April 15, 2025 • 31 mins
What if better health isn’t about adding more to your plate, but about doing less — with purpose?
In this episode, I share five gentle yet powerful practices to support your health naturally and intentionally. From simple daily detox rituals and mindful movement to nourishing your body with whole foods and lightening your emotional load, these shifts are meant to feel good — not overwhelming.
Rooted in both modern wellness practices and the timeless wisdom of Ayurveda, this episode is a reminder that true balance doesn’t come from extremes, but from tuning in and honoring your body’s rhythm. Let’s return to what’s essential — one mindful step at a time.
What We Discuss:
- 00:00 Introduction
- 03:59 Gentle detoxing
- 07:18 Importance of tongue scraping
- 11:32 Drinking warm water with CCFT
- 14:21 Abhyanga
- 15:59 “Eat less from a packet, more from the Earth”
- 18:56 3 Ingredients to Always Avoid in Packaged Food
- 19:46 Spices as food and medicine
- 21:11 Move your body and mind
- 25:35 Dream and Do
- 28:26 Drink water and mind your own business
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
I heard the statistic the average person is exposed to
over seven hundred thousand different chemicals a day. The USD
actually found that over seventy percent of conventionally grown produce
contains pesticide residues, and that the average American consumes nearly
nine pounds of chemical food additives annually.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
And the EWG, which is the.
Speaker 1 (00:19):
Environmental Working Group, found that the average woman applies get
Ready one hundred and sixty eight chemicals daily through beauty
and skincare products.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
I'm telling you all these facts.
Speaker 1 (00:30):
Not to scare you at all, but just to emphasize
how important daily gentle detox is. I'm Rady WKA and
on my podcast A Really Good Cry, we embrace the
messy and the beautiful, providing a space for raw, unfiltered
conversations that celebrate vulnerability and allow you to tune in
to learn, connect and find comfort together. Hey everyone, welcome
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back to this week's episode of A Really Good Cry.
Today I wanted to talk about some of my favorite
tips for living a healthy life style, like my top
five tips forgetting your health to its optimal level that
actually are free or pretty much free or at least inexpensive.
There's just so much health advice out there, and it
can feel so overwhelming, like whether you're going online and
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you're seeing it, whether it's the amount of books that
are coming out, so many experts out there, one person
saying this, one person saying that, and it can get
so overwhelming, especially if you're not someone that's in the
health industry or that's even studied anything to do with health.
And most of the time it's this idea that you
have to overhaul your entire life to feel better. You
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have to buy new things for your kitchen, for your bathroom,
for your shower, and it can be really expensive, and
it can just make you feel like there's just too
much to do, so I'd rather just ignore it. But
today I'm going to keep it super simple. I have
studied Aravadas. Some of you might know, I was trained
as in nutritionists and dietitian. I actually studied for three
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years as a nutritionnis and then did further studies to
be a dietitian for three years. The difference between the
two is one works in a hospital, which is a dietitian,
and the other has clients outside of a hospital setting.
So when I trained as a dietitian, I was doing
more clinical work and as a nutritionist, it was based
purely on food and the nutrition people are getting outside
of being in a hospital. So I feel like I
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have gathered so much information over time, whether it's from
the Western medicine perspective or when I studied Arivada, from
the Eastern philosophy, and I think a combination of both
is actually where the ideal balance is. There is so
much from Western medicine that I really appreciate, but so
much from Eastern medicine that I think is missing and
not known and has kind of been lost over the years.
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And so this is going to be a combination of
both the best of both worlds. And obviously I can
only speak from my own perspective and my own research,
and so these tips are my top five favorite that
have helped.
Speaker 2 (02:50):
Me in my own life.
Speaker 1 (02:51):
But obviously you might have to pick and choose the
ones that work best for you, that fit into your schedule,
your lifestyle the best you know. And one thing I
will say is I think think one of the biggest
mistakes we make is when we find out all this
information and then we try and implement it all at
once and The one thing I have learned from constantly
failing at that is, let me just pick one thing.
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I'm going to do that one thing for a week,
and then I'm going to add in another thing and
then another thing. So one you're not scaring your body
and your mind into all these changes that you're making.
And two you end up knowing, oh, I can make
this one change, and I've managed to do it for
a week, I could probably do this other one as well.
And it kind of as you make these small changes
and as you end up sticking to them, it increases
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your capacity to make changes. So if you're trying to
add all in at once, it's more likely that you're
gonna end up failing, rather than doing it in phases,
one at a time.
Speaker 2 (03:42):
And remember, these are changes we want to keep for life.
Speaker 1 (03:44):
It's not we're going to do this for a week,
or we're going to do this for two weeks or
even a month.
Speaker 2 (03:48):
These are changes you're trying to incorporate into.
Speaker 1 (03:50):
Your lifestyle for life to allow you to optimize your
health month on month, year on year, and.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
So the level you do it, the better.
Speaker 1 (04:00):
So the first one I wanted to talk about is
gentle detoxing. So whether it's through the food that we eat,
the environmental toxins that we inhale, all the products that
we put on our body. I heard the statistic the
average person is exposed to over seven hundred thousand different
chemicals a day, seven hundred thousand every single day. The
USD actually found that over seventy percent of conventionally grown
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produce contains pesticide residues, and that the average American consumes
nearly nine pounds of chemical food additives annually, nine pounds
just of food additives. And the EWG, which is the
Environmental Working Group, it's a nonprofit organization that focuses specifically
on protecting human health and the environment, found that the
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average woman applies get Ready one hundred and sixty eight
chemicals daily through beauty and skincare products. I'm telling you
all these facts not to scare you at all, but
just to emphasize how important daily gentle detox is, because
often we don't even know that we are.
Speaker 2 (04:59):
Taking these toxins in.
Speaker 1 (05:00):
And actually every single part of our body is made
to absorb, whether it's through our scent, whether it's through
our nose. Basically every single hole in the body, including
the pores on our skin, take in every single part
of our environment. So whether it's through our mouth, the
food that we eat or the things that we drink,
our skin, the products we put on it, our nose,
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the things that we smell, the perfumes, the incenses, all
those things that we smell, the toxins that are in
the air. Every part of our body takes those things in.
And so when you think about it in that way,
think about how large our skin is, and imagine you're
in a toxic environment constantly. Every poor on your skin
is absorbing something that's going into your body, then into
your bloodstream, then into your organs. And if we're not
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supporting our bodies in the right way to really support
our detox systems, then actually our bodies getting weaker and
weaker and has less of an ability to fight off
the toxins or get rid of them regularly. So daily
gentle detox is important. And I think sometimes you know,
I've shared about detoxing before online, and I remember at
the beginning when I was sharing about it, I would
have quite a few people messaging me saying you're sharing
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a false narrative. People have eating disorders you shouldn't use
the term detox. And actually, I think detox the word
has been completely changed into something negative that is linked
to weight loss or removing specific foods from our dier
and creating a really toxic version of what detox means.
And actually it's quite ironic because detoxing is literally the opposite.
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We're trying to take out toxins. We're not telling people
to reduce their calories, we're not telling people to go
on a calorie restricted dyer. Actually detoxing is just taking
the things that our body does not need, or the
things that are harming us out of our body. The
body actually naturally has a detoxification system, whether it's through
our liver, kidneys, lungs, or skin, but constant exposure to
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these toxins can overwhelm our detox systems, leading to symptoms
like fatigue, brain, frog, and chronic inflammation. And I said
those three things, and I was thinking, oh my gosh,
I have no people that feel these things on a
daydaily basis that I've been dealing with these issues a month,
two months, maybe most of their life, and it just
becomes our normality. But actually it is a clear sign
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that we have toxins in the body. Irada actually emphasizes
daily and seasonal detox practices to remove armor which are
toxins and restore balance.
