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Why I should detox my body every other month

24th October 2016

It is important to have regular detox sessions in order to purge our bodies of harmful chemicals and other toxins that may damage our tissues and cells. Regular detox sessions will also lessen the amount of work that the body has to do in order to be healthy and balanced. The recommended frequency is at least once every other month. The following are the reasons why this is the best course of action:

You will remove toxins more efficiently

If you detox your body at least once every other month, you will be able to get rid of environmental toxins and other manmade chemicals that you have ingested more efficiently. If you do not detox frequently, these toxins and chemicals will only build up in the cells and tissues in your body, leading to the genesis of horrible diseases.

It will help in preventing chronic diseases

It is also important to note that chronic diseases do not just begin spontaneously. There are a series of cumulative events in the body that lead to the development of chronic diseases such as cancer. Many of these processes involve the steady accumulation and overloading of the body’s natural detoxification systems and processes. As such, if you frequently detoxify your body, you will remove many of the precursors that lead to the spike of chronic diseases in your body as you age.

It will help you detox easily

Regular detoxification of your body will also help you burn more calories and get rid of the excess fat in your body. This is due to the fact that an addition of toxins in the body will interfere with the natural processes in the body that break down fat, thus leading to weight gain. Detoxifying your body on a regular basis will prevent this from happening, thus helping you to detox faster and easier.

It will slow down premature ageing

Another important consideration to have in mind is that detoxifying your body on a frequent basis will help get rid of radicals and other toxins that break down tissues and cells and lead to premature ageing. If you want your skin to remain elastic and youthful, then you should make an effort to reduce the amount of harmful chemicals and substances in your body.

It will improve your mental and emotional clarity

Regular detox sessions will do more to align your body systems and processes to a more balanced and healthy state. This will do wonders to your body and also help you achieve a more balanced physical and mental state. In the end, you will experience greater mental, physical and emotional clarity.

Increase more energy at your disposal

Detoxifying on a regular basis means that the body will not spend as much energy as it used to in cleaning up and breaking down harmful toxins and radicals. As such, you will have more energy at your disposal, making you more productive.

We are what we eat – how to get the perfect skin

16th October 2016

One of the things that people notice about you at first glance is your skin. While you can use makeup to fake a flawless look, you can’t hide bad skin for long. Hence, the best thing is to work at making your skin healthy and beautiful from the inside out.

Most people you see with beautiful skin maintain a healthy lifestyle and diet. By adopting healthy eating for clear skin, you are also investing in your health. The foods you need to take for clear skin are readily available. Hence, make a lifestyle of eating them daily and it will give you the glow you desire.

Great foods for beautiful skin

Sweet potatoes, pumpkins and carrots

Your skin needs a healthy dose of vitamin A or Beta-carotene and vitamin C to glow. Carrots, pumpkins and sweet potatoes are full of vitamin A and C to boost the beauty of your skin. These vitamins also prevent ageing by fighting free radical damage.

Oranges, Lemons and Watermelon

Some excellent sources of vitamin C are citrus fruits and melons. These fruits are good for hydrating your skin. Their vitamin C content is also good for boosting collagen production in your skin. Collagen helps keep your skin firm, moist and free from wrinkles.

Dark Chocolate

Make a habit of taking dark chocolate as it contains flavonoids that will make your skin glow. Ensure that it is organic dark chocolate made out of 70 percent cacao for the best benefits.

Nuts and seeds

Nuts and seeds are rich in healthy fats and oils. They have omega three fatty acids that will keep your skin smooth and supple. Best of all seeds and nuts provide your skin with vitamin E. Vitamin E helps your skin fight against free radical damage from environmental pollutants. Some good examples are almonds, chia seeds, flax seeds, pumpkin seeds and walnuts.

Tomatoes

Include lots of tomatoes in your diet to protect and repair your skin from sun damage. The best way to have tomatoes is by cooking them. When you cook tomatoes, they release an antioxidant known as lycopene that helps fight free radicals and boost your skin quality.

