5 Resolutions to
Commit to a Healthier Diet
Toast your health and make a New Year's resolution to preserve it
in 2008 with Body Ecology.
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In our culture we often make New Year's resolutions that last a few weeks,
perhaps a month. Then busy schedules, high expectations and what we call "lack
of willpower" override even our best intentions.
But 2008 can be different.
This year is a year of transition. One when we elect a new president and
governing body. When concern for the environment becomes mainstream. When
pursuit of health is about more than what you look like.
Why not use this transitional year as a time to take charge of your own health?
Not with ill-fated New Year's resolutions destined to die after two weeks,
but with solid step-by-step changes that can last a lifetime.
Another year has gone, and a new one approaches.
Right now you have the perfect opportunity to renew your commitment to health
and wellness... and Body Ecology can help.
This unique system is especially suited for lifelong changes that positively
impact your health. In 2008, Body Ecology is the ideal way to enter your New
Year!
Here are the 5 New Year's resolutions to support you in committing to
a healthier diet, the Body Ecology way:
- Pack your diet with essential probiotics.
Just as the Earth has ecosystems which keep it in balance, your body has
an inner ecosystem that keeps you healthy and strong. Your inner ecosystem
is made up of healthy bacteria and yeast (microflora),
which live in your intestines. Beneficial microflora actually make the vitamins
you need, boost your immunity and aid your digestion. They help balance
your hormones and help keep your body cleaner, younger and well nourished.
In short, microflora do a lot of heavy lifting so you can be at your best.
I created the Body Ecology system to encourage the growth of good microflora
in your gut and to conquer the pathogenic bacteria, yeast and viruses that
lead to disease.
You can encourage the growth of healthy microflora in your own intestines
by consuming fermented foods and drinks, packed with probiotics.
If you are unfamiliar with these probiotic-rich fermented foods and drinks,
here's a quick list of some of my favorites to get you started:
- Young Coconut Kefir
is made from the fermented water of young green coconuts. It's a great
source of potassium and sodium, is alkalizing and very cleansing... plus
it's delicious and easy to make at home.
- Cultured Vegetables
are fermented and raw, with a sour, tangy taste that is a perfect accompaniment
to almost any dish. As you add them to each of your meals you will soon
see a big difference in digestion. They are great at helping to conquer
and prevent digestive problems.
- Body Ecology Probiotic
Liquids make it easy and convenient for you to have probiotics wherever
you go. A few shot glasses a day is all it takes to inoculate your gut
with a daily immune-boosting tiny "squat team".
- Reduce or eliminate processed foods.
It's not always easy to hear this, but it's best to avoid the processed
foods that make up the Standard American Diet.
Sugar, white flour, processed oils and preserved meats rob your body
of the nutrients it needs to build health. They are as far from Nature
as you can possibly get. Processed foods also encourage the growth of bad
bacteria and upset the balance of your healthy inner ecosystem. You're choosing
the fast track to a costly, painful and early old age when you eat these
man-made foods each day. And feeding them to our babies and kids is basically
destroying the human race.
Fortunately, giving up processed foods does not mean you have to give up
tasty food!
Here are my favorite Body Ecology alternatives to processed foods.
- Like sugar? Try our natural sugar substitutes. Calorie-free and sugar-free,
Body Ecology natural sugar substitutes like stevia and Lakanto give you
sweetness, without the downside.
- Stevia
Liquid Concentrate is a calorie-free sugar substitute ideal for travel,
and sweetening drinks... like tea. Recently Coca Cola petitioned the FDA
to fully approve stevia as a sweetener so they can use it in their diet
drinks. That is a victory for all of us but will coke and Cargill control
the supply and patent? For years stevia has only been approved for use
as a dietary supplement, but those of us in the know we've been enjoying
this zero-calorie sweet-tasting herbal extract for over thirteen years.
2008 should be an interesting one for stevia in the news.
- Brand new Lakanto
is a revolutionary sweetener that looks and tastes like granulated sugar.
Bake it into your favorite dishes, create a sweet salad dressing, make
a tangy sweet and sour sauce or simply sprinkle it for just a touch of
sweetness onto anything (like quinoa porridge with butter). You can also
stir it into hot tea for all the taste without the guilt. And while coffee
is not a part of The Body Ecology System of Healing (caffeine lowers DHEA,
the youth hormone and you age quickly) Lakanto is delicious in coffee.
It is certainly a better alternative to Splenda or Equal if you are currently
using that.
- Use grain-like seeds including quinoa, millet, amaranth, and buckwheat
instead of wheat, pasta, rye, spelt and other glutinous grains or flours.
These commonly used grains actually encourage the growth of pathogenic
bacteria and yeast.
