Stagnant Energy
In the matter science medical practice the flow of fluids in the body is a well known clinical condition If stagnation of urine occurs due to a urinary stone, pain is the result due to the distention of the renal capsule If a bowel obstruction occurs then the abdomen swells due to gas in the bowel above the obstruction
However from an energy science view stagnation of energy flow through the body can result in changes and symptoms that are not that well understood by today's matter science clinicians
Varicose veins
As we make unconscious choices through our lives we gather energy blockages that eventually need to be dealt with But these blockages are great lessons if we are willing to learn from them And they can become severe and cause problems if we don't head them off
Energy that gets stuck and cannot move through a part of the mindbody The sign of stagnant energy in the mindbody is loss of the ability to feel because this is how we are aware of the energy mindbody in the first place
Whenever there is not the free flow of energy in the body such as in varicose veins there is a tendency for us to become myopic and just focus on the veins themselves In actuality the loss of flow through the veins of the lower extremities occurs in the pelvis not in the legs From an energy science perspective the energy stagnates in the pelvis and does not allow the free flow of blood out of the legs This can be related to blocked flow at the level of the hips which impedes blood return to the heart. The hips become rigid, inflexible and tight such that energy flow through and around the hip joint is impeded.
As the energy flow in the skin becomes reduced the capillaries become engorged and the small veins coming from them become tortuous and superficial. This is related to the poor outflow from the leg resulting from decreased venous outflow from the leg.
The energy can become so slow in flow that the venous support impedes blood flow even more poorly and the legs begin to become boggy and swollen The important aspect of this clinical scenario is the loss of sensation of energy flow Typically when energy is flowing normally, we can sense the subtle movement of energy noted as tingling lightness of the skin When severe stagnation occurs as in varicosities of the lower extremities, there is such heaviness that such sensations are not present
The loss of the ability to feel the legs and the movement of energy is serious business Of course, the person involved with the varicosities is usually not aware of his/her energy mindbody anyway, but if they are able to deal with the problem the return of sensation becomes quite obvious as the swelling and skin changes resolve
Soooo... striving to be sensately aware of the mindbody's changes in sensation is important because we can take corrective measures that will minimize the damage before all the severe debilities show up
This is the power of prevention that comes directly from sensing the mindbody's energy field before dis-ease progresses
To good health and sensation DrBill
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The Programmed Response Around Food: What To Do About It
Foods have the potential of making us feel bad and no one wants to feel bad
So when we find that certain foods make us feel poorly then it's very easy to say, "No thanks." Then why is it that we make choices that make us feel poorly I believe it's because we have lost at some level our awareness or consciousness around nutrition.
We are all aware to some degree, but there are levels of awareness Dogs and cats are aware but not conscious To be conscious means that there can be many responses If we scare an animal by coming up behind him and say "Boo", we will see an automatic response It is a preprogrammed response that the animal cannot help but do He has no choice We as conscious beings have choice about the responses that we have
If someone comes up behind you and does the same "Boo", you could have many choices of response such as fear like the animal might occur but curiosity, whimsicalness or flattery might occur The point is, as humans with consciousness, we are not preprogrammed We have many ways of responding to our environment
So it is with nutrition. Due to our consciousness we have many different ways of interacting with the foods that we eat or altering the habits that we create around the nutritional process We have choice There are many reasons why we live out our habits, among them is the belief that habits are here to stay
But habits are nothing more than repeated thought patterns and can be disrupted if we root them out At the energy field level the use of intention planted at a deep level of stillness can begin to uproot these repeated thought patterns using yoga nidra, a form of meditation
Then the nutritional tools that can help us gain greater health will become a reality
To good health Dr Bill
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The Value of Regimen
An energy field viewpoint states that we are part of a greater energy field. That our personal energy field is part of a greater energy field. The metaphor often used is that the personal energy field is like a wave on the ocean and the ocean is the greater energy field. Microcosm and macrocosm.
Being Part of Nature
The import of this view is that we are part of Nature-that what happens in Nature effects us and vice versa-what happens in our mindbody energy fields effects Nature. This translates that if we are out of balance with respect to our health then we lead Nature to be out of balance. So if we see the planet getting sick and expressing imbalance, then we know that we ourselves are sick.
The corollary to this relationship with Nature is that if we are to become more balanced then it is health promoting for us live in harmony with Nature since she is in balance all the time.
