Tuesday 14 January 2014

Purifyne Cleanse as a preferred Juice Cleanse company by the expert


As mentioned in The Times today by our wonderful Vicki Edgson in the 'The ultimate 5-day diet', Purifyne Cleanse is a preferred juice cleanse company by Vicki who is a Celebrity Nutritionist and a most wanted expert with unlimited passion and knowledge health and wellbeing. Thank you Vicki!

Interview with client Grace Ker, Purifyne Enthusiast!

Purifyne Cleanse's “The No. 1’ Fan, Grace Ker, has transformed her life by becoming a Zumba instructor. From an administrative assistant of a small DVD firm to a passionate Zumba devotee, Grace Ker shares her story of becoming fit and healthy with Zumba classes and Purifyne Cleanse.

What made you start Zumba? 

I am trained as a dancer and I got into the whole fitness thing in a big way. I was going to the gym daily to do some running and sometimes to take a class. I noticed posters advertising Zumba classes in the ladies bathroom, and I thought that it looked like fun. As it turned out, not only was it fun, we all worked up a sweat and the music was wonderful. Then the rest is pretty much history.

How has running Zumba classes impacted upon you personally and professionally?

I think that it did wonders for my confidence. After I got trained and did a course on Exercise to Music, I started offering my service as a cover instructor for when the instructors are unavailable. The positive feedbacks and the smiles on the faces of the clients really boosted my confidence. I have always liked making people laugh, but I simply cannot conceive of the idea of doing stand up comedy. This way, not only do I get to make them smile and feel better, I can also help in what little way I can in their health and fitness levels. It’s been quite a wonderful journey of laughs, new friends and self-discovery.

You are very much health-orientated? Does it come naturally to you or you are that way for a specific reason?

My father is a doctor, so I am always very aware of the right foods to eat. Though it was never something that I really followed. I was overweight- very much so- as a teenager. I had not physical awareness as I did absolutely nothing in terms of fitness and sports. Once when I went back to Taiwan to visit my parents, my appearance really shocked my mother. Right next morning after I landed, my father woke me up gently at 6 a.m. and took me to the local athletics track. He told me to run at my own speed, never mind how slowly as long as I kept going for an hour. So I did. I ran as he walked alongside me and kept up a constant chatter to keep my mind off how tired I might be feeling. After 3 weeks holiday at home with parents, I came back to England and back to my life at the boarding school. The next morning, my alarm sounded at 6 a.m. I was going to turn it off and carry on sleeping. Then I remembered myself and what potential that I might have so I threw the duvet off and headed out in my Extra Large sweatshirt and tracksuit bottoms and ran round after round on the field. It was a moment that could be termed as life-changing. That single moment taught me much about myself. The fact that I wouldn’t give up, that I would start to discover everything about my own potential, of which I was completely unaware previously.

Tell us about your first cleanse, what was the experience like and the reason behind it?

My first cleanse came about after one of my best friends Irina, told me of the detox that she experienced in Thailand. It was the most incredible thing that I had ever heard. She mentioned the benefits not just in the physical appearance but also mentally. Then I started doing the cleanse myself. The first time that I did the cleanse, I did it for three weeks. Primarily it was because Irina told me that her thoughts became very clear and her reactions and reflexes even quicker than they already were. I was not actually thinking of the potential to lose weight, I simply wished for a clear head and faster reactions in everything that I did. The experience was so wonderful and so difficult at times that it was almost like a dream. After the first week, the weight started to drop off. A bit of weight was lost almost all the time. And thoughts did become amazingly clear. It was like seeing things for the first time almost.
The care from the Purifyne was incredible. The Team’s constant calls to enquire after my wellbeing and the team’s quick response to all my emails and questions – it was most reassuring. At no point did I feel like I was not supported or was left on my own.

What are the key benefits? Emotional as well as physical? 

