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Is Your Body Toxic Due to Stress?

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Detoxification and Stress
Detoxification and Stress

Stress and Detoxification

Are you toxic because of stress?  It seems like everyone has stress today.  But did you know that it affects every cell and tissue in our bodies?  It robs you of important vitamins, minerals and antioxidants, breaks down your major organs and lowers your immune system.  Over time, unrelieved stress causes severe acid build-up that hinders your digestion of nutrients.  It interferes with your body’s cleansing processes and contributes to toxic buildup.

Reducing stress is critical to your health.  You can eat a perfect diet, cleanse your body inside and out, and exercise regularly, but if you are in constant state of stress, your physical problems won’t go away.

Is Your Body Toxic Due to Your Thoughts and Feelings?

Positive thought and emotions contribute to good health.  Negative thoughts and feelings are damaging.  They literally “eat at you”.  Positive, optimistic thoughts are more nurturing while boosting your digestion.

The Institute of HeartMath (IHM), a nonprofit organization specializing in stress reduction has done studies on the relationship between feelings, emotional balance, cardiovascular function and hormone and immune system health.

Results of mind and emotions

Our mental and emotional attitude triggers responses for every situation.  The response causes electrical changes in the heart, nervous system and brain. This affects your state of health and well-being.  Our perception and emotional reactions are transmitted between the heart and brain through the nervous systems and can be seen in the pattern of our heart rhythms.

But there is More…….

When your body is under stress, your nervous system increases sympathetic activity, creating reactions like nervous restlessness, hyperactivity, anxiety, muscle tension, heart arrhythmia’s and stomach issues.  If stress is prolonged, your adrenal and pituitary glands produce stress-fighting hormones for emergency relief.  This process can create chemical waste, which degenerates nerve damage and causes free radical damage in the body.  Your body will use up vital nutrients to neutralize and expel cellular toxins, as well as defend against internal threats or stressors.  Unfortunately, over time, the function of our detoxification and stress response mechanisms decline or become dysregulated due to internal and external influences.

Solutions

There are many mechanisms in the body that influence detoxification and stress.  Just as a garden hose is under constant pressure, our blood vessels being constricted will increase blood pressure.  Too much constriction can have negative health consequences.  The good news is that even when we are exposed to stressors and they can’t be eliminated, there are powerful lifestyle changes that can help to improve this.  One such technique is:

HartMath’s Freeze-Frame.  It is a simple, powerful technique for mental and emotional poise.  It focuses on pausing the take a deeper look before making a decision, giving you a better chance to act from a point of balance.   Feelings of fear and anger results in erratic heart beat rhythms.  Focusing on something pleasant results in a smoother even pattern.

This technique documents the effects of stress-busting exercises.  The study tracks levels of the hormones DHEA in people practicing this technique.  Low DHEA levels are linked to fatigue, exhaustion, muscle weakness, immune disorders, PMS, obesity, diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease.  Some patients tripled their DHEA levels even though no other lifestyle changes were made.

Today, HeartMath techniques are used successfully in hospitals, schools, and are being formally applied in corporations to increase productivity and reduce stress.  Check out their website at www.hearthmath.org.

HEALTH IS A CHOICE-LEARN HOW TO USE IT!

Shirley Noah

Watch for my new book-Understanding the Stress Connection: Break the Power of Chronic Stress with Healthy Eating and Healthy Habits

 

How to Keep Muscle Tone as You Age

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Keep Firm Muscle As You Age

Aging muscle needs to be kept in shape, because long periods of no use cause degeneration of cells and are more challenging to overcome.  It may seem like common sense that if you don’t keep muscles toned , eventually they will get waste away.  Younger muscle tissue has as much as four times more regenerative stem cells compared to old muscle.

If you at all able to move, you can do much to prevent muscle atrophy by incorporating some strength exercise into your healthy lifestyle routine.  Start gently and work at a pace that is appropriate for your age and current level of fitness.

Also keep in mind that if you are older, and have been sedentary or immobile for some time, suddenly exercising vigorously can cause scarring and inflammation of your muscles, so start off slowly.

That said, I believe that it is never too late to start an exercise program.

Getting professional help from a properly educated personal trainer or physical therapist is probably the wisest and safest way to go if you are new to exercise, or it has been a period of time.