Regimen Helps With Health
So a healthy lifestyle is to get up with Nature(6-7am) and go to bed with Nature(9:30-10:30pm) and eating our biggest meal at noon when Nature is taking its biggest meal. If we are so inclined doing something in the am and pm to slow down the energy mindbody is also conducive to a healthy lifestyle such as meditation or yoga asana practice.
Just observing this type of schedule can be very effective in promoting health. The best DrBill
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Happy Thanksgiving from Foods Heal
Happy Thanksgiving to all of you in the Foods Heal community for a safe and fun filled Tday 2013
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Winter and the Congestive Season: 5 Counteracting Things That You Can Do
My granddaughter is sitting on my lap as I listen to her noisy breathing and congested cough and I began thinking about how congestion is played out in our energy physiology The energy pattern of the winter season is Kapha, the season of congestion All the qualities pertaining to this energy are played out in various ways
So heavy, cool, slow/dull, slimy/smooth, oily(unctuous), liquid, dense, soft, hard, gross, static, and cloudy get expressed during the winter season So when I listen to the congested breathing, I'm witnessing the slow/dull, slimy/smooth(ie snot), liquid, gross, and static qualities being expressed in the airways of the baby
As a matter of fact, the common cold is first an energetic imbalance and then organisms visit the mucous and what was first an energetic imbalance becomes an inflammatory process with organisms secondarily
Qualities: Sensations From the Energy Field
When we experience these qualities in ourselves or see them expressed in others it opens up new doors of understanding about what's happening in our energy bodies This gives us an opportunity to realize that not all congestion is an infection but rather the play of energy qualities being expressed as sensations
And congestion is much broader in its physiologic application For example, congestion in organ systems such as the prostate lead to benign enlargement of the prostate and difficulty urinating
Congestion in joints leads to arthritic symptoms, often with the complaint of bogginess in joint space You see, this congestion is a result of too much mucous, as in the prostate, in the joints This morning I was talking with my best friend from high school days and he was relating how it had become so difficult for him to shed pounds now that he is older. Now he was a big guy, a Kapha Pitta energetically, and struggling with congestion
Yes, congestion in the energy physiology is played out in the overweight state. So we see from an energy perspective the simple concept of imblalance in the form of congestion can have far reaching consequences And the winter time can be where we can accelerate the accumulation of the qualities leading to the congestive problems
Countering Congestion of the Winter Season
So we can use this information of qualities to reduce the chances of buildup of the qualities during the winter months, that is, become more balanced during the winter season so we avoid the problems of congestive release(common cold) or the release later next year called the spring cold
In the energy science of Ayurveda as in the Oriental tradition disharmony or imbalance is treated by the opposite quality So if the environment of winter is heavy, cool, slow/dull, liquid, soft, gross, static, and cloudy then using qualities that are opposite to them would With this in mind, what could we do to counter these environmental qualities that become us
1 The cold season is the best time for warm foods that are nourishing The winter is depleting to our energy so taking steps to build ourselves up Our digestion is strong during the winter months so we can take advantage of this by using foods that are building such as dairy, grains, and nuts
2 Exercise, outside or inside is important during the winter due to the heavy, slow/dull, and static (immobile) quality of winter
3 Getting up early before 6-7am is helpful to get the day started and not take on the static energy of winter
4 Emphasizing light foods such as salads and avoiding consumption of heavy foods such as meat and wheat, and oily foods such as yogurt(particularly store bought)
5 Taking care of digestive strengh or agni is always important but particularly during the cold winter months by using ginger, fresh lime, and salt to help stoke the enzyme system of the gut Eating in moderation(what you can hold in 2 hands) will not overtax your digestive strength
These tips will help with the winter congestive season and make your holidays more enjoyable
All the best Dr Bill
PS If you'd like more guidance with respect to these choices you can contact me at drbilldean@gmail.com
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The Origin of Disease
If we are to begin helping people prevent disease, it will have to come from an energy field discipline since it is at the energy field level where all disease begins As we have written earlier, Hippocrates, said to be one of the four fathers of Western medicine, stated that, "All disease begins in the gut."
In other words we must reassess our understanding of the origins of disease Presently the matter field medical discipline of which I am a practitioner, looks for molecular reasons why disease occurs But the matter field is actually developed from the underlying energy field and diseases that are created in the energy field percolate up into the matter field as expressions of the underlying energy field imbalance
Matter Science Prevention of Disease
Currently there is a great deal of information written about the molecular aspects of foods and how they bring about health Which are the best foods for omega 3 and 9 fatty acids? Is silica a player in loss of bone density and if so what foods are best for that molecule? Which foods promote an antiinflammatory effect?