On a most surface level, the weight loss naturally put me in a much more confident, happy frame of mind. But that was only the surface. Ultimately, it is a detox program and not a weight loss program. This detox truly detoxed not just the body but the mind for me also. My thoughts became crystal clear and my observation sharp.
Emotionally I was stabilised. Weight had always been a constant cause of pain and anxiety and worry, and suddenly it was no longer an issue, and this was very important for me. I wished for health and fitness and peace, and this program gave me that.


What is your philosophy for a healthy and happy life, and how intrinsic is detoxing to this?

Health is the fundament of everything in life. Money means nothing if one suffers from terrible state of health, and money cannot buy back loved ones who left us from ill health. As for happiness, that is such an abstract concept. At times, I find myself miserable because I don’t have the money for that dress and that skirt and that bag, and yet at other times, there is no place that I rather be when I lay next to my boyfriend in the sunshine, reading a good book, all of which costs nothing, apart from the cost of the book. Or when I am having a lovely chat with my boyfriend or my dear friends, again, something that costs nothing. I think that people don’t actually need so very much at all in life to be happy, but at some point we find ourselves forgetting all that and become far too removed from the fundaments of life, from what are truly important.
Detoxifying allows this deep cleanse that washes out not only the outside- your skin becomes clear for one, but also like a very deep cleanse from the insides, from the mind. The mind suddenly becomes quiet, calm, and meditation becomes easy and enlightening. All of which are very necessary for a happy, healthy life and mind. Junk food plays havoc on the body- sugar high, great thirst from too much salt etc. etc., none of which helps to calm the body and the mind.

How has cleansing changed your attitude to food? Are there now foods you don’t eat?

I would say that cleansing makes me become more aware of what I put into my body. It doesn’t necessarily make me over think it and become an annoying party guest, but it does make me become more aware. Though I still do eat all kinds of food-including some junk food- I am more aware again of what goes into my body, and I know how to monitor myself and to ensure that everything is in moderation. Gradually, I am sure that I would wean myself off the junk food even further.

Detox recipe: Mashed Avocado with fresh Lemon juice


Great for lifting you up while on (and off) detox, Avocados help control your blood sugar levels. Have it when you feel a sudden drop in energy and you will not experience it again and keep you off snacking on sugary foods.

                                                               Ingredients:
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  • Mash ½ Avocado
  • Squeezed some fresh lemon juice (out of a fresh lemon fruit)
  • Add some Cayenne pepper (for taste)
Avocados’ benefits:
  • Help you absorb your fat-soluble beauty vitamins: A, D, E, and K (since our brain is largely composed of fat)
  • Help control the blood sugar levels: no drops in energy and start snacking on sugary foods.
  • High in fiber and minerals: potassium, copper, and iron
  • Provide plenty of moisture and good fat to your skin, hence, assist in maintaining it beautiful and bright.

Why cleanse and detoxify

There are many reasons to cleanse & detox your body. Every day our bodies absorb toxins from air pollution, water and chemicals that are used in unhealthy foods. These unhealthy foods can also include additives and preservatives, pesticides and herbicides from non-organic foods. The chemicals that give toxins to the body can also be found in plastic food containers. This allows the toxins to build up in our bodies and lead to poor health conditions and addictive habits i.e. sugar, alcohol, caffeine cravings etc.
You may consider undertaking a cleanse, if you answer ‘YES’ to more than 6 of the questions in our Toxicity Self-Test.
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Toxicity Self-Test

1.Do you live or work in the city?

2. Do you work in an office?


3. Do you use underground transport regularly?
 
4. Do you regularly use a mobile phone?
5. Do you regularly use a computer?
 
6. Do you frequently run or walk alongside busy roads with traffic?
 
7. Do you regularly smoke cigarettes or other substances?
 
8. Do you frequently use recreational or prescription drugs and medications?
 
9. Do you drink alcohol on a daily basis or binge-drink on the weekend or at other times?
 
10. Do you exercise less than 20 minutes three times per week?
 
11. Do you catch more than three colds and flus in an average year?
 
12. Do you have any mercury fillings in your teeth?
13. Do you regularly drink on a daily basis any of the following: tea, coffee, fizzy drinks, tap water, cow’s milk and carbonated sodas?
 
