Lifestyle Master Program

Author(s): Ellen Livingston
Publisher: Ellen Livingston

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Lifestyle Master Program
eBook 1.0 by Ellen Livingston
However, these systems were not designed to manage the chronically high levels of toxins in our unnatural diet, unnatural environment, and high-stress lifestyles of today. Because of this situation, it is now imperative that we take extra measures to reduce toxic input and to support and facilitate our body's natural detoxification processes. We can do this by removing as many toxins as possible from our diet, environment and lifestyle, and by providing the proper conditions to support vibrant health and efficient function of all our eliminatory systems. For lifelong health we require an appropriate diet, plenty of fresh air, adequate sunshine, pure water, uncoated skin, hair, and teeth (watch out for most "bodycare" products), loving relationships, healthy emotional expression, right livelihood, a sense of connection and purpose, the proper type and amount of exercise, and sufficient rest and deep sleep.
Most marketed cleansing and detox programs actually add to your body's toxic load! In addition, they tend to stress the body and cause unnecessary risk. The typical liver and gallbladder flush will have you consume large quantities of Epsom salts and olive oil, as well as strong herbs purported to kill parasites, all of which is unnecessarily stressful for your body. The liver is literally pushed into over-action. And, though some small hard stones may possibly pass out of the body through this process and sink to the bottom of the toilet, the large quantity of soft, floating "stones” usually purged from the body with this flush may actually be saponified olive oil, a result of the olive oil mixing with the alkaline bile salts and creating a soap (similar to mixing lye and fat).
Other cleanses involve natural clay such as bentonite (claimed to absorb and remove heavy metals from the body) and extracted fibers such as psyllium husk fiber. These substances may be natural, but they are not naturally meant to enter our bodies, and there are risks and side effects from ingesting them. Psyllium husk (or bran) is abrasive and irritating to the delicate lining of our digestive tract, and
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