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BLOG POST 7 – Salt. Good or Bad? And why knowing the differences is crucial to your health.

Posted MichellePosted in Building Health, Health, Myth Busters, Natural Health

MYTH: Salt is bad for you.

THE TRUTH: Table salt is horrible…. highly heated and processed it has no nutritional value and the chemical components can raise blood pressure, cause fluid retention and generally lead to poor health. But don’t let this confuse you.. A good, pure solar dried salt is capable of providing a pure gastrointestinal cleanse and can even serve as a natural, gentle laxative.  That’s right. The best part is – as it gets to work cleaning up your organs, it spreads vital trace minerals  through your body. And you desperately need those crucial minerals to survive and thrive… 

The minerally rich soil that past generations were lucky enough to take for granted has sadly become a thing of the past. Bad farming practices, heavy chemicals and pesticides have stripped our soil of those essential minerals such as calcium, magnesium, sodium and potassium that should be in abundance in our fruits and veggies. 

Also absent are vital micronutrients called Trace minerals,  only needed in small amounts but nature’s catalysts crucial in activating the enzymes necessary for all metabolic processes of life: Zinc, manganese, chromium, cobalt, selenium, iron, iodine and copper are crucial to improve brain and nerve function, promote cellular energy metabolism, support bones and muscles, cardiovascular health  and maintain a healthy electrolyte balance.

Case study:

One of my clients brought her one year old to see me and showed me his back. It was covered with large sores, which were itchy and causing pain and discomfort to the poor little chap. After conducting a health history of the toddler and his mother, I found that he was deficient in the trace minerals found in solar dried sea salt, green leafy veggies, grass fed butter, sea vegetables such as chlorella and kelp, wild caught fish, avocados and veggie or bone broths.  He needed something gentle to help detox the liver, and then flood the body with those vital trace minerals. So I suggested some dietary changes, but most importantly turmeric and a good salt. The sores cleared up in a few days!

A regular question I hear is “why would such a young child be suffering with this?”

Babies absorb their nutrients through the placenta in the womb of course. So they benefit from all the good nutrients we eat, but unfortunately they can also pick up some of the toxins that may have built up over a long time, from the mother or/and father. Those toxins can include chemicals from the water, air, and those in our food from pesticides etc. Alcohol and the use of prescription drugs such as antibiotics all contribute to toxic build up of course.

Here’s one I like. The salt is moist due to the natural brine.

Go to Selinanaturally.com  to find out more and see their whole range of products.

You can also buy it HERE

 

 

 

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Features two premium, untreated, unheated, solar-dried sea salts

  • Pure Australian sea salt and pink Alaea Hawaiian sea salt
  • Supplies critical trace elements*
  • No “anti-clumping” agents as commonly added to regular table salt

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BLOG POST 3 – True Health Philosophy

Posted MichellePosted in Building Health

Our job as nutritionists is to educate people on how to take care of themselves… that might be on which foods to eat, and what to avoid, how to deal with and reduce the stress we often choose to ignore or bury deep inside. 

In Western medicine doctors look at the body as being purely physical and may treat symptoms and disease with the two main tools at their disposal – surgery and drugs. For any acute conditions, those modalities are often absolutely necessary and life-saving. And for those reasons conventional medicine is indispensable and second to none.

But the problem is, many of the daily health issues we deal with aren’t acute, they are chronic; building up slowly over time. Examples being sleep issues, energy levels, headaches, digestive issues such as bloating or constipation, allergies, rashes, diabetes, arthritis, inflammation, hormonal disruptors, stress, mood, depression… the list goes on.  And honestly, there isn’t a pill out there that alone will solve a chronic issue.

Why is that?

Drugs often band aid symptoms, and occasionally that is exactly what we need. If you have an important event to attend, or you just need to get through the day, but have a nasty bout of hay fever or a debilitating migraine, then implementing a quick fix will bring much needed relief.