Herbs and Spices

Instead of flavouring your salads and food with store bought condiments and flavourings use natural spices and herbs. Many spices and herbs contain healing and strengthening properties for skin. Good examples are turmeric, cinnamon, rosemary, oregano and basil among others.

Green tea

Green tea is an excellent beverage for skin health and weight management. It is packed with polyphenols that fight free radicals. Green tea also contains disease-fighting minerals and antioxidants.

Greens

You cannot get clear skin without taking greens such as kale, spinach and other green vegetables. If you are not a fan of eating these greens, then juice them. Alternatively, you can take supplements such as chlorophyll or spirulina that are packed with the minerals, vitamins and nutrients you can get from green leafy vegetables.

Water

You have to take lots of water to detoxify your body and keep your skin hydrated. Water also ensures that nutrients are well distributed in your body when you eat all other nutritional foods.

These are a few way to enrich your meals for a healthy and beautiful skin.

My Weekly Diet Plan for Detox

2nd October 2016

Proper planning for your meals during the week will help you achieve your detox ambitions. This is due to the fact that planning ahead for the week will help you limit the amount of calories that you will be taking in during the week. The discipline imposed by your weekly meal plan will also ensure that you eat healthily and in a way that will not compound your weight issues. The following is an example of a weekly diet plan that you can follow to great effect:

Day One

Breakfast- oatmeal and a fresh or frozen fruit. This helps since you would be taking in fewer calories per day than if you simply stuck to cold, dried cereal. For tea, take a cup of teatox tea to help you detoxify and clean your body of harmful toxins and chemical substances.

Mid-Morning snack- this is only if you are hungry. Add a veggie-salsa tortilla and one orange or two tangerines for the perfect mid-morning snack.

Lunch- Add two cups of mixed greens and one cup of other vegetables, without any oil coating as this would increase the number of calories that you would be taking in. Combining this mix of greens and vegetables with bean soup will make for a good lunch.

Mid-Afternoon Snack- 6 ounces of fresh yoghurt and some berries will seal the deal for this snack if you are hungry.

Dinner- Combine a salad, mustard coated salmon, baked potatoes with sour cream and scallions. For dessert, add berries.

Day Two

Breakfast- egg omelette, hash browns and blueberries with no sugar added. For tea, make use of teatox tea for detoxifying purposes.

Mid-Morning Snack- A handful of grapes

Lunch- Salad and a Turkey Sandwich will satiate you.

Mid-Afternoon Snack- A pear and popcorn will do just fine.

Dinner- A veggie burger and roasted red bell peppers with steamed vegetables and fresh berries for dessert if necessary.

Day Three

Breakfast- Hot whole grain cereal with blueberries in the morning with teatox tea will be just fine.

Mid-Morning Snack- diced watermelon and a bag of carrots.

Lunch- Veggie chilli and corn.

Mid-Afternoon Snack- Cheese and fruit with no sugar added.

Dinner- Spinach salad, rice and frozen yoghurt for dessert if necessary.

Day Four

Breakfast- fresh fruit, plain, sugar free yoghurt and a cup of teatox tea and a bagel.

Mid-Morning snack- veggie soup

Lunch- a tuna sandwich and a carrot and pineapple salad should be fine.

Mid-Afternoon Snack- sweet potato.

Dinner- A salad with honey mustard dressing with tofu and Berry Mousse for dessert.

Day five

Breakfast- Oatmeal and teatox tea

Mid-Morning Snack- A cup of carrots and hummus

Lunch- Soup with tomato cream and butter beans with lemons or scallions

Mid-Afternoon Snack- One or two cups of fresh fruit, for example watermelon.

Dinner- Salmon, noodles and spicy cucumbers with sautéed spinach and a fruit smoothie for dessert if you are hungry.

This meal plan will help you detoxify and detox in an easy, natural manner.

Healthy meals that are quick and easy

24th September 2016

When you are looking to detox, maintain your ideal weight or choose healthy food choices you have to make conscious choices to eat right. The phrase “eat right” refers to eating a balanced diet and also requires that you make tasty meals so as to keep your palate happy. Here are a few recipes that you can prepare fast and that are delicious, healthy, filling and low in calories.

