7 Steps to Blast Your Energy

“All the methods of a Naturopath are natural methods, the agents of life such as food, air, sun, exercise, relaxation, sleep and the use of herbs”

Naturopaths do not treat, diagnose or cure.

Naturopaths educate and empower.

Educate you to Balance your body.

Americans

Live to eat!

We SHOULD be eating to LIVE!

• Repair Damaged Tissue

• Fuel (Premium) Your Body

• Proper Immune Function

• Digestion, Assimilation & Elimination

• 1 in 3 children will get cancer in their lifetime

• 1 in 2 born today will develop heart disease

• 20 million U.S. children are obese

• By age 12, 70% of all American children have developed the beginning stages of hardening of the arteries.

Our Children Are Unhealthy Too

Can you Relate to Any of These Health Issues?

Problem

Allergies/Asthma

Sinus, Flu, Bronchitis

IBS, Digestive Issues

Hormonal Imbalance

Excess Weight

High Cholesterol

Depression

ConventionalSolution

Meds

Meds

Meds

Meds

Meds

Meds

Meds

Healing Solutions

Food

Food

Food

FSA and Food/Herbs

FSA and Food

FSA and Food/Herbs

FSA and Food/Herbs

Sugar-free foods Diet/Low fat foods Diet Soft Drinks Weight-loss drinks &

bars High-sugar/Energy drinks Artificial sweeteners

Nutrasweet™/aspartameSplenda™/sucralose

Excess animal protein

White bread, pasta, rice

Fiber bars, cereals Overeating/

obsession with food

Weight-loss pills, potions, creams

Is this food?•

White boneless chicken, water, food starch-modified, salt, chicken flavor (autolyzed yeast extract, salt, wheat starch, natural flavoring (botanical source), safflower oil, dextrose, citric acid, rosemary), sodium phosphates, seasoning (canola oil, mono- and diglycerides, natural extractives of rosemary). Battered and breaded with: water, enriched flour (bleached wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), yellow corn flour, food starch-modified, salt, leavening (baking soda, sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate, calcium lactate), spices, wheat starch, whey, corn starch. Prepared in vegetable oil ((may contain one of the following: Canola oil, corn oil, soybean oil, hydrogenated soybean oil, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, partially hydrogenated corn oil with TBHQ and citric acid added to preserve freshness), dimethylpolysiloxane added as an antifoaming agent). CONTAINS: WHEAT AND MILK

Energy Zappers Coffee, orange juice, energy drinks, black

tea Frozen pastries, breakfast meals or fast

foods Processed boxed cereals High sugar or artificially sweetened yogurt Sugar- laden instant oatmeal Ready-to-drink, high sugar, preservative

laden weight-loss or energy drinks

Energy Blasters Water (distilled or purified) Quinoa (grain) Boiled or poached eggs with whole grain

toast Oatmeal/Oat bran with nuts, seeds, Chia

and/or ground flax seed Organic Greek yogurt Plant-based protein drink (little or no

preservatives, non GMO soy)

Rice Bread Flour Cereal PastaWhole Grain = first ingredient. Enriched = stripped of nutrients and replaced with synthetics.

Rice Bread Flour Cereal PastaHigh addictive, genetically engineering (GMO). Can create bloating, gas, heaviness, allergies, etc.

Sprouted Breads digest easier (Eziekel Bread)

Downsize your dinner plate Use measuring cups not serving spoons More Veggies than Meat (3 oz), Make ½ of

Your Plate ½ c = serving veggies

Increase your salad size. 2 c greens = serving

Almonds/Nuts = ¼ c nuts/seeds = serving Oats, Rice, Quinoa – 1 cup too much?Eat until SATISFIED, not until FULL

Animal Protein Hard to digest

Slow transit time, body works harder Acidic

Calcification > painful aging Lacking antioxidants Lacking fiberIncorporate a Meatless Monday! Make dinner

a salad with a Beans/Rice dish. People who live the longest eat LESS meat.

Provides feeling of fullness, detox, colon rollin)

High or Good source = 5 g/servingGoal: 25+g/day Fresh fruits: currants, dates, apricots, raisins,

berries, figs Fresh Vegetables: peas, sweet potatoes,

artichokes Legumes: lentils, garbanzo beans, black

beans

Fiber Energy Zappers Processed high fiber cereal (loaded with

white and/or chemical sugar) Fiber powders and PillsProduced in Lab: maltodextrin and

polydextroseIsolated Fibers: inulin, soy hulls, oat and

sorghum fibersBetter options: pure psyllium

Ask yourself, “Am I hungry or THIRSTY?” Body/brain is 75-85% water Types: Distilled, Reverse Osmosis, Alkaline Coffee, black tea, alcohol Dehydrate Raw Fruits/Veggies count Flush Toxins

1% dehyration = thirst 2% dehyration = fatigue & short-term memory

loss 5% dehyration = decline in muscle strength 10% = can mean serious health problems such as

delirium and blurred vision Water reduces the brains desire for excessive

amount of external energy sources!

Sleep – body repairs and rebuilds 10a-2p 7-9 hours (listen to YOUR body) Avoid Electronic Insomnia

Power Down hour – no TV, PC or Cell Phone Other Sleep Stealers:

Pets/Children Alcohol Sleeping Pills

Read ingredient label before Nutrition Facts Document everything you eat/drink Statistics prove people that track Food

Intake eat better and therefore lose more weight

Time/Date/Amount How did the food/meal make you feel?

Energetic, light, focused, happy, satisfied Bloated, lethargic, gassy, irritable, full

Weekends are best for most Decide which 2 meals for week (Let spouse

or kids pick one) and what snacks will be Inventory ingredients and make List (10

min) Shop (60 minutes) from List Prepare/wash fruits veggies for week (30

min) Make meals (120 min)

Quinoa Green Smoothie Juice Plus Complete Meal Replacement

Farm fresh eggs with Greens Eziekel toast with coconut oil and almond/sunflower seed butter

Quinoa with pasta sauce Wild Fish over Salad Greens Roasted root veggies w/sauted greens

Sweet potato lentil stew Anything Chef Christin cooks for me

Private Coaching Wellness or Weight Loss Classes – Ultimate Wellness Series 4/19/12 Retreat – Eat, PLAY and Love Your Body 10/13/12 Labs: 24 Hour Urinalysis, Hair Tissue Analysis Juice Plus Whole Food concentrates, Tower

Gardens Pure Herbs Therapy Grade Essential Oils

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