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		<title>Why Should You Cleanse Your Body?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 17:19:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Why should you cleanse your body?  Hear why from Nutritionist Crystal Andrus . . .</strong></p>
<p>Originally designed to be perfectly operating machines, our bodies have become “sick” with the toxins we’ve been feeding them for generations.</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Why should you cleanse your body?  Hear why from Nutritionist Crystal Andrus . . .</strong></p>
<p>Originally designed to be perfectly operating machines, our bodies have become “sick” with the toxins we’ve been feeding them for generations.</p>
<p>Once self-healing, we’ve begun to “turn” against ourselves. We have taken so much medicine that we’ve become immune. We’ve eaten so many preservatives, additives, food-coloring, chemicals, “bad” fats, (the list goes on and on) that our bodies are shutting down—clogged.</p>
<p><strong>Our bodies—our temple—can’t filter properly anymore<br />
</strong><br />
We pop something in our mouth to go to sleep at night and drink coffee to wake up. We get our sugar “highs” through the day to keep us going, and overindulge in heavy meals or non-nutritious, empty calories just before going to sleep.</p>
<p><strong>We are overfed but undernourished.<br />
</strong><br />
Our children are being born already sick, from the thousands of years of damage we’ve done to our once perfect DNA. God hasn’t done this to us. We have!</p>
<p>In the beginning, we were made perfect—in His own likeness. But with our own free will, we’ve eaten what we’ve wanted, cooked how we’ve wanted, and allowed governments and big business to contaminate our foods and to genetically modify them for bigger profits. Most of the “natural foods”—fruits, vegetables, and meat—that you think you’re eating aren’t even real anymore! Meats and dairy products are filled with hormones and antibiotics. Little girls are getting their periods younger than ever. ADHD, fibromyalgia, diabetes, depression, autism, cancer, and epidemic levels of obesity are rampant! We now have a generation of children who are predicted to have a shorter life-span than their parents. We place more value on the car we drive than we do on the food we eat! It is our greatest downfall—nationally and globally.</p>
<p>The CBC documentary Chasing the Cancer Answer tells us that nearly 31 million pounds of carcinogens are released into the atmosphere in Canada each year, that childhood cancer is up 25 percent in the last 30 years, and breast cancer rates have increased 54 percent over the past 26 years, even though billions of dollars have been spent on breast cancer research. And that’s only Canada!</p>
<p><strong>How does our body deal with these chemicals?<br />
</strong><br />
Did you know that the average 24-year-old has between 5 to 15 pounds of mucous lining her small intestines, from all the toxins she’s ingested? This mucous is now blocking both the bad and the good food from entering her system. Not to mention, her brilliant body continues to “protect” her organs, as best it can, by encapsulating these invading impurities within fat. She puts on weight without knowing why. Her brain isn’t getting the Essential Fatty Acids (EFAs) it needs to do its job (much like a vehicle going without oil). Her hormones are “out of whack”. She sure is chemically-imbalanced! She believes her depression is real…her exhaustion is real…her weight-gain is real…when really it is just a void in the nutrients that her body and soul require, along with a system that is clogged, bogged, and weighed down.</p>
<p>When your body is clogged, burdened, overworked, overfed and undernourished, it simply can’t do the job it was meant to do—no different from a Ferrari that won’t run properly with sugar in its gas tank or without oil in its engine.<br />
<em><br />
</em>Doing a proper “cellular” cleanse will increase your energy and vitality, give you clarity (because it is cleansing all the cells in your body, including your brain!), reduce cravings, bloating, and dis-stress, and release excess body fat.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>MESSAGE FROM JENN SEEGER<br />
</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Both Crystal and I have found the cellular cleanses offered through<br />
Isagenix to be the best products on the market today.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">After my first 9 days, I’d lost seven pounds and felt indescribably “clear and focused”.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">I’ve stayed on the products (vitamins, minerals, and EFAs) included in the<br />
30-Day System for over two years and have NEVER felt better!</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">I am asked by many companies to endorse their products but I haven’t<br />
felt strongly enough to do so until I found Isagenix.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em> </em>But I believe that everyone should know about ISAGENIX!</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>No one is immune to impurities!</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">ISAGENIX has given me a renewed sense of health and vitality!</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>To purchase your 9-day or 30-day cleanse you can either go directly to</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://divafoodandcleanse.com/" target="_blank">www.divafoodandcleanse.com<br />
