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The bodies natural detoxification system had simply not evolved to deal with the future man made pollutants that were to come. A full body detox will give your body the chance to build true health. In a normal healthy body, the detoxification system that consists of large and small intestines, urinary system, lymphatic system, skin, lungs and liver ensures that the body detoxifies itself. A detox program, in most cases shall include a mental shift in attitude towards diet, improving nutrition, removing toxins, returning the desired flora in your internal system, maintaining a balanced pH level in the body and improving the overall mind and body relationship.
The first step to better health is to achieve a sustainable full body detox, this assists the body to overcome and eliminate the years of built up toxins within the body, giving it a kick start or helping hand in creating the right environment and foundation for true health to be built on. The difference with a sustainable full body detox and most other detox regimes is that a sustainable body detox not only helps clear the colon and body of toxins but also overcomes a number of conditions that develop a toxic cycle within the body that also contribute to the toxic condition. When these conditions are not dealt with during a detox process they are left to fuel the build up of toxins again, resulting in a few weeks or months of feeling good but no progress made on your overall health. The increase in the amount of toxins in the body results in stress in the immune system that eventually breaks down due to overwork. On the other hand when these conditions are dealt with as part of a full body detox, it results in a detox that the body will continue to maintain with it's own natural detoxification system, especially when you follow the second part.
Body detox diets vary but typically involve eating or drinking nothing but raw, steamed or gently stir-fried vegetables and fruit, pulses, sprouted seeds, thin soups, juices and plain cereals such as brown rice, millet or buckwheat. Home body detox is one of the greatest ways of keeping ourselves cleansed and vigorous, along with techniques like special diets, natural therapies and vitamin supplements. Mediterranean diets are low on fat and carbohydrates and they provide us with healthy alternative to the oily food we consume every day. You should also start eating organic diet foods, getting regular exercise, and drinking adequate amounts of water to facilitate your detoxification.
Exercise increases oxygen to your system and raises your body temperature, in effect combining oxygen therapy and hyperthermia. Exercise detoxification is an effective method of cleansing many vital organs simultaneously and should become a regular part of your life. Beyond the moving every hour rule, of course, everyone knows that moderate exercise 3 times a week can help with a lot of the body's functions including lungs, heart and bowels. There are tons of exercise programs and plans out there, or just walkingfor at least 12-15 minutes a day is beneficial to the colon function. To make a long story short (too late, I know), I do believe our bodies are able to detox on their own if we eat healthy, exercise, drink enough water, get enough sleep and maintain healthy mental habits that reduce stresson a regular basis.
Tea plant is a native of Asia and its leaves have been used by people for centuries. It is an evergreen plant and its scientific name is Camellia Sinensis.
Tea leaves are processed in different ways. Green tea, which retains the natural qualities of tea, has been in use all over the world except the western countries. The western countries use black tea which is processed in a different way.
Black tea doesn’t have as much natural properties as green tea because tea leaves are fermented in its preparation process. Fermentation destroys most of its medicinal properties. But still it retains some of its natural qualities.
If milk is added to tea, its medicinal properties are further destroyed. Yet, drinking tea is proved to be beneficial for the health of people. A recent research into the benefits of drinking tea has revealed that habitual tea drinkers have a better brain performance in their old age than people who don’t drink tea.
It may be surprising to note that drinking black tea can be one of the causes of cancer. This warning is issued by the IARC. The reason given for this warning is the fact that tea leaves are fermented or allowed to rot before black tea is produced. And it is also known that rotting materials are carcinogens.
What makes black tea a carcinogen is the way it is processed in its manufacture. Studies on mice have proved that black tea is a carcinogen. When injected with black tea concentrate, the mice developed cancer like growths.
But there is nothing to suggest that the same effect will be on humans too. Since people use black tea in a much diluted form, the risk of contracting cancer is far too less. But the risk does exist. Therefore, as far as possible, avoid drinking black tea.
