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| Kris Carr, CrazySexyLife.com |
I'm in the middle of a 3 week "Reset" cleanse led by the magnificent Heather Fleming of Conscious Nutrition. We met several years ago when she contacted me to design her logo and business collateral. I thought I was nutrition savvy until I read her book. She knows her stuff!
Back to the cleanse...I am starting to feel some positive shifts away from my usual sugar and caffeine cravings AND I woke up before 6am this morning feeling rested for the first time without an alarm in many years. Who knew that sugar cravings mean you need more protein and good fats in your diet? Also, that innocent cup of coffee in the morning does sabotage your sleep (15 hours after you drank it). It hasn't been easy (endless grocery shopping, food prep, some headaches, cravings) and I have had some grumpy moments, but I think I've passed the threshold. It's all about retraining habits and making new choices. I've cut out most starches, wheat/gluten, dairy, refined sugar, alcohol and a few other items leaving me with fresh vegetables, some fruit, lean meats (minimal) and 3 Metagenics UltraClear Renew shakes a day (tip: mix with Almond Milk and a spoonful of Almond Butter. It tastes delicious!) and lots of water.
In need of some more inspiration, I came across these important healthy diet and lifestyle tips from best-selling author and wellness warrior, Kris Carr.
Top 15 Crazy Sexy Diet & Lifestyle Tips
1. Get back to nature and back to the garden – preferably the organic garden – when affordable – when not, try to choose fruits and veggies that are less sprayed. You can find a Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides at foodnews.org. There are over 80,000 chemicals in our world today, eating them and putting them on our bodies is a dangerous proposition.
2. Create an anti-inflammatory diet and lifestyle. Learn about pH, the acid/alkaline balance, and say goodbye to the SAD, acidic diet in favor of alkaline raw organic veggies, sprouts, green drinks, green smoothies, enzymes, vitamins, minerals, love and oxygen.
3. Make juice not war. Green smoothies are great too. My favorite juicer is the Breville Ikon, and the best blender is the Vitamix. Instead of your morning cup of Joe, (or nightly cup of booze) try filling your day with fresh vegetable juice.
4. Drink lots of clean, purified water.
5. Decrease the amount of animal products you consume (especially dairy products) and move towards more of a plant-based diet.
6. Refined sugars and processed starches are the devil – dump them. If it’s made in a lab it takes a lab to digest. If it has a shelf life longer than you, don’t eat it. Choose low glycemic foods as much as possible.
7. Shake your booty. Your lymph system, which carries away waste, needs you! Unlike your heart, it doesn’t have a pump. Aerobics is the pump. Brisk walking is the pump. Yoga is the pump.
8. Give your colon a regular spring-cleaning. That’s right, flood your body with alkalinity and flush it of toxins. As the good stuff goes in the bad stuff should come out – on a regular basis.
9. Use natural skincare products. Your skin is your largest organ and what you put on it you literally drink in. Everything you consume either gets assimilated or eliminated. Chemical creams and perfumes tax your body big time.
10. Stress also creates acidity, so turn down the volume on chaos and turn up the joy factor up. Find and regularly commit to activities that help you bring it down a notch. Some ideas: meditation, gratitude journaling, guided relaxation or visualization CD’s, nature.
11. Snooze. Snooze. Snooze. Optimal hours: 11-7am.
12. Chew. Your stomach does not have teeth.
13. And stop eating late so that when you snooze, your body can focus on repair instead of digestion.
14. Set boundaries so that you have the physical and emotional time to take care of yourself – it’s not selfish, it’s self-preserving.
15. Make time for fun, for love, for laughter!
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