Speaker 2 (07:18):
In the body.
Speaker 1 (07:18):
So one of the ways that is emphasized in Aravada
is something I've been doing since I was a child.
It is a practice that's been passed down to me
from generation to generation. My parents do it, my grandma's
done it. You know. I think it's more so part
of an Indian tradition than it is in the Western world.
But it is tongue scraping. As soon as I learned
how to brush my teeth, I was taught how to
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tongue scrape. It just goes hand in hand. And actually
one might argue tongue scraping is actually even more important
than brushing your teeth is. So if you're someone who
only brushes your teeth once a day, don't do that.
Speaker 2 (07:52):
Please brush your teeth twice a day.
Speaker 1 (07:54):
But even if you are someone who does that, even
if you're not brushing your teeth at nice, at least
scrape your tongue. You can get different kinds, and there's
plastic ones and all different materials. I recommend using stainless
steel or a copper one. Why I put extra plastic
into your body when you don't need to, And actually,
traditionally it's made from metal anyways, So I like to
do what they did back in the day. If it's
worked in the past, and it's worked for thousands of years,
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why change it. So I recommend scraping your tongue morning
and evenings, just as you would brush your teeth. And
actually it helps to remove all the toxins and bacteria
that accumulates on the tongue overnight. And actually one of
the diagnostic tools that Irady doctors use when you walk
into a clinic with them. They do different types of assessment,
but one of them is your mouth health, your oral health,
and specifically the color that is on your tongue.
Speaker 2 (08:37):
It there's yellow.
Speaker 1 (08:38):
This is gonna get a bit too like TMI too
much information, but it's actually really useful. If you wake
up in the morning and you put your tongue out
in the mirror like that, I just ate. So I
don't know what some my tongue, but you put your
tongue out. If there is white coating or yellow coating,
it's a sign that there are actually an extreme amount
of toxins in your body.
Speaker 2 (08:57):
But if you're noticing.
Speaker 1 (08:58):
If you do that and your tongue is nice, bright
and red, it's a sign that actually your detoxing systems
are working. So sometimes when I've got a cough or cold,
or i have too much mucus going on in my
nasal passages or in my body.
Speaker 2 (09:12):
A lot of the time, even.
Speaker 1 (09:12):
When I have a fever, I'll look at my tongue
and there's definitely more of a coating than there is
on the days that.
Speaker 2 (09:17):
I feel healthy. And so it's actually quite incredible.
Speaker 1 (09:20):
Your body tells you in so many different ways that
you're not feeling well or that there's too much going
on in the body, and your tongue is definitely one
of them. So these are the signs of a healthy tongue.
It's pinkish in color, not pale, and not deep red.
If there is a coating, then it's a really thin film.
It's definitely not thickly coated. It's soft and smooth, not rough.
You can actually see your taste buds clearly, and there
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are no visible crags or teethmarks on the side of
the tongue. So that's a basic healthy tongue description. Now
let's go into what it looks like when it's not
necessarily as healthy as it should be. If you have
a heavy white coating on your tongue, it is a
sign of toxin build up, digestive issues, or low immunity.
If there's a thick coating at the back of your tongue,
it's a sign that there's tuxin build up in the
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large intestine, small intestine colon. If it's in the front
and the back, it's a sign of tuxin build up
in your stomach and your small intestine. If it is
dry or cracked, it's a sign of dehydration in your
digestive system, probably accompanied by something like constipation. And if
your tongue is bright red, it may be a little bumpy.
It is a sign of too much heat or acidity
in the digestive system and your body, which could be
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accompanied by something like diarrhea. If the coating is grayish,
it is a sign of gas and bloating or sluggishness,
and it could be accompanied by heavy dark circles under
the eyes or water retention over the body. Now, if
you have bite marks or scallops on the side of
your tongue, it is a sign that you are not
absorbing nutrients. Now, obviously, if you happen to have bit
in your tongue the day before, it's probably a sign
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of that. But if you consistently see things like bite
marks or scallop pattern on the side of your tongue,
it is a sign that you may not be absorbing nutrients.
So all that to say, our tongue is very important.
And when you end up scraping your tongue every single
morning and every single night, you actually remove all the
toxins that build up. And if you think about it,
our body actually does most of its detoxing at night
when we're asleep, and so all the toxins are extreeeted
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out of our body during our sleep as well, whether
it's the way that you smell in the morning, if
you've sweated a lot overnight, it comes through our pores,
but also it comes out of our tongue too, And
so instead of swallowing those toxins back into your body,
ideally you scrape them off and it reduces the amount
of toxins going into your body.
Speaker 2 (11:25):
Again, your body's got rid.
Speaker 1 (11:27):
Of it for a reason, so don't put it back in,
so tangue scraping is number one. Another way to gendle
detox during your day is drinking warm water with lemon
or CCFT. I speak of out CCFT all the time.
It is the queen blend of all spices. It's coriander,
cuman seeds, and fennel seeds. It is a gentle digestive tonic.
You can boil half a teaspoon of each seed in
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water and sip.
Speaker 2 (11:49):
It throughout the morning.
Speaker 1 (11:51):
Hot water stimulates digestion, it flushes out toxins. It balances
all three of your doses batter, pita, and kuffer, And
if you don't know what doses are, I'm going to
do in production to irevada. But essentially it balances out
all body types. I've noticed in America people prefer cold
water to hot water, whether it's iced, whether it's in
cold beverages, whether it's sparkling like ice. Water is a
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big thing here now. Warm water actually aids in flushing
out tox is way more than.
Speaker 2 (12:17):
Cold water does.
Speaker 1 (12:19):
It helps to cleanse your system by improving circulation and
encouraging regular bowel movements. And you know what, every single
time someone asks me for one piece of advice if
they're having gut issues. The first thing I recommend is
switching from cold water to hot water. And I cannot
tell you how like every single person that I've recommended
this too say without changing anything else, they just change
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to hot water and it makes a difference to their
gas bloating, acidity, and overall just their gut feeling so
much better. Every single person that I recommend things to,
the best indication that it actually does what it says
it does is when they come back to me and
make a point of telling me. And so if you're
going to make one switch for your gut, I really
recommend switching from cold water to hot water, and especially
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in the morning, like having a hot cup of water
with lemon. It is such a great combination or with
the CCFT that I mentioned before, And boiling water actually
enriches it with energy and it gains a quality that
an iradi is called shuk shima that means penetrating. So
basically what it means is that by boiling the water,
it essentially makes the molecules even lighter and more absorbent
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into the body and it allows the hydration and water
to deeply penetrate into the different tissues of your body.
Drinking cold water actually can slow your digestion, at least
the sluggishness of your digestive system, increase of mucus and bloating,
and so you'll probably notice that if you're not feeling
great and you en of having ice cream, well, vegan
ice cream obviously dairy increases mucus in the body, but
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you'll notice that if you're a bit mucusy or whatever
and you end up having cold water, or you end
up having an ice cold drink or ice or anything,
you'll notice that mucus actually increases in those areas.
Speaker 2 (13:57):
And it's because that's what cold water does.
Speaker 1 (13:59):
If you think about it, our body works off heat,
you know, our digestion and our radar is referred to
as fire, and so when you end up having cold things,
it basically dampens your digestive fire. And when you think
about ice, it basically ends up making things coagulate or
become thicker. And so that's what cold water ends up
doing to your body. It makes so much sense when
you put it like that, but most of the time
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we don't put those two things together. Another one of
my favorite ways to genterly detox every single day is
a younger Again.
Speaker 2 (14:25):
I've spoken about.
Speaker 1 (14:26):
This a lot, but I cannot emphasize how amazing it is.
