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HEAL FROM THE INSIDE OUT December 6, 2009

Posted by Mary Ellen Iafrate in : Nutrition , trackback

As the “About Us” profile in the DME Health Connection blog states, I am a Lymes disease survivor.  Before being diagnosed, each day brought new pain and health issues. 

The antibiotics my medical doctor prescribed to me were effective.  However, after taking the medication for several years, I knew I had to find an alternative way to heal my body.  I discovered good nutrition, in conjunction with occasional meds, was my path to wellness.

When I read the following article in To Your Health, I knew I had to share it with DME’s readers.

I hope you find the content of the article as important as I did because I can attest to its validity and significance.

To your good health,

Mary Ellen Iafrate, HHC

HEALTHY FROM THE INSIDE OUT 

What does it take to make a life-changing decision to improve one’s health?  For some people, it’s illness, a near-death experience or even the loss of a loved one.  For others, it might simply be the unpleasant realization that an unhealthy lifestyle will one day catch up with them. 

A commitment to exercise and improved nutrition is often the best therapy.  Unfortunately, the multibillion-dollar beauty business is a great cover-up for an unhealthy lifestyle. 

One of the simplest and most important things we can do to revive our appearance, physical health and mental acuity as we age doesn’t involve cosmetic changes or a trip to the spa; it’s as easy as supplying our body with the nutrient-rich food and physical activity it so desperately needs.  Beauty literally comes from the inside, and it takes responsible day-to-day choices to ensure this translates outwardly.  Here are some suggestions on what you can do starting today to cultivate beauty from the inside out. 

Control the Inflammation 

One of the best ways to reclaim and maintain health, and even take years off your appearance, is to control something called inflammation. Simply put, inflammation is heat, swelling or pain.  When it is chronic, inflammation can make us age prematurely, and has been associated with diabetes, heart disease, arthritis, depression, cognitive decline and other conditions.  Sources of inflammation in American’s lives include stress, obesity, smoking, drugs and sedentary lifestyles. 

One of the leading inflammatory triggers is unhealthful food, including sugars, red meat, artificial ingredients, gluten, trans fats, and alcohol.  Packaged and process foods, especially those laden with hormones, antibiotics and preservatives, also contribute to inflammation.  An inactive lifestyle, combined with a diet favoring inflammatory foods, can lead to free-radical damage, which might spur disease and appear on the skin as lines and wrinkles. 

The first step toward looking and feeling better is an improved diet that includes plenty of vegetables, lean protein sources, green drinks, beans and raw foods.  It’s also important that inflammatory grains, such as pasta and bread, be replaced with foods such as quinoa, buckwheat and wild rice, which are more easily digested by most people. 

Make Healthy Lifestyle Choices

In addition to eating nutritious foods and getting the proper enzymes and probiotics, we suggest the following: 

Remember!  You’re worth it!!

 The above is an excerpt from “Healthy from the Inside Out”;  published in To Your Health, November, 2009; authored by:  Peggy Raikes, MTOM, Lac, Encinitas, CA, www.acupunctureforms.com.

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