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balance
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harmony
requires only following a
proper diet! One should
never take medications in an
uncontrolled manner. The
power of medications is onesided, and there are cases in
which they are helpful.
Sun Si Miao.
" Recipes worth a thousand pieces of gold."
(Classical text of Chinese Nutrition Therapy)
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not only one's own needs and properties of foods, but also the
correct preparation. It is necessary to exercise skill in eating by not
overeating, by choosing high-qualities foods, avoiding too many
food combinations, and by knowing a broad range of nutritious
foods including the chlorophyll-rich plants, the best source of
certain fatty acids, the least dangerous of the concentrated
sweeteners and so on. When a good attitude and sufficient
exercises are combined with a balanced and disciplined diet, one
finds no limit to health.
Most Asian nutrition therapies tend to be identified with macrobiotic
methodology; a distinct dietary philosophy focusing on health and
longevity through lifestyle principles.
This suggests that food becomes an ultimate medicine when
we recognize it as a facet of our mind.
Benefits
These books are for people who are interested in selfcare and want to change their lives; for people who
are ill and spend a lot of money on supplements and
doctors, for mothers, wives and managers. For people
who want to improve their health, balance energy and
life without spending a lot of money or time. For those
who enjoy learning, reading books, and people who
like to cook healthy foods
Eating right means more than what you should eat.
We are overwhelmed with dietary advice, (research
how many diets are out their at one time)
What is really healthy?
In one years course, I give 30yrs of experience in 3 x
different modalities. Financial benefits
How can food bring you into balance? People must understand
that food can make us ill or it can make us healthy.
With small changes to our food habits, we can make huge
changes to our overall health and wellbeing.
I want to teach the real reason why eating sugar is bad, including
the western perspective too.
It is good to look at food not just as nutrition but also as energy,
how it can bring us into balance and how we can also have a
happy life. There is NO DIET, because life is a picnic and you
must enjoy it.
Learn how in every part of the world, there are healthy ingredients
that will support you. Learn to make healthy choices and healthy
combinations for yourself, your partner and your children.
Its not about diet, but also who you are. You will find information
provided to understand what your body is telling you. You will learn
ways to increase your self-awareness and body awareness.
I will talk about the best way to arrange your kitchen, create a
shopping list, tips for a mother, a wife, a single person etc. Once
implemented, these things are easy, dont take long and provide
you with life-long healthy eating strategies.
In book 1 and book 2 we will we talk about western approach to
nutrition and eastern approach to nutrition. All this gives you the
possibility to keep you and your family happy and healthy.
Book 1: Western approach to nutrition
Western approach to nutrition: diet, sugar, fat,
carbohydrates & proteins
How these food groups affect our health in both a positive
and negative way
You are probably aware of the food pyramid that tells us what
we should eat. Actually, there are many different types of food
pyramids on the market at any give time; for example, the Paleo
diet, micro-biotic diet and the raw-food diet. They all have different
approaches and different ratios of food in the respective food
groups.
Our society is bombarded with the latest designer diet every day.
There are so many ways to approach the topic of healthy eating:
multi-vitamins, probiotics, fibre, etc. You will be able to understand
what diet means, which diet is good, which diet is not good for
you and your family.
In the west we speak of proteins, carbohydrates, fats and
other components of food. This is very important to
understand:
Our society is bombarded with the latest designer diet every day.
There are so many ways to approach the topic of healthy eating:
multi-vitamins, probiotics, fibre, etc. However, are all these
supplements and foods appropriate for your body? What does your
body really need?
You cant turn on the TV, drive down the road or go to a party
without being confronted with western societys hottest obsession:
weight loss. Diets are a billion-dollar industry; companies spend
millions and millions luring you into trying the latest diet (low carb,
high protein, low fat, no fat, you name it) with promises that this will
(finally) be the solution - your shortcut to a thinner body.
Advertising efforts also deeply affect our children, who develop a
distorted body image and are often on diets as early as nine or 10
years of age.
Our culture touts diet pills; celebrity workouts, convenience foods
and trendy diets to help us achieve our desired weight, but these
quick-fix solutions have backfired. World populace has reached its
highest weight in history. For example, about half the population of
America is overweight; one-third is obese. Diets steer us away
from our own common sense and dip deeply into our pocketbooks
while eliciting few, if any, lasting results.
