Your kidneys are one of the major detoxification organs in your body. Every day they process about 200 quarts of blood to filter out about 2 quarts of waste and extra water, which is excreted through the urine.  If the kidney is unable to do it’s job of filtering the blood from the waste products of food and tissues, these toxins would build up and destroy the healthy cells and tissues.  As well as filtering the blood of waste products, the kidneys also release three important hormones.  These hormones have very important functions.  Erythropoitin stimulates the bone marrow to make red blood cells, Rennin, regulates blood pressure and Calcitriol helps maintain calcium for good bone health and normal chemical balance in the body.  Because of these important functions it is important to keep the kidneys as clean as possible with optimum function.

Mucus can be a big problem for the kidneys as it can clog the filtering system.  Mucus occurs because of a response to allergies and the ingestion of substances that are not beneficial to our bodies such as junk food, too much sugar, medications, and food that is either too hot or too cold.  The good news is the kidneys respond very well to specific foods and juices.

The kidneys love:

• Asparagus
• Parsley
• Cranberries
• Cherries
• Black Currents
• Parsley
• Dandelion Greens
• Cabbage
• Bell Peppers
• Cauliflower
• Garlic
• Onions
• Apples
• Blueberries
• Raspberries
• Strawberries
• Red Grapes
• Eggs
• Fish
• Olive Oil
• Seaweed, Kelp
• Olives
• Anchovies

Simple Kidney Cleansing Food Diet.

To cleanse and support the kidneys, drink at least 6-8oz glasses of plain water daily.  At every meal eat some of the above foods that will either cleanse or support the kidneys, examples;

A large glass of water 30 minutes before meals.

Breakfast:

A vegetable omelet with a side of berries

Lunch:

Fish, with salad and lots of greens and chopped vegetables.

Dinner:

Protein with Cauliflower, or Asparagus, Cabbage, Onions and Bell Peppers etc.  Also include a salad.

Tips:

Sprinkle parsley on salad and baked potatoes.  Drink teas such as Parsley tea, Dandelion tea, Raspberry tea and Corn Silk tea as these are highly beneficial.  Dilute plain Cranberry Juice – 1 ounce of Juice to 6 ounces of water is a good mix. Seaweed in vegetable soup is excellent as well as onions and garlic.  Olives are excellent snacks.  Taking care of your kidneys now as this will be most beneficial in your quality of life.

Let your foods be your medicine and your medicine be your food.

(Quote Ben Franklin).

Angela Burr-Madsen TNP

www.holisticdetoxing.com

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Spring is such a wonderful time of year for renewal and beginning again.  In fact we even have the concept of spring-cleaning for our home and office, well what about our body? It is the very best time for internal detoxification and renewal for so many reasons.  Everyone wants to get ready for summer, with the long days and lots of physical activities.  People are thinking about swimming suits, shorts and t-shirts and how they are going to look in that kind of attire.  Instead of worrying about how you will look this summer how about changing your focus to FEELING GREAT this summer.  This can be done so easily with a detoxification program.

So you might be asking yourself do I need to do a full 21-day detoxification program or a 1-week program or what?  Just do a program, do something for yourself that you can commit to.  You could even do a simple detoxification program, that excludes all junk food from your diet and just eat the foods on the “Healthy Food Grocery List,” you will be amazed at how much better you will feel just by doing that.  In fact when you start to feel better and you can see the value in this, it is at that time that it is so much easier to commit to a larger more complete program.

Happy spring detoxing.

Blog by Angela Burr-Madsen TNP

www.holisticdetoxing.com

To do the very best job with our work and career it is important that we are feeling fit and mobile.  If we are attempting to do our job while we are experiencing aches and pains, we will not do our best because we do not feel our best.  And if you are one of those people who take a great deal of pride in their work this is a big deal.

All aches and pains, swelling and tenderness, discoloration and tightness are communications from your body to you.  So what is your body trying to tell you?  Is your body saying that it is enjoying the lifestyle you are living or the foods that you may be eating?  Or is it saying that it really loves the exercise and movement program that you are on?  Or could it possibly be saying you are not treating me with the love and kindness that is necessary for me to feel great and be free of pain?  Something needs to change for us to be our best and until we take 100% responsibility for how our body is performing, we will not get a handle on health and wellbeing.

What changes could you make right now, that would benefit your body and how it is performing?  I know that you know one thing; that if you stopped doing right now, would make a difference in how you feel.  Or one thing that if you incorporated into your life would benefit you greatly, – this is the responsibility factor I am talking about.  Sometimes however, we need support and assistance to learn and do the correct thing for our wellbeing.  Setting aside a period of time to really treat your body well, do the things that assist you to release toxins and learn some lifestyle skills that can make you move easily and be free of pain can be your New Years gift to you.

You can start the New Year off with a LOSS that will give you the freedom of movement that your heart desires.  The loss, of course, is the loss of patterns and behaviors that are causing your body to ache and feel uncomfortable.  Re-moving substances that are toxic to the body will greatly improve mobility and relieve aches and pains.  Welcome to a healthy 2010.

Blog by Angela Burr-Madsen TNP.

www.holisticdetoxing.com

Entrepreneurs know the most important attribute they need to perform their work to their very best standards is abundant energy to do the job. Most people think they are tired because they are working too hard, not getting enough down time, or simply not taking recreation time.  Is this really true and have you stopped for a moment to assess what specific behavior listed above is causing the problem?  Let me suggest a couple of other possibilities.

1. Toxic Chemicals can be making you tired.  There are more than seventy-five thousand toxic chemicals classified by the EPA as potentially or definitely hazardous to human health and function; and new chemicals are being tested at the rate of six thousand or more per week in the US.  Depending on the number of toxins that the body is dealing with and retaining, the greater the chances are that they will cause fatigue and other symptoms.
2. Consuming chemicals in the foods you are eating instead of foods that are completely whole and natural.  This is something we have control over and by not eating chemically ladened foods, we can reduce our toxic load.

This is a great time of year to think about making some changes in your lifestyle and health program.  We are all looking at 2010 and wondering what changes we can make to better our self in every way. One of the things that you can put on your agenda is a detoxification program.  Not only will you be helping your self physically, but mentally as well.  Doing a detox program a couple of times a year will assist your body to have great energy and function optimally.

Supervised detoxification programs are much easier to do than attempting to put together a detoxification program yourself.  Once you make the decision to clean up your body and your act so to speak, when the program is laid our for you all you have to do is simply follow instructions.  Most programs involve dietary changes as well as taking specific products that induce detoxification.  Working on detoxing your emotions and beliefs that are not serving you well, can be a big aspect of a good detoxification program.