Linda W: 205 lbs is Not Her Weight, It’s What She Dead Lifts!

Hey,

Sometimes there’s more to getting fit than just losing weight.  Sometimes you may just want to get strong!  Meet Linda W the strongest lady at Boot Camp pound for pound.  Linda has been attending Boot Camp for approximately a year and she has blown up the dead lift.  She currently dead lifts 205 lbs. and could probably lift more.  In the process she has built muscle, gotten stronger and positively changed her body.

So Linda I could tell the first day you dead lifted that you had done this before.  Can you tell us about it? 
Yes, I use to weight lift in my 20’s.   I got married and started having a family and gave up on my lifting.  After turning 40, I starting gaining weight slowly. I tried every diet there is out there, from Jenny Craig, weight watchers, 17 day diet, I can go on and on with the diets. I would lose 5 lbs and gain 10, I was lacking in exercise and had no motivation to get out and do anything.

Did something specific happen that caused you to start training again?
Getting older has made me realize I need to be as healthy as I can get.  I want strong bones and health to take me into my later years.  I don’t want to be one of those people who fall and break a hip.  My goal is to be at my physical best by 60, I only have 3 more years to get there.

Do you have a favorite type of training?
I love weight lifting, it is challenging for me to see how much I can lift.  I also run with a friend, but I do not like running for long periods.

What have been some of the toughest challenges for you so far?
I find the weight loss for me and other ladies over 50 is very hard.   Even now with working out since October the weight for me as not been that much.  I have seen a lot of change in my body size.  I’m one of those people who carries their weight all over, from head to toe.

What can you tell me about your diet strategy?
I typically have 2 egg omelet for breakfast or a Greek yogurt with granola on top.  For lunch I love to eat a grilled chicken on a salad.  I use lettuce, carrots, cucumbers and tomato’s.  For the dressing I just use balsamic vinegar.  For dinner, I have a meat and vegetables, either steamed or grilled.  Oh and I have 1 Dr. Pepper a day.

Do you have a favorite meal?
My favorite is Chicken coated with Parmesan cheese, fresh green beans, or frozen when they are not in season and beets.  I typically have to cook my family, some pasta, potatoes or rice to go along with the chicken or they think they are being abused.

How do you measure fitness/weight loss success?
I measure my success, by not giving up on my exercise and sticking to eating properly.  That doesn’t mean that I don’t cheat once in a while, because I do, but I pick up and do the best I can the next day.

Do you have advice for people contemplating starting a fitness journey?
I would tell them to never give up on getting fit.  It gets harder and harder the older you get.  Also, don’t get discouraged when the weight doesn’t fall off as fast as you think it should.  If you eat properly and work out, you will see changes in your body and it will all be worth it.  I have.

Seeing your scale weight decrease is the Holy Grail for most people on a weight loss journey, however I encourage everyone to look at things other than scale weight.  Don’t measure fitness and health success by a number on a scale.  Measure success by how strong you become, measure success by how well you move, measure success by how your clothes fit.  Most important is measure success the way Linda W does, measure it by each day you work hard in the gym and by each meal you eat the right type of food.  Thank you Linda for sharing YOUR story!

Inspiring You To Take the Challenge,
Jeff

Start Small: 5 Diet Objective to Help You Lose Fat!

Hey,
I’ve had several people ask me how to get rid of fat from stubborn areas on the body.  I wish I could tell you to do this exercise and it would magically vanish but there’s no such exercise.  Stubborn belly or hip fat boils down to diet.  So, instead of providing exercises that won’t work I’ve come up with 5 diet objectives to focus on.  Focus your energy on accomplishing these 5 things daily for 30 days and see improvement.  Do it for 4-6 months and you might see abs or other things you haven’t seen in years.

Objective 1:  Eliminate bread, pasta and white rice from your diet.  You’ve probably heard me say this 1000 times but it’s the honest truth when it comes to fat loss.  Losing fat ultimately boils down to pushing insulin levels as low as possible.  High insulin/blood sugar levels block fat cells from releasing fat.  This is the toughest thing for most people to do, but it works if you have the fortitude to do it.

