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-It steeps for only 2 hours

-It makes 1.5 gallons (5.6 Litres) for the week

-Lose up to 11 lbs (5 Kgs) in 7 days

-1 cup (250mls) a day

-12 amazing herbs ( Persimmon Leaves, Holy Thistle, Malva Leaves, Marsh Mallow, Blessed Thistle, Papaya, Myrrh, Chamomile, Ginger, Cranberry, Chaga, Ganoderma, Soluble Fibre)

-Better tasting

-Has these amazing benefits:

1. Detoxify and cleanse

2. Remove in digested waste

3. Rids the body of toxins

4. Removes worms and parasites

5. Helps you lose weight naturally and physically & you feel better 

TeDivina will begin to work from your very first cup. Your waistline will shrink before you know it. 

Other benefits: weight loss improves the symptoms of diseases like hypertension, diabetes, arthritis, congestive heart failure, etc

The only side effect is: you better watch your pants before they fall off! 

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I'm A Believer in TRIMDown Fiber Plus

Received on July 15, 2014 by Chantel Bernal

So I had weighed myself on Sunday and was totally bummed because I gained a pound instead of losing. I did get my monthly last week right in the middle of my first week with TRIMdown Fiber Plus. So I was a little annoyed. I did lose 1 inch tho, which made me happy. So today, since all that is over I decided to step on the scale because everyone is losing weight on TDFP and I feel like I'm losing consistently. So now only 2 days later, I lost 2 pounds!!!!! OMG now that put a big fat smile on my face and I'm down a total of 8 pounds!!! (2 lbs in 9 days with TDFP, the other 6 from my new weight loss plan).  My actual 14 day weigh in is not until Sunday, but I just had to do a sneak peek, I couldn't take it.

So here is how I feel:

★ All Day Energy
★ Sleeping better
★ I noticed my knees don't hurt as much (arthritis)
★ I eat less and feel full quicker / longer
★ NO Jitters
★ NO cravings (I actually handled my PMS cravings much better!!)
★ NO gas, bloating or stomach pain.
★ NO detox symptoms
★ OVERALL I FEEL GREAT! I'm very happy with TDFP.

This was my final stop for weight loss as my doctor told me I was a prime candidate for weight loss surgery!!!! My hubby doesn't want me to go that drastic, but if didn't work I was pondering over it. This is only the beginning, but it is so nice to see results immediately instead of having to wait 2 or 4 weeks or more and get nothing.  I'm very excited to be a part of this company and being able to provide a product that actually delivers what it promises!  I'm a believer! - Chantel Bernal

10 Reasons Why You Should Use Essential Oils

What Are Essential Oils?

Essential oils are liquid extracts distilled from plants such as flowers, trees, and aromatic herbs. They provide protection for the plants by repelling harmful insects. They are very concentrated and it often takes an entire plant (or more) to produce a single drop of oil.

Their pleasant aromas from the oils have been known to balance moods, lift spirits, get rid of negative emotions and even create a romantic atmosphere.

Essential oils are more than just a pleasant aroma. Historically, they have been used to kill viruses, fungi, and bacteria.

10 Reasons Why You Should Try Essential Oils:

1. Essential oils are anti-fungal, antiviral, anti-macrobial, anti-parasitic, anti-infectious and antiseptic. They can combat infectious disease by killing off viruses, bacteria or other pathogens. Some oils have been shown to destroy all tested viruses and bacteria.

2. Essential oils can act on both your mind and your body. Their aromas can be stimulating both psychologically and physically, as well as calming and sedating. Inhaling aromas is extremely powerful. Aromatic stimuli of your limbic system cause the release of neurotransmitters, including pain-reducing encephalin, pleasure-producing endorphins, relaxing serotonin, and stimulating noradrenaline.

3. Essential oils are some of the most powerful known antioxidants. (Determined by an ORAC developed by Tuft University).

