NaturalCounselor Health and Wellness Blog For Women

When it’s hot and humid outside, use a warm weather super simple detox plan to get and stay refreshed and energized.

Include Raw fruits, vegetables, berries (preferably organic) and plenty of purified water will help you feel and look fabulous.

1. Avoid sources of toxins, such as processed foods and additives,  chemicals in skin care products, etc.

2. Start a day with a glass of warm water and juice from half a lemon or two tablespoons of apple cider vinegar.

3. Have cleansing breakfasts with fiber rich foods and detox vegetables, such as

oatmeal with fruits and nuts,

omelette with detox vegetables,

super healthy green smoothie or

4. Add lots of raw fruits, berries and vegetables into your warm weather salads; always remember to buy only organic fruits and vegetables (strawberries, peaches, celery, apples, etc.) if they contain the highest level of pesticides:

Rainbow Salad Recipe

Radish and Avocado Salad Recipe

5. Make cold soups with raw vegetables, such as:

Cucumber Soup with Radishes and Mint, etc.

6. Make lots of juices to cleanse the liver and get lots of nutrients. Apples, beets or  carrots can be used as a good base and then you can add any of your favorite fruits or vegetables.

Breathe, smile and be happy.

© Irina Wardas, HHC

Women’s Holistic Health Coach and Counselor

Stress is number one cause of illness.  If you want to slim down, you need to take care of your stress level first.

This simple exercise will help you refocus your mind spirit and body, which will help you to reduce stress and sleep better and eventually lose weight.

This breathing exercise can help cleanse and detox your system and help your metabolism work properly, all which will help lead you achieve a successful weight loss detox.

Breathe, smile and be happy.

© Irina Wardas, HHC

Women’s Holistic Health, Nutrition Counselor and Coach and Relationship Expert

NaturalCounselor.com

Most of  people think that having cravings is a bad thing and that we have to do our best to get rid of them.

It’s not true!

Our cravings tell us that some brain chemicals are missing in our bodies. Having cravings is a unique way of our bodies communicate with us and a wonderful tool for finding which foods work best for us.

In general, we might have cravings if we:

• don’t drink enough water (dehydration is considered to be a mild hunger);
• are bored, stressed out, dissatisfied with our relationship, (emotional eating);
• eat too much sugar, salt, processed food;
• don’t eat enough seasonal foods;
• have hormonal changes;
• don’t eat some foods for a long period of time.

Tips to Beat Sugar and Chocolate Cravings

Whenever we have cravings, our body tries to tell us something, which means it’s time to learn how to listen to our body in order to understand its needs and imbalances.

• Feel like eating sweet foods?

It always means that your blood sugar is low and your body is asking for energy.

Try to eat more sweet potatoes, yams, winter squash, beets, carrots.

Whole foods such as grains, beans, fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds will be very helpful because they contain complex carbohydrates – chains of three or more single sugar molecules linked together- and are digested slowly and steadily.

Studies show this helps control blood sugar, diabetes, and insulin levels. Because whole foods are rich in fiber, they can help with weight loss and detox of your body.

• Feel like eating chocolate?

Did you know that chocolate (dark, healthy for us) is very rich in Magnesium? People who crave chocolate may have a  low Magnesium level. They can also eat more whole foods, such as beans ((mung, aduki, black), whole grains (buckwheat, millet, barley), nuts and seeds (almonds, cashews, sesame seeds). A good source of Magnesium is spirulina, dried seaweeds, chlorella.

Learning how to listen to our bodies can be a rewarding process.

Let us be crave smart to feel and look fabulous, shall we?

Breathe, smile and be happy.

©Irina Wardas, HHC

Women’s Holistic Health Coach and Nutrition Counselor

Are you a breakfast eater or do you skip it like many of us do?  I would like to share a recipe for an easy to make cleansing breakfast that uses simple detox foods that can help you to lose weight naturally and beat your food cravings?

We all need to eat breakfast to start the day with a supply of energy and to keep our blood sugar level stable. If you don’t feel hungry in the morning, it might be because you had your last meal too late.

As we get older try to remember this famous saying:”Eat breakfast yourself, share lunch with a friend, give dinner to your worst enemy.”

The older we are, the less we should eat in the evening. It makes sense to make lunch or even breakfast the biggest meal of the day.

Try this easy detox cleansing breakfast recipe for weight loss detox and to have energy to start your morning and feel happy all day long.

Ingredients:

• 3 tbsp uncooked oatmeal
• 1 tbsp raisins
• 2 tbsp walnuts
• you can add sesame, seeds, pine nuts, sunflower seeds
• 1 tbsp flax seeds
• 1 pinch cinnamon
• 1 apple, sliced
• 3 strawberries, sliced
• 1 pear, sliced
• more fruits or berries

Oatmeal, apples, pears, strawberries (only organic) contain soluble fiber to help soak up toxins in the intestines and remove them from the body.

Raisins rich in fiber and inulin (fiber-like carbohydrate) help to have a healthy colon.

Walnuts are source of glutathione, which we need to remove fat-soluble toxins.

Sunflower seeds, almonds, sesame seeds, peanuts are rich in B complex and support proper liver function.

Directions:

Place oatmeal in the bowl, pour ¼ cup boiling water and leave to soak for 5 minutes. Add fruits, berries, nuts, flax seeds, cinnamon.

Bon Appetit!

Breathe, smile and be happy.

© Irina Wardas, HHC

Women’s Holistic Counselor and Coach