A Metabolic Day- Aztecian Day

March 22, 2010 Monday

"Spirituality is growing in the knowledge that WE do not have all the answers"

Who has the answers? Certainly not all the doctors and scientists. I hope all doctors are the funnels of knowledge to the patients. If optimum energy is available to your body on all levels, including a cellular level, then all your organs and systems will be balanced and efficient.

Take our a piece of paper and draw the five Olympic Rings. Think of the first ring to the left as representing carbohydrates and allergies. It is important to decrease your simple carbohydrates as we talked about previously. Also you MUST have your food allergies tested. Most Americans have dairy and wheat allergies and do not even know it. The allergy testing I am advocating is IgG RAST testing. This is by blood, not a skin test to reveal delayed hypersensitivity. This is the gut reaction to certain foods. Both dairy and wheat are acidic foods. Other foods that drive the pH down are the night shade vegetables (tomatoes, eggplants, peppers), meats, eggs and high glycemic fruits. Some of these high glycemic fruits are mangos, pineapples and watermelon.

If you eat simple carbohydrates and have allergies, then your pH, which is the middle Olympic Ring, will be low. We need your body pH to be between 6.5 - 8.0. If it is less than 6.5, the body is acidic. Acidic pH propagates disease and can cause disease. Alkaline pH makes the body heal faster and decreases progression of disease.

There is no one single diet that can accommodate everyone's needs. There needs to be a balance. I was discussing this today with someone who has not had animal protein in his diet in a while yet he feels he needs some. He could follow the Blood Typing Diet, be Type O blood and crave meat. He is not Type O blood but meat does make him feel more energetic. I think we as individuals should feel and know what is right for our body. No one can say a double-layered chocolate cake is right for their body. It might fill an emotional need. Perhaps you are ending a relationship, trying to restart a friendship, or even reconnect and get rejected--does this give you the right to make the wrong dietary choice when you know it is not good for you?

The book, The Metabolic Typing Diet, by William Wolcott attempts to do this for you. It is not complicated but can be for the non-scientific individual. You need to customize your own diet by getting some testing done by your health care provider. I believe one of the most important lifestyle changes to be dietary. A dietary lifestyle change can prevent and reverse degenerative disease, strengthen your immune system, achieve and maintain ideal body weight, optimize your physical energy, increase mental clarity, overcome mood swings and enhance athletic performance. This is one of the seven lifestyle changes you need to try the best to your ability. No one is perfect.

Remember: It is progress not perfection.

The needlepoint above was given to me as a gift. I had to add a side to the canvas because it was not symmetrical. The finished canvas was framed. Photo Credit: Rick Byrd. Looking back, did I really need to make it symmetrical? Probably not because life is not symmetrical.

Until tomorrow...