Hangover help: My Top Tips!

Ok, so we all overindulge once in a while and a Friday night is often the time to do it...

But, when it comes to looking and feeling great?  Dehydration, tired livers and late nights are a real no-no.  There is nothing more aging to the skin than repeated bouts of excessive drinking.  Of course most of us enjoy a drink occasionally, but if you are binge drinking once a week or more then your body and face will start to show it.  Here are my five top tips to help you take care of your body during these frivolous nights:

Five Top Tips

1.   It is wise to drink plenty of water between drinks to keep your body hydrated.  The liver has the impossible job of detoxifying your blood during nights out so it is vital to provide it with plenty of water to do the job!

2.  Make sure you always have a sustaining meal which is rich in protein (this will stay in the stomach longer). 

3.  When you start to feel drunk then try to slow down, this is the last point you will be able to use your conscious decision making and is probably the best company you will be all night, so switch to water instead of another drink and save your lovely liver.

4.  Avoid shots and choose a mixer drink like vodka and soda with lime, which will provide you with water as well as alcohol.  This makes the balance more equal and your liver will thank you for your thoughtful choice.

5.  Green Smoothie the next morning!  Instead of reaching for the frying pan, choose your blender and make a green smoothie, your body will start to repair much more quickly, as will your headache!

Green Smoothie Love!

All you need is a tabletop food processer/blender, a good knife and a chopping board.  Start with fruit as this is full of water and blends better, the greens will then whoosh in with the fruit pulp easily.  Add the ground flax (linseed) and water at the end for a final whizz.  When it comes to water, just add as much as you like to get the consistency you prefer.

Summer Berry Green Boost (frozen fruit is fine in winter months)

1/2 cup blueberries (rich in antioxidants)

1/2 cup strawberries (rich in wonderful vitamins)

1 small banana (the potassium will help your hangover)

3/4 cups Spinach (magnesium/iron and green goodness to ease the aches)

1 teaspoon of milk thistle powder (your liver''s best friend)

2 Tablespoons of flax ground seed

Add water to blend it to a drinking consistency.  Yum!

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How can colonic irrigation help with problem skin?

For those of you who are new to the idea of colonic irrigation, you may also hear it termed ‘colonic’, ‘colema’ or ‘enema’.  All techniques are quite similar but if you visited a therapist to have it done, rather than a DIY job at home, they would usually term it ‘colonic hydrotherapy’.  All methods do the same thing; they allow water to gently enter the body through your bottom and around the colon - this cleans inside and carries out years of hardened waste. 

The large intestine (colon) has a one way valve where it meets the small intestine so the water will never go further than the colon.  The pressure of the water feels like the urgency of needing to go to the toilet RIGHT THIS MINUTE and with practice you can retain the water and allow it to flow further into the colon to cleanse even deeper.  I understand that it may seem very strange, but I can assure you the results are amazing.

If you are suffering from bad skin in the form of spots, rashes, lumps or bumps, it is important to think about where the problem is starting.  We all have bad skin from time to time as hormones and lifestyles change over the years, but putting up with skin problems constantly can be exhausting and bad for self esteem.  The skin is something we cannot hide and visible eruptions can be one of the most upsetting problems people experience.  

The most important factor to remember is the skin is one of our elimination organs.  If what our body is consuming, producing and excreting is toxic?  Our skin will look toxic.

Maintaining a healthy colon can be a great way to help your skin by taking the strain off your liver and releasing the toxic load on your body.  Compacted faecal matter that gathers, as a result of our low fibre and high simple carbohydrate diet, becomes sticky and clings to the wall of the colon.  This hardened matter creates blockages and causes a toxic overload on the liver (which is responsible for cleaning and filtering our blood).  

Our poor lovely liver has SO much to do already because blood which circulates to the liver from our small intestine and colon can be extremely toxic (on top of this we drink alcohol and get exposed to all sorts of pollution which our lovely liver also has to manage).  If our digestive tract is clogged with old rubbish then our body is always full of toxins (waste products) which cannot be detoxified and released (autointoxication).  This may leave us tired and sluggish and very often...spotty!

I can understand that it may repel some people, but if you keep your mind open there really is no space for anything other than magical healing power inside and out.  A healthy digestive tract may produce clear skin, clear thoughts and a lot more energy, so it is definitely worth a try!

Good luck and remember that the body can heal itself of anything if you give it a helping hand.

Josie

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