It is a New Year and many of us may have already given up on our New Year's resolutions set only 6 short weeks ago. Many of our goals centered around being more healthy, loosing weight, becoming more active and eating better. Yet only after less then 60 days we have decided it is too difficult and given up on our own intentions! Intentions that were important and held meaning for us. Well it is time to revive those health intentions! Many times we give up when we feel discouraged, stressed or confused. Maybe we set intentions to eat more healthy, but after 45 days of endless salads, we became bored and didn't really know what else to make. Maybe we set intentions to be more active, and while we got into the groove and started moving early on, now the busy schedules and long days have us worn out and our goals just seem to impossible to attain. The good news is that is not true. The goals you have for yourself can be attained, without feeling overwhelmed or stressed out about it if you have the right tools, knowledge and support. Our 12-week, Your Perfect Weight program was designed to do just that. In 12 weeks you will have the knowledge you need to be confident, the tools you need to be prepared and the support you need to successful.
Our Group Working series focuses on giving you in-depth knowledge about what your body needs to be healthy and the foods to eat to support your health, which will help you be confident in sticking with it. Tools such as Individualizing Your Diet, Grocery Store Learning Expeditions and Healthy Cooking classes, prepare you for how and what to eat once you leave the comfort of the group setting. Our weekly group setting allows you to be supported by a knowledgeable coach and teacher but also from other individuals that are making the same journey.
Our Holistic focus is very different from the conventional mind set of caloric restriction, counting calories and a one size fits all approach. Your Perfect Weight is all about you finding what works best with your unique body type and individual biochemical make-up so you can integrate it as a way of life long term.
Your Perfect Weight is not a conventional "diet" and that is because conventional diets miss the big picture, COMPLETELY. They focus on ways to restrict caloric intake while completely ignoring what it is participants are eating and how they eat it. Ads for Nutrisystem show microwavable dishes that are overcooked, over processed and completely enzyme and nutrient deficient. It is impossible to keep weight balanced with enzyme and nutrient deficient foods. The body sends hunger signals out not only when it is lacking calories, but most importantly when it is lacking the nutrients it needs. Your hunger response is a signal to you that your body is in need of essential nutrients. You can eat 2,000 calories and still feel ravenously hungry if you body has not received the nutrients it needs to live and be healthy. The body will continue to send out hunger signals until the nutrients it needs are fulfilled, not just until your stomach is full, and it will also begin storing fat because it feels it is in danger of starving. Your body will begin storing fat even if you are eating an excess number of calories. Trying to restrict or control one's caloric intake while not giving the body what it needs is a losing battle. You hunger response is a natural healthy response and trying to control it with the mind without satisfying its cause is not only unhealthy it is impossible long term. You should eat when you are hungry and only when you are hungry. If you learn to control and override that natural response your natural body rhythms and signals will forever be out of sync leading to lifelong problems. In addition, not listening to your body's needs will result in keeping you out of tune with your own natural body rhythms which will keep you locked in an unhealthy cycle. The best approach is to listen to your body and respond by giving it what it needs. And what does your body need? High energy, nutrient dense living foods which gives your body everything it is asking for. The best approach to finding and staying your perfect weight? The answer is through raw living foods.
Raw foods are foods that have not been altered or processed in any way from their natural state. This includes not cooking any foods above the heat of the Sun here on Earth, or 118 degrees. The reason for this is simple. Once foods are heated or processed they loose up to 80% of their nutrients, almost all of their natural pure water content and most of the oxygen content, vitamins are destroyed, minerals loose their catalytic effect, which is needed in order for vitamins to work in the body and most of their fiber content, all of the living enzymes and phytochemicals are completely destroyed. Leaving you with a food that is lacking in most nutrients the body needs and is asking for. Cooked foods also take energy from the body because they take longer to move through the digestive tract and digestion is the number one energy consumer within the body! When foods are heated above 118 degrees most of their nutritional content is completely destroyed.