- Body
Ecology's grain-like seeds are high in protein, provide excellent
fiber, help hold moisture into your intestines and are a food for the
friendly microflora. They also calm your mind and actually help you sleep
better especially when eaten at dinnertime. You get all the benefits of
grains, without feeding yeast (candida) or contributing to carbohydrate-caused
weight gain.
Perfect in soups, combined with all kinds of vegetables, or just cooked
up on their own, Body Ecology grain-like seeds are gluten-free and provide
you with tasty starches that promote balanced health.
- Start using high quality unrefined fats and oils. There's no
need to be afraid of fat, and the right kinds actually help you lose weight.
Raw butter, ghee, cod liver oil and fish oil, extra virgin olive oil,
pine seed oil, macadamia nut oil, coconut and red palm oil, and pumpkinseed
and flaxseed oils are just some of the delicious fats and oil you can
use in your daily menu plan and recipes.
At Body Ecology we teach that it is the variety of these
used together that holds the "secret yet delicious magic to heal".
Why? Because each of these oils has its own unique fatty acid profile
and putting a variety of them together makes a more complete whole. The
whole is what heals!
Packed with essential fatty acids, unrefined organic oils can also
fight fungal infections, lower bad cholesterol and protect you from heart
disease. You absolutely must begin adding them to your meals each day
if you want a healthy brain and balanced hormones. Abandon them for vegetable
oils and margarine (like we've done for six generations now) and start
watching for signs showing the downfall of the human race. We can't reproduces
successfully without them. Every cell in our body needs healthy fats.
Learn more about good fats by reading A
Key Health Secret That Everyone Should Know: Eat a Range of Good Oils.
- Eat organic, free-range meats, eggs, and dairy products. Healthy
meats, eggs and dairy products in small proportions (20% of the plate)
each day can be an amazing source of protein, fats, vitamins and minerals,
as long as they come from a truly nutritious pasture-fed, organic source.
Fish, especially salmon, is the best of the all the animal proteins.
If you're not eating it anymore because you are afraid of the mercury...
stop worrying. A pro-biotic diet like Body Ecology is rich in friendly
microorganisms that will negate and destroy the mercury long before it
can do you any harm. That's just one of their many important jobs... as
they serve to make you happier and healthier.
Here's a sincere request from me to you: As much as possible in
these challenging times please seek out and support the farmers who are
offering us organic and free-range. Big business is threatened by them
and they need our support by voting with our dollar. They work hard each
and every day to ensure that you are not inadvertently consuming the antibiotics
and hormones common in conventional meats.
Be sure to read our guide Good
Meats vs. Bad Meats: Your Definitive Guide to How to Choose Healthiest
Meat.
- Educate yourself.
When it comes to your health, knowledge is power. Learn more about the Body
Ecology approach to wellness and take charge of your life.
The Body Ecology website has a wealth of articles
and recipes that introduce you to the basics of the diet, but for more in-depth
information about how to actually eat each day and change your health from
the inside-out, then get your own copy of the Body
Ecology Diet.
Details of the diet, delicious recipes and sample menus help you learn the
basics and implement changes to improve your health.
- Experiment with new recipes.
Body Ecology has delicious versions of your favorite recipes, as well as
new dishes to tempt your taste buds. In fact, it is our recipes that will
change your thinking about healthy food.
I created Body Ecology as a nutritional lifestyle program, so
I wanted the food to taste delicious. With delicious foods, you can maintain
your healthy eating much more easily!
Our wonderful recipes show you how to:
Make your own kimchi
or wake up to a tasty and nutritious green
smoothie.
Use probiotic
starters, to make your own fermented
foods and drinks!
With our recipes and tips, you may find yourself creating your own delicious
recipes that will make healthy eating taste great!
- Learn the Body Ecology principles.
The easiest way to begin your journey to health and wellness is to become
familiar with the 7 healing principles of Body Ecology.
These 7 principles break down the program into easily manageable chunks
that you can incorporate into your life.
To learn more, read: A
Review of the 7 Key Healthy Eating Principles
You will learn how to create balance, cleanse, healthy food combining and
the principle of uniqueness. What's more, you will learn to add these into
your life step-by-step, at your own pace.
The Body Ecology system honors Nature, balance and your body's innate healing
abilities for creating health and wellness. In a world that has moved far
away from these principles, it's no wonder you feel you lack the "will
power" to stick to healthy habits.
But you have within you the power to heal. The right foods, habits and lifestyle
can support your soul, your body AND your mind on that journey. For some of
us we are more motivated by helping others than by doing things for our own
needs. So if you are like me, wake up each day and live with commitment to
change the way the world eats one person at a time. Because we really must!
We face challenging times, but there has never been more opportunity for health
and happiness than right now. And the reality is... we have no choice. Make
2008 an amazing year.
Make 2008 your year. Commit to healthy eating for your New
Year's resolution and allow Body Ecology to assist your body back to health
and youthful energy. We are deeply grateful for your support!
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