Step Three: Cleanse

One of the most neglected aspects of your health is what’s on your INSIDE. Keeping the outside of your body clean is a billion dollar industry. Soaps, scrubs, shampoos, toothpastes…whole aisles of grocery stores devoted to keeping you clean on the outside. 

Unfortunately, out of sight is out of mind when it comes to internal cleanliness.  Neglecting your internal health and cleanliness has its consequences.

No one likes to think of themselves filled with all sorts of sludge and chemicals, so let’s focus on some of the symptoms that can occur when you need to rid your body of harmful impurities:

Are you:

• Suffering from fatigue, weakness, low energy levels?
• Dealing with allergies or food sensitivities and intolerances?
• Frustrated by elimination problems  such as constipation,diarrhea,hemorrhoids? 
• Suffering with intestinal disorders like IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome), Colitis?
• Experiencing poor immunity - frequent colds, viruses, infections?
• Dealing with the aggravation of frequent headaches or migraines?
• Exasperated due to skin problems, acne, rashes, boils, pimples, lack-luster color, canker sores? 
• Uncomfortable due to digestive problems, bloating, belching, acid reflux? 
• Concerned by flatulence, bad breath or foul body odor? 
• Stressed because of unclear thinking, poor concentration?
• Frustrated because they are always running out of "steam" before they run out of day?

Your body's primary internal organs are engaged in two vital tasks: taking in and processing what the body needs, and getting rid of what the body doesn't need. 

Most people focus on improving what they take in—like the nutritional quality of their food and the purity of their air and water. It”s equally important to assist your body in getting rid of what it doesn't need.

The digestive system is the principle cleansing system in your body. However, if it's not working properly, it can make your body even more toxic. Imagine cleaning your house with a vacuum that has a hole in the dust bag. Using it would spread more dust throughout your house then if you hadn't vacuumed at all.

Every tissue in your body is fed by the bloodstream, which is supplied by the intestines. When your intestines are dirty, the blood is dirty, and so are your organs and tissues. It's the intestines that must be cleansed first before any additional enhancement in your health can take place.

Actionable Step:

1. Get external source to achieve proper balance between accumulation and elimination. Consider Cleansing Solution from reputable company that has long track record and can demonstrate science behind their products, preferable validated by neutral sources. 

Step Two: Exercise

By exercise, we don't mean the "feel the burn", "no pain, no gain" types of exercise, WALKING will do. Walking is the most natural and normal activity most people can do. If you are not already moving your body regularly everyday let us start with walking. 

Walking and other exercise leads to release of the body's natural happy drugs - endorphins. Many physicians recommend adding regular walking and exercise as a natural treatment to relieve depression.

Regular exercise is a vital part of any arthritis treatment program because it increase strength and mobility, and reduces pain at the same time. The joint movement from walking strengthens cartilage - the material that protects the ends of bones - by transporting nutrients and waste products to and from it. 

Actionable Step:

1  Be creative about walking and exercising: Park further away from work or the store. Take the stairs instead of taking lift. Offer to take an evening walk with your sponse, kids or pets.

2  Start and set a goal of walking 10,000 steps a day. 

Step One: Hydrate

How long can you hold your breadth? Not very long right? Next to oxygen, water is the most essential element needed by your body - not only to survive but also to function properly. 
Water is main ingredient in the fluids in your body systems. Fluids travel through your body, carrying nutrients and waste to and from all your cells and organs. 
Poor hydration causes the body to eliminating waste and toxin through the skin, this can cause acne. Poor hydration also cause the skin oil to become thicker and increase the possibility of it getting trapped in the pores leading to acne. 


Do you know? 

•    1% dehydration results in thirst

•    There is 10% decreases in your mental performance when you feel thirsty

•    2% dehydration reduces your ability to work

•    4% dehydration results in lethagy and mental symptoms.

•    If you are hydrated you are more likely to have trouble concentrating, be more irritable, and have more headaches.

Actionable Step:

1  For men: DRINK AT LEAST 4 LITRES OF WATER A DAY

2  For woman: DRINK AT LEAST 3 LITRES OF WATER A DAY

How to become healthy? What if it takes only 5 Steps to become healthy! 

Optimal health isn't found in a miracle pill or drink, but is a lifestyle achieved through a balance and simple approach to diet, exercise, nutrition, and knowledge. 

Dramatically improving your health is something that doesn't have to be complicated. It only seems complex because we don't know or not sure where to start or which actions have the most impact on your health.  If you watch TV or pass by magazine counter, it is even more complicated because each month there is a new diet or exercise program-- often contradicting what was said last month, last week, or even yesterday. It does not have to be this way.

There are healthy steps that you can take right now without disrupting your daily life. By incorporating smaller, manageable chunks of activitiy into your daily routine, you are more likely to follow these changes longer than if you were to make more drastic changes and eventually go back to your old ways. 

I learn there are ONLY 5 STEPS TO OPTIMAL HEALTH:

1. Step One: Hydrate
2. Step Two: Exercise
3. Step Three: Cleanse
4. Step Four: Nourish
5. Step Five: Target

Are you ready to start your journey to be healthier ? Tomorrow we will start the first of the five part series on how we can get optimal health.