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With so many choices available today for getting healthy it is no wonder; many of us feel overwhelmed and uncertain of what options are best for us as individuals.  Being a Nutritionist it is my job to help my client’s sort through the information, find what makes sense for them and help them implement it into their lifestyles.
 
As a Nutritionist I also do not recommend restrictive diets. These may offer a temporary results, but have no long-term benefits.  Restrictive programs include programs that significantly restrict calories, follow a low carb protocol, or focus on a low fat diet.  Protein (muscle) is a much faster source of fuel that fat, and these programs usually do nothing more than burn lean tissue resulting in reduced metabolic rate (muscle burns calories, less muscle the lower your metabolism). The truth is you can avoid these types of programs and still achieve amazing results!
 
The Trick? Well there really is none.  There is no fad diet or trick that will help you achieve a healthy body weight or prevent disease. Really the SECRET is in a term, a type of lifestyle that once implemented will do nothing short of change your life!
 
What you need is a HOLISTIC LIFESTYLE.  If you want permanent and long-term results, if you want lots of energy, to sleep well, have less stress and just love life more, you will find that in incorporating a more holistic way of life.
 
So what is this Holistic Lifestyle I am talking about? Well let’s go through it together.

What is NOT a Holistic Lifestyle

First lets look at what is NOT a Holistic Lifestyle...

• Eating Junk Foods, Processed foods and foods that have a lot of chemicals. This is poison plain and simple and stresses the heck out of our organs and immune systems.
• Live in a stressed, always running around, overworked lifestyle.
• Use Medication as primary treatment for preventable and reversible conditions. (I believe medication is necessary in a variety of situations such as infection, diabetes, unmanaged blood pressure etc. However If you are relying on medication as your only treatment option for a result of poor lifestyle choices, then this is not considered Holistic).
• Use chemicals in the home and on your body (includes most commercial cleaning and body products). Again Toxic and harmful!
• Care little about the impact you have on the environment.  Our environment has a lot to do with our health.
• Live a sedentary lifestyle.

What is a HOlistic LIfestyle?

1. Eating Organic (reducing chemicals and trying not to support the big chemical companies that are poisoning the earth and our bodies!)
2. Eating mostly (if not all) Plant based!  What is plant based? It means your nutrition comes from plants!! Fruits, Vegetables, legumes, nuts, seeds, whole grains and herbs.  Sound boring? Its not!! It’s an amazing world of taste texture and builds health in every cell of your body!
3. Understanding the mind and the body are interconnected.
4. Connecting with nature, spending time outdoors and getting a daily dose of natural sunlight. Understanding we are all connected.
5. Doing things every day that fill your heart, feed your soul and bring you happiness (helping others does this for me!).
6. Take time for stress management such deep breathing exercises, mediation and yoga daily.
7. Doing some form of physical activity every day.
8. Using natural cleaning and body care products at home
9. Believe in self-healing and use natural remedies and treatments for long term health solutions. (Natural health is about addressing the underlying cause, not just masking the symptoms as with medication)
10. Recycle, compost and participate in healing our earth such as planting trees.

 
Now it is important to understand it takes time and effort to fully integrate into a holistic lifestyle, but the journey is amazing!! The more you learn, the better the decisions you will make!
 
Todays Activity....
 
1. Make a list of all of you unhealthy or Non-Holistic lifestyle habits.  These are the things we want to improve! (No self judgement here, just love for willingness to identify what you need to change)
 
2. Then make a list of all the holistic practices you already have integrated into your lifestyle.
  
3.  Make a list of health goals you want to reach and a list of corresponding holistic health practices that will help you reach these goals.
 
Feel free to connect for a one on one coaching call!
 
Stay tuned for the Holistic Diet that will be published in Part Two of the Holistic Lifestyle next week!

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