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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Support and Nutritional Lifestyle Change
Trying to do things differently is without a doubt the most difficult things we do as people
We know that the change is valuable at times but it's doing it that poses the problem
As we talked about on the last blog there are some creative steps that we can take to help make such changes but in the end it's up to us
One of the ways to help us along this line of work is to find support
This support may come in different forms
Group get togethers such as weight watchers
Personal coach or lifestyle trainer
Company or organization that specializes in this form of support
Physician or office staff or both to help in the movement in a different direction
Notice that I didn't mention family I'm not convinced that close relationships are ones that we are looking for when it comes to nutritional lifestyle change for a number of reasons
I also acknowledge that there are many other types of support groups that are "out there" that I have not mentioned
In the end the importance is to foster a relationship(s) that will help support your efforts in initiating a meaningful movement to evolutionary health
Until tomorrow To health as a Skill Love DrBill
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What’s Creative About Healing? 5 Steps
Making different choices requires creativity
When we make a decision to heal it requires in every instance some creative effort
Even the decision to take a blood pressure pill requires a modest element of creative effort When will I be taking this pill? Should I be doing it with food etc?
But what about weight loss programs? Yes they require effort on our part as well but the creative response gets ramped up
In every situation of change this creative response requires
Intention decide what we want to do
Information get more understanding of what needs to be done
Incubation wait for the answer
Insight a new level of thinking about the problem
Implementation doing it
As we can see this creativity is about anything we do in life because if we broaden our definition about healing any new thing we do is bringing us to a new level of existence
But if we limit ourselves to say weight loss, it requires of us these steps We may not recognize that we are using these steps but we are in different ways
My point is that healing requires that we disengage from old habits and create new ones by the above steps
It requires that we get out of our comfort zone and create a new way of living Usually this requires pain as the motivator otherwise we won't change Be that as it may be, the coolest thing is when we do the creative thing because we know it's the right thing to do And it's fun
Until tomorrow To health as a Skill Love DrBill
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Nutrition and One Stop Shopping
Currently we have different matter science diets for identified diagnosis labels
High cholesterol? Low fat diet
Overweight? Solution is obviously low calorie
Acid indigestion? Low acid diet for sure
But what if I were to tell you that one nutritional format fixes all problems?
Wow, an energy science approach can fix molecular problems This is because an energy science nutritional format brings about balance in the physiology
When balance occurs molecular health ensues If balance is achieved, then the signs and symptoms of high cholesterol, being overweight, and hyperacidity disappear
One stop nutrition Can't beat it!
Until tomorrow To health as a Skill Love DrBill
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If It Feels Good, It Must Be Right
There are many different phrases for this simple but elegant life wisdom
No pain, ultimate gain comes to mind and I imagine you can add your own favorites
And this "feel good" wisdom best describes what the energy sciences are all about
You see, it's in listening to the body that we find out whether what we have done through nutrition that gives us the feedback that it was or wasn't a good thing to take in
The nutritional formats of PV, PK, and VK are guidelines that are offered to us and then we get to explore
The we get to pay attention to our 'feel good" wisdom Did that food that was on the negative list make me feel poorly the next day or after I took it in for several days in a row
Since our energy fields report back to us through our sensations, the "feel good" wisdom that our body gives us can be a great guide toward making better choices
I think for me the converse of the "feel bad" wisdom is as equally important It's not a mistake, it's an exploration as to what works and what doesn't work
There is no good or bad, right or wrong choice, there's only choice
Until tomorrow To health as a Skill Love DrBill
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The Joy of a Fracture Breaks Me Up
Have you noticed that a problem causes you to change your way of thinking?
Example: I fractured my arm in a skiing accident and over the last two weeks I've been seeing things in a different way
That is, I've been noticing how my body reacts to the pain of the fracture
"Well, of course, the body would react to pain," we say
It's a natural response of the body to wince with the pain that we experience But what kind of response is it?
