi and other harmful organisms. If your immune system is compromised, your body is subject to fatigue and illness and cannot fight off infections.
Our Immune system is impacted daily by toxins in the environment, toxins in our food supply, poor diet, bad habits (smoking, etc.), stress, lack of exercise and; last but not least, the toxins that are currently resident in our body systems.
So, what can we do immediately to start cleaning up our acts? To start your own “good health” practices, here are five things you can do immediately without any medical knowledge:
First: Listen to Your Body.
What it is telling you. Did you know that sugar craving could be a sign of protein deficiency? Or, that bloating could be indicative of a congested colon that limits the body’s ability to absorb the nutrients it needs. Muscle fatigue could be a sign of a lack of nutrients or amino acids. Do you fatigue easily? We live in such a fast paced world we often do not take time to listen to what our body is telling us until it is too late.
Second: Eliminate Habits That Weaken The Immune System
There are 4 major habits that interfere with the body’s ability to function properly: smoking, overdosing on sugar, excessive alcohol, and too much fat in your diet. Eliminating these will go along way to strengthen the body.
Third: Detox Your System
Detox sounds scarier than what it really is. People equate the word more so with sobriety however; there are others ways of being toxic other than alcohol and drugs. Everything we put into our bodies determines our state of toxicity.
When toxic metals and chemical food additives get inside your body, it takes a strong cleanser to scrub your body clean from the inside out. The combination of ionic foot detox, vitamins, and minerals through detoxification work in this fashion to remove toxins from your body tissues and organs, from your water stores, fat deposits, and within your bloodstream. Natural cleansing is critical to remove body toxins, and protects from re-depositing them somewhere else in the body.
Toxins such as lead, mercury, arsenic, and the effects of aspartame’s by-product of formaldehyde, block nutrients from getting into normal body cells in the same fashion a lead shield blocks radiation during an x-ray.
When toxins are present within your body, oxygen and the your body’s “food supply” cannot get inside your cells to supply needed nutrients, nor can the waste products in the cells get out. This produces an environment for diseases to form.
Critical to any detox program is to first identify what toxins are present in the body and which nutrients the body is lacking. Have a Hair Analysis test done to identify what toxins are present and which essential minerals and nutrients are out of balance. Once you’ve identified what’s going on you can work to remove the toxins. Ionic Foot Detox Baths (supported by detox teas) is a viable and gentle way to detox your system.
Fourth: Restore Your System:
Restoring lost nutrients is supported through good nutrition and specific nutritional supplements specific to your body that are recommended in your Hair Analysis report.
Fifth: Get Moving
Moderate, regular exercise helps the immune system by moderating the effects of stress. Lowered stress has a beneficial effect on your health. High, constant stress is detrimental to your health.
Sixth: Make Healthy Living a Habit
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