You can spend months or years learning about the healthy lifestyle choices, maybe even try out a few changes on your own, but until you find a routine in your life that then provides you ongoing success, your knowledge is not your truth. Many people talk about supplements and superfoods but it is improbable for one person to chose a handful of superfoods and consistantly eat them daily.
I have been there at the lectures where they all sound like the fountain of youth and vitality, and you want o try them all – tomorrow. But then I try the 5 new superfoods and feel great for a few days, the problem lies in the lack of elimination. I find that the rule herbalist use when learning about a new plant to hold true throughout our consumption. Herbalist get to know a plant by taking it alone, they do not begin to understand that particular plant by taking a mixed blend including that herb. Signals can be crossed, your body may dissagree with 1 part of a 5 herb blend and all the sudden you have eliminated 4 other options. Start slow. Stick with one change in your lifestyle for a few weeks, even months with some changes. Herbs and supplements may begin to show their true effects within a few weeks whereas a new fitness exercise or elimination of a food ingredient more likely will take months to take hold.
As americans we have grown to want the quick fix and even when we know that food takes time to create its effects in our body, we still hope for the quick recovery. Do not rely on a fast or a cleanse to wipe away weeks or months of bad habits. This yo-yo-ing of clean and toxic can be exhausting on your adrenals, your emotions and your relationships internally and externally.
So the next time you feel you have binged or slipped, forget the guilt or the quick fix. Jump back into what your ideal healthy day would look like, start living there. Once you have that down for a few months, then look at a cleanse because you have established a healthy lifestyle to return to and therefore the likelihood low that you will to reach for the cake after you’ve put in weeks of cleansing your organs.