Pain brings about either a response of expansion or contraction, done emotionally, physically or mentally
What does this look like?
The posture or the body's position in space becomes straight or erect with the breath or it can assume a contracted posture(one of fear)
The interesting and unique observation I think is that we are the conscious choicemakers here
That is, if we choose expansion with the use of the breath we choose to go beyond the fear that holds us in the contracted state of fear brought about by the pain
What does this have to do with nutrition?
When we choose a different way of doing things it may cause us to contract emotionally
By choosing expansion and a change in posture we can go beyond or posture of fear
The choice of that realization of expansion is 80% of overcoming fear
Until tomorrow To health as a Skill Love DrBill
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The Breath and Healing
Does it sound surprising that the breath should be involved in healing a fracture or orthopedic injury?
Arguably one could make the assertion that the surrounding muscle and ligaments "tell" the bone how to mend and in what alignment And this is probably so to a large degree
But what happens if the posture has not been so good in the past and now the tendency is to repeat the same posture in the future
The breath can be used consciously to bring a fresh alignment of the physically even it has been chronically fixed This takes work but nonetheless it is a achievable
There is a tendency in all of us to lose our frame, some know more quickly than others But the breath can help us return to that position in space where we are pr0perly aligned
And this goes particularly when we have been injured and mending a bone, or for that matter any musculoskeletal injury
Until tomorrow To health as a Skill Love DrBill
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Should You Eat If Injured?
An acute injury occurs What to do?
First thing is to assess the injury and see what the damage is Surprisingly this step is skipped and then later issues from not knowing the extent of the injury can be a problem
The next is to prepare the mindbody for healing From a matter science view severe hospitalized injuries requiring ventilatory support represents less than 20% of injuries The rest are treated at home
This is where the energy science can help play a role in getting through the healing of the injury, whether it be from surgery(controlled trauma) or sustainded by an accident
I've written in the past about the value of assessing the scraped surface of the tongue every morning because it gives us an insight into the functional health status of the GI(gastrointestinal) tract
Let's consider the appearance of the tongue in the aftermath of an acute orthopedic injury which is in my case was an arm fracture ocurring 7 days ago while skiing
Even though I've not been eating a lot of food because I have a poor appetite, the scraped tongue appearance mirrors what my appetite has already expressed Don't eat The taste buds are congested with white lymphatic fluid and this mirrors the GI lymphatics and their similar cogestion
This observation means the GI tract as an energy tube is not functional
It would seem reasonable to force eating and using supplements in the aftermath of a severe injury to recover from the injury because the mindbody would require calories to heal
But both the GI tract and the tongue are telling me a different story
So what's a person to do?
If needing to eat use something simple to digest
Don't use supplements in the acute phase of recovery until tongue is back to preinjury status and appetite is back
Use juices instead if they satisfy the appetite
Until tomorrow To health as a Skill Love DrBill
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Pushing Too Hard
Ever had the sense that you're overdoing it?
This "overdoing" is an aspect of the Pitta energy pattern as a result of its intensity or the hot quality in an energy science view
Having too much creates problems
Relationships suffer because the heat is too much
Balanced regimen is great but intense regimen becomes rigidity
Intensity produces self criticism, judgement, and we do this to others
Overdoes everything, supplemental dosages, one's good, three's better etc
Suggestions for helping people do things can turn quickly into controlling or even telling people what to do or silently expecting them to do it our way
Accidents occur because people don't know when to call it quits I'm a recepient of a ski accident a week ago due to not listening to the physical signs of overexertion
Overeating happens from too hot an appetite and trouble feelng satisfied when they've eaten enough
What to do?
Abiding by a nutritional format that fits your needs
Using cooling spices as suggested at foodsheal.com
Aloe gel is easy to take regularly and can help reduce the heat
Avoid icy cold drinks
Adhere to regular eating schedule
Until tomorrow To health as a Skill Love Dr Bill
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