From the age of 25 our bodies start to fall apart as a result of inactivity, toxicity, and bad nutrition. In the process we become gradually fatter, weaker, slower, and less intelligent.If you want to half or reverse the symptoms, you can start today and make a promise to yourself to half or even reverse some of these symptoms of ageing. Meeting the requirements of your body is a daily commitment, so make the decision to put yourself first, after all you’re brilliant at doing it everyday with other obligations such as getting to work on time, dropping your kids off to school and paying bills, so surely your body, your health, your life, should come some way high up on that list of priorities?.

If you neglect this daily, then it’s no wonder that your body is starting to fall apart at the seams, break the cycle now, there is no such thing as ‘I don’t have the time’ clearly you do have time, you just choose not to find it.

Over the course of the next few weeks I will be posting daily tips as part of my ’50 Shades of Detox’ showing you how you can achieve a healthier, better lifestyle, that in turn can enable you to live longer, and stay younger.

Enjoy the 50 shades, I will be adding to them daily here…

Shade – 1

Take Control – In the pursuit of getting everything done for everyone else, it’s easy to put yourself last on the list. It’s little wonder we all end up so stressed and depressed and burnt out, take control, look after yourself so you can look after others too. There is never a magic time life will always be a juggling act but the most important thing you can do is start today.

Shade – 2

Break the habits, instead of taking the car each morning to work, or having a biscuit with your tea, or saying “I can’t be bothered to go for a walk”, break the habit, change your Personal Default Positions sooner rather than later, recognise the negative return on some of your personal habits, and surprise yourself and your body and well-being by saying, “no, actually today, I’m going to walk to work” or not have have that second glass of wine, and do something different, change is good!.

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Until today you have been in your own comfort zone, afraid to make any changes an not making any conscious plan to put yourself first, well change that! the best way to do that is to set goals and have a plan. If you’re going to change your habits and start going to the gym, or eating a healthier diet, then start now, and actually DO IT!,  if you want different results, you must take a different approach.

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Fitness for excellent health, anti ageing, and well being, consists of four essential interacting elements, being aerobic fitness, muscle strength, flexibility, and nutrition, it’s like a four legged stool, you need all of these four components in order to be able to continue with stability and success.

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Only the strong stay young! fitness is the number one secret to turning back your age clock! too look and feel your best, you must train with weights, as muscle is youth, shape energy and vitality and virility. Physical weakness robs men and women of their youth!

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Reduce muscular pains, illness and physical problems with exercise, healthy fit women have a much easier time through premenstrual, and menopausal stages, including period pains and mood swings hot flushes and anxiety, exercise greatly reduces these.

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Although environmental and inner turmoil can all contribute to the way out skin looks, it’s worth remembering that our skin health is made up entirely of what we eat and drink and how we take care of our skin cells, it’s worth investing in how you take care of your skin, and that does not mean parting with stacks of cash for fancy treatments or products it means thinking about our nutrition, lifestyle and taking a more serene approach to daily problems.

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From the age of 40 the rate at which your skin discards dead cells slows down dramatically, this is where real effort and maintenance starts to become necessary. Talk to a skincare expert such as a dermatologist to find out what you should and should NOT be doing.

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Take care of your skin in the sun Vitamin D stimulated by the sun is critical to good health but sunbathing during the hottest parts of the day will serve only to damage your skin and age you. Wear a vitamin C cream under your sun screen and if possible wear a wide brimmed hat. Try to wear sunglasses too to protect the delicate eye area, which can be a real give away if ‘crows feet’ have become apparent because of over exposure in the sun. ALWAYS wear an SPF of at least 30SPF or more.

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Increase your water intake, alcohol and anything containing caffeine will dehydrate your skin.

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Try to relax, positive stress is good for the body, but too much negative stress and you increase the free radicals in your body and this in turn will have an impact on your health. Relax – you’ll feel much better for it, have you ever noticed how radiant and glowing your skin is after a holiday? this is because you were stress free and relaxed to the max!.

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Keep a steady weight, gaining or losing small amounts of weight is ok, but yo-yo dieting and aggressive dieting will not only age your face and body but will have an impact on your health.