Objective 2:  Eat at least 4 cups of vegetables per day.  Vegetables are loaded with vitamins, minerals and fiber and are something your body craves.  Vegetables are nutrient dense food that satisfy the body like nothing else due to the vitamins and minerals in them. Focus on getting 4 servings per day and you will find yourself wanting fewer bad foods.

Objective 3:  Take a multivitamin every day!  Research tells us the reason we over eat processed foods are due to the lack of useable vitamins and minerals in the food.   If you are lacking vitamins and minerals that your body needs, it will continuously seek food attempting to get the vitamin and minerals we need.  There are not a lot of vitamins in a honey bun so you will have to eat a truckload to satisfy the bodies demand.  Make sure you use a gummy or liquid vitamin to get the most out of a multivitamin.  Other vitamins tend to go straight through you without providing benefits.  However, you will be amazed at how this alone will curb hunger.

Objective 4:  Eat 3-4 whole eggs per day!   Eggs are the best source of protein you can find and is very low in calories.  In addition, the yolk contains tons of B vitamins that your body craves.  Eggs are a good source of D aspartic acid which is a precursor to testosterone.  This is important for both men and women wanting lose fat.  Increased T levels in men dramatically improve their ability to lose fat quickly.  This is a major reason men tend to lose fat faster than women.  However, women need testosterone as well just in lower doses.  As women age estrogen increases which causes testosterone to decrease as a result women lose muscle mass, bone density and increase fat.  A loss in muscle the primary burner of fat will automatically result in more weight gain.  Eat more broccoli to lower excess estrogen levels and eat more eggs and strength train to increase T levels to lower fat in both sexes.

Objective 5:  Eliminate soda/fruit juice/Gatorade, diet soda and alcohol from your diet.  Soda is a no brainer; everyone knows all that sugar will lead to increased fat.  Diet soda is supposed to be no calories and better for you when losing weight, right.  Wrong, diet soda will increase your craving for sweet meaning you will ultimately eat more sugar as a result.  Not to mention we don’t know the long term effects of artificial sweeteners on the body.  Alcohol is another drink that leads to fat gains.  Alcohol of any kind comes from grains or fruit and is loaded with simple carbs which act much like soda.  However, unlike soda alcohol itself contains additional usable calories which is a double whammy not to mention the loss of inhibition which can lead to binging on certain foods you wouldn’t ordinarily eat.

Sometimes it’s easier to implement change a little at a time.  You may want to implement one objective every two weeks until all 5 are a habit.  Apply these 5 objectives to your daily routine and watch your body fat disappear.  You can’t out exercise a poor diet, make small changes that add up over time.

Providing Simple Steps to Help You Look and Feel Better,
Jeff

Linda B: Improving My Race Walking With Strength Training!

Hey,
Over the next several months I will be doing a series of articles on YOU, and how success can be measured on more things than just the scale or measuring tape.  Linda B is a competitive walker and works very hard to improve her times.  She started doing strength training and eating differently about a year ago to see if she could reduce her times and lose a little weight.  This is her story.

So Linda was there something specific that made you adopt strength training as a part of your program?
Yes.  I was using walking as my exercise for the previous 2 years. I was walking 3-4 miles 3 days during the week and much longer on the weekends, depending on training for half marathon or other races.  I was maintaining my race times, but not losing any weight and staying the same size.  It didn’t seem right.

Has strength training improved your performance?
Yes.  I shaved 15 minutes off my half marathon this past March!  The walks I do the mornings I don’t go to Boot Camp have a much better time.  (I either go to Boot Camp or walk so I wake up the same time each morning)

How important is diet to your training?
VERY IMPORTANT!!  I really didn’t start losing the weight until I embraced the Meal Plan.  That was after 3 months of strength training and I was gaining muscle but not yet losing weight.  It was very life changing for me (and my grocery list!).  My husband and I call it a change to our eating lifestyle instead of “diet.”  Using that perspective and not “banning” anything has helped to stay on track as we don’t beat ourselves up if we have an occasional piece of cake or something.

