Simple tips to have a healthy, toxin free summer body

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Summer is here, summer break and summer fun! A great time for making this your healthiest summer, a healthy, toxin free summer body.

Here are some simple tips for getting your body in shape this summer season.

Be positive 

Think positive. Think good thoughts. Having greatful attitude is going to determine how you're going to live your life. Positive attitude helps build a healthier immune system and boosts overall health. Motivate yourself and think of a health goal that you really care about to work towards.

Get Active

Physical activity can help you to maintain weight loss or be a healthy weight. Exercise. Exercise, everytime you want or to stretch out your body. Being active doesn’t have to mean hours at the gym. You can find ways to fit more activity into your daily life.

Eat Healthy and Balance Diet

Eat fruits and vegetable, more fish, cut down on saturated fat and sugar, less salt. . .  Just take a wide range of foods to ensure that you’re getting a balanced diet and that your body is receiving all the nutrients it needs. Learn to love salads, fresh fruit and colorful veggies. Find healthy foods you love and incorporate them into your diet.

Eating a healthy, balanced diet is an important part of maintaining good health, and can help you feel your best.

Drink Water ... always

Water makes up almost 75% of our body and is absolutely necessary for life. Water is the elixir of life, it we cannot exist. 

There are plenty of health benefits of drinking water. Drinking water makes us feel good. Start your day with a glass of fresh drinking water.

This is also in addition to the fluid we get from the food we eat. All non-alcoholic drinks count, but water and lower-fat milk are healthier choices. When the weather is warm, or when we get active, we may need more fluids. Drink and drink water to stop us getting dehydrated. Keep bottles of water around or carry a reusable bottle everywhere with you as a reminder to keep drinking.

Whether you’re trying to lose weight or you simply want to look and feel healthier, one of the best ways to rid your body of harmful toxins is to drink water.

And try for healthier options

Most people think diet and exercise spell instant perfect health. While fitness activities and low fat diet can control weight gain, it is equally important to release wastes and toxins from the body.

Unhealthy diet and lifestyle can hamper the efficiency of the body’s digestive system. Instead of flushing out wastes it stays in the colon and in time, it can block the body’s natural detoxification process.

Located in the large intestines the colon performs an important function of absorbing nourishment from digested food. Nutrients like water, electrolytes and vitamins, are sent back to the body for better regeneration. The colon is also responsible for keeping the body safe from harmful toxins.

Body waste accumulation can result from lack of exercise, low water intake, too much processed meat, sugar and carbohydrates in the diet, carbonated drinks, alcohol, and caffeine and believe it or not—stress. Wastes that stay in the body longer can lead to hormonal imbalance, insomnia, constipation, acne diarrhea, fatigue and other related illnesses.

The best way to keep the colon healthy is to regularly cleanse it from harmful wastes. 

Zen Medical Institute recommends colonics therapy for better digestive function. 

Zen Medical Institute, medical science, creativity & aesthetics come together to reveal your beauty from inside out.

Known for its holistic approach that combines medical science, aesthetics and creativity, the programs and treatments offered at Zen are performed by licensed medical practitioners.

Colonics is recommended for those who wish to improve their digestive function for a healthier and sexier body. The cleansing procedure is called peristalsis. A small hose (very small only .5 cm) attached to a hydrotherapy machine is placed in the rectum and flushes out waste with warm water

Apart from improved digestion, colonics refreshes the entire body system. With the toxins eliminated, the body now feels light and relaxed. The mind is also cleared from stress, giving the skin a youthful glow.

Dr. MJ Torres, head physician and owner of Zen Institute recommends colonics for weight management. "Regular sessions can help the body lose as much as 20 lbs in 21 days. Each session lasts between 50-60 minutes.

Even those who are relatively healthy will find the treatment beneficial for flushing toxins. "If you are really conscious about your body it is recommended that you have it four times a year. If you do not get enough fiber from vegetables, drink a lot of alcohol, basically unhealthy diet and lifestyle, then you should have it more often,' she said."

Colonics also encourages the growth of good bacteria that easily boosts the immune system.

The Zen Institute is located at 69 Scout Rallos St., Tomas Morato, Quezon City (02-441-1712/02-412-2528); Ground Floor, Bonifacio Technology Center, 31st St., Corner 2nd Avenue, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig (02-856-2027); and at the St. Frances Cabrini Medical Center, Maharlika Highway, Bgy. 2, Sto.Tomas, Batangas (+43-778-4811).

For more information about The Zen Institute, visit www.thezeninstitute.com and like them on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ZenMedicalSpa

Century Superbods celebrates their Spa Day at the Zen Institute

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The Century Tuna Superbods is bigger, sexier and hotter than ever. Century Tuna celebrates transformations towards a healthier, sexier body.

Century Tuna Superbods Challenge candidates enjoyed their Spa Day at the Zen Institute in Quezon City as part of their pre-pageant activities.

Twenty of the aspirants, male and female delegates underwent pampering services of their choice. Some went for diamond peels, others for facials, a few opted for body massages, while the rest went for body scrubs.  

