Spring Clean Your Life

Katherine HendersonApril 19, 2010

3 Causes Vertebral Subluxation

Trauma: including the birth process, slips and falls, bad posture

Tension: including emotional stress, family dynamics

Toxins: including chemicals and drugs, sugar, 2nd hand smoke, pollution

Focus Today = Toxins

Toxins within:– Your Home– Your Food– Your Body

Signs You are ToxicADD/ADHD

Allergies

Autism Spectrum Disorders

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Fibromyalgia

Hormone Imbalance

Learning Disorders

Immune System Depression (persistent/recurring infections)

Irritable Bowel Syndrome and “Leaky Gut”

Thyroid Problems

Weight Loss Resistance (regardless of diet or exercise)

Toxins in Your HomeCleaning Products - filled with hazardous petrochemicals (known carcinogens and endocrine distruptors)

Laundry Detergent

Plastic Storage Containers

Teflon Cookware - dangerous fumes emitted that cause health problems and birth defects

Biotoxins - Mold is the most common

Insect repellants/sprays - Kills bugs and chemicals are bad for you

Clean HomeCleaning your home:– Many environmentally friendly products at the grocery store

(healthy for your family)– Make your own cleaner - 50% Vinegar and 50% Water

Cleaning your clothes:– Laundry detergent - Many environmentally friendly products - watch

the added fragrance (essentials oils or non-scented)– Dryer sheets - Don’t have to use any, dryer balls, or

environmentally friendly product

Insecticides: – companies in the area specialize in natural solutions to keep the

bugs out– Use organic products – Sometimes just need to solve the problem - fixing a hole under the

door or finding the ant-pile next to the house

Clean Home

Plastic Storage Containers

Cookware - Use glass and cast-iron cookware and stainless steel pots and pans

Toxins in Your Food

Processed Foods - BAD!! Just don’t eat it.

Sugar - high fructose corn syrup more potent than sugar

Bad Fats - found in meats where animals are raised on grain and corn and oils that when heated become rancid

Steroids, Growth Hormones, and Antibiotics - found in dairy, chicken, beef, pork

Pesticides found in Produce

Water - tainted with heavy metals, jet fuel, pesticides, hormones, medications and dangerous chemicals (due to lazy filtering and treatment practices)

Clean FoodSweeteners:– Best options: Stevia and Xylitol - these do not raise insulin levels

and help to balance hormones– Other Nature Made options: Honey, Raw Cane Sugar, Maple

Syrup, Agave Nectar, Fruit sweeteners - use sparingly

Fats:– Coconut oil - can be heated to high temperatures– Extra Virgin Olive Oil - for low to moderate temperatures– Avocados– Raw Nuts and Seeds– Raw butter, cheese and yogurt– Grass fed meats (Yonder Way Farm) - no added growth hormones,

steroids or antibiotics– Fish

Clean FoodProduce - some should be bought organically due to high pesticide residue– Listed in the Maximized Living Nutrition Plan

– www.foodnews.org (environmental working group website)

Water - make sure you are filtering your water – Best filtering is reversed osmosis (gets out the most toxins)

– Most economical filtering

• Home filter system

• Brita or PUR water filters

Dr. Dustin will be conducting the Total Food Makeover in May with much more information on this topic

Toxins in Your BodyMedicine - full of volatile chemicals

Personal hygiene products– Toothpaste - most tubes of toothpaste have a poison control

number on the back of them because the ingredients should not be swallowed

– Deodorant and Antiperspirant - many fragrances are toxic due to chemicals and antiperspirant has been linked to breast cancer and aluminum poisoning (your body is supposed to sweat)

– Body Lotion and Powder– Sunscreen– Make-up– Hand sanitizers

Healthy BodyYour body absorbs 60% of what you put on it

Medicine - reduce and eliminate your medications

– There are many natural remedies: • Ear aches (couple drops of olive oil serve as a natural antibiotic

and soothes the pain)

• Sore throat - hot tea with lemon and honey; or gargle salt water

• Stuffy nose - Baby Vicks on the bottom of your feet and put on socks; or lavender or eucalyptus oil in a warm bath or in a vaporizer

Healthy BodyPersonal hygiene products - www.cosmeticsdatabase.com

– Toothpaste - Use an all natural flouride-free brand

– Deoderant - do not use an antipersperant and ensure the deoderant uses all natural ingredients (Recommend: Alvera- Aloe and Almond)

– Body Lotion and Powder - look at the ingredients

– Sunscreen - Buy paraben free and always check ingredients

– Make-up - Mineral make-up is best - look at ingredients to choose the best one for you

– Hand Sanitizer - best to use ones that are made with essential oils (natural sanitizers for you skin)

If you can’t drink it or eat it, its not safe to put on your skin

Get Rid of Toxins

Toxins are built up in all our bodies down to the cellular level

Let’s get rid of toxins:– Make some changes in your home, food, body and mind

– Clear out the cells - Daily Detox (buy at online store through yourlivingwellchiro.com)

– Stay adjusted so our bodies can heal

Chiropractic Wellness Care

Every family member needs their spine checked regularly by your chiropractor– Removes nerve interference– Restores proper nerve function– Allows the body to function at it’s maximum potential– The body heals itself

Thank You!

This powerpoint will be posted to yourlivingwellchiro.blogspot.com