By Cliff Smith
Whether you're looking to lose some weight, tone up, improve your immune system, or just develop a healthier lifestyle this year, here are 16 ways to get fit in '16!
1. Maximize Nutrition and Minimize Calories. Consume the highest quality nutrition in the fewest number of calories. Today, it is easy to obtain concentrated levels of the healthiest phytonutrients from plants in convenient, pre-packaged whole food concentrates. These antioxidant powerhouses provide a simple way to satisfy hunger, curb cravings for unhealthy foods, maintain a healthy weight, build lean muscle, and protect the body’s defenses.
2. Hydrate with Herbal Teas. Naturally refreshing herbal teas offer a healthy alternative to energy drinks loaded with dangerous ingredients, soft drinks full of sugar, diet sodas with questionable chemicals, or artificially enhanced sport drinks and vitamin waters. 
Drinking herbal tea not only hydrates the body effectively but also helps in the elimination of fats and toxins. Some teas can enhance specific systems of the body. For instance, a powerful mint tea can be good for the respiratory system while cinnamon tea is known to aid digestion. Plus, herbal teas, especially green teas with Camellia Sinensis, are loaded with antioxidants for real anti-aging benefits.
►Read Green Tea and the Many Benefits of Herbal Tea
3. Eat Sensible Portions. There’s nothing worse for a fitness routine than overeating. The more you put in, the bigger the stomach becomes while the liver gets over-saturated. Then, fat piles up around the waist in men while it gathers in the hips and thighs on women. Researchers now point to ingredients like cocoa bean, green coffee bean, resveratrol, green tea, and mangosteen that work to pre-satisfy the appetite. These natural ingredients diminish hunger so that you eat less and the stomach shrinks. Try SunTrim Plus
4. Say Goodbye to Sugar. Processed sugar is in so many products today that it is difficult for even the most savvy health food fanatic to eliminate it entirely. However, cutting way down on unhealthy sugars like high fructose corn syrup benefits the body in many ways.
Have you heard of stevia? It is the one sweetener that may actually be good for maintaining normal blood sugar levels, which is a huge plus for diabetics. Pure liquid stevia extract comes from the stevia plant. Stevia has been used by indigenous peoples of South America for centuries as a sweetener for their foods and beverages. Pure liquid stevia extracts are the best formulas to choose for adding this natural flavor enhancer to your lifestyle.
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Toss Toxic Toothpastes. Following recent reports about Triclosan and polyethylene beads in popular toothpastes, consumers are now taking a closer look at warning labels. Most of the leading commercial brands say something to the effect of, “If swallowed, call poison control, immediately”! Why do they have to say that? Because of all the toxic chemicals they use. Fortunately, now you can use herbal toothpastes that are just as effective in protecting the teeth and gums without the toxic chemicals.
6. Start a new exercise program. Even if you already have an exercise routine, you can take your fitness to the next level by switching things up. A new routine can wake your body up and promote visible, positive changes in a hurry. Dr. Reuben Chen's Sunfit program gets muscles working that might not have been worked in a while. We’re seeing fast body changes with this intense workout.
7. Eat a Healthy Breakfast. Studies indicate that people who eat breakfast are less likely to overeat later in the day. Natural weight loss occurs as the body adjusts to more calories in the morning and fewer calories afterward.
8. Cleanse the liver. If you’re like most people, a few toxic substances probably made their way to your liver last year. Now is the time to eliminate those toxins before piling more on top of them. Some people go through a fast or a cleanse to address this issue, but we suggest a more gentle approach with daily cleansing using Calli Tea. Also, Slim Caps jump-start this cleansing process, which is the first step to real weight loss.
- Read THE BIG SECRET TO A FLAT STOMACH. This explains how 50% of weight loss results come from detoxifying the liver. As you take in acid forming foods and other toxins, the liver gets backed up and is unable to process more fats. Then the fat starts to pile up around the liver. For women, it quickly goes to the hips and thighs. For men, the fat sits in the belly.
9. Choose Healthy Snacks. It’s always best to choose snacks that are naturally low in sodium, fat, calories and cholesterol while being free of preservatives, artificial flavors or unwanted ingredients. In today’s supermarket, this is virtually impossible. That is why it is often better to shop online for healthy snacks not sold in stores so you can avoid unwanted ingredients.
10. Regenerate - Don't De-generate. Understanding the Philosophy of Regeneration gives you the knowledge necessary to live a long, healthy life.
- Click here to read The Philosophy of Regeneration and see how it is possible to reverse aging through a process of cleansing, nourishing and balancing the body.
11. Find a physical exercise that you enjoy. There is no better way to stick with an exercise 
routine than finding something that makes you look forward to it every day. For me, that was mountain biking. When I discovered this wonderful way to stay fit, I was a former smoker with arthritic problems who could barely run a half-mile. That was 20 years ago. Now, at age 53, I still love mountain biking so much that I look forward to the next ride every day. It also motivates me to stay healthy so that I can ride farther, faster, longer. Once you find something that makes you breathe heavy, gets the blood flowing and the heart pumping, with a smile on your face, then make that your life’s mission and you will reach new heights of physical fitness.
12. Eat more vegetables. Many people get this concept, but fail to follow through. Diehard carnivores can make a pleasant transition to more veggies by minimizing meat portions to the size of a deck of cards. When the pile of veggies on the plate is larger than the pile of meat, serious health benefits are guaranteed. Another easy way to get more nutrition from the plant kingdom is to consume concentrated herbal formulas like Evergreen.
13. Shop Smarter for Health Foods and Drinks. While consuming fruits, vegetables and water every day is important, superior fitness can be achieved with healthy foods and drinks not found in typical ret
ail stores. Even if you could digest the recommended 25-35 grams of fiber in food and 8-10 glasses of water every day, you may not get the best nutrition available. It takes time, effort and energy to buy, prepare, and devour that much produce, and who can guzzle that much water every day without craving some flavor?
The good news is that there are now some very beneficial pre-packaged foods and health drinks, which are concentrated, so that small amounts help you reach those power numbers. You won't find these concentrated nutritional boosters on the shelves at your local grocery store, and certainly not in the refrigerator section of the convenience store.
Read: ►The Best Natural Foods and Health Drinks are Not Sold in Stores Shopping Secrets of 
the Rich and Famous, and Healthy
14. Focus on Alkaline Foods and Drinks. Adjusting the diet to include more alkaline foods and drinks helps the body maintain a perfect pH balance. If human blood changes just two tenths in pH level, death is imminent. The body will do whatever is necessary to retain that pH balance, even if it means extracting calcium from bones in order to alkalize the acid foods and drinks consumed. Unfortunately, much of the typical twenty-first century diet is made up of acid forming foods and drinks. By consuming more alkaline foods and drinks, the body is better equipped to maintain a natural pH balance.
►Read: Why are Alkaline Foods and pH Balance Important?
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15. Balance the Body’s 5 Systems. No matter what your health and fitness goals are, the best result is to have a well-balanced body where all the systems are functioning at peak levels of performance. If one system is off it can throw the whole body out of balance. That’s why it is so important to consume the right nutrients which will balance the minerals in each of the 5 main systems of the body. When the 5 main systems are operating synergistically, you feel better and reach peak performance levels. We use Quinary and its 5 components to make sure that we’re feeding each of the 5 main systems with equal vigor.
►Quinary is concentrated nutrition for the 5 Main Systems of the Body: Digestive, Circulatory, Defense, Respiratory and Endocrine Systems.
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