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Three Tips For Better Health

Posted on March 13, 2014.

Hello friends, and welcome to this month’s Joyinmovement newsletter.

This month I’m sharing 3 quick tidbits that I thought you’d enjoy. They are some of my recent favorite findings.

1. How many times do you hit the snooze button in the morning? Here’s the science behind why we do it and how “just 10 more minutes” actually makes us feel more tired. Enjoy this article: Hello friends, and welcome to this month’s Joyinmovement newsletter.

This month I’m sharing 3 quick tidbits that I thought you’d enjoy. They are some of my recent favorite findings.

1. How many times do you hit the snooze button in the morning? Here’s the science behind why we do it and how “just 10 more minutes” actually makes us feel more tired. Enjoy this article: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/elements/2013/12/science-of-sleep-trouble-with-snooze-buttons.html?

2. Have you done a cleanse or been on a detox diet lately? In the popular media, cleanses and detox diets are all the rage. Please be careful, though. I get questions about whether they really help, do we need to detox, and if cleanses can do more harm than good.

What’s a detox, anyway?

The word “detox” is like the word “moderation.” When it comes to detox diets, there’s no universal definition.

Cleansing means different things to different people. My daily diet might seem detoxifying to you, while someone else would view it as toxic.

That said, detox diets typically include certain foods, juices, teas, or colonics, while ruling out other foods and behaviors.
Other detox regimes consist of nothing at all, as in fasts.

The point of detoxing is to get rid of toxins. That may sound obvious, but what is a toxin?

The liver metabolizes hormones; does this mean hormones are toxic?
The brain processes thoughts; does this mean thoughts are toxic?
Electromagnetic frequencies come from a cell phone; are cell phones toxic?

So when we talk about detox diets, what exactly are we trying to eliminate from the body? Why and can it even be measured?

Would you like to read a whole Joyinmovement newsletter regarding detox diets? Please let me know and if enough readers are interested in the topic, I’ll devote a whole newsletter to it. After all, I want to write about what you’re interested in learning!

3. You’ve probably heard the tip that if you’re interested in losing weight, it’s a good idea to eat slowly and chew your food at least 15-20 times before swallowing. Doing this allows your brain and body to actually sense that it’s full, instead of eating lots of food only to find out 30 minutes later that you’re feeling quite stuffed.

For that reason I’m picking cherries as my #1 fruit for weight loss.

With cherries, you can’t just pop 30 in your mouth in two minutes as you could, and probably do, with grapes or blueberries. Instead, the pits force you to eat cherries slowly, allowing your satiation sensors to register, preventing you from over-indulging.

So that’s reason #1. Call it built in portion-control.

But there’s a reason #2 and it’s a BIG one. Cherries have the LOWEST glycemic index of all fruits, and one of the lowest glycemic indexes of ANY carbohydrate source.

Scoring at an amazingly low 22, you can even snack on cherries in the evening without much detriment to your blood sugar, as their effect on insulin is minimal at best. Again, it’s not late-night eating that’s the problem, it’s eating the wrong foods (those that cause a substantial rise in fat-loss halting insulin) in evening hours. That’s a problem if staying at a healthy weight is your goal.

So next time you’re in the mood for a sweet, satiating snack, reach for a small bowl of cherries and enjoy the great taste and healthy benefits.

Have a healthy month and may you continue to find Joy-in-movement!

shelli

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