Merry Christmas From Energy Science Nutrition
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Acid Indigestion and Being Overweight
Ever wondered why some get heartburn and others don't? The energy science nutritional model can help our understanding
The answer is oftentimes mucous The stomach has enough mucous to protect itself from too much acidity prodcuced
Which ones of us will produce such protective mucous? Those of strong Kapha constitution that have a predisposition to create mucous in the first place
The mucous is not often produced out of protection as much it is created due to the Kapha imbalance in the first place The Kapha imbalance leads to a number of symptoms such as obesity, increased mucous in sinuses, upper airways, and stomach
Which leads to the relationship of being overweight and acid indigestion At times people with strong Kapha constitutions have minor symptoms of heartburn but don't take anything for it due to the excess mucous in the stomach At other times the acidity is so strong that medication is necessary
Appetite, Obesity, and Taste
But it is this relationship of acid indigestion with appetite that can drive the overweight condition
An increased appetite may be associated with such a hot stomach that is not easily satiated such that overeating becomes a distinct possibility
So there we have it An overweight condition can be significantly worsened by excess acidity due to its effect on appetite
What provokes this acidity? The sour and salty tastes so Kapha should stay away from these tastes or simply follow the nutritional formats laid out at foodsheal.com
We cannot understand this facet of obesity from our matter science nutritional model
Until tomorrow To health as a Skill Love DrBill
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Holiday Greetings From Santa
Santa's Kapha physique brings us the joy of celebration for this time of year and reminds us of the great value of the energy pattern and the difficulties that Kapha has
Just knowing this about ourselves can help stave off the weiries of the holidays and get in touch with what it feels like to feel
It's difficult to feel if we are engaged in mental activity. Yet the way we get in touch with what our health is like is by feeling.
So when we are actively engaged in conversation with ourselves or with others it makes it difficult to feel what is happening when eating. How does the food taste? What are the textures? What are the aromas? Am I chewing the food completely? Am I full and satisfied? Do I need more food?
These are just examples of the eating process It asks, "Am I paying attention?"
There is good information to suggest that the more attentive we are to the eating process, the more engaged we are, the better our digestion of the food
Makes sense doesn't it? If your friend is talking with you and you are fully engaged with her, you will digest the ideas that she has. You have paid attention, really paid attention
So my friends, shhhh implies every once in a while pay attention to eating
Until tomorrow To health as a Skill Love DrBill
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The Five Interrogatives of Nutrition
Bloating, poor digestion and elimination, acid indigestion
All symptoms of the bowel's inability to adequately digest, assimilate, absorb nutrients
From a matter science nutritional approach, since we are so fixated in the molecules being taken in and in what quantity, that we forget that if the gut is not healthy then all bets are off about nutrients
Here are five things that can help improve our digestive health
What eating foods that produce balance in the physiology using the nutritional formats at foodsheal.com for PV or PK or VK; also watching food incompatabilities is also important and found at foodsheal.com
Where make a deal with yourself that you'll sit down to eat anything whether it's a meal or a piece of fruit
When biggest meal should always be at noon whenever possible and avoid snacks
How eat with attention and pay attention to how you feel after you've eaten particularly when foods that are on the no list from the foodsheal.com site
Why pay attention to eating emotionally; check in to why you are eating because at times we don't have an appetite but we eat anyway
From an energy science view digestion is improved with attention to the interrogatories In this way our gut becomes healthier
Until tomorrow To health as a Skill Love DrBill
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The Sour Taste and Tissue Degeneration
It's widely known that cultural diets that favor a more alkaline nature tend to promote within cultures greater longevity (eg Asian diets)
Animal based protein diets which are high in acidity(fatty acids) demonstrate decreased longevity
Energetically the sour taste is the acid taste in Nature so from an energy science nutritional view meats rich in fatty acids are not the only culprits
So any acid in food carries energetically the sour taste Even though we consider sour fruits acidic due to the ciric acid(eg grapefruit), we don't think of tomato, banana, nuts, mayonnaise, red meat(dark chicken, dark turkey, beef, duck, lamb, and pork) and egg yolk as sour Even though they don't taste sour, energetically they physiologically produce the effects of sour
From an energy science view all six taste should be present at a meal for it to be balancing so a wee bit of sour is not a problem as experienced say in a churan
For Pitta Vata(PV) some the sour taste is important in moderation – not all the time but 1-2x per week
For a Pitta Kapha(PK) energy makeup the sour taste should be kept to a minimum
What happens when the physiology sees too much of the sour taste? Energetically we find inflammation as the primary aspect of too much of the taste in the body and psychologically there is judgement, criticality, jealousy, and hate
As we can see the sour taste can lead to degenerative changes even in PV due to the inflammatory nature of the taste if it becomes excessive for that particular physiological pattern
A simple rule: Eat according to your specific mindbody energy pattern
Until tomorrow To health as a Skill Love DrBill
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