Daily Health Tips: Our wellness and health expert Lee Cotton shares her tips
for staying fit and eating healthy. Cotton, a healthy foods chef, health
educator and Pilates instructor, Your Palate and owns Pilates, a Stuart-based
company that focuses on health.
Detox, detox, detox. Each diet-focused blog and health
magazine touches on the powers of detoxing.
We are all sensitive to toxins in our step by step
life—everything from our advanced food supply to our intensely industrialized
environment contributes to our bodies’ collections of toxins.
So, why not include step by step healthy practices that aid
general health and reduce toxic exposure?
Here are some healthy suggestions:
1: Do cardio
exercise to work up a sweat and increase heart health.
2: Get
sufficient sleep and some natural sunlight throughout the day.
3: Cut back on
dairy, meat products and refined sugar.
4: Exercise and
Breathe: Try Pilates or yoga to align your body with your breath.
5: Laugh and
smile!
6: Omit
artificial preservatives and sugars.
7: Eat green
vegetables, fresh fruit and whole grains (avoid processed grains).
8: Get a
massage.
9: Meditate to
remove negativity.
10: Include raw,
fresh foods into your diet.
11: Use beauty
products and natural cleaning.
13: Drink green
drinks daily with cucumber, sprouts, romaine, kale and celery.
14: Drink
wheatgrass.
15: Visit a sauna
or steam room.
16: Avoid or
limit caffeine and alcohol.