Black Bean Soup
This soup is easy to make and perfect for nights when you want a simple meal or chilly times when you need a quick warm meal. A good option is black bean soup because black beans give great texture, and you can add chilli for some heat.

Ingredients:

Two tablespoons oil
Two chopped onions
Three celery ribs finely chopped
Two carrots finely chopped
Three garlic cloves crushed
Two tsp of cumin
¼ tsp of paprika
Five cups beef or chicken broth
Three cans of black beans rinsed and drained
Tablespoon of lime juice
Salt and black pepper for seasoning

Directions
–    Heat the oil in a pot and sauté the onions, carrots and celery until the veggies are soft.
–    Add the garlic, paprika and cumin and continue to simmer on low heat until the garlic is translucent and the aroma of the herbs is released. Pour in the beans and sauté for a little while then pour in the broth. Cover and let it simmer over low heat for about 30 minutes
–    Take a cup of the soup from the pot and blend until smooth then return to the pot and add lime juice, pepper and salt for seasoning. Stir and cook for a minute then remove from the stove and serve with a garnish of choices such as avocado, vegetable salad or some whole wheat bread.

Healthy sandwich
The other healthy meal to make is a quick sandwich. They are great on the go foods, and there are lots of healthy ways to make them. If you don’t like bread, then you can have different vegetables to replace the bread such as lettuce or cabbage leaves. You can also have sweet potatoes, Portobello mushrooms, sweet peppers, tofu and even tomatoes.

Lettuce, chicken and cranberry sandwich

Ingredients:
Shredded chicken
Dried cranberries
Lettuce leaves
Salt and pepper to taste

Directions

–    Make sure the shredded chicken is seasoned to your liking
–    Mix in your cranberries
–    Roll the cranberry chicken mix in lettuce leaves and hold together with toothpicks.
– Serve and enjoy with your favourite beverage

Fish dish

Fish is one of the healthy and great ingredients to use to make a meal. It contains healthy fats and is easy to digest, unlike other meats. It is also quick to prepare hence it’s easy to make a quick meal of it.
Soy-honey salmon

Ingredients:
Tbsp olive oil
Salmon fillet
One tbsp. honey
½ tsp. soy sauce
Salt and pepper

Directions

– Heat the olive oil in a pan and seal the salmon fillet on both sides

– Drizzle with the mixture of honey and soy and season with salt and pepper then steam on low heat for up to five minutes till flaky.

– Serve with steamy brown rice or quinoa accompanies by your choice of vegetables.

Healthy Omelette

An omelette is a great meal you can pack it with any extra ingredients you like. It is also straightforward and filling and will get you through any tough day. It can be eaten as breakfast, lunch or dinner; hence it’s a great meal to cook at any time.

Vegetable and cheese omelette

Ingredients
Butter or cooking oil
¼ cup milk
Four eggs
Shredded spinach
Large yellow onion finely chopped
One tomato deseeded and finely chopped
Hot pepper seeded and finely chopped
A handful of grated mozzarella cheese grated

Directions

–    In a bowl mix the milk and eggs and beat until evenly mixed
–    Heat a non-stick pan and melt some butter or heat some oil
–    Pour in onions and let cook until translucent, add the rest of the vegetables and cook on low heat until well done then set aside.
–    Pour some more oil in the pan and pour in the egg mix. Let cook until done to our liking then pour in the cooked veggies on top. Follow with the cheese and let cook for a minute until the cheese melts.
–    Flip the omelette onto a plate and serve with a side of avocado, salad or whole wheat bread. Such an omelette is enough for two helpings or two meals.

These are just a few examples of healthy meals you can cook fast and with easy to get ingredients.

10 Superfood benefits and ingredients you should know about

8th September 2016

10 Superfood ingredients and benefits

Superfoods are fast becoming the go-to foods for every health enthusiast and fitness lover. The habit of including superfoods in the daily diet is getting popular as people turn to healthy eating. People have now discovered that food is not only nourishment but also medicine for the body.

Superfoods seem to have a higher concentration of substances that improve health, boost metabolism and also reverse ageing. You should include them in your daily meals to maintain optimum health.

