Healing Foods
Foods are healing, no doubt
I think we have heard of some Cranberry juice for urinary tract infections, tomatoes for prostate health, whole grain bread for fiber, Starbucks for a pick me up, energy drinks for pep, and fast food, quick easy, and dependable
Now some of these choices are considered healing but is that based on nutritional myths or sound science?
But let's consider the present science of nutrition
Contemporary View of Foods
From a molecular or matter science way of viewing nutrition foods are less important than the "healing molecules"that foods bring based on a present biochemical understanding of the mindbody
But as our cartoon suggests we have separated foods from molecules and by our consumer spending says that taking molecules(supplements, vitamins, etc) is more important than the foods ingested
This has catapulted the US supplemental industry expenditure in excess of $3 billion per year
What Happened To Foods?
Not only supplements but now drinks containing specfic formulae to ensure that we have adequate nutritional molecular support are working on the consumer dollar as well
While the matter science nutritional format is helpful in identifying molecules its approach is tending to sever our relationship to foods consumed
And the danger in such an approach is that we continue to eat foods that are not balancing for us and subliminally believe that the molecules will augment whatever we don't get in our nutrition
This begs the question then, "What foods are best for us?"
Using a Different Scientific Approach to Nutrition
As we have discussed in the past there is a different way of seeing ourselves and the world we live in
We can see ourselves as matter fields or energy fields As the former we use our current nutritional molecular information With the latter we see ourselves and the foods we consume in terms of qualities that support us or bring about imbalance which eventually leads to disease
To restrict ourselves to just one way of viewing the mindbody when it is both an energy and matter field is to limit our ability to understand and heal it
An Energy Science Nutritional Approach
Changing our biological model to include an energy science approach to nutrition will go a long way to helping us see the healing value of foods
My friends, real healing doesn't occur with adding more molecules!!
This approach educates us in understanding which foods are uniquely tailored to our mindbody energy makeups
It shows us that cranberries and tomatoes are often not good for us and if we do use them they should be used in moderation It tells us that coffee and energy drinks are not good for us And it shows us that fast foods can be medicinal for perhaps 20-30% of us but the rest of us could do without the ease and dependability
So are there healing foods? From an energy science view it depends on who you are
Until tomorrow To health as a Skill Love DrBill
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The Roundabout
You may have heard or experienced the traffic device called the roundabout
Popular in Europe and worldover they are being used in the States now and they periodically show up in our communities as in mine over the last 5 years
Direction of Flow
The interesting thing about roundabouts is the guidance they provide for drivers to direct traffic
But there is no person hired by the city to do this guidance It's done by us!
We ourselves provide guidance for ourselves And we do it very efficiently
As a matter of fact there have even been mathematical models studying how the circular aspect of the roundabout creates a highly efficient distribution device for traffic control
There are no crashes or irritability, just smooooth polite merging and managing the flow of our vehicle movements
Health and the Energy Science Medicine Roundabout
As I was driving today and experiencing the marvels of the roundabout near my house, it occurred to me that energy science medicine acts like a roundabout
We put ourselves into the flow of suggested lifestyle behaviors(our own internal roundabout) and the traffic flow of biological energy is redirected spontaneously
The doctor didn't direct it The therapist didn't direct it The dentist didn't direct it We direct it effortlessly We just have to get out of the way and not interfere with the flow
Even though herbs are potent redirectors of biological energy flow patterns, in the end the lifestyle choices that we make effect the biological energy flow the most
As we have this biological roundabout energy flow experience, something quite magical begins to happen
Our health improves
Health Redefined
Health is not something we hope for, it's something we work at like any skill
The question then is obvious What is necessary to hone our skill To make the roundabout work better for us
Nutrition is a fundamental pattern of behavior that we can use Sleep patterns and exercise are others
As we improve our health we find a very startling thing That health is evolutionary and that it is infinite There is no end to it
And as we get healthier another insight We find that in higher states of health it's not just the mindbody, we become more aware
Amazing! Just by improving our roundabout
Until tomorrow To health as a Skill Love DrBill
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The Great Buffet in the Sky
A patient came in the other day to tell me a story about his experience with his friend, the tomato
The Tomato Exposed
After having had a delicious spaghetti with red sauce dinner, he related that all his symptoms he was seeing me for came back within two hours
This is not an uncommon scenario in the past years and underscores the energetic imbalances imposed by specific foods if they bring about imbalance in the physiology
But in reality the tomato is just the tip of the iceberg Unfortunately it's our relationship with many foods that don't energetically match with us
The Great Buffet in The Sky
If there was a buffet somewhere in cyberspace where you and I could go where all the foods known to man were represented in all the combinations that humans have concocted to generate taste thrills, all of it would not be available to youffrom an energy science nutritional view
If we were eating according to our energy mindbody makeup(some have used the blood type diet for guidance as well) there would be foods that we would avoid
This seems tragic doesn't it? Here we have all these delectable taste thrills and yet they are unavailable to our taster What a shame It seems so unfair, doesn't it?