It's such a beautiful balance of detoxing and also a
little bit of self love throughout the day. It stimulates
your lymphatic system, it supports detoxification and your immunity by
removing toxins that are stored in your fat tissues. It
improves circulation, and it calms the nervous systems. So it
actually does so much for your body just by doing
a five minute massage. So when I do my ap youngers,
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I always think about how I want to feel after them.
And what's amazing is depending on the type of oil
that you use, it can affect your body in different ways.
So if you need grounding, use warm sessmeil. I feel
inflamed or overheated, use coconut oil to cool down. If
you need to be energized, use mustard oil. All these
different oils carry different qualities and therefore when they're absorbed
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into the body, they create that energy inside the body too.
Speaker 2 (15:13):
So all you do I mean a younger means oil.
Speaker 1 (15:15):
Massage and essentially you get the oil in your hands,
you rub it together, ideally the oil is a little
bit warm, and then you simply massage your body. On
your limbs you do long strokes towards your heart, and
on your joints you do circular motions.
Speaker 2 (15:28):
That's it.
Speaker 1 (15:29):
It's as simple as that. Sometimes if I don't have
times to do my full body, I will just do
my feet, or I'll just do my head, and then
I usually keep the oil on because I've also heard
that when you put oil on your body, it helps
to sue your nervous system as it absorbs into the
body and around your nerves. It's basically like a hug
for your nervous system. So I like to keep the
oil on my body. So those are my favorite ways
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of generally detoxing throughout the day. Tongue scraping, drinking hot
water with lemon or CCFT, and a younger three of
my favorite detox rituals. Second tip is all about food.
Eat less from a packet and more from the earth.
It is as simple as that, and actually it's a
lot cheaper when you end up buying whole grains, whole vegetables,
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whole fruits, lentails, pulses, actually, if you take it back
to how our ancestors used to eat, it's actually cheaper
and way better for you. When you end up buying
packaged foods, it may seem like it's a cheaper option,
but actually we think that it's a cheaper option because
we're trying to buy all these superfoods. But actually, if
you just take it back to what nature provides us
with the basic fruits, vegetables, lentils, beans, the gooms, pulses,
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all those things, actually the diet is pretty cheap and
so nutritionally dense. Eat more meals at home and cooked
with spices. That, in my opinion, is the best way
to support your gut health. Make sure you're getting all
the nutrients and vitamins and minerals that you need.
Speaker 2 (16:50):
And look, I know I.
Speaker 1 (16:51):
Said that these were all free. It's not free, but
it is definitely cheaper. The closer that it is to nature,
the more healing it becomes. That is just basic sign
If you prioritize eating less from a packet and more
from the earth by choosing whole, unprocessed foods that nurish
your body and gut, it will make a world of
a difference to your health most of us have gotten
in the habit of eating at least i'd say, well,
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eighty percent out, whether it's from a packet, whether it's
eating takeaway, whatever it is. And actually we need to
flip it the other way around eighty percent cooked at
home and twenty percent maybe from outside, eighty percent from
the earth and the ground, and.
Speaker 2 (17:27):
Maybe twenty percent out of a packet.
Speaker 1 (17:29):
The fact is, as soon as something is put into
a packet, you should automatically think that you're getting fifty
percent of the nutrition that you probably should be getting
from that ingredient. So if you're eating a whole potato
that's been cooked at home versus a packet of crisps
or chips, fifty percent of the nutrients are automatically gone
the way that it's been deep fried, the preservatives that
are in there to keep it in a packet. Same
as a juice, if you're making a juice at home
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from freshly picked vegetables and fruits that you got from
the market or even from the supermarket, compared to a
juice that has been in a fridge for like at
least five days, Because let's be honest, that's what happens
nutrient value cut by fifty percent. Even if you're eating
simpler at home, it is going to be better for
you than having something from a plastic bottle or a packet.
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Cooking more meals at home just allows you to control
what goes into your food and therefore what goes into
your body, and you can avoid hidden additives, preservatives and
sugars that can disrupt your gut health. And honestly, if
there are like more than two ingredients that you actually
don't know what they do, you should just be looking
them up.
Speaker 2 (18:28):
You know.
Speaker 1 (18:28):
Part of being the best health possible is also educating yourself.
It's also understanding the foods that are going into your body,
and so part of it is taking responsibility and accountability
because look, the food industry is not doing that for us.
We have to take charge a little bit. We have
to start understanding that, oh, what does this even mean,
like on the back of this packet? What am I
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actually eating? And so doing a little bit of research
is really important. But there are certain things that I
absolutely avoid. If I had to pick three ingredients that
I would absolutely always avoid when buying food out of
a packet, it's these three high fruc close, corn syrup,
palm oil, and artificial colors and preservatives and sweetness. Now,
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all of these are inflammatory. They disrupt the heart and
brain health. They've been linked to so many conditions it
is ridiculous, whether it's in children or in adults.
Speaker 2 (19:19):
And you know, artificial.
Speaker 1 (19:20):
Colors like red, forty, yellow, five, six, blue, one and two,
they have been linked to everything from ADHD, allergies, cancer,
and hormone disruption. There is nothing that is worth eating
that makes up for the terrible risks that are linked
to all of them. And the fact that they're even
in food is a whole different conversation, but it's ridiculous
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that they even allow them, especially in children's food. Another
thing to really enhance your health when it comes to
food is adding spices. You know, I am obsessed with spices.
They are my medicine box and have been for ten years.
I tend to my spices before I turn to any
kind of medicine, whether it's tumoric ginger, black pepper, coriander, cumin, fennel.
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I have three draws of spices and I cannot tell
you how much I feel protected in my health just
by using them every single day. Spices improve digestion, they
reduce information, and they helps to eliminate toxins. And if
you really learn about spices, what's amazing is that in
different seasons they can do so many different things for you.
So in the summer, you can have different spices that
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help to cool down your body, like fennel or coriander sees.
In the winter you can have spices that warm you up,
like ginger and ajwayne And so that's also the beauty
of spices. It can help to move you through different
seasons and deal with your external environment a little bit better.
A healthy gut is the foundation of overall well being,
and it influences everything from the immunity and mental clarity,
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and so all of the things that we spoke about,
whether it's the spices, whether it's eating more at home
less from a packet, all of that actually influences our
gut flora or the microbiome. And the health of our
microbiome has a direct correlation to the health of every
other part of our body, whether it's our heart, whether
it's our immunity, whether it's our mental health.
Speaker 2 (21:08):
If you're not going to do it for you, do
it for your gut.
Speaker 1 (21:11):
Number three out of my five things to do for
better health is movement in mind and body. When we
think about movement, most of the time you're thinking, oh, okay,
I need to go work out.
Speaker 2 (21:20):
I've heard that before.
Speaker 1 (21:22):
But actually movement of mind and body both go hand
in hand for mental and physical health. And what I've
found in my life is whenever I feel stagnant, whenever
I feel just unwell, whenever I feel like things are
stuck in my body, whenever I feel lethargic, which is
a sign of toxin build up, movement on my body
leads to movement on my thoughts and my energy. So
even when I feel stagnant in my mind, when I
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feel stagnant in my energy, when I feel a little
bit low mood, low energy, I go through abouts of feeling.
I don't want to say depressed, because I know that's
a clinical condition, but low mood, and I think, look
we go through We can go through low mood in
different parts of our day, in different parts of our life,
depending on this situations that we get into. Any time
I feel stagnant thoughts or I feel a feeling is
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lingering a little bit too long, as soon as I
get up and move. It shifts everything for me physically.
Moving shakes everything up, and it also helps to let
things go, not just sweat, but energetically too. It brings clarity,
It changes your mood, and it just makes life feel.