Did you think diet could make such a big difference in your performance and weight loss?
No, I did not.  But losing 35 pounds in 5 months and keeping it off now for 4 months is awesome for me!  I really liked that I lost 1 to 1.5 pounds a week so it was gradual and makes me think I’ll be keeping it off (as long as I stay away from those carbs, of course!).  I dropped 4 dress sizes and am transitioning my large shirts to mediums.  Of course, some of that is due to the sculpting of my muscles from the weight training.

I used to eat almonds by themselves, chocolate kisses by themselves, and raisins by themselves in large quantities at my desk and not really be satisfied.  Now I put them together (but use semi-sweet chocolate chips instead of kisses) of one cup each per the trail mix recipe and one or two handfuls satisfy! I couldn’t believe the difference it made to eat them together like that.

And I can’t believe how my taste buds are changing to actually like vegetables!  It’s a challenge to find new ways to cook them and to even discover what some vegetables are (my daughter helps a lot in that department!).

What kind of support system do you have?
I couldn’t do either the training or food plan without my husband’s support.  It helps that he gets up a few minutes before I need to (he has to be at work at 6) and that he has embraced the new meals we plan for each week.  (Jeff’s barbeque chicken pizza recipe won him over and it is rare when it doesn’t make it in our list of meals planned each week.)

I’ve passed my one year anniversary now of strength training and feel healthier (besides the weight and size loss).  There’s a difference in my day when I occasionally skip the training or walking.  I don’t feel as energized or get as much accomplished. That is an inner support system that gets me up in the morning because, when the alarm goes off, I think I can sleep in an extra hour but is it really worth it?  And the answer is, Get Up!  That is more worth it!

Also, I have friends and made new friends at the time slot I usually go to.  If I miss, I’m asked why just like I ask them.  We all like seeing each other there and new faces, too!

Can you physically do things now that you couldn’t do prior to strength training?
Yes.  I can lift a box of paper onto the cart now (I think there are 10 reams in a box).  I can also push the cart with 5 boxes of the paper instead of just 3.  My upper arms have always been weak and shapeless but now they have defined muscles.  When they started to shape and I would brush against one, I couldn’t help making my family laugh by making comments out loud about the fact I had muscles there.

Also, I was really scared of the dead weight bar when I first started.  Now it is so easy to get on my shoulders to add weight to my squats or to use the right position and my hips to lift the bar correctly.

Do you have any advice for people thinking of adding strength training to their walking program?
Yes.  Do it!  You will be surprised at what muscles you are not using when walking.  Also, if you walk at a fast pace like I do and experience constant pain in the upper hamstrings like I did, strength training really helps.  My upper hamstrings still let me know they are there, but only occasionally.  That is one side benefit you wouldn’t even think of!

I would like to thank Linda B for sharing her fitness story with us.  I hope everyone looks at her story and see’s two important things.  There is more than one way to get fit and food matters.  I look forward to sharing more of YOUR stories in the future, because YOU guys are the ones who inspire me everyday.

Inspiring You To Accept the Challenge,
Jeff

Why Sauerkraut is Important to Health and Weight Loss!

Hey,

Weight loss and getting fit are great, but the whole reason for losing weight and getting fit is to improve your overall health.  I want to help all my clients and people who read my newsletters and blog improve their overall health.  I spoke to one of my neighbors a few months ago about the importance of probiotics and adding fermented sauerkraut to his diet.  He stopped me today to tell me what a difference it’s made for him and his wife and their auto-immune issues.  They take turmeric as well.

Everyone should eat sauerkraut or some other fermented vegetable every day.  Why?  Most Americans don’t have enough good gut bacteria and as a result sits us up for a health problem called leaky gut syndrome.   What you need to know is leaky gut syndrome can cause a host of autoimmune diseases to include arthritis, psoriasis, IBS, and others.  Improving your good gut bacteria is the first step to re-taking your health.