Why? Ill give you a couple of answers on this question from the
different perspectives of western and eastern nutritional science:
The conclusions are too far reaching (not every cholesterollowering substance automatically protects against heart
attacks)
They publish only studies that confirm their point of view
and ignore studies that negate their objectives
They concentrate on a biochemical mechanism and ignore
the entire biochemical picture
They focus mainly on weight loss and do not take into
account the long-term effects, such as a shortening of life
span expectancy. A diet or diet from the point of view of biogerontology (the science of aging), really keeps this in mind
eat less meat. We push ourselves very hard. We are fighting with
healthy food, thoughts, emotions and people around us. We cant
go out with friends; we miss our chocolate, our coffee, and our
relaxing moments with pleasure food. We become very nervous
and irritated; then the craving comes. We start to think: Whats
wrong if I just eat just one small piece of chocolate, just one! Yes,
just one. Then it becomes 2, then 3 pieces. We give up. We feel
guilty. Then we eat even more bad food than before we started
the diet. Its the normal reaction of emotional eating. Naturally, we
start to gain more weight.
All of us know this situation: This is the typical western diet cycle.
Many of us, who have tried one or more western diets, have had
this kind of experience.
assumptions:
I eat a lot of salads and they contain a lot of vitamins. All
cooked food is dead.
Very interesting, but salad has the least amount of vitamins and
minerals and other nutritional value. However, it is very difficult
to digest. It constantly weakens our digestion and digestive fire.
It weakens all of our energy systems. We become tired, we feel
cold and have cold feet and hands, it cools our fire of life and
so on. You will learn more about this in the next book.
It has no taste. We take a lot of dressing and a lot of seeds and
nuts to make it tasty and easy digestible. But the dressing
contains a lot of oil and vinegar. Plus, nuts also contain a lot of
oil. This is very bad for our liver. Why do you think you need a
lot of detoxing for the liver? Because you have poisoned it with
your overindulgence of tahini, oil, seeds and nuts.
Salads contain a lot of water. This promotes the holding of
water in our system. What do you think is the cause of
cellulitis?
I eat a lot of fruit and juices. Perfect. In the section Sugar we
will talk about this topic.
I am a vegan; therefore, I am healthy. Yes, you can be a
perfectly healthy vegan as long as you know how to perfectly
combine your meals. Of course, you must know everything
about the energetic qualities of food. If you eat very strictly
macrobiotic, it means you must have spent a lot of time
studying vegan food and you cook at home a lot. The same is
valid for vegetarians.
Vegetarians, be careful with diary and eggs! I saw a
vegetarian who was drinking a lot of milk, eating cheese, as
well as yoghurt and eggs. You will learn about these products
in book 1. Dont forget about excessive amounts of dressings,
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what you may be missing and would like to indulge in. It's about
healing, and the need to do that in a focused and disciplined way,
is what enables you to see your body's honest reaction.
Remember! The most important quality that you can bring to
your eating is to be present with what you are doing. Taste
your food, use your senses and awaken to the miracle of
transforming your health.
You are probably aware of the food pyramid that tells us what we
should eat. You can find these posters everywhere, even in
Doctors offices. They tend to look like the pyramid below.
food, (i.e. the image above) a pyramid that has been used for a
very long time.
Most food pyramids you see circulating around, are very old now.
You may be asking the question; why do we still use these
pyramids? Let me share with you a couple of reasons why.
Lets look at the most widely known food pyramid and the
associated problems behind this pyramid:
1. Contents: The base of pyramid shows food that is supposed
to be consumed in the largest amounts: dairy, starch
products (bread, pasta, white rice, cereals, cornflakes and
potatos). Actually, these foods are the most, unhealthy
foods. We should absolutely be avoiding these foods in our
daily life
2. The pyramid doesnt separate healthy and unhealthy food. In
general, we have a lot more unhealthy food available to us
than healthy food: unhealthy grains (refined white rice and
pasta), unhealthy oils (refined oils and margarine) and so on
3. There are no any alternatives for your diet. For example: We
need to eat less meat, most people are aware of this. What
is the alternative according to the pyramid? The alternatives
are vegetables and fruit. But my question is what do I eat
instead of meat? I dont find the answer there. The pyramid
doesnt talk about legumes, beans, and tempeh or fish. We
have the same problem with grain products (bread, pasta,
pizza). We know that we are supposed to eat less grain
products, but what is the alternative for grain products?
4. The other big problem is the amount of food. In the top of the
pyramid we see a very small triangle with fats, oils, and
sweets. Again, we encounter the same problem: what does it
mean: not much? Also, we cant see the difference
between good and bad oils. Adding to this problem, there is
also a large amount of healthy foods that we should be
consuming in small amounts, for example: black chocolate.
Where do we find this? I dont see it anywhere
5. Other important foods missing from this pyramid are sea
weeds, fermented food, herbs and so on
6. Fruit problem. Further you will learn more about the healthy
influence of fruit. You will probably start to change your mind
about the importance of fruit in our overall food consumption.
