Tuesday, February 19, 2013

The link between Osteoarthritis and Garbage

Muscloskeletal conditions like lower back pain and osteoarthritis are now second only to cancer as a leading cause of disease burden in Australia.
The first question has to be why?
  • Too much weight being carried around wears out the joints?
  • The Australian diet is very inflammatory ?
  • Poor digestive function?
  • Is it to do with how we stand and walk or because we sit for too long?
  • Injury from sport or trauma?
  • Too much acidity in our bodies?
Probably a combination of all the above factors. In the Naturopathy world  osteoarthritis is thought to be an accumulation of wastes in the joints.  If your routes of elimination (bowels, kidneys, nose, lungs, skin) cannot keep up, the body has to store the wastes some where, so in some people that is the joints. It may seem funny that you have a dodgy knee or a sore back and your Naturopath is asking about your stool motions but this is why.
So the conclusion is if you feel stiff in the joints on of the best things you can do is to 'Take out the garbage' and do a detoxification program usually once or twice a year.  After all you clean the inside of your house regularly.
Take out the garbage now


Tuesday, February 5, 2013

9 Fast Ideas for Weight Loss

Lets look at 9 quick ideas for fat burning that you can do without thinking of a whole new eating plan
  1. Water lots of it throughout the day
  2. Green tea increases weight loss by increasing metabolic rate.  Make a jug and keep it in the fridge, drink it through the day
  3. Clean lean protein at every meal the size of your palm
  4. Exercise  1/2 hour per day move your body
  5. Throw all that stress away into the garbage bin you don't need it and it stops you from burning fat.  Sleep for 8 hours per night.
  6. Spicy foods will help increase metabolic rate turmeric, ginger, chili, cardamom, cinnamon
  7. 3 meals per day every day
  8. Nutrients choose a high quality multivitamin and antioxidant to take every day to ensure you have all the nutrients required for fat burning.
  9. Attitude, your choice, you drive the bus, choose something positive.