Muscle Tone
Muscle Tone

How Strength Training Benefits As You Age

Maintaining healthy muscle tone is not the only benefit from a regular exercise program.  Preventing heart disease and osteoporosis are two other major benefits.

A key strategy to reduce your risk of heart disease and other chronic diseases is to keep your inflammation levels low, and visceral fat that shows up in your abdomen and surround your vital organs is another component for reducing risk.

How Does this Work?

The more muscle tone you have, the more calories you burn because they consume calories even when resting and sleeping.  So, you gain more muscle and your body naturally increases the number of calories burned, which reduces fat stores.

Strength Training Can Reduce Osteoporosis

Your bones are actually very porous and soft, and as you get older, you bones can easily become less dense and more brittle.  Especially if you are inactive.

Resistance training can combat this because as you put more tension on your muscles it puts more pressure on your bones, which then create new bone.

It is Never Too Late

Keep in mind that optimal health is dependent on an active lifestyle, eating fresh, whole foods, and avoiding as many processed foods as possible, and limiting or controlling the stress in your life.

So, start moving, and don’t stop no matter what your age!

And include strength training into your fitness.  It is the number one way to remain strong, young and independent well into old age.

I am Shirley Noah, I teach the 9 pillars for health.  A step-by-step approach to good health.  Let’s connect to see how I may best serve you in the near future.

Breathe Deeply, Live Healthier, Happier, and Longer

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Breathe Deeply
Breathe Deeply

Breathe Deeply

When you provide a generous flow of oxygen into your body, 100 trillion cells become more alive! This enables the four main organs of your body-the heart, lungs, liver and kidneys- to operate and perform better. Your miracle-working bloodstream purifies and cleanses every part of your body.  This helps eliminate toxic wastes as Mother Nature planned, and the fuel and vital oxygen are carried to every cell in your body.  We are designed to eliminate 70% of our toxins through breathing.  If you do not breathe deeply,  you are not ridding your body of toxins.  The more toxic poison you burn up, the more vitality you will create!

With plenty of oxygen your muscles, tendons and joints function smoothly!  Your skin becomes firmer and more resilient and your complexion clearer and more glowing.  You will radiate with greater health and well-being for a longer, healthier life!  When you get more oxygen, you sleep better.  Oxygen is Mother Nature’s great miracle beautifier.

Deep Breathing Promotes a Healthy Body

When you breath deep your brain will be more alert and your nervous system functions better.  You will be free from tension because you can easily take the stresses and pressures in a calmer way.  Your emotions will come under control.  You’ll feel joyous and exuberant.  Many nervous diseases are due to oxygen starvation.  Deep, diaphragmatic breathing tranquilizes jangled nerves, stimulates the brain with clear thinking and more alertness to help solve any life problems and make wise decisions.  It relaxes the body and releases endorphins-natural pain-killers that create a natural high.

The intentional breather enjoys more peace of mind, tranquility and serenity.  You can concentrate better by taking long, slow, deep breaths.  Also, appropriate breathing stimulates brain cells and promotes new brain cell growth.  Oxygen stimulates your brain and logic and intelligence!

Inhale More Oxygen

People who inhale larger amounts of oxygen are happier people.  Super Power Breathing cleanses your body of psychological and physical poisons and gives you more joy and emotional well-being.

With a clean, purified body and an ample supply of oxygen you can enjoy a more youthful, energetic healthful body for a longer life.  Now, close your eyes, relax and take a few minutes to do some slow, deep breathing.

Air is an important energizer.  The more deeply you breathe pure air, the better your chances are for extending your life.  One of the most important of all physical acts is to breath correctly.  The rhythm and depth of breath affects the state of your mind and body health.  Taking deeper breaths will bring in more oxygen.

Many people suffer from poor circulation in various parts of the body, because they don’t get sufficient oxygen to produce a steady blood circulation into their extremities, they have cold hands, feet, noses and ears.  The more oxygen you get into your body, it is better for your circulation, heart, and hands and feet will be warmer.

For further information see my post There’s a “Right” and a “Wrong” Way to Breathe?

I am Shirley Noah, I teach the 9 pillars for health.  A step-by-step approach to good health.  Let’s connect to see how I may best serve you in the near future.