But if the same problem keeps rearing its ugly head, a plan of action is what you need. And we have just that! Hunt for the root causes and eliminate them for good!

So whatever the health issues are, we show you how to dig in, clean up and ultimately BUILD HEALTH.

We know it is important it to eat a healthy diet, exercise and hydrate, all part of a healthy lifestyle. 

Testing for nutritional deficiencies, checking for infections, cleansing toxins, balancing hormones are  important. However, if you feel you are doing everything right –  but you’re not as healthy as you think you should be, something else is going on.

The culprit may well be a virus, a metabolic dysfunction or something missing in your diet, it’s true. But just as likely there is STRESS to deal with and EMOTIONAL ISSUES to address.

STRESS is the modern-day enemy to True Health because:

  • Stress burns through minerals and nutrients.
  • Stress suppresses immune function.
  • Stress strips you of your energy reserves, drains your vitality.
  • Stress leads to an outpouring of the stress hormones adrenalin and cortisol.

Left unchecked it can cause a whole miserable range of problems from anxiety, hopelessness, depression, insulin resistance, weight gain, and excess inflammation – a precursor for disease.

You may well be eating the healthiest food but literally starving your cells! Sounds crazy right?

But if you are crumbling under stress or just simply having a bad day then your body most likely ISN’T absorbing those vital nutrients.

Stress can diminish everything good that you do. This is so important to grasp, because your worries, fears, insecurities, anxiety and any negative emotions –  if ignored or worse – buried, will weaken your resolve and your immune system.  Stress can damage your cells, blocking your body’s ability to absorb the ‘good stuff,’ to function properly and to heal.

There’s no point eating an antioxidant rich meal, taking a bunch of supplements, but then getting stressed out at work, taking care of the family by yourself and slumping exhausted into bed before starting all over again the next morning. If this is the case a plan of action is most definitely needed.

The True Health protocols are unique because they first teach you how to dissolve the impact stress has on you, and to manage emotional issues effectively before moving on to the other components of good healing.

Here are EIGHT protocols we expand on in the De-Stress APP that are important for optimum health:

  1.  MONITOR your pH
  2.  REDUCE Inflammation…  either from an injury or a systemic issue? Know the difference.
  3.  ABSORB. Are you ACTUALLY getting THE MINERALS  you need? But more importantly are you absorbing them and other crucial nutrients?
  4.  CLEAN UP time using Anti-Microbial products if needed.
  5.  ADD INS: Does your body need enzymes, HCL, CoQ10, a multi or Immune support?
  6.  HEAL THYSELF: Physically and Emotionally: a) Gut Repair for smooth digestion.  b) Gentle measures to clear emotional blockages and elevate wellbeing.
  7. REINOCULATE – Probiotic foods and/or supplements.
  8.  BOOST immune system

If this seems like a whole new way of looking at things and you want to better understand it all, then  good! Let’s consider this…

It’s true that we are physical beings – we strive to be strong, fit and healthy. But we are so much more than just physical. We are made of many layers: nutritional, emotional, relational, chemical, hormonal, sexual, spiritual, and it is important to address each of those layers to be truly healthy and happy 🙂

So we look at the health issues, gather the symptoms as information, and work on addressing the underlying causes or the “roots” that may have contributed to weakening our health.

Our protocols take you by the hand through every step, showing you how to be a Master of your Health instead of being a Victim to stress.

I invite you to stop running around in circles trying different things that haven’t STUCK.

Whether you are sick, feel lost and frustrated by treatment that isn’t working for you, or you just want a SOLID BLUE PRINT that will hand you effective health strategies, crammed with fresh new insights and answers, then you are in the right place.  Our protocols will  guide you seamlessly through the ESSENTIAL steps to elevate your health to new heights, the honest way.

CONTACT ME TO START MAKING THIS HAPPEN.

Check out the Highlights from our new APP: De-Stress2 Digest.

Look out for our BLOG on Emotional Rescue.