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Gods laws of health and nutrition - where in Scipture?
Samson:
--- Quote from: OBrenda on August 30, 2008, 07:38:49 AM ---Phillb
I've been struggling also with peace of mind for a food plan. I'm a sever "Carbohydrate Junkie" if I eat it I am constantly hungry all day long every minute! I have mostly tried to stick to low-carb Atkins's diet, but I was told that this causes the body to become acidic, which as we know from Rays situation is a breading ground for cancer.
I wonder how one finds out if their bodies are acidic, and how one can reverse this?
Confussed,
Brenda
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Hello Brenda,
You mentioned Carbohydrate addiction, some people can't handle Carbohydrates(starches, sugars, etc.), that's most people. I'm not necessarily referring to Non-Concentrated Carbohydrates such as vegetables and fruits, unfortunately some fruits excite the pancreas to release too much insulin resulting in a yo yo effect in your blood sugar levels, leading to energy highs and lows; IE- Moodiness, mid-afternoon tired. Carbohydrates are more quickly converted to sugar(glucose) than Proteins and Fats and the body stores sugar in the form of Glycogen in the liver and muscles, most people store in their liver approximately 360 grams of Glycogen. So what happens is that any Carbohydrates(Glycogen) that is consumed in excess of what your muscles readily have available and what's contained in your liver stores, turns into Fat. Proteins and Fats provide a satiating effect helping the body to delay hunger.
When Low Fat Diets were being highly touted in the 1980's, people gorged themselves with these Carbohydrates(Bread, Pasta, Potatoes and Cereals) and got fatter. The Theory behind the Low-Carb diet is that after the body burns all it's available Glycogen(stored sugar) in the muscles and in the Liver, the body will start converting it's Fat Stores to be used for energy by producing Ketone Bodies, this process is known as Ketosis, unfortunately the body likes to convert Protein to Glycogen for energy too. That's why, if someone decides to go on a Low Carb Diet consisting of 10 grams of carbs per day(Atkins phase one) or less, IMO they should will have switched over to Fat as it's source of fuel, because by then, all the stored Carbs contained in the Muscles and Liver will have been used. That's Why the third and fourth day on this diet is difficult, because the body is waiting to switch it's fuel source from Carbohydrates to it's own Body Fat, so that's when your most tired, before the switchover in fuel sources is taking place.
Does all of this imply that Carbohydrates are bad, not necessarily, but if you think you might be a Carb Addict, it might be a concern for you. It's my opinion if most people would primarily eat good sources of protein, eat a balanced intake of Saturated and Unsaturated Fat's(50/50 ratio), vegetable carbs only and some fruits(blueberries, strawberries, cantaloupes, mostly the Melon & Berry family), they wouldn't have weight problems. Most other fruits are too high in sugars. This is all easier said than done. Some might disagree, but it's my opinion that most overweight people(that includes me) can't tolerate too much Carbohydrate, because it tends to make them hungry and they can't stop eating, so sometimes even a reasonable amount of the so-called good carbs might increase their appetite.
If Brenda or anyone would like to PM me for further discussion on this Subject, feel free and I will convey to you how I used to Eat during the time period of 1986-1990 and how successfull this was. When it came to Diet and Exercise, Vince Gironda(former Bodybuilding Trainer) was Brilliant when it came to Diet and Food combining, a man ahead of his time.
IMO from reading, experimenting on myself for 25 years.
Kind Regards, Samson.
Kat:
Well what I am realizing is that reaching our body's best health is very difficult and a delicate balance to keep. But it is our responsiblity to strive towards that. If we break these health laws, knowingly or unknowingly, we will pay the consequences. This whole thing of keeping our body pH balance right seems very important. I found this site 'The Importance of Your Body's pH Balance for Health' that gave a good explaination of this.
Since Louis Pasteur discovered the germ theory of disease that states germs are the cause of disease, time has proven him correct. But note Dr. Pasteur's dying words: "The germ is nothing, the inner terrain is everything."
The inner terrain referred to in Dr. Pasteur's statement refers to our body's digestive tract, lymph system, blood, and urinary tract. Our bodies are alkaline by design and acid by function.
Maintaining proper alkaline balance is essential for life, health, and vitality. Simply put -an imbalance of alkalinity creates a condition favourable to the growth of bacteria, yeast and other unwanted organisms.
We live and die at the cellular level. All the billions of cells that make up the human body are slightly alkaline, and must maintain this state in order to function and remain healthy and alive.
However their cellular activity creates acid and this acid is what gives the cell energy and function. As each alkaline cell performs its task of respiration, it secretes metabolic wastes, and these end products of cellular metabolism are acid in nature.
This can be likened to a shift in our biological terrain from a healthy oxygenated, alkaline environment to an unhealthy acidic environment. You see, what is healthy for us is unhealthy for the body attackers and what is healthy for them is what is unhealthy for our body.
A state of acidosis is simply the lack of oxygen and available calcium which the body uses to maintain its alkaline balance. The oxygen level drops in this acidic environment and calcium begins to be depleted. So as a defense mechanism, your body may actually make fat to protect you from your overly-acidic self.
There are many ways to keep your body at a healthy alkaline environment. These include: Eating alkalizing foods. This all takes time. It is not easy to reverse acidity once we become too acidic.
During this century, despite many technological advances in our society, we have seen many declines. One of the most obvious and dangerous is the nature of food production. Food in our most advanced countries has changed from nutritious raw foods to highly processed foods low in nutritional value.
