| Over Christmas holiday in Colorado, my family and I | | | | water retention in the tissues. If the lymphatic |
| decided to go to the local hot springs. It was just | | | | system is sluggish, the toxins get stuck in the |
| what we needed to warm up our bones from the | | | | storage bins of the thighs. Essential fatty acids also |
| chill of being outside all day cross country skiing. | | | | hydrate the skin by strengthening the walls of the |
| There were people of all shapes and sizes. What I | | | | cells. The oils keep the skin well hydrated. This is |
| happened to notice on almost every woman and | | | | important due to the fact that Essential fatty acids |
| teenage girl was the appearance of cellulite on her | | | | regulate the hormones of the body. When hormones |
| thighs. I began to pay attention to who had more | | | | are balanced, the cells hydrate correctly. It is also |
| cellulite and who had less. No woman was immune to | | | | easier to maintain proper weight. One simple way to |
| its effect. There were even female athletes with | | | | do this is to rotate organic flax oil and evening |
| washboard stomachs that had cellulite on their thighs. | | | | primrose oil with the waxing and waning of the moon. |
| I found this to be very upsetting that so few | | | | This will regulate the estrogen and progesterone in |
| women did not have cellulite. What is it in our culture | | | | the body naturally. After menopause other oils should |
| that is promoting this unsightly bulging and what do | | | | be used. If your hormones are really out of balance, I |
| we do to prevent it? Is exercise the key or is it | | | | recommend weekly acupuncture treatments and |
| something more than that? | | | | specific formulas to assist with this. A hormonally |
| What really is cellulite and how do we get rid of it? | | | | balanced woman is usually a healthy woman. |
| After doing some research on how to get rid of | | | | 5. Open the pathways of elimination by stimulating |
| these deposits naturally, I found that women in | | | | the detoxification of the liver, kidneys and the large |
| Europe have been going to health spas and have | | | | intestine. When a vacuum cleaner is filled with toxic |
| been using creams to get rid of cellulite or "unsightly | | | | debris it will not run. We need to clean out our |
| fat deposits" for at least twenty years. American | | | | system so that it will function more efficiently. When |
| doctors deem this type of fat as a problem, but do | | | | we are constipated, our system of elimination is |
| not treat it as a "disease of the connective tissue" as | | | | "backed up". The other organs then have to do |
| the medical community in Europe does. | | | | "double duty". Sometimes when this happens, too |
| Cellulite is a gel-like substance made up of fat, toxic | | | | many toxins inundate the system at once and the |
| waste material and water that is trapped between | | | | liver has to store away this waste material for a later |
| fibrous tissue just beneath the surface of the skin. | | | | day. It does this by storing waste matter in a fat |
| Cellulite is primarily a feminine problem due to the | | | | lobule. The liver then sends it away from the major |
| higher percentage of fatty tissue in women and | | | | organs and into areas of the body where there is |
| because of the greater elasticity of the skin. The fat | | | | little circulation. These toxins will remain at this |
| layer under the skin pops up between this fibrous | | | | location, safe from the important bodily functions. A |
| tissue causing a "bulging of fat" in the subcutaneous | | | | French herbalist named Maurice Messegue did |
| layer. In a healthy woman without cellulite, the fat | | | | exhaustive research on cellulite control with women |
| would stay in the dermal layer. This problem happens | | | | from all over Europe. Only when these women gave |
| when the blood vessels deteriorate and deprive the | | | | up foods containing pesticides and chemicals (most |
| skin of important nutrients. Secondly, the fats clump | | | | processed food) were they able to decrease the |
| together and bind to proteins. Water engorges the | | | | amount of cellulite in their bodies. By stimulating the |
| cells due to the toxicity in the fat tissue. The water | | | | function of the liver with milk thistle, dandelion or |
| dilutes the toxic waste matter and creates a gel-like | | | | specific individual detoxification formulas targeting the |
| substance that creates the orange peel appearance | | | | liver, kidneys and the lymphatic system, we can help |
| of the skin. It can be said that cellulite is an | | | | them function more efficiently. At my clinic in Austin, |
| inflammatory process due to: | | | | Texas, I use individual formulas and nutrients specific |
| 1. Decreased circulation in the area | | | | to each patient to break down the stuck waste |
| 2. Loss of capillary networks | | | | material in the cells. General ways to do this are to |
| 3. Excess fluid retained | | | | squeeze one half of a lemon in water three times |
| 4. Fat deposition usually hormonally mediated | | | | daily to break down mucus and stimulate the liver. |
