Nicole Tomlinson: With health care cost on the rise everyone is looking for more affordable alternatives. Holistic medicine is gaining popularity, but what is it all about? We will take a look on today's Zen Living.
I am here with Luisa Mendoza from Mr. Natural and she is going to tell us a little bit about Holistic Medicine. Hi Luisa!
Luisa Mendoza: Hi Nicole!
Nicole Tomlinson: How are you doing today?
Luisa Mendoza: We are doing fine.
Nicole Tomlinson: Good! Now please explain to me about Holistic Medicine I don't know much about the subject and I am really curious to find out more.
Luisa Mendoza: Yes, Holistic Medicine is a medicine that embraces all the therapies of the natural elements from nature and then we can implement or incorporate in our daily life.
Nicole Tomlinson: So how did you initially get started in Holistic, where you raised this way or is it something you just stumbled onto later in life?
Luisa Mendoza: Since I was eighteen years old I got this information from the book in Mexico where I am from. And this book was talking about all the truth about the food. And I was in shock about knowing how the animals are fed, and how much toxin we can take without knowing, and then I realized that it was so important for our health to be really eating in better quality. Know exactly the quantity but is it quality? And then I started to study with the doctor Estrada Valero in Mexico in the School of Natural Medicine. And I became vegetarian because I understood that the natural food was very good.
Nicole Tomlinson: How does it work different than taking the medicines?
Luisa Mendoza: Well, the medicines are made in laboratories, but these are made by nature. So it is as simple as that.
Katy: The thing I like about Holistic Medicine is that it seems to focus more about prevention than it does about just dealing with the problem if it happens like -- I think it happens a lot in western medicine if somebody has a problem then they go to a doctor instead of learning about their bodies.
Luisa Mendoza: We have also like example the geo-therapy, which is made out of the clay. When we use the clay mixed with water or juices or herbal teas and then we apply it to the skin or some areas of our body. It helps to heal because the clay has the power of bringing out through the skin any problems or stimulate the circulation or the detoxification.
Nicole Tomlinson: So this is just detoxifying through the skin?
Luisa Mendoza: Through the skin, that is for external use. But there is another one that has the bentonite, that is also for inside. But sometimes the flavor of bentonite is not very pleasing.
Nicole Tomlinson: I have had bentonite in a liquid form and it was not too tasty. Is there another option then?
Luisa Mendoza: This one is another option. The PuriFiber has the bentonite in a good amount but also has enzymes and probiotics. Those probiotics are helping to strength our immune system through the inside of the intestines so then we better flora, intestinal flora.
Nicole Tomlinson: So let me see if I understand this correctly, all of these things in front of us are going to detoxify our system?
Luisa Mendoza: Exactly, we have to go through the basic step which is the digestive system, the digestive system we use it as many times as we eat during the day. So what we need to do is to clean our system, our intestines, our stomach. And then we have to do it by things like this.
Or what I have in this little cup is the flax meal. It is the flax seed ground up.
Nicole Tomlinson: So this has, let me see if I can remember, Fiber and omega-3.
Luisa Mendoza: But I like to suggest always the fiber with the aloe. Because the aloe juice is the pure aloe that we - you can see I will show you here look. It's very thick. It's a very thick juice and I can add it to my smoothie one ounce a day and a little bit of this fiber and this will make me feel better with my stomach already.
The main thing for someone who wants to go through the detoxification process is to start the morning with something like this.
Nicole Tomlinson: So a fiber cocktail or shake of some sort using the flax seed ground up and now I have heard of aloe vera for your skin also, but this is for your stomach?
Luisa Mendoza: Yes, this is the extra virgin aloe gel. So when we use that in the morning it's the first thing to open up the work of the intestines, when we have that work done then we can digest anything else.
Another thing which we can use is the Phyto-therapy which is the use of the plants, the botanical extracts from the active principals that each herb has to offer to us.
Benito: I think sometimes in our society, particularly pharmaceutical companies and things of that sort sometimes divert attention from other remedies that may be much better for you.
Nicole Tomlinson: What is in my smoothie?
Luisa Mendoza: Your smoothie was made by soy milk and papaya, fresh papaya. And mine is made of pineapple and orange juice.
Nicole Tomlinson: Now what is my soy milk and papaya? What are those two things good for? Are these going to be healthy for my digestion?
Luisa Mendoza: Well, very healthy because the papaya has enzyme papain, and the papain is like a vegetable that goes to the leaning of the stomach and it helps to move the intestine. The peristaltic movements they are made by the papaya.
Nicole Tomlinson: So the enzymes in the papaya are going to help me breakdown my food?
Luisa Mendoza: Yes, of course.
Nicole Tomlinson: Well, let's dive in.
Luisa Mendoza: Dive in! And also the natural medicine is so helpful with all the food as hypocrycists used to say, your food should be your medicine. And it really it is did because when we take fresh ingredients from the vegetables and fruits we don't have to spend anything else.
Nicole Tomlinson: So your food should be your medicine, you shouldn't have to take loads of pills to feel better. It should be what you eat everyday.
Luisa Mendoza: Exactly! The impact, there are many people now a days that they go only in this way. And they don't take medicines at all.
Nicole Tomlinson: As you can see Holistic Medicine may just save you a trip to the doctor.
I am Nicole Tomlinson, and from all of us at Zen Living thank you so much for watching and we will catch you next time. Peace!
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