First, let's talk about Your Body Elimination
One of the topics I've been discussing often is understanding your body. Here we learn that the large intestine, or colon, is busy cleaning and polishing from 5 to 7 am each day. To do this job properly, the colon needs water. It must eliminate and process waste matter around the clock for you to be in top shape. The most important time to give your colon fluid is in the morning. Unfortunately, one of the worst things you can do for your colon is the one thing that most people do first thing in the morning- Drink Coffee.
As a diuretic, caffeine diverts water from your colon to your kidneys and bladder for exit. In other words, your body does not get the use of the water it needs, which would not be a problem except that water is the body's oil -- without it, the body's functions slow down. The ultimate results are: getting constipated, feeling sluggish, gaining weight and having no way to move out the waste, looking older and speeding up the aging process.
By hydrating your body every morning with 16 to 32 ounces of fluid, you'll give yourself the best chance to be healthy. Some people wait until they have had their first elimination of the day before they eat. Elimination before eating anything solid is very healthy for your colon. If you allow the colon to be healthy and run itself, it will signal you when it is ready to start the day.
Your Morning Plan
( upon Awakening)
Drink one or two glasses of pure water with lemon ( 16-32 ounces)
Have a good quality green drink powder -1 tablespoon of Perfect Food. Of course the morning cleanse could be coupled with breaking the caffeine habit.
One way to give up coffee with less discomfort is by gradually replacing coffee with herbal replacements until no more coffee is consumed. It takes 60 days for your body to eliminate all the caffeine and really see the results. But this could be accelerated by a short fast, or a raw food eliminating diet, such as a strict raw fruits and vegetables diet.
There are also coffee replacements that can be used to give up coffee. You will lower caffeine intake by drinking grain-coffee blends, diluted or smaller amounts of regular coffee and decaffeinated coffee. You'll also incorporate some herbal teas to use in place of coffee that can be both stimulating and refreshing. The roasted herbal roots, including barley, chicory, and dandelion, are most popular. Grain "coffees," such as Barley coffee, cafix, inka, ostum, Pero, Raja's cup and Teechino will also work. Herbal teas made from lemon grass, peppermint, ginger root, red clover, and comfrey are very nourishing, and do not have depleting side effects.
In addition, vitamin C supplementation helps during withdrawal by supporting adrenal glands. As a stress-reducer, several grams more of vitamins can be taken over the course of the day, preferably in a buffered form especially with the main alkaline minerals potassium, calcium, and magnesium as well as zinc.
Of course, if you do like a cup of coffee and can't commit to give it up I can offer this important tip that most don't know about. Consider treating yourself to drink coffee in the mid-to-late afternoon. Although it is the opposite of most people's morning routines of using caffeine as their wake-up call and for energy through the day; the afternoon cup best fits our body's natural cycle, avoiding the high-adrenal morning and late pre-sleep hours. Try committing yourself to either the colon cleanse or a commitment to give up caffeine, if not both; and welcome a new healthy year for yourself.
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