14. Do you regularly eat on a daily basis any of the following: sugar, sweets, chocolates, biscuits, cakes, white bread, white rice, tinned foods, frozen foods, microwave foods, take-away meals, fried foods and processed meats?
 
15. Do you regularly add white sugar or sugar substitutes to tea or coffee?
 
16. Do you regularly add salt to your food when cooking or add salt on food?
 
17. Do you usually eat non-organic foods?
 
18. Is reading food labels for chemicals or preservative before making selection irrelevant to you?


Potential Cleanse Benefits
  • Support Natural Detoxification and Elimination Pathways
  • Encourage Healthy Energy Levels
  • Promote healthy weight
  • Optimising digestion and absorption
  • Optimise skin vitality
  • Promote healthy immunity
Encourage metabolic and hormonal equilibrium

It's the role they all wanted - the tortured young Leonardo in a raunchy new series. And it's going to make Tom Riley a star

Being an actor, a success actor, is not as simple and effortless as it looks at times. Aware of the pressure of playing the lead role as Leonardo Da Vinci in the latest adaption of ‘Da Vinci’s Demons’ book, Tom Riley took a true superhero approach by hooking up with the personal trainers who apparently got Daniel Craig into super fit shape for his role as James Bond as well as completing a 7-day Anti-Ageing Cleanse plan with Purifyne Cleanse.

We have asked Tom how he got on while on cleanse and that was what he had to say:

“Not only were the juices delicious, particularly the nut milks, but I couldn’t believe the difference they made to my energy levels, complexion and productivity. I found it hard to believe that a detox could actually make all the difference that so many had claimed, but I was proved completely wrong. I assumed there would be healthy weight loss, but the additional benefits such as clarity of focus and improvement of mood I was not expecting, and are the main reasons that I would definitely use Purifyne again. Unbelievably, I finished an eight month job considerably less tired than I was when I started it.”

What was all the effort for you would ask! Apparently, Leonardo was a vegetarian and very, very lean, so that was the look that Tom decided to achieve. Da Vinci played by Tom is certainly a lean mean fighting machine, an ambidextrous sword fighter in the latest adaption of the book ‘Da Vinci’s Demons’.

He's also been featured in this article about the filming of Da Vinci Demons! Go check it out here:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2307537/Playing-Leonardo-da-Vinci-raunchy-new-series-going-make-Tom-Riley-star.html

How To Lose 9 Pounds & Two Dress Sizes In Two Weeks by Lindsey Parslow, Managing Director, Mayfair Quarters

Following publication of our article in the Mayfair Times I was approached by Purifyne who asked me if I would like to try their detox 2 week program and recommend it to members of Mayfair Quarters. He had obviously seen my picture in the magazine and thought I could do with losing a few pounds, either that or I looked totally riddled with caffeine and alcohol which it would do me good to get rid of. 

With an impending booking looming for photographs for City AM, I was instinctively interested. I have also for some time wondered if having a glass or two of wine every evening meant I qualified as a borderline alcoholic and was interested to see if I could kick that and my awful coffee habit, so I agreed.
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So on the 22nd September the Detox began.  Three brown bags of product arrived at the office.  There were 12 bottles of juice, some Aloe Vera water, Super Food Mix, Colosan Powder, Multi Vitamin Tablets, Liver Support Capsules and herbal tea  Hmmm tasty!  Very clear instructions indicated which order everything should be taken in and when to start drinking the juices.

The juices come in a variety of flavours, the ingredients they contain are listed on the side of each bottle.  They can include anything from beetroot, cucumber, carrots, broccoli, radishes, raspberries, strawberries et al.  I definitely preferred the red ones, there’s something not very appetising about purified cucumber and it was my least favourite. The juices are delivered every 2 – 3 days as their freshness does require them to be refrigerated and not stored for longer than a few days.  I know this to my cost because in the last days of the diet I left one for 3 days in the office at Park Place and got an email from them saying it had exploded all over their ceiling.  Ooops!