Fermented sauerkraut contains about 20 times more probiotics than pills and works far more efficient at restoring gut health.  Make sure the sauerkraut you eat is fermented and don’t cook it.  Cooking it will kill the bacteria that help you.

Below are just a few other reasons sauerkraut should be a part of your diet.

Sauerkraut
• Contains Vitamin A which is assist with healthy vision, teeth, skeletal tissue and skin
• Contains Vitamin C which contributes to immune health, is an antioxidant, and assist with wound healing
• Uncooked/Unpasteurized sauerkraut contain probiotics that’s extremely beneficial to the digestive tract replacing good bacteria
• Helps synthesize B vitamins for use
• Great source of fiber that protects the body from heart disease and cancer
• Good source of Vitamin K; needed for blood clotting, helps build strong bones, potentially lowers risk for heart disease and cancer
• Contains iron which increase O2 carrying capacity, increases energy, brain function and muscle function

Helping You Get Healthy,

Jeff

Sharon: Age is Just a Number, Strong is How You Stay Young!

Hey,
I’ll never forget the first day I visited with Sharon and she asked if she could participate in my Senior fitness program.  I told her she was too young and would have to do boot camp. Since that day she’s done an amazing job increasing her strength, improving movement and losing weight.  Over the course of her transformation, she’s even convinced her husband to improve his strength as well. 

So Sharon what specifically made you decide to improve your strength and get fit?  
I had high blood pressure and wanted to get off my blood pressure pills so I needed to lose weight and start exercising. I also wanted to be able to stay active with my three young grandchildren, and to overall just feel better physically.

So what did you feel like prior to beginning your fitness journey?
Like a couch potato and a slug! Slow moving, body aches, weak upper body and no energy.

How do you feel a year later?
I feel great! I have energy, I can get up and down from the floor so much better, I am off my blood pressure meds, and I have increased in muscle tone and strength, especially in my upper body.

What have you learned about yourself?
I’ve learned that age is just a number and exercise is a big key in how I can maintain my health and overall wellness.  It’s how you stay young!

What grade would you give your diet?
Probably a C.  Diet is something I need to work on.  It needs to be more important to me and I know I would see an even bigger difference in my weight and overall health if I buckled down and eliminated all the foods that contained the bad carbs.  I have good weeks, and then some bad weeks.

What kind of support system do you have?
The best ever, my husband Bob, who is controlling his diabetes with his diet and exercise! He is constantly trying to motivate me to eat the right way.

Can you physically do thing now that you couldn’t a year ago?
Yes, I can get up and down from the floor so much better, I can carry heavier items, including grandchildren and my endurance is so much better.

Do you have a favorite exercise and/or a least favorite?
No, not one favorite. I pretty much enjoy all of them and the diversity of them with the daily workouts.  Mountain climbers should be banned!

Do you have advice for someone who might be contemplating beginning and exercise journey?
Yes! Jump right in and start! Don’t be afraid that you can’t do it.

Special thanks to Sharon for sharing with us.  She is an incredible woman who epitomizes the fact you can do anything you want when you set your mind to it to include getting off your hypertension medication.  Whether you train with us at Boot Camp or train somewhere else I encourage everyone no matter your age, health or weight to begin or continue to strength train.  Your physical strength is the most important asset you have. Lose your strength and lose your quality of life.  Hope I see all of you moving weight and gaining muscle,

Inspiring You To Accept the Challenge,
Jeff

Gut Health: Real Health Begins in the Gut

Hey,

Did you know that up to 70% of your immune system resides in your digestive tract?  In addition, an unhealthy digestive tract may play a role many of the chronic diseases Americans suffer from today.  An old Ayurvedic Proverb states, “When diet is wrong medicine is of no use, when diet is correct medicine is of no need.”  Truer words have never been written because what you eat determines the health of your digestive system and the health of your digestive tract plays a huge role on your total health.

