Be Your Own Weight Loss Guru TeleSeminar

begins May 28 -- save $30.   

You can participate from anywhere in the world.  All you need is a phone and the ability to receive class materials via email.

Here's some of what we'll cover:

How to assess the best foods for You;
Nutritional Cleansing and Detoxification; Creating healthy metabolism;
Recognize and Eliminate Self Sabotage and Pay-Offs;
Understanding and Eliminating Cravings ;
Food is Energy - Why Calories Don't Count ;
And Much More!

You'll receive two free e-books and MP3 downloads of all the sessions.  You do not need an MP3 player to listen.

 

Building and Cleansing Foods

Certain foods, called building foods, do exactly that.  They build tissues and fluids in the body and put on weight.  Building foods should be emphasized by those who are thin, deficient, or emaciated.  They need it to strengthen weaknesses and deficiency, and to put on weight.
 
Proteins are building foods and many people load up on excess amounts leading to health and weight problems.  Most people do not take a rational approach to protein and overeat it for fear of becoming deficient.  Your body's greatest need is for fuel in the form of complex carbohydrates-whole, unprocessed grains.  The need for protein is small in comparison. Children, elderly, and those with serious illness do need more protein than the average healthy adult.
 
All tissues of the body are built and repaired with protein.  Amino acids are the building blocks of protein and are key factors in most processes of the body.  The antibodies of the immune system, most hormones, the hemoglobin of red blood cells and all enzymes have protein as their basic component.
 
There are both plant and animal sources of protein.  Vegetal sources include beans, legumes, nuts, seeds, miso, tofu, and tempeh.  These are high in calcium and other nutrients without all the saturated fat and cholesterol contained in dairy food and meat. They leave you feeling nourished, satisfied, and emotionally balanced.  You can get these same feelings by eating a diet based on whole foods, including plant proteins, plenty of vegetables, and whole, unprocessed grains.
 
Animal protein is far more building than vegetal sources and includes all animals-beef, pork, veal, lamb, poultry; dairy products; and eggs.  Animal protein has a slowing, relaxing effect, the need for which may be more cause for its cravings than a true need for more animal protein.  The fat in animal protein slows metabolism.  Increasing certain vegetables can improve metabolism.

Why You Crave Building Foods

Some people say they feel better when they increase protein, especially from animals, and there are reasons.  Alcohol, sweets, too much fruit, and highly processed foods (including non foods) deplete mineral and nutrition reserves. Animal protein assimilates quickly leaving you feeling more alert, energized and nourished.  The problem is that animal foods leave behind a lot of waste products which are stored in your organs and on your body, promoting poor health and obesity.
 
Vegans whose diet lacks whole, unprocessed grains, beans, legumes, nuts and seeds will also crave building foods.  Lack of thorough chewing of vegetal proteins will also cause cravings for protein/building foods since vegetable proteins do not assimilate unless thoroughly chewed. 

 Bulimics and alcoholics not only crave, but also need more building foods.

Cleansing Foods

Vegetables and fruits are cleansing foods.  Vegetables are necessary for good health; fruits are not.  Many people have certain metabolic and circulatory issues and/or digestive and mucus problems which warrant eliminating or at least minimizing fruit.  Vegetables provide the full spectrum of vitamins and minerals you need to live and grow healthfully.

Most vegetables are helpful for weight loss, excluding the very watery ones such as zucchini, eggplant, and summer squash, and the very sweet ones such as beets, peas, winter squash, potatoes, sweet potatoes and yams.
 
Specific vegetables are more cleansing than others. They include lettuce, alfalfa sprouts, asparagus, leeks, parsley, arugula, broccoli, broccoli rabe, celery, collard greens, kale, dandelion greens, mustard greens, bok choy, kohlrabi, scallions, parsley, turnips, watercress, daikon, radishes, green cabbage, mustard greens, turnips and kohlrabi.

Tips for Healthy Weight Loss

If you are overweight, increase vegetables to 6-10 cups daily, including as many of the specific cleansing ones as possible.  Choose fresh over canned and frozen.

Eliminate or greatly minimize foods and non-foods that deplete nutrients and cause cravings, including alcohol, sweets, highly processed and refined foods.

Health Food stores are filled with natural junk food and highly processed, devitalized, and frozen foods that promote poor health and obesity.  Don't fall into the trap of believing everything in a health food store is good for you.

Shop the fresh produce section and the dried whole grain and bean aisle.  Purchase small amounts of drug-free meats if you eat animal food.  Choose white fish over other animals.  It is less building and very nutritious.

Include whole, unprocessed grains such as brown rice, millet, hulled barley, and spelt every day.  You'll have more energy, better metabolism and colon health, healthier weight, improved moods, balanced blood sugars, fewer cravings, and much more.

Chew your food well no matter what you eat.  You will have more energy, be satisfied with less, and receive greater nutrition from the food.

To learn how to assess the best foods for you, join me for Be Your Own Weight Loss Guru Teleseminar beginning May 28.