Living foods come pre-packed with the enzymes within them to fully digest that particular food. Our body also makes enzymes to help in the digestive process but when we eat foods that are already pre-packed with the unique and complete enzyme package needed to fully digest the food our overall digestive process is enhanced. This frees up energy that otherwise would be used in making enzymes and digesting food that can then be used for other processes such as removing toxins and breaking down unneeded fat stored in the body. Once foods have been cooked above 118 degrees the natural living enzymes and completely destroyed. Raw fats, for instance, contain within them the enzyme lipase which completely metabolizes the fat allowing the body to use it as energy instead of storing. Heated fats on the other hand are not readily metabolized by the body and end up stored within the body tissues because they have no enzymes left within them to help break them down once inside the body. Cellulite is now being seen as heated fats that have been unmetabolized and stored in the body tissues. This is one of the reasons raw foodists lack any visible signs of cellulite, even if they are in the later years of life. When you eat enzyme deficient foods the body is forced to make its own enzymes and energy is diverted from other important processes. In addition when you eat enzyme deficient foods they may not be fully and completely digested which leads to these foods being stored in the body resulting in excess pounds.
Living foods are nutrient dense foods. For instance look at the following list. These are the nutrient and natural chemical components found in just 1 fresh clean apple:
WHAT’S IN A FRESH WHOLE CLEAN APPLE?
(FROM “Handbook of Phytochemical Constituents of Generally Regarded as Safe (GRAS) Herbs”)
ABSCISIC-ACID FR NAP
CIS-2, TRANS-4-ABSCISIC-ACID BK NAP
TRANS-ABSCISIC-ACID FR NAP
ACETIC-ACID
ACETIC-ACID-AMYL-ESTER
ACETALDEHYDE
ACETONE
N-ALPHA-ACETYL-AGGININE SH NAP
ADENINE RT NAP
ALPHA-ALANINE FR
BETA-ALANINE FR
ALANINE 70-435 FR USA
ALUMINUM 0.4-129 FR AAS USG
ALPHA-AMINOBUTYRIC-ACID
AMMONIA(NH3) 235-1,029 EP (FR)
AMYGDALIN 6,000-13,800 SD
AMYL-ACETATE
AMYL-BUTYRATE
AMYL-PROPIONATE
ANILINE 1.7 EP(FR) NAP
ANILINE 1.5 FR NAP
ARABINOSE
ARGININE 60-373 FR USA
ARSENIC 0.00055-0.43 FR AAS USG
ASCORBIC-ACID 20-402 FR USA
ASCORBIDASE
ASH 2,300-43,000 FR USG
ASPARAGINE 171 FR
ASPARTIC-ACID 210-2,115 FR USA
AVICULARIN FR NAP
BARIUM 0.22-8.6 FR USG
BENZOIC-ACID
3,4-BENZOPYRENE FR NAP
BENZYL-ACETATE
BENZYL-AMINE 0.6 EP(FR) NPA
BENZYLAMINE 0.3-3.0 FR NAP
BIOTIN
BORON 1-110 FR AAS BOB USG
BROMINE <1 FR AAS
BUTANOL
N-BUTANOL
1-BUTANOL
2-BUTANOL
BUTYL-ACETATE
BUTYL-BUTYRATE
BUTYL-CAPROATE
BUTYL-PROPIONATE
