Anti Aging Gracefully With Alkaline Water Hydration

As you grow older staying hydrated becomes more critical for your health and longevity. Today many are concerned about their health care and anti-aging weight loss. This article is to provide you information about the benefits of drinking alkaline ionized water and how it can help you age healthy and lose weight.

Drinking water is important, however, today’s drinking water has been treated with so many chemicals and recycled so many times that it has been rendered a lifeless and tasteless liquid. Chemically, it is still H2O but much of the good has been lost during the process and, unfortunately, many toxic things have been added as well. Alkaline, ionized water gives you an alternative. But what can you, interested in anti-aging, expect from drinking it and what are the benefits? Let’s look at the top 3 benefits of alkaline water you should know about in anti-aging.

1. Ionized Alkaline Water Restores Body pH Balance

A balanced body pH is vital, and Hydrogen-rich alkaline water is showing to aid the body in fighting off diseases ailments and diseases connected to aging. Most diseases are the result of too much acid stored in the body because of stress or a bad diet. Ionized, alkaline water can neutralize the acidity of the body caused by stress, modern diet, air pollution and many bottled waters. A higher pH in the body reduces the need for fat and cholesterol to protect the body from damaging acids. Let’s explain.

 

The body creates fat cells to trap and neutralize acids in the system.

The modern diets of meat, grains, and beverages, such as coffee, tea, soft drinks, and alcohol are extremely acidic, they affect you negatively more so when you get older. Although some acids are removed through urination, defecation, and perspiration, many acids remain in the system because of over-acidity. It is the excess acids in the body that break down healthy tissue, so the body protects itself by creating a natural buffer of fat. Fat cells bind to acids in the body. Some fat cells are eliminated from the system, but many remain stored in the body, resulting in weight gain.

Traditional weight loss methods are doomed to fail without proper hydration and nutrition.

Acidity and Weight Loss Facts:

• Reducing portion size of meals only minimally decreases acid intake.
• Reducing calories will not decrease the acidity of the body—and may increase it if large amounts of acidic beverages are included.
• Reducing fats in the diet will not reduce the acidity of the body or result in weight loss.
• Increasing the intake of meat will increase the acidity in the body. Meat is an acid-forming food in the body.
• Exercise increases the production of acids, such as lactic acid. Many acids are released through perspiration, but some are retained by the system, causing pain in muscles.

Drinking alkaline water releases fats and creates weight loss.

Alkaline water can reduce the body’s acidity and stop fat storage.  The micro-clusters of alkaline ionized water help flush acid and toxins out of your body system that the fat cells store. Once fat cells are no longer needed, your body will eliminate them—the fat and pounds melt away.

A healthy body causes weight loss, not the other way around.

A healthy, non-acidic body will return to its natural, ideal weight. Freed of toxins, the body’s cells, tissues, and organs achieve a healthier state. A detoxifying, non-acidic body has more energy, vitality, and longevity.

“Your body can and will let go of the excess fat,” writes Dr. Young. “If your food and drink are alkaline (meaning, in basic chemistry, the opposite of acid), all that acid-binding fat will just melt right off. There will be no need for the body to hold on to it anymore.” (The pH Miracle for Weight Loss Book, p 15.)

3. Anti-Aging: Alkaline Water Helps Slow Aging

Alkaline water is negatively charged and an “antioxidant.” Antioxidants reduce cellular and DNA damage caused by free radicals.

Getting older and aging is not the same thing. Getting older relates to the passage of time, while aging relates to the breakdown of tissues in the body.

The not-so-pleasant outward signs of aging include wrinkles, sagging skin, and weight gain. Getting older by itself does not cause aging.  Aging is the result of damage to body tissues by organic acids and by active oxygen (free radicals).

Facts about aging baby boomers should know:

• Organic acids in the body break down tissues, causing aging and age-related diseases.
• Common waste products in the body include acetic acid, carbonic acid, fatty acids, lactic acid and uric acid.
• Active oxygen (free radicals) causes oxidative damage to molecules within cells of the body.
• Free radicals are associated with numerous diseases, including arthritis, atherosclerosis, Alzheimer’s disease and diabetes.

