Pros and Cons of Buying Detox Products from Infomercials

Do you watch television late at night? If so, you may have intentionally or unintentionally watched a late night infomercial. If you haven't already, you will likely see detoxification products available for sale. These products, which include pills and detox food pads, should eliminate stored toxins and waste in your body. As neat as they sound, should you buy them?

Unfortunately, you only hear one side of the story when buying products from an infomercial. You only hear what the manufacturers or sellers want you to hear. What does this mean? It means that you could buy a detoxification product that does not work. Until you realize this, however, you have spent time, money, and lost the hopes you once had.

Speaking of which, that leads to another downside to buying products from a late night infomercial, they may not work. Just because someone is on television claiming a product works, it does not mean that it does. The two best ways to determine the success of a product is to read reviews online from consumers or to read a review from a nationally known news organization.

Another downside to buying detox products from an infomercial is that the products may be unsafe. This focuses again on how you never truly know what you are buying and that you are only hearing one side of the story. Most, if not all, over-the-counter medications have some side effects. This means that you will experience some when using an over-the-counter detox pill. Yes, a "traditional," cleanse has side effects, but at least you know what you are putting into your body with the Master Cleanse, waster fasting, and juice fasting.

In terms of hearing only one side of the story, you also do not hear about the competition. Did you know that there are hundreds of different detox or cleanse pills and foot pads available for sale? There are. These products, despite having similar goals, are not made with the same formulas. This means that you will see varying results. If you truly want to cleanse your body and remove toxins, you will first take the time to examine and compare your choices, not just order the first product you see advertised on television.

As for the cost of detox products sold on an infomercials, it is both a pro and con to buying from this source. Many times, special deals are offered on television. Unfortunately, you are lead to believe these deals are for immediate orders only. Yes, some can be, but if you call back in a day or two, you may find the same offer. That is why you should always take the time to compare products and prices first.

The biggest pro or plus side to buying detox products from an infomercial is the push. Have you always wanted to cleanup your body, improve your skin, and your energy levels, but have you not taken the right steps to do so? If that is the case, an infomercial selling detoxification products may serve as your motivation. This is nice, but only if you buy a product that works.

In short, there are a number of pros and cons to buying detoxification products from an infomercial. If you are able to find a good deal and a product that comes highly rated and recommended by consumers, make the purchase. Otherwise, save your money.


 

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Vegetarian Soup Recipe

Many soups are actually vegetarian in nature, so you should really explore some of the great recipes that you can find for a lovely soup that contains nothing but vegetables. Of course, you won't be able to use beef stock in your vegetable soup, but there are many different ways to adapt soup recipes to be vegetarian friendly. Here are two to get you started:

Fresh Asparagus Soup

– 1 pound fresh asparagus
– 3/4 cup chopped onion
– 1/2 cup vegetable broth
– 1 tablespoon butter
– 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
– 1 teaspoon salt
– 1 pinch ground black pepper
– 1 1/4 cups vegetable broth
– 1 cup soy milk
– 1/2 cup yogurt
– 1 teaspoon lemon juice
– 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese

Place asparagus and onion in a saucepan with 1/2 cup vegetable broth. Bring the broth to a boil, reduce heat and let simmer until the vegetables are tender. Reserve a few asparagus tips for garnish. Place remaining vegetable mixture in an electric blender and puree until smooth.

Melt butter in the pan that was used for simmering the asparagus and onions. Stir while sprinkling flour, salt, and pepper into the butter. Do not let the flour brown. Allow the mixture to cook only 2 minutes. Stir in remaining 1 1/4 cups vegetable broth and increase the heat. Continue stirring until the mixture comes to a boil.

Stir the vegetable puree and milk into the saucepan. Whisk yogurt into the mixture, followed by lemon juice. Stir until heated through, then ladle into bowls. Garnish with reserved asparagus tips. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese if desired.

Vegetarian Tortilla Stew

– 1 (19 ounce) can green enchilada sauce
– 1 1/2 cups water
– 1 cube vegetable bouillon
– 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
– 1/4 teaspoon chili powder
– 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
– 1 (15 ounce) can pinto beans, drained and rinsed
– 1/2 (16 ounce) can diced tomatoes
– 1 cup frozen corn
– 1/2 cup vegetarian chicken substitute, diced (optional)
– 4 (6 inch) corn tortillas, torn into strips
– 1 tablespoon chopped fresh cilantro
– salt and pepper to taste

In a pot, mix the enchilada sauce and water. Dissolve the bouillon cube in the liquid, and season with garlic powder, chili powder, and cumin. Bring to a boil, and reduce heat to low. Mix in the beans, tomatoes, and corn. Simmer until heated through. Mix in vegetarian chicken and tortillas, and cook until heated through. Stir in cilantro, and season with salt and pepper to serve.

