Another Few Things to Try

On the days that I go to work at 1pm, I usually watch Dr. Oz while doing my work. Well, last week he had a show called The Dr. Oz Approved 7 Day Crash Diet, or something like that. It's based on Dr. Joel Furhman's nutrient dense diet that has resulted in some of his clients losing 125 pounds in a year. And, most people lose around 10 pounds the first week.

At first, I was skeptical because I don't like crash diets, and it's not really a crash diet if you stay on it but as I watched the show, I realized that it's not really a crash diet, it is a nutrient-dense diet plan. In reality, it's the way we should be eating instead of the way people eat modernly. Basically, you gorge yourself on fruits, vegetables, healthy oils, beans, and nuts. And by "gorge" I mean you can eat as much of these things as you want. You can have healthy cuts of meat and full fat dairy but you only need about 6oz of meat-based protein per day and only 1 serving of dairy products per day. You will get all of the calcium, vitamins, and minerals you need from the nutrient-dense foods you are eating. There are very few nutrients in dairy, meats, and poultry, you are better off getting your protein from beans and nuts.

There is a little bit more to it than what I've said but if you click on the link, you can read up on it and the basics of the plan are there too.

The  second thing that I read recently on one of my favorite sites, Naturally Knocked Up, is about Vitamin A and Fertility. I never really thought about other sources of getting vitamin A other than through orange and red colored fruits and veggies, but this article has really opened my mind to another natural source of vitamin A, whole milk. For many, many years I have drank solely skim milk because it doesn't have the fat in it that regular milks do. Vitamin A helps the reproductive organs function properly and whole milk is a natural source of healthy fats and vitamin A.

The final thing I just discovered today is called earthing. It's based on the principal that all humans create energy and require physical contact with the earth to transfer that energy back to the earth. In this article, Can Walking Barefoot Lower Cortisol and Balance Hormones, this concept is discussed and it is very intriguing. In fact, I spent a half hour outside this morning walking around barefoot and getting my daily dose of vitamin D in, and I could tell in the first 5 minutes that my feet that I normally ache all day had stopped hurting and I felt more energy than I usually do in the mornings. Walking around outside barefoot may not be for everyone, so if that's the case, you can buy earthing sheets and computer mats to help ground your energy. This is also supposed to help with insomnia.

If you try any of these, let me know the results. I'll be posting about my results with hopefully all of these but if not all, at least the earthing.