Speaker 2 (22:20):
A little bit more manageable.
Speaker 1 (22:22):
I love this one quick that I had, and I
think about it all the time. It says, I'm not
saying taking a walk will solve all your problems, but.
Speaker 2 (22:27):
It definitely won't make them worse.
Speaker 1 (22:29):
There's been so many studies to show the effect of
trapped emotions linked to every single health condition that exists,
whether it's cordiovascular issues, whether it's cancer, whether it's high
blood pressure, whether it's ups and downs of your blood
sugar levels. Like emotions trapped in the body, it is
not just a woo woo concept. When you have specific emotions,
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especially negative ones, and they stay trapped in the body,
it has the ability to affect every single physical body
part that you have, and so emotional clarity is a
big part of our overall health. Emotions are not meant
to stay trapped or stagnant in the body. And I'm
sure you've heard the saying, but emotions are meant to
be energy in motion. They are not meant to stay
trapped or stagnant within the body, and when emotions are
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not allowed to flow, they can get stuck. They create
energy blockages that eventually manifest physically and mentally. Emotions and
thoughts are meant to flow, not live in us. You're
meant to feel, express, release, and make space for the next.
There is incredible research done on the places that emotions
are actually felt in the body. I don't know whether
you've seen these, but you know it shows which areas
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of the body actually light up during different emotions. Happiness
is felt throughout the whole body. Anger is usually the
upper half of the body. Sadness is felt in your
chest and your head, Anxiety is felt in your chest
and your gut. And I really do think people can
actually die from a broken heart. Like before, I use
to think, Okay, this is just like acute concept and
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how romantic. But the more I learned about our physical
and emotional body and the correlation between the two, I
really began to understand those stories about a partner dying
after being together for so long, and then you know,
the husband passes away and then the wife dies a
month or two later, and I think the pain of
emotion and overwhelm of sadness can literally shut down your
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entire body. It can shut down different organs in the body.
And so one thing that has completely changed my life,
especially with my emotions, is breathwork. It is one of
my favorite forms of movement, especially emotional movement, that has
changed everything in my life, from my anxiety to my anger,
to my sadness to my happiness. And I really think
that you should just try it, like, give it a
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go and see how it works for you. And there
are different types of breath works you can do, and
that's why it's an experimenting game as well. We always
hear a journal do breath work work out, and you
probably think, okay, fine, I hear this all the time,
but have you actually tried it, Like, have you actually
spent a week, a month, a year of your life
dedicating yourself to these practices for long enough to actually
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see what difference it can make, to actually make an
informed decision of whether it works or not, not just
one day, not just a twenty minute meditation, but actually
haven't given it a go for a solid amount of
time to make a decision of whether it actually works
or not think about how many shows you've watched the
first episode, second episode, and third episode, even though you're
not sure whether it's going to be a good one.
We waste so much time on so many things that
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actually don't help us, and so if something has the
possibility of helping us or changing us in such an
impactful way, don't just dismiss it after one try give
it a fair chance, just like you did your ex.
My fourth tip is having a dream and do mindset.
The concept of dream and do is this balance between
envisioning a future goal and taking concrete steps towards it.
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When you allow yourself to dream, you create this vision
of what's possible. It sparks hope inside of you, and
it ignites a sense of purpose. A dream isn't just
a fantasy. It is creating a mental framework that completely
shifts your perspective and allows you to focus on the
possible abilities rather than the limitations. It's the spark that
fuels hope, which I think is an essential ingredient for
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progress and personal growth. When we dream, we allow ourselves
to believe in the future, in potential, and in the
opportunities that could come, and so be a dreamer. Believe
in more and believe that more is possible in life.
We live in a world that can be quite pessimistic.
But what if you chose to be a dreamer instead,
Instead of believing in the limitations and the things that
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can't happen, what if you started to change your mindset
into believing the things that could happen. And they do
part of it. Well, of course it's great to be
a dreamer, but you also have to do. I used
to be a dreamer, but then I realized dreaming and
being hopeful just honestly wasn't enough. Doing and taking action
is what bridged the gap between my ideal, optimistic future
and the present moment. Every single step that you take
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towards your dream, no matter how small, builds momentum and
develops this sense of confidence. Confidence doesn't just come from
waiting or wishing. It is forged through the experience and effort.
So when you see yourself making progress, whether it's through
completing tasks or learning new skills or overcoming obstacles, you
just begin to trust in your own abilities. So much
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more action is the proof that you are capable, and
the more that you do, the more confidence you gain.
Speaker 2 (27:14):
So both actually go hand in hand.
Speaker 1 (27:16):
There's dreaming, which creates hope, and then doing that creates confidence.
The hope from your dream drives you to take action,
and the more you take action, the more confident you
become in your abilities to achieve what once felt impossible.
It's a cycle of growth. Hope ignites the spark and
action fans the flame. The combination of both builds the
foundation to just feel a sense of personal achievement instead
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of seeking it from external places, helping you to move
from aspiration to achievement. And I think that we get
so used to being on autopilot through our day. And
you know, of course, there are so many things in society,
people around us that can make us create these walls
that we always live between, these barriers that we create
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around us, and I think that really dampens our excitement
and enthusiasm for life. And so I think this dream
and do mentality creates so much more positivity and optimism
throughout our entire body. And how we feel in our
body is actually what ends up manifesting physically and on
our outside body. And so be a dreamer, be a dreamer,
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but also be someone who takes action. And I think
the balance of both can really help to elevate your
mental state. And you know what, I was struggling with
this fifth one, and I was thinking about it for
quite a few days as I was planning this episode,
and I realized one of the things has helped me
most to just be happy and healthy in life is
to not take things so seriously, don't take people so seriously,
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don't take situations so seriously. And you know, one of
the books that's just going viral right now is my
friend Mel Robbins that Let Them Theory. And honestly, I
think that's one of the biggest shifts that has made
a difference to my relationships with myself and with other people,
with my health, with everything. It's like, just let things be,
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allow yourself not to take things too seriously. I think
we forget how short life is. We forget how temporary
every single part of our life is. And the more
we get stuck in the idea that things are permanent,
the more stagnant we feel, and so live life a
little less serious. And yeah, of course we go through
moments of things feeling really serious in life, but when
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we do have the opportunity to allow life to be
a little bit lighter, allow life to be a bit lighter.
Don't create more meaning to something that is small. Don't
exacerbate a situation that doesn't need to be bigger than
it already is.
Speaker 2 (29:36):
Like, let things be and let things go.
Speaker 1 (29:38):
And I think that that is such an important part
of just allowing life to flow freely, rather than making
every part of life feel like there's resistance and more
dramatic than it needs to be. We need a drama
for free life. You know, one of my favorite quotes
is drink water and mind your business. And I think
minding your own business is a beautiful way to keep
your life drama free because you are focusing on you.
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You don't even have time to look into us someone
else's life. Stay in your lane, and life is so
much more peaceful. I've watched my dad do that my
entire life of watching him. He has always kept his
business to himself. He's never even like he hardly ever
speaks about other people's business, even when we hear things,
you know, as you do in the community, people gossiping
about other people. Might I just stays quiet, but it
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really has an opinion about it. The people do things
wrong to him. He just is like, well, I'm going
to leave that to God. And I absolutely have loved
watching that because he just knows what his place is
in life. He knows what he has to do for
himself and where the focus has to be, and he's
not worrying about where other people are in their life.
So drink water and mind your business is my fifth
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and final tip for better health. Drink water and hydrate
and mind your business to stay in your lane and
focus on you. As soon as you get better and
become a better person, it emanates through you, and therefore
you end up attracting better, better people, or better things
in your life. Better situations. Yeah, I truly do believe that.