4. Essential oils are capable of penetrating your cell membranes since they are lipid-soluble. According to Jean V. MD, essential oils can affect every cell of the body within 20 minutes, and are then metabolized like other nutrients. An anti-biotic cannot penetrate your cell’s wall.

5. Essential oils detoxify your cells and your blood.

6. Essential purify the air by eliminating odors from cooking, animals, mold, bacteria and other sources.

7. Essential oils are small enough to penetrate every tissue in your skin.

8. According to researchers at Vienna University, essential oils stimulate blood flow, which increases your nutrient and oxygen delivery.

9. Essential oils can be administered in two ways, either topically or through aromatherapy and therapeutic grade essential oils can be ingested in certain instances. When applied topically and inhaled, essential oils are  absorbed immediately into your blood stream. Oils used aromatically don’t have to go through your digestive system, so they work immediately in your body.

10. The essential oils’ versatility makes them fairly inexpensive to use. One bottle goes a long way and can be used for many different ailments. For example, lavender oil helps with relaxation, sleep, bug bites, eczema and burns.

So, I’ve given you ten reasons why essential oils are so vital to your life.

What are you using now to take care of all these things essential oils can do for you? Would you be willing to make a switch and try something new and see if it makes a difference in your life?

I’d love to hear from you—please leave a comment in the box below.

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Tame Your Sugar Cravings by Balancing Your Body's PH

You may not have thought about the pH scale since secondary school biology/chemistry class. As it turns out, that lesson is actually applicable to your life outside of the classroom. We all know sugar has addictive properties so it’s no wonder that eating it only makes us want more. Sugar is one of the most acid forming foods that you can eat and the acidic state it creates in your body is partly responsible for leaving you wanting more.

Having a more alkaline, balanced pH is vital to your health because it enables all of your cells, organs, and systems to function at maximum performance. If you struggle with sugar addiction, this could be your entrance onto the road to recovery. Human blood pH should be slightly alkaline ( 7.35 - 7.45 ).  Below or above this range means symptoms and disease.  A pH of 7.0 is neutral.  A pH below 7.0 is acidic.  A pH above 7.0 is alkaline.

An acidic pH can occur from, an acid forming diet, emotional stress, toxic overload, and/or immune reactions or any process that deprives the cells of oxygen and other nutrients.  The body will try to compensate for acidic pH by using alkaline minerals.  If the diet does not contain enough minerals to compensate, a build up of acids in the cells will occur.

An acidic imbalance will:  decrease the body's ability to absorb minerals and other nutrients, decrease the energy production in the cells, decrease it's ability to repair damaged cells, decrease it's ability to detoxify heavy metals, make tumor cells thrive, and make it more susceptible to fatigue and illness.  A blood pH of 6.9, which is only slightly acidic, can induce coma and death.

Acidosis is mostly due to consuming a diet, which is far too high in acid-producing animal products like meat, eggs and dairy, and far too low in alkaline producing foods like fresh vegetables.  Additionally, we eat acid producing processed foods like white flour and sugar and drink acid producing beverages like coffee and soft drinks.  We use too many drugs, which are acid forming; and we use artificial chemical sweeteners like Aspartame, which are extremely acid forming. 

Generally, alkaline forming foods include: most fruits, green vegetables, peas, beans, lentils, spices, herbs and seasonings, and seeds and nuts. Generally, acid forming foods include: meat, fish, poultry, eggs, grains, and legumes.

An acidic body is a sickness magnet.  What you eat and drink will impact where your body's pH level falls.  Balance is Key !!!

Practical Ways of Taming Sugar Cravings

• One of the best things we can do to correct an overly acid body is to clean up the diet and lifestyle. To maintain health, the diet should consist of 60% alkaline forming foods and 40% acid forming foods.  To restore health, the diet should consist of 80% alkaline forming foods and 20% acid forming foods.