The healthy gut is made up of trillions of bacteria called “flora” that assist in the digestive process among other things.  When you truly begin to study the digestive system and the impact it has on total health it can be a bit over whelming.  A healthy digestive tract protects the body from infection, regulates metabolism, and promotes immune health.  However, an unhealthy digestive system does just the opposite and is increasingly being linked to many of the chronic and autoimmune diseases plaguing America’s health.

The digestive system is designed to be a highly selective closed system.  This means the digestive tract contains and maintains sensors that should only allow useful nutrients to exit the intestinal walls and enter the blood stream.  However, research is telling us that certain foods and medicines increase the intestinal wall permeability allowing foreign matter to enter the blood stream and cause the immune system to act causing inflammation and potentially disease states.  This increased permeability is often referred to as “leaky gut syndrome.”

While the medical community does not fully understand the causes or cures for leaky gut syndrome, they do know that certain things have the potential to improve and cause dysfunction in the digestive tract.  The below information has the potential to improve your digestive tract and health.  In the case of medications mentioned we do not suggest you stop using the medication but do encourage you to do some research and have a conversation with your doctor about possible alternatives.

  1. Eliminate or reduce refined and processed foods in your diet. Many of these foods contain chemicals that have the potential to damage the intestinal lining.
  2. Eat fermented foods like sauerkraut, kefir, kim chi, and yogurt or learn how to make your own fermented vegetables. Fermented foods increase the good bacteria in your gut and work exponentially better than probiotics.
  3. However, if fermented food is not an option probiotics is the next best choice and will also increase good bacteria in the digestive tract increasing the health of the digestive system.
  4. Eliminate or greatly reduce refined sugar in your diet. Sugar can cause an overgrowth in yeast which is linked to increased permeability in the intestinal lining.
  5. Eat foods high in fermentable fiber like sweet potato, yams and yucca.
  6. Eliminate or decrease gluten in your diet. Gluten is a protein found in wheat, rye and barley and is linked to causing damage to the lining of the intestines.
  7. Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDS) have the potential to damage the lining of your intestines and cause leaky gut.
  8. Increase the amount of Vitamin D in your diet by getting out in the sun or eating more eggs.
  9. Increase the amount of zinc in your diet, eating pumpkin seed, dark chocolate, and ribs.
  10. Decrease stress. Make a worry list and determine everything that’s causing stress in your life.  Take care of the things that can be solved easily and develop a plan for those things that will take time.
  11. Antibiotics can kill off too many good bacteria causing a shift in the good/bad ratio causing dysfunction within the digestive tract. Fermented foods and/or probiotics are needed reverse damage done by antibiotics.

If you would like more fitness and health information to include a FREE Super Foods e-book e-mail expectresultsfitness@yahoo.com

Helping You Improve Your Health,

Jeff

Cheryl: Getting Stronger One Day at a Time

Hey,
Cheryl was one of the first people to join Fitness Boot Camp last year when I opened and she has done an incredible job getting fit and losing inches. Her story shows what dedication and consistency does not only for weight loss but also for total fitness and strength.So Cheryl what made you decide to try Fitness Boot Camp?
After having my son I was determined to get in shape.

Did you try anything else prior to doing boot camp? 
Yes, I tried several different types of workouts over a 2 year period (workout dvds, gym membership, running). I could not seem to stay motivated with any of them. I struggled to find something that would keep me motivated and I would enjoy doing.

What did you feel like prior to beginning your current fitness program?
Before starting at Expect Results Fitness I was tired all of the time and overweight. I would go straight home after work and just be exhausted. I was tired of feeling that way.

How do feel now?
Now I go home after a good workout and feel energized. I am happier with myself physically and mentally.

What have you learned about yourself through your fitness journey?
I have learned that I am stronger than I ever have been. Anything is possible when you put your mind to it and work hard.

Do you have a favorite exercise?  Do you have an exercise that should be banned?
My favorite exercise is battle ropes. I used to hate them in the beginning!  My least favorite is jump rope.

What grade would you give your diet and how important has diet been in your weight loss journey?
I would give my current diet a B.  Weight loss is 80% diet and 20% exercise.

