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Monday 17 October 2016

What do your stools say about your overall health?


Bristol Stool Chart

Here's a insight from the Bristol Stool Form scale about the different types of stools

Type 1 - Very constipated. Typical for post-antibiotic treatments and for people attempting fiber-free (low-carb) diets. Need to increase water and fiber intake.

Type 2 - Organic constipation - A person experiencing these stools is most likely to suffer from irritable bowel syndrome because of continuous pressure of large stools on the intestinal walls. Adding supplemental fiber to expel these stools is dangerous, because the expanded fiber has no place to go, and may cause hernia, obstruction, or perforation of the small and large intestine alike.

Type 3 - suggests that the defecations are regular. Straining is required due to latent constipation

Type 4 - is normal for someone defecating once daily.

Type 5 - It is typical for a person who has stools twice or three times daily, after major meals.

Type 6 - It is borderline normal as it may be difficult to control the urge, especially when you don‘t have immediate access to a bathroom. It can also indicate a hypersensitive personality prone to stress, too many spices, drinking water with a high mineral content.

Type 7 - This of course, is diarrhea


The Perfect Stool:

One complete elimination in the morning
A brown color
A banana shape
Does not stick to the toilet
Easy to wipe – no mess
Minimal odor
Almost always the same regardless of foods eaten

Imbalanced Stool:

Mucus in the stool (looks like cobwebs wrapping around poop)
Green or yellow stool (not from eating excess green veggies)
Black stool
Greasy or shiny stool
Clay-colored stools
Blood in the stool
Undigested food in the stool

What is regular, anyway?

WebMD says: “Depending on your diet, age, and daily activity, regularity can mean anything from three bowel movements a day to three each week.”

However,  there’s more to good bowel function than just being regular. For example, you should be able to:

Pass a bowel motion within about a minute of sitting down on the toilet. (The bowel usually wants to empty about 30 minutes after a meal (commonly breakfast), but this can vary from person to person.)

Pass a bowel motion easily and without pain – ideally, you shouldn’t be straining on the toilet or struggling to pass a bowel motion which is hard and dry.

Complete evacuation of your bowel- you don’t have to go back to the toilet soon after — to pass more.

What color is the perfect poop?

Brown is best! You knew that, though, right? Some other colors you may see: red, green, yellow, white, and black.

All of these other colors (barring the consumption of foods or medications that would cause a temporary shift, such as beets) could be indicative of something going on in the body that needs to be addressed. Here are some possibilities:

Red could mean lower GI bleeding.
Green could mean Crohn’s Disease.
Yellow could mean gallbladder trouble or parasites.
White could mean liver disease or pancreatic trouble.
Black could mean upper GI bleeding.

12 Tips to Get the Perfect Poop:

1. Chew your food! Shoot for 27 chews per bite, it should be a paste before swallowing.

2. Eat until you are 80% full. Overeating is a massive burden on the digestive system.

3. Remove all sources of gluten from your diet (the most common sources are wheat, barley, rye, spelt and other grains)

4. Eat a diet that includes whole foods, rich in fresh, organic vegetables and fruits that provide good nutrients and fiber; most of your fiber should come from vegetables, not from grains

5. Avoid artificial sweeteners, excess sugar (especially fructose), chemical additives, MSG, excessive amounts of caffeine, and processed foods, as they are all detrimental to your gastrointestinal (and immune) function

6. Boost your intestinal flora by adding naturally fermented foods into your diet, such as sauerkraut, pickles, and kefir (if you tolerate dairy); add a probiotic supplement if you suspect you’re not getting enough beneficial bacteria from your diet alone

7. Try increasing your fiber intake; good options include psyllium and freshly ground organic flax seed (shoot for 50 grams of fiber per 1,000 calories consumed).

8. Make sure you stay well hydrated with fresh, pure water

9. Get plenty of exercise daily. Get a Rebounder (mini trampoline) and bounce for 5-10 minutes daily!

10. Avoid pharmaceutical drugs, such as pain killers that will slow your bowel function. Antidepressants and antibiotics can cause a variety of GI disruptions.

11. Address emotional challenges with tools like EFT, journaling and therapy.

12. Consider squatting instead of sitting to move your bowels. Squatting straightens your rectum, relaxes your puborectalis muscle and encourages the complete emptying of your bowel without straining, and has been scientifically shown to relieve constipation and hemorrhoids. I highly recommend using a Squatty Potty Toilet Stool!

Well there you have it. Inspect your poops daily and use them as an indicator of your overall health and how well you are treating your body!

Tuesday 11 October 2016

When to have fruits?



