Monday 22 August 2016

DETOX AND WEIGHT LOSS TIPS:
Must read..!!
Weight gain and toxicity in the body increases due to many reasons like
• Improper and imbalanced diet (eating junk, processed foods)
• Sedentary and unhealthy lifestyle (no physical exercise or work)
• Emotional disturbances (Stress, trauma)
• Hormonal imbalance (Thyroid issues)
• Metabolic disorders (Ex: Diabetes)
• Kapha imbalance (body toxins)
• Constipation, gas and acidity issues (GID issues)
Just adapt these simple lifestyle and diet changes.
• Drink warm water (with lemon) as you wake up from the bed. Hydrate yourself whole day.
• Drink fresh juice smoothies made of green leafy vegetables or fruits before breakfast or on empty stomach. To detox and replenish your body with fresh nutrients
• Drink herbal or green hot tea after food. It aids in digestion.
• Drink more tender coconut water regularly and fresh sugar free orange juice
• Eat nutrient balanced fresh food. Try vegetables soups and raw recipes.
• Eat only satvic fresh and rejuvenating foods that increase your pranic level
• Go vegan, or raw, avoid all dairy and animal products. Eat whole grains, avoid all refined flours and oils.
• Try oil free cooking. Use coconut, flax seeds and nuts instead of ghee and oils.
• Increase vegetables like cucumber, cabbage, bitter gourd drumstick.
• Include more salads (raw vegetables) or steamed or lightly seasoned vegetables in your meals.
Things to avoid:
• Avoid desserts (sweets, ice-creams, fruits chocolates) immediately after food.
• Avoid salt intake (as salt retains water and increase water weight and aging)
• Avoid Junk fast, processed, refined, deep fried, baked, heavy, and high carb foods.
• Avoid acidic food and go more for alkalising foods
• Avoid starchy vegetables and go for high fibre food and vegetables.
• Avoid tamasic heavy foods and rajasic hot foods that imbalance the pranic levels and moods.
• Avoid hurry eating, stress eating and emotional cravings for foods.
Tips for healthy eating:
• Like a mixer jar leave quarter of your stomach empty. Never eat full stomach.
• Use smaller plates and bowls and limit your portions size to be served.
• Never skip breakfast. Never starve yourself. Never have late dinners. Avoid fasting or feasting.
• Lunch should be your biggest meal preferably between 12 to 2 pm when digestive fire is strong.
• Clear all junk foods from kitchen.
• Never stock processed foods, fried and bakery items or sweets or high carb foods like sweet drinks, chocolates, chips, cakes.
• Keep fresh fruits handy to consume whenever hungry or between meals or on empty stomach but not immediately after food or along with food.
Adapt simple changes in your lifestyle:
• Never go out to shopping, parties or work on empty stomach, else you will end up in binge eating or snacking junk and buying all unhealthy fast foods.
• Practice mindful eating, eat slowly enjoying every morsel of food to get mixed with saliva properly.
• Check your weight regularly. Wear proper fitting clothes. Never buy big size clothes thinking you will fit in them one day!
• Go for Panchakarma Ayurveda or naturopathy cleansing once in 6 months or years to remove toxins and rejuvenate your body.
• Bring some devotion into life and heart with attending some bhajans and Satsang as possible.
• Wake up between 4 to 6 am. Avoid sleeping in daytime. Sleep 6 to 7 hrs regularly. Practice going early to bed (before 10am)
• Practice 30 minutes regular gym or yoga (Surya Namaskar) pranayama (Right nostril or alternate nostril breathing) meditation, chanting to combat stress and keep the mind calm.
• Go for walking jogging cycling swimming gardening, spend time with nature
• Use tongue cleaner after brushing to open your taste buds and balance Tridoshas.
• Go for weekly once full body oil message (Abyanga)
• Take Triphala powder or tablets to balance Tridoshas.
And last but first… check-out all the unwanted undigested emotions, suppressed feelings... as they feed on you and make your hoard weight and toxins.. !