Optimum Health

1. Optimum Health For a Happier Living

2. Today’s Talk: LIVING with a CLEAN LIVER

7. WHY A CLEAN LIVER?

8. WHY a Clean LIVER? THE LIVER: • Performs massively • important tasks: Do you remember which ones?

9. WHY a Clean LIVER? Breaking down & eliminate Toxins; Breaking down & eliminate excess Hormones; Blood Sugar Balance Production of Bile Storage of Nutrients Syntheses of Blood protein and Cholesterol

10. WHY a Clean LIVER? THE LIVER: • Performs massively • important tasks: • It is a VITAL organ that deals with very toxic agents;

11. WHY a Clean LIVER? THE LIVER: • Performs massively • important tasks: • It is a VITAL organ that deals with very toxic agents; • Highly influences the prevention chronic degenerative diseases such as Heart Disease,Cancer and Diabetes to develop;

12. 5 Habits to BREAK

13. 5 Habits to Break Wheat  Milk Caffeine Alcohol Bad Fats

14. 5 Habits to Break Gluten Protein: GLIADIN

15. 5 Habits to Break Gluten Protein: GLIADIN • Exceedingly unfriendly to the digestive tract for most people; • (with immediate or no apparent reaction) Around 45% of people in the UK suffer from food intolerance, with wheat being one of the most common: 1/100 = Coeliac Disease, the most severe wheat intolerance, + 500.000 undiagnosed. http://www.channel4.com/4beauty/wellbeing/dietary-health/wheat-intolerance

16. 5 Habits to Break Gluten Protein: GLIADIN • It can irritate, inflame and eventually damage the lining of the digestive tract leading to the development of what is called “Leaky Gut Syndrome”;

17. 5 Habits to Break Gluten Protein: GLIADIN • Leaky Gut Syndrome is a condition in which the lining of the gut becomes more permeable, allowing larger food particles, instead of their constituent amino acids, to get into the bloodstream...

18. 5 Habits to Break Gluten Protein: GLIADIN • In a Leaky Gut scenario the antibodies form what is called “Immune Complex” which means that the immune system treats the invading “food” as toxin and attacks it vigorously – Forming the basis for all sort of allergies and sensitivity with detrimental effect on health. (autoimmune diseases)

19. 5 Habits to Break Symptoms of Gluten Allergy: • Sniffing and snuffing, and sinus problems; • Fatigue /Chronic Fatigue; • Mouth ulcers; • Diarrhoea / constipation; • Abdominal bloating; • Chrohn’s Disease / Diverticulitis; • Depression; • Poor concentration / Brain “fog”

20. 5 Habits to Break AVOID: Gluten Protein: GLIADIN Kamut Barley Rye Spelt VERY SIMILAR GLUTEN PROTEIN to Wheat

21. 5 Habits to Break GREATALTERNATIVES:

22. 5 Habits to Break GREATALTERNATIVES: Buckwheat Oats Amarath Maize Brown rice

23. 5 Habits to Break GREATALTERNATIVES: Millet Corn Quinoa

24. 5 Habits to Break SOLUTION: - Avoid the Allergen; - Take a spoon of GLUTAMIN powder;

25. 5 Habits to Break Wheat  Milk  Caffeine Alcohol Bad Fats

26. 5 Habits to Break Milk Protein: CASEIN • Most common allergen & gut irritant; • Contains all kinds of hormones designed for the first months of a calf’s life; • Leads to gut permeability and tax the liver with a detox load;

27. 5 Habits to Break Milk Protein: CASEIN • Children between 18 months and 4 years lose lactase – the enzyme needed to digest milk – one of the many clues that the human body is not designed to drink cow’s milk;

28. 5 Habits to Break Milk Protein: CASEIN • It is not the lactose only but the ANIMAL protein “casein” that is causing you damage! – Likewise “gliadin” in wheat, casein is seen by the immune system as an invader and the result is the development of “Immune Complex”

29. 5 Habits to Break Milk Protein: CASEIN • The higher the consumption, the greater the risk of developing breast, prostate and colo-rectal cancer; Holtford, P. 9-Day Liver Detox. P.27

30. 5 Habits to Break AVOID: Milk Protein: CASEIN

31. 5 Habits to Break GREATALTERNATIVES:

32. 5 Habits to Break GREATALTERNATIVES: Soya Milk

33. 5 Habits to Break GREATALTERNATIVES:

34. 5 Habits to Break GREATALTERNATIVES: Coconut Milk Rice Milk

35. 5 Habits to Break GREATALTERNATIVES: Soya Yogurt

36. 5 Habits to Break GREATALTERNATIVES: Soya Yogurt

37. 5 Habits to Break GREATALTERNATIVES: Soya Cream

38. 5 Habits to Break Wheat  Milk  Caffeine  Alcohol Bad Fats

39. 5 Habits to Break Coffee: CAFFEINE • Caffeine is a toxin – Overloads the Liver; • Most people experiment a tremendous gain in energy, mental clarity and improved mood just by stopping caffeine;

40. 5 Habits to Break Coffee: CAFFEINE • Caffeine is dehydrating; • Disrupts blood sugar balance;

41. 5 Habits to Break Coffee: CAFFEINE • Caffeine is addictive – 100mg/day; Withdrawal Effects: • Tiredness; • Low mood / Irritability; • Headache; • Anger • Headache; • Fatigue; • Difficulty concentrating; • Drowsiness;

42. 5 Habits to Break Coffee: CAFFEINE • Caffeine makes you more stressed and tired • Psychological testing showed that 1-5 cups/day caused consumers to have higher levels of anxiety, depression and stress related medical problems... Holtford, P. 9-Day Liver Detox. P.31

43. 5 Habits to Break Coffee: CAFFEINE • The Pick-me up Effect: • - Adenosine brain receptors are blocked; • (Hormone responsible for controlling DOPAMINE breakdown) • - The body makes Adrenaline from Dopamine; • - Adenosine blocksDopamine breakdown; • - Excess Dopamine and more Adrenaline; (Excess Production)

44. 5 Habits to Break Coffee: CAFFEINE • The Pick-me up Effect: - Over alertness, stimulation, motivation... (Fight & Flight situation) = STRESS - Calls for Sugar - Under normal functioning, the body uses Adenosine to break down Dopamine and Adrenaline to return to normal...

45. 5 Habits to Break Coffee: CAFFEINE • The Pick-me up Effect: ... But in such a scenario the body shuts down its sensors – awful feeling takes place; (The body doesn’t respond to Dopamine/Adrenaline) - Need of stronger dose of Adrenaline is felt; ... And hence more caffeine is consumed.

46. ? 5 Habits to Break Coffee: CAFFEINE • The Pick-me up Effect: What about people that can drink coffee, even at night, but their body seems not to suffer the common side-effects? (over alertness & lack of sleep)? ...Dopamine & AdrenalineRESISTANCE? What would be the consequences? ANXIETY, STRESS, DEPRESSION, LOWMOOD, ANGER, ETC...

47. 5 Habits to Break AVOID: Coffee: CAFFEINE

48. 5 Habits to Break GREATALTERNATIVES:

49. 5 Habits to Break GREATALTERNATIVES: Herbal Teas

50. 5 Habits to Break GREATALTERNATIVES: Juices – Vegetables & Fruits