I had been warned that on Day 2 of the detox the caffeine leaving my body would result in a headache. As I had been drinking 5 – 8 mugs a day for as long as I can remember I was not sure what to expect.  At 5.00am on the second day I was woken up with a headache that would have killed a small farm animal! By Day 4 it had gone but never forgotten.
Apart from the headache there were not any other major side effects although you do have to be a little careful about how you apportion the Colosan Powder intake. It’s designed to cleanse your entire digestive tract and it certainly does its job.  What surprised me most that was for the entire duration of the detox I did not once feel desperately hungry or wake up with night starvation.

It was strange to lose the need to chew anything and be on a totally fluid diet but I was extremely impressed with my resolve to stick to it, particularly given I was still having to cook at home for the children and including feeding 30 people on Day 3 who were at our house for Philip’s 20th Birthday Party. 

Throughout the detox I received daily emails and messages of support from Purifyne they were incredibly encouraging and gave me the incentive to really stick at this for myself. The results were quite astonishing.
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Day 1 – 3 I had lost 2 pounds, some of that may have been in the brain cells that exploded during the headache, but wherever it came from it felt great to feel so much less bloated.

Day 3 – 7 I lost a further 4lbs in weight and was definitely feeling more energised.  My preconception that the wine I was drinking in the evenings had been helping me sleep were completely wrong, I was sleeping better than ever and waking up feeling incredibly refreshed.

Day 7 – 10 My energy levels increased, I felt great for kicking my caffeine habit and didn’t feel the need for coffee to wake me up.  I was feeling really refreshed and generally happier.  Weight loss a further 1lb.  Less than before because I had no choice but to go to a lunch at The Savoy with a client and it would have been sacrilege to have wasted the opportunity.  However, I chose incredibly well from the menu so as not to completely ruin my good work.

Day 10 – 14 Lost another 2 lbs. Total weight loss 9lbs.  Whoop whoop! I felt absolutely brilliant, so much fitter and healthier than before.  My clothes looked better as I had lost two dress sizes and I was venturing on starting to wear colours.  Everyone said the biggest difference was in my face which has glowed ever since on account of being so proud of what I was able to achieve.

So what happens after you’ve invested all that money and time into the programme and then you have to revert to normal eating? Would it be short lived?
The caffeine habit has completely gone, I drink decaffeinated tea and coffee and more herbal drinks.  A slice of lemon in hot water is really refreshing and I was told that it is the caffeine in my diet that was making me retain and put on the weight.
I didn’t become tee total, I don’t think anyone that knows me would believe that would ever happen, not with all the kids I have!
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Every sceptic, failed dieter, Pyrronhist, I spoke to assured me I would put the weight back on.  I was told it was impossible not to once I started eating again.  Let me tell you they are all WRONG!  I have put on 2 pounds in weight which happened within the first few days of eating again, however now I’ve had a few weeks of settling into a healthy routine I have every confidence that will go anyway.  I eat a normal balanced diet, I haven’t cut out carbs, fat and I don’t live on salad. I eat less than I did but then I’m smaller than I was.  I would do better if I exercised more but what this diet did more than anything was kick start a long term plan.  It gave me instant confidence and results, but above all that it proved to me that when I put my mind to it I do have the willpower to do anything I want. 
Why not try it yourself? More information here: http://www.purifynecleanse.com/signature-cleanse.html

Interview with Ivana Daniell, Movement therapist


We had the pleasure of interviewing Ivana Daniell a movement therapist with over 20 years of experience!  Here is what Ivana had to say!

1. As a movement therapist, is keeping fit has become a second nature to you or, at times, you have to remind yourself about it?
I have lived my entire Life in Movement, since I was was a child, dancing , exercising and being very active, it has become truly a second nature.

