Things I Know

Monique's Results Are Off the Charts

2011-09-14T11:14:00.000-07:00

I met and started working with Monique last week. She's wanting to add to her workout routine and diet to start seeing better results and to feel better about herself. So ... she booked the "Little Black Dress" package (Infrared Body Wrap and ElectroBodySculpting) for her first package. The next day she was ecstatic ... asking if it was normal for people to lose 5 lbs and feel so incredible all over (she's not much over 5 feet tall so that's a lot). We are now on a twice weekly program for the ElectroBodySculpting and she has just informed me that she has not "eaten in her sleep" now for 2 nights (this is a disorder that is apparently a result of deep stress/trauma where someone will walk in their sleep to the kitchen and cook and eat an entire meal without waking up ... in her case causing 30 lb weight increase in a year's time) ... we're not sure if the treatments are the cause of this but there are so many aspects that are changing for her (not only her body) that I wouldn't be surprised at all!!!!!

Most Recent Treatment Results!!

2011-06-23T08:58:00.000-07:00

On Sunday, June 12th, Trevor (needing to take 2 inches off his midrift for return to active duty) had his first ElectroBodySculpting treatment ... after a full session, he lost a total of 5 inches in just the first treatment!!!! 2.5 inches on his upper abdomen, 1.5 inches at the belly button level and 1 inch on his lower abdomen ... he mentioned that the feeling was like "pulling G's in a fighter jet" ... he LOVED it!!!

Yesterday, Vicky had her first Infrared Body Wrap ... she's wanting to try both treatments and had a wonderful experience with the ElectroBodySculpting last week ... totally convinced at the power and results of the ElectroBodySculpting. Her infrared wrap resulted in a full 2 lbs lost as well as 1% Body Fat!!!! She's back again today for another ElectroBodySculpting Treatment!!

Electro Body Sculpting by Laurie Seghi - better than I could have ever imagined!!!!!

2009-12-11T10:46:00.000-08:00

Cheryl lost 5 lbs just after her FREE TRIAL SESSION (1/2 the time of a normal treatment) and her husband lost 2 lbs. Both very excited to start their package. After her 1st treatment she mentioned she has a pair of jeans that she had trouble buttoning that she now doesn't even have to unbutton or unzip to take ... slide off! Cheryl has lost 9.5 inches so far and a total of 10 lbs after her first "5" treatments ... WAHOO!

"Strange in that I would 'expect' to feel like I had done a workout, but I had a different kind of muscle workout feel. Not like weights but like I had done some cross country skiing or hiking. I definately felt it. It is relaxing yet stimulating at the same time." (Kelly ... current "all natural" body builder after her first treatment)

Alyssa after her FREE TRIAL SESSION wrote ... "Love the treatment .. was able "to go" and felt like I've had a major workout ... slept like a baby ... lost 2 lbs ... inner thighs feel firmer too ... I want this machine!!!! (owns Skintastik Skin Spa just down the street on Creekside)

Lynette mentioned that she has already dropped one pant size after only 6 treatments (and she's actually inbetween sizes ... could possibly go into the smaller size yet real soon) ... "I'm addicted. Oh well, better than drugs!!"

"Laurie, Well, this morning the pain is definately less than yesterday. In fact if this keeps up, I'll be really happy. Thank you so much. I'll let you know how it is tonight. Perhaps it really is a miracle." (Sharon ... broken knee cap with surgery 4 months ago .. finished physical therapy and still left with LOTS of pain ... this comment was after her FREE TRIAL SESSION of only 20 minutes ... WOW)

I (Laurie Seghi) am down at least 1 pant size and probably two shortly after only 10 treatments ... I love this machine and so do my clients!

Please go to www.therapeuticbodycare.net for more information and to book your FREE TRIAL SESSION online ....

Pass the Butter Please!

2009-09-04T09:46:00.000-07:00

This is interesting.

Margarine was originally manufactured to fatten turkeys. When it killed the turkeys,

the people who had put all the money into the research wanted a payback so they put their heads together to figure out what to do with this product to get their money back. It was a white substance with no food appeal so they added the yellow coloring and sold it to people to use in place of butter. How do you like that? They have come out with some clever new flavourings..