</a>or for more information contact me at<br />
<a href="mailto:jenn@thedivacenter.com">jenn@thedivacenter.com</a></p>
<p>If you are ready to clean up your body and rebuild a healthy, strong foundation, you owe it to yourself and to those you love (especially since you live in a country that provides you with an abundance of healthy pure organic food), to treat your body with respect, dignity, and reverence.</p>
<p>When you take care of your body, it will take care of you. This is the first and most crucial step to living a long, empowered life!</p>
<p>Warmly,</p>
<p>Jenn Seeger</p>
<p><strong><br />
Disclaimer:</strong> The statements (appearing on this website) have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.</p>
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		<title>Holiday Eating &amp; Mindfulness</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:43:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jenn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Written by Diva Center Diamond Provider, <a href="http://www.thedivacenter.com/diamond-providers/health-nutrition-fitness/dr-mario-mancini/">Dr. Mario Mancini</a></p>
<p>During any holiday season is when mindfulness becomes a necessity if your goal is optimal health.  Mindfulness means paying attention.  Instead of zoning out and eating without thought, really sit there with moment to moment awareness.  It’s not easy but it’s truly worth it. Practicing mindfulness prevents us from overeating which is one of the biggest challenges to deal with when food is presented in large displays.  As you practice mindfulness you will notice that you can enjoy the food without overindulging.  That’s the key, that is, to enjoy and not overindulge.  Let this be your mantra and at the forefront of your mind when placing anything in your mouth, especially during the filling holiday season.</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Written by Diva Center Diamond Provider, <a href="http://www.thedivacenter.com/diamond-providers/health-nutrition-fitness/dr-mario-mancini/">Dr. Mario Mancini</a></p>
<p>During any holiday season is when mindfulness becomes a necessity if your goal is optimal health.  Mindfulness means paying attention.  Instead of zoning out and eating without thought, really sit there with moment to moment awareness.  It’s not easy but it’s truly worth it. Practicing mindfulness prevents us from overeating which is one of the biggest challenges to deal with when food is presented in large displays.  As you practice mindfulness you will notice that you can enjoy the food without overindulging.  That’s the key, that is, to enjoy and not overindulge.  Let this be your mantra and at the forefront of your mind when placing anything in your mouth, especially during the filling holiday season.</p>
<p>So how can you be mindful when eating?  A great place to start is to utilize your senses of seeing, smelling, tasting and feeling. Now wait a minute!  Of course I see the food, smell, taste and feel it.  Well maybe you do, but not with full color attention.  See the art of improving your mindfulness like connecting the dots and adding intense color to your senses.  Instead of glimpsing at the food, smelling only the strongest scent and tasting only the most obvious flavor, look deeper as if you’re a detective.  Observe the food as if you’ve never seen it.  Really smell the many subtle fragrances never noticed before.  When placing the food in your mouth feel the pressure it creates.  Notice the subtle experiences we call flavors that burst in your mouth. Now let’s pick that delicious dessert.  Instead of warming up and inhaling your first slice with the intention of eating another, stop for a moment.  Simply stop and turn on your senses at full color and full magnitude as if you just turned up the volume 10 notches.  Fully enjoy the dessert as if this is the first time eating it.</p>
<p>Realize that eating one slice will taste the same as eating the 2nd, 3rd 4th, etc. One piece is the same as the whole. Coming to terms with the fact that all foods that are outside your optimal fuel (foods that are strictly for the care, maintenance and improvement of your mind/body health) are simply to be <em><strong>enjoyed by the senses and not for survival</strong></em>.  When you maintain the mind set that fun foods are strictly to satiate the senses and not for health, you will truly enjoy that holiday dessert.  Desserts are simply to be enjoyed by the senses and that’s it.  Don’t confuse foods like cake, candy, sodas, etc. with foods that provide nutrition.  This difference cannot be overlooked.  Think deeply about this.</p>
<p><strong>Your mission, if you choose to accept being healthier, is to SLOW DOWN and magnify smelling, seeing, feeling the texture and tasting the food you eat.</strong> So with this new perspective on fun foods and survival foods, appreciate each for what they offer, that is, pleasure for the senses and nutrition for the body.</p>
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		<title>Nutrition Tips to Help You Gain Momentum BEFORE the Holidays!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:08:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jenn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><strong>By <a href="http://www.thedivacenter.com/diamond-providers/health-nutrition-fitness/carol-ben-flick/">Carol Flick</a>, Nutritionist &#38; Personal Trainer</p>
