YOUR TO-DO LIST FOR A HEALTHY BRAIN Avoid heavy metals (use chelation agents to remove them from your body): mercury (in silver fillings, certain fish, certain cosmetics), arsenic (in some drinking water and foods), lead (in water, gasoline, paint, cigarette smoke, pipes, toys, city dust), and cadmium (in chocolate, smoking, tobacco). Test to see if you are part of the 25 percent of the population that is sensitive to mold. Treat your body and home for mold (if needed). Avoid certain antihistamines long-term (Benadryl and Atarax). Avoid certain anticholinergic medications … [Read more...]
Exposed To A Healthy Immune System – Weekly Wellness Wisdom
Exposed To A Healthy Immune System - Weekly Wellness Wisdom The word exposed has been on my heart as of late and I wanted to share it with you today. First the word exposed is on my heart because on April 12th we are doing the Maximized Living Makeover with a focus on exposure to toxins. As Americans we are exposed! Over 3,000 toxins in our foods 80-90 vaccinations are given to our kids Our drinking water has over 100 chemicals found in it The blood stream of an average American has 100's of harmful chemicals in it. We take 72% of the world's drugs....all toxic! And on, and on, … [Read more...]
Kids’ Health
MaxLiving Perspective: Incorporating the 5 Essentials Growing up today offers many unique experiences for children, such as being able to socialize online, play life-like video games, and complete homework faster with computers. Yet, kids today also face many health challenges: frequent stress, low physical activity, poor-quality food, and exposure to more toxins than kids from past generations. As a result, children get sick often and suffer from more chronic diseases, including asthma, anxiety, and obesity. Keep your child happy, healthy, and balanced with these strategies. Core … [Read more...]
Step 1: Fix Deficiency & Remove Toxicity
THE WHY The amount of disease in America today is astonishing. More than three out of four Americans have a diagnosable chronic disease. This is happening because almost all Americans are in toxic overload and are chronically deficient in one or more nutrients. Our unprecedented exposure to toxic chemicals is impairing cellular machinery, causing cellular malfunction and disease. Chronic deficiency of even one nutrient will decrease the efficiency of all the others, causing cellular malfunction and disease. What causes disease? There are thousands of labels but there is only one disease … [Read more...]
Stress Management
MaxLiving Perspective: Incorporating the 5 Essentials Acute stress, the kind you feel when you have to give a presentation, or before a race, is normal, healthy, and signifies that your stress hormones are hard at work. Chronic stress is the type when you experience prolonged periods of uncomfortable emotions accompanied by biochemical, physiological, and behavioral responses to situations you feel are out of your control. However, your stress response system wasn’t meant to stay constantly activated. Underlying chronic stress is cortisol. This hormone helps your body manage … [Read more...]