FAT, Fiber, and Protein: The Food of SuperFit Leaders
FATS, fiber, and protein. Does 25-50% of your diet include fiber? I hope so. If it’s soft, soluble fiber – then it is the BEST food to feed the probiotics in your colon to retune the risk of colon cancer. Insoluble fiber serves as a “broom” for internal housecleaning. Today, Dr Joel and I had conversations about the aging process and also talked about the importance of getting plenty of OIL and FATS (called lipids) in our daily diet. These include: OMEGA 3 (EPA & DHA) 2 grams a day (which has Vitamin A in it), and the other good oils including OLIVE, avocado, butter, and coconut oil. One final reminder: It’s ALSO important to make sure you have a minimal 2-EGGS per day because the egg white called albumin has the BEST spectrum of amino acids for collegen production. MAKE SURE that you don’t overcook the egg whites – either soft boiled or poached (not more than 3-4 min maximum). # Alexia Parks is Founder and CEO of Alexia Parks 10 TRAITS Leadership Institute. 10TRAITS Leadership offers the ONLY leadership training program in the world based on 10 traits found in the female brain. Online programs are university accredited and come with a Certificate of...
A Quick Release Method for Daily TRAUMA
Here is a simple, powerful TWO STEP method – that can be used anytime and anywhere and is FREE – to reduce stress in the body. First, we know that everyone in the world has had some time of trauma, we’re not alone. For example, think of the trauma experienced by the Syrian refugees and other refugees around the world. So consider these two powerful methods that are free of charge, easy to do anytime, any place, anywhere. Remember: the more you do these two steps – by turning them into a daily habit – the better it is. At 10TRAITS Leadership we use Ellen Langer’s Mindfulness techniques. A Harvard professor, Ellen Langer is the “Mother” of Mindfulness. TO START: Focus like a LASER on your body. Become aware, mindful in the deepest sense, of the signals, feedback, and messages your body is sending you. Why? Because Mother Nature is constantly talking to you through your body. – JUST BEING AWARE of it is the real power of mindfulness. Just becoming aware or mindful of it will undercut and lessen a lot of the trauma. The very AWARENESS of it is a powerful tool. Since the BODY is the repository of the trauma, then you should choose some type of “body work” – in the broad sense – for release of the trauma. Massage, rolfing, yoga, aerobic exercise, bicycling, jogging, and walking at aerobic levels will all release this energy through the blood vessels. Traumas may be big or small. Either way, and they impact the body on a daily basis. So mindfulness and daily “body work” to release trauma...
How Mindfulness and Meditation Influence Your Microbiome
Someone asked the question: “Does meditation have an influence on my microbiome? Yes. Your brain is connected to your GUT via the Vegas Nerve. When you take a moment to put all tasks aside, turn your attention inward, and focus on slow, rhythmic, deep breathing, your Vegas Nerve will carry this positive benefit to your heart and lungs. However, it doesn’t stop there. The Vegas Nerve will connect your UPSTAIRS brain to your DOWNSTAIRS brain: your GUT. With mindfulness and meditation comes a benefit digestion and stimulate digestive juices in your stomach (hydrochloric acid), liver (bile), and pancreas (pancreatic acid). This, in turn, provides a major benefit to the GOOD bacteria – those billions of “employees” who live and work inside your microbiome. They multiply and expand the benefits they bring to your whole body health. The opposite, of course, is that STRESS, in all its forms and varieties, can shut down your GUT and limit the amount of digestive juices needed for healthy digestion of food. Meditation and mindfulness are practices we teach in our 10TRAITS Leadership* training programs. Taken together, they are one of 10 natural leadership traits that we teach – based on the Female brain – to help you learn how to lead your BEST life yet! *An inspirational speaker, and Virtual Mentor with the United Nations, Alexia Parks is also Founder and CEO of Alexia Parks 10TRAITS Leadership Institute. We offer the ONLY university accredited leadership training programs in the world based on 10 traits found in the female brain. 10TRAITS programs are tailored for professionals in business, healthcare, & education. They are based...
Optimum Health: Is Your Body A Second-Class Citizen?
Dr Joel often wonders aloud: Do people know how to breathe? Do they know how to exercise? Do they know how to feed their body what it really needs? Dr Joel is a medical doctor who hasn’t been sick in more than 40-years, not even a common cold. So when he’s ready to talk about something important, like self-care, I’m eager to listen. “Many people,” he reminds, “are so focused on thinking, creating new ideas, staying on top of the latest breaking news, that they overlook the most important person in their life: themselves.” When we focus on our own body, we elevate it to the status of “personhood.” It is not just something that we use to carry around our 20-pound brain. It is comprised of 40-trillion cells. Trillions of bacteria comprise the Micro Biome that lives in our lower GUT. When we are mindful of the needs of our body, the need to stretch, to relax, to get aerobic…, in other words, when we are mindful in every moment of our body, it will tell us what it needs. In a sense, the trillions of bacteria in our micro biome are our employees!” Treat them and yourself well. Alexia Parks and Dr. Joel Rauch M.D. (Rauchwerger M.D.) are co-founders of the 10TRAITS Leadership Institute. Online SELF-CARE programs begin Fall...
Probiotics? Pre-biotics? Which should you choose? BOTH.
A healthy GUT supports a healthy lifestyle. The human biome (GUT) has bacteria that can help prevent or reduce most disease. Probiotics are friendly bacteria. You’ll find them in yoghurt, sauerkraut, miso, and kefir. Probiotic supplements should supplement, not replace these key, natural foods. Pre-biotics are the food you eat that FEEDS the probiotic bacteria. This includes soft WHOLE, sliced, soft fruits and vegetables. The by-product from the friendly bacteria is the “body beneficial” butyric acid. Because I believe that health is #1 when it comes to leadership, I always include a focus on health and fitness in our 10TRAITS Leadership training programs. Alexia Parks is CEO and Founder of the 10TRAITS Leadership Institute. It offers the ONLY leadership training programs in the world based on the FEMALE...
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