DO YOU KNOW the difference between margarine and butter?

Both have the same amount of calories. Butter is slightly higher in saturated fats at 8 grams compared to 5 grams.

Eating margarine can increase heart disease in women by 53% over eating the same amount of butter, according to a recent Harvard Medical Study.

Eating butter increases the absorption of many other nutrients in other foods. Butter has many nutritional benefits where margarine has a few only because they are added! Butter tastes much better than margarine and it can enhance the flavors of other foods. Butter has been around for centuries where margarine has been around for less than 100 years .

And now, for Margarine...

Very high in Trans fatty acids.
Triple risk of coronary heart disease .
Increases total cholesterol and LDL (this is the bad cholesterol) and lowers HDL cholesterol, (the good cholesterol)

Increases the risk of cancers up to five fold..

Lowers quality of breast milk.

Decreases immune response.

Decreases insulin response.

Margarine is but ONE MOLECULE away from being PLASTIC.

This fact alone was enough to have me avoiding margarine for life and anything else that is hydrogenated (this means hydrogen is added, changing the molecular structure of the substance).

You can try this yourself:
Purchase a tub of margarine and leave it in your garage or shaded area.
Within a couple of days you will note a couple of things:

* no flies, not even those pesky fruit flies will go near it (that should tell you something) * it does not rot or smell differently because it has no nutritional value ; nothing will grow on it. Even those teeny weeny microorganisms will not a find a home to grow.

Why? Because it is nearly plastic .
Would you melt your Tupperware and spread that on your toast?

2009-07-22T08:39:00.000-07:00

EUROWAVE - What's really going on during your treatment?~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Some Commonly Asked Questions:

"Will I lose Weight?"

No, the treatment itself focuses on inch loss not weight, because it's your inches that stop you from wearing the clothes that you want. A person going to the gymwill sometimes actually weigh more than someone who doesn't work out even though they are smaller because they are toned.

"How much can I lose?"

There will be a measureable difference after your first session ... usually between 1 - 3" ... after 10 sessions we could expect to see 2" from your tummy, 2" from your waist and 1" from your rib cage!!!!

"How often should I do these treatments for best results?"

Twice a week is good but three times is perfect.

"How long will the results last?"

After just one treatment results should last for at least 6-8 days ... after a series of 10 treatments, with no change in lifestyle, results should last for up to 8 months!!

"Can I do more than one part of my body at a time?"

Yes, you can do up to 3 treatments in one day on three different body parts (i.e., front of thighs, bum lift and abdomen). You should have at least one day off in between days of treatment, though.

"What will I feel during the treatment?"

Once you are hooked up and the machine is turned on there will be a 2 minute warmup period where we are stimulating the superficial muscles, the muscles closest to the surface ... these are the muscles that you also work the most at the gym. Duringthis period we are also stimulating the lymphatic system which is the body's waste disposal system, which is always good as a bad lymphatic drainage system can lead to fluid retention and cellulite.

During the next 16 minutes we will be steadily increasing the intensity to a comfortable level where the DEEPER muscles will be worked for optimal toning and slimming. Eurowave is beneficial in that it doesn't "just" work the superficial muscles, but it also works the deep muscle tissue ... it's these muscles, especially in women, that cause so many of our problems. They stretch during pregnancy and childbirth, are cut during C Sections and Hysterectomies and stretch during normal weight gain.

"How does this work with my normal workouts at the gym?"

Eurowave can be used to enhance recovery from personal training. Increased bloodflow to the muscles helps deliver nutrients necessary for recovery and subsequent growth while the pumping action of the treatment (stimulation/relaxation) helps to remove waste products, mainly lactic acid, from these muscles.

EMS will enable muscles to relax quicker and more completely. This in itself alsoserves to increase blood flow to and from the muscles. Several athletes have reported muscle spasms following their workouts, especially in their calves and hamstrings.

