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Steps to Healthier Living 4

Hi all, I am curious to know how you did with step 3, the whole grains. So if you want to take time to email me at solehaven@me.com that would be great.

Let's review.
1 - Water intake
2 - Sea Salt (Real Salt)only
3 - Whole Grains Only - This includes rice. No white rice. Whole grain rice only. There are great selections of wild rice that are whole. With the white rice they have taken the outside shell off. Which hold lots of nutrients.

So today as I am writing this I am wondering, do I give you a the big one or give you a smaller one?

Step 4

Eliminate processed sugar. Eat only fresh sugars from fruits. This one is a big one. it is one that takes time, because it takes time to take away the craving. When I did this years ago, it took me about 21 days to get through it, and feel good about it. When I did this, I allowed myself one day a year to eat whatever I wanted. Dec 31. The first year I had coke and loved it. The second year on my day, I had a SIP of a coke and it was awful. Also the sugared stuff wasn't good the second year either. So the desire does go away.

This one takes looking at the ingredients of everything. Believe me, you are addicted to white sugar. If something you like has sugar in it, find a recipe and make it fresh replacing the sugar with apple juice, or date puree. There are ways to sweeten without processed sugar.

There is sugar in LOTS of foods. What this does is moves you further away from processed foods. Processed foods have the enriched flours, and the high fructose corn syrup, and the chemicals that we don't need to be giving our bodies.

Take time on this one. I have cut out the sugars, the enriched flours, and have increased my water intake to 1 1/4 gallons a day. I also only use sea salt. You are not doing this alone. I am right here with you.

This is a 'Life Journey' to Healthy Living, enjoy it!

God's blessings,
Lynn

Steps to Healthier Living 3

Step #3

How are you doing with the water and the salt? Have you noticed any difference in how you feel? Are you still seeing clear 'pee'?

Make each of these steps part of your life as you go along. That is why I am giving 2 weeks between each new step - to give you time to implement the step into your life.

The next couple of steps are going to be a bit more challenging and take a bit more time on your part.

Step #3 - Only eat WHOLE grain flour. No enriched flours, no wheat flour, no bleached flour. In anything. If it has the grain, and then lower on the label it lists vitamins and nutrients then you know it has been stripped of all it's nutrients. DON'T eat them! Whole grains are what you need to look for and eat, you will know the difference, and you will come to appreciate the difference. The enriched flours have no taste, no texture, no life. READ the labels. Move to whole grain products. Enriched flour is in loads of things so pay attention.

Below is more detailed information about refined white flour. You don't have to read it if you understand the reasons why NO refined Flour.




The below article was from - http://www.womenfitness.net/ugly_truths.htm

"Highly processed white flour (alias "enriched wheat flour" or "wheat flour") is missing the two most nutritious and fiber-rich parts of the seed: the outside bran layer and the germ(embryo).

One bleaching agent, chloride oxide, combined with whatever proteins are still left in the flour, produces alloxan. Alloxon is a poison and has been used to produce diabetes in laboratory animals. Chlorine oxide destroys the vital wheat germ oil. It will also shorten the flour’s shelf life and nurture insects.

Besides, in the process of making flour white, half of the good unsaturated fatty acids, that are high in food value, are lost in the milling process alone, and virtually all the vitamin E is lost with the removal of wheat germ and bran. As a result, the remaining flour in the white bread you buy, contains only poor quality proteins and fattening starch.

But that is not the whole story as to the loss of nutrients. About 50% of all calcium, 70% of phosphorus, 80% iron, 98% magnesium, 75% manganese, 50% potassium, and 65% of copper is destroyed. If that is not bad enough, about 80% thiamin, 60% of riboflavin, 75% of niacin, 50% of pantothenic acid, and about 50% of Pyridoxine is also lost.

Simple sugars and refined carbohydrates (white flour, noodles, processed, devitalized foods, etc.) require little metabolism and enter the bloodstream rapidly. This is the "lift" phase! But oh, the crash that follows!

Strike One! The pancreas, the organ that regulates how much insulin is released into the blood, is "caught off guard" by the sudden surge of sugar. Sensing that it has more work to do than it really does, it releases too much insulin. (Insulin processes starches and sugars to keep blood sugar at an even level.)

Strike Two! The result of all this chemical "warfare" is a dramatic drop in blood sugar (usually within the hour), and a resulting feeling of lethargy, mental confusion, weakness, and false feelings of "hunger!"

Strike Three! If it could be worse, this has got to be it: Sugar causes weight gain, not merely because of its caloric content, but because it actually alters the metabolism, as well! What does this mean? This means: If two groups of people are fed the exact same number of calories, but one group takes its calories in sugar and refined products, while the other group consumes the calories in the form of whole grains, fruits, nuts, and vegetables, the sugar group will gain weight, while the other will not. This finding comes to us from studies published by the U.S. Department of Health."

Steps to Healthier Living 2

So how did you do with the water? Did you get in the water you need in your body every day? Keep going on that.

So step number 2. SALT - Dump ALL your table salt. UNLESS you already have changed over to a REAL salt. Look at your salt container to see what it is. DON'T use 'refined white salt'. Refined white salt is biologically damaging, and a completely unnatural substance. When they refine it they take out as many as 82 trace minerals and essential macro-nutrients. If they left it in it would fulfill a vital role in our health to maintain optimum health. But when they remove them (and sell them to other companies to make more money) they create the most refined and deadly white - of chemical grade sodium chloride.

