Keys to ULTIMATE Energy & Health!

     YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT

 About 6-7 years ago, I was seeking a way to have more energy. I would wake up after sleeping for 7-8 hours and still be tired! Crazy, right? I tried crazy things to increase my energy level, basically putting a band-aid on the problem... For an example, I went through a few weeks of consuming 1-2 RedBulls a day until I got rashes all over my skin.

 After reading many books on this topic, researching nutrition (which is very contradicting), I landed on this book: "Unlimited Power" by Tony Robbins. To be specific, chapter 10 changed our lives! Talk about a REVELATION!!! And if you don't believe me, get the book, read that chapter and follow those 6 principles for 3-4 weeks. You will feel like a million bucks!

  This will absolutely challenge your beliefs about health. How I wish they would teach this in schools! Can you imagine? If you had the most beautiful race car in the world, but in stead of running it on gas, you run it on beer, how far would it go? Explains why heart disease and cancers are so common.

  Let's get into the 3 principles: First key to ultimate energy & health is effective fruit consumption. Fruit is the most perfect food. It takes the least amount of energy to digest and gives the body the most in return. Fruit is cleansing and nurturing all at the same time (we talked about the importance of cleansing your body in my previous blog). Here is the only problem is that most people don't know that you MUST eat fruit on an empty stomach. The fruit is designed to go right through your stomach in a few minutes and into the intestines, where it releases it's sugars. If you eat it after a meal, the fruit gets trapped in the stomach and begins to ferment (which causes indigestion, gas, burping, etc).

1.  Here is what we do: we drink a fresh smoothy (all fruit and a little ice) first thing in the morning. For those of us who want to stay young, here is another motivating fact. First thing in the morning, your cells need nutrients (that are in fresh fruits/vegetables). If you don't provide the right nutrition, your cells go into the largest part of your body, the skin, and take the needed nutrients. You will age faster. So hey, nourish your body with fresh fruit. The best kind is freshly squeezed fruit juice/smoothy (don't drink processed juice; it's acidic). I love how Tony Robbins puts it. "Do you want to make the most valuable purchase you can? Buy a juicer. Do you own a car? Sell your car and buy a juicer. The juicer will take you further." I own a blender (that way there is no waste).




My favorite fruit to use for the smoothies:

• pineapples
• oranges
• mangos
• peaches
• apples
• berries - frozen or fresh - strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, etc
• bananas
• kiwis

  2. The second key to ultimate energy & health is the principle of effective combining. This is pretty simple: Some foods should not be eaten with others. Different types of foods require different types of digestive juices, and not all digestive juices are compatible. For example, when you eat starchy foods (rice, potatoes, bread, etc) your stomach produces one kind of digestive fluid (won't bore you with fancy terminology). Protein foods (meat, dairy, nuts, seeds, etc) require a different type of digestive fluid. When combined together, they neutralize each other. Your digestion becomes impaired and completely arrested. As a result, you have gas, loss of energy, toxicity, just a bunch of drama that you don't need!! Have you ever felt so exhausted after a meal? And ... watch this: American food: burgers, hot dogs, pizza, sandwiches, meat & potatoes, milk&cereal (starch+protein - wrong combination) - no wonder America is experiencing crazy health problems & obesity is at all times high. Here is how we eat (most of the time =)) : LOTS of water-based foods (fresh salads, veggies) plus meat; or water-based foods with starches. Try it, you will be just AMAZED that after a meal you feel ENERGY vs problems. By the way, if you just have these habits, you will lose weight (if you could afford to lose some)!!

3.  The third key is eating water-based foods. 80% of your body is water. Therefore most of the diet should contain water-based foods. That means fresh fruits or vegetables, or their juices freshly squeezed. Eating these also makes your body alkaline VS dead foods (packaged, chips, you know dead foods) make your body acidic. NO disease can live in an alkaline body.
 I challenge you to try these few principles and get the book to learn the other three. Can I tell you that our house never gets sick? My kids are learning the proper way to take care and nourish their bodies? Here is what I also realize... most of you won't do it. I challenge you to go against the masses and take a stand for your health and your family's health. Just try little improvements everyday. I promise you .. that's how I did it.

I wish you Lots of Health and Energy! God Bless!