EMS is a very effective means of relieving these spasms. Following very intense workouts, edema or fluid can occur. Such swelling inhibits recovery. The pumping action of EMS training can reduce edema and promote recoveryas discussed before.

"How about EMS for Back Pain?"

EMS has been show to block pain signals referred to your brain. By stimulating alternate sensory mechanisms, EMS can reduce pain and like soreness from workouts or injury sites as well as swelling (as mentioned above).

EUROWAVE - Rapid Inch Loss Technology

2009-06-17T07:29:00.001-07:00

Targeted Electrical Muscle Stimulation

EUROWAVE is a machine that creates instant, specific inch loss using electrical muscle stimulation (or EMS), that has been used in the UK for over 25 years and Canada for 10 years now. Eurowave is a safe and effective way to improve muscle tone and body shape.

There are three types of EMS:

Personal (low voltage, usually battery powered) or portable devices stimulate "already developed" muscle bundles. The low voltage is usually enough to keep muscles in a toned condition but not enough to actually build new muscle

Professional (110/220 volt) such as EUROWAVE improves the appearance of Cellulite, creates inch loss, lifts, tones and reshapes the body.

Medical has existed for some time in hospitals, chiropractic and physiotherapy locations to be used in cases of nerve damage, pain and/or post accident/surgical rehab.

EMS is a very safe and simple procedure. Microcurrents are applied to the muscle fibers of a specific treatment area, stimulating them to rhythmically contract and release. Basically, EMS is an extensive fitness therapy:

15 minutes of EMS is equal to 48 hours of nonstop gym exercise!!

Also, 18 minutes of EMS on the abdominal muscles is like 200 situps!!

Besides firming muscles, EMS also increases the metabolism, fluid circulation and oxygenation of the treated area making it wonderful tool in the fight against Cellulite.

The Medical Advisory Committee has allowed the use of EMS systems by atheletes since the 1972 Olympics. Bodybuilders, professional atheletes, physiotherapists and sports doctors use EMS systems

to supplement regular workout routines

EUROWAVE programs provide what is not possible from dieting and exercise programs alone
a boost in body shaping results!!

EUROWAVE (EMS) can rapidly help you create the body shape you want and support it.

Sweet "POISON" - Diet Sodas Are Killing Us!!

2009-02-20T15:20:00.000-08:00

(Quotation from Dr. H. J. Roberts report on ASPARTAME)

If it says 'SUGAR FREE' on the label; DO NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT IT! I have spent several days lecturing at the WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL CONFERENCE on 'ASPARTAME,' marketed as 'Nutra Sweet,' 'Equal,' and 'Spoonful.'

In the keynote address by the EPA, it was announced that in the United States in 2001 there is an epidemic of multiple sclerosis and systemic lupus.

It was difficult to determine exactly what toxin was causing this to be rampant. I stood up and said that I was there to lecture on exactly that subject. I will explain why Aspartame is so dangerous:
When the temperature of this sweetener exceeds 86 degrees F, the wood alcohol in ASPARTAME converts to formaldehyde and then to formic acid, which in turn causes metabolic acidosis. Formic acid is the poison found in the sting of fire ants. The methanol toxicity mimics, among other conditions, multiple sclerosis and systemic lupus.

Many people were being diagnosed in error. Although multiple sclerosis is not a death sentence, Methanol toxicity is!

Systemic lupus has become almost as rampant as multiple sclerosis, especially with Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi drinkers.

The victim usually does not know that the Aspartame is the culprit. He or she continues its use; irritating the lupus to such a degree that it may become a life-threatening condition.

We have seen patients with systemic lupus become asymptotic, once taken off diet sodas.

In cases of those diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, most of the symptoms disappear. We've seen many cases where vision loss returned and hearing loss improved markedly.

This also applies to cases of tinnitus and fibromyalgia.
During a lecture, I said, 'If you are using ASPARTAME (Nutra Sweet, Equal, Spoonful, etc) and you suffer from

• fibromyalgia symptoms,
• spasms,
• shooting, pains, numbness in your legs,
• Cramps,
• Vertigo,
• Dizziness,
• Headaches,
• Tinnitus (ringing in the ears)
• Joint pain,
• Unexplainable depression,
• anxiety attacks,
• slurred speech,
• blurred vision,
• or memory loss

you probably have ASPARTAME poisoning!'