BUTYL-VALERIANATE
I-BUTYL-OCTANOATE
I-BUTYL-PROPIOANTE
N-BUTYL-DECANOATE
N-BUTYL-FORMATE
N-BUTYL-N-HEXANOATE
N-BUTYL-OCTANOATE
N-BUTYL-PROPIONATE
CADMIUM <0.002-0.0258 FR AAS USG
CAFFEETANNIN
CAFFEIC-ACID 85-1,270 FR CRC(FSN)
CALCIUM 43-570 (-1,376) FR AAS USG
CALCIUM-OXALATE
CAPROALDEHYDE
CAPRIOIC-ACID-AMYL-ESTER
CAPRYLIC-ESTER
CARBOHYDRATE 152,250-948,550 FR
BETA-CAROTENE 0-76 FR
CAROTENOIDS 0-126
CATALASE
D-CATECHIN FR NAP
CHLOROGENIC-ACID FR NAP
CHLOROPHYLL 0-1 FR
CHROMIUM 0.005-0.3 FR AAS USG
CITRIC-ACID
CITRAMALIC-ACID
COBALT <0.005-0.043 FR AAS USG
COPPER 0.24-4 FR AAS USG
COUMARIC-ACID
P-COUMARIC-ACID 15-460 FR CRC (FSN)
N-COUMARYL-QUINIC-ACID
P-COUMARYL-QUINIC-ACID FR NAP
CREATINE SH NAP
CUTIN EP(FR) NAP
CYANIDIN LF NAP
CYANIDIN-3-ARABINOSIDE
CYANIDIN-7-ARABINOSIDE
CYANIDIN-3,5 DIGLUCOSIDE CY NAP
CYANIDIN-3-GALACTOSIDE
CYSTINE 30-187
I-DECANOIC-ACID
N-DECANOL
DECENOIC-ACID
1-DECYL-ACETATE
DEHYDROASCORBIC-ACID
DIASTASE
DIETHYLAMINE 3 FR NAP
DIGALACTOSYL-DIGLYCERIDE 49-107 FR
3-BETA-19-ALPHA-DIHYDROXY-2-OXOURS-
12-EN-28-OIC-ACID 1,000 WD NAP
DIHYDROXYTRICARBALLYLIC-ACID 1 FR
DIPHOSPHATIDYL-GLYCEROL 4-6 FR
EO 25-35
L-EPICATECHIN FR NAP
5,6-EPOXY-10’-APO-5,6-DIHYDRO-BETACAROTENE-3,10’-DIOL 20,000
EP(FR) NAP
ESTRAGOLE TR EO
ESTRONE 0.10-0.13 SD NAP
ETHANOL
ETHYL-ACETATE
ETHYLAMINE 3 FR NAP
ETHYL-BUTYRATE
ETHYL-CAPROATE
ETHYL-CROTONATE
ETHYL-DECENOATE
ETHYL-DODECANOATE
ETHYL-HEXANOATE
ETHYL-ISOBUTYTRATE
ETHYL-METHYLBUTYRATE
ETHYL-NONANOATE
ETHYL-OCTANOATE
ETHYL-PENTANOATE
ETHYL-PHENACETATE
ETHYL-PROPIONATE
ETHYL-VALERIANATE
FARNESENE EP(FR) NAP
FAT 3,210-34,200 FR FNF PED
FAT 180,000-230,000 SD
FERULIC-ACID 4-95 FR CRC(FSN)
FIBER 131,000 FR PED
FIBER 5,200-49,636 FR USA
FLUORINE <0.1-2.1 FR AAS
FOLACIN 0.02-0.2 FR USA
FORMIC-ACID
FRUCTOSE 50,100-60,800 FR
FUMARIC-ACID
GALACTANASE
GALACTARIC-ACID
D-GALACTURONIC-ACID 13-54
GERANIOL
D-GLUCITOL
GLUCOCEREBROSIDE 34-49
D-GLUCONIC-ACID
GLUCOSE 17,200-18,200 FR
GLUTAMIC-ACID 156-1,244 FR
GLUTAMINE 20
GLYCERIC-ACID
GLYCINE 80-497
GLYCOLIC-ACID
GLYOXYLIC-ACID
GUANIDINE SH NAP
GUANIDINOACETIC-ACID SH NAP
GAMMA-GUANIDINOBUTRAMIDE SH NAP
GAMMA-GUANIDINOBUYTYRIC-ACID SH
NAP
GAMMA-GUANIDINOPROPIONIC-ACID SH
NAP
GUANIDINOSUCCINIC-ACID SH NAP
HEMICELLULOSE
HEPTACOSANE
N-HEPTANOIC-ACID
HEPTENOIC-ACID
2-HEPTANOL
N-HEPTANOL
N-HEX-1-EN-3-OL
CIS-N-HEX-3-EN-1-OL
TRANS-N-HEX-2-EN-1-OL
TRANS-N-HEX-3-EN-1-OL
HEXACOSANOL
N-HEXANOL
7-HEXANOIC-ACID
I-HEXANOIC-ACID
HEXANOL
2-HEXENAL
TRANS-2-HEXENOIC-ACID
HEXYL-ACETATE
HEXYL-BUTYRATE
HEXYL-FORMATE
N-HEHYL-N-HEXANOATE
N-HEXYL-OCTANOATE
N-HEXYL-PROPIONATE
HISTIDINE 30-187 FR
P-HYDROXYBENZOIC-ACID FR NAP
HYDROXYCINNAMIC-ACID 1,340 FR
4-HYDROXYMETHYLPROLINE
3-HYDROXY-OCTYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
