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Are You a Live To Eat OR a Eat to Live Kind of Person?

June 15, 2012 by Leave a Comment

Looking For A Different Passion Other Than Food?

I have been a Live to Eat (and drink)  kind of person…

… and changing over to a Eat to Live person has been an interesting… and challenging experience.
I realised I actually needed to find my passion to fill my need for meaning instead of using food for that purpose. No more thinking constantly of what treat to make or to buy or looking in the fridge constantly to see if something have magically appeared that takes my fancy as a way of filling in the space inside.

I think the journey towards my passion is an ongoing odyssey.  It changes and grows as I change and grow and getting healthy and sharing everything I have learnt with anyone who will listen (hence this blog)  is a  big part of my passion.

The more I am on the Alkaline Paleo Diet the more I feel the world is opening up for me.  Some of this is to do with increased energy and brain power but also I feel my 5 senses are working much much better.
I enjoy what I eat more, I appreciate my surroundings more and sex has become  much more  enjoyable.   Orgasms has become a thing of wonder and I don’t remember ever having this kind of experience before even when I was younger.   I think this is pretty good for a peri-menopausal women of 52!  One reason, I’m pretty sure, is that my hormonal system is now much healthier probably healthier than it’s ever been.  Getting those necessary fats has allowed my body to balance my progesterone, oestrogen and testosterone ratios, my sex hormones.
Going Out to a Cafe, Restaurant or Drink at the Pub
Going out has mostly been about having a meal,  a coffee or an alcoholic drink or at least always has been a big part of the outing.

It’s certainly not impossible to go out for a meal as long as I pick the right restaurant and order only the meat and above ground vegetables.  Unfortunately it’s always the better restaurants (more expensive) that will have better quality foods and oils and be more accommodating for my needs.  Forget eating at takeaways or fat food places, they just don’t have anything to offer.

When I eat out I try make sure I get enough good fat in my meal, as there isn’t  the usual potato or pasta as a filler. This will make sure I am  full and so won’t be tempted to order a dessert.  I will ask  for some extra virgin olive oil or I will bring some butter, ghee or coconut oil to put on my meal myself.

I will drink mostly mineral water with a little lemon juice squeezed into it. This drink is amazingly satisfying.  The other really good drink to have, when I can get it,  is a pot of green tea.

Going out for a coffee can be more problematic.   As long as I have a small long black very occasionally I don’t see it as a problem, otherwise a long black decaf.  But coffee is very strong and some people are definitely better off without it.  And the pub?  I really don’t find this is easy at all but as recovering alcoholics can do it well, it must be possible.
Would you be interested to discover how food can either rule our lives or how we can be the captain of our our bodies?  
Looking at, and finding the answers to this question is my passion!
 
Despite access to so much historical information our leaders keep making the same mistakes over and over again.  Why do they do this?
I think the way we have been eating has caused so much problems on a chemical level within our bodies and brains that we haven’t been able to evolve much as a species.  We certainly keep making the same mistakes again and again and never seem to learn anything from our history.  What’s the use of history unless we see the mistakes and stop repeating them?
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The Astounding Information Available on The Paleo Diet/Low Carb, High Fat Diet.

April 10, 2012 by Leave a Comment

What I have found out about the Paleo diet is that people on it seem to be such givers.  The information that these people are contributing in blogs is astounding and most of it seems  to be given in the spirit of truly wanting to help people get healthy.

I also love the fact that people seem to get more intelligent, emotionally and intellectually on the Paleo diet.   To me this means that our Agrarian (Agriculural diet) diet may have been making us dumber.  Not surprising considering what eating wheat does to the brain with it’s opioid like effect.

 

Wonderful and informative sites I have found.  Beware there is an astounding amount of them!

This is this wonderful non profit site, Nutrition and Metabolism Society: http://www.nmsociety.org/  which is trying to trying to change the minds of those in charge of  the prevailing paradigm that carbs are good for diabetics.

I know this doesn’t look like it’s a paleo diet and it’s not but it’s an incredible blog by a cardiologist who wrote “Wheat Belly”  http://www.wheatbellyblog.com/

Then there is Dr Jay Wortman’s blog.  He made the documentary movie “My Big Fat Diet” using the study he did with Low Carb/High Fat diet on some diabetic Canadian Eskimos.  He has been LC/HF along with all his family for 9 years.  He is now 65 and he says fitter than when he was 40.  http://www.drjaywortman.com/blog/wordpress/

Denise Minger, was a raw food proponent when starting her blog but soon found she needed to change as her teeth among other things were starting to become a big problem.  So from raw food to Paleo she went.  She has a brilliant mind and is writing a book called “Death By the Food Pyramid”  which is to be published late 2012.  http://rawfoodsos.com/

Of course Jimmy Moore on http://livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog/ is the hotspot for everything new in the Paleo/Low Carb, High Fat world.  His interviews are the testimonials of both professional and lay people who just want everyone to know there is an answer!

Dr Davis who wrote Wheat Belly has a wonderful site all about why we really shouldn’t be eating wheat, rye and barley gluten any more.  http://www.wheatbellyblog.com/     Such incredible and comprehensive information.

For depression and the natural answers look no further than Dr Daniel Kalish.  He is absolutely in accordance with this diet because he advocates high quality protein which provides all the necessary Amino Acids necessary for good brain health and the necessity for detoxing both our inner and outer environment. Listen to this great podcast for information on how to be able to think well.   http://kalishresearch.com/dluw.html

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