All of these questions have an underlying thread, "If I understand the molecules of food, then I can effect the molecules of disease" And this molecular approach is not a bad place to start to prevent disease It makes complete sense from the matter science or molecular approach to disease
Currently our present matter field medical discipline provides a system of early disease detection and treatment We attempt to detect prostate cancer in its earliest stages using PSA and the prostate exam Using mammography we try to detect breast cancer in its earliest stages and cervical cancer by PAP smear By the use of sophisticated imaging we uncover unsuspected cancers in their earliest stages. For example, renal cancers are being found as small unsuspected lesions
But as you're aware this is not prevention of say, the small unsuspected renal cancer but simply early detection But early detection is not prevention
The Behind the Scenes Energy Field
Molecules are reassuringly real One can measure them and detect their presence in health and disease That's where we are in our understanding of disease
But what if I were to tell you that you are both a matter and an energy field That you coexist as both a molecular and energy field? That you are simultaneously composed of both energy as well as molecules?
The ancient health sciences were energy science disciplines So the energy science of Ayurveda and the Traditional Oriental Medicine discipline state that you are an energy field and they articulate how you can describe yourself as energy field and tell you why disease occurs
So when Hippocrates said, "All disease begins in the gut", he was not speaking metaphorically but as an 
energy scientist He was recognizing a basic tenet of energy science nutrition and the key to prevention of disease Due to the limitations of our molecular model and not understanding the biological simultaneity of the matter and energy we cannot grasp how real prevention of disease can occur
The Incomplete Molecular Approach
But now we can see that all these mentioned cancers had their earliest origins in the energy field and gradually the imbalances in the energy field became disruptive enough to show as an early cancer
The question is, "Is early detection the same as prevention of disease?" The answer is obviously no And the present matter(molecular) field medical discipline will not be able to deliver disease prevention because it's detection devices operate at the level of the matter field which cannot detect the origins of disease
If you are really interested in dealing with prevention, it will not happen for you by taking yet another supplement or eating molecularly the right kind of foods We have become so mesmerized by food molecules that we cannot see beyond them And this molecular work is not wrong It's just incomplete
The biological coexistence of matter and energy allows us to see that disease first begins its expression in the energy field but is not detectable in the matter field until an obvious disruption in the matter field can be detected by our gross studies
What To Do?
In order to actively participate in your health and prevent disease as well as you can, you need an energy 
science perspective Foodsheal.com is a good starting place
Another way to get an active start in the ever growing community of people eager to participate in their healing and preventing disease is to subscribe to our newsletter and ask for a free consult that can get you started on understanding what to do to prevent disease If you email drbilldean@gmail.com you can set up a time when you can get some more information about this approach
Lastly, picking up a copy of Foods Heal and educating yourself about the energy science approach is a great way to understand this ancient healing science of Ayurveda and how it articulates nutrition from a nonmolecular way
All the best Dr Bill
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Digestive Fire and Detoxification
Most of us have gone without food for one reason or another and experienced a very strong appetite as a result. Seems pretty straight forward and healthy, doesn't it? Don't eat and you get hungry.
But let's examine this process from an energy science medical model view. What happens from an biologic energy field perspective?
As you volitionally go without food for a period of time, the enzyme system of the gut(including the bacteria of the gut) collectively known as the digestive fire, ramps up since it is not being used by food. This creates increasing appetite since the energy field's transformative energy is increasing and appetite is an expression of the health of the mindbody's fire in the gut and how it deals with nourishment given to it.
But if you continue this process withholding food for several days, something very interesting occurs energetically. Since the fire is not being fed fuel(food), it begins to lessen in its intensity. This is similar to what happens with a campfire, right? If we don't feed the campfire any more wood, what happens? The fire becomes a glowing set of embers. Very hot but not the same kind of fire.
The embers of a campfire is analogous to the detoxification fire that begins the slow burning of undigested stagnant energy in the mindbody. In reality these islands of stagnant energy get heated up so that they can begin moving again and restore the free flow of energy in the physiology once again.
