Have a Healthy Digestive System
Do you feel sometimes that your weight loss or healthy living goals aren’t being met because your belly doesn’t do a good job of digesting what you eat? Having a healthy digestive system is so very important to your health and if your belly feels good, then you feel good generally all over.. but as the old saying goes.. (or it could be a new one) what goes into your belly may not necessarily be good for you and so you need to try to avoid foods that do more harm than good for you and your goal to be healthy.
My friend Linda Wolfe is part of PICFIT and she has put up a couple of posts this past month that are worthy of mention here! One she posted tells you what happens to your body within one hour of drinking a Coke. Now there is a list of things that occur but the first one says: “in The First 10 minutes: 10 teaspoons of sugar hit your system. (100% of your recommended daily intake.) You don’t immediately vomit from the overwhelming sweetness because phosphoric acid cuts the flavor allowing you to keep it down.” and the last one says: “60 minutes: As the rave inside of you dies down you’ll start to have a sugar crash. You may become irritable and/or sluggish. You’ve also now, literally, pissed away all the water that was in the Coke. But not before infusing it with valuable nutrients your body could have used for things like even having the ability to hydrate your system or build strong bones and teeth.”
Ok, so I am no professional here but I am thinking that this probably not good for you. You can read this full article and it’s reference at: http://picfit.ning.com/profiles/blogs/what-happens-to-your-body
Linda sells a wide range of quality teas from around the world, and of course they are all delicious and a tea lovers delight (www.waylinteas.com). Tea has been around since the beginning of time and it is documented that tea is good for you generally anyway. Linda has a great newsletter that you can subscribe to that gives you great information about tea, recipes and more.
There is a tea that she does carry that is a great digestive aid that has helped people with many digestive issues. Total Tea(TM) provides a special balance of herbs that can help aid in digestion and elimination.
It helps to: •Restore overall digestive function, •Detoxification, •Relieve Constipation, •Increase peristalsis (forward movement) •Improve food digestion performance, •Increase circulation, •Prevent intestinal spasms, •Reduce nervousness, •Reduce gas production, •Reduce bloating and cramping, •Remove yeast and other “bad” bacteria from the system, •Inhibit “bad” bacteria production, •Improve “good” nutrient absorption, •Reduce irritation & inflammation of intestinal walls, •Improve immunity.
I drink this tea myself and besides the fact that it is a yummy tea, it does keep my digestive tract squeaky clean and healthy. Now there are many products on the market that promise to FLUSH your system, but wouldn’t you rather sit and enjoy a nice cuppa tea instead and know you are doing your body good? I am thinking that anything promising to flush your system is rather scary. I really don’t want to spend the next day running to the bathroom and who’s to say it won’t take many good nutrients that my body might like to keep along the way?
This Total Tea is even good cold sweetened with just a teaspoon of honey on ice.. you can learn more about this tea product at: www.totaltea.ca .
So the next time you go reaching for a glass of pop, think about having a cuppa tea instead. It will go a long way towards keeping you healthy and you can even put tea bags in your purse or glove box and drink it anyplace you can get hot water. Consider treating yourself even! You know those cute teacups grandma used to serve coffee and tea in? What a simple pleasure when you serve yourself a tea in a wonderful china teacup like this. …why? Because you deserve it!
July 16th, 2010 
Melanie 
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