I love the Purium range of products and especially the Purium L.O.V.E Organic Drink, which is packed full of supergreens and exactly what I need to lose a bit of weight without dieting, which I have never, ever believed in.

My latest order of Purium L.O.V.E. Organic Drink Mix, Purium MAP / Master Amino Acid Pattern tablets and a big tub of Purium Hippokrates Power arrived via the post today.

My thoughts on Purium products, supergreens and dieting

I’ve studied nutrition, dieting and healthy eating for three decades now. And I wonder if I have approached this from a direction that not many people will have considered. It’s not a new concept. It is a practice that is taught to military special forces around the world, survival experts, yoga practitioners, therapists and is even taught in traditional martial arts, which is where I first learned of the idea. But I haven’t heard of many people applying this methodology to testing the effects of diets on their own person before.

Survival basics

What could survival skills have to do with you, your food, Purium and your health?

Well, let’s go back to Maslov’s Law of Hierarchy. He stated that people have to meet the lowest level of needs before they can advance up the pyramid to ‘safety’ and onwards towards ‘self-actualisation’. But surely our basic requirements for food and water are getting met aren’t they? We have supermarkets full of food, right?

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Lose Weight * Cleanse * Re-Set Metabolism * Detox * Break Addictions to Processed Foods * Boost Energy * Improve Digestion * Sleep Soundly * Think More Clearly

Yes, and, no. If the supermarkets were full of healthy food the western world in particular wouldn’t have so many nutrition related health conditions such as obesity, diabetes and heart disease. Whilst there are vast a mounts of what is marketed as “food”, it is far from the nutrition we need to take us to the next level of Maslov’s pyramid, which is safety.

We need to come to our senses, and start learning how to sense again which foods are safe to consume and which are not. This is where the survival skills we have used as a species come into use again in the modern age. We need to stop consuming everything that is advertised to us, everything that is available in the supermarkets. We need to stop, take a deep breath and consciously decide whether something is healthy or not.

If you are in the wilds of nature and come across plants, fruits, nuts and seeds that you don’t recognise, they could kill you if you consume them. The same is true today with some of the foods that we are being sold. Therefore, we need to apply the same principles as the survivalist, because at the end of the day you must be aware that at least some of the foods sold in supermarkets are just not healthy.

I’ve listed the first few levels of testing a survivalist uses when testing if a food is healthy or not and if you want to see other steps please click on the graphic here. This is what was taught to me by my Grandmaster with the advice to practice it with EVERYTHING I choose to consume.

I don’t recommend you trying this unless you have been trained by a professional:

1. Separate the food items into parts, like leaves, petals, stem, roots.
2. Smell each of the parts. If they smells bad, pungent, acidic, best to avoid them (imagine how some of the chemicals and additives in foods would smell if they were not masked by other ingredients, and would you then eat them?)
3. Test for contact poisoning by rubbing it on some soft skin like the inner arm. (does this sound overkill? The NHS uses skin patch testing to test if people react to certain food all the time)
4. Then prepare and consume just a tiny piece and sense how your body reacts to it. And that is where the training of the yoga practitioners, martial artists, therapists and people like that should kick in, as normally in those disciplines, awareness of the body and mind is central to their teachings. Therefore, sensing the affect of what they consume has on them should be second nature.

You would be amazed at what you can train yourself to sense in your own body. Could you imagine feeling the blood running through your veins, your heart beating, your internal organs moving? Stig Severinsen teaches how to train this technique in his book Breathology, which is as you may have guessed is all about breathing. But to master your breathing, you have to learn to develop your senses and become aware of your body, mind and spirit.

Survival skills and diets

I remember hearing about my Grandmasters first trip to the UK to teach martial arts. On the first morning of training he arrived for breakfast in the hotel and all the top students from around the world were waiting to breakfast with him. They all ordered their usual food such as, coffee, sausages, toast, jam, eggs and everything else that the typical person eats.

He then ordered almost everything that they ordered. Everyone was surprised at his appetite. However, when the food arrived, he took just a little bit from each plate, poured some coffee and vinegar on top, mixed it together and then started eating it. Everyone was sitting there wide eyed, but nobody dared to question what he was doing. When they finally summoned the courage to tell him that was not the way to eat all those foods, he politely explained his actions.

The Grandmaster wanted to know how the food they were all eating was affecting their body and minds. He could sense it immediately on his own person when he ate those foods and so had a good idea it was affecting them the same way. Without going down a different article, it was also a good way to know where he should strike them and what pressure points would hurt them the most, but that’s not important here.

I’ve used this same technique to understand the effects of fad diets on people’s health and well-being. Although I made the bad decision one year to find out what it’s like to consume all the Christmas food people eat in the festive season. After only a few days I honestly thought I was dying I felt that bad. Worse still, it took me years to get off of the addiction to cane sugar after that.

Survival skills and Purium Products

And this brings me to Purium Products. Why do I chose to consume Purium Products such as Purium Hippokrates Power, Purium MAP / Master Amino Acid Pattern and L.O.V.E. Organic Drink? Because I know exactly how they feel on my body and mind when I eat and drink them. I feel great afterwards. I feel my body relaxing and my organs and blood being cleansed. I feel how energetic I am in the mornings. I don’t have aches or pains when I wake up in the morning and can jump out of bed and start exercising and stretching. The list goes on with benefits for Purium Products.

I use my survival skills to sense what is good for me and what isn’t. I take responsibility for what I put in my body. I am not a sheep that is led by corporations and clever marketing departments to sell me cereals that are multicoloured for crying out loud, and full of sugar. I don’t get swayed by a free present or celebrity endorsement. I take ownership of my body and it’s continued maintenance.

You can too and I urge you to come to your senses and start feeling the affects the food you consume has on your body, mind and spirit.

What is Purium LOVE SUPER MEAL?

Purium L.O.V.E. Organic Drink

The meal replacement just got replaced!

• May be used as a snack or meal replacement
• Supports healthy immune function
• Supports healthy digestive function
• May help increase energy

What is Purium MAP / Master Amino Acid Pattern

Build muscle faster.

• Aids in normalizing protein synthesis
• Assists with the stabilization or recovery of muscle strength, endurance, and volume
• Helps keep body tissues firm
• Helps minimize body fat

What is Hippokrates Power™

Burn fat, build muscle, increase energy and endurance. It`s the perfect workout food!

• May increase energy, endurance, and strength
• Supports healthy blood glucose levels
• Can help curb cravings and appetite
• Contains ingredients rich in vitamins and other nutrients to support total nutrition

Hippokrates Power™ was created so that you can easily consume several superfoods all at once, thus saving you time and money. These superfoods were chosen due to their ancient roots as potent fuels for energizing the human body. When combined these whole foods help your body have long-term sustained energy, endurance and strength. They also provide protection from catabolic damage. We recommend taking it on a daily basis to supplement your food intake and control hunger and blood sugar. Best when used as part of the 10-Day Transformation along with MAP and Apothe-Cherry.

So there you have it. Some valid reasons you should consider when choosing your nutrition and deciding on which diet plan (or no diet plan, but instead a healthy lifestyle) to follow. If you really want to lose weight fast and keep it off, you should opt for the Purium 10 day transformation cleanse and then continue with the Purium range of products. At least, that’s what I do.