What kind of support system do you have?
I have several friends and coworkers who attend Boot Camp and have made several new friends as well. Working out with great people makes it motivating and enjoyable and part of what keeps me motivated to continue training.  It’s like family.

Are you physically stronger and capable of doing things now you couldn’t before?
If you asked me when I first started if I could squat with 85 lbs I would have called you crazy. I remember squats alone were so difficult.  I think I have come a long way with my strength and plan to continue progressing.

Do you have advice for those contemplating starting a fitness journey?
My advice would be to set small goals. Start off with a small goal and once you reach that set another one. You will be able to keep focused on these goals easier than one big one.

I would like to thank Cheryl for sharing her thoughts and story with us.  If you are having trouble staying motivated find a friend or co-worker that shares similar fitness/health goals.  Help each other get to workouts and eat right.  Its always easier to stay motivated when you have an accountability partner.  In addition, focus on improving fitness and strength rather than concentrate on a scale weight.  You have total control over your performance every day, focus on performance and weight and inches will take care of themselves.

Inspiring You To Accept the Challenge,
Jeff

 

 

Why I Eat Beets?

Hey,

I’ll be honest, I thought beets were gross and never thought about eating them until I saw the health benefits!  After reading several articles on the health benefits I decided it was time to find a way to make them palatable.  That’s when I added them to my smoothies.  After a while I began to eat them with my salads and now I eat them almost everyday.  Read below and discover why beets may be the best vegetable you can add to your diet.

Beets

Release nitric oxide which expands blood vessels and increases mitochondria efficiency.  Researchers suggest it may lower blood pressure and increase endurance performance.

Delivers betalains antioxidants that research suggests decreases risk for heart disease and diabetes.  In addition, research states it may inhibit the formation of nitrosamines a cancer causing compound.  More research needs to be completed but may reduce the risk specifically to lung and skin cancer.

Delivers betain a common substance used to treat depression.

Provides tryptophan which relaxes the mind and creates a sense of health and well-being.

Contains boron a substance directly related to the production of human sex hormones.

Believed to cleanse the body of unwanted toxins which are made water soluble so the toxins can be excreted through urine.

Contains vitamin A,C, B and folate.

Contains the minerals manganese, magnesium, potassium and iron a true super food.

Helping You Improve Your Health,

Jeff

Brooke: My Wedding is Why I Started My Fitness Journey, Personal Growth is Why I Continue!

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Brooke started her fitness/weight loss journey because she got engaged and wanted to look and feel great for her wedding day.  However, along the journey her perspective has changed and that’s what makes her story so amazing.

So Brooke, what motivated you to lose weight and get in shape?
What originally motivated me to want to lose weight was getting engaged. I knew I couldn’t look and feel like I did about myself on my wedding day. Now, what motivates me is how much better I feel about not only myself but my relationships with other people in my life. When I started getting healthy so did everything around me. Mentally, physically, emotionally, and spiritually I have grown and it is something I want for the rest of my life. It’s safe to say this journey is not about the dress anymore.

Will you share some of the things you do?
I am still on my journey of losing weight but I try to exercise 5-6 times during the week whether that is going to boot camp, running, or both. Also, finding fun things to do on the weekend like hiking help keep me active too. Eating good balanced meals, getting plenty of sleep at night, and keeping my stress at a minimum are all things I am continuing to do to lose weight.

When did you really start seeing results?  Was there something significant you did?
I really saw the most results in about 6 weeks; this was when I started taking my diet more seriously. I learned quickly that I couldn’t just exercise all I wanted and eat all that I wanted too. Jeff’s meal plan’s and smoothie recipes are what keep me in line but another thing I will say helps me is not being too strict on myself. For me, there has to be a little room for exceptions or I will feel like I am forcing myself to do something that I don’t want to do. It’s okay to have a piece of cake every now and again or to give yourself a day of relaxation. Little things like this are just as important and keep me going!