Really think about incorporating a lot of soup recipes into your vegetarian diet. They are amazingly filling, easy to make, and delicious in the process.


 

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Body Detoxes and Their Benefits

Are you considering a body detox? If so, you may have heard that there are a number of health benefits to undergoing one, but is this true? Yes and no. In all honesty, it depends on who you ask.

Before further discussing whether a body detox does have benefits, it is important to familiarize yourself with the detox process. There are a number of ways for you to detoxify your body. Three popular approaches include the Master Cleanse, water fasting, and juice fasting. Water fasting and juice fasting involves only consuming water and juice respectively. On the Mater Cleanse, you mix a drink with about 8 ounces of water, 1/10 teaspoon of cayenne pepper, 1 tablespoon of lemon juice, and 1 tablespoon of grade b maple syrup. The cleanse also includes a nightly senna tea and a morning salt-water flush.

When on the Master Cleanse, a water fast, or a juice fast, solids are eliminated from your diet. Many healthcare professional state this is very risky. Most of the risk assumed is associated with water fasting. When fasting, your body receives no nutrients. On a juice fast or the Master Cleanse, your body will not receive all needed nutrients, but some. For that reason, many professional state that if you are going to cleanse, use either the Master Cleanse or juice fasting.

Although there is some concern about the lack of nutrients while on a detox fast or cleanse, there are benefits. One benefit is weight loss. When you do not eat solid foods, your calorie intake decreases drastically. This will result in automatic weight loss, even without exercise. Medical professional advise against fasting for the sole purpose of losing weight, but it can be a benefit to undergoing detox.

The greatest benefit of a body detox is that it does what it is supposed to do. That is eliminating stored toxins and waste from your body. These toxins enter our body through water, food, and the environment. Although a small buildup is not uncommon, a large one can hurt your body. When these toxins are expelled through bowel movements, urination, and sweat, you will notice a significant improvement in your health. Many report an increase in energy, regularity, as well as better skin.

As previously stated, the Master Cleanse, water fasting, and juice fasting are three common and popular ways to detox. Unfortunately, some find it difficult to go a week without solid foods. If you are one of those individuals, you can detox in other ways. Although not as full-proof, switching to organic foods, exercising, getting a full body wrap at a spa, or 5-day visits to the sauna can help your body expel toxins.

Since there are benefits to detoxifying the body, you may wish to get started right away. Before doing so, review each of your detox options and find the approach that works best for you. Also, decide on a plan of action for after your detox. At the conclusion of your cleanse, you will have a cleaner and healthier body. You can keep it that way by switching to organic foods, maintaining a healthy diet, and by exercising.

Although the above mentioned claims are widely disputed in the medical field, there are many men and women who will tell you to try a cleanse or body detox. These individuals have seen success. While each body varies, you will likely see those same results. As a reminder, those results include weight loss, increased energy, an improvement in the skin's appearance, and an overall feeling of healthiness.


 

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Eating Raw Plant Proteins and Nutrients as Opposed to Cooked Animal

When people think of protein, the word 'meat' usually springs to mind. We were always told that a steak or chicken or pork chop was the best source, but animal proteins have some inherent problems. First off, eating meat raw can be downright hazardous! Animal meats can contain bacteria and other pathogens that are dangerous, and even lethal if left untreated. As a result, cooking is required. However, this process contains difficulties as well. Proteins are assemblies of amino acids. When they are heated, links form between these acids, and they resist the efforts of digestive enzymes to break them down. When this happens, the body can not absorb the proteins, and they thus become waste. This thus has two negative affects on your body: first, you are deprived of the proteins you need, and your body is now saddled with material that must be eliminated. The proteins can accumulate in the lower intestine, and become a breeding ground for bacteria and other harmful organisms.

This is where eating vegetable proteins is preferable, and eating them raw is the best means of assuring you get the full benefits of the proteins. Now, some vegetables – most notably lima beans and soybeans, have some natural toxins in them that are made safe by cooking, but they are the exception as opposed to the rule. By and large, cooking of any sort damages the nutritional benefits of most fruits and vegetables; the higher the temperatures, the more detrimental the effects. This is yet another reason to only steam vegetables – if you insist on cooking them at all, or maybe lightly boiling or grilling them.

