Soul Purpose Tuesday Wellness Groove 2018 1st Qtr Lymph Blitz
Good Day, Soul Purpose People! Happy New Years and welcome to your lunchtime midday wellness groove. Take a break to balance mind, body, soul, and jam a little, too. Time to #walknwellness and get #healthyhooked. Today, we kick-off our 1st quarter Lymph blitz from stagnation to stimulation as we commit to a lip lickin’, keep-it-moving, nutrition-based regime that supports a healthy lymphatic system. On the playlist: Kindred the Family Soul, Chris Blue, India Aire, Intelligenz and Kimberly Nichole. Follow the show and access recommendations here at www.WalkNWellness.com.
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The show opens with “Get It, Got It” by Kindred The Family Soul from their album, A Couple of Friends.
HAPPY NEW YEARS!!! I’m not going to ask what are your resolutions for this year. Whenever you are developing a strategy, it’s almost always best, to begin with, the end. WHAT SPECIFICALLY DO YOU WANT? Once you define your goals, those goals then become your desired outcomes. Now, you can develop a plan / a strategy that supports the outcomes you desire. Leverage your existing resources and seek the paths of least resistance.
Now, what I will ask you, “What is your theme for this year?” Allow your theme to be your framework for building and your sifter of the myriad of activities and information you will encounter this year. Your theme should keep you focused on your end goal. In choosing a theme, keep it simple, but relevant to your life, no one else’s.
Enough New Years talk, I want to welcome you to the 2018 edition of Soul Purpose Tuesday, Your mid-morning lunchtime wellness groove. WARNING: THIS IS A TO DO SHOW. The format is designed to be memorable, useful, and fun. The show’s purpose is to share nutrition based wellness strategies and information in a compelling way with the core belief that being well = being balanced body, mind, and soul. Our foundation, our goal is a Soul Purpose Lifestyle*.
“Is what you put in your mouth, on your skin, and allow in your spirit, Life Giving or life robbing?”
Next on the groove list is India Aire’s “I Am Light” from her album, Songversations.
Whatever words follow the words “I Am” in thought or speech will surely follow you. What is your “I Am” self-talk? Me, I’m Walking In Wellness and I ask that you, please, walk with me. Now, let’s affirm. Let’s write it down, speak it and review in our mind and speech throughout the day and the week. Ready? Think, I’m Walking In Wellness with Soul Purpose! Write, I’m Walking In Wellness with Soul Purpose! Speak, I’m Walking In Wellness with Soul Purpose! Journal on this affirmation throughout the week and see what unfolds.
(BELL RINGS) PRIZE TIME * The first three people* to comment on I Am and journaling will win a two year (2018 / 2019) inspirational checkbook planner. Just comment on this post.
Get moving because “Something’s Got A Hold On Me” is next on the groove list brought to us from Kimberly Nichole’s The Voice performance.
Time to talk lymph and blitz…
The lymphatic system, a non-closed system that’s part of the circulatory system, is comprised of a network of conduits called lymphatic vessels that carry a clear fluid called lymph directionally towards the heart. The circulatory system processes an average of 20 liters of blood per day through capillary filtration which removes plasma while leaving the blood cells. Roughly 17 liters of the filtered plasma actually get reabsorbed directly into the blood vessels, while the remaining 3 liters are left behind in the interstitial fluid.
The primary function of the lymph system is to provide an accessory route for these excess 3 liters per day to get returned to the blood. Lymph is essentially recycled blood plasma that is protein poor.
A key player in regulating the body’s immune system, the lymphatic network of tissues and organs is responsible for ridding toxins via the transport of the infection-fighting lymph fluid throughout the body. Lymphatic vessels connect to approximately 600 lymph nodes in the human body that are located in the tonsils, groin, spleen, and armpits. Each of the 100 trillion cells that compose the human body depends on the free-flowing of liquids for nutrition, detoxification, and oxygenation.
Essentially, it is the force of blood flow (pressure) which acts to bathe and nourish cells and rinse away the cellular waste like your garden hose waters and rinses your plants.
A diagnosis of hypertension (high blood pressure) refers to a resistance to blood flow, i.e. increased pressure in the blood vessel. If your blood pressure is high enough that you need a drug then that means either:
- a lot of blood-clogging, sludgy gook is impeding flow, resulting in a build-up of pressure OR
- blood vessels have narrowed restricting flow and resulting in pressure elevation. The blood vessels narrow from damage (that’s called “stenosis”) or as a manifestation of the stress response
A toxic lymphatic system will inevitably overburden the liver until it is no longer able to cope with the overabundance toxins. These toxins are then diverted towards every mucus membrane in the body as well as other emergency elimination pathways like the lungs, intestines, skin, eyes, and kidneys. This causes chronic inflammation in the mucus membranes which is responsible for every type of “itis” that occurs in the body.
1st Qtr Lymph Blitz
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The good news is it’s not hard to address the health of the lymphatic system. There are two important factors: 1] stop putting the toxins in and 2] move.
- Nutrition - due to the extreme amount of processed food we ingest and the nutrient-lacking soil from which much of our food is grown, many of us are starving our cells from the vitamins, nutrients, and minerals needed for our cells to be the self-healing tools for which they are designed. So, let’s jump start our bodies with the full nutrition they need while we begin to eat healthier and implement strategies that support and detox our lymphatic systems.
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The lymph is also a transport system for EFAs (essential fatty acids), these are included the healthy unsaturated fats.
- Work to eliminate saturated fats by replacing them with healthy unsaturated fatty acids. Eat smaller amounts of fatty foods while implementing unsaturated fatty nutrients into your diet.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
*Use Extra Virgin Olive Oil (low heat), Walnut Oil (med-high heat), Grapeseed Oil (med-high), and/or Sesame Seed Oil (high heat) instead of vegetable, canola, or corn oils. Make lip lickin’ tasty vegetables you season with the healthy oils and spices instead of fat from meat. - *Use raw or unrefined cold-pressed coconut oil instead of butter. Also, tastes great in coffees and cocoa. No margin.
- Add Hempseeds to your diet! Hempseed is a superfood that’s the perfect protein and has the perfect ratio of Omega 3, 6, and 9s. Just sprinkle the tasteless seeds on your food
SHOP WHOLE FOOD & ORGANIC GOODNESS FOR LESS
- MOVE: One of the best ways to move the lymph and improve circulation is to get a rebounder. Lymph movement depends on muscle movement. Sedentary lifestyles all but guarantee lymphatic congestion. And that means poison congestion, not good! Even a brisk walk can get muscles to put enough pressure on the lymphatic vessels to move things around, deep breathing works too. Lungs are heavily muscle-ized. There are large concentrations of lymphatic system plumbing located next to these lung muscles and as they move, so does the lymph. You’ll bump up your pleasure hormones (endorphins) and improve your mental health, all while you’re safely and gently lowering your blood pressure without doctors or drugs.