Drinking alkaline water can help neutralize these acids and scavenge free radicals in the body.

Alkaline water causes the stomach to produce bicarbonates, which are absorbed into the bloodstream and can neutralize acids.

One proven scavenger for active oxygen and property in alkaline water is active hydrogen. (The pH Miracle for Weight Loss, p 15.) Active hydrogen is produced in water through electrolysis, the process used to ionize drinking water.

Author of “Aging and Reverse Aging,” Sang Whang writes, “As we start to lose bicarbonates in our blood, around age 45, we begin to age physiologically,” … “All we have to do to stop aging and maintain good health is to recharge bicarbonates to the blood.”

As stated at the beginning of this information, drinking water is important, especially for baby boomers. But drinking tap water, filtered water, bottled water and even purified water cannot benefit you like alkaline ionized water can.

If you are concerned about healthy aging and trying to lose weight by eating nutritious alkaline foods, adding alkaline ionized water to your lifestyle will benefit you in reversing the aging process and help you age beautifully and healthy.

Discover The Difference Alkaline Water Can Make In Your Life

 

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Come help us celebrate the expansion! You, our clients, have been on this journey with us. We want to give back and share the excitement. Come in and check out the new spaces and try some new services. Please stop in and see our beautiful facility, meet our therapists and take advantage of our Open House Specials.

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Basic Kombucha Recipe

Makes 1 gallon (scale recipe up or down depending on the size of your vessel)
Ingredients:
– Kombucha SCOBY
– Starter liquid (brewed kombucha reserved from a previously brewed batch)
– Glass or lead-free ceramic container
– Organic Black or Green loose-leaf tea or tea bags. Use unflavored tea, as essential oils and flavorings can adversely affect the culture. Favorites for black tea varieties include English Breakfast, Assam, Ceylon, Darjeeling, and Ancient Forest. Excellent green options include Green Sencha, White Peony, Silver Needles, and Oolong.
– Organic cane sugar, if possible. In a pinch, regular sugar will work
– Distilled, spring, or well water. Chlorinated or treated water can harm the kombucha culture.
– A clean piece of cloth, towel, or a handkerchief, (fine weave best) and a rubber band to cover the container. I also double protect mine with a coffee filter.
Directions:
1. Bring ¾ of a gallon of water to a boil, then turn off the heat and immediately add 4 TBSP of loose-leaf tea (or 4 tea bags) and 1 cup of organic sugar. Cover pot with a lid, and cool to room temperature.
2. Strain out the tea leaves, and pour the liquid into your glass or ceramic container.
3. Add your scoby and 1-2 cups of kombucha starter liquid. Wipe down outside of container.
4. Cover the container with a clean cloth, kitchen towel, or handkerchief, coffee filter and a rubber band. Place it in a dark area out of direct sunlight, where it won’t be disturbed or moved. Make sure that the cloth or towel is breathable, yet that the weave is tight enough to keep fruit flies, gnats, and other undesirables and contaminants out.
5. Your scoby may sink or float on the top, both are okay. In 2-3 days, you may see a translucent jelly-like mass floating on the top of your tea. This is a new scoby beginning to form. Leave it undisturbed so that the baby can grow properly.
6. Taste your kombucha periodically by dipping a straw into the liquid, pass the scoby, depending on the temperature of your home and how sweet or sour you’d like it to be. Most batches will be ready in 7-14 days. Ideally, the kombucha should have a slightly sharp and acidic bite.
7. When your kombucha is ready, carefully remove the scoby, then pour the liquid through a filter and into bottles. Remember to reserve 1-2 cups for the starter liquid for your next batch.
8. Separate the new baby scoby from your original one (now a mother), and keep whichever one looks healthier. You can give the new baby to a friend or start a “kombucha hotel” in a separate glass jar. Simply include some kombucha starter liquid to cover the scobies. Each time that you brew a batch of kombucha, a new baby will grow to join your kombucha family.
9. Place the scoby and 1-2 cups of starter tea back into your container, brew a new batch of tea, and start all over again!
10. You may leave the kombucha unflavored or include any number of tasty additions or do a second ferment. Experiment with fresh or dried fruit, berries, herbs, and spices for whatever flavor suits your mood. For a second ferment, use a new container and place just the liquid on top of your favorite berry or flavor, then ferment for two-5 days. Filter the liquid and bottle as normal. Reserve the fermented fruit or flavor to use later in smoothies or another recipe.
11. Kombucha will naturally have a slight fizziness. To increase the carbonation and level of tartness, leave the bottled kombucha on a countertop for several days after bottling. Keep bottles stored in a refrigerator once finished fermenting.
Important notes:
– Always clean your hands, utensils, and anything that might touch your kombucha with hot water and distilled vinegar. Do not use soap, (especially antibacterial soap) as it may harm or kill the kombucha culture. Your kombucha is alive! Make sure to handle it with care.
– Only use lead-free glass and ceramic for fermenting. Kombucha will absorb toxins out of the container that it’s brewed in (much like how it pulls toxins out of our bodies).
– Kombucha scobies have an unusual appearance, scent, and feel, but don’t let this discourage you! You’ll quickly grow accustomed to their odd appearance and will get used to handling them.
– Store your kombucha away from your stove and other cooking appliances. The aroma, smoke, and flavor can all impart into your culture. Bacon kombucha? No thanks!
– The easiest place to get a scoby is from a friend or co-worker with extra babies. Most kombucha brewers have several scobies waiting for a new home. If you can’t find a scoby locally, you can purchase one online or grow a scoby from a bottle of store-bought kombucha.
– If the kombucha scoby grows mold, throw the liquid and scoby into the compost and begin with fresh materials. Mold on a scoby will usually be white and fuzzy. Scobys have other white spots sometime or get bubbles, but this is normal.
– Have fun and experiment! Kombucha is an acquired taste, and everyone likes it a little different. There are hundreds of recipes available, each one with its own ingredients and techniques.