| 5. Vascular changes within the dermis. | | | | Next, I suggest taking organic, raw apple cider |
| 6. Toxic waste material being stored in less vascular | | | | vinegar (1 tablespoon in 8 ounces of water) before |
| areas of body in the fatty tissue. | | | | meals to stimulate digestive processes and alkalinize |
| 7 Steps to Detoxify your Thighs | | | | the body. |
| Some Doctors say that cellulite is caused by | | | | 6. Stimulate your metabolism. Drinking three cups of |
| damaged, dehydrated skin. I believe this is one cause | | | | green tea daily is one of the best ways to do this. |
| of cellulite, but it is not the whole truth. The first step | | | | Not only does it stimulate your metabolism, have |
| to diminishing cellulite is to repair our damaged skin | | | | loads of antioxidants, but it has the ability to emulsify |
| cells and connective tissue. We can do this by | | | | fat! The second ingredient to improving our |
| following these seven essential steps. | | | | metabolism is to use cayenne in our lemon juice daily. |
| 1. The first step for change is to use antioxidants to | | | | Cayenne stimulates our digestion and improves our |
| eliminate free radical damage and promote | | | | circulation. Don't use cayenne if you have heat |
| microcirculation. Vitamin C and Vitamin A are the | | | | symptoms such as hot flashes or constant thirst. |
| most important antioxidants for the skin. You cannot | | | | 7. Take saunas and hot baths regularly. The most |
| grow collagen without Vitamin C. Vitamin A is one of | | | | important secret of cellulite detoxification is to heat |
| the most important nutrients for keeping the skin | | | | up and break up the fatty deposits. Heating up the |
| healthy and firm. | | | | body stimulates the elimination of toxicity and |
| 2. The second key is to increase circulation | | | | increases your metabolism and circulation. After |
| throughout the body. Gingko biloba increases | | | | taking a hot bath, you need to squeeze and twist |
| microcirculation and thus, rids the body of stored | | | | the thighs and buttocks with your thumb and first |
| toxins. Dry brushing is an important addition to our | | | | two fingers. Do this gently, but firmly. By doing this, |
| detoxification regime. Dry brushing for five minutes | | | | you are breaking up the fat and dispersing it into the |
| daily is equal to one half hour of exercise. Use a dry | | | | bloodstream. Then, use firm strokes toward the |
| vegetable bristle brush in a circular motion from the | | | | heart to move the blood and lymph. You can use the |
| toes to the heart. This acts as a manual lymphatic | | | | dry, vegetable bristle brush for this part. If you don't |
| pump to flush toxins and sustain healthy circulation. | | | | have access to a sauna, hot baths are wonderful. |
| Use circulation generating essential oils like rosemary | | | | Add essential oils like juniper, grapefruit and rosemary |
| and birch to begin breaking up the fatty deposits. Put | | | | to stimulate the liver and eliminate toxins. Other |
| 20 drops each in 4oz. of a carrier oil such as sesame | | | | additions can include Epsom salt and baking soda. Use |
| or almond oil and rub onto buttocks, thighs and hips | | | | two cups of Epsom salt and one cup of baking soda |
| daily. | | | | in the bath. Epsom salt draws out toxins in the body |
| 3. Eliminate high mucus forming foods and most dairy | | | | while baking soda alkalinizes the system. Soak for |
| products especially if not organic. The lymphatic | | | | twenty minutes until you sweat. When you get out |
| system has a direct impact on the appearance and | | | | of the bath, massage your tummy, buttocks and |
| condition of your skin. When the lymph becomes | | | | thighs, then rest. Do this at least three times per |
| clogged with mucus forming foods, the toxins cannot | | | | week. |
| be carried away and many of these waste products | | | | To conclude, detoxifying one's thighs is not a simple |
| end up being laid down and trapped in the skin. | | | | quick fix pill. Most women will agree that staying |
| Cellulite forms when stagnant lymph filled with toxins | | | | healthy needs to be part of a lifestyle change. A |
| get stuck in the fatty accumulations just beneath the | | | | grain, vegetable and fruit filled diet with small |
| skin. Non organic dairy products contain high amounts | | | | amounts of meat, fish and legumes will keep us filled |
| of synthetic hormones that disturb our sensitive | | | | with energy, strong and thin. Daily walking and yoga |
| hormonal system. | | | | keep our body supple and strong in addition to the |
| 4. Regulate your hormones with specific nutrient rich | | | | steps above. By incorporating all of these factors into |
| oils. High amounts of estrogen in the body determine | | | | your daily life, you will have amazing success at |
| where fat will be put down, especially in the hips, | | | | diminishing those unwanted bulges. Our body just |
| buttocks and thighs. Remember, estrogen builds the | | | | needs the right nutrients, the right diet and proper |
| body, as in pregnancy. It also promotes excess | | | | detoxification. |