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I've noticed that in my life. You just attract what
you put out, and that is such a powerful reminder that,
to be honest, I need every single day. So I
hope these tips help you. Please try them out before
you dismiss them, every single one. At least try them
for a month before you say it doesn't work for you.
And if there's anything else that you find has drastically
improved your health, then please let me know. DM me
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send me a message, leave a little recommendation in the
comments section wherever you're watching or listening, But thank you
so much for tuning in and sending your so much love.
And if you end up having a really good cry
this week, just know that I'm right there with you,
I heard the statistic the average person is exposed to
over seven hundred thousand different chemicals a day. The USD
actually found that over seventy percent of conventionally grown produce
contains pesticide residues, and that the average American consumes nearly
nine pounds of chemical food additives annually.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
And the EWG, which is the.
Speaker 1 (00:19):
Environmental Working Group, found that the average woman applies get
Ready one hundred and sixty eight chemicals daily through beauty
and skincare products.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
I'm telling you all these facts.
Speaker 1 (00:30):
Not to scare you at all, but just to emphasize
how important daily gentle detox is. I'm Rady WKA and
on my podcast A Really Good Cry, we embrace the
messy and the beautiful, providing a space for raw, unfiltered
conversations that celebrate vulnerability and allow you to tune in
to learn, connect and find comfort together. Hey everyone, welcome
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back to this week's episode of A Really Good Cry.
Today I wanted to talk about some of my favorite
tips for living a healthy life style, like my top
five tips forgetting your health to its optimal level that
actually are free or pretty much free or at least inexpensive.
There's just so much health advice out there, and it
can feel so overwhelming, like whether you're going online and
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you're seeing it, whether it's the amount of books that
are coming out, so many experts out there, one person
saying this, one person saying that, and it can get
so overwhelming, especially if you're not someone that's in the
health industry or that's even studied anything to do with health.
And most of the time it's this idea that you
have to overhaul your entire life to feel better. You
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have to buy new things for your kitchen, for your bathroom,
for your shower, and it can be really expensive, and
it can just make you feel like there's just too
much to do, so I'd rather just ignore it. But
today I'm going to keep it super simple. I have
studied Aravadas. Some of you might know, I was trained
as in nutritionists and dietitian. I actually studied for three
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years as a nutritionnis and then did further studies to
be a dietitian for three years. The difference between the
two is one works in a hospital, which is a dietitian,
and the other has clients outside of a hospital setting.
So when I trained as a dietitian, I was doing
more clinical work and as a nutritionist, it was based
purely on food and the nutrition people are getting outside
of being in a hospital. So I feel like I
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have gathered so much information over time, whether it's from
the Western medicine perspective or when I studied Arivada, from
the Eastern philosophy, and I think a combination of both
is actually where the ideal balance is. There is so
much from Western medicine that I really appreciate, but so
much from Eastern medicine that I think is missing and
not known and has kind of been lost over the years.
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And so this is going to be a combination of
both the best of both worlds. And obviously I can
only speak from my own perspective and my own research,
and so these tips are my top five favorite that
have helped.
Speaker 2 (02:50):
Me in my own life.
Speaker 1 (02:51):
But obviously you might have to pick and choose the
ones that work best for you, that fit into your schedule,
your lifestyle the best you know. And one thing I
will say is I think think one of the biggest
mistakes we make is when we find out all this
information and then we try and implement it all at
once and The one thing I have learned from constantly
failing at that is, let me just pick one thing.
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I'm going to do that one thing for a week,
and then I'm going to add in another thing and
then another thing. So one you're not scaring your body
and your mind into all these changes that you're making.
And two you end up knowing, oh, I can make
this one change, and I've managed to do it for
a week, I could probably do this other one as well.
And it kind of as you make these small changes
and as you end up sticking to them, it increases
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your capacity to make changes. So if you're trying to
add all in at once, it's more likely that you're
gonna end up failing, rather than doing it in phases,
one at a time.
Speaker 2 (03:42):
And remember, these are changes we want to keep for life.
Speaker 1 (03:44):
It's not we're going to do this for a week,
or we're going to do this for two weeks or
even a month.
Speaker 2 (03:48):
These are changes you're trying to incorporate into.
Speaker 1 (03:50):
Your lifestyle for life to allow you to optimize your
health month on month, year on year, and.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
So the level you do it, the better.
Speaker 1 (04:00):
So the first one I wanted to talk about is
gentle detoxing. So whether it's through the food that we eat,
the environmental toxins that we inhale, all the products that
we put on our body. I heard the statistic the
average person is exposed to over seven hundred thousand different
chemicals a day, seven hundred thousand every single day. The
USD actually found that over seventy percent of conventionally grown
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produce contains pesticide residues, and that the average American consumes
nearly nine pounds of chemical food additives annually, nine pounds
just of food additives. And the EWG, which is the
Environmental Working Group, it's a nonprofit organization that focuses specifically
on protecting human health and the environment, found that the
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average woman applies get Ready one hundred and sixty eight
chemicals daily through beauty and skincare products. I'm telling you
all these facts not to scare you at all, but
just to emphasize how important daily gentle detox is, because
often we don't even know that we are.
Speaker 2 (04:59):
Taking these toxins in.
Speaker 1 (05:00):
And actually every single part of our body is made
to absorb, whether it's through our scent, whether it's through
our nose. Basically every single hole in the body, including
the pores on our skin, take in every single part
of our environment. So whether it's through our mouth, the
food that we eat or the things that we drink,
our skin, the products we put on it, our nose,
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the things that we smell, the perfumes, the incenses, all
those things that we smell, the toxins that are in
the air. Every part of our body takes those things in.
And so when you think about it in that way,
think about how large our skin is, and imagine you're
in a toxic environment constantly. Every poor on your skin
is absorbing something that's going into your body, then into
your bloodstream, then into your organs. And if we're not
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supporting our bodies in the right way to really support
our detox systems, then actually our bodies getting weaker and
weaker and has less of an ability to fight off
the toxins or get rid of them regularly. So daily
gentle detox is important. And I think sometimes you know,
I've shared about detoxing before online, and I remember at
the beginning when I was sharing about it, I would
have quite a few people messaging me saying you're sharing
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a false narrative. People have eating disorders you shouldn't use
the term detox. And actually, I think detox the word
has been completely changed into something negative that is linked
to weight loss or removing specific foods from our dier
and creating a really toxic version of what detox means.
And actually it's quite ironic because detoxing is literally the opposite.
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We're trying to take out toxins. We're not telling people
to reduce their calories, we're not telling people to go
on a calorie restricted dyer. Actually detoxing is just taking
the things that our body does not need, or the
things that are harming us out of our body. The
body actually naturally has a detoxification system, whether it's through
our liver, kidneys, lungs, or skin, but constant exposure to
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these toxins can overwhelm our detox systems, leading to symptoms
like fatigue, brain, frog, and chronic inflammation. And I said
those three things, and I was thinking, oh my gosh,
I have no people that feel these things on a
daydaily basis that I've been dealing with these issues a month,
two months, maybe most of their life, and it just
becomes our normality. But actually it is a clear sign
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that we have toxins in the body. Irada actually emphasizes
daily and seasonal detox practices to remove armor which are
toxins and restore balance.
Speaker 2 (07:18):
In the body.
Speaker 1 (07:18):
So one of the ways that is emphasized in Aravada
is something I've been doing since I was a child.
It is a practice that's been passed down to me
from generation to generation. My parents do it, my grandma's
done it. You know. I think it's more so part
of an Indian tradition than it is in the Western world.
But it is tongue scraping. As soon as I learned
how to brush my teeth, I was taught how to
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tongue scrape. It just goes hand in hand. And actually
one might argue tongue scraping is actually even more important
than brushing your teeth is. So if you're someone who
only brushes your teeth once a day, don't do that.