Over 100,000 new chemicals have been introduced to our foods, air, and water. All of these changes have put even greater stresses on our body's innate ability to affect the chemistry of our body fluids, and therefore our biological terrain. As a result we see huge increases in the incidence of chronic and life-threatening diseases.
The alkaline diet is opposite the high protein, high fat, low carbohydrate diets that was in vogue with the Atkins diet plan. The therory of this diet is that because our body's PH level is slightly alkaline our diet should reflect this and also be slightly alkaline.
A diet high in animal protein, sugar, caffiene and processed foods tends to disrupt this balance. It can also deplete our supplies of calcium, potassium, magnesium and sodium and make us prone to chronic diseases.
http://www.naturalhealthbenefits.com/health-acid-alkaline.html
This is what I feel we are being shown about the foods we are consumming and our body's needs. It is simple, but yet quite complicated to implement. There are many sites that list acid forming and alkaline forming foods, but there are contradictions in this lists from site to site, so I can't recommend one. But we do need to take heed to this, as we are to be physically intune with keeping our temple healthy, as well as being spiritually healthy.
mercy, peace and love
Kat
Patrick:
--- Quote from: OBrenda ---
I wonder how one finds out if their bodies are acidic, and how one can reverse this?
Brenda
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Body Ph test kit; introduce more alkaline into your system/reduce acidic intake.
I've been doing some research on this and one site I found even went as far as monitoring your stool.
Bottom line; if it floats, that could be good or bad, but for the most part is what you want.
I laughed when I read it, nevertheless, I understand the reason behind it.
OBrenda:
Wow,
I know a Doctor who was examining me once commented that my Breath was fruity, and that it was a side effect of a low carb diet. He also told me that it was extremely unhealthy and could lead to death. So when I eat more carbs, I experience out of control hunger, and I gain weight. And when I gain weight my diabetes kicks back in etc...
I feel trapped in a no win situation. Both roads seem to go the wrong way. I know there must be an answer, and I will search it out with the links...Thanks! I don't think I'm alone in that I resent having to give so much attention to eating. There just seems to be so many more important things in life. I thought after having surgery, I would no longer waste my energy and obsess about this subject.
I realize overeating is a sin [gluttony] and hunger is a biological message that will power alone can not overcome! (No free will or ability within ones self to be free of this) Sorry...I didn't intend to babble on about my struggle...If we learn the real wisdom/science concerning this, there would be so much freedom!
And this Acidic vs Alkaline makes allot of sense,
Brenda
carol v:
Brenda ... It DOESN'T LEAD TO DEATH !!!
You are exactly right in what YOU should eat. Kat is right on what SHE should eat.
There are two types of basic biochemical metabolic makeups -- sugarburners and fatburners. The sugarburners, like you and me, can't metabolize sugars and they make us very unhealthy -- this doesn't mean white cane sugars this means even more than a serving of fruit a day.
The fatburners can't metabolize fats and fatty proteins and it makes them very unhealthy. I have an article that explains the science of this but everyone reading should understand just by common sense and from this thread. What works for Samson, Brenda and me obviously is not what works for Kat or Linny.
There is a small percentage of people, around 10%, who are lucky and can metabolize anything just fine. I'm sure you guys know some of those too.
What makes you alkaline is NOT what makes another person alkaline. You can do an expensive test to discover if you are a sugarburner or a fatburner OR you don't have to because you already know. In fact, what makes another person alkaline is what might KILL you.
PLEASE -- don't listen to that doctor.
Here is the latest study reported by the Associated Press Medical Writer in July:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2008-07-16-1822321056_x.htm
The Atkins diet has been proven in a very extensive study to be the most effective and most healthy for a large majority of people -- not everyone -- but for you and me. Notice this quote in the article:
"Some critics had predicted the opposite." Critics will tell you what they want to believe themselves. Your doctor is one of those. Critics made poor Dr. Atkins' life miserable and now this study has vindicated him. Notice the lower bad cholesterol and blood pressure in the Atkins dieters.
I have had two separate alternative homeopathic doctors tell me from two separate tests that I am to eat fatty meats/oily fish and ABSOLUTELY NO WHEAT. Other grains are okay in very small quantity but the no wheat is important. I am not always able to do this but I know from experience how much better I feel with mental and physical clarity when I follow this plan.
The first doctor told me that 20 years ago. My mother had sent me to him but she totally flipped out when she heard what the doctor had said. It was beyond her comprehension of what was healthy that someone would tell me to eat fatty meat, butter, etc. She so flipped out that she convinced me to continue with the low fat, lots of pasta diet that was all the rage at the time -- to my detriment.
Chet Day has a report on his website showing that the majority of "famous" vegetarians actually ate meat themselves. It is a stupid idea to go completely vegetarian BUT some people, fat burners, are supposed to eat mostly fish, white chicken and lots of healthy complex carbs. I wish I was a fatburner but I am a sugarburner.
There are even vegetables that are better for fatburners and sugarburners -- nightshades for instance. I can point you to this list.
Please don't let some doctor or well-meaning fatburners tell you, as a sugarburner, what to eat. You already know. You already said what makes you feel the best and you are RIGHT!
If you are interested in discovering a little more of the science behind biochemical metabolic types and imbalances then pm me. In the meantime, the old saying that "One Man's Fruit is Another Man's Poison" is absolutely true.
What makes you alkaline is NOT what makes someone else alkaline. As I said, and it's so important because I see how confused you are becoming, you already know what makes YOU feel best. Listen to yourself. Your doctor is just parroting the conventional wisdom.
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