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April 2017

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Lipotropic Injection

by Monica Øien 29. April 2017
written by Monica Øien

Hvem kan vel ikke trenger litt energipåfyll av og til? Ihvertfall kan jeg trenge det. Med en 5-åring i huset, bokskriving, kurs, blogg, smykkedesign og administrering av selskap hjemme i  Norge føler jeg at dagene ikke har nok timer. Vel, ved en tilfeldighet kom jeg over det de her kaller “Vitamin shots” under en jentelunsj her i vinter. “Alle” jentene jeg var sammen med tok denne vidundersprøyten, så ofte de bare kunne. Og de gledet seg til hver gang fordi effekten var umiddelbar. Hmm, jeg tenkte på meg selv og julen 2015 som var en tøff tid og at jeg da fikk  B12 sprøyter som min gode venninne Anne Line Leonthin, hudcoach på Beths Beauty i Oslo, satte. Dette til tross for at fastlegen min fortalte at verdiene mine var “perfekte” – slik vi alltid sier hjemme. Jeg trosset dette og stolte på Anne Line , hadde flere runder med B12 og fikk kreftene og energien tilbake.  (Mange av dere som leser bloggen min har spurt meg om dette teamet og jeg deler nå – men vær så snill og snakk med legen din – selvom jeg trosset min)

Vel, jeg som alltid er på jakt etter nyheter og trender ble selvsagt nysgjerrig og ringte Jeanette Baer som driver http://www.aestheticsmontecito.com og fikk booket en avtale. Her frekventerer kjendiser som gjemmer seg bort fra storbyen Los Angeles og søker det beste innenfor skjønnhet og velvære.

Vitamin sprøyten som jeg referer til her heter 3 CC- det er en lipotropisk injeksjon og består av  tre aminosyrer MIC, B-kompleks (b3, b5 og b6), B12,og antioksidanten glutathion. Den anbefales å ta 2 ganger i uken her.

Kaila setter sprøyten intramuskulært på meg

Jeg har gjort dette tre ganger nå og hva føler jeg spør mange? Jeg kjenner definitivt at jeg er litt mindre trøtt, har mindre sukkerbehov og både negler og hår virker sterkere. Må legge til at dette siste året har håret fått kjørt seg på grunn av det harde vannet i dusjen her. Jeg merker også at huden er glattere, og jeg tør nesten ikke å si det, men føler meg nesten litt yngre…. (Hjelp … ikke bli sure nå)

Jeanette behandler alle Hollywoodstjernene i byen… er jo litt beæret

Om MIC, hentet fra www.empower.pharamcy

“Methionine Inositol Choline (MIC) Injections, also referred to as Lipo Injections, are used to help release fat throughout the body by specifically targeting its primary fatty deposits. Lipotropic, or fat burning substances include: inositol, which helps the liver remove fat; choline, which distributes cholesterol and prevents it from getting deposited in one part of the body; and methionine, which is similar to inositol, but also amplifies the combination. Injections can be administered up to twice a week, and vitamin B-12 is purported by practitioners and users to help accelerate metabolic processes, while creating a greater feeling of overall energy. Since lipotropics directly aid in the breakdown of fatty tissue, and are also closely related to B vitamins, when used together, they are thought to intensify each others’ effects and are usually injected together as part of the same treatment injection cycle.

Innholdet:

Her er fordelene ved lipotropiske injeksjoner:

De består av en eller flere fettforbrennende komponenter. Disse hjelper åpenbart kroppen til å brenne fett men i tillegg har de følgende helsegivende fordeler:

  • stabiliserer humøret og er energigivende
  • hjelper leveren å fungere bedre og mer effektiv og beskytter den mot skade
  • methionine som er en aminosyre beskytter ledd og kan forebygge artritt
  • inositol – aminosyre og en antioksidant og hjelper kroppen å bryte ned fettcellene, er også beroligende, demper angst, søvnløshet, depresjon, ADHD, psoriasis, nervesmerter, autisme og kreft
  • styrker hår, hud og negler
  • senker kolesterol og reduserer risikoen for hjertesyksdommer
  • gir deg en følelse av å være mer mentalt tilstede og våken
  • effektiviserer fordøyelsen
  • balanserer hormonene
  • stabiliserer apetitten og hjelper å omforme karbohydrater til energi
  • B12 gir deg en energiboost, hjelper deg å brenne kalorier, hjelper å fornye cellene i kroppen, støtter nevrotransmittene som kontrollerer humør og apetitt
  • B-kompleks – alle B vitaminer hjelper kroppen å konvertere karbohydrater til glukose (som blir forbrent for å produsere energi). Bryter ned fettceller og proteiner. Støtter nervesystemet, hud, hår, negler, øyne, munn og lever. (mange atleter sverger til B kompleks).
  • Choline støtter lever og galleblære til å fungere efefktivt ved å metabolisere fettceller slik at disse blir benyttet som en enrgikilde i kroppen. Speeder opp metabolismen i fettet.