• Another way to alkalize your system and keep sugar cravings at bay is to get moving! Take a walk! Exercise! Your cardiovascular system helps regulate many body components including its acidity levels.

• Taking deep breaths also aids in removing excess acid from the system through the release of carbon dioxide. Make sure to get a good dose of fresh air and exercise as a non-edible way to help balance your system.

• Adding more fermented foods and beverages to your diet is also a great way to level your pH as well as assist in digestion and nourish the gut – which is another culprit for sugar cravings when not functioning properly.

Here is a list of a few acidic and alkaline foods to evaluate where you can make small changes or swaps in your diet to improve your health, balance your body’s pH, and in turn gain control over your sugar cravings. 

Sugar addiction can’t be cured in a day so do your best and be proud that you are taking yet another step in the right direction! 

The Lemonade-Master Cleanse

I would suggest this Cleanse at least twice a year for everyone! This was originally called the Master Cleanse, created by Stanley Boroughs. It is a method of fasting with a lemonade drink taken every hour, for 8 hours. Fasting is the oldest recorded “diet” program, dating back more than 2500 years. There is great detoxification, matter of fact, some would say that only during a fast does the body detoxify fully. It takes at least 10 days to reach the deeper tissues of the body. 10 days of no food is a long time for many, and it could be life threatening for someone who is diabetic or very hyperglycemic (get shaky when you don’t eat regularly). Using the ingredients in the Lemonade Fast supplies minerals and sugars so the body does not have those blood sugar reactions. 

The Lemonade Cleanse is one of the most effective total-body cleansing programs available. It is simple, inexpensive and provides you the energy to continue your daily tasks. It is true you are not eating, and the concept of that is hard for some people, but most people report that by day 3 they have more energy than they had when they were eating! Amazing!

The Lemonade Cleanse Summary

After this evening, you will stop eating (fast) for the length of your cleanse. Starting tomorrow, you will fill a glass with 8-10 ounces (250 - 300 milliliters of water) of good, pure water and add the following to your water. You will repeat this every hour for 10 days.

- ADD 1/10 of a teaspoon of Cayenne Pepper, organic if you can, at least 30,000 HU

- ADD 2 Tablespoons of Grade B Maple Syrup

- ADD 1/2 of a freshly squeezed lemon

- Each evening you will need a cup of laxative tea, which you can get at some grocery stores, most health food stores. Click here to order your kit.

- Beginning the second morning of your fast, and every morning thereafter, you will need 30 ounces (about 900 milliliters )of water with 2 (two) teaspoons of sea salt in it. NOT table salt, but sea salt. Drink it down in 15 minutes or less if you can. This is imperative to help flush the toxins that the body is releasing during the fast. Any detox symptoms you might get from fasting, like rash, irritable, headache, etc, is generally relieved with the morning salt water. IF you cannot drink the salt water, do another cup of the laxative tea in the morning unless you already have diarrhea.

That’s it! Eat nothing, and take no supplements during your fast (but continue any medications you are supposed to be on).

How many days should I fast?

The original Master Cleanse was a 10-day fast. Calm down…most people have a hard time doing that many days on a first fast. You don’t have to commit to that long. BUT, if you can make it to day 4, you won’t be hungry any more and it is a piece of cake after that. A one, two, even three day fast does not produce therapeutic results, meaning your body will get a little something from it, but nothing spectacular.  It takes a certain amount of days for the body to cleanse enough that it begins to release the deep toxins that cause disease. For some it will be day 7, but for most of the people who are not eating a diet that is primarily raw foods, it generally takes the full 10 days. But work up to it if you must. Do a couple days here and there until you find you can make it all the way to day 10. Remember, if you can get to day 4, you should be home free, the rest is easy.