FR NAP
19-HYDROXYURSOLIC-ACID PL JSG
20-HYDROXYURSOLIC-ACID PL JSG
19-HYDROXYURSONIC-ACID PL JSG
HYPERIN
HYPEROSIDE FR NAP
IDAEIN
INDOLE-3-ACETIC-ACID PL PAS
INOSITOL
IODINE
IRON 1.1-123 FR AAS USA USG
ISOAMYL-BUTYRATE
ISOAMYL-PROPIONATE
ISOBUTYL-ACETATE
ISOBUTYL-BUTYRATE
ISOBUTYL-FORMATE
ISOCHLOROGENIC-ACID PL PAS
ISOCITRIC-ACID
ISOLEUCINE 50-497 FR
ISOPROPYL-BUTYRATE
ISOQUERCITRIN FR NAP
JASMONIC-ACID FR NAP
KILOCALORIES 3,419 FR PED
LACTIC-ACID
LAURIC-ACID 10-63 FR
LEAD 0.002-64 FR AAS USG
LECITHIN
LEUCINE 120-746 FR
LINOLENIC-ACID 870-5,411 FR
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID 180-1,120 FR
LITHIUM 0.044-0.172 FR USG
LUTEIN 0.4-5 FR JAF37:657
LUTEOXANTHIN FR NAP
LYSINE 20-746 FR
MAGNESIUM 48-478 (-860) FR AAS USA USG
L-MALIC-ACID
MALVIDIN-MONOGLYCOSIDE
MANGANESE 0-29 FR AAS USG
MANNOSE
MERCURY 0.00011-0.02 FR AAS USG
METHANOL
METHIONINE 20-124
METHYL-ACETATE
METHYL-2-XI-ACETOXY-20-BETAHYDROXY-URSONATE EP(FR)
METHYLAMINE 4.5 EP(FR) NAP
2-METHYL-BUT-2-EN-1-AL FR NAP
2-METHYL-BUT-3-EN-1-OL FR NAP
D-2-METHYLBUTAN-1-OL
2-METHYLBUTAN-2-OL
METHYL-BUTYRATE
METHYL-CAPROATE
2-METHYL-2,3-EPOXY-PENTANE FR
NAP
24-METHYLENE-CHOLESTEROL PO
NAP
METHYL-FORMATE
METHYL-GUANIDINE SH NAP
6-METHYL-HEPTEN-5-EN-2-ONE FR
NAP
METHYL-HEXANOATE
N-METHYL-BETAPHENETHYLAMINE 1.2 FR NAP
METHYL-PROPIONATE
METHYL-2-METHYL-BUTYRATE
METHYL-I-PENTANOATE
2-METHYLPENTAN-2-OL
N-METHYL-PHENETHYLAMINE 1.3
EX(FR) NAP
N-METHYL-PHENETHYLAMINE 1.2
FR NAP
GAMMA-METHYLA-PROLINE
2-METHYL-PROPEN-1-AL FR NAP
METHYL-VINYL-KETONE FR NAP
MEVALONIC-ACID 30-36 FR
MOLYBDENUM 0.077-0.43 FR USG
MONOGALACTOSYL-DIGLYCERIDE
12-42
1-MONO-LINOLEIN SD NAP
MUFA 150-935 FR USA
MYOINOSITOL 4,500 PO NAP
MYRISTIC-ACID 20-124 FR
NEOCHLOROGENIC-ACID
NEOXANTHIN EP(FR) NAP
NIACIN 1-7 FR
NICKEL 0.004-0.645 FR AAS USG
NITROGEN 280-4,000 FR AAS
NONACOSANE
D-L-NONACOSANOL
N-NONANOIC-ACID
N-NONANOL-2-NONANOL
NONENOIC-ACID
I-NONYL-ACETATE
OCTACOSANOL
OCTA-CIS-3-CIS-5-DIEN-1-OL EO
NAP
OCTA-TRANS-3-CIS-5-DIEN-1-OL EO
NAP
OCTA-CIS-3-CIS-5-DIEN-1-OLACETATE EO NAP
OCTA-TRANS-3-CIS-5-DIEN-1-OLACETATE EO NAP
N-OCTANONE
N-OCTANOL-2-OCTANOL
OCTENOIC-ACID
1-OCTYL-ACETATE
OLEIC-ACID 140-871 FR
OXALIC-ACID
OXALOACETIC-ACID
ALPHA-OXOGLUTARIC-ACID
PALMITIC-ACID 480-2,986 FR
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 10-62 FR
PANTOTHENIC-ACID 1-4 FR USA
PECTASE
PECTIN 1,400-66,585 FR USA
PECTIN-DEMETHOXYXYLASE
N-PENTANOIC-ACID
I-PENTANOIC-ACID
PENTANOL
I-PENTANOL
2-PENTANOL
3-PENTANOL
N-PENTENOIC-ACID
N-PENTYL-AMINE 0.3 FR NAP
PENTYL-BUTYRATE
N-PENTYL-DECANOATE
N-PENTYL-FORMATE
I-PENTYL-FORMATE
PENTYL-HEXANOATE
N-PENTYL-2-METHYLBUTYRATE
I-PENTYL-I-PENTANOATE
N-PENTYL-OCTANOATE
PEROXIDASE
2-PHENETHYLACETATE