Ja takk, hvem vil vel ikke ha alt dette? Men, det tar nok noen år før man hjemme i Norge kan bestille seg en LipoShot i lunsjpausen på linje med en hvilken som helst “anti-age” behandling.

Beste hilsen

Monica

Kilder: http://www.aestheticsmontecito.com

Om du vil følge Jeanette og trender herfra er hun på instagram: @aestheticsmontecito

29. April 2017 0 comment
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Apple cider vinegar – a cure for all

by Monica Øien 28. April 2017
written by Monica Øien

Apple cider vinegar is not something new in the kitchen, but because people claim the there are so many healthy benefits of using the cider I want to write about it. I went shopping at Whole Foods this week and picked up a Kalesalad. It was super simple but super tasty.

The salad had 5 ingredients: Kale, red onion, cranberries, goat cheese and pine seeds.

The key to this tasty salad is to make the dressing with applecidervinegar.

Apple cider vinegar has a lot of enzymes, its claimed to be a wonder and I will list up a few examples I spotted on CNN here the other day:

  1. Diabetes – lower blood sugar in people with diabetes 2
  2. Weightloss – a testgroupe lost weight, felt less bloated, helps digest the food
  3. Whiter teeth – rub apple cider vinegar onto your teeth with a cotton swab
  4. Hair, skin and nails – wart remover, whiten dark spots, stop itching after mosquitos bite
  5. Cleaning – disinfecting, remove bacterias
  6. Preserve food – remove bacterias in fruit and veggies
  7. Soar Throat/Cough – Mix with a little honey and consume
  8. Heart diseases and cancer- lower the bloodpressure  – has antioxidants like in broccloi and blueberries, studies showed reduction in tumor (Japan)

The Salad:

Cut away the stems on the kale, wash and massage with lemon juice.  Cut the pine seeds and red onion. Mix together with goat cheese and cranberries.

Dressing – keep it in the fridge:

2 dl olivenoil

1 tbs Dijon mustard

1 dl honey

1 dl apple cider vinegar (5%)

The best way to use the apple cider vinegar is like this – in your daily salad. Or if you wish –  1 tbs before breakfast and a glass of water!!

PS this dressing  lasts for months in the fridge, but its too yummy to last that long..

Best wishes

Monica

Sources: CNN og Whole Foods

28. April 2017 0 comment
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The most important muscle?

by Monica Øien 23. April 2017
written by Monica Øien

Would you like to know something new about your inner core, your integrity, about who you really are and how you put down those limits and listens to your own needs and desires? I guess the answer is yes. But at the same time I guess you are a bit surprised when i challenge you to dig deeper in to one muscle – the most important of them all. I that i actually mean what I say.  After I started investigating the ILIOPSOAS I finally got the broader picture. Psoas is pretty complicated and exciting at the same time. It represents the midline, your core and it is the messenger communication from your deepest self. Not every one will share these thoughts, but feel free to continue reading in case you thing there might be some sense in these experiences I have had here in California.

When you start working on your Psoas muscles you will at the same time stop living on the edge of pains and challenges, and start blooming from within becoming more of the person you truly feel you are.

Unfortunately we pay to little attention to the Psoas. Psoas is short for iliopsoas and consists of two integrated muscles; the psoas major with origin in the lower back and iliacus wirh the origin in the pelvis. Its the deepest core muscle we have and its placed on the front under the abdominals connecting the spine to the legs.

http://monicaoien.no/2016/12/09/sjelens-muskel/

It will benefit you if you suffer from lower back pain, anxiety or kneetrouble. Still many therapists “forget” to even mention this muscle.  “glemmer” å nevne denne muskelen. It can be overwhelming and emotional to start the work of getting to know your Psoas. You will about your pattern, the way you move and practice (especially yoga and pilates) and learn that in many exercises you contract your core in stead of relaying on your skeleton to support you.   I recommend you to stay openminded and curious in order to bring your work (out) to a next level. This will bring more stability in your body.