So the next two weeks - remove all of the refined deadly white 'table' salt. Get yourself on a good sea salt. ONLY eat a good whole salt. Nothing processed. When you do this you could find that your body may not bloat so much, or retain water.

Read the labels on the salt containers. There is also a company out of Utah that has a good salt. It is called 'Real Salt' and it is the real deal. I would suggest too that you go there and read the many articles they have on salt and what the bad salt has done to our bodies over the past several decades.

Salt, in a good form, the way God made it, is good for us in larger quantities, and can actually help blood pressure.

Be aware of all the salt you take in, and what form it is. Stay away from refined salt, it is poison in our bodies. Salt, the way God made it, is actually good for us! Spread the word! Help a friend and yourself.

Let me know how you are doing! Another step in 2 weeks. Do your homework.

Steps to Healthier Living 1

Do you want to get healthier? Is there room for improvement in your life for better health?

Every other week I will be posting just one thing that will get you and your body to healthier living. I am not sure yet how many I will be posting. I am posting bi-weekly because I want you to be able to have ample time to implement each step.

Step 1 - Drink AT LEAST 1/2 your body weight in ounces of water every day. So if you weigh 200 pounds, you will drink 100 ounces. If you weigh 100 pounds you will drink 50 ounces.

If you drink any caffeinated substance, you will need to add 2 waters of the same size, to replace what that caffeinated drink takes from your body. That water for replacement does not count in the amount that you need each day.

Here are some helpers to get this done.
1 - Upon rising, drink 1 full 14 ounce glass of water. Wait 15 minutes and drink another. You will have 28 ounces done within the first hour of rising.

2 - Each time you 'Empty your Tank' fill up again with at least another 14 ounces of water.

3 - Squeeze a little fresh lemon in the water.

4 - Drink your water at room temperature. No ice. It is better for your internal body.

Let me know how you do. Your body will adjust, and WELCOME the hydration and the drink that God gave us! If you ever get thirsty, you have gone too long. You should never thirst. If you do, it means that you are not getting the water you need.

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Ambrotose AO Product to be Beneficial Antioxidant Supplement

Ambrotose AO: Independent Human Study Shows Product to be Beneficial Antiox | 26 May 2010

Independent Human Study Shows Mannatech’s Ambrotose AO Product to be Beneficial Antioxidant Supplement

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Findings published in “BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine”

Mannatech announced the results of an independent human clinical study that demonstrated intake of its proprietary Ambrotose AO® capsules raised antioxidant protection in serum oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORAC) in healthy adults, further validating a previous human study.* †

The effect on serum ORAC, a method of measuring antioxidant capacities, was very similar between the two studies. The 2010 five-week study by Dr. Stephen P. Myers of 21 healthy adults by physicians and scientists from Australia and New Zealand showed that four capsules per day of Ambrotose AO dietary supplement was safe and raised ORAC by 36.6 percent.

The 2003 pilot study of 12 healthy adults by Dr. Stephen Boyd, Mannatech’s Senior Director, Medical Affairs, Mannatech scientists and an independent statistician showed that two capsules per day of Ambrotose AO capsules increased ORAC by 37.4 percent.

“We are proud to have two human clinical studies that consistently show our Ambrotose AO product improves antioxidant status of human blood. These results demonstrate antioxidants in Ambrotose AO capsules provide the best antioxidant protection available today,” said Mannatech’s Co-CEO and Chief Science Officer Robert A. Sinnott, MNS, Ph.D. “Antioxidants help reduce the amount of free radicals and oxidative stress that can damage or even kill cells. In addition to providing antioxidant support, many of the nutrients in Ambrotose AO capsules have been shown to promote a healthy immune system.”*

Mannatech’s Ambrotose AO capsules appear to be the most promising antioxidant supplement investigated to date. Ambrotose AO capsules increased human serum ORAC levels more than a number of well-known antioxidant foods and other commercial products: in food studies, increases in serum ORAC have been documented following ingestion of strawberries (14.4 percent increase) or spinach (28.5 percent increase)3, buckwheat honey (7 percent increase)4 or Concord grape juice (8 percent increase)5. In a placebo-controlled trial of healthy adults, a single 100g dose of wild blueberry powder significantly increased serum ORAC by up to 16 percent6 and a single 1.25g dose of vitamin C raised serum ORAC by 23 percent 3. Additional studies of supplements designed to exert antioxidant benefits showed no effect on serum ORAC: a fruit-based antioxidant drink (MonaVie Active®)7,8.

Professor Stephen Myers, Ph.D., BMed, ND is Director of the Australian Centre for Complementary Medicine Education and Research (ACCMER), a unique joint venture of the University of Queensland and Southern Cross University (SCU) and the NatMed-Research Unit, Research Cluster for Health and Wellbeing (NRU-RCHW), SCU, Lismore, AU. The study’s findings were published in the peer‐reviewed BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine.

For more information on Ambrotose AO, contact me at solehaven@me.com and I will help you. God's blessings, Lynn