Soooo... here's to health energetically with a good healthy digestive fire! To Health as a Skill DrBill
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Milk: The Complete Food But Even More
Have you ever had the experience of increased phlegm or mucous in the nasal passages in the throat within minutes after you drink milk or have ice cream? Especially during cold wet winter weather
Perhaps not but it is a common experience shared by many And it has some interesting observations that we can make
First it occurs within minutes after the ingestion, far sooner than the molecules of milk can even be digested How can that be? From an energy viewpoint it's because complex vibrational frequency called taste has an immediate energetic field effect
In energy field lingo the entire field feels milk all at once without necessarily digesting the molecules even though we know that occurs The digestion of milk begins when we taste milk
But it's not just milk. It's everything we taste just like our whole energy mindbody takes in the violent scene at the movies with the resultant physiologic consequences such as fear, anger, light sweating, or a gut wrenching sensation
Secondly why does milk cause mucous but horseradish has seemingly the opposite immediate effect? The answer to that lies in the vibrational frequencies that make up the taste of these foods. Milk is sweet and carries the frequencies of cold, heavy, static, slow, soft, oily, slimy/smooth, liquid, and gross.'
Horseradish is pungent carrying the qualities of hot, light, mobile, sharp/penetrating, dry, rough, and subtle
The Complete Food
Mother's milk is the complete food and is why you could subsist on this food alone when you were a growing infant The reason for this is that milk has all 6 tastes: sweet, sour, salty, pungent, bitter, and astringent If all of these tastes are present then the meal and your body are complete in terms of nourishment
But then if milk is so great why are so many "allergic" to it The answer lies in poor digestive strength There is often the trend to blame foods for our problems In reality foods just are It 's us that have the problem in terms of their digestion Now admittedly there are true reactions to the milk sugar lactose or the protein casein but by and large the problems of allergies lies in the way the milk is prepared and how it's taken
But Even More
Milk can serve as a taxicab, taking herbs to the deeper tissues For example, if you want to ensure that the calcium supplement that you're taking for your osteoporosis makes it to the bones use warm milk to swig down your supplements
But what there's more Milk gives us ghee or clarified butter Ghee changes from the qualities that are described in milk and mimics the qualities of the digestive fire or enzyme system that digest, absorbs, and assimilates the food you take in So ghee is a digestant as well and helps over time to stoke your own digestive fire
But ghee can also be a taxicab taking herbs to the deeper tissues such as the above mentioned bone So if you want to use kaishore gugglu for the health of your bones you can use ghee and it will carry the herb to the bones within 24 hours Better yet use manduka honey with it in equal amounts and you can get a catalytic effect at the tissue level to enhance the utilization of the kaishore guggulu
So you can see why cow's milk is such a precious product on the planet, giving us not only nourishment but effective medicinal carriers for the herbs that we take
At it happens all at once in the energy field through taste! DrBill
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The Biologic Energy Field and Death
At the end of a recent workshop I was talking with a woman about the various ways we can access the energy body She recounted an interesting story that illustrates how connecting at an energy level can bring about healing and remarkable recovery from even death
Her husband in his 70's and in good health had some mild chest pain and was evaluated at a prestigious US medical center and found to have severe coronay vessel dis-ease He underwent 4 vessel bypass grafting which went very well But in going to recovery his circulatory system collapsed His wife who had become nervous after getting the initial good news eventually found her husband in profound cardiac collapse The surgeons were completely mystified by the turn of events having no explanation for the matter field medical events they were witnessing
Over the ensuing 13 days he was provided pulmonary support with ECMO(extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) due to the pulmonary fluid congestion In effect her husband had died But in the ensuing days after collapse, this woman decided to maintain an energetic connection and support through various modalities She looked back in retrospect and is still baffled by what had transpired but she followed her instinct and heart(from an energy perspective these are one and the same) and crafted these modalities
The matter field physicians and caregivers were amazed at the man's recovery They had not ever witnessed such a medical event They had supported the man with the matter field technology but were puzzled by what had transpired because this man came back from death when he had no business surviving
This story elucidates what can happen when there is merging of the matter and energy field healing sciences The man had checked out from a matter field(molecular way)perspective but the energy field was still present and was persuaded by another energy field to stick around awhile longer
Presently the field of biologic energy science technology is very new but at the same time very ancient And I want to be very clear here about what I am calling the energy field There are many who talk about the energy field using crystals and other modalities that are not grounded on any science I am not referring to this type of biologic energy technology This clarity is important or otherwise we will be led astray in our studies and findings
The type of energy science technology that I am discussing here today is grounded on the science of the yoga tradition which has been with us for 5000 years. And I think that if we are going to work with the energy body for healing, we will have to embody for ourselves these ancient systems, not a system that was crafted out of the imagination of someone 50 to 100 years ago. We MUST have some standardization in this process of energy science healing if we are going to apply it on clinical grounds and study it in research
And what does this have to do with nutrition? The same energy science that can sustain life and bring someone back from the brinks of matter field death is the same energy science that gives us the nutritional work to become balanced by the foods that we eat Love Dr Bill
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