 

Incredible Ways Himalayan Salt Will Change Your Life

The Himalayas – the tallest mountains in the world – span 2400 kilometers across Asia at the joining of the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates. Where these proud peaks now stand, 250 million years ago was a primordial sea. Within that ancient body of water existed a perfect, pristine ecosystem. As the plates of the earth moved and over the ages pushed the Himalayas toward the heavens, the sea evaporated and all of its life-sustaining minerals crystallized under the heat of the sun to form what we now know as Himalayan pink salt.

Because of the conditions by which it was formed, this purest of sea salts one of the best sources of natural minerals on the planet and exponentially healthier than the bleached and processed table salt that most people use daily. In this post, we take a look at some of the incredible benefits of Himalayan pink salt (HPS) and how you can use it boost your health.
1. Mineral Soak
Salt and mineral baths are a great way to relax at the end of the day while simultaneously infusing the skin and body with minerals and hydration. Through the process of dermal absorption, skin soaks up minerals from the water – often better than if the same minerals were consumed internally. Because it contains so many of the different minerals our bodies need to stay healthy, when it comes to the best things to put in your bath water, Himalayan pink salt is at the top of the list.

Read More: 10 Compelling Reasons To Have A Himalayan Salt Bath Today

2. Soothe Away Soreness
A warm bath infused with Himalayan pink salt is also great for relaxing cramped muscles. The magnesium and some other trace minerals found in HPS absorb through the skin to help heal damaged muscle and other soft tissues. Minerals in HPS also work to fortify bones, skin, and connective tissues that may contribute to body soreness in other ways.

3. Detoxification
When HPS is added to a bath of warm (preferably about the same as body temperature) water, it not only provides much-needed nutrients to your body. Himalayan pink salt also works as a powerful detoxifier. When dissolved in water, HPS becomes an ionic solution that helps to draw the toxins out of the skin and adipose tissues. This process combined with the healing mineral infusion offered by a good Himalayan pink salt soak will leave you feeling refreshed and energized.