Eating Fruit on Empty Stomach

This will open your eyes ! Read to the end; and then, send it to others on your list as I just did to u!
Dr Stephen Mak treats terminal ill cancer patients by an "un-orthodox" way and many patients recovered.
Before he used solar energy to clear the illnesses of his patients, he believes on natural healing in the body against illnesses. See his article below.
It is one of the strategies to heal cancer. As of late, my success rate in curing cancer is about 80%.
Cancer patients shouldn't die. The cure for cancer is already found - its in the way we eat fruits.
It is whether you believe it or not.
I am sorry for the hundreds of cancer patients who die under the conventional treatments.

EATING FRUIT
We all think eating fruits means just buying fruits, cutting it and just popping it into our mouths.
It's not as easy as you think. It's important to know how and when to eat the fruits.

What is the correct way of eating fruits?

IT MEANS NOT EATING FRUITS AFTER YOUR MEALS!
FRUITS SHOULD BE EATEN ON AN EMPTY STOMACH

If you eat fruits on empty stomach, it will play a major role to detoxify your system, supplying you with a great deal of energy for weight loss and other life activities.

FRUIT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT FOOD.

Let's say you eat two slices of bread and then a slice of fruit.
The slice of fruit is ready to go straight through the stomach into the intestines, but it is prevented from doing so due to the bread taken before the fruit.
In the meantime the whole meal of bread & fruit rots and ferments and turns to acid.
The minute the fruit comes into contact with the food in the stomach and digestive juices, the entire mass of food begins to spoil.
So please eat your fruits on an empty stomach or before your meals !

You have heard people complaining :
Every time I eat watermelon I burp, when I eat durian my stomach bloats up, when I eat a banana I feel like running to the toilet, etc.. etc..
Actually all this will not arise if you eat the fruit on an empty stomach
The fruit mixes with the putrefying of other food and produces gas and hence you will bloat !
Greying hair, balding, nervous outburst and dark circles under the eyes all these will NOT happen if you take fruits on an empty stomach.

There is no such thing as some fruits, like orange and lemon are acidic, because all fruits become alkaline in our body, according to Dr. Herbert Shelton who did research on this matter.

If you have mastered the correct way of eating fruits, you have the  SECRET of beauty, longevity, health, energy, happiness and normal weight.
When you need to drink fruit juice - drink only  fresh fruit juice, NOT from the cans, packs or bottles.
Don't even drink juice that has been heated up.
Don't eat cooked fruits because you don't get the nutrients at all.
You only get its taste.
Cooking destroys all the vitamins.
But eating a whole fruit is better than drinking the juice.
If you should drink the fresh fruit juice, drink it mouthful by mouthful slowly, because you must let it mix with your saliva before swallowing it.

You can go on a 3-day fruit fast to cleanse or detoxify your body.
Just eat fruits and drink fresh fruit juice throughout the 3 days.
And you will be surprised when your friends tell you how radiant you look !

KIWI fruit:
Tiny but mighty.
This is a good source of potassium, magnesium, vitamin E & fiber. Its vitamin C content is twice that of an orange.

APPLE:
An apple a day keeps the doctor away?
Although an apple has a low vitamin C content, it has antioxidants & flavonoids which enhances the activity of vitamin C thereby helping to lower the risks of colon cancer, heart attack & stroke.

STRAWBERRY:
Protective Fruit.
Strawberries have the highest total antioxidant power among major fruits & protect the body from cancer-causing, blood vessel-clogging and free radicals.

ORANGE :
Sweetest medicine.
Taking 2-4 oranges a day may help keep colds away, lower cholesterol, prevent & dissolve kidney stones as well as lessens the risk of colon cancer.

WATERMELON:
Coolest thirst quencher. Composed of 92% water, it is also packed with a giant dose of glutathione, which helps boost our immune system.
They are also a key source of lycopene the cancer fighting oxidant.
Other nutrients found in watermelon are vitamin C & Potassium.

GUAVA & PAPAYA:
Top awards for vitamin C. They are the clear winners for their high vitamin C content.
Guava is also rich in fiber, which helps prevent constipation.
Papaya is rich in carotene; this is good for your eyes.

REMEMBER
Avoid having fruits during the major meals (Lunch/dinner). Fruits are a source of sugar/energy. We mostly take carbohydrates during our lunch and dinner in the form of chapati/ veggies/ rice etc. These carbs are ultimately converted into sugar in the body, which is utilized for energy purpose. If we consume fruits as well, the excess sugar from fruits has higher chances of going into fat storage. Thus, it's best to avoid them during lunch/dinner. Here's the reason why we have to avoid fruits post sunset- Our activity levels tend to drop as the day ends. Fruits are a natural source of sugar. We need this sugar during the day when our activity levels are high, and this sugar gets utilized. After 6 or 7 pm, we have dinner already lined up plus we go low on activities, thus the extra sugar from fruits have high chances of going into fat storage. Fruits are always a good snacking option in the mid-morning or during the teatime.