Detox Diet: Juice Fasting Recipes
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By Sandra Kim Leong
Juice fasting is gaining popularity as a great way to detoxify. Many people are interested in getting toxins out of their system so they can live a healthier life. When toxins accumulate in the body, they feel sluggish and also have a poor immune system. Juice fasting, as a cleansing method, can help to people to achieve better health and more energy. It is quite easy to do as fruits are readily obtainable and all that is required additionally is a juicer.
For a beginner to juice fasting, it is important to start out slow and to try it out for one day. By juice fasting, you are limiting your intake to juices only. Fruit juice is high in sugar, so if you are a diabetic or otherwise in need of monitoring your sugar intake you should be cautious of trying a juice fast with fruit juices. Anyone just starting out with fasting should always speak with their doctor first. Also, do not juice fast for prolonged periods like more than 3 days, not unless your doctor agrees that it is safe for you to do so.
The following are sample recipes that can help give you an idea of combinations of fruits and vegetables to use together:
Recipe 1: Vegetable Juice Combo
2 Swiss chard leaves
1/2 beetroot
2 or 3 sprigs of watercress
3 carrots
1 celery stalk
Wash with filtered or distilled water, cut and put in juicer.
Recipe 2: Carrot-Apple Juice
2-3 Green Apples
1 carrot
Fresh basil leaves
Wash with filtered or distilled water, cut and put in juicer.
Recipe 3: Carrot-Vegetable Juice
A handful of dandelion leaves
1 kale leaf
4 carrots
Fresh mint, basil or coriander leaves
Wash with filtered or distilled water, cut and put in juicer.
Recipe 4: Peach Juice
2 or 3 peaches
Wash with filtered or distilled water, cut and put in juicer.
There are many different types of juice fasts. Some diets call for fruit juices while others used less sugary vegetable juices. You can always come up with your own unique combination of fruit and vegetable juice diet recipes.
About the Author: Sandra Kim Leong posts information on colon cleansing, liver cleansing, kidney cleansing, detox diet , juice fasting and alcohol detox on her site. For updates and more articles, please visit http://www.Detox-Cleansing.com.
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How To Keep Stress At Bay When There's No Time For A Break
By Liz Labrum
Taking exercise helps us get back in touch with reality, it
grounds us and releases tension and feel-good endorphins. However
tough deadlines don't always allow for a break from our desks so
what can you do when you need to work at your maximum and keep
your mind sharp?
When you are straining your brain over some task or problem the
neurons of your brain function more intensely. As they do this,
they build up toxic waste products that can cause foggy thinking.
You know that feeling you get when your mind just seems to be
like 'cotton wool'? Can you afford to operate like this?
At its very worst, not doing any form of exercise can lead to
depression, neck and back problems and there is evidence that
illnesses such as IBS either start with or are exacerbated by
allowing tension to build up.
By exercising, you speed the flow of blood through your brain,
moving these waste products faster. You also improve this blood
flow so that even when you are not exercising, waste is
eliminated more efficiently.
But of course you don't have the time to take exercise. Well you
think you don't. But you could fool yourself into doing exercise
regularly by sneaking it in to your life. Here's how.
If you are sitting at your desk now, take a deep breath in and
let it out like a sigh. Feels better already, doesn't it?
Hands Up.
Sit up and making sure your feet are flat on the floor, raise
your arms straight up and join your hands together with your
arms as near to your ears as possible. And stretch; really
S-T-R-E-T-C-H. Release your arms now and relax. Repeat at
least twice.
Flopsey-Wopsey.
Swing your chair away from your desk, kick your shoes off. Start
with a deep breath in, take your arms over your head, and slowly
with a flat back, fold yourself over whilst exhaling and flop
down with your arms dangling to the floor and just rest there.
Your back will thank you and your brain will experience the
benefits of blood and oxygen. (Pretend you're looking for a pen
or something if you think everyone's looking, but chances are
they're so involved with worries they won't notice.) Now come up
and take a few more calming breaths. Repeat as you feel the need.
Let's Twist.
Body twists are good if you're feeling blue, anxious or fearful.
(Explore yoga if you want more benefits.)
Sit on the edge of your chair with left side facing the back of
the chair. Your feet and knees are together and need to stay
that way throughout the pose. Place your hands on the back of
the chair or as near to it as you can get. Keep your feet and
knees together. Take a deep breath in, allow you shoulders to
rest downwards as you do. Exhale and twist your upper body round
to your left to look behind you and go as far as is comfortable.
Keep your face aligned with your chest. When twist to the left
push with your right hand and pull with your left. Repeat the
other side.
Now I bet you're feeling better, feeling brighter and more
'up for it'? Are you not?
Having got a taste for exercise capitalise on it and start
thinking how you can build more walking into your day. A walk
at lunch time, walking up stairs instead of taking the lift or
escalator, a walk around the office or to someone else's office.
There are countless ways for you to do this. Act now, because as
you do more you create the habit and your mind will present more
opportunities for you to take an exercise break and you will find
that you want to do longer, regular forms of exercise.
Speed Up Your Success By Slowing Down
And finally if like most people you always tend to be in a hurry,
rushing from one place to another and not really spending much
time sitting down and clearing your mind. You may find that when
you have to perform, for example by giving a presentation, that
your mind goes into panic. Now, a good way to avoid this kind
of response is just slow down a bit and think things through,
visualising a positive outcome for yourself. You will find this
very calming and a practical way to train your mind and body to
give you what you want.
