Eyes Open

Oh how eye opening this lifestyle is. The more I delve into it, the more I realize I was and in many naive ways still am a marketing whore. Without realizing it the more you hear a statement advertised the more it just becomes truth.  Protein! Lord we can't get enough protein in our diets. You have to have high quality sources of protein in order to be in optimal health. Or at least that's what is being advertised to us. The truth is we get plenty of protein from the plants we eat. Not only is it sufficient but it is the best quality. Animal derived protein turns acidic in our bodies. In order to buffer all the acidity in our system the body leaches calcium from our bones. Hello osteoporosis and kidney stones.

How many meals per day are we supposed to eat? 3, 6? Are we over nutritioned? Fasting isn't starving. Fasting is burning through your glucose and fat reserves. Starving is burning through your muscle tissue. I'm currently experimenting with one plant based meal per evening Monday through Thursday( Vegan Fasting), not eating Friday (Extra Fasting for my Catholic Faith) and then eating one meal Saturday and one meal on Sunday. Once a month I will do a 3-4 day water fast.  One of God's gifts and little known secrets to fasters is that the feeling of hunger (not true hunger) goes away after day 2 or 3.  Most of us have never and will ever experience true hunger which is a sensation in the back of your throat similar to thirst.  Also in my experience after doing this lifestyle for a few weeks your body adapts and adjusts so you don't feel hungry. 80% of your energy goes towards the process of digestion. When you fast you free up this energy and blood supply to allow your body to heal itself. Humans are the only animals who eat when they are sick or injured. All other animals avoid eating, or only eat small amounts. The body is an amazing machine. It's always trying to heal itself. One of these days we will step out of the way and allow it to.

Do you have the need for speed?  So much misinformation being circulated about metabolism. Speed up your metabolism! The fast metabolism diet.  Eat six small meals per day to maintain your metabolism. A speedy metabolism also speeds up the aging process. New information is showing up that points out  a slower metabolism may be a better health benefit. Your body isn't as hungry on a slow metabolism either. But wait, that goes against the consumer based marketing we are constantly being fed. Consume,consume, consume tends to be a common thread in many if not all aspects of our lives.