Speaker 2 (07:52):
Please brush your teeth twice a day.
Speaker 1 (07:54):
But even if you are someone who does that, even
if you're not brushing your teeth at nice, at least
scrape your tongue. You can get different kinds, and there's
plastic ones and all different materials. I recommend using stainless
steel or a copper one. Why I put extra plastic
into your body when you don't need to, And actually,
traditionally it's made from metal anyways, So I like to
do what they did back in the day. If it's
worked in the past, and it's worked for thousands of years,
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why change it. So I recommend scraping your tongue morning
and evenings, just as you would brush your teeth. And
actually it helps to remove all the toxins and bacteria
that accumulates on the tongue overnight. And actually one of
the diagnostic tools that Irady doctors use when you walk
into a clinic with them. They do different types of assessment,
but one of them is your mouth health, your oral health,
and specifically the color that is on your tongue.
Speaker 2 (08:37):
It there's yellow.
Speaker 1 (08:38):
This is gonna get a bit too like TMI too
much information, but it's actually really useful. If you wake
up in the morning and you put your tongue out
in the mirror like that, I just ate. So I
don't know what some my tongue, but you put your
tongue out. If there is white coating or yellow coating,
it's a sign that there are actually an extreme amount
of toxins in your body.
Speaker 2 (08:57):
But if you're noticing.
Speaker 1 (08:58):
If you do that and your tongue is nice, bright
and red, it's a sign that actually your detoxing systems
are working. So sometimes when I've got a cough or cold,
or i have too much mucus going on in my
nasal passages or in my body.
Speaker 2 (09:12):
A lot of the time, even.
Speaker 1 (09:12):
When I have a fever, I'll look at my tongue
and there's definitely more of a coating than there is
on the days that.
Speaker 2 (09:17):
I feel healthy. And so it's actually quite incredible.
Speaker 1 (09:20):
Your body tells you in so many different ways that
you're not feeling well or that there's too much going
on in the body, and your tongue is definitely one
of them. So these are the signs of a healthy tongue.
It's pinkish in color, not pale, and not deep red.
If there is a coating, then it's a really thin film.
It's definitely not thickly coated. It's soft and smooth, not rough.
You can actually see your taste buds clearly, and there
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are no visible crags or teethmarks on the side of
the tongue. So that's a basic healthy tongue description. Now
let's go into what it looks like when it's not
necessarily as healthy as it should be. If you have
a heavy white coating on your tongue, it is a
sign of toxin build up, digestive issues, or low immunity.
If there's a thick coating at the back of your tongue,
it's a sign that there's tuxin build up in the
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large intestine, small intestine colon. If it's in the front
and the back, it's a sign of tuxin build up
in your stomach and your small intestine. If it is
dry or cracked, it's a sign of dehydration in your
digestive system, probably accompanied by something like constipation. And if
your tongue is bright red, it may be a little bumpy.
It is a sign of too much heat or acidity
in the digestive system and your body, which could be
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accompanied by something like diarrhea. If the coating is grayish,
it is a sign of gas and bloating or sluggishness,
and it could be accompanied by heavy dark circles under
the eyes or water retention over the body. Now, if
you have bite marks or scallops on the side of
your tongue, it is a sign that you are not
absorbing nutrients. Now, obviously, if you happen to have bit
in your tongue the day before, it's probably a sign
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of that. But if you consistently see things like bite
marks or scallop pattern on the side of your tongue,
it is a sign that you may not be absorbing nutrients.
So all that to say, our tongue is very important.
And when you end up scraping your tongue every single
morning and every single night, you actually remove all the
toxins that build up. And if you think about it,
our body actually does most of its detoxing at night
when we're asleep, and so all the toxins are extreeeted
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out of our body during our sleep as well, whether
it's the way that you smell in the morning, if
you've sweated a lot overnight, it comes through our pores,
but also it comes out of our tongue too, And
so instead of swallowing those toxins back into your body,
ideally you scrape them off and it reduces the amount
of toxins going into your body.
Speaker 2 (11:25):
Again, your body's got rid.
Speaker 1 (11:27):
Of it for a reason, so don't put it back in,
so tangue scraping is number one. Another way to gendle
detox during your day is drinking warm water with lemon
or CCFT. I speak of out CCFT all the time.
It is the queen blend of all spices. It's coriander,
cuman seeds, and fennel seeds. It is a gentle digestive tonic.
You can boil half a teaspoon of each seed in
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water and sip.
Speaker 2 (11:49):
It throughout the morning.
Speaker 1 (11:51):
Hot water stimulates digestion, it flushes out toxins. It balances
all three of your doses batter, pita, and kuffer, And
if you don't know what doses are, I'm going to
do in production to irevada. But essentially it balances out
all body types. I've noticed in America people prefer cold
water to hot water, whether it's iced, whether it's in
cold beverages, whether it's sparkling like ice. Water is a
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big thing here now. Warm water actually aids in flushing
out tox is way more than.
Speaker 2 (12:17):
Cold water does.
Speaker 1 (12:19):
It helps to cleanse your system by improving circulation and
encouraging regular bowel movements. And you know what, every single
time someone asks me for one piece of advice if
they're having gut issues. The first thing I recommend is
switching from cold water to hot water. And I cannot
tell you how like every single person that I've recommended
this too say without changing anything else, they just change
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to hot water and it makes a difference to their
gas bloating, acidity, and overall just their gut feeling so
much better. Every single person that I recommend things to,
the best indication that it actually does what it says
it does is when they come back to me and
make a point of telling me. And so if you're
going to make one switch for your gut, I really
recommend switching from cold water to hot water, and especially
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in the morning, like having a hot cup of water
with lemon. It is such a great combination or with
the CCFT that I mentioned before, And boiling water actually
enriches it with energy and it gains a quality that
an iradi is called shuk shima that means penetrating. So
basically what it means is that by boiling the water,
it essentially makes the molecules even lighter and more absorbent
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into the body and it allows the hydration and water
to deeply penetrate into the different tissues of your body.
Drinking cold water actually can slow your digestion, at least
the sluggishness of your digestive system, increase of mucus and bloating,
and so you'll probably notice that if you're not feeling
great and you en of having ice cream, well, vegan
ice cream obviously dairy increases mucus in the body, but
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you'll notice that if you're a bit mucusy or whatever
and you end up having cold water, or you end
up having an ice cold drink or ice or anything,
you'll notice that mucus actually increases in those areas.
Speaker 2 (13:57):
And it's because that's what cold water does.
Speaker 1 (13:59):
If you think about it, our body works off heat,
you know, our digestion and our radar is referred to
as fire, and so when you end up having cold things,
it basically dampens your digestive fire. And when you think
about ice, it basically ends up making things coagulate or
become thicker. And so that's what cold water ends up
doing to your body. It makes so much sense when
you put it like that, but most of the time
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we don't put those two things together. Another one of
my favorite ways to genterly detox every single day is
a younger Again.
Speaker 2 (14:25):
I've spoken about.
Speaker 1 (14:26):
This a lot, but I cannot emphasize how amazing it is.
It's such a beautiful balance of detoxing and also a
little bit of self love throughout the day. It stimulates
your lymphatic system, it supports detoxification and your immunity by
removing toxins that are stored in your fat tissues. It
improves circulation, and it calms the nervous systems. So it
actually does so much for your body just by doing
a five minute massage. So when I do my ap youngers,
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I always think about how I want to feel after them.
And what's amazing is depending on the type of oil
that you use, it can affect your body in different ways.
So if you need grounding, use warm sessmeil. I feel
inflamed or overheated, use coconut oil to cool down. If
you need to be energized, use mustard oil. All these
different oils carry different qualities and therefore when they're absorbed
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into the body, they create that energy inside the body too.
Speaker 2 (15:13):
So all you do I mean a younger means oil.
Speaker 1 (15:15):
Massage and essentially you get the oil in your hands,
you rub it together, ideally the oil is a little
bit warm, and then you simply massage your body. On
your limbs you do long strokes towards your heart, and
on your joints you do circular motions.
Speaker 2 (15:28):
That's it.
Speaker 1 (15:29):
It's as simple as that. Sometimes if I don't have
times to do my full body, I will just do
my feet, or I'll just do my head, and then
I usually keep the oil on because I've also heard
that when you put oil on your body, it helps
to sue your nervous system as it absorbs into the
body and around your nerves. It's basically like a hug
for your nervous system. So I like to keep the
oil on my body. So those are my favorite ways
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of generally detoxing throughout the day. Tongue scraping, drinking hot
water with lemon or CCFT, and a younger three of
my favorite detox rituals. Second tip is all about food.
Eat less from a packet and more from the earth.
It is as simple as that, and actually it's a
lot cheaper when you end up buying whole grains, whole vegetables,
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whole fruits, lentails, pulses, actually, if you take it back
to how our ancestors used to eat, it's actually cheaper
and way better for you. When you end up buying
packaged foods, it may seem like it's a cheaper option,
but actually we think that it's a cheaper option because
we're trying to buy all these superfoods. But actually, if
you just take it back to what nature provides us
with the basic fruits, vegetables, lentils, beans, the gooms, pulses,
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all those things, actually the diet is pretty cheap and
so nutritionally dense. Eat more meals at home and cooked
with spices. That, in my opinion, is the best way
to support your gut health. Make sure you're getting all
the nutrients and vitamins and minerals that you need.
Speaker 2 (16:50):
And look, I know I.
Speaker 1 (16:51):
Said that these were all free. It's not free, but
it is definitely cheaper. The closer that it is to nature,
the more healing it becomes. That is just basic sign
If you prioritize eating less from a packet and more
from the earth by choosing whole, unprocessed foods that nurish
your body and gut, it will make a world of
a difference to your health most of us have gotten
in the habit of eating at least i'd say, well,
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eighty percent out, whether it's from a packet, whether it's
eating takeaway, whatever it is. And actually we need to
flip it the other way around eighty percent cooked at
home and twenty percent maybe from outside, eighty percent from
the earth and the ground, and.
Speaker 2 (17:27):
Maybe twenty percent out of a packet.
Speaker 1 (17:29):
The fact is, as soon as something is put into
a packet, you should automatically think that you're getting fifty
percent of the nutrition that you probably should be getting
from that ingredient. So if you're eating a whole potato
that's been cooked at home versus a packet of crisps
or chips, fifty percent of the nutrients are automatically gone
the way that it's been deep fried, the preservatives that
are in there to keep it in a packet. Same
as a juice, if you're making a juice at home
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from freshly picked vegetables and fruits that you got from
the market or even from the supermarket, compared to a
juice that has been in a fridge for like at
least five days, Because let's be honest, that's what happens
nutrient value cut by fifty percent. Even if you're eating
simpler at home, it is going to be better for
you than having something from a plastic bottle or a packet.
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Cooking more meals at home just allows you to control
what goes into your food and therefore what goes into
your body, and you can avoid hidden additives, preservatives and
sugars that can disrupt your gut health. And honestly, if
there are like more than two ingredients that you actually
don't know what they do, you should just be looking
them up.
Speaker 2 (18:28):
You know.
Speaker 1 (18:28):
Part of being the best health possible is also educating yourself.
It's also understanding the foods that are going into your body,
and so part of it is taking responsibility and accountability
because look, the food industry is not doing that for us.
We have to take charge a little bit. We have
to start understanding that, oh, what does this even mean,
like on the back of this packet? What am I
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actually eating? And so doing a little bit of research
is really important. But there are certain things that I
absolutely avoid. If I had to pick three ingredients that
I would absolutely always avoid when buying food out of
a packet, it's these three high fruc close, corn syrup,
palm oil, and artificial colors and preservatives and sweetness. Now,
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all of these are inflammatory. They disrupt the heart and
brain health. They've been linked to so many conditions it
is ridiculous, whether it's in children or in adults.
Speaker 2 (19:19):
And you know, artificial.
Speaker 1 (19:20):
Colors like red, forty, yellow, five, six, blue, one and two,
they have been linked to everything from ADHD, allergies, cancer,
and hormone disruption. There is nothing that is worth eating
that makes up for the terrible risks that are linked
to all of them. And the fact that they're even
in food is a whole different conversation, but it's ridiculous
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that they even allow them, especially in children's food. Another
thing to really enhance your health when it comes to
food is adding spices. You know, I am obsessed with spices.
They are my medicine box and have been for ten years.
I tend to my spices before I turn to any
kind of medicine, whether it's tumoric ginger, black pepper, coriander, cumin, fennel.
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I have three draws of spices and I cannot tell
you how much I feel protected in my health just
by using them every single day. Spices improve digestion, they
reduce information, and they helps to eliminate toxins. And if
you really learn about spices, what's amazing is that in
different seasons they can do so many different things for you.
So in the summer, you can have different spices that
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help to cool down your body, like fennel or coriander sees.
In the winter you can have spices that warm you up,
like ginger and ajwayne And so that's also the beauty
of spices. It can help to move you through different
seasons and deal with your external environment a little bit better.
A healthy gut is the foundation of overall well being,
and it influences everything from the immunity and mental clarity,
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and so all of the things that we spoke about,
whether it's the spices, whether it's eating more at home
less from a packet, all of that actually influences our
gut flora or the microbiome. And the health of our
microbiome has a direct correlation to the health of every
other part of our body, whether it's our heart, whether
it's our immunity, whether it's our mental health.
Speaker 2 (21:08):
If you're not going to do it for you, do
it for your gut.
Speaker 1 (21:11):
Number three out of my five things to do for
better health is movement in mind and body. When we
think about movement, most of the time you're thinking, oh, okay,
I need to go work out.
Speaker 2 (21:20):
I've heard that before.
Speaker 1 (21:22):
But actually movement of mind and body both go hand
in hand for mental and physical health. And what I've
found in my life is whenever I feel stagnant, whenever
I feel just unwell, whenever I feel like things are
stuck in my body, whenever I feel lethargic, which is
a sign of toxin build up, movement on my body
leads to movement on my thoughts and my energy. So
even when I feel stagnant in my mind, when I
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feel stagnant in my energy, when I feel a little
bit low mood, low energy, I go through abouts of feeling.
I don't want to say depressed, because I know that's
a clinical condition, but low mood, and I think, look
we go through We can go through low mood in
different parts of our day, in different parts of our life,
depending on this situations that we get into. Any time
I feel stagnant thoughts or I feel a feeling is
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lingering a little bit too long, as soon as I
get up and move. It shifts everything for me physically.
Moving shakes everything up, and it also helps to let
things go, not just sweat, but energetically too. It brings clarity,
It changes your mood, and it just makes life feel.
Speaker 2 (22:20):
A little bit more manageable.
Speaker 1 (22:22):
I love this one quick that I had, and I
think about it all the time. It says, I'm not
saying taking a walk will solve all your problems, but.
Speaker 2 (22:27):
It definitely won't make them worse.