PHENOLICS 1,100-3,400
PHENYLALANINE 50-311 FR
PHLORETAMIDE FR NAP
PHLORETIN LF JAD
PHLORETIN-4’-0 BETA-DGLUCOPYRANOSIDE 6,486 FR NAP
PHLORETIN-XYLOGLUCOSIDE FR
NAP
PHLORIZIN GLYCOSURIC
PHOSPHATIDYLIC-ACID 3-6 FR
PHOSPHATIDYL-CHOLINE 189-214
FR
PHOSPHATIDYL-ETHANOLAMINE
101-124 FR
PHOSPHATIDYL-GLYCEROL 8-27 FR
PHOSPHATIDYL-INOSITOL 53-59 FR
PHOSPHATIDYL-SERINE 4 FR
PHOSPHORUS 68-925 (-1,548) FR AAS
PED USG
PHYTOSTEROLS 120-745 FR USA
PIPECOLINIC-ACID
POLYGALACTOSYL-DIGLYCERIDE
POLYGALACTURONASE
POLYPHENOLASE
POMOLIC-ACID PL JSG
POMONIC-ACID PL JSG
POTASSIUM 1,110-12,140 (-17,630) FR AAS USG
PROCYANIDINS LF NAP
PROLINE 20-435
PROPANOL
2-PROPANOL
N-PROPANOL
I-PROPANOL
N-PROPIONIC-ACID
PROPYL-ACETATE
PROPYL-BUTYRATE
PROPYL-FORMATE
PROPYL-2-METHYLBUTYRATE
PROPYL-N-PENTANOATE
PROPYL-PROPIONATE
PROTEIN 1,870-12,800 FR PED
PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID FR NAP
PUFA 1,050-6,535 FR USA
PYRROLIDINE 1.5 EP(FR) NAP
PYROXIDINE
PYRUVIC-ACID
QUERCETIN 58-263 PC PAM
QUERCETIN-ARABINOSIDE
QUERCETIN-3-O-ALPHAARABINOFURANOSIDE PL JSG
QUERCETIN-3-0-ALPHA-GALACTOSIDE EP(FR)
NAP
QUERCETIN-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE PL JSG
QUERCETIN-3-RHAMNOGLUCOSIDE
QUERCETIN-3-O-RHAMNOSIDE PL JSG
QUERCETIN-3-RUTINOSIDE
QUERCETIN-3-O-XYLOSIDE EP(FR) NAP
QUERCETIN FR NAP
L-QUINIC-ACID
REYNOUTRIN FR NAP
RIBOFLAVIN 1 FR
RUBIDIUM 0.27-10 FR AAS
RUTIN TR EP(FR) NAP
SELENIUM 0.000055-0.00043 FR USG
SERINE 80-497 FR USA
SFA 580-3,610 FR USA
SHIKIMIC-ACID
SILICON 1-70 FR AAS
SILVER 0.011-0.086 FR USG
SINAPIC-ACID FR NAP
SODIUM 0-133 FR USG
SORBITOL LF NAP
STEARIC-ACID 70-435 FR
STRONTIUM 0.165-8.6 FR USG
SUCCINIC-ACID
SUCROSE 24,000-36,200 FR
SUGAR 60,100-166,000 FR
SULFUR 1.65-23 FR USG
TETRADECENYL-ACETATE LF NAP
TETRADECYL-ACETATE LF NAP
THIAMIN 1-2 FR PED
THREONINE 30-435 FR
TITANIUM 0.055-3 FR USG
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 2-37 FR TOT USA
TRIACONTANOL
TRIGLYCERIDE 45-50
1,3,3,-TRIMETHYL-DIOXA-2,7-BICYCLO (2,2,1)
HEPTANE FR NAP
TRYPTOPHAN 20-124 FR
TYROSINE 40-249 FR
URONIC-ACID 7-1,440 FR
URSOLIC-ACID EP(FR) NAP
VALINE 40-560 FR
VIT-B6 1-3 FR
VOMIFOLIOL-1-O-BETA-D-XYLOPYRANOSYL-6-
0-BETA-
D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE FR NAP
WATER 809,000-896,000 FR USG
XYLOSE
ZINC 0-35 FR AAS USG
ZIRCONIUM 0.22-0.86 FR USA
Quite the impressive list! Plant foods have been intelligently designed and include a whole host of properties we are still only beginning to discover the functions of. Besides your standard vitamins, minerals and fiber content, plant foods contain active living chemical components called phytochemicals whose properties are voluminous in function from hormone regulation to tumor regression to blood pressure regulation. These