Marilu Henner Total Health Makeover – Part 1/10 CHEMICALS

Marilu Henner Total Health Makeover

Part 1/10 CHEMICALS

The first time I read Total Health Makeover, I was instantly impressed with Marilu Henner. She is honest, logical, funny, and even more beautiful today than ever before. The subtitle of the book is 10 Steps to your B.E.S.T Body. BEST stands for BALANCE, ENERGY, STAMINA, and TOXIN-FREE.

Here I will go over the 10 steps in 2 parts. This month we will go through steps 1-5.

STEP ONE:  Get rid of Chemicals, Additives, and Preservatives in your food.
Here is a listing of common chemicals found in food and why they are bad.

Acesulfame K: known as Sunette or Sweet One. Tests show that this is known to cause cancer in animals.

Artificial Colorings: Red#3 and Yellow #5 are linked to causing thyroid cancer in lab rats.

Aspartame: Found in Equal and NutriSweet. Aspartame changes into formaldehyde in the body. It also has 90 known side effects. US Air Pilots are told not to consume anything with aspartame before flying because it can cause grand-mal seizures.

BHA/BHT– BHA is linked to causing tumors in rats. BHA and BHT were both found to also be cancer causing.

MSG– this causes neurons in the brain to become over stimulated and die. That’s why so many people get headaches after eating Chinese food!

Nitrites and Nitrates: nitrites are harmless, but they are converted to nitrites. When that happens, cancer causing chemicals form that have been linked to stomach cancer.

Saccharin: several studies have shown this causes cancer in lab animals.

Sulfites: These can cause severe allergic reactions, especially for asthmatics.

The subtitle of the book is 10 Steps to your B.E.S.T Body. BEST stands for BALANCE, ENERGY, STAMINA, and TOXIN-FREE.

Most chemicals are not good and should be avoided. But not just because of cancer fears, but because they just make you feel bad. Lots of people are walking around feeling like crap and it’s very often their diet. Remember that these effects are multiplied with children.

Of course, for most people getting rid of all ‘bad’ things in our diets is impossible. But the key to this program is baby steps.

Available on Amazon:

How to Begin Your Total Health Makeover

Start slow: continue eating as you do now, but start reading all the labels and ingredients for the food that you eat. Become AWARE of what you are putting gin your body (and your loved ones)

List of Food Additives:

Food additives to avoid: