Forrest and Trees Nutrition
Presently we are mesmerized by the study of foods ingested
Carbonated drinks bad, white rice for babies bad, being vegetarian good, white refined sugar bad
But What About Us?
But where does all this rhetoric about foods leave us, that is the people who are consuming the food?
Oh yea, we study the physiologic consequences of certain foods that have been identified as not such good choices as above Insulin goes up, blood sugars go awry, cholesteral and lipids are adversely effected
But what I mean by the question "what about us?" is where do we fit into the digestive equation
Passing the Molecular Buck
We have become so intensely involved as a nutritional system to study the physiologic consequences of the nutrition ingested that I believe we have lost an important part of the equation Ourselves!!
This has become such a habit of thought that we no longer consider that it's important to talk about the health of the GI tract that has to handle the foods ingested whether they are good or bad for us
It's as if we the ingestors are factored out of the equation That the "me" is inconsequential That the study of the molecules are the heart of the matter science nutritional model
We have indeed passed our responsibility to the molecules and their study
Gaining Our Responsibility Back
The energy science nutritional model allows us to take this nutritional responsibility back
But how? By paying attention to our digestion and its function Do we have acid indigestion, bloating, constipation, diarrhea, malabsorption, hemmorrhoids?
All of these various abnormal bowel patterns indicate poor affected digestion that needs help And that help isn't in the form of pills but finding out what foods are causing us difficulties:
Choosing foods that are compatable with our mindbody makeup
Forrest and Trees Nutrition
When paying attention to our digestion it's best to take a more overview perspective That is, seeing our digestion as a forrest rather than focusing on the trees
Digestive power leads us to fixing those problems I mentioned above
Rather than focusing on gluten or lactose molecules as the culprits that make us feel ill, if we redirect our attention and intention on digestive power, many times we can eliminate the issues of food intolerances
A molecular approach to nutrition can only take us so far An energy science approach is adjunctive and highly supportive to the molecular approach
Until tomorrow To health as a Skill Love DrBill
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