4. Purify Air
Not only does Himalayan pink salt detoxify the body, you can also use it to clean the air you breathe.

You may have seen one before and not known what you were looking at – a big chunky pink crystal lamp sitting on a table or desk. This decorative bit of lighting is actually made of HPS, which acts as a natural air purifier by pulling moisture from the surrounding environment into the salt. Heat from the bulb quickly evaporates the water back into the air, but any toxins that were previously carried in the cycled moisture are left behind, trapped by the salt ions.

Want to learn more about why you should invest in a Himalayan pink salt lamp? Read about the incredible benefits here.

5. Sinus Irrigation
If you’ve ever used a Neti pot then you know how well salt water can work to clear up your sinuses. Try using HPS saline in your pot for an even healthier cleanse. Himalayan pink salt kills bacteria and bonds to many contaminants that may be stuck in your nasal cavities due to breathing polluted air. Alternately, if you don’t like the idea of running water through your nasal cavities, you can also use this Himalayan crystal salt inhaler to cleanse your respiratory system.

6. Regulate Hydration
When consumed as a sole (pronounced ‘solay’) – a brine solution of water that has been fully saturated with natural, unrefined salt – HPS provides the body with electrolytes which regulate hydration, among other things.

Read the label on a sports drink bottle and you will see some of the major electrolytes listed in the ingredients – sodium (Na+), potassium (K+), calcium (Ca2+), magnesium (Mg2+), and chloride (Cl−) – in one or more of their forms. This is because the body absorbs electrolytes faster than water by itself. When these two occur side-by-side, your body takes up the water and electrolytes together, resulting in faster hydration. Sadly, most commercial sports drinks are also full of sugar and chemical preservatives that we don’t want in our bodies.

The good news is that HPS is about 85% sodium chloride with the other 15% featuring notable amounts of potassium, calcium, and magnesium, as well as bicarbonate. These six minerals are all electrolytes that are necessary for proper functioning of the human body, or more specifically for bodily fluid regulation.

Essentially, creating sole made with Himalayan pink salt is like mixing your own perfect sports drink.

Today, we cannot imagine living without electric devices that have made it easier to work in the office and at home.  Computer terminals, fluorescent lighting, forced air ventilation systems, and modern building materials generate an overabundance of positive ions.  A positive ion is an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons.  Electrical exposure from external sources is a thousand times stronger than your body’s own electrical system.  Most people do not realize that the positive ions are harmful, called electric smog.

Electric smog deteriorates the condition of air, which hazardously affects our physical and emotional state.  Long-term exposure to the high-level electric fields can impair your body’s ability to communicate within itself, and impact health.

Doesn’t it make sense to reduce the exposure to electric fields?

Himalayan salt lamps emit negative ions.  Negatively charged ions are created by the heating the lamp.  The heated lamp pulls water molecules from the air to its surface, the salt goes into the solution of the water, neutralizes any positive ions (and the attached pollution), and emits the neutralized molecule back into the environment.  Himalayan salt lamps are a natural air ionizer that boosts the negative effects ions in the air.

Negative ions are beneficial to:

• strengthen the function of autonomic nerves
• reinforce collagen
• improve the permeability of the cell’s prototype plasma membranes(improves metabolism)
• strengthen the body’s immune system
• clean the air of dust, molds, bacteria, soot, pollen, and household odors.
• Seasonal affective disorder (SAD)
• help relieve tension and improve sleep
• help remove the airborne pollutants

You may have experienced the power of negative ions when you were on the beach, walked beneath a waterfall or walked in a pine forest.  The air circulating in the mountains or beach is said to contain tens of thousands of negative ions.  The action of the surf creates negative ions in the air.  We also feel it immediately after a thunderstorm.

Himalayan salt lamps can increase the negative ions in the surrounding air by 300%. These negative ions are essential to health and well-being.