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Today's Choices
are Tomorrow's Consequences
Recently, I have been considering how to simplify what seems to be an
enormous source of confusion – eating.
Clearly, most people successfully
put food in their mouths everyday so, there is a
question that begs to be asked:
“Why am I wasting my time
thinking about such a stupid thing?”
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Here are two questions for you to consider:
- If eating is so simple, why are there so many people who are overweight?
- Why are so many people experiencing declining health over time?
We know, for example, the biology of science,
Senescence,
is showing that your body is fully capable of rebuilding a perfect replica of
itself, cell by cell, every 7 years. By producing 300 billion cells every night
that are programmed to die, it replaces all of the 750 trillion cells that make
up your body.
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Every minute of everyday your body assembles and
disassembling all sorts of:
Enzymes to:
- digest your food
- operate your body
- fire nerves
- fire metabolism
- repair and replace damaged tissue
Amino acids to produce:
- hormones to start and stop different
functions
- neurotransmitters to operate your brain
- immune cells to protect your
body
- blood and lymph cells to carry substances around the body
- repair and
replace damaged cells and tissue
- and, there’s even more
- suffice it to
say – the scope is enormous!
Here’s the rub:
the only way your body can do any of this
is if the food you are eating contains the “stuff” the body needs to accomplish
the tasks.
This business of eating the food you “like” virtually guarantees that
your body won’t get what it needs to rebuild a perfect replica of itself - let
alone carry on all of its minute by minute activities that keep you focused,
active and healthy.
There are two thresholds, energy and nutrition, that must be met or your body ceases to
operate efficiently - the perfect replica starts to become less perfect.
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Carbohydrates
Your body burns carbohydrates, fat and water to create energy. The main dietary source to
energize your body is carbohydrates.
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If you eat too
few, or the wrong kind, you will run
out of energy before you run out of
day.
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If you eat too
many or you are eating the wrong
kind – you will get fat.
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If you hit the
threshold, you will breeze through
the day.
The “wrong” ones
are easy: white flour products,
vegetables that grow underground, sweet
fruits, sugar and sugars that added to
packaged food.
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If you cannot
burn these simple carbohydrates
within two hours your body will turn
them into fat.
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And, you will
get hungry because you need energy
again.
The best
carbohydrates come from whole grains,
vegetables that grow above ground and
fleshy fruit. The
Harvard School of
Public Health provides guidance to help
you select the “right” carbohydrates.
Fat
Fat has been painted with too broad of a brush so,
people avoid it at all costs – this is a big mistake! Granted, there is a
“wrong” kind that can turn into plaque and body fat if you eat too much of
it.
But, the “right” kind is essential to your body – that’s why they are
called essential fatty acids. Essential fatty acids keep your heart and
arteries flexible, fight inflammation and support metabolism.
Harvard, once
again, explains the details if you want more information.
Water
Research has shown that within 10 minutes of drinking a
pint of water, the metabolism increases by as much as 30 percent. Other
drinks did not show the same effect.
If you drink too little water and you may be at risk
for headaches, muscle cramps, dizziness, constipation and other nasty
symptoms.
If you drink
an adequate amount of water you gain some great benefits such as a clearer
mind, more energy and even help your body metabolize body fat.
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The second threshold is nutrition. The tissue of all
plants and animals are made up from building blocks, called Amino Acids.
Your body disassembles the plant and animal tissue then reassembles their
Amino Acids, along with minerals to produce your tissue.
Protein
Protein provides the building blocks your body uses to
create all of its cells, tissue and fluids are amino acids – they come from
protein. The source for protein is plant and animal tissue. If you eat too
many of the wrong kinds you will plug up digestion, the heart, arteries and your
brain. If you eat too few, your body will start to gradually deteriorate. If
you hit the threshold, you will be blessed with perfect replacement cells that
maintain an efficient, perfect body.
The “right ones are easy:
vegetables, fleshy fruit, fish,
poultry and limited
meat
from vertebrates (beef and pork). The Harvard School
of Public Health provides guidance concerning meat and plant protein.
