Universal Nutritional Recommendations Don’t Work
Pasture grazed cows are better for your heart Now at the surface this makes good sense, more natural production, cows more contented, better food leading to better milk quality We get the picture
And the molecular support is there Conjugated linoleic acid(CLA) is higher in milk from contented cows that aren't donating from feedlots CLA is an antiinflammatory essential fatty acid and falls into the now much talked about omega group of fatty acids
Inflammation plays an integral role in cancer and heart diease Essential fatty acids become important because they are antiinflammatory foods
Unfortunately the matter or molecular approach to nutrition makes a recommendation and then it is applicable to EVERYONE(aka, lumping) Our matter science medical model and its recommendations is "one size fits all" and we all know intuitively that is not the case
As a matter of fact the energy science medical model can refine recommendations even beyond the nutritional recommendations of Pitta Vata(PV), Pitta Kapha(PK), and Vata Kapha(VK)
Now here's the guidance that the energy science nutritional model can give The nutrtitional consumption of these important essential fatty acids is different for PK than for PV or VK
Here's why: Kapha as an energy pattern of stabilty already has significant heavy, static, oily, slimy/smooth, dense, gross, and cloudy qualities which would be enhanced if regular milk consumption was done daily
So the energy science nutritional recommendations are:
1 PK should use milk 1-2x/week
2 PV and VK can use milk all the time
3 PK eats differently than PV
4 Ghee(the distilled oily component of milk) can be used by everyone all the time
Have you noticed that when you take in a particular food several days in a row that you begin feeling bad? Have you noticed feeling bad and not knowing why? Is it possible that foods can make you feel badly?
Until tomorrow To Health as a Skill Love DrBill
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Uncle Sam Wants Prevention Systems
Health care reform as laid out in the recently passed omnibus bill is being studied and interpreted
And one of the many aspects of the bill is a demand by the body politic to develop prevention services
We have discussed in the past what politicians are discussing about this topic but today I would like to focus on the issue of what prevention means
Prevention must be distinguished from early detection and we should not accept early detection as prevention
Here are some examples of early detection: stool blood screening shows positive stool test and leads to detection of colon cancer; evaluation of microscopic blood in the urine leads to finding a renal cancer; health check up leads to the finding of very high blood pressure; screening for prostate health shows an elevated PSA and a diagnosis of prostate cancer
Prevention means that we influence the formation of colon cancer, renal cancer, high blood pressure, and prostate cancer
Prevention cannot occur in our current matter science medical model Because the origins of disease occur at the energy field level we will only develop a true prevention system when we employ an energy science medical model
What can we do right now to develop for ourselves a prevention system
1 Read Foods Heal and try to incorporate the principles into your life
2 Visit foodsheal.com and download the appropriate nutritional format
3 Avoid poor food combining
4 Develop a stronger digestive fire
These are simple but powerful ways to make prevention of disease part of your lifestyle
Until tomorrow To health as a Skill Love DrBill
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Freshwater Fish and Omega Fatty Acids
Nutritional myth: We can only get omega fatty acids from seafood
There seems to be a public underlying assumption that we can only get these essential fatty acids from seafood and therefore cod liver oil and seafood are the best sources
Energy science nutrition has something to say about seafood which imbalances Pitta Kapha(PK) who should not use seafood as a meat at all From a quality view seafood meat carries the hot, heavy, dense, penetrating, oily, slimy/smooth, gross, and cloudy
Freshwater fish provide as much omega fatty acids as seafood and are balancing for everyone because most of all the meat doesn't carry the hot quality as much as seafood Due to its sweet and astringent energy patterns it brings balance to Vata and Kapha
So the energy science nutritional recommendations for seafood:
1 PK should not use seafood including fish oils
2 PV and VK can use seafood in moderation (1-2x/week)
3 Shrimp can be used in moderation for PK and all the time for PV
4 Freshwater fish can be used by everyone all the time
Have you ever seen any information like this in the matter science nutritional literature? Where's the proof that this "energy science nutrition" is backed by matter science double blind randomized prospective studies?(hint 5000 years) Have you ever felt hot after eating seafood?
Trout fishing anyone?
Until tomorrow To health as a Skill Love DrBill
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Our Medical Infatuation With Numbers
Everything that can be counted does not necessarily count;
everything that counts cannot necessarily be counted Albert Einstein
In the matter science medical model counting is important, called a quantitative way of doing science And it works If we have lower abdominal pain in the right lower quadrant and the white count is reassuringly elevated, exploration for a possible appendicitis is a good idea
Another way of doing science is from a qualitative approach In this way the shift in assessement of the biological problem is from numbers to the evaluation of qualities
And it's a not an either/or deal Both approaches are needed to create a complete healing science
We have become so obsessed with counting things, whether it be molecules, calories, pounds, white counts, cholesterol, PSA, estrogen receptors that we think that is the only way of doing our medical healing science
But as Einstein so keenly observed, there are many examples where measurements takes us only so far That there are many situations where energy science healing takes us beyond counting and "everything that counts cannot be counted"
If we are to evolve our medical healing system then it will not be by improving our counting ability It will come from interacting with a field that cannot be counted That field is the energy field that most of us are currently unfamiliar Qualities are at times even more important than the quantity of something(eg more money is overrated!)
Have you had the experience or shared a friend's experience where the acceptable BMI for you or your friend would have not been appropriate? Can you think of times or situations in your life where you find measurement satisfying? Have you found times where you're satisfied without finding the need for measurement?
Until tomorrow To Health as a Skill Love DrBill
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Nutritional Baby Steps
"Ok, my new resolution: Get in shape!"
And as new resolutions go, the intention carries the desire If we have conviction and are determined to make it happen, it will Right?
So when we sign up at the athletic club or get our running shoes on, we're now ready to carry out the intention Those initial steps are what I call "baby steps" The beginning of the journey
I believe we all have experienced this in our lives so what I am describing is not new but I think it important to articulate this so we are all on the same page
Because what I am now going to discuss is the expectation of the journey "Are we there yet?," asks your 3 year old child(the mind in this case) "No, not yet," we respond
"Well then, when?", our mind(child) asks
This questionning is not casual It is born out of fear of the unknown And we know how much the mind hates the unknown It wants reassurance and support that everything will be alright
We want to know WHEN we will get to the destination(40 pound weight loss, able to finish a mile jogging, or do the triathalon)
People who physically and mentally train for events understand that each day is another "baby step"
So it is for our nutritional lifestyle and eating behavior intentions Each day we establish what we are willing to do to move ourselves along with another "baby step" It's an evolutionary proces, isn't it?
And, if we are free from fear, we detach from being obliged to reach a specified destination "Hey, I'm on this road because I want to be on this road Maybe I'll switch roads in the future, but for today I'm on this road"
This attitude, not based on giving into the mind's fear, allows us to make our lives a "health evolution"
Have you experienced "baby steps" in your life? Did you see your mind in fear of not knowing how long it would take? Are there things that you did that helped your mind be more comfortable "in not knowing"? Did you think it would have been helpful to have emotional support to overcome the fear?
Until tomorrow To health as a Skill Love DrBill
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