How to Heal Yourself Naturally Through Diet & Supplements
You can reverse health problems or sometimes even cure them if your condition or disease is not extremely advanced. Proper diet and nutritional supplements are the keys. Vitamins and minerals help the digestive tract extract maximum benefits from foods. Food and supplements are tools for helping the body repair itself at the cellular level.
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Things You'll Need
- Nutrition reference book
- Liquid multivitamins
- Healthy foods cookbook
- Pure drinking water
Instructions
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Educate Yourself on Healthy Eating
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Learn what constitutes healthy meals. Read a nutritional reference guide to learn how much protein, fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and dairy products you need daily for your weight and size. If you have special needs, review all materials supplied by your doctor or nurse educator. For example, if you are a diabetic, you will need a specific amount of protein and carbohydrates every single day.
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Take liquid vitamins in a balanced multivitamin formula. These will absorb more fully into the system than tablets or capsules. You do not need to take mega-doses of any vitamins. One exception is the need for large amounts of vitamin C when a cold or infection is present. Visit a well-respected holistic doctor or health foods expert for information on amino acids or herbs that will specifically help with your condition. These can do wonders for healing the body. For example, the amino acid lysine will help heal open sores caused by shingles.
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Drink at least eight glasses of water daily to cleanse toxins from your internal organs, blood, intestines, and skin. Water increases overall energy because it increases circulation and plumps up muscle tissue.
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Eat sufficient protein and red meat for rebuilding diseased cells. While a vegetarian diet can help cleanse the body of allergens and turn the blood more alkaline versus acidic, the body cannot rebuild skin tissue or organ tissue without enough protein. It takes longer to build red blood cells if you skip eating red meat.
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Tips & Warnings
If you are engaged in physical therapy after a strain or accident, drink water daily to help your muscles function properly. Sufficient water helps the body rid itself of germs, a yeast infection, or sludge in the gallbladder.
Large doses of vitamins and minerals can do more harm than good. Take only the recommended daily doses advised by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Do not forgo traditional medicines prescribed by your doctor. Inform your doctor of any natural remedies you are taking. Certain herbs can thin the blood. Inform a nutritionist or holistic doctor of any medications you are taking, including over-the-counter medicines. There can be a chemical conflict, so never hide what you are taking from any health care provider.
