NUTRIENTS, TOXINS AND OBESITY

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NUTRIENTS, TOXINS AND OBESITY

 

Posted By: HallowsEve <Send E-Mail>

Tuesday, 23 March 2004, 6:16 p.m.

 

This nutritional info I accumulated over the years has helped me lose and

keep off about 80 pounds. I must also suggest that anyone who wants to

correct a serious weight problem must approach it as a LIFE CHANGING EVENT.

This means whatever it means to YOU. I sacrificed my " career " and took jobs

landscaping and dishwashing. I moved halfway across the country, hiked

mountains and completely revised my eating habits. It took a lot of " 13

steps forward and 11 back " living, but it is easily the most important and

liberating thing I've ever done.

 

Obesity is an epidemic of the western world and one should not feel alone.

It is also a manifestation of MALNUTRITION...more so, I believe, than excess

calories (the american obsession). The nutrient/toxin content of foods is

almost never discussed.

 

Obesity is an illness not only caused by excess calories, but by a build up

of toxins in the body from taking toxins in faster and more voluminously

than the kidneys, liver and the rest of the elimination system can get them

out. These toxins often get backed up into the blood and can crystallize in

between muscle fibers and organs where it can slowly toxify the body.

 

Also, dairy and wheat flour products and other foods (promoted HEAVILY by

the FDA and their bulls**t food pyramid) cause thick mucous to be formed by

the body. Mucous is a breeding ground for viruses, molds, and bacteria and

will normally flow out of the body as an efficient way of getting rid of

these invaders. When the mucous is too thick or inhibited by anti-histamines

it cannot flow properly and we get progressively sicker.

 

The biggest wall to my health was my work. 40-50 hours a week sitting at a

computer. Heart rate staying between 65-75bpm unless I had a meatball sub at

lunch, then my blood pressure and heart rate would rise. My mental,

emotional, and spiritual selves were slow and tired; Twisted & perverted at

times. In most office buildings we lack each of the four ancient elements:

no fresh air, no fresh water, no exposure to the sun (fire), and several

stories removed from the earth. I did not and could not balance or heal

myself.

 

I was filled with loathing for myself (I was nearly 280 pounds)and a

depression about what life was and not feeling connected to it. These

feelings led to many forms of acting out and destructive behavior towards

myself and others. Since then I have healed myself in many ways and feel

more balanced and at ease than I have for most of my life.

 

Here are some suggestions on healthy eating:

 

- moderate, or (for some) eliminate, meat in all forms. Pork and beef

products first and foremost, then chicken and turkey, then fish (I still

occasionally eat fish.) This is not about animal rights, meat is an

extremely complex material for your body to digest and is high in toxins

(they, like us, accumulate a lifetime of toxins in their muscles) not to

mention hormones, dyes, preservatives; but it is also loaded with vitamins,

minerals protein and (in the case of fish) healthy fats. Organic, additive

free, free range poultry or fish can be extremely beneficial, especially in

a slow cooked soup or stew which " pre-digests " the meat making the

extracting of nutrients (and, yes, toxins) much much easier on you digestive

system. High protein fad diets these days are an abomination when they tell

you to eat so much meat. Meat is not the only source of protein; nuts,

seeds, grains, beans and plants such as soy and avocados (even sweet

potatoes!) all contain usable proteins. One cup of cooked rice and beans

contains the same amount of proteins and the complete spectrum of necessary

amino acids as an 8oz. steak.. Even when weight loss occurs, your colon is

paying a price for all that meat as meat tends to stay in you for a couple

of days and turn rancid. Colon cancer is almost #1 and it is growing...taper

off and if you choose to continue eating meat, then bake it or stew it and

eat lots of fruit. Fruit is a cleanser. It moves the meat along

 

- moderate and strive to eliminate all wheat flour products (standard pasta,

breads, pastries, tortillas all have a wheat free alternative). Sheesh. This

one seems hard, but let me lay some info down. Wheat flour contains a

compound called gluten (like glue, see?). Gluten is extremely mucous forming

and almost impossible to digest. It dehydrates you due to requiring so much

h2o to move it thru. Also, to move it along, your intestines release a

dense, slick mucous which inhibits vitamins and nutrients from being

absorbed from anything but the wheat flour. Your intestines are the only

places this uptake occurs, if coated with mucous, an entire day's worth of

nutrients can slide right on out of ya. Also, the mucous hardens and locks

in parasites (brought in by meat products and unwashed produce) and acids

which can burn holes in your intestinal walls and further inhibiting the

uptake of vitamins. You will notice that nearly all products made with wheat

flour are enriched. This is because of the mucous. If it was not enriched,

we would all be much more sick and tired than we already are. Stick with

wheat free, gluten free breads and pastas, they are much easier to digest

and provide amino acids and vitamins that wheat does not.

 

-moderate and eliminate white sugar. Harder than you think. Ranch dressing

has sugar. We are all well addicted to it and it has more psychological

attachments than any other food. We reward ourselves with it. It gets us

high (especially with chocolate). Do what ever it takes to slow this one

down. Try 100% real maple syrup. It is sufficiently complex to where it does

not cause a high and a low in the bloodstream. It is LOADED with vitamins

and minerals and can be used in baking and breakfast cereals...anything.

Honey is NOT a good substitute, it is refined (by bees) and has a

preservative in it (bee spit (really)) and hits the bloodstream faster than

white sugar.

Stevia, another amazing sweetener, is also a healthy supplement for the

intestinal tract and colon

 

-moderate and eliminate dairy products. All dairy products are mucous

causing. Cheese (GOOD cheese), yoghurt, and buttermilk are all cultured and

have living beneficial bacteria in them. These are acceptable in moderation

because they have nutrients and are a good source of protein and calcium.

Milk (check out www.notmilk.com) has no beneficial bacteria, has pus from

infected cow nipples and often leeches calcium from your body to be

digested(I know this is counter to all the propaganda we hear, but check out

notmilk.com for more formal explanations)

 

-for protein: nuts(not peanuts-peanuts are beans and are covered in mold

these days...stick with almonds first then cashews or macadamias; all come

in 'butter' form as well), beans and rice, soy (beans), cheese and yogurt.

Soy milk is very healthy especially for women and taste great with cereal

(there is evidence lately that soy is NOT that great and that it's

phytoestrogen chemicals may do more harm than good; research it first).

 

-instead of wheat: eat long grain brown rice(all other rices are inferior),

corn, wheat free breads, corn tortillas and rice or corn pasta.

 

-increase fruits and vegetable intake as much as possible. for veggies:if it

grows above ground it is low-cal, below ground is hi-cal.

 

-not every meal has to be to your liking. Eating is to nourish you and does

not ALWAYS have to be a feast (or even TASTE that good).

 

Healthy Eating! 10~31 ~o~

 

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