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Obesity is a spiritual issue...
Wed, July 1, 2009 - 10:56 AMAlso food like alcohol taken in larger than needed qualities seem to work like a depressant. It's a terrible cycle of eating and depression about the eating and eating more. And look around, how many people do you see doing that in your life?
What are your thoughts about weight, food, energy, health? Do you see it as a spiritual issue in your life?
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Wed, July 1, 2009 - 12:06 PM
Sugar
Our bodies are designed to take in complicated sugars, not simple sugar. Eating simple sugar is like poison for the body, it doesnt need to break it down, so it goes right in, and often since its more then the body needs gets stored as fat.
we have thousands of years as hunters and farmers where we ate food that was whole, the body then takes that food a turns it into sugar by a slow process as needed and dumps the rest of the food it doesn't need to extract sugar out of, but if you take straight sugar, it gets processed even though the body doesn't need it. Evolution gave us little rewards, food was scarce and it took a lot of work to produce food to eat, our modern society is bad because we suck up everything like a bear getting ready to hibernate on its fat through the winter nothing months. Now I can get everything at my finger tips, and I am still sucking it all in like I dont have enough. This is especially true with simple mon sacrides, simple sugars because my body doesnt get that it ate enough sugar for a week, so it wants more, the sugar makes me more hungry. sure does taste good, sugar that is. www.bellaonline.com/articles...29977.asp While alcohol is zero carbs - it's important to understand how alcohol works on your system. Your body does eventually convert that alcohol into something else. It doesn't stay alcohol in your body forever! The reason you don't want to eat a lot of sugar is that it causes a blood sugar spike, as the sugars go right from your stomach into your blood system. Then your blood sugar plummets once that spike is done, and you starve, and you eat more. It's the Chinese food syndrome. Alcohol works differently. It is the ALCOHOL that goes into the blood system. That's why police can test your blood alcohol level (BAC) to determine how much alcohol you've drunk recently. It then goes into your liver. Your liver processes alcohol at the rate of about 1 drink per hour. So that's one glass of wine, one shot of alcohol, one bottle of beer. Intriguingly, the liver also deals with blood sugar levels. But because alcohol is a toxin, the liver always gives preference to alcohol before it worries about blood sugar. So if you had a high blood sugar level for some reason, it would stay high until the alcohol was all processed. It's important to realize that alcohol is NOT calorie free. There are four main types of energies your body can burn. These are fats, sugars (carbohydrates), alcohols and protein. All of these have calories. So when you drink alcohol, eventually it does become a sugar in your system, so your body can "do" something with it. Still, the reason low carb doesn't "count" things other than carbs it is that your body metabolizes and handles this energy source differently. It's the same reason that you can eat as much protein as you want (while maintaining a balanced diet of course). So to summarize in the alcohol situation, yes, the alcohol eventually turns into sugar. However, because it does this in a slow, gradual manner, and because the impact on your blood sugar is therefore gradual and gentle, it's not something you have to worry about. Focus on the sugars, and eat balanced. That'll help you lose weight! |
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Thu, July 2, 2009 - 1:20 PM
I definitely have had my experiences with food. About 2 years ago, I started seeing a holistic nutritionist and WOW! I realized how much the food I was eating was causing my moods and bouts of anxiety and depression. The simple sugars was the main cause. I also realized my digestive system began to heal itself too. I feel it is spiritual, at least with my experience. It's hard to change a way of eating, unless you have the support around you. I found it difficult going out to dinner at times with friends, especially when the waiter would bring that big basket of bread before the meal! Ahhh! that was super hard. But I'm all about moderation and don't deny myself things all the time. A little here and there is okay. Exercise really helps too.
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