Green tea, which is a risk free form of tea, is expensive when compared to black tea. Green tea is 8 times more expensive than black tea. What could be the reason for such a price variation? It is definitely the quality that makes the difference.
You pay more for a quality product and less for an inferior quality product. The customers have to be extremely careful while buying tea because there are chances of being cheated. Black tea may be labeled as green tea and sold at very high prices. Ordinary people have no way to tell whether the tea they are buying is actually green or black.
You have to be more careful with tea brands imported from China. Inferior quality tea leaves are treated with artificial substances to give them the appearance of green tea. The best way to find the difference between original green tea and fake green tea is to compare them.
If you search in branded shops, you will get real green tea. It may not be easily available in all supermarkets because they are costly. To ensure that the tea you buy is green tea, buy green tea imported from Japan. It will be very costly compared to Chinese made green tea.
If you can get ‘Sencha’ brand green tea, you can be hundred percent sure of its quality and purity. You can even order ‘sencha’ online. Real green tea will be dark green in color and will have a sweet smell and a fresh taste. If these qualities are absent in the tea you buy, conclude that the tea you bought is not green tea.
The way you brew tea makes a great difference to the beverage. Black tea gives the same taste and color whatever way you brew it but green tea gives the real taste and color only if you brew it in the recommended way.
There are many benefits to drinking tea. As you can see from the article above, not all teas are made the same because some are better than others. If you have a goal to stay fit and healthy, you should eat a balanced diet coupled with drinking tea. But how would we know if the meal we are having every day is well balanced?
A number of years ago we ran an apple farm in Northfield, Massachusetts. To prepare and enrich the soil for future plantings we would grow a cover crop of buckwheat, a tall plant with a beautiful white flower. As apple growers we had several hives of bees for effective fruit pollination and the bees loved the buckwheat flower transforming it’s nectar into a beautifully dark and rich honey. Our children loved the buckwheat flower season because they came to love delicious taste of the buckwheat honey. What we as parents discovered was that a teaspoon of buckwheat honey seemed to greatly help whenever the children had sore throats or coughs. This proved to be especially true if they took the honey at bedtime for they always seemed to sleep a little better. Throughout their childhood we always made sure to put away enough buckwheat honey from the hives to get through a winter of respiratory ailments.
This was a long time ago and I had forgotten about this aspect of buckwheat honey until I recently read about a study that had been done in 2007 and published in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. This study found that children who received a small dose of buckwheat honey before bedtime slept better and coughed less than those who received either a common over-the-counter suppressant or nothing at all. Dr. Ian Paul, a researcher at Penn State College of Medicine indicated “This is the first time honey has been actually proven as a treatment.”
The research study involved 105 children between ages 2 and 18 in their randomized, partially double-blind study. Parents would answer questions about their child’s sleep and symptoms after the first night during which there was no treatment. On the second night the children were given honey flavored cough syrup, honey, or nothing at all. It was clear that the children who received the honey slept better with fewer symptoms. Dr. Paul also noted that honey is generally less expensive than over-the-counter medications with none of the side effects like dizziness or sleepiness. Dr. Paul indicated that the type of honey plays a role in the treatment. “Darker honeys have more antioxidants that lighter honeys and we wanted the best chance to see improvements.”
Intrigued by this information I searched further and found that “The Journal of Pediatrics” in May of 2008 gave their assessment of this study. “In this well-designed and valid study, Paul et al were able to show that honey was significantly superior to no treatment for improvement in cough severity (47.3% reduction vs 24.7%) and an overall symptom score (53.7% reduction vs 33.4%). The findings of this study suggest that honey is better than no treatment for reducing cough frequency and improving combined symptom scores.” Paul Doering, co-director of the Drug Information and Pharmacy Resource Center at the University of Florida has weighed in on the subject. “I believe recommending honey as a cough medicine has merits. It provides a safe option to using chemical based options,” he said, adding that honey is part of a trend of recommending more commonplace traditional remedies for ailments.
It should be noted that the Dr. Paul study gave no honey to children under 2 yrs. of age and the newest research seems to support that practice.
