Beyond Body Brushing:The Dreaded D-Word

Your trusty Cellulite Analyst wrote about dry brushing a few times already and it seems a lot of CI readers have already jetted off to purchase brushes of their own. How exciting! Even my mom has her own body brush now, a sure sign that this trend has hit the mainstream.

And why shouldn’t it? Dry brushing is a wonderful place to start with a cellulite treatment plan. It’s inexpensive, energizing, easy, and effective. What more could you ask for from a $5 brush?

Now that I look back on it though, my beloved body brush was not the only factor in my initial success with dry brushing.  My year in Scotland provided the ideal setting for tackling cellulite.  Besides the fresh sea air and restful winter nights, my diet was drastically different than what I was accustomed to in the States.

Equally as important, Scotland doesn’t add kryptonite (i.e. fluoride) to the public water supply where it silently wreaks havoc on my lymphatic system. I was not yet diagnosed with fluoroderma, so I didn’t realize what a difference living in a non-fluoridated town made at the time.  I doubt I would have experienced such dramatic results with dry brushing if I was still living in Fluoride World.

Our cellulite guru, Bronwyn Hewitt, often says that in order to treat cellulite properly you have to figure out what’s causing it. You can body brush until your bristles fall off, but if you don’t correct the cause of your cellulite you won’t make lasting progress.

What’s Your Kryptonite? Does It Have An Antidote?

Through my research with the Cellulite Investigation thus far, I’ve come to realize that the most important factor in treating cellulite is the substances that we ingest, inhale, imbibe, absorb, and otherwise assimilate into our bodies. For the most part, this means FOOD.

We all know that our bodies are continually regenerating.  Old cells die and new ones are formed in an infinitely complex process that no one on earth truly understands, even in our modern twenty-first century. Where do these new cells come from?  Somehow, through the magical process that is life, these living cells are created from the raw materials we consume.  Doesn’t that thought leave you in awe? If not, it should at least help you avoid Ding Dongs for awhile.

If we are going to crack this cellulite case, we need to get serious about studying the effects of various foods on the body.  I don’t want to create a long list of “eat this, not that.”  Instead, I want to explore the underlying concepts of health and nutrition so that each of us can pay attention to our own body, observe any symptoms, and choose our diet accordingly.

Some of the topics I plan to address over the next several months include digestion, fiber, water retention, probiotics, enzymes, fermentation, transfats, fructose… and so much more. If there’s a topic you want to see added to that list, please send me an email or mention it in the comments below. But for now, I just want to get you thinking beyond the brush.

Have you identified your kryptonite yet?  Does it have an antidote?