Happy Wednesday my beautiful health warriors! I hope that each and every one of you are feeling amazing and managing to keep the back to school fall germs at bay!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s that time of year again to make sure that you are doing extra to keep your immune system at optimal levels, especially if you have compromised health!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019m sure you already know, so I will just give you a gentle reminder of some of the things that you can be doing to help build and support your immune system. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
God has designed us perfectly, that if we just provide our systems with the right tools, they want and will work for us! Our systems are so divine and designed with absolute precision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Before sharing, I do have to let you know that this information is just that, information. Although it is valuable information, I cannot say that it is meant to treat, cure or diagnose. Can I debate that? I certainly feel strong enough to! \ud83d\ude1c I\u2019m simply sharing information that I believe is beneficial, but it is always advised that you ask your health care professional. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
If it were me asking, I would personally ask someone like a naturopathic doctor, holistic nutritionist, functional medicine practitioner or someone alike who\u2019s had extensive training and\/or experience. Even a real human with personal success is a great start! You will find that all of these types of people are educated with excellent nutritional information, which is superior to the nutritional education taught to a western trained practitioner. It is an unfortunate fact that is no fault of theirs alone, but rather a sad reality that their educators don\u2019t even spend a whole day teaching about this important topic. You really are what you eat, and truly, let food be thy medicine, and let medicine be thy food!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Our present day health systems are in place to help people manage their sickness as opposed to preventing it. It\u2019s the perfect system designed to keep big pharma at the top. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now back to our immune systems! <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some supplements that you can be taking to boost your immune system are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25e6 Vitamins B6, B12, C, D3, K2, & E<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25e6 Zinc <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25e6 Selenium <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25e6 Pre and probiotics<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Beneficial spices, herbs and root veggies that are not only beneficial to your health, but will add incredible flavour to your food are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25e6 garlic<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25e6 ginger<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25e6 tumeric <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25e6 dandelion<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They are all powerful antioxidants with antibacterial properties to boot. They also fight against inflammation while aiding in good gut health on top of many other health benefits. (I could easily double the size of this email with all of the incredible benefits that these products can do!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is important to make sure that you are getting adequate water so that you can keep your body hydrated and flushed. The rule of thumb is that you take your body weight, divide it in half, and that\u2019s what you should be drinking in ounces on average in a day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Get plenty of rest, but the trick is at the right times! Go to bed 2 hours after sundown and get up with the sun, avoid screens, blue light and other stimulants like caffeine and sugar. Personally, I believe sugar should be avoided 24-7, 365 days a year! It\u2019s thee perfect poison. Just eliminate it completely and replace it with any of the following sweeteners that our bodies do not recognize as sugar. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25e6 Xylitol<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25e6 Erithritol<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25e6 Monk fruit <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25e6 Stevia <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Choose your food wisely and equally or more importantly, eat at the right times! If you can handle intermittent fasting daily, I highly recommend it! That means not eating supper past 6-7pm and then fasting until 11am-12pm the next day, you will have amazing success at a cellular level. The magic number for fasting is 16hrs as at that 15hr mark is when the magic happens! We could have a whole seminar on fasting alone!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
De-stress with adequate exercise-don\u2019t over do it, but DO it!! <\/p>\n\n\n\n
With the winter weather approaching, a rebounder might be an affordable and nice piece of equipment to have inside to keep that lymphatic system working. I\u2019ve even seen them on kijiji and marketplace for a great savings! Remember, the lymphatic system must actually move to work!! YOU need to move it! Don\u2019t be stagnant! <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Play positive and uplifting music as the frequency also matters. Healing hertz is a real thing friends! If you can handle the sound of your own voice, SING!! We all sound better in the shower (apparently!), so sing it loud and proud to your rubber ducky! Your vagus nerve will be your biggest fan as singing is helpful in stimulating its function as well! Plus, singing releases our \u2018happy\u2019 chemicals, and it\u2019s completely free!! \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Do something therapeutic and specifically for yourself! That could look like meditation, art of any sort, make a new friend, sit by a river and take in nature, talk to the people in the lineups wherever you go, get to know yourself alone and do some deep diving, sit still with birdseed and get a chickadee to land on you, read a book, breathe deeply, try a new food, walk a dog or borrow one if you don\u2019t have one! Join a class that you\u2019ve always wanted to do but keep putting it off-why?? Go for it!! Now I\u2019ve saved the best for last\u2026my favourite is really getting to know God. Like deeply diving in and if you don\u2019t know where to start, pray on it!! Ask me, and I will pray with and for you! It is so freeing to be able to give it all to Him. He doesn\u2019t want you to suffer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
So! I hope I still have your attention and that you are free to join me this Thursday, September the 12th at 6:15pm for our next Health Warriors seminar! <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As in past, we will be at the Muskoka Natural Food Market in beautiful Bracebridge. Jeff will keep the till open for all of your supplement needs while you\u2019re there! <\/p>\n\n\n\n
http:\/\/www.muskokanaturalfoods.com\/<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n We will also try our best to be finished by 7:30pm this time! (I plan to set a timer as at the last 2 seminars we went over time! Sorry Jeff!) Our dear and brilliant lab tech friend, Lynn, shared information that was just SO GOOD! It was very interactive for all that time just slipped away on us! <\/p>\n\n\n\n For this week\u2019s seminar, we are blessed to have the wonderful and beautiful (both inside and out) Inna Evtoushenko to come and speak with us! <\/p>\n\n\n\n Inna is a holistic nutritionist specializing in oncology nutrition and digestive health. She is also a registered massage therapist and lymphedema therapist at her private practice called Restorative Massage Therapy. https:\/\/restorativemassagetherapy.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Inna is going to share valuable information and speak with us about healthy fats and harmful fats in our everyday nutrition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n We don\u2019t need to avoid fat, we just need to know what the best fat is for our body\u2019s optimal health. Fats play an incredible role in our bodies, and I\u2019m excited for us all to learn more about this topic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n So please, as always, bring your open minds, questions, notepad and pen, a bottle of water and grab a friend or two! <\/p>\n\n\n\n These seminars are for everyone at ANY health level or state. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Together we learn, share, laugh and prosper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Together we are an uplifting and supportive community. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Together we are not alone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Together we can do this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Together, we are The Health Warriors! <\/p>\n\n\n\n Oooh! I have one more superkalafrajalistic thing I\u2019m excited to share with you all!! \ud83e\udd29<\/p>\n\n\n\n As per your requests, we finally have a website!!! Thanks to my friend, Kevin Plested, of Warpzone Web Services, you have a site to go to! Woot woot! Thank you Kevin! <\/p>\n\n\n\n It JUST went live, so, for now, it\u2019ll include these newsletters and you can leave comments there too. We will be tweaking, adding and cutting as we go. It is just the beginning, and it is growing organically, exactly how it is meant to be!<\/p>\n\n\n\n So your love, positive and constructive feedback is welcomed! As you know, I do not get paid for this. The payment is that it truly fills my heart to share and give back to the people what I am learning, so that others may have healing success stories too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n