Have More Energy Than You Know What to Do With

Last week we learned about increasing our energy levels by eating certain foods and keeping them up by avoiding others.  This week we’ll talk about how to increase your energy by drinking!

I’m not talking about energy drinks; I’m talking about water!  It’s the third most crucial necessity of life.  We can survive less than a week without it!  Water comes in many forms, some good and some bad.  Let's sort out some of these.

First, let's look at soft drinks, which are mostly water; however, you can’t use them for hydration because all of the sugar and salt in the drink will actually draw water out of your body. With their sugar content, they’re really liquid candy. “Diet" soft drinks with artificial sweeteners have the same effect.  

So, soft drinks aren’t for hydration.  Unsweetened iced tea is a hydration drink, though I don’t recommend it as your sole source of water.  Many people enjoy the flavor of tea without sugar.   I have advice for those who don't.  First, avoid sweet tea at restaurants. Many restaurants mix 5 pounds of sugar into 3 gallons of tea.  That comes out to 379 calories per 16 ounce glass!  That’s more than a soft drink, and you’ll be thirstier than before you drank it.  So, sweeten it yourself. Even if you put four teaspoons of sugar into a 16 ounce glass of tea, you still only have 64 calories and it won’t have enough sugar to dehydrate you.  You may go “stir crazy” getting the sugar dissolved, but you’ll be healthier and have more energy.

Coffee is very similar.  If you use creamer, use cream instead.  That's much healthier and keeps the hydration qualities intact.

Now for milk, which is a hydration drink. It is a solution of bubbles of proteins and fats floating around in water.  Here’s the best news of the whole post:  Chocolate milk is the ideal recovery drink after a workout!

Now water:  Well water is best; filtered city water is next.  After that is reverse-osmosis water.  Avoid distilled water because it can dilute your electrolytes and cause problems with your heart.  There are many exotic waters out there from glaciers and whatever.  The important thing is that you drink water.

Overall, you need to drink about 1 ounce of water for every 2 pounds of body weight.   Less than half of that should be tea, coffee and milk.  Nothing else counts!  By changing your drinking habits, you will be able to Increase Your Energy and

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How to Increase Your Energy by 300%

There are four necessities of life: Food, Water, Air, and Nerve Supply.  We can live about a month without food, a week without water, an hour without air, and less than a second without nerve supply.  So, to increase your energy by 300%, you have to maximize each area.  Over the next few weeks, you will learn the four key components to maximizing energy:

1. Power Meals
2. Power Drinks (no, not energy drinks)
3. Power Breathing
4. Power Release

Let's start with Power Meals.  We learned about this earlier this year and for an in-depth discussion of this topic look back at earlier posts on this topic.  To recap, we want to stick with low-glycemic foods.  Those are foods that do not cause huge spikes in our blood sugar. So, we want to avoid potatoes of any kind, white or wheat flour, sugar, and white rice.  Stick with fruits, vegetables, dairy and meats.  Remember that corn is a grain, not a vegetable, so eat it sparingly.

An example menu for this type of eating would be:

Breakfast: 

• Bacon - 2 strips
• Eggs - 2 or 3
• Tomato slices
• Fruit slices

Lunch:

• 6 oz. meat
• 1/2 cup green vegetable
• 1/2 cup red or yellow vegetable
• 1/2 cup cruciferous vegetable (broccoli, kale, cauliflower, brussel sprouts, cabbage)

Dinner

• 6 oz meat
• salad with lettuce, tomato, cucumbers, carrots

That will keep your energy constant through the day and keep you from crashing!

Eating Power Meals is part of how you increase your energy by 300% and will help you

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Garbage In Garbage Out

Viscero-somatic Reflex

How a toxic life can cause subluxation and bad health

Viscero

Pertaining to the soft tissues and organs of the body, such as the stomach, lungs, liver, gallbladder, etc.

Somatic

Pertaining to muscle and bone, such as vertebrae (spinal bones) and spinal muscles.

A viscero-somatic reflex occurs when irritation of an organ or tissue due to toxins sets up a reflex action/reaction where muscles of the spine spas and cause spinal misalignment (subluxation).  The resulting spinal misalignment (subluxation) then blocks or interferes with the nervous system and causes further damage to the organ or tissue.

Toxins Include

Alcohol

Caffeine

Artificial sweeteners

Food additives

Preservatives

Food colorings

Drugs (prescription, over the counter or recreational)

Smoke

Air pollutants

Water pollutants

Soil pollutants

Pesticides