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From the desk of Richard
Penfounde, your Naturally Healthy Lifestyle specialist.
Christmas is the season to relax and enjoy time with family and
friends. This invariably means most of us tend to relax our dietary
habits and overindulge during the festive season. And why not ? We
usually end up having big family meals and going to parties, eating
and drinking far too much and mostly the wrong things.
Who can resist those tasty meals with turkey, ham, stuffing, rich
puddings, cakes, soft drinks, and maybe a glass of wine or alcohol.
We must however remember that what we eat and drink over Christmas
usually contains a lot of very sweet, rich and fatty foods and
although these tasty meals are very enjoyable and entertain our
taste buds regally, it overloads our digestive system far beyond its
normal capacity.
The overload of toxins becomes far too much for the digestive tract
to handle, which starts in the mouth and travels through the
digestive organs and ends at the anus, about 9 meters long. The
organs involved in the digestion system include the small and large
intestines, liver, kidneys, colon, pancreas and the lymphatic
system. The main job, in simple terms, is to break down the food we
eat into tiny absorbable atoms and molecules, absorb the proteins,
fats, nutrients, vitamins and minerals through the intestinal wall
into the blood stream to feed the bodies trillions of cells, and to
eliminate all of the toxic waste that is detrimental to the body.
When the digestive system becomes overloaded it stores the excess
fat and toxins that it can’t handle, in various places along the
digestive tract, to be processed later. Unfortunately unless we
prompt the detoxification process – later never comes.
As we all know, toxins are acid and this affects our bodies PH
balance, which if allowed to continue results in toxemia / acidosis,
the ideal platform for most lifestyle diseases.
So its very important to carry out a detoxification programme of the
digestive tract at least twice a year, that will “remove, rebuild
and replenish”.
Remove toxins and waste, especially heavy metals, parasites
and dead cells.
Rebuild any areas that have been damaged by the toxins.
Replenish the “good” bacteria absolutely necessary for
digestion. (Probiotics).
Most of us have a guilty conscious straight after Christmas and
enthusiastically start the year with “resolutions”, invariably one
is to lose the weight we put on over Christmas.
The
“detox programme” will ensure you meet at least one of your 2008
resolutions.
January and February are the ideal months to focus on helping the
body to eliminate all the excess toxins and fats that have been
accumulated over the “festive season”. This is especially necessary
if you haven’t been through a
“detox programme” for some time.
You will be absolutely amazed at how much “muck” gets accumulated in
your body. It is not unusual for a lethargic bowel to retain between
4.5 and 9 kgs of toxic fecal matter and 28kgs has been reported.
“Death begins in the Colon”. An old saying that holds a lot
of truth.
The colon is not designed to be a toxic waste warehouse, but once
it’s overloaded it soon becomes the breeding ground for harmful
bacteria and parasites that kill off the “good” bacteria so
essential for good digestion, and initiate disease. Bear in mind
that once this waste elimination pipeline gets blocked the toxins
get recycled into the bloodstream and poison the body’s cells - the
cause of virtually all lifestyle degenerative diseases known today.
So why not plan your New Year’s detox programme now and then you can
indulge over the festive season without a guilty conscious, knowing
that you will remove all the muck, rebuild the damaged
intestinal walls and replenish the good bacteria ready to
tackle the new year with a healthy, clean, active digestive system
and a “naturally healthy lifestyle”.
More info on the Three R's "detox programme"
Good luck and enjoy the festivities !
Richard Penfounde and the Naturally Healthy Lifestyles Research Team
wish you and your family a Happy Christmas and a Prosperous,
Successful and HEALTHY New Year.
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