Part 2 of your detox

If you are finding it difficult to stick to the detox, and finding the weightloss is now having a plateau effect there are a few suggestions today to help you keep motivated and to change things up a bit.

Phosphatidylserine is rich mainly in organ foods (i.e. heart, kidney, liver) but can also be found in meat and fish. The phospholipid helps support metabolism by blunting the stress hormone cortisol and generally improving mood. Cortisol levels are increased when stressed, high levels can cause insomnia which affects metabolism and cortisol also encourages fat to be deposited around the stomach area.  

Vitamin C is a potent antioxidant that has a supportive role on the liver to encourage weightloss, taking vitamin C encourages anything between 10-30% improved energy output when exercising and also encourages detoxification and breakdown of fat in the system.  To get a high amount of vitamin C in the diet can be difficult therefore supplementing with a powder, providing anything between 1-grams of ascorbate, can be a good idea to boost these levels.  Living or working in a city makes the requirements for Vitamin C higher as pollution causes your body to use Vitamin C rapidly as an antioxidant to protect the body’s cells from pollutant damage.

Tumeric contains a phytochemical called curcumin which gives it the yellow colour. Turmeric can be an added ingredient to add to dishes to provide flavour and to give your liver a gentle boost. This helps to detoxify the system and support the metabolism of fat in through the digestive system.

Raspberry ketones are found naturally in raspberries, ketones are also found in cranberries and blackberries.  Try to include these foods in your breakfast as they inhibit fat storage by encouraging fat breakdown.

Weight bearing Exercise encourages circulation which will support the removal of toxins from the body.  Using weights can be really effective in improving the muscle to fat ratio. Even slim people can have higher levels of fat on the body than muscle and the problem with this is that fat is where toxins are stored.  Therefore, by doing some exercise you are already affectively cleansing the body of harmful aging substance.