Holistic Healing Systems Health and Wellness



Ayurveda originated in India over 3000 years ago and is one of the world’s oldest holistic healing systems, based on the belief that health and wellness depend on a delicate balance between the mind, body, and spirit. Its primary function is to restore or maintain balance within the body, not fight disease.
Part of the Clean Eating Guide is this “daily drink” – sipped throughout the day – detoxing the body and organs while revving up the metabolism.
This tea has become a godsend to me, a small ritual I put into practice 6 months ago that I have come to love, not only for its flavor but for its energizing and cleansing qualities.

1 cucumber
1 lemon
2 limes
1 bunch of mint

Slice them all and divide the ingredients between four 24-oz. water bottles. Fill them with filtered water and drink daily. Not only does this taste delicious and help flush fat, but it also counts toward your daily water intake!

Lemons: Help absorb sugars and calcium and reduce your cravings for sweets.

Cucumbers act as diuretics and flush fat cells. In addition, it is alkalizing to the body (if you have an alkaline body, no diseases can live there) and increases your energy levels.

Limes promote a healthy digestive tract.

Mint is a natural appetite suppressant that also aids in digestion.

Eat to Live 6-Week Plan.

From the book Eat to Live: The Revolutionary Formula for Fast and Sustained Weight Loss by Dr. Joel Fuhrman.

UNLIMITED (eat as much as you want):
• All raw vegetables, including raw carrots (goal: 1 lb. daily)
• Cooked green vegetables (goal 1 lb. daily)
•beans, legumes, bean sprouts, or *tofu (minimum 1 cup daily in a total of these)
• Fresh fruit (at least 4 daily).
•eggplant, mushrooms, peppers, onions, tomato, and other non-starchy vegetables, cooked and raw (unlimited)

*Beans should be eaten daily; tofu should be eaten less frequently.

LIMITED (not more than one serving):

•cooked starchy vegetables OR whole grains–Maximum 1 cup per day (butternut or acorn squash, corn, sweet potato, brown rice, cooked carrots, whole grain bread*, whole grain cereals*)
•raw nuts and seeds (1 oz. or 28.5 grams a day) or 2 ounces of avocado
•ground flaxseed (1 tablespoon a day)
•soymilk, low-sugar preferred–Maximum 1 cup a day

*Avoid bread and cereals as much as possible

OFF-LIMITS:
•dairy products
•animal products
•between-meal snacks
•fruit juice, dried fruits
•salt, sugar


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