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Healthy Eating with Detox Recipes for your Body
You probably know by now what detoxification is and the ways that it can be done. A detox diet provides the simplest way to detoxifying yourself. A rule of thumb in detox diets: the more fiber and water, the better. Eat lots of vegetables and fruits, beans and nuts. On the other hand, steer clear of caffeine, carbonated drinks, sugars like chocolates, alcohol and yeast.
Dr. Kiki Sidhwa recommends going on a monotrophic diet after a three-day fast. By monotrophic, we mean eating only one type of fruit for every meal. Example, for breakfast, you can eat apple. For lunch, try out oranges or pineapples. Eat until your hunger is satisfied. You can squeeze in a grapefruit juice at around 4 pm for your snack. And in the evening, eat only apples, pears, grapes or bananas.
Of course, this is just one of those do-it-yourself diet plans that you can take on when you’re on a detox program. For most people, however, detox recipes are the best way to go. These detox recipes are especially designed to provide you with the necessary nutrient in the body and at the same time, providing you with the necessary antioxidants and substances that will cleanse your body from toxins.
For more fluid intake, you can try Ginger Healing Tea with Turmeric. What you need are the following: 2 cups of water, ½ teaspoon of powdered ginger, ½ teaspoon of tumeric, 1 tablespoon of maple syrup and lemon extract. To make your special healing tea, add powdered herbs to boiling water and let it simmer for 10 minutes. Strain the tea into a mug and add maple syrup and lemon extract. Stir and whalaaah— you can start drinking!
For breakfast, you can try the vegetable super juice. This juice gives you the needed energy boost for your senses, wakens your digestive system and can keep you going until lunchtime. For starters, you need 1 whole cucumber, 4 celery sticks, 2-4 handfuls of spinach, 8 lettuce leaves. You can also add other green vegetables like parsley and fresh alfalfa sprouts. The process is easy and simple, juice all ingredients and add distilled water. You can also add lemon juice for better taste.
And now for lunch, try the Alkalising RAW Soup. All you need are 1 avocado, 2 spring onions, ½ red or green pepper, 1 cucumber, 2 handfuls of spinach, ½ clove of garlic, 100 ml of light vegetable Bouillon, lemon or lime juice and Bragg Liquid Aminos for added taste. Just like our vegetable juice, the recipe is simple and easy to do. Blend the avocado and stock to form a light paste. Add other ingredients and blend. And then you can start eating!
Our dinner treat is Warm Broccoli Soup. All you need is ½ avocado, 6-8 broccoli heads, 1/3 red onion, 1 celery stick, a big handful of spinach, inch of root ginger, cumin and bragg liquid amino for added taste. Lightly steam the broccoli for 5-6 minutes. After steaming, blend all the ingredients together and add garlic and pepper to taste. This is perfect for a cold winter night.
Feeling hungry still? These recipes are just few of the hundred other detox recipes available on the net. The key here is to pack yourself with enough water and nutrients to keep you going without ingesting a plateful of additives, sugars and food preservatives. So what are you waiting for? Start eating healthy!
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Type 2 Diabetes is Increasing in Our Children!
Type 2 diabetes in children is one of the most challenging experiences for both the child with this chronic condition, as well as the parents and family. This form of diabetes is more commonly associated with adults but now is on the increase in children, fueled mainly by the obesity crisis.
The disease is still not fully understood by the medical world, and ongoing studies are being done in order to find more clues towards better treatment.
In children who do not have diabetes, insulin is produced in the pancreas and released into the blood as soon as the glucose level starts to rise after eating. In type 1 diabetes, there is little or none produced and insulin-injections are needed to try to keep blood sugar levels within the normal range. In type 2 diabetes, however, insulin is produced but the process is faulty leading to insulin-resistance.
What to watch out for:
- overweight or obesity
- a very strong family history of diabetes, 45-80% have a least one parent with it
- mother had gestational diabetes (during pregnancy)
- acanthosis nigricans is a marker for insulin-resistance. It shows up as darkened pigment and thickened velvety skin around the neck, armpits and groin.
- unusual tiredness
- occurs more often in children with an ethnic background
- excessive hunger
Keeping an eye out for these symptoms as this means diagnosis and treatment can commence as swiftly as possible. The presence of this condition exposes children to decades of damage from elevated blood sugar levels.
Type 2 can be managed successfully through:
- regular activity to help stabilize blood glucose levels
- a healthy eating plan to minimize or prevent the progression or development of health complications and to help with weight loss
- medication, including insulin-injections for some children
Whether insulin-injections are needed or not depends on how high the blood sugar levels are when this condition is diagnosed. Insulin is often the first choice because most of the oral blood glucose lowering medications have not been tested in children. Although metformin is prescribed for children in some countries.
In spite of all the challenges that type 2 diabetes poses, with the right treatment, a young child can still go about life with relative ease. It can be a stressful time for parents and family and this is where your Health Care Provider can be very helpful. He can also give you information about diabetes camps that are run by various organizations; your children can have fun at camp while learning about looking after themselves.
Treatment is really a family business when a child is diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. Family members need to be educated and learn how to give injections and check blood sugar levels. Also to understand the importance of why a healthy eating plan together with increased physical activity is necessary to improve insulin-resistance and reduce health complications in all family members.
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