Here is a technique to get you on the fast track to success :
Simply take a long slow breath in through the nose, gently hold
it for a count of four and then let the breath out as if sighing
slowly. Try it now . . . . . feel the difference it makes with
just one breath. Now try two more and with each out breath say
the word 'relax' to yourself. Notice how you can slow down,
allow any thoughts to pass, imagine they are like clouds floating
by on a windy summer's day.
Turn your attention to b-r-e-a-t-h-I-n-g ... In ... and... out.
Now how do you feel? How easy was that?
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Liz Labrum
,Master NLP Practitioner and Hypnotherapist
Coaching the subconscious for conscious change.
Want to drop stress, bad habits and fears?
Visit http://www.lizlabrum.co.uk
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Add Flowers To Your Life And Give Your Diet A Boost
By Wesley Berry
Did you know that adding flowers to your life could actually help
your diet to be successful? No, I don't mean you should eat the
flowers-although there certainly are some edible species. But, by
simply placing flowers around your home, you could actually boost
your mood, and thereby have more success in your weight loss
goal.
It's no big secret that most of us find ourselves with our heads
in the refrigerator and our hands in the cookie jar more often
when we are experiencing significant stress in our lives. The
result of those late night forages and stress-eating habits is
an expanding waistline.
A recent 10 month study conducted by Rutgers University, the
State University of New Jersey, provided scientific proof that
flowers have a very real, positive impact on our emotional
health. The study showed that:
* Flowers have an immediate effect on happiness.
* The positive impact of flowers is long lasting.
* Flowers help people to connect.
According to Dr. Jeannette M. Haviland-Jones, who directed the
Rutgers University study, "Flowers bring about positive emotional
feelings in those who enter a room. They make the space more
welcoming and create a sharing atmosphere."
Fresh flowers placed around your home will improve your mood and
reduce your stress, making you less likely to reach for food to
boost your happiness. Consider placing a beautiful bouquet or
arrangement in the room of your house where you exercise. Seeing
the flowers will bring a smile to your face and may help motivate
you to keep up your exercise routine. Also, place the flowers in
rooms that you spend most of your time in, such as your living
room, kitchen, and bedroom.
Scientific studies show that certain colors have an impact on our
feelings. To give your flowers some added power over the stress
in your life, choose calming colors like cool blues. Your florist
can help you choose color combinations and arrangements that will
have the best positive affect.
Like surprises? Call up your florist to order a surprise
arrangement for yourself. Now, of course the day and time of
the delivery won't be a surprise, but you can ask your florist
to surprise you with an arrangement. Simply tell him or her how
much you'd like to spend, provide a little information about your
favorite flowers and colors, and ask the florist to surprise you
with the rest. When the flowers arrive at your door, the end
result will be a delightful surprise that will bring a smile
to your face and immediately reduce any stress you might be
experiencing... and you'll have to take your hand out of the
cookie jar to answer the door!
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Wesley Berry is the President of Wesley Berry Flowers,
a successful multi-million dollar business that was
established in 1946. He is also the Headmaster of the
Professional Florists' Institute, a floral design school
located in Michigan. Visit Wesley Berry Flowers on the
web at http://www.800wesleys.com.
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Lovin' Your Goals Yet
By Mary Foley
I bet you've heard time and again that if you want to create a
successful life, career, or business, you'd better start liking
goals. Make goals. Post goals. Follow your goals. Goals,
goals, goals, it all sounds so disciplined and draining.
Don't get me wrong, I love achieving things that are important to
me. Without goals, I couldn't have gotten this far. But I
needed a new way of looking at goals that didn't make me tired
already.
So, I thought to myself, "Mary, when do you move into action
without hesitation, when you're so motivated you just do it?" Ah,
that was easy. When I really love what I'm doing and am having
fun!
Then I read this by neurologist Donald Calne:
"The essential difference between emotion and reason is that
emotion leads to ACTION while reason leads to conclusions."
A brain doctor is saying that the thing that motivates us to
action is emotion! Not a list of intellectual reasons why we
should get off our duff.
My translation: LOVE and FUN must be well baked into creating
and accomplishing my goals if I want to make them happen!
With that perspective, I determined what GOALS really stands for:
Go
Out
And
LOVE
Someone or Something!
That's right, LOVE!! Achieving stuff isn't worth your time and
energy if you're not passionate about it. Let's get excited
again about our businesses, our careers and our lives! If you're
not, forget any other goals; they really don't matter. Make your
goal to determine what it is that you really care enough to do to
get up in the morning and get going.
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During a successful, demanding, rising through the ranks
10 year career with America Online Mary learned that the only
way to thrive in today's world is to be bold, positive, and
courageous - bodacious! Today, as the founder of the Bodacious
Women's Club, Mary inspires women entrepreneurs to use their
natural abilities to build their businesses, reduce stress,
and feel fulfilled. You can be inspired, too! Get a free
copy of Mary's popular e-book "5 Empowering Words for Women"
at: http://www.bodaciouswomensclub.com.
Copyright © 2006, Mary Foley, Bodacious Ventures, LLC
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Time passes quickly.
Wake-up! Wake-up!
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~Havelock Ellis, The Dance of Life, 1923
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