What are the big changes you made to your diet?
Cutting out late night snacking and taking on portion control have helped me tremendously. I stopped drinking sodas years ago and went to only water but I upped my water intake and it’s nothing for me to drink a full glass before a meal now. I like to let my fiancé, Kyle in on what I plan on eating. Telling him what’s for lunch today or dinner tomorrow somehow tricks my brain into thinking, “Okay this is what you have to eat!” It may sound silly but I don’t want to go back to him with the bad news of having pizza today instead of a salad that I told him about.

How important is diet to weight loss?
Diet is oh so important! Eat smart and you will be successful. I have days where I fall off track but you have to jump right back on, you can’t just unpack and stay there or you will end up right in the place you were when you started. Diet and exercise go hand and hand. I can tell such a difference when I am eating well because my workouts go good and I feel great. If I ate horrible I can literally feel myself dragging and not doing my very best. This alone makes me put my diet first because in the end I am only cheating myself.

Do you have any advice for people who are currently on a weight loss journey or those contemplating starting a journey?
The best advice I can give would be to find an accountability partner. I have gained so many friendships through this change in lifestyle but the most important is the friendship I have with Rachel. She is such an inspiration to me and keeps me on my feet at all times. Days that I don’t feel like going to the gym or on one of our runs I make the choice to go anyways because I wouldn’t want to put her out of a great workout. New achievements and goals that we reach encourage the other without even realizing it sometimes and that is something that I truly believe everyone needs.

Do you have anything to add that might help someone who’s struggling?
Stay with it! There will be days that you feel down or you feel like all of this is too much and too hard but we are harder on ourselves than anyone else. In 6 months all of those negative thoughts will go away and you will truly feel like a new person. I am just an average person who decided to make the best change for myself and for my life and so are you.

Thank you Brooke for sharing your story with all of us.  You are doing wonderful and I look forward to seeing pictures of you in your wedding dress soon.  You never know who you may have inspired to get up and make a change.  You are an inspiration.

Inspiring You To Accept the Challenge,
Jeff

Why Everyone Should Know the Health Benefits of Turmeric!

Hey,

 

Turmeric is a spice found in almost all Indian dishes.  However, over the past several years this spice has shown to have some amazing health benefits that range from cancer prevention/treatment to weight loss.  I found this spice when I was searching for foods that lower blood pressure.  Because blood pressure was linked to chronic systemic inflammation I started using Turmeric as an anti-inflammatory and feel it’s a major reason I was able to quell my blood pressure with diet alone.

  • Turmeric
  • Can be used to disinfect cuts and burns.  Antibacterial and antiseptic agent and speeds wound healing.
  • Potent anti-inflammatory; works as well as other anti-inflammatories without the side effects.  Recent research suggest it aids in the treatment of rheumatoid and osteoarthritis.
  • When used with cauliflower has been shown to prevent prostate cancer and slow growth of tumors already present.
  • In animal studies prevented the spread of breast and lung cancer.
  • May prevent melanoma and inhibit its growth.
  • Improves liver health; natural detoxifier.
  • Slows or prevents Alzheimer’s disease removing amyloyd plaque in the brain.  Men and women 70-79 years of age in India have ¼ the Alzheimer’s diagnosis as men and women in the US.  Indians use turmeric in most foods.
  • In animal studies it’s slowed the progression of multiple sclerosis.
  • A natural pain killer; a cox-2-inhibitor.
  • In research it’s stopped the growth of blood vessels that feed tumors.
  • In laboratory research it’s programmed the death of colon cancer cells.  More research must be accomplished.
  • Suppresses inflammation in the digestive tract associated with inflammatory bowel disease.
  • Preliminary studies suggest it may help in the treatment of psoriasis.
  • Research suggests it may work as an antifungal treatment.
  • Curcumin used prior to cancer treatment makes cancer cells more vulnerable to chemo and radiation.  Curcumin gives turmeric its yellow color.
  • Notes: 
  • Should consult with your doctor before using if you have been diagnosed with gallstones or bile obstruction.
  • Should consult with your doctor before using if you’re pregnant.  Turmeric is a uterine stimulant.

Improving Your Health,

Jeff