People were jumping up during the lecture saying, 'I have some of these symptoms. Is it reversible?'

Yes!
Yes!
Yes!

STOP drinking diet sodas and be alert for Aspartame on food labels! Many products are fortified with it! This is a serious problem.

Dr. Espart (one of my speakers) remarked that so many people seem to be symptomatic for MS and during his recent visit to a hospice; nurse stated that six of her friends, who were heavy Diet Coke addicts, had all been diagnosed with MS. This is beyond coincidence!

Diet soda is NOT a diet product! It is a chemically altered, multiple SODIUM (salt) and ASPARTAME containing product that actually makes you crave carbohydrates.

It is far more likely to make you GAIN weight!

These products also contain formaldehyde, which stores in the fat cells, particularly in the hips and thighs.

Formaldehyde is an absolute toxin and is used primarily to preserve 'tissue specimens.'

Many products we use every day contain this chemical but we SHOULD NOT store it IN our body!

Dr. H. J. Roberts stated in his lectures that once free of the 'diet products' and with no significant increase in exercise; his patients lost an average of 19 pounds over a trial period.

Aspartame is especially dangerous for diabetics.

We found that some physicians, who believed that they had a patient with retinopathy, in fact, had symptoms caused by Aspartame. The Aspartame drives the blood sugar out of control. Thus diabetics may suffer acute memory loss due to the fact that aspartic acid and phenylalanine are NEUROTOXIC when taken without the other amino acids necessary for a good balance.

Treating diabetes is all about BALANCE.

Especially with diabetics, the Aspartame passes the blood/brain barrier and it then deteriorates the neurons of the brain; causing various levels of brain damage, including:

• Seizures,
• Depression,
• Manic depression,
• Panic attacks,
• Uncontrollable anger and rage.

Consumption of Aspartame causes these same symptoms in non-diabetics as well.
Documentation and observation also reveal that thousands of children diagnosed with ADD and ADHD have had complete turnarounds in their behavior when these chemicals have been removed from their diet.

So called 'behavior modification prescription drugs' (Ritalin and others) are no longer needed. Truth be told, they were never NEEDED in the first place! Most of these children were being 'poisoned' on a daily basis with the very foods that were 'better for them than sugar.'

It is also suspected that the Aspartame in thousands of pallets of diet Coke and diet Pepsi consumed by men and women fighting in the Gulf War, may be partially to blame for the well-known Gulf War Syndrome.

Dr. Roberts warns that it can cause birth defects, i.e. mental retardation, if taken at the time of conception and during early pregnancy.

Children are especially at risk for neurological disorders and should NEVER be given artificial sweeteners. There are many different case histories to relate of children talking about a plague of neurological diseases directly caused by the use of this deadly poison.'

Herein lies the problem:

There were Congressional Hearings when Aspartame was included in 100 different products and strong objection was made concerning its use. Since this initial hearing, there have been two subsequent hearings, and still nothing has been done. The drug and chemical lobbies have very deep pockets.

Sadly, MONSANTO'S patent on Aspartame has EXPIRED!

There are now over 5,000 products on the market that contain this deadly chemical and there will be thousands more introduced.

Everybody wants a 'piece of the Aspartame pie.'

I assure you that MONSANTO, the creator of Aspartame, knows how deadly it is.

And isn't it ironic that MONSANTO funds, among others, the American Diabetes Association, the American Dietetic Association and the Conference of the American College of Physicians?

This has been recently exposed in the New York Times.

These [organizations] cannot criticize any additives or convey their link to MONSANTO because they take money from the food industry and are required to endorse their products.

Senator Howard Metzenbaum wrote and presented a bill that would require label warnings on products containing Aspartame, especially regarding pregnant women, children and infants.