Liz Benavidez, sales manager of Zen Institute QC said that as sponsor to this year’s search, the Zen Institute set aside an afternoon of pampering and relaxation for the contestants. Being beautiful is the outcome of a healthy lifestyle and that shows on one’s skin.

The Zen Institute is headed by Dra. Mary Jane “MJ” Torres. Dra. MJ is part of the teaching group based in Thailand conducting workshops and trainings on aesthetic medicine for Asian Doctors.  She had her training on Botox in Istanbul, Turkey and lipotherapy training in  Athens, Greece.  Dra. MJ is also a member of the International Society of Mesotherapy, the French Society of Mesotherapy, and the Italian Society of Aesthetic Medicine and Surgery. In the Philippines, she pioneered the latest technology in body sculpting and specializes in Lipotherapy, Non-Surgical Facial Contouring and Body Sculpting.

The Zen Institute envisions the pursuit of true beauty as a journey rather than a destination. It does away with the pressures that necessitate the use of invasive and potentially traumatic shortcuts. Through this careful, yet solidly paved path, it ensures longer-lasting beauty that has been perfected from within.

For more information visit thezeninstitute.com. and like their Facebook at facebook.com/ZenMedicalSpa. 

You can also visit us at Tomas Morato, Quezon City, call 441-1712 and 412-2528.; Bonifacio Global City, 856-2027; Sto. Tomas Batangas, (+43) 778-4811

“The New Generation’s Perfect Role Model," Mutya top winner Koreen Medina shares about her life, beliefs and beauty essentials

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“The New Generation’s Perfect Role Model.” 

Mutya ng Pilipinas Beauty Pageant grand winner Koreen Medina bared in a recent interview what stuff she’s made of and shared some of her admirable beliefs, practices, upbringing details, and useful tips, all of which confirm her branding as “The New Generation’s Perfect Role Model.”

Aina Koreen Medina, Mutya ng Pilipinas 2013

Asia Pacific International, also awarded Ms. Zen Institute

This 18-year-old Quezon City beauty, the country’s bet to the Miss Intercontinental Pageant beauty tilt to be held in Egypt in November, bagged several awards as Mutya’s Best in Talent, and was also voted by the pageant’s sponsors as Mutya ng Zen Institute.

This amiable former Mass Communication student of St. Paul University believes in the value of education, which she considers “the most important preparation the youth can have for their future,” despite the fact that her win and her twin talents of singing and acting—not to mention, the prizes she won not only in the pageant but in the previous competitions she earlier joined—may all well be her passport to a comfortable future. 

“Values learned at home while growing up serve as a good foundation later on in life—values are very important,” she blurted out. Normally, it’s the parents who teach a child the values he grows up with, but not so with Koreen.

How she cares for herself

“I never go to sleep without my simple beauty regimen. I wash with baby soap and I moisturize. I’ve been doing this since as early as high school. For my body, I use lotion.” Koreen doesn’t go for applying a bagful of skin care products. She knows she doesn’t need to do much—just keeping her face clean and moisturized does the trick.

No, she’s not a gym person, but she plays volleyball and basketball—these serving as her off-and-on exercise. She’s open, however, to possibilities that the Zen Institute will recommend for her as regimen. She acknowledges that having a suitable regimen means being able to exercise discipline. 

“I heard Zen goes most for the natural, and I like things natural.” Koreen’s statement truly epitomizes the Zen Institute, which has taken on the route towards the natural, guided by the acumen and rich experience of a medical doctor who’s a wellness advocate, Dr. Mary Jane “MJ” Torres. If Dr. MJ is perpetually the “The Hands and the Face Behind Zen,” indeed beauty titlist Koreen Medina is “The Face of Zen” this 2013. 

Dra. Mary Jane “MJ” Torres (The Zen Institute)

Positive attitude. Healthy lifestyle. Balance between mind and body. All these are very much Koreen Medina. And this makes her a true example of a woman living in Zen’s guiding philosophy. She is a beauty “perfected from within”.

True beauty comes from within and Koreen is glad to have known The Zen Institute. Being part of the Zen Institute and carrying the title “Ambassador” gives her more confident in showing to the world true Filipina beauty is inside and out.

(PHOTO: Aina Koreen Medina (middle) Mutya ng Pilipinas 2013-Asia Pacific International winner and also awarded Ms. Zen Institute. Posing with Medina (from left) are fellow winners Angeli Dione Gomez - Mutya ng Pilipinas 2013 - Tourism International, Kristian Aubrey Nolasco - Mutya ng Pilipinas 2013 - 2nd runner up and  Maureen Ann Montagne - Mutya ng Pilipinas 2013 - 1st runner up)

The Zen Institute is located at the Ground Floor, Bonifacio Technology Center, 31st Street corner 2nd Avenue, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City (856-2027), with branches at 69 Scout Rallos St., Tomas Morato, Quezon City (441-1712; 412-2528), or at the St. Frances Cabrini Medical Center, Maharlika Highway, Barangay 2, Sto. Tomas, Batangas (+43) 778-4811). 

For more about The Zen Institute, visit www.thezeninstitute.com.