How To Break A Fast

The greatest benefit may be lost, followed by harmful after effects, if the fast is not broken in the right way. George Bernard Shaw said, “Any fool can fast, but it takes a wise man to break a fast properly.” In fact, the best effects of a fast depend upon the dietetic management after it is broken. The longer the fast, the more care must be taken in breaking it. Raw fruit and vegetables should be the ONLY foods eaten for the three days following your 10-day fast. If you need something more, a boiled or baked potato (plain -without butter) can be introduced on the second and third day. The greatest danger lies in eating too frequently and too much at a time after a fast. After a long fast the digestive organs are in a condition of complete inactivity, and to overload them suddenly with a large amount of food may provoke acute attacks of indigestion and produce many other kinds of serious disturbances. The organs must be trained to return to normal activity gradually, beginning with very small quantities of light food. Remember, if you made it to day 10, you will not be starving, so this part is not difficult.

A very helpful website for the Lemonade Diet: http://therawfoodsite.com/index.htm

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Colon Cleansing

Death Begins in the Colon. That sounds a bit harsh doesn't it? If you get into natural health, you will begin to learn about nutrition and you will definitely begin to hear that you need to cleanse. There is great misunderstanding around what a ‘cleanse’ is or should be, but the target of cleansing is generally the Colon. It makes sense as the colon is where the body sends all waste products until they are eliminated in a bowel movement. The body is a very efficient system, “fearfully and wonderfully made” as long as you are only ingesting items that the body was actually intended to deal with. Today’s modern world offers us so many tasty and enticing things that do not belong in the body, and most people get precious little fiber to help entrap those items and hold them for elimination.

Nature’s protective mechanism is to secrete mucus in the colon to protect against toxins, poisons and other waste products. It works along with fiber to trap those things that might do the body harm. Because the average diet has strayed so far from the foods and items the body was designed to process, the protective mechanism is forced to work continuously producing an abundance of mucus with little chance of it being eliminated. Layer piles upon layer, mucus thickens and becomes gel like, often hardens like rubber…you can imagine how toxic that is to just sit in the body.

The simple fact is that unless you have been eating an almost completely raw, vegan, organic diet, than you have the need for colon cleansing. While I do not promote that a vegetarian diet is the best for everyone, meat, dairy and refined carbohydrates are foods that the human intestine was not created or designed to deal with. Animals in nature that eat meat as a staple in their diets have very short colons. Humans have a colon that is 6-8 feet long. When an acid food must spend that much time in transit, it promotes secretion of the elements the body will use to build mucoid linings. But no matter what the diet, linings will develop. The reason for this is that food must be completely digested or the body treats that food like a foreign substance. It may even treat it like a toxin depending on your inability to absorb and metabolize all the elements in that food. Overall, the healthier you eat, the fewer linings you will have and you will not need to do colon flushing as often. But you can safely assume that you have mucoid linings that need elimination, like the ones in the photo.

We assume that when we eat food, the body extracts the nutrients it can and the rest is sent to the colon where it is passed when we have a bowel movement. We have discussed that one bowel movement per meal is healthy, and should be considered regular. But regular still does not predict that the intestine is actually passing all of the waste material. When you eat something the body is not fully able to digest, the body also becomes confused with how to eliminate properly. At least Ninety-five percent of what you eat is supposed to be moved out as waste. The only thing the body takes are the nutrients and only five percent of healthy fruits and vegetables is nutrition, the rest is pulp and fiber that remains in the intestine as waste for elimination. Imagine what percent of unhealthy foods need to be passed . . . 99.5%? Now suppose your body has not been passing the entire contents of the waste you have been consuming. This percent begins to rot and putrefy along the walls of your intestine. Not just your large intestine, it forms in your small intestine as well. And there are over twenty feet of it.