<p><img class="size-medium wp-image-1230 alignleft" title="carol" src="http://www.thedivacenter.com/wp-content/uploads/carol1-199x300.jpg" alt="carol" width="199" height="300" /></strong>Want to look and feel your best just in time for the holidays???  My name is Carol Flick (a Diva Center Diamond Provider) and I own a personal training business where I am a Licensed Sports Nutritionist &#38; Certified Personal Trainer.  I have a passion for helping people with their health, fitness and well being.</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>By <a href="http://www.thedivacenter.com/diamond-providers/health-nutrition-fitness/carol-ben-flick/">Carol Flick</a>, Nutritionist &amp; Personal Trainer</p>
<p><img class="size-medium wp-image-1230 alignleft" title="carol" src="http://www.thedivacenter.com/wp-content/uploads/carol1-199x300.jpg" alt="carol" width="199" height="300" /></strong>Want to look and feel your best just in time for the holidays???  My name is Carol Flick (a Diva Center Diamond Provider) and I own a personal training business where I am a Licensed Sports Nutritionist &amp; Certified Personal Trainer.  I have a passion for helping people with their health, fitness and well being.</p>
<p>Here are some tips to help you gain some momentum BEFORE the holidays so you will be ahead of the game!</p>
<p><strong>1)  Watch out for the sugar! </strong><br />
Your immune system is weakened by sugar.  If you want to stay healthy and avoid getting sick stay away from the sugar.  If you want to indulge in some sugar than be sure that you have a good source of protein with it to counter balance it.  Alcohol is also a contributor to this too.  Alcohol absorbs in the stomach and not the intestines, so keep it to a minimum to keep the belly fat down.</p>
<p><strong>2)  Do at least 20 minutes of exercise a day.</strong><br />
This is so great for so many reasons.  First reason is that stress is toxic and exercise releases stress from the body.  Secondly, it releases all of our feel good hormones that make us feel more confident, happy and balanced in life.  Also, an added benefit is that it makes you look younger and better.  You can always spot when someone you know is starting a new exercise program because they have something different about them you just can’t put your finger on.  Join a new gym, hire a personal trainer, recruit a SERIOUS workout partner, and play with your kids in the park.  These are just a few of the ways that will help motivate you to get moving.</p>
<p><strong>3)  Drink your water.</strong><br />
Water is crucial to the body.  Being chronically dehydrated is linked to many health issues.   We are at least 70% water and need it for not only fat loss but also it is a natural detoxifier to the all of the body’s organs.  I suggest 80-128 oz. of purified water per day.  This will give you more energy too.  Fat is release through your breath or your urine.  I suggest you drink more water and pass it through your urine. J</p>
<p><strong>4)  Eat 5-7 times per day.</strong><br />
This is a hard concept for so many people.  When I work with a client for the first time and I give them their menu for the week they look at me like I am crazy.  The often say “I can’t eat all of that, I will get fat”.  The truth is that our bodies require us to eat often for our blood sugar as well as our metabolism.    Every time you eat (as long as you don’t over eat) it sparks your metabolism by 25%.  In the beginning for those who don’t do this you may feel full, but after 3-5 days you will be able to know what time it is on the clock by your hunger level every 2-3 hours.</p>
<p><strong>5)  Be sure to have good quality protein EVERY time you eat.</strong><br />
Protein in a good source will keep your blood sugar level for about 3 hours.  This is important to have because if your blood sugar is off you will store fat, feel tired, feel irritable, feel weak, feel faint and so much more.  Plus, our immune system is dependant on getting protein in consistently.  Some good sources are chicken breast (organic and free range), turkey breast (organic and free range), eggs (cage free), fish (not farmed), whey protein (organic is the most bio-available) and nuts (organic).</p>
<p><strong>6)  Eat before going to the party. </strong><br />
Now I am not trying to take Thanksgiving away from you.  Thanksgiving is only 1 day of the year.  I am talking about all of the other days.  If you eat before going to the event you will feel less like hanging out by the food table.  Remember it is what you do most often that makes a difference in your health and body.  If you indulge on a daily basis you will look and feel like you do, if you eat healthy and exercise on a daily basis you will look and feel like you do this too.</p>
<p>If you have any questions and are unsure where to get any of the items I suggested feel free to contact me at 619-997-3891 or e-mail me at <a href="mailto:carol@funtobefit.com">carol@funtobefit.com</a></p>
<p>To your health and wellbeing,</p>
<p><a href="http://www.thedivacenter.com/diamond-providers/health-nutrition-fitness/carol-ben-flick/">Ben and Carol Flick</a></p>
<p><em><strong>Personal Trainer, ACE </strong></em><strong><em><br />
<em>Licensed Sports Nutritionist, NASN</em><br />
<em>Lifestyle and Weight Management Consultant, ACE </em></em></strong></p>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:31:30 +0000</pubDate>
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