Healing yourself from within requires you to be conscious of the things you’re doing and what you’re putting into your body. It requires you to really think about the stress you’re experiencing rather than carrying it around with you, and to find ways to dissipate it. When you work to balance your mind and your body at the same time, you’re much more likely to experience better health and healing.
The first step to healing yourself from within is to give your diet an overhaul. Yes, it has to be done. Cut out your processed foods, refined sugars, refined flour, and replace those choices with whole foods. Remove the processed foods from your diet that are brimming with preservatives, GMOs, gluten, pesticides, chemicals, and other unnatural ingredients. Toss the boxes of cereal and instant oatmeal, the frozen meals, the pudding cups, fruit packaged in high-fructose corn syrup, potato chips, etc. Replace them with whole foods, whole fruits and veggies, whole grains like quinoa, millet, amaranth, & buckwheat, gluten-free crackers, snack bars sweetened with dates or raw honey, etc.
Once you start choosing more alkaline-forming foods and drinks like lemon water, which sounds like it would be acid-forming but is actually has an alkalizing effect, your body will become more alkaline overall. Disease has a much harder time surviving in an alkaline body and the Beauty Detox diet helps you get there.Alkaline bodies, in addition to being more resistant to disease, hold on to the minerals you put into your body.So what are some of the best foods for making your body more alkaline? Ripe fruits, Greens, Sprouts, Other vegetables.
Inflammation is the catalyst for a lot of diseases, from arthritis to cancer. By eating foods and digestive probiotics that lower inflammation in the body, you can lower your levels of inflammation and decrease your risk for these diseases.
If you seem to be susceptible to every cold, flu, and other bug that goes around, your body could actually be distracted by the inflammation and unable to fight off bugs that might not make you so sick otherwise. Heal your immune system by eating the foods that reduce chronic inflammation and avoiding the ones that increase it.
What to eat to decrease inflammation:
Turmeric, Ginger, Garlic, Sweet potatoes, Cucumbers, Pineapple, Almonds, Sunflower seeds, Flax Seeds, Pears.
You wouldn’t think your intestinal health would have such an impact on your health overall, but when the good and bad bacteria in your gut aren’t balanced, you can face more than just bloating, constipation, or diarrhea. By healing your gut, you can help heal your mind. The bacteria in your gut produce the majority of the serotonin in your body, which can affect your mood.
Healing yourself takes time. Breathe. Clean up your diet. Learn to love yourself and make mindful decisions that will demonstrate that you do love yourself. In time, you’ll find that you’re looking and feeling better than ever.