The Essential Mix
January 20, 2008
Those of you who love dance culture will recognize this title.
If we are to attain an outrageously energetic life one of the steps is to feed the body the essential nutrients it needs.
There is so much written about nutrition that it all seems overwhelming. Everyday some new essential nutrient is added to the list of “must ingests” and others are called into question. Couple with the hysteria of the baby boomers to stay young and nutrition and eating clean seems a mind field. Please pass the chips! We have turned our food into the enemy.
I am going to share with you what worked for me. I call them the 4 pillars and they are the basics of taking care of yourself.
The first is clean water. If you are drinking filtered water you are advised to take electrolytes. No matter how excellent your municipal water may be it contains chlorine and often fluorides which you do not need and some believe to be harmful.
The second is full spectrum digestive enzymes which means they must contain, amylase, lipase, protease and lactase at a minimum. Most of us are not digesting our foods properly and therefore not making use of the nutrients we ingest.
The third is Omega 3’s. In the hysteria over blood fats and their relationship with heart disease; and the over processing of our foods; these essential fats were lost in the North American diet. Omega 3’s have too many benefits to even list. Look for medicinal quality Omega 3’s when derived from cold water fish. Flax seed is an economical choice, chose organic flax and the dark brown seeds. These seeds must be ground to release the Omega 3’s.
The fourth pillar is Alfalfa, which is a natural and gentle cleanser of your intestinal system
Remember I am not a medical professional and I am not offering medical opinion. I am simply a layperson who was forced to search out nutritional health because after my pregnancy I sunk into depression and despondence that was cured by changing what I ate and through this process discovering I was lactose in tolerate.
Food allergies are often the undiscovered causes of many illnesses. My friend recently discovered that eliminating milk and wheat from her diet caused a miraclous disappearance of the symptoms of arthritis. We will take a look at food allergies another time.
So there is a beginning in respecting your body’s nutritional needs another small step on the way to Outrageous Energy Living.
Namaste, eh!
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