Energy Science Nutrition: Clarified Butter
Have you ever been served lobster or crab? There on the side is a bowl of melted butter or if done properly should be clarified butter
The value of clarified butter is that it is free of the harmful fatty acids of butter In actuality clarified butter is the distillation of the essence of the oiliness of milk We usually don't think of milk as oily but it carries in it that unctuousness
Oiliness is a fundamental quality in nature and its opposite is dry Energetically when biological tissues become dried out processes begin to deteriorate
Think of dry skin Don't people look older when their skin dries out? Ever thought about the tin man in the Wizard of OZ and thought about people you know who are equally affected?
But that same process is not limited to the skin The quality is throughout the entire mindbody What happens as tissues dry and are not lubricated is that the free flow of energy in the mindbody doesn't occur and stagnation can occur
Another name for clarified butter is ghee in the energy science medical model of Ayurveda
It is revered as a medicinal agent because it can carry its lubricating properties and medicines to the deep tissue layers It removes stagnant energy that is not moving freely due to its ability to lubricate the tissue
It gives an entire new meaning to lobster now doesn't it? Do you know any tin people in your life who could stand some lubrication? Have you ever experienced the dry quality in your life?
Until tomorrow To health as a Skill Love DrBill
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Starve a Cold, Feed a Fever
Having just completed a Kapha release, I can see how the adage that we have come to know is understood energetically
Kapha, the energy pattern of stabilty, when out of balance produces congestion This leads to productive cough, sinus congestion, runny nose, sneezing and at times fever as the energy pattern enters into the bloodstream Kapha imbalance longterm is also responsible for obesity, diabetes, and consequences of metabolic syndrome
Part of the Kapha imbalance is low or no appetite Since the rule of thumb is "Don't eat if you're not hungry", starve a cold makes perfect energetic sense And as the release completes the appetite reappears
What about fever? High fever is part of the Pitta imbalance Pitta the energy pattern of transformation when out of balance shows too much of the hot quality as we have discussed before Any -itis in the mindbody is a reflection of Pitta imbalance
But from even a matter science medical view, a fever is evidence for a hypermetabolic state In other words, burning calories
So it would make energetic scientific sense to feed the hypermetabolic state
Ah, the beauty of the energy science approach to help unravel these simple healing questions of life
Have you ever thought about whether you're hungry during a "cold" or congestion with a runny nose? Do you feel hungry during a time when you're running a fever? Do these experiences give you an idea of the healing knowledge that the mindbody possesses if we listen?
Until tomorrow To health as a Skill Love DrBill
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“I Think I’ll Order The Inflammation Today”
As I muse through the menu at my favorite restaurant, I can hear myself in the process of selection
"Hmmm, this looks particularly good-lots of congestion and inflammation there"
"Or maybe some cooling? Oh no no, that's not tasty enough"
"Well maybe just this time"
From an energy science view, the effects of the foods that we consume begin before we even put them in our mouths Does that sound surprising?
Our unconscious behavioral eating patterns begin in the mind so it makes sense that the health of our mindbodies bedome directed by our unconscious choices
This concept is so far removed from our current matter science or molecular approach which is devoid of being able to factor the mind in the equation of foods and their selection
Let's pause and consider that whatever we are putting in our mouths at any point in time has the ability to make us sick or bring about balance
We currently don't have the concept from our matter science model of healing that disease begins with the ingestion of taste(energy) If I'm a PK and snarfing down a banana I'm inflamming my physiology and asking for congestion
And is it wrong to have a banana? No, not from an energy science view The key as we have discussed in the past is to be aware of how the foods impact us from a sensory point of view
We intellectualize about foods from a matter science view but from an energy science view the ingestion of any food has the capability of teaching us more about ourselves
Have you had the experience of food making you feel bad? Did this become a recurring theme? Did it take a number of days before the ingestion of a particular food made you feel bad?
Until tomorrow To health as a Skill Love DrBill
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The Power of Joy and Pleasure
Statement #1 If you don't avoid these "unhealthy foods" or these chemically contaminated foods, you have a very high chance of getting cancer or some other bad disease Statistics show it
Statement #2 If you try to eat according to this format, you have a good chance of having an enjoyable healthy life
OK, which statement makes you feel empowered and wanting to participate?
Statement #1 Scare tactic Statement #2 Promise of joy and health
"Living longer or is it going to seem longer"is not necessarily something we respond to
There is much more motivation for change when there is joy of living rather than a promised fear
These are tacits taken by Dean Ornish and he makes a very provocative argument for our nihilistic approach to motivatioin
That risk factor reduction and prevention is borrrrrrrrring to most people
"I don't care if I live longer I just want to have fun!"
So sustainable changes in helping people with lifestyle behavior eating patterns will be accomplished not by scare tactics but by ensuring that joy of living, freedom, and pleasure are part of the deal
So I would suggest that foods be not only fun but also good for us And the way we find that out is with awareness
When we are aware we can find that certain foods make us feel bad And when that realization occurs foods become both fun and good for us
Have you ever had the experience of eating food that was a "long time friend" that you became aware of that made you feel bad? Have you ever nourished a habit that over time you realized made you feel bad? Were you more likely to make a lifestyle change when you realized you were feeling bad?
Until tomorrow To health as a Skill Love DrBill
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Challenging the Infectious Model
"I began stretching my neck and releasing my tight neck muscles three months ago. Things seemed to be releasing amazing well" Jim related
"That sounds great" I responded "Your posture looks very much improved"
"But now the problem I began increasing my stretches and I think in retrospect was pushing the muscles beyond where they wanted to go I guess I was doing too much, too fast Typical Pitta, huh?"
"Well, nothing wrong with that Now you know Anything else?"
"That's why I'm here I've come down with a bad cough and runny nose But strangely all the runniness of the nose is coming from the right side Nothing from the left"
"This is not a viral URI but a Kapha release of congestion Stagnant energy has been trapped in the upper airway passages and is now being released with the release of the muscles and tendons of your stiff neck "
"Oh I thought I needed an antibiotic I've been coughing up thick green mucous"
"Let's see what happens because it's very early to have developed an infection You've only been symptomatic for 3 days Let's give it some time"
Over the last fifteen years, matter science physicians have become more and more aware of the fact that not everything need be treated with antibiotics
Rheumatoid arthritis, gastritis, interstitial cystitis, prostatitis are all inflammatory nonbacterial conditions that reveal the Pitta provoked conditions of the mindbody
Have you ever had a nonbacterial inflammatory condition? Have you had a release that our friend describes above to his doctor? Have you ever taken antibiotics and the condition didn't get better?
Have you wondered why things didn't resolve?
Until tomorrow To health as a Skill Love DrBill
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