The body considers this waste as toxic material that will be absorbed into the main circulation, which means an eventual threat to health. The defense is to produce mucous and place it as a protective covering around the toxic waste. Over time, you get more and more of this and it literally goes from putrefied to petrified. These are referred to as mucoid linings- mucus formed as a response to toxins which hardens into a rubbery lining. Many of the old linings that people pass are literally as hard at tire rubber. People can’t cut them with a knife. So when I say petrify, I mean petrify. And all this started with innocent undigested food, which might have been assumed good for you. I have supplied a few photos so that you might understand why you feel terrible, and why disease can so easily take over a body. It’s no different than putting a little sugar, salt and flour in your gas tank every time you fill the car and then wondering why you lose performance over time. After a certain amount of build up, the car starts to sputter and stall and eventually just shuts down the motor. When you take the motor apart, you find all this gunk and it seems perfectly reasonable that the engine would no longer run. We understand why a motor needs cleaning and maintenance, yet we assume our organic, living, biological bodies are unstoppable. Why do we assume our body is different?

So what is the best cleanse? There are tons of options, most in supplement form. Some are pretty good and some are complete trash, so here are some tips.

1. Increase your fiber. If you equate the fact that the human body was designed to be fed raw fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds and grains (all very high fiber), and all nutrition comprises 5% or less of a food, it leaves 95% of our diet is intended to be fiber! If you don’t have a diet that equates, begin to eat one. For those on a weight loss program, you need more fiber than usual, and Skinny Fiber has just the right amount of fiber to help you cleanse. Because most of our diets contain (or in the past contained) chemicals, preservatives, toxic metals, dyes and so forth, you need something that will help attract and bind to the toxins in the colon so they can be eliminated. 

2. The second big issue is water. The intestine needs water to keep that sludge moving along. What moves easiest in a tube, watered down sludge or try, pasty sludge? How much water is enough? Take your body weight in pounds (1kg = 2.2 pounds), divide it by two and that number is how many ounces you need a day. If you are not thirsty enough to want that much water, you are probably too sedentary, so get off your tush and work up a thirst. For those of you who drink the right amount and say the water just goes right through you, or you have dry skin anyway, look at some Thyroid support. You may need Thyroid Support and be Iodine deficient.

3. The third issue for colon cleansing is exercise. The intestine is full of muscles that move the food from one end to the other in a wave called peristalsis. This is literally a muscle contraction. Some of it is instigated by a brain signal, but lots of it is initiated by your daily movement and abdominal muscle signals. 

4. Did you know that the bile produced by your liver (and stored in the gallbladder) can melt cement? Yes, it is used for digesting fats and other elements, but it also serves to keep the stool soft and moving along. Besides water, nature’s stool softener is bile. 

5. Colon Cleanse Recipe. The tips above are for natural colon cleansing. If you desire to move old waste material out like the mucus and toxic stuff that is likely in there, use them all together. The goal is to get as many bowel movements as possible without causing diarrhea. If you think you can add a bowel stimulant, do it. Go as high as you can WITHOUT causing diarrhea. DO NOT do this if you are pregnant or nursing though.

6. Real Cleansing. I am sorry to tell you that the body is unable to fully clean while it is also having to digest food. Ok, so maybe you don’t eat anything from dinner time to breakfast or even lunch each day .. is that plenty of time to clean house? If you have a really healthy diet, as in almost all raw, vegan diet, yes, you are fine, but make sure you are getting some breakfast. The body tries to clean while you are sleeping and fruits are cleansers, so the more ripe, in season fruit you can eat in the morning, the better. If you are not a super dedicated raw vegan, the only way to do a thorough cleanse is to fast. No, not for a whole day silly, it takes 10 days to get to the deep tissues. Each day you are not eating, the body goes a little deeper in its ability to dump old waste. I don’t really recommend water fasting for most, so look into the Lemonade-Master Cleanse. Add the products listed and you will almost surely pass mucoid linings of your own.

7. Die Hard Cleansing. What? Like 10 days of fasting with lots of extra pooping isn’t die hard enough? Add some colon flushing to that and you can consider yourself a certified die hard cleanser. In this step you are combining points #5 and #6 above, and flushing the colon with water. 