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Take the right supplements choose a high quality organic linseed oil (Omega 3) or a multivitamin combination.

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Establish a good sleep pattern this is vital for healthy collagen and elastin production.

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Get your hormone levels checked,  a doctor can perform this check for you, falling oestrogen level for example, can have an effect on your skin.

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Keep an eye out for changes, especially, moles, lumps and growths, don’t hesitate in getting them checked out as soon as possible with  Doctor.

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The skin around the eyes is the first to show ageing, use a good quality product around this area.

Shade 18 –

Alpha Hydroxy Acids improve the skin’s appearance by speeding up the shedding of old dead skin cells from the skin surface, opt for products with AHA’s.

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Vitamin A, C, and E creams have a protective/antioxidant effect on the skin, and boost collagen production.

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Retinoid Creams help the skin produce new cells more quickly. They are excellent skin rejuvenators, beware sone cause skin irritation though.

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If you use a sun screen and you should be using one! apply a pure antioxidant cream underneath first

Shade 22 –

Ditch BEIGE foods they age you! these are doughnuts, cakes, pastries, biscuits, sweets, rolls pies etc.

Shade 23

Ditch WHITE foods they age you! these are pasta, white rice, white bread, processed and refined grains

Shade 24 –

Ditch Alcohol reserve for very special occasions if you can.

Shade 25 –

Hard Cheeses, Creamy Sauces, Trans Fats *Margarines Butter, Lard and Vegetable Fat are all NO-NO’s.

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Fried food, hot dogs, luncheon meats, sausages and spare ribs, all these tasty devils will do is age you and chunk your waist out. AVOID.

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Mayonnaise, chips, crisps, sweets, cream, ice cream, processed dairy products, soft drinks, fruit drinks,  and battered foods, all unhealthy temptations to AVOID.

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Eat to stay young, not to grown old and decay.

Shade 29 –

The degree to which you will be able to sculpt your body is determined by how healthy your engine is.

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Despite all the ‘wonder diets’ of today, our bodies still thrive on what our ancestors ate, top quality  fish, meat, produce and fruit.

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Treat your feet with detox foot patches, they draw out harmful toxins overnight.

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Drink green juice to add life giving and detoxifying chlorophyll to your bloodstream.

Shade 33 –

Parsley and Coriander in your diet is great for detoxing heavy metals out of your body.

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Pomegranate is amazing at fighting off those pesky free radicals & has high levels of antioxidants.

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It is important to stay well hydrated, so drink at least 1 litre of water daily.

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Avoid black tea, coffee and alcohol and replace with herbal tea, such as nettle to support the kidneys, or dandelion root coffee to aid liver function.

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Snack on apples, the fibre-rich fruit is full of skin-boosting vit E, folic acid and vit C

Shade 38 –

Add wheatgrass to smoothies as it has unique and powerful cleansing abilities.

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Chose organic food over non-organic food to minimise your intake of toxic pesticides.

Shade 40 –

Try body brushing before showering and use natural organic skin products.

Shade 41 –

Treat yourself to a massage or sauna.

Shade 42 –

For lunch and dinner, cover at least 60% of your plate with vegetables and eat as much variety of colours as possible.

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Snack on walnuts, they contain several detoxing substances too, such as melatonin, ellagic acid, vitamin E and other antioxidants.

Shade 44 –

Brave brussels sprouts as they’re loaded with vitamin A, potassium and calcium, as well as damage-repairing protein.

Shade 45 –

Reduce consumption of animal products. Avoid dairy products, except natural live yoghurt, and replace milk with soya or nut milks.

Shade 46 –

Start the day with a cleansing mug of hot water with ¼ squeezed lemon, slice of root ginger and a pinch of cayenne pepper.

Shade 47-

Fresh juices, such as carrot, beetroot, apple and cucumber are also fantastically nourishing and cleansing so aim to drink one fresh juice daily.

Shade 48-

Eat a fruit-based breakfast, such as stewed or fresh fruit salad with natural yoghurt, or a freshly made smoothie.

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Chose organic food over non-organic food to minimise your intake of toxic pesticides

Shade 50 –

TRY to be happy.