The bill would also institute independent studies on the known dangers and the problems existing in the general population regarding behavioral symptoms.
The bill was killed.

It is known that the powerful drug and chemical lobbies are responsible for this, letting loose the hounds of disease and death on an unsuspecting and uninformed public. Well, you're informed now!

YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW!

I Was Sick for ONLY TWO Days!!!!

2009-01-16T13:23:00.000-08:00

I just have to share with you my personal testimonial and how I used my treatments to avoid something that could have ended up being a serious "SINUS INFECTION" or, worse yet, "BRONCHITIS".

Because I've had both in the past (at least 13 years ago) I am well aware of the symptoms and the timeframe that this could have taken to get control over, not to mention GET RID OF. So I have to share with you how "I" avoided the slippery slope of being miserable for days if not weeks.

I went to bed Tuesday evening a bit congested with a slight sore throat. As the night progressed I became extremely congested and filled with sinus "phlegm". Miserable night!!! By Wednesday, this had all progressed to feelings of aching all over as well as feverish with chills. I cancelled my work day yet still came into the spa to give myself a "detox infrared body wrap" ... I started out with an internal temperature of 100 degrees and goosebumpy.

What a great treatment as I finally was warmed to the core (core temperature was raised to 101.8 degrees) and I really was sweating. I then went home, continuing to drink large amounts of "liquid Calcium Bentonite Clay" ... I was exhausted and still chilly ... took a couple of Ibuprofen at bedtime just because everything hurt so bad once again.

This night's sleep was wrought with bouts of sweating followed by chilling but I got up feeling MUCH better ... not a 100% yet, though. Once again, cancelled my work day yet came into the spa for a "Spa Feng Shui Infrared Capsule" treatment, knowing that the vibration would really help shake things up in my sinuses. What a great feeling afterwards. Things really started to move after that.

GREAT night of sleep this second evening. Here I am today, Friday, back to work and feeling almost 100%. I am presently sitting here writing this while my feet are in the "detox footbath treatment". You should see the "excess acid" that is coming out ... I have NEVER seen as much as in this day's treatment. Possibly the Bentonite Clay (9.75 on the pH scale) or the treatments I've been doing lately loosening it up but something is definitely helping to move more than normal amounts of ACID out of my system ... YIPPEE

Not only was I doing the above mentioned treatments (that I offer in my spa) but I was also a fanatic about "sinus flushing" with salt water (Highly Recommended), drinking lots of water and taking my Calcium Bentonite Clay.

In the past, head colds for me used to always end up as either a full-blown Sinus Infection or Bronchitis. Once again, though, I have sped this process up and eliminated the "consequence" by using the treatments I offer ... you can see why I believe in them so much.

Calcium Bentonite Clay - WOW!!!

2008-11-14T15:37:00.000-08:00

"I was a skeptic at first - EAT DIRT?? ... You have got to be kidding!" Quote from "Living Clay . Nature's Own Miracle Cure - Calcium Bentonite Clay"

As you can tell, I like to keep things SIMPLE ... clay is volcanic ash.

The ionic charge of pure, natural Calcium Bentonite Clay is "negative".

Most everything that attacks our bodies (bacterial, viral, fungi, diseases, toxic chemicals, etc.) is of a "positive" charge.

The beauty of LIVING CLAY is that it is blind ... it's only function is to draw to itself "positively charged molecules" which it holds like a magnet, both internally and externally, until we wash them from our bodies or pass them out.

The natural pH of Calcium Bentonite Clay is 9.3 to 9.7 ... one of the greatest blessings you could do for your health would be to increase your pH level from the acidic side (below 6.5) to the alkaline side of the pH scale (7.0 or higher). Bacteria, yeast, candida, virus and ,yes, even Cancer cells cannot survive in a balanced pH system!!

It is interesting to note the most effective form of Calcium Bentonite Clay consists of 3 primary minerals:

Silica- 40%
Calcium- 28%
Magnesium- 12%

It is no coincidence that in the human body the three most common minerals are as follows:

Silica- 42%
Calcium- 28%
Magnesium- 12%

Living Clay virtually replicates the Living Body in its mineral composition.