Minerals
Particular minerals like calcium have received lots of
attention, so, there isn’t much to say about it and the other minerals for which
a recommended daily intake has been established.
BUT (and there is always a but), most authorities fall silent when it comes to an entire category of
minerals called trace minerals. Also known as electrolytes, this obscure
collection of water-soluble minerals are, in fact, essential for your well
being. They are co-factors in virtually every activity of your body.
The
assumption is: you will receive sufficient amounts of these important nutrients
when you consume fruits and vegetables.
This assumption is wrong in two ways:
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most people do not consume enough vegetables and even if you do consume the recommended 9 servings
of vegetables and fruit
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the soils, on which the plants are grown, have long-since been depleted of these elements
due to commercial farming practices.
In fact, this is one area were you must rely on a dietary supplement to support
your body’s requirements. They are marketed as Colloidal Minerals and/or trace
minerals, typically liquid and a must if you plan on staying healthy.
Water
Did you notice that water is in both thresholds? Water is your body's principal chemical
component,
making up, on average, 60 percent of your body weight.
Every system in your body
depends on water. Water flushes toxins out of vital organs, carries nutrients
to your cells, plumbs your body to protect vital tissue and provides a moist
environment for ear, nose and throat tissues.
Possibly the most important thing you can do for your body
is to keep it hydrated. The biggest mistake most people make is to believe
beverages count toward hydrating the body.
Water is . . . water! Beverages:
coffee, tea, soda and juice are liquid food. So, don’t get caught in that trap.
Drink at least 8 –
8oz. glasses of water everyday – more if it is hot, cold or your are sick.
There is no substitute for water and it is free from your tap and, if you let
the water sit overnight in an open container, all of the chlorine will
dissipate. Fresh, clean, free water. What could be better?
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You make the choice then you will experience the consequences.
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Too many simple carbohydrates – you will get fat.
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Too much exercise – you will tear up your joints.
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Too few minerals – your body can’t work right.
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Too little protein – your body will deteriorate.
- Too little
water – metabolism slows down, you will become a husk, plus your body
can’t clean itself.
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Today's Choices are Tomorrow's Consequences |
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Let me make it simple: today’s choices are tomorrow’s consequences.
Too many people, me included, have been sugar coating the facts for too
long.- If you are not healthy, you have bought your own trouble.
- If you are neglecting your body but not experiencing
the signs of neglect now, you have agreed to a layaway plan to experience
those same sign of neglect – later.
You are paying, every day, with the choices you are making about convenient, fast
food and adhering to a false paradigm that there is some special person or
some magic bullet that can fix what you are breaking.
- The special person who can change the consequences is YOU.
- The magic bullet is the "stuff" you are consuming - everyday.
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You can change the way things are by changing the things you are doing.
The arguments that it is too expensive or you don’t
have the time won’t hold water. You either make time for health or spend
time being sick. The latter is very expensive in both money and the quality
of your life.
- Start with an action plan
to meet the thresholds your
body needs to stay healthy or get healthy.
- Assess what you are eating for breakfast, lunch and dinner –
everyday - to care for the needs of your body.
- Fill the gap in your diet with the best nutraceutical supplements
you can buy.
Know this: the better you do with the foods you are eating - the fewer
supplements it takes to fill the gap in your diet.
- Do your best.
It is not practical to expect to “eat right” everyday.
There is a principal in health that you can take to the bank: It is not
what you do occasionally that hurts, it is what you do everyday.
- Splurge once in a while.
After all, life is worth
living. But, get back on the wagon as quickly as possible.
- Health is a journey.
You can choose to accept the fact that you are in
charge of your own health or cling to the false hope that someone or
something can fix what you have broken.
It’s Your Life
– It’s Your Choice.
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Insanity is: doing the same thing
over and over, expecting a different outcome.
You must change the things you
do to change the way things are.
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*These statements have
not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration.
These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.
The NUPRO Health Meter, any and all features, articles and discussions on
issues of health and healing are intended for educational
purposes only and in no way should be taken as medical advice. Readers are encouraged to make health care decisions based upon
personal research and in partnership with qualified health care professional.
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