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5 Steps to Wellness - Step 5 (Detoxification

While the previous steps of the 5 Steps to Wellness Series set the stage for wellness, the human body is currently exposed to a variety of toxins with which it was not designed to deal. These toxin categories accumulate in the body and eventually reach levels that cause all of today’s pain, sickness and disease. 

Toxin categories include: 

- chemical toxins

- food origin toxins

- environmental toxins

- cosmetic toxins

- medication/narcotic toxins

- metal toxins, injected toxins

- pathogens, arthropod toxins

- structural/surgical toxins

- electromagnetic toxins

- emotional toxins, and 

- inherited toxins. 

If you have any health challenges, or desire to maintain health, the toxin accumulation must be identified and eliminated. This is one of the most important facets to overcoming disease.

Elimination of these toxins is what allows the body to achieve its God-given miracle to heal. When the toxins are removed, the body is able to make new healthy cells rather than the same diseased duplicates. Think of it in terms of a wound with a splinter. You can take pain pills, antibiotics or even natural supplements every day, but if you don’t remove the splinter from the wound, the body will not be able to heal. 

Cleansing of toxins is THE KEY to maintaining or achieving health and wellness.

Keep in mind that the cleansing methods described in Step #4 can be done at home. They are designed to eliminate general toxic waste, poisons and toxins from the body. Many of the cleanses listed have done absolute miracles for many. Some toxins, like vaccine origin toxins, may be too specific for general cleansing methods to eliminate. We encourage you to do any of the cleansing described in Step#4.

Now, there you have it! You 5 steps to wellness. You can start reducing the amount of toxins that enter your body. But always remember that no matter how wonderful your diet and lifestyle has been or is now, there is no way to avoid all the toxins that are constantly being exposed to the body. No matter how sheltered or sterilized your living habits are, there is no way of avoiding all the toxins that eventually create the diseases that claim so many lives. If you are mindful of the choices you make each day, incorporate a moderately healthy diet and lifestyle and follow the 5-steps, you can attain and maintain great health. Begin your journey today, and live long enough to fulfill your destiny!

5 Steps to Wellness - Step 4 (Cleansing)

                           Did you know that your exterior is a mirror of your interior? 
    The cleaner you are on the inside, the outside will reflect it in beauty and radiance.

Everything in life requires cleaning. Your vehicle, your house, your desk and the outside of your body. Most people shower every day to avoid appearing and smelling unattractive or unclean, but how many have ever considered cleaning the inside of the body? A person with an office job might not get visibly "dirty" during a days work, but they still tend to shower every day because skin cells die every day. 

If you have read any of the information on this blog you know that animal products, refined products and nutritionally void products are at best of little use, at worst harmful. If you had useless or harmful things in your car, your house or your desk, would you dispose of them? Sure you would. Most of this junk food comes in pretty packages filled with chemicals that make them taste the way we want them to, but that doesn't make them good for the body. The fact is, the body considers them waste, or junk and it needs to get rid of it. If the body cannot eliminate the accumulated waste, the waste slowly moves into organs of the body and create dysfunction and finally disease. In addition, this waste creates a perfect host for the toxins discussed in Step #5.

One of the ways our recommended weight loss supplement, Skinny Fiber, helps you is by absorbing the poisons and toxins that have accumulated in the body (especially the intestines) and eliminate them through bowel movements This doesn't mean diarrhea. When you have normal bowel movement, the toxins get eliminated). Enemas and colonic are good but they cleanse the lower end of the intestine, not the entire part. 

It is impossible to achieve health of any kind if the body is full of old waste material. Don't settle for bathing the exterior of the body alone, cleanse the inside as well. You will feel cleaner, happier, healthier and people will begin to notice that you generally look better (not to mention the amount of weight that is lost by moving pounds of old sludge out of the intestines).

