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Detox your Body with the Cleanse By Paula Palumbo, C.M.A. For those of you who have tried desperately to lose weight – reducing calories, exercising, trying every fad diet – and have still not been able to reduce and control your weight, please read on! Most of us know the main reasons why millions of American adults, and now children, are clinically obese – huge portion sizes of unhealthy foods and too much time in front of the TV or video games. Then there are those of us who have inherited the propensity to gain weight from our parents and keep it on, almost as a lifetime burden. Poor eating habits, lack of exercise and genes are the reasons we have so many fat cells in our body. But what is the reason we can’t lose or reduce them, even if we try to eat healthy and exercise more? Toxins. That’s right, toxins. The one missing link in most diet plans, and the one that matters most, is the failure of most regimens to cleanse toxins from our system while we are reducing calories and increasing activity. Why is this so important? Because toxins from the environment – pesticides in our food, chemicals in our water, polluted air in our lungs and tissues, chemicals from hair spray, makeup, and a host
stamina, but frees up the body’s fat for delivery as energy. The way to safe and permanent weight loss is through a regimen that includes, in addition to healthy diet and increased physical activity, a weekly or monthly cleanse and the simultaneous replenishment of essential nutrients to the body. There are many cleansing routines available. Some use herbal teas, others herbal supplements that facilitate the release of toxins. Some cleanses, like the one I use, are incorporated into a healthy living philosophy that, in addition to cleansing, encourages nutrient replacement, mental relaxation through meditation, an organic and healthy diet and exercise, which
all foster a healthier lifestyle and not just a one-time diet plan. Regardless of the program you choose, remember that adding a cleanse to your regimen will make you feel more energetic and alert, and you will notice that you have shed pounds that maybe you were never able to shed before. Only now you’ll know why! Paula Palumbo is a consultant for Isagenix. She is a certified medical and surgical assistant, and has worked in the health care field for over 20 years. For personal or group seminars, you can contact her at 516-659-2796
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of other sources – get stored and trapped in the fatty tissue beneath our skin, in our liver and around our intestine and other vital organs. Fat that is smothered by toxins can’t be used for energy. The only way that fat can be efficiently burned off is if it’s cleansed and cleared of the pollutants that have been stored there over a lifetime of living in a country that is responsible for over 60% of the planet’s pollution. Generations of people in the east have known the benefits of fasting and cleansing for centuries. Cleansing the body on a weekly or monthly basis is a key part of the yoga philosophy, and entrenched in the eastern religions of Taoism and Buddhism. What they know – which we are only starting to learn – is that the key to good health is an internal environment that’s as free from external toxins as possible. Cleansing and flushing the body of impurities not only increases energy, libido, mental acuity and