Shortly, I will be designing and offering detoxification/purification treatments using "Calcium Bentonite Clay" (aka Living Clay) as both topical and internal treatments in my practice. More to come on this

Drinking Enough Water Yet??

2008-10-30T13:14:00.000-07:00

Just a couple of quick check points to help you know if, in fact, you "are" drinking enough water each day ...

#1 We should drink 1/2 of our body's weight in ounces each day as a minimum ... i.e., 140 lbs should be consuming 70 ounces of water (above and beyond other beverages remember!!)

#2 Check the quality of your urine when you use the bathroom:

A "well-hydrated" person's urine is colorless

A "dehydrated" person's urine is yellowish

And a "truly dehydrated person's urine is ORANGE!!!

The best times to drink water are:

#1 One glass a 1/2 hour before each meal (i.e., breakfast, lunch, dinner)

#2 Another glass 2.5 hours after each meal

#3 Two more glasses should be taken before going to bed.

Just this practice alone gives you "8" glasses of water daily ... please adjust for your body weight.

More to come ....

Unintentional Chronic Dehydration (UCD)

2008-10-29T15:22:00.000-07:00

Water ... Water ... Everywhere ...

You're possibly not SICK at all ... You might just be THIRSTY!!!!

Our bodies, believe it or not, have "drought-management systems" in place ... when under stress your body translates this as a crisis and goes into water-regulation mode. Water rationing begins to take place ... water-distribution "instructions" remain in place until the body receives unmistakable signals that it has once more gained access to an adequate water supply.

One of the most unavoidable processes in the body-water rationing phase is the ruthlessness by which water is administered ... each body part receives it's allotted ration "based upon it's functional importance ... with the brain having absolute priority above all other systems".

Our most common mistake is in thinking that tea, coffee, alcohol and soda-like beverages can substitute for water needs in our bodies ... It is true these beverages contain water, but most of them also contain dehydrating substances, such as caffeine.

When you drink coffee, tea, or even beer, your body gets rid of more water than is contained in the drink!!!!!!

If you measure your urine volume after these beverages, you will see you have passed more urine than the volume of what you were drinking.

When "chronic dehydration" sets in the body turns on it's reserves .. but as time passes and the reserves are running low, the organ or part of the body with the most severe shortage begins to put out signals of the inability to work properly.

These signals are most often treated with highly potent chemical products because many doctors are not educated about the symptoms of dehydration and the importance of the fluid in the body.

Many doctors mistake dehydration for one or another disease and treat the symptoms with medications rather than water (and in many cases, increasing the degree of dehydration by inhibiting the water-management properties of "histamines")

Just one more thing to think about ...

The water level/hydration is not like the gas tank in the car ... where when it's empty you just FILL IT UP and all is OK ... we have to consistently hydrate (drink 2 glasses of water every few hours) ... not try to fill up all at once and then go for hours or days without any more.

More coming later!!!

Why I Believe Detox Footbaths Work

2008-10-18T11:51:00.000-07:00

There’s a lot of buzz out there these days about detox footpads and detox footbaths. I’m here to tell you that the work!!!!

In the past, I carried a line of detox footpads called “Acupeds” until I purchased the EB Pro Cellular Cleanse Footbath technology, which is like a week’s worth of footpads in one treatment.
This is why I believe in this detoxification treatment. The feet are a perfect place for the body to deposit toxins (especially while sleeping) and a great place to retrieve them. In Western Medicine, we recognize the Circulatory System, the Lymphatic System, the Nervous System and the Endochrine System. In the Asian medical systems, however, they also recognize the “Meridian System” … a system of communication highways beginning in the bottoms of the feet and continuing up through the body’s organs (Liver, Stomach, Kidneys/Bladders, Lungs, etc) eventually ending in the forehead/eyebrow region of the head.

These highways of communication are what Acupuncturists plug into with their placement of needles in order to unblock or stimulate energy flow and/or communication with a particular organ or body system.

