If there's one thing I want you to take away from this artice it's that I'd like you to keep it readily available as a quick reference. The 10 super quick weight loss tips, even though some are quite easy, could totally change your life for ever. Many times readers tell me how much they have benefited from them. I am certain you will too.
1. Drink Warm Water In The Morning
A warm cup of water first thing in the morning (and even better with a squeeze of lemon) goes right through the bowels and cleans mucus out from the day before. Drink another cup of warm water in the evening too.
2. Lubricate, Don't Flood
Your stomach needs to be lubricated, not flooded. When you drink fluids with meals, you drown your digestive enzymes and only partial digestion takes place. Therefore, drink fluids, juices, or preferably water, 30 minutes away from meals - say 30 minutes before or after, but not during.
3. Chew Slowly
Chewing slowly until food becomes liquefied is one of my most important recommendations. Really savor each mouthful. Feel the texture and capture the flavor of your food. It's when your saliva comes into contact with your food, as it is being chewed, that the digestive process begins. The chewed food will then pass easily through your digestive system with maximum nutrient uptake.
4 Eat When Calm
You physically can't digest food properly if you are upset or have just had an argument. Eat when calm. Your digestion will be much better.
5. Not Too Hot - Not Too Cold
The temperature of food and drink entering your body affects the strength of your spleen, your energy battery, and other organs too. Ice-cold drinks weaken the organs. Eating piping hot foods that burn your palate aren't much better, since they injure mouth membranes, damage gastric stomach lining, and degrade taste buds. Tepid or air temperature foods, drinks and water are best.
6. Decorate Your Plate
When you smell food, feast your eyes on it or even think about it, your brain spurs into action, sending a message to the salivary glands to secrete saliva which contains a digestive enzyme. So prepare attractive delicious meals to enhance your digestion.
7. Rotate Foods
Don't eat the same foods every day. You don't need too much of one single food and it can often lead to food allergies, sensitivities and intolerances. So instead eat a particular food just once every four days as opposed to every day. You'll not only prevent allergies, but will also nourish your body with a broader array of varied nutrients.
8. Listen To Your Body
Take note of what foods you crave. If you really want a specific food - its color, the smell or the feel - just enjoy and go with the attractions. It may be that your body needs something nutritionally contained within that food. I'm not talking chocolate cookies here! I'm referring to all those fresh herbs, fruits, vegetables, seasonings, and so on that are readily available in any food shop or supermarket. Walk the produce aisle for fresh fruits and vegetables with an open mind and an open spirit. What looks good? What feels good? What smells good? Which foods look healthy and robust? Then make your choices. Try a food combining diet that explains which foods to eat together to improve weight loss.
9. Enzymes! Enzymes! Enzymes!
Sprouted seeds, raw vegetables, raw fruits, nuts and seeds are loaded with live enzymes, the key to nutrient absorption and vibrant health.
10. Break The Fast
Always eat something healthy and substantial for breakfast. This is the time period when your stomach energies are at their strongest, and your digestive enzyme juices are rearing to go. You will gradually weaken your stomach and digestive function if you skip breakfast. No matter how little it is, eat something decent. Fresh fruit, oatmeal, millet or quinoa porridge are all good morning choices.