The different kinds of cleansing that can be done at home include:

• Liver/Gallstone Cleanse
• Kidney Cleanse
• The Lemonade Master Cleanse
• Oil Pulling Therapy
• Enemas
• Colon Clease w/ Water Flush
• Colemas (home colonics)
• Fasting
• Additional Cleansing Therapies

Culled: HCMI

If you have read the 5 Steps to Wellness Series up to this point, that means you are concerned and interested in improving your overall state of health. Watch out for Step #5 to, the concluding part of this series. My next post after this series will be on Colon Cleanse - home-based tips you can do to improve colon health. Enjoy the read.

5 Steps to Wellness - Step 3 (Elimination)

If the body cannot eliminate waste normally, that waste will eventually accumulate into all areas of the body and be used as host material for the toxins listed in step #5. Elimination of waste is very important to health. Waste is created during the digestive process and the metabolic process, not to mention waste formed from all the foods we eat. Waste is also created when toxins accumulate and interfere with normal cellular functions. In today's society, with today's habits, normal waste is produced faster than the body can eliminate it.

When I talk about elimination, I am referring to bowel health. I don't want to say bowel movements because everyone thinks they are normal. That cannot be the case since colon cancer is the number one killer disease.

It has been stated that if the bowels eliminated all the waste material it received, the body would never have any pain, sickness or disease (Tissue Cleansing Through Bowel Management, by Bernard Jensen). In this light, how many people have a healthy bowel? Keep in mind that healthy does not mean a bowel movement every morning, it doesn't even mean several bowel movements. The word "regular" means at least one bowel movement for each meal eaten, but even this rate of movement does not indicate "healthy" elimination. Just because the bowels are moving does not mean the bowels are releasing or dumping all the toxins accumulated in there.

According to Bernard Jensen's research, if the bowels eliminated properly and the environment of the intestine remained healthy (sufficient fiber, water and exercise), there would be little or no disease. The main cause of ageing is actually an excessive amount of toxins that accumulate and begin to stifle cellular regeneration. Many people believe acidophilus (also known as flora or good bacteria) to be of main importance to colon health and while it is extremely important (and included in step #4) flora will naturally replicate and be healthy if the environment of the intestine is good. 

Many people suffer with yeast or candida infections and most of that is what we call Opportunistic yeast. That means that it is fungus that is supposed to be in the large intestine as acidophilus. When the environment of the colon gets bad, these little guys leave the area. When they do this, they cause infection known as candida. So the greatest fix for most candida is actually bowel health.

Modern medicine has found that by the age of 50, the average person has accumulated 50 pounds of sludge in the large intestine. This is due to a lack of stimulation in the intestine. We have seen countless people increase energy and stamina and loose much of their belly weight and fat simply because they got rid of the extra sludge in the intestine. If you think about it, most people gain their weight around the waist and while people tend to think it is fat, much of it is nothing more than backed up waste that never found its way out of the intestine. The body knows that too many toxins will damage tissues, so it will begin to store extra toxins as fat and even tumors. If the environment of the intestine becomes healthy, much of that fat and misc growths just disappear into the toilet. All the extra toxins in the blood put extra stress on the liver, kidney and spleen, and keep the lymphatic system from draining. The lungs also suffer as they are the paired organ to the colon (five element theory).

It is important, no, it is vital, that your intestines are moving on a regular basis, which means at least once for every meal eaten, and that all the waste is exiting the body. Technically speaking, 95% of the food you eat should be coming out of the body. The 5% that is left is supposed to be the nutrition the body extracts from the food as it passes through the intestine. Of course, in today’s world, it is doubtful that 5% of what we eat is nutritious. Maybe fillers, colors, dyes and pesticides, but I doubt 5% of it is actually nutrition unless your diet is made primarily of fruits, vegetables and grains, so maybe we should expect more than the 95%. If any part of elimination is not functioning well, the body cannot detoxify and detoxification (step #5) is probably the single most important precursor to achieving true health.

Culled from HCMI

Watch out for Step #4. Healthy living is a process. Read on