Speaker 1 (22:29):
There's been so many studies to show the effect of
trapped emotions linked to every single health condition that exists,
whether it's cordiovascular issues, whether it's cancer, whether it's high
blood pressure, whether it's ups and downs of your blood
sugar levels. Like emotions trapped in the body, it is
not just a woo woo concept. When you have specific emotions,
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especially negative ones, and they stay trapped in the body,
it has the ability to affect every single physical body
part that you have, and so emotional clarity is a
big part of our overall health. Emotions are not meant
to stay trapped or stagnant in the body. And I'm
sure you've heard the saying, but emotions are meant to
be energy in motion. They are not meant to stay
trapped or stagnant within the body, and when emotions are
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not allowed to flow, they can get stuck. They create
energy blockages that eventually manifest physically and mentally. Emotions and
thoughts are meant to flow, not live in us. You're
meant to feel, express, release, and make space for the next.
There is incredible research done on the places that emotions
are actually felt in the body. I don't know whether
you've seen these, but you know it shows which areas
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of the body actually light up during different emotions. Happiness
is felt throughout the whole body. Anger is usually the
upper half of the body. Sadness is felt in your
chest and your head, Anxiety is felt in your chest
and your gut. And I really do think people can
actually die from a broken heart. Like before, I use
to think, Okay, this is just like acute concept and
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how romantic. But the more I learned about our physical
and emotional body and the correlation between the two, I
really began to understand those stories about a partner dying
after being together for so long, and then you know,
the husband passes away and then the wife dies a
month or two later, and I think the pain of
emotion and overwhelm of sadness can literally shut down your
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entire body. It can shut down different organs in the body.
And so one thing that has completely changed my life,
especially with my emotions, is breathwork. It is one of
my favorite forms of movement, especially emotional movement, that has
changed everything in my life, from my anxiety to my anger,
to my sadness to my happiness. And I really think
that you should just try it, like, give it a
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go and see how it works for you. And there
are different types of breath works you can do, and
that's why it's an experimenting game as well. We always
hear a journal do breath work work out, and you
probably think, okay, fine, I hear this all the time,
but have you actually tried it, Like, have you actually
spent a week, a month, a year of your life
dedicating yourself to these practices for long enough to actually
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see what difference it can make, to actually make an
informed decision of whether it works or not, not just
one day, not just a twenty minute meditation, but actually
haven't given it a go for a solid amount of
time to make a decision of whether it actually works
or not think about how many shows you've watched the
first episode, second episode, and third episode, even though you're
not sure whether it's going to be a good one.
We waste so much time on so many things that
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actually don't help us, and so if something has the
possibility of helping us or changing us in such an
impactful way, don't just dismiss it after one try give
it a fair chance, just like you did your ex.
My fourth tip is having a dream and do mindset.
The concept of dream and do is this balance between
envisioning a future goal and taking concrete steps towards it.
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When you allow yourself to dream, you create this vision
of what's possible. It sparks hope inside of you, and
it ignites a sense of purpose. A dream isn't just
a fantasy. It is creating a mental framework that completely
shifts your perspective and allows you to focus on the
possible abilities rather than the limitations. It's the spark that
fuels hope, which I think is an essential ingredient for
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progress and personal growth. When we dream, we allow ourselves
to believe in the future, in potential, and in the
opportunities that could come, and so be a dreamer. Believe
in more and believe that more is possible in life.
We live in a world that can be quite pessimistic.
But what if you chose to be a dreamer instead,
Instead of believing in the limitations and the things that
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can't happen, what if you started to change your mindset
into believing the things that could happen. And they do
part of it. Well, of course it's great to be
a dreamer, but you also have to do. I used
to be a dreamer, but then I realized dreaming and
being hopeful just honestly wasn't enough. Doing and taking action
is what bridged the gap between my ideal, optimistic future
and the present moment. Every single step that you take
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towards your dream, no matter how small, builds momentum and
develops this sense of confidence. Confidence doesn't just come from
waiting or wishing. It is forged through the experience and effort.
So when you see yourself making progress, whether it's through
completing tasks or learning new skills or overcoming obstacles, you
just begin to trust in your own abilities. So much
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more action is the proof that you are capable, and
the more that you do, the more confidence you gain.
Speaker 2 (27:14):
So both actually go hand in hand.
Speaker 1 (27:16):
There's dreaming, which creates hope, and then doing that creates confidence.
The hope from your dream drives you to take action,
and the more you take action, the more confident you
become in your abilities to achieve what once felt impossible.
It's a cycle of growth. Hope ignites the spark and
action fans the flame. The combination of both builds the
foundation to just feel a sense of personal achievement instead
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of seeking it from external places, helping you to move
from aspiration to achievement. And I think that we get
so used to being on autopilot through our day. And
you know, of course, there are so many things in society,
people around us that can make us create these walls
that we always live between, these barriers that we create
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around us, and I think that really dampens our excitement
and enthusiasm for life. And so I think this dream
and do mentality creates so much more positivity and optimism
throughout our entire body. And how we feel in our
body is actually what ends up manifesting physically and on
our outside body. And so be a dreamer, be a dreamer,
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but also be someone who takes action. And I think
the balance of both can really help to elevate your
mental state. And you know what, I was struggling with
this fifth one, and I was thinking about it for
quite a few days as I was planning this episode,
and I realized one of the things has helped me
most to just be happy and healthy in life is
to not take things so seriously, don't take people so seriously,
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don't take situations so seriously. And you know, one of
the books that's just going viral right now is my
friend Mel Robbins that Let Them Theory. And honestly, I
think that's one of the biggest shifts that has made
a difference to my relationships with myself and with other people,
with my health, with everything. It's like, just let things be,
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allow yourself not to take things too seriously. I think
we forget how short life is. We forget how temporary
every single part of our life is. And the more
we get stuck in the idea that things are permanent,
the more stagnant we feel, and so live life a
little less serious. And yeah, of course we go through
moments of things feeling really serious in life, but when
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we do have the opportunity to allow life to be
a little bit lighter, allow life to be a bit lighter.
Don't create more meaning to something that is small. Don't
exacerbate a situation that doesn't need to be bigger than
it already is.
Speaker 2 (29:36):
Like, let things be and let things go.
Speaker 1 (29:38):
And I think that that is such an important part
of just allowing life to flow freely, rather than making
every part of life feel like there's resistance and more
dramatic than it needs to be. We need a drama
for free life. You know, one of my favorite quotes
is drink water and mind your business. And I think
minding your own business is a beautiful way to keep
your life drama free because you are focusing on you.
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You don't even have time to look into us someone
else's life. Stay in your lane, and life is so
much more peaceful. I've watched my dad do that my
entire life of watching him. He has always kept his
business to himself. He's never even like he hardly ever
speaks about other people's business, even when we hear things,
you know, as you do in the community, people gossiping
about other people. Might I just stays quiet, but it
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really has an opinion about it. The people do things
wrong to him. He just is like, well, I'm going
to leave that to God. And I absolutely have loved
watching that because he just knows what his place is
in life. He knows what he has to do for
himself and where the focus has to be, and he's
not worrying about where other people are in their life.
So drink water and mind your business is my fifth
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and final tip for better health. Drink water and hydrate
and mind your business to stay in your lane and
focus on you. As soon as you get better and
become a better person, it emanates through you, and therefore
you end up attracting better, better people, or better things
in your life. Better situations. Yeah, I truly do believe that.
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I've noticed that in my life. You just attract what
you put out, and that is such a powerful reminder that,
to be honest, I need every single day. So I
hope these tips help you. Please try them out before
you dismiss them, every single one. At least try them
for a month before you say it doesn't work for you.
And if there's anything else that you find has drastically
improved your health, then please let me know. DM me
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send me a message, leave a little recommendation in the
comments section wherever you're watching or listening, But thank you
so much for tuning in and sending your so much love.
And if you end up having a really good cry
this week, just know that I'm right there with you,
Host
Radhi Devlukia
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