The key benefit of many fruits and vegetables is that they can be safely ingested when raw. Normally, just washing them is enough, and then you can eat them as-is. In doing so, you get the full benefit of their amino acids.

Along these same lines, vitamins are very susceptible to damage by heat. Vitamins such as thiamin, Vitamin B, C, and others loose much of their potency during the baking process. Others, the lipid soluble ones like K, E, D, and A suffer nearly a fifty percent drop in their effectiveness. For some vitamins, it has to do with the pH of the compound they are contained in. As an example, thiamin does not do well in anything with a pH higher than six. Above that level, nearly all of that vitamin breaks down, and is rendered useless to your health. That is why baked goods such as crackers and cookies have essentially no thiamin.

Beyond that, there's also the argument for eating fresh fruits and vegetables, as opposed to canned. The canning process has been shown to be very damaging to vitamins such as B6.

Heat is also the enemy of fats. If cooked at too high a temperature, the lipids are changed, and they bond with the walls of the body's cells. This causes blockage for the cell, and makes it difficult to function properly. Over time, this can boost your risk of heart disease and cancer.

Of all the forms of cooking, deep-frying has got to be the worst! Any food deep-fried: chicken, French fries, and so forth have a huge amount of these damaging lipids. Given the popularity of such foods in the United States, it's little wonder that cancer and heart disease are so common.


 

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Veganism and Pregnancy

Having a baby is a very exciting time in the lives of most people and trying to stay healthy is something that is at the forefront of most people's minds. Trying to carry a successful pregnancy while following a vegan lifestyle might seem extremely difficult, but for the average woman who is healthy during pregnancy it is completely possible to do. However, there are a few considerations that you should take into account in order to obtain the best results possible.

The average woman going through a normal pregnancy has very few complications. Yet at the same time, this seems eerily like a wonderful dream that may not actually describe your situation. Most women have at least some mild problems during their pregnancy, which makes it a bit difficult to have the perfect smooth pregnancy that they have dreamed of. You are certainly not alone if you have experienced some complications, but if you are Vegan, it is very important to ensure that you are giving yourself, as well as your baby the nutrients that are needed.

It is vitally important that you tell your doctor that you are vegan when you first start seeking prenatal care. This will help your doctor to discuss your specific nutritional needs and also closely monitor you and your baby to be positive that you are getting the results that are needed. Many women are able to gain the proper amount of weight with no problems, however many others need assistance monitoring their weight to ensure that they gain enough weight while others need help to ensure they do not gain too much. There are plenty of ways that your doctor can help you, but without knowing your typical eating habits, it is virtually impossible to determine.

Talking the time necessary to write down all of the foods that you consume is extremely helpful as well. This will allow your doctor to quickly and easily see if there is anything that you should be eating that you are not presently eating. Additionally, taking a multi-vitamin is very important. This will help you to ensure that any deficiencies that you might have are actually resolved, rather than just ignored. Taking steps to ensure you stay in good health is much better than waiting until a problem develops to seek help as well, especially since your goal is ensuring that your baby stays healthy.

Unlike what you might think, it is not impossible to carry a baby to full term while consuming a vegan diet. You might need to devote a bit of additional effort to planning meals, but every year there are hundreds of successful vegan pregnancies. You too can join the women who begin and finish their pregnancies as a vegan and you are sure to be proud that you completed it as well. Trying to raise your baby as a vegan right from pregnancy is a great start for their life and can also provide some great benefits as well.

Taking the time to really discuss your dietary needs with your doctor is vital though to ensure that you remain healthy. Also, make sure that you are consuming enough calories to cover your needs as well as the needs of your baby. This will help you to ensure that your baby develops properly and you are not weak or lightheaded at times. This is not a problem that is exclusive to veganism though, rather it is a complication that can happen to women regardless of typical dietary habits.

Healthy babies are possible regardless of which diet you choose to follow. Talking to your doctor and ensuring that you are eating properly are all the basic steps that you need to follow which will be extremely effective in helping you achieve your goal of a happy and most importantly healthy baby. Skimping over vital nutrients is obviously not recommended regardless of which dietary method you are planning to follow and should be avoided at any costs possible.


 

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