Whats in your pantry

So not only is the liver one of the most important organs, it is also the one that gets abused all the time. Not only through drinking, and smoking, the liver is harmed everyday by toxins in the food we eat, processed foods that are full of artificial colours and ingredients. We abuse our liver until it can't handle it anymore and we end up with liver disease, fatty liver, toxic liver and so many more wonderful things (insert sarcasm here).

Read the labels of the products you are buying. don't just buy them because they are inexpensive, or have cool designs on the box, or are advertised as 100 calorie packs. Read the ingredients and see if the first three ingredients are Sugar based... anything ending in OSE.... see if there are words you cannot pronounce, or can pronounce but have no idea what they are. Why would you put a  foreign substance into your body? People are so paranoid about dirt on their fruit and vegetables and how many hands have touched it before they bought it, and yet will so happily buy a 100 calorie pack of little chocolate bars because they are only 100 calories! Have you ever looked at whats in your food? Perhaps you should make it a goal this week, to read the labels in all your favourite products... you'll be disgustingly surprised at what you find in the foods you eat and where else you can find that product and what it can and is used for.  

Stress Eating...or lack there of

Some people eat their feelings, while others use stress to fuel them and to not eat. Both have extremely negative results on the body. Over eating puts stress on the liver to process all the food that is coming in, as most of it isn't healthy. The liver can't handle all that food in one go so it pushes it into other places in our body, like the skin as acne and rashes, into our joints creating aches and pains, into our brains creating fog and exhaustion. Not eating puts stress on the entire body, but extreme amounts on the adrenal glands, which work to keep the body in homeostasis, or happily balanced. When the body is relying on them totally they eventually burnout creating intense exhaustion. When your adrenals burn out your Thyroid takes over, creating weight issues and thyroid problems. So please no matter what kind of stress you are under, listen to your body, it will tell you what it needs.

Oatmeal is very grounding and keeps your body naturally in homeostasis, add some cinnamon and coconut oil and you have yourself a blood sugar balancing full protein, carb and fat meal that will keep you satiated for a fair amount of time.

Liver Cleansing

Some people think that cleansing means no food for a few days and only drinking water. Well I would like to tell you that there are many simple forms of liver cleanses that you can do. Like 1/2 a lemon squeezed into a cup of room temp or warm water as soon as you wake up, then wait 30 minutes before eating breakfast. Not only does this cleanse your liver but it always gets your digestive tract awake and ready for your first meal of the day. See now that was easy.