Pic borrowed from www.pinterest.com

How to spot your Psoas:

Imagine your body is like an onion. You start peeling the first layer which is your skin, then the next which are your frontal and posterior abdominals and the obliques. Then the next and even deeper you will find the intestines, and the the back muscles. Continue until you reah the core of your skeleton. This is where the Psoas muscles are on each siden of the spine. Connected to the 12th Thoracic vertebra and lower back through your pelvis and then finally attach to your femurs. In fact, they are the only muscles that connect your spine to your legs. Your psoas muscles allow you to bend your hips and legs towards your chest, for example when you are going up stairs.  They also help to move your leg forward when you walk or run.  The Psoas is activated in almost every asana in Yoga. All these exercises will be performed better when the posts is stretching. But in the backbends the posts need to be firm and stretched to maintain the stability of the spine.

This information is mechanical. But to truly understand the psoas you need to connect to the process also. The Psoas is representing an inner journey. Usually its not the muscle itself which is the problem. But it´s a messenger from the nervesystem and it can be really helpful learning to interprete the pain its sends out instead ignoring it.

Liz Kock has written The Psoas Book and she claims that one should not have the psoas manipulated by others. In the book she inspires us to selfadjust ourselves when its not working. She thinks its more important to work on self healing to build up a deeper intuition, sensibility and body awareness. But professionals have different opinions and I have experienced that through my chiropractor I have actually been able to located and be aware of where the muscles are connected.

Some exercises to find and connect to your Psoas: 

Øvelse 1: Intuitive water floating

Floating in a pool while supporting one leg to the edge or the stairs can be helpful. Allowing your body to float and move from side to side and surrender into the natural movement.  Be playful and openminded and let the instincts lead your body. Maybe you are able to visualise how the muscles work and comment, from your posts, to your back, to your legs and core.

Flow

Øvelse 2: Intuitive yoga

No asanas or specific movements is leading, only you through your body instincts. Stretching, dang´sing, swinging, bending and playing, like a cat or a dog in the morning performing their first stretch or downward facing dog.

Øvelse 3: Knee Float

The goal is here not to trigger the hip flexors, but release the tension. Lay down on your back with both feet on the ground. Now place a ball or a towel behind your knee and squeeze. Keep your spine in neutral position and make sure you feel the connection to the ground. Lift the leg where you have the ball using the back muscles of your core and not the leg. The goal of a knee float is to connect to and use your psoas to lift your knee into the air. Repeat this move 10 times on each side.

A ball or a towel under your knee

Some facts:

  • when tight its disturbing your digestion
  • connects to the diaphragm and affects your ability to move and breathe
  • when you are stressed the posts contracts and more stress will arise
  • triggering the fight/flight modus signalising that your body is in a constant danger
  • when you suffer from stress your psoas will be

The same contractions also occur when:

    • you sit for long periods of time
    • engage in excessive running or walking
    • too much sit-ups
    • sleep in the fetal position

This is what my chiropractor Dr Neal Barry says about the Psoas:

“It starts on the sides of the vertebrae, and the discs, and attaches to the top 1/3 of the femur (at the trochanter) Psoas is a major power generator of the lower body.  It is the muscle that joins the trunk to the lower extremity, and connects the back/spine to the front.  It is a hip flexor, but does other actions as well.  If you leg were to stay stationary, and one psoas were to contract, it would tilt the spine.
Psoas hypertonicity / chronic tightness will lead to lower back pain because of how it spans the entire lumbar spine, and b/c of it’s attachments to the disc, that it creates compression to these discs, leading to painful sensations.  These would typically be worsened by both prolonged sitting, and by vigorous exercise.
The antagonist to the psoas complex (hip flexors) is the glut maximus (hip extension).  So, a combination of weak gluts, and hypertonic psoas muscles is a recipe for lower back issues.  This typically results in that anterior pelvic tilt presentation. “

Its a good idea to analize if your psoas is short and tight, if so your could try these exercises:

http://monicaoien.no/2016/10/24/3-ovelser-for-ro-og-styrke/

But if its weak and even over elastic it might need strengthening.

Good luck in your own posts journey!!

Best wishes

Monica

Sources: Notes from lectures at White Lotus Foundation by Ganga White and Tracey Rich and The Psoas Book by Kiz Kock

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