Guidance Not Denial
You see, it's not about denial of these foods to our taster as much as it is to notice from an energetic viewpoint what they do to us
That is, how do they make us feel We obviously don't want to feel bad
The energy approach to nutrition, telling us which foods and food combinations are to be avoided is to give us insight that certain foods make us feel bad
In the end if we went to the great buffet in the sky, when we are eating according to our energy patterns, we would choose those foods which harmonize with our energy physiologies and stay away from those that don't
Going to foodsheal.com will give you a leg up on how to feel better
Bon appetit!!
Until tomorrow To health as a Skill Love DrBill
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“Oh thanks the antibiotic made me better” Or did it?
"Mildred, I've got some good news and bad news," said Dr Jones "The good news is that you don't have a urinary tract infection by your culture But the bad news is that I don't know why you have these symptoms of frequency and burning"
But then Mildred proceeds tell Dr Jones that the antibiotic that he prescribed before the culture results were back actually made her feel better
Now both are scratching their heads But in the end Mildred doesn't care because her symptoms are better
And Dr Jones is happy his patient got better and that's all that really matters "A scientific fluke," Dr Jones muses
Or Is It a Fluke?
Some can relate to this scenario if you've had a UTI and if you haven't then you may have had a mystifying clinical illness that got better with antibiotics
Typically whenever we can't explain something in medicine it becomes the unexplainable but as long as the outcome is acceptable we move on
Is there an explanation to these scenarios that are not explained my the matter science medical discipline?es, there are simple explanations but we have to employ the energy science medical discipline to understand
Taste and Inflammation
There are many inflammatory conditions that are manifested in the physiology that are not associated with bacterial infection The common cold, most forms of acid indigestion, many joint diseases including rheumatoid arthritis, prostatitis, interstitial cystitis to name a few
The acid taste in Nature is inflammatory due to the hot quality and the opposite of acid is alkaline
The alkaline taste is the bitter taste so if the acid taste is inflammatory then the alkaline taste is antiinflammatory
Antibiotics Carry the Bitter Taste
Oh my gosh! If I take an antibiotic and I have a nonbacterial inflammatory process such as Mildred's bladder symptoms then this inflammatory condition can be improved with antibiotics
Even though there is no infection!
So antibiotics can be prescribed for infections that don't exist and work because of the bitter taste that they carry as signals to the mindbody, "Cool down Here's some bitter for you"
The Energy Science Demystifies
The natural extension of this is that if we take foods that decrease the acid or sour taste in Nature and load on the alkaline taste like aloe vera gel then we don't need the antibiotic
Of course we need the culture information but the use of anbiotics may not be warranted all the time
Until tomorrow To health as a Skill Love DrBill
Photo Courtesy of skylar..mu
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Spices as Digestants
Food is considered medicine So said Hippocrates, one of the four founding fathers of the current matter science tradition practiced today
As a matter of fact the energy science medical discipline relates that there is nothing on the planet that doesn't have medicinal value in small amounts
Spices as Concentrated Food
Foods such as spices are largely misunderstood since they are viewed as foods that make foods taste better or improve the interest of food
But spices are very important from a digestive point of view They enhance digestive fire that helps our overall digestion, absorption, and elimination of the foods that we take in
Hence spices augment our digestive fire and support us and our health That's why the liberal use of spices is so vital to our individual health
Special Effects of Spices
Spices such as cumin, coriander, fennel, mint, fresh basil and ginger, cinnamon, and tumeric enhance digestion by increasing the power of the digestive enzyme system but are unusual in that they don't heat the mindbody at the same time
This is a very important aspect to these cooling digestants because if the mindbody is overly provoked with inflammatory conditions such as joint disease, acid indigestion, cancer then using provoking heating spices would be problematic
All the other spices fall into the category of improving digestive fire but also heating the mindbody as well These can be very helpful during the winter time when its cold and not during the summer As we can see from the above this can be provoking and make things worse seasonally
Spices As Medicines
The proper use of spices doesn't have to be difficult At foodsheal.com there is a section on churans or spice combinations that can give us some guidance to help improve the function of the GI tract and its enzyme system that collectively we call digestive fire
The spice combinations are safe and don't overly heat up the mindbody, help with digestive fire, and balance the digestive process
They can also help with problems such as bloating, indigestion, diarrhea, and other systemic mindbody problems outside the GI tract This information is beyond the scope of this text but you get the idea that spices as a category of foods have a broad range of application
The Use of a Churan
Churan means a collection of spices and can be used as condiments at the dining room table like salt and pepper is commonly used The type of churan should be based on an individual's mindbody energy makeup
Once we've established the appropriate churan to use cooking with it can be very helpful for digestion and typically because it carries all 6 tastes doesn't usually carry a strong flavor but blends very well It's like white light
Now we can take anywhere once made and use it at restaurants or out of home cooking
Enjoy!!
All the best To health as a Skill Love DrBill
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