With the detox footbath system, we send a “sub-threshold electrical current” up through the body by placing your feet in a tub of water with a bit of salt (to increase conductivity) and a conducting “array” made of copper and silver connected to the EB Pro battery operated computer. As this current is traveling up from the soles of your feet through the body via the meridian systems, it begins to shake things up at the cellular level along the way, encouraging the cells to “dump” their waste. These “waste” molecules are then drawn back out of the feet. Depending upon the chemical make-up of the waste molecules they are encouraged by the “ionic field” of the water to condense into clumps of different colored material. Quite a visual experience to see what comes out!!!! Liver toxins … toxins from the bladder/urinary/prostate area … heavy metals … excess acids … joint material … etc., etc., etc.,

The proof is in the effects on your body afterwards. I, personally, have experienced a severe reduction in joint pain and allergy symptoms (wahoo) but have seen clients get off their inhalers, feel more energy, reduce swelling in joints, clear the cause of bladder injections “immediately” , ward off symptoms of cold/flu … and so on.

Team this treatment up with a trip through the Infrared Spa Feng Shui capsule and I call it the “Mini Cleanser Session” … ideal for 3-4 times a year as the seasons change.

Sweatin' Is a Good Thing!!

2008-10-11T16:49:00.000-07:00

In this modern environment of controlled spaces (air conditioned or heated homes/cars/offices) our bodies get a bit lazy and soon forget how to SWEAT!!

Did you realize that, for the most part, our bodies only have 4 ways to eliminate toxic materials (heavy metals, preservatives, partially hydrogenated oils, food colorings, chlorine, etc, etc, etc) from our bodies: BOWEL MOVEMENTS, URINE, EXHALING and, yes, SWEATING!!

"Give me the power to create a fever and I shall cure any disease" said Hippocrates, Father of Modern Medicine.

If you think about it, almost all of the ancient peoples had "sweating rituals" both for purification of the body as well as the soul. Very powerful stuff.

I am an extreme fan of "infrared" heat for sweating as infrared heats your body from the core out (sort of like microwave ... not really, though) ... the result is that we create a FEVER ... really revving up the circulatory system and the lymphatic system ... revving up the metabolism and burning fat as the body turns on its' fat reserves to create more energy to try to cool the body down.

"They" say that a 30-minute infrared treatment is comparable to a "SIX-TO-NINE MILE RUN" ....

The sweat that your body produces in any infrared sauna-type setting (even my infrared body wrap system) is "SEVEN TIMES MORE CONCENTRATED" with toxic material including cholesterol, sodium, heavy metals, preservatives, food colorings, etc., than any other kind of perspiration you could produce ... Seven times!!!!!!

Something to think about for sure ... get out and SWEAT a little and help your body out a LOT!!

K.I.S.S. - Keep It Simple, Stupid

2008-10-11T14:44:00.000-07:00

Well, here's a good place to start with my beliefs on health and the absence of health, dis-ease. I have to believe that we (our society) have made being healthy and having a sense of what's going on in our bodies WAY TOO COMPLICATED!!!

So, here's what I know and what I believe ...

The human body is absolutely perfect!!!!! It is able to cleanse itself, naturally, if given half a chance. It's also able to go long beyond when a machine would break down and that's the biggest problem we have ... we don't listen to the subtle hints that something just isn't right.

Most of us wait until we are knocked down flat on our backs before we start to listen to our bodies.

What does our body have to do to get our attention!!!

We eat poorly, don't get enough sleep, and we certainly don't breathe deeply enough. Most of us don't even drink enough water to help the body flush on a daily basis the toxins we are bombarded with.

They say, if we just slept a minimum of 8 hours nightly, drank at least 1/2 of our body weight in water daily and took deep, relaxing breaths often to oxygenate our blood we could ward off most diseases (including CANCER, mind you) ... now HOW SIMPLE IS THAT!!!!!

No fancy regime ... no expensive diet/exercise program ... just air-water-rest ...

Again, the body is equipped with everything it needs to carry us through this wonderful life for, some believe, at least 120 years!!!!

Here's to the good life!!!!!