active chemical components are completely destroyed in heats above 118 degrees. Once they are destroyed by heat or processing they can no longer carry out their intended function within the body. Our body needs these phytochemicals to keep itself in balance and to heal. What properties these phytochemicals hold to helping us maintain our balanced weight are still unknown but the possibilities are endless and exciting!
Living foods are used immediately by the body. They are digested and assimilated with nothing left over to store. Once your body begins getting all the nutrients it needs you begin eating less and releasing fat that was stored while your body was not getting the nutrients it needed. If you are getting all the nutrients your body needs within 1,000 to 1,500 calories that is all your body needs, you are satisfied, the hunger response is shut down and the body begins to release stored fat. This is why when going to a raw diet people many times loose a substantial amount of weight within a very short period of time, 30-45 pounds in 30 days is not uncommon or unhealthy using this approach.
Raw foods act in multiple ways to help you loose weight rapidly and completely. Raw foods:
1. Detoxify and cleanse the body of toxins and accumulated fat
2. Are nutrient dense allowing the body to get what it needs and release stored fat
3. Balance and heal the body with living chemical and nutrient components
4. Are packed with living enzymes which help foods to be completely digested and assimilated
5. Are pure with no toxic chemicals for the body to store within fat tissue
If you are looking to loose weight and keep it off the best approach is to use a program that balances your body and restores you from the inside out.
At Align Holistic Health & Well Being we have created the Your Perfect Weight Program that is based upon everything just discussed. We first start with a 30 day raw food and living juice cleanse to clean the internal environment of stored toxins while restoring balance to your entire being. We then learn how to individualize your diet so you are eating what and how your unique biochemical make up needs. We learn how to eat seasonally and how to shop and live the raw food lifestyle. Included is raw food cooking classes and grocery store tours. Giving you all the tools you need to find your perfect weight and stay at it for good.
Get off the weight loss roller coaster ride and live at Your Perfect Weight! You can find out more information about Align, our health philosophy and Your Perfect Weight Program here:
Happy Healthy New Year!
References:
A Healthy Way to Loose Weight Fast. Better Nutrition. January 2012
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