Link: Landmark Study
“More people have died from eating than ever starved to death!” – Benjamin Franklin
One of the five pillars of Chinese medicine is based on the concept of Food Cures – eating in the proper way to maintain good health. Seasonal effects and the five energies of foods are essential if we are going to be in harmony with what our body needs to optimize our health. When combined with acupuncture treatments to balance our metabolism, suppressing or stimulating our metabolism as required, you can be on your way to a natural approach to a healthier life©.
The five energies of foods are cold, hot, warm, cool, and neutral and refers to their “energy” rather than their temperature. For example tea has a “cold” energy, so even though you drink it hot, you are actually drinking a “cold” beverage. Have you ever felt cold after eating a banana?
Our society has strayed far away from our optimum eating program. The proliferation of fast foods and/or processed food combined with the infiltration of toxic chemicals creates a cellular imbalance in our metabolism that blocks absorption. This morbid combination is a major contributor to the pandemic obesity situation affecting the majority of our population of all ages.
Dr. Abram Hoffer, the Canadian pioneer of orthomolecular medicine, determined that healthy nutrition required a simple but not easy requirement to have the right nutrients in the right balance get to the right place at the right time. This concept was scientifically proven by Shaklee scientists and confirmed by the landmark study at UCLA Berkley Health Sciences <a href=”http://www.landmarkstudy.com”> We all need the same nutrients on a daily basis – the major variable is the quantity created by demand. A professional athlete may require over 6,000 calories a day and the same intake would send us shopping for a larger size wardrobe after a few weeks.
Our ability to properly absorb our food can also be affected by food sensitivities (or allergies as they are mistakenly called). A sensitivity is the result of a deficiency of nutrients that can be corrected with a combination of acupuncture and food cures. One very common example is the wheat group (feathers, wool, dust, detergents and pet dander) that can be corrected with the proper balance of vitamins, minerals, amino acids and herbs. I provide more information on this in my previous blog entry about Allergens. Did you know that a sinus congestion can be the result of adrenal exhaustion that often results from a stressful lifestyle?
There is much more to wellness than not being sick. If illness were our natural condition we would have disappeared with the dinosaurs. Is your metabolism a metaphor for a vehicle with a full fuel tank and a faulty supply system? In Chinese medicine, good health is considered to be a harmonious landscape. Are you ready for a treatment to return to your natural health and harmony?
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