2. Are you generally speaking a health-orientated food-wise?
I am very careful and health oriented with my diet. Gluten free, no sugar, no carbs at night, and a lot of healthy greens.




3. Does it come naturally to you or you are that way for a specific reason?
In have unfortunately food intolerances so I have no choice but follow a specific diet

4.Have you ever done cleanse before doing Purifyne Cleanse?
Purifyne was my first cleanse and I loved it.

5. If an opportunity arises to do another cleanse with Purifyne, would you do it?
Yes, definitely I am planning to do it again soon.

6. What did you like about Purifyne Cleanse in particular?
It’s easy and so well organised. Everything was send to my home and planned beautifully. I strongly recommend it.

Find out more infomation on Ivana’s workshops on her website here:  http://www.ivanadaniell.com

and life in movement here: http://www.ivanadaniell.com/ivanadaniell/ivana-daniell-life-in-movement

Why choose ballet for keeping fit during 2014

 

Hey friends! Happy new year to all of our lovely followers!

Why not kick it off with a great way to keep fit this year! We at the Purifyne team think ballet is the perfect way to keep fit and it’s also extremely fun! The combination of both a Juice Cleanse and Ballet will: improve your metabolism, help you shift those extra Christmas pounds,  to have long lean muscle tone and slim waist and overall stamina







 


Here are some of the effects that this combination will do for you and your body!
- waist line effect : the more you build your muscles , the more you burn calories. As you lose fat, it is replaced  with lean muscle, which boosts your metabolism

- improved memtal focus and overall health ; researches at the imperial college has found a direct link btw dances abilities to focus and their lack of dizziness when spinning fast. Solid mental strength was able to influence the perception of dizziness in the cerebral cortex.

- achieved runner’s high’  effect : ballet practitioners get endorphin released into their brain . The class always leaves you energised but never overexerted even of your muscles are shaking from all the hard work you have done in a class
Why not try it in order to keep fit, slim and energised throughout 2014! It will give you the energy to do what you need to do and look amazing while doing it!


COMPETITION GIVE AWAY!


Hey friends! It’s a new year and a new start, so we thought we’d help you keep those healthy new years resolution with a chance to win a 3-day Juice Cleanse plan!
It’s really simple: tweet or Facebook us how you stayed healthy over the holidays or how you plan to do it this year! That’s it, you can enter as many times as you like until the 22nd of January!

So what’s the catch?

All you have to do is follow us on twitter and facebook 
Make sure you use the #Purifynestayhealthy so we can see your tweets and facebook status! For an even bigger chance tweet your messages directly to us, please use @PurifyneCleanse or post it on our Facebook wall!


It’s really that simple! Just follow us on facebook and twitter. Also tell us how you are keeping healthy and you can win some free Juice Cleanse plan delivered DIRECTLY to your door!



So lets get going, shall we?!

Post-cleanse Weight Loss Special Treat during the National Detox Month of January

 January is National Detox month! To celebrate this Purifyne have a special treat for all our clients this January! Try our new juice made from Grapefruit, Apple, Fennel & Mint Juice.

Grapefruit, Apple, Fennel & Mint Juice
Ingredients:
  • 1.5 Grapefruits 675g
  • 1 Apple 182g
  • 1/2 Fennel 117g 

  • Small bunch of fresh mint 20g
Nutritional information:
Calories per serving: 403 | Fat per serving: 1.36 gram

 

What it does for you:

Despite its reputation as a “fat-burner,” Grapefruit has no special ability to burn away excess fat. What it does is to provide you with is a soluble fibre content which is enough to make you full for longer, discouraging you from overeating. Grapefruit is also highly nutritious with only a few calories for our bodies to deal with, hence, a weight loss effect.
Combined with an apple, the blend helps your body to eliminate toxins in a natural manner. The apple adds a touch of sweetness. The fennel and mint calm your digestive system and help lower blood pressure and reduce stress. It is also adds a pleasant aroma that works beautifully with the mint,
This juice will give you a natural energy, leaving you feeling calm, yet refreshed at the same time.