Amazing Superfoods

– Wild berries

Many berries contain lots of vitamins and phytonutrients that fight free radical damage in the body. They can improve your overall appearance as well as fight off chronic ailments. Some good examples are wild blueberries, strawberries and raspberries.

– Green leafy vegetables

In this category, we have kale and spinach because they contain lots of phytonutrients. They are also rich in vitamins and minerals for healthy skin, hair, nails and bone formation.

– Cruciferous vegetables

In this category, we have cabbage, bok choy, swiss chard and broccoli. These cruciferous vegetables have phytonutrients that suppress the growth of tumours in the body. They also contain a lot of vitamin C that helps boost the body’s immunity.

– Fibre

In this category, we have oats that not only provide fibre to the body but are also rich in minerals such as potassium and magnesium. The fibre content in oats also helps in reduction of cholesterol in the body.

– Probiotics

Greek yoghurt is a superfood ingredient because of its rich calcium content. Greek yoghurt is great for women because of the high calcium content. Greek yoghurt also contains lots of protein. Best of all it’s packed with probiotics that promote a healthy gut and also boost immunity.

– Seeds and nuts

Chia seeds, almonds and pumpkin seeds are some of the best seeds and nuts to include in your list of superfood ingredients. They contain healthy fats and vitamins that improve skin health. They also contain certain minerals that fight off disease-causing free radicals.

– Healthy fats

Healthy fats from plant oils such as olive oil or coconut oil are great superfood ingredients. These oils are great for cooking and can also be used in smoothies. They are also useful for beauty regimens in promoting healthy skin and hair.

– Fatty fish

Fatty fish that are excellent superfood ingredients are salmon. Wild salmon as a superfood ingredient is good for a healthy heart. It is also a great food to include in a healthy detox diet.

– Chocolate

If you love chocolate, then take dark chocolate regularly as it is a tasty superfood. Make sure it contains at least 70 percent cacao as the darker it is, the better. You can also take the cocoa powder that is organic and has 70 percent cacao content. Cacao contains healthy polyphenols that are great for detox and can also improve the quality of your skin.

– Green tea and coffee

Green coffee and green tea are great beverages to include in your superfood ingredients list. They are packed with polyphenols because they are not roasted. Hence, green coffee and tea retain a lot of their fat burning and disease-fighting compounds.

Including at least some of these superfood ingredients in each meal will ensure you improve your health and overall appearance.

10 eating habits you can find in a questionnaire

24th August 2015

10 Nutrition eating habits, 8 Mealtime Tips

Too often we fail to see results when we are looking to detox. To increase our physical fitness, we exercise more and monitor our diet, but may fail to gain our desired weight. Read through these eight tips for how to detox by adjusting your mealtime routine.

Irregular mealtimes disrupt the digestive process.

This leads to a sluggish digestive tract and increases the risk of irregular bowel movements, which allows toxins to build up in your body. A detox programme, which includes LeptinTeatox tea such as Night Cleanse, may be needed to cleanse your digestive system if regular meals are not possible.

Late night meals and snacking also have a devastating effect on the digestive system. Eating before you sleep causes the digestive system to become sluggish, affecting even your metabolic rate. Furthermore, it allows toxins to be assimilated into the body. Instead of a late night snack, try drinking a slimming tea, such as a LeptinTeatox.

Binge eating will slow down your detox, but did you know that eating minute amounts will also slow it down? Adhering to the recommended average calorie intake for the amount of weight you want to lose is best.

Grazing on small amounts of foods and beverages may seem like a great idea for how to detox, but grazing throughout the day often leads to overeating. Replace grazing with no or low calorie beverages such as water or green tea.

Eating too quickly causes the digestive system to work harder and often fails to send the signal to stop eating. Fast eaters rarely chew their food properly, which puts a strain on their digestive systems.

Eating when you are tired does not give you an immediate burst of energy. The digestive process is quite lengthy and takes a large amount of energy in itself, so it is best for you to rest first, and then eat.

