| Want an energy boost to your system that will | | | | say it improves both mental and physical |
| not give you the jitters or keep you awake at | | | | performance. Ginseng has been said to improve |
| night? Some herbs will boost your energy levels | | | | erectile function, help relieve stress and help with |
| and are easy to add to your diet. Sometimes it is | | | | stabilizing blood sugar levels for diabetics. It is a |
| what you do NOT eat that gives you a boost in | | | | very common addition to any energy or diet |
| energy! So what are some alternatives to that | | | | product and comes in many shapes and forms. |
| third cup of Starbuck's Coffee? | | | | Like other herbs and supplements potency varies |
| 1. Digestive enzymes break down proteins, fats, | | | | from product to product. I suggest always buying |
| carbohydrates and fiber making it possible to | | | | a fresh, reputable and potent brand. |
| benefit from the nutrients found in those foods. | | | | 4. 24 hour fast. The body spends up to one third |
| Enzymes turn the food we eat into energy and | | | | of your energy on digestion and elimination. By |
| unlock this energy for use in the body. Did you | | | | avoiding solid food and only taking in liquids like |
| ever notice that children can eat a big meal and | | | | water and fresh organic juices you give the body |
| then go play, but adults who eat a big meal | | | | a break. It can now use some of its stored |
| usually need a nap. By the time you hit forty you | | | | energy to fight disease and eliminate toxins in the |
| have lost most of your body's natural ability to | | | | body. By eliminating toxins the body is dumping |
| manufacture enzymes. You get tired because it | | | | them into the digestive tract to be eliminated. If |
| takes a lot of energy to digest that meal. Where | | | | the digestive tract (colon) is not clean and working |
| do we get enzymes from? There are two basic | | | | well the toxins will just get reabsorbed into the |
| sources: The raw food we eat contains enzymes | | | | bloodstream making you fell sick. If your colon is |
| to help break down that particular piece of food. | | | | clean and you properly eliminate those toxins you |
| Our body also produces some enzymes. The two | | | | get a general feeling of wellness, more energy |
| glands providing the majority of digestive | | | | and more mental clarity. Fasting, even just one |
| chemicals utilized by the gastrointestinal tract are | | | | day month will help eliminate salt and sugar |
| the liver and the pancreas. The more cooking and | | | | cravings. After a fast you are usually hungry for |
| processing of food destroys all or most of the | | | | food that has high nutrient content, like green |
| enzymes. The more diet consists of raw foods | | | | vegetables.. |
| like salads, the more natural energy you will have. | | | | Dr. Paul Bragg states: "... fasting is not a cure of |
| Since most of the foods we eat are cooked or | | | | any disease or ailment. The purpose of the fast is |
| heavily processed in some way and the raw | | | | to allow the body full range and scope to fulfill its |
| foods we do eat contain only enough enzymes to | | | | self-healing, self-repairing, self-rejuvenating |
| process that particular food, our bodies must | | | | functions to the best advantage. ...Fasting is |
| produce the majority of the digestive enzymes | | | | probably the fastest and safest way or means of |
| we require. Again, we also lose the ability to | | | | regaining health ever conceived by the human |
| produce these enzymes after we reach forty. | | | | man. ... Fasting puts the body in a condition where |
| For these reasons it is recommended that we | | | | all the Vital Force of the body is used to flush out |
| supplement our diet with enzymes. Many | | | | the causes of body miseries." |
| enzymes have also been shown to have an | | | | 5. Colon and parasite cleanse. If you are over the |
| anti-inflammatory effect which is a bonus. | | | | age of thirty and have never done a colon |
| 2. Cayenne. There is no other herb which | | | | cleanse you are in for a tremendous health boost. |
| increases your blood flow faster than cayenne. | | | | If you do your cleanse and eat a healthy diet with |
| Cayenne moves blood. It is a circulatory tonic and | | | | mostly fruits and vegetables and very little red |
| helps improve circulation. More blood means more | | | | meat or no meat at all you will feel lighter. You will |
| oxygen racing through your body. This is just | | | | focus easier. Your memory will improve and your |
| what your metabolism needed. Because it is a | | | | energy will go up. You will just feel better over all. |
| natural metabolism booster many diet | | | | You have probably heard the saying that death |
| supplements now add cayenne to their formulas. | | | | begins in the colon. Well, good health and more |
| Cayenne also supports heart health, improves the | | | | energy also begin in the colon! |
| immune system and is a huge aid to the digestive | | | | 6. Superfoods. Superfoods are foods or food |
| system. | | | | products that are high in nutrient density. |
| 3. Ginseng. Ginseng has long been used as a total | | | | Superfoods are usually green superfoods, high in |
| systemic tonic. Ginseng is commonly used as an | | | | both vitamins and minerals. Why are superfoods |
| adaptogen, meaning it normalizes physical | | | | so important to natural energy levels? |
| functioning depending on what the individual needs | | | | One reason is that our soils are so depleted and |
| (for example, it will lower high blood pressure, but | | | | over-farmed and we, as a country, elect to only |
| raise low blood pressure). It is also used to reduce | | | | replace the Nitrogen, Potassium and Phosphorus. |
| the effects of stress, improve athletic | | | | These are the macro nutrients our foods need |
| performance, boost energy levels, enhance | | | | but not the micro-nutrients (trace minerals) which |
| memory, and stimulate the immune system. | | | | are essential to our energy and immune systems. |
| Ginseng is known as a preventative herb as well | | | | Superfoods usually contain sea minerals from |
| as a curative herb. It is said to remove both | | | | Blue-Green Algae, Spirulina, Kelp and Chlorella and |
| mental and physical fatigue. Most people who use | | | | other mineral dense foods that help to ensure |
| ginseng over a two to three month period | | | | that we are getting all the nutrients our body |
| experience a sense of well-being and stamina and | | | | needs to fight disease and not run out of gas. |