My Fit Foods "Tip of the Week" - Kingwood

Top Five Tips For Lowering Your Toxic Burden:

Lower The Amount Of Products With Fragrance You Use Daily - What?? Most ladies will say to me, "But, it smells so good!"  Consider this - there are a total of 3100 chemicals that perfume manufacturers use to create fragrances and many of these are petroleum based chemicals that mess with our endocrine system (hormones!) Fragrance is in everything. Eliminating this can be challenging. Everything from candles to Glade plug- ins to shampoo to cologne has fragrance.  Luckily there are all natural alternatives like Aura Shampoo and Seventh Generation household products.  Save your perfumes for special occasions and try to avoid using them daily.

Beware Of Chlorine - Did you know that one shower is like absorbing 64 ounces of chlorinated water straight into your body? Chlorine is a necessary disinfectant for our water but kills off good bacteria in our own intestines and is a known carcinogen.  Chlorine is also a direct inhibitor of the function of your thyroid which does not help metabolism!  For my shower I use a filter called the Turbo Shower Copper-Zinc Filter and I always drink non-chlorinated water such as My Fit Foods Water.  Avoiding drinking chlorine and bathing in it are sure fire ways to lower the chemical burden and protect your fat burning ability.   

Use Only Safe Plastics - Safe plastics are #2, #4, and #5.  My Fit Foods uses #5 for our containers and they are recyclable.  Avoid re-using #1 (water bottles) and avoid completely #7 which contains BPA (Bisphenol A) which is a known hormone disruptor.  Also, avoid using plastic wrap in the microwave.

 Improve Your pH - Eating enough fruits and veggies and drinking alkaline water are all crucial to having a healthy pH.  Remember that your blood's pH range is 7.35 to 7.45 and those with a more alkaline pH will have 60% more oxygen available for use.  All enzymes are also pH dependent as well.  This has a direct effect on every organ, especially liver function.  Avoid sodas and excessive coffee, which are very acidic. 

 Exercise To Improve Lymphatic Circulation - Your lymph system is very much like your circulatory system (heart, veins, and arteries) but it doesn't have a pump.  It's a very important part of the body's "garbage collection" helping the liver as well as your immune system.  Some nutrition experts believe that having sluggish circulation in our lymphatic system is what causes cellulite and stubborn weight gain.  Daily exercise is the best way to keep this system humming!  An old school mini-trampoline is a proven way to improve the lymphatic system in just five to ten minutes of jumping.

To Your Health,

Meg McCall  

B.S., M.S. Candidate in Human Nutrition
Corporate Nutritionist
My Fit Foods