Emotional eating

This is also a great detriment to detox. It is not only the binge eaters who suffer, but those who eat when angry or irritated. These negative emotions focus the body’s energy use away from that of the digestive tract, making it lethargic. This is why people in high stress careers often develop ulcers. Liquids, particularly hot liquids such as a slimming tea, help alleviate this problem by creating a protective barrier in the stomach.

emotional eating

* Adding a teatox tea from LeptinTeatox is the perfect way to ensure optimal digestive health when combined with proper nutrition. Morning Boost, a slimming teatox, can be added to your daily routine to aid in digestion and help you reach your desired weight *. Leptin, naturally found in green tea, helps to suppress the appetite while boosting the metabolism. *

14 reasons why you are hungry

9th August 2015

Why am I Always Hungry?

If you are reaching for a snack mere moments from leaving the dinner table, it is time to look at why you are always hungry. Of course, there are times when it is normal to be hungry, but there are some factors that cause excessive feelings of hunger. Knowing what triggers your hunger pains will help you decide how to detox.

You Lack Liquids

Maybe you are grumpy, easily irritated or weak. While they are all symptoms of hunger, they can also be symptoms of dehydration. Not consuming enough liquids, including not only water, but other beverages such as green tea, can make you feel hungry. Before grabbing a snack, drink a glass of slimming tea, to feel full without the additional calories.

You Lack Sleep

Not allowing your body to rest means it is working extra hard to stay awake and remain functional. High quality sleep helps regulate your hormones, including leptin, which helps you feel full. A lack of sleep will ramp up hunger, push fitness goals to the back burner and can detox. The recommended eight hours of sleep for adults may be hard to come by, but creating a nighttime routine, including a night cleanse, will help curb your hunger.

Your Diet is Poor

A poor diet, high in simple carbohydrates and low in good fats and proteins, will keep your hunger unsatisfied. Reach for complex carbohydrates, seed and nuts for snacks and leave the empty calories found in most snack foods behind. Try a tablespoon of almond butter with apple slices for a slimming combination that will keep you feeling full longer.

Why am I Always Hungry? You are Skipping Meals

Yes, skipping meals left you hungry at that time, but studies have shown people who skip meals, even in an effort to detox fast, eat more calories than the average person throughout the day. Sticking to at least three balanced meals a day will keep your diet in check.

You are Stressed

Stress leads many of us to eat, whether we feel hungry or not. Stress affects our hormones, which may make us feel hungry long before we should. Even physical stress caused by an injury or an overload of environmental toxins can cause us to feel hungry. A detox program may help relieve stress and lessen your hunger pangs.

You Have a Medical Condition

There are several diagnosable conditions that may cause you to feel hungry all of the time. Having an overactive thyroid is one condition that requires medical attention to determine its direct cause. Diabetes will also increase your hunger levels, so it is important to check with your physician if your hunger levels suddenly increase. Be aware that some medications also increase your appetite.

Control Your Hunger

Fight your excessive hunger by managing your lifestyle and by also increasing your body’s ability to stay satiated. A detox tea, Morning Cleanse Tea from Leptin Teatox, will help to control your appetite and boost your metabolism. This slimming tea regulates the hormones that affect the body’s appetite. The naturally occurring caffeine in Morning Cleanse, allows this fitness tea to give you an energetic boost *. We only use natural ingredients are used in Leptin’s slim tea.

Detox diet By Leptin Teatox

A second cleansing tea is available for your nighttime routine. This gentle diet tea further cleanses toxins from the body. Used as a part of detox regimen, this slim tea aids the digestive process and reduces bloating.*

6 Typical people on diet – Identify Yourself

5th August 2015

Which Type of Dieter Are You? Four Obstacles to detox

If you are like most people, you may want to detox for better health, fitness or appearance. However, many dieters try different diets without success. Understanding the motivation behind your eating habits and the physiology of dieting can help you detox and develop new habits that enhance health and nutrition.

Type One: Emotional Eater

Do you eat in response to stress? Turning to food for comfort often results in eating high-calorie foods. Loneliness, fatigue and financial pressure are just a few triggers that can undermine a diet. Afterward, you feel bad that you binged, feel a sense of self-defeat and continue the cycle of using food for solace.