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There are five main groups of nutrients, which can be divided into
two groups
1. The macro- nutrients
2. The micronutrients
Why quit sugar, you might ask? Sugar is natural! Well, yes, but so
is petroleum, and surely you dont mean fruit and honey? Yes, yes,
I do.
Lets be clear: its fructose that is the enemy when we talk about
sugar. Your body transforms table sugar into fructose (and
glucose), and the sugar in fruit is also fructose. Honey is 40%
fructose and agave is up to 90% fructose. Now heres the
untechnical gist of the matter: every single molecule we stick in our
mouths has a corresponding appetite hormone that, when weve
eaten enough of said molecule, tells our brains OK, we are full
now. Our bodies are good that way, were designed to eat only as
much as we need.
Every molecule, that is, except fructose.
This is because back when we were cave people, sugar was both
highly valuable (as instant energy for chasing wildebeest) and
extremely rare (a berry here and there). Thus we evolved with no
fructose full switch so that when we did stumble on a berry bush
we could gorge ourselves silly (and store it as instant fat).
Our digestion and metabolisms have not changed in over 100,000
years. Our sugar intake, however, has. In just 150 years, its gone
from 0kg to about 60kg a year.
Everybody knows that sugar is unhealthy. It is more dangerous
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Lets see how sugar affects our body. Excessive intake of sugar
causes
Activation of Insulin-like Growth Factor (IGF) which
leads to excessive growths and formation of body
tissues aging, cancer
Agglutination of the protein molecules (sticking of the
molecules): problem with skin, kidney, blood vessels,
atherosclerosis, brain, immune system (asthma, allergy,
rheumatism), gastro-intestinal tract, nerves (nerve pain,
slow impulses between synapses), problems with vision,
problems with erections, problems with intestinal nerves
Increases in heart and vessel problems
Suppression of immune system
Increased acidity of blood and body increased
Osteoporosis: sucks calcium from the bones
Activation of fat production cholesterol heart and
vessel problems
People who eat a lot of sugar have a much higher risk of getting
cancer. Why does this happen?
First, IGF is a very important cause of this problem. IGF stimulates
the growth of cancer cells. For example, men who have a high
secretion of IGF, have a nine times higher chance of contracting
prostate cancer. (3,4). Cancer cells are very dependent upon
sugar. They need it to grow and they use it in much higher
amounts than a normal cell, they use it as a fuel. Also, sugar
suppresses the immune system. Every day our body produce
thousands cancer cells and the immune system destroys them. If
our immune system is not efficient enough, the body will not
destroy the cancer cells.
Disaccharides include
Sucrose table sugar, made from one molecule of glucose
and one of fructose
Lactose found in milk and made from one molecule of
glucose and one of galactose
Maltose (malt sugar) found in cereals; made up of two
paired glucose molecules
The sugar in whole-foods is balanced with proper minerals. The
energy obtained from breaking down and assimilating these
sugars is of a constant and enduring nature.
The refining process of sugar disperses the life force and the
natural balance is upset. Refined sugar passes quickly in the
bloodstream in large amounts, giving the stomach and pancreas a
shock. This causes blood-sugar imbalance and further cravings for
sugar.
Refined sugar delivers high energy and enables us to keep
working, but unfortunately, it is addictive and contributes greatly to
disease and imbalances and cravings for sugar.
Lets compare the Western point of view and knowledge of
Traditional Chinese Medicine to the workings of sugar.
According TCM
1. Enter
the
Spleen-pancreas
exegetical system
Harmonizing
3. Remove coldness
4. Tonifies, is proper food for
deficiency and weakness
5. Moistening
Carbohydrates
and
promotes warmth.
sugar
According TCM
shop we can purchase it from. The final step before the fruit is
eaten is that it spends some time in your refrigerator. This is a
long way to a healthy meal. Our ancestors went to the garden
and picked an apple or pear from the tree. This is the best way
to have healthy fruit and also the taste is delicious. Just
imagine that papayas are growing in Germany in January!!
Do you think that all these chemicals that make your papaya
artificially ripe in your country and also all the chemicals that
keep that papaya for such a long time are healthy?
The next problem is an energetic one. (You will learn about the
energy of food in the next module). We eat tropical fruit in
tropical countries to cool our system down. Tropical fruit is the
coldest food. Have you ever seen Alaska Natives eating
pineapples? No, they never do it because tropical fruit will cool
and slow your metabolism and digestion. Tropical fruits also
activate the production of: sinusitis, flu, and bronchitis problems
in our modern countries in the winter
People believe that fruit contains simple sugar. That this simple
sugar does not elevate blood sugar in the same way as refined
sugar. Yes, this is true, however, they have the same acid
effect on the body
Fruit sugar has an exaggerated response on people eating
whole foods
In excess, fruit sugar can produce fatigue, inflammation and
weaken mineