5/15/07
Your Food Determines your Health
Author: Laurence Magne
Through this stream of articles, you may become familiar with the idea that our emotions trigger chemistry which in turn alters our experience. So our emotions influence our body and vice versa and both influence our reality.
Another contributor to our state of general health is our diet and how we treat ourselves physically. If we are trying to feel healthy and centered, but buy Big Gulps, we are creating a massive sugar buzz that is followed by a sugar crash. So our emotions follow along on the roller coaster. A surprising amount of our common diet is slightly less extreme versions of the same thing. Processed carbs do the same thing, just a bit slower. Many of the comfort foods we use to handle the stress of our day, such as breads, cakes, power bars, quickly fill our gut with empty calories, and end up carrying us further on a roller coaster. Our empty food is part of what keeps us on the cycle.
Thus it becomes a lot harder to find equanimity when we're treating our body like an amusement park.
I have also noticed the proliferation of coffee shops. Not so long ago, people drank a lot of instant coffee. Then there was a big switch to decaf to try and decrease the anxiousness and artificial buzz created by caffeine. Then there was the backlash over the residual of dangerous chemicals in decaf.
Today, many people are drinking very strong (and expensive) coffee. And that strong coffee creates a buzz that becomes addictive. How many people do you know that can't function in the morning without their coffee? Is that the greatest way to "create your day"? It's called addiction. And it quickly becomes both biological and emotional addictions.
If we want to find some inner balance and peace of mind, we need to allow for how we're treating the vehicle of our experiences. This body that we inhabit is a magnificent machine that self-repairs and self-rejuvenate. However, it is completely dependent on the fuel we give it.
A recent study found that people who felt guilty eating chocolate cake gained weight whereas people who relished their small infraction didn't gain any weight. It's all about feelings and attention.
So it's not about more guilt or self criticism. We need to be aware that we are what we eat. And we need to make treats, treats. If you find you can't stop yourself from eating something - be it peanut butter, coffee, chocolate or whatever, then you have yourself an addiction. This is an area of our diet that we need to manage and rise above in order to maintain long life and good health.
Eating well also allows us to do things like eating locally grown produce, reducing the waste we produce, maximizing the life force we're consuming, and feeling great without effort. This can be accomplished by removing empty calories from our diet. Heavily processed foods like lunch meats, sausages, bread rolls, pastries, pasta, cannot in themselves contribute to our well-being. Eating does in fact have a profound impact on our state of well-being, and this is a part of our existence that we can easily control. As a test, you could try reducing your intake of caffeine to a maximum of one cup a day, reducing or eliminating sugar and white flour products. You could try it for one week and see if you notice any changes in your state of well-being and your general health.
In the Science of Being Well Home Study Course, you will find many examples and stories to help you develop your own powers of healing using simply the power of your mind. This is not revolutionary. These secrets have been around for ages. To learn more, claim your FREE report of the First Secret to Abundant Health on www.thescienceofbeingwell.biz today!!
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Author: Laurence Magne
Through this stream of articles, you may become familiar with the idea that our emotions trigger chemistry which in turn alters our experience. So our emotions influence our body and vice versa and both influence our reality.
Another contributor to our state of general health is our diet and how we treat ourselves physically. If we are trying to feel healthy and centered, but buy Big Gulps, we are creating a massive sugar buzz that is followed by a sugar crash. So our emotions follow along on the roller coaster. A surprising amount of our common diet is slightly less extreme versions of the same thing. Processed carbs do the same thing, just a bit slower. Many of the comfort foods we use to handle the stress of our day, such as breads, cakes, power bars, quickly fill our gut with empty calories, and end up carrying us further on a roller coaster. Our empty food is part of what keeps us on the cycle.
Thus it becomes a lot harder to find equanimity when we're treating our body like an amusement park.
I have also noticed the proliferation of coffee shops. Not so long ago, people drank a lot of instant coffee. Then there was a big switch to decaf to try and decrease the anxiousness and artificial buzz created by caffeine. Then there was the backlash over the residual of dangerous chemicals in decaf.
Today, many people are drinking very strong (and expensive) coffee. And that strong coffee creates a buzz that becomes addictive. How many people do you know that can't function in the morning without their coffee? Is that the greatest way to "create your day"? It's called addiction. And it quickly becomes both biological and emotional addictions.
If we want to find some inner balance and peace of mind, we need to allow for how we're treating the vehicle of our experiences. This body that we inhabit is a magnificent machine that self-repairs and self-rejuvenate. However, it is completely dependent on the fuel we give it.
A recent study found that people who felt guilty eating chocolate cake gained weight whereas people who relished their small infraction didn't gain any weight. It's all about feelings and attention.
So it's not about more guilt or self criticism. We need to be aware that we are what we eat. And we need to make treats, treats. If you find you can't stop yourself from eating something - be it peanut butter, coffee, chocolate or whatever, then you have yourself an addiction. This is an area of our diet that we need to manage and rise above in order to maintain long life and good health.
Eating well also allows us to do things like eating locally grown produce, reducing the waste we produce, maximizing the life force we're consuming, and feeling great without effort. This can be accomplished by removing empty calories from our diet. Heavily processed foods like lunch meats, sausages, bread rolls, pastries, pasta, cannot in themselves contribute to our well-being. Eating does in fact have a profound impact on our state of well-being, and this is a part of our existence that we can easily control. As a test, you could try reducing your intake of caffeine to a maximum of one cup a day, reducing or eliminating sugar and white flour products. You could try it for one week and see if you notice any changes in your state of well-being and your general health.
In the Science of Being Well Home Study Course, you will find many examples and stories to help you develop your own powers of healing using simply the power of your mind. This is not revolutionary. These secrets have been around for ages. To learn more, claim your FREE report of the First Secret to Abundant Health on www.thescienceofbeingwell.biz today!!
About the Author:
For the past 25 years, Dr Magne has been involved in the field of health and cancer research, investigating the reasons why we get sick, and whether we can get well outside of the medical field, using alternative solutions. She has counseled many clients and conducted many lectures and trainings.
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