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Type Two: Fad Dieter

Do you jump from one diet to another to detox? Fad diets often eliminate important food groups. Some people try deatox diets to stimulate detox. Although a deatox program can be part of a successful diet, it must be supported with adequate nutrition. Fad diets can be rewarding at first but difficult to maintain. Eventually, you go back to your old habits and don’t detox.

Type Three: Rationalizer

Are you a rationalizer? “If I eat a high-calorie dessert now, I’ll skip supper tonight.” “I’m just a bit overweight. One more piece of pizza won’t hurt.” “I’ll eat a snack now so I don’t get hungry later.” With these rationalizations, you undermine your confidence. The result is weight gain.

high-calorie dessert now

Type Four: Perfectionist

Are you super-organized? You observe all the detox tips like planning your meals, counting calories and exercising. Sticking to a well-planned diet usually results in detox for a while. Then you may hit a plateau, stop losing weight, get discouraged and abandon your diet.

Successful detox

Dieting isn’t about denying yourself food. It is about changing habits, enhancing metabolic dynamics that cause detox and learning how to detox safely. Leptin is an important hormone that regulates energy by signaling the brain that adequate energy is stored in fat cells. When you diet, leptin levels fall. The brain perceives this as starvation and signals the body to eat to raise leptin levels. When the metabolic system works properly, adequate leptin levels tell the brain that you are full and you stop eating.

Obese people may have decreased sensitivity to leptin, called leptin resistance. Although leptin is present, the body doesn’t sense it and tells the brain that you are hungry. Leptin Teatox, a popular diet tea, uses a combination of natural ingredients like green tea and lemon grass to suppress the appetite, boost metabolism and aid digestion. Augmenting your diet with slimming teas may help you detox.**

Morning Boost detox tea can be used daily. Night Cleanse detox cleansing tea includes a mild laxative to rid the body of toxins. The two are sold together as an effective slimming combination. These fitness teas can be used in many ways. A slimming Teatox smoothie satisfies hunger while providing nutrients.

Visit leptinteatox.com to learn more about how leptin slim tea can help you detox.**

5 best Leptin TeaTox smoothie recipes

27th July 2015

*Make your tea in a cup of boiling almond milk and let cool before blending your ingredients together.

The blue banana:

Teatox made in almond milk, 1 banana, 1 cup blueberries, ½ cup ice cubes.

Tropical Trance:

Teatox made in almond milk, ½ mango, 1 cup pineapple, ½ cup ice.

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The Twisted Strawberry:

Teatox made in almond milk, ½ orange, ½ grapefruit, 1 cup frozen strawberries.

Berry Much Delicious:

Teatox made in almond milk, 2 cups frozen mixed berries.

Matcha Chia:

Teatox made in almond milk, ½ teaspoon matcha green tea powder, 1 banana, 1 tablespoon chia seeds, 1 teaspoon stevia powder.

15 ways to burn 1 pound, no gym required

27th July 2015

You don’t always have to hit the gym, here are a few more options to burn 1 pound without having to step foot in a gym:

1. 55 minutes of jump roping.
2. 2 hours of dancing. Zumba away!

6 hours of shopping.

Take an hour or two on your bike around the city.
2 hours of horseback riding .
Kayak the afternoon away!
3 hours of bowling
Go for a 2 hour walk
Enjoy a day of skiing
Need to blow off some steam? Hit the punching bag for a little over an hour
Get your butt outside and use the afternoon to climb some rocks
3 hours of golfing, tee up!
Hit the waves for 2 hours of surfing
Cutting just 500 calories off your daily calories intake, may help you detox weekly**:
1. Skip your pasta meal and swap for spaghetti squash
2. Obsessed with peanut butter? Try PB2 instead!
3. Going out? Skip the sugar and opt in for a 70 calorie vodka soda.
The best tip to lose 1 pound fast, or any amount of weight with time: surround yourself with like minded people. Whether competition or cooperation thrives you forward, having someone who deals with the same struggles on a daily bases will help you stay connected to your goals and accountable for your actions.