Sarah has been extremely helpful to me on my journey to a healthier life. I asked her to share some of her tips for the readers of my blog.
1. What are your best tips for women who want to lose weight but not go on some crazy diet?
a. Free up your mind: Remove past hurts or anger by seeking forgiveness or reconciliation with those individuals that have weighed your spirit down.
b. Drink 64 oz of water; it detoxifies your body and flushes out toxic cellular debris that slows down your metabolism.
c. Remove all processed foods. Instead of bread eat brown rice, instead of cereal eat oatmeal. Recipes in Food Beautiful Book.
d. Take a powdered green (by AIM) for blood sugar balance, cleansing,
e. Keep the colon and organs healthy. Do a total body cleanse one to two times a year. Add 2 TBS of ground flax seed to 10 oz water 2 times a day, this removes excess estrogen in the body and keeps the colon moving.
2. What are some super foods for women?
a. Dark Leafy Greens
b. Chia and Flax seed
c. Citrus fruit: loaded with vitamin c which – maintains healthy levels of collagen found in youthful skin . It is a free radical scavenger and anti-inflammatory, antihistamine and enhances the immune system.
d. Celery and carrot juice; calms the nerves, improves the strength of bones
e. Sprouts – loaded in enzymes, protein (amino acids), and 200-600% more vitamins than prior to sprouting.
3. What foods do you feel like helps women for anti-aging and skin?
a. Citrus fruit
b. Celery
c. Red cabbage
d. Spinach
e. Carrots
f. Coconut, sesame oil
g. Parsley
h. Nettles (tea)
4. Any workout tips?
a. Interval training burns more fat and gets you into shape twice as quickly than working out at a constant speed.
b. Have a goal that challenges you.
5. Any tips on how to get started when someone is eating cheetos and their family hasn't even heard of sprouting or eating healthy?
a. If eating healthy is not a desire for someone, give them a food beautiful book that can change the way they think.
b. Replace a meal every two weeks with a healthy meal on foodbeautiful.com or from the food beautiful book. By week six all their meals can be “beautified” and healthy for everyone in the family. If they just want to think more clearly have greater energy than replace their typical breakfast with Breakfast of Champions (inside Food Beautiful and in Recipe section at Foodbeautiful.com).
Sarah...Thank you so much for taking time to share with the readers on my blog. If you are interested in learning more about Sarah please visit her website at http://www.foodbeautiful.com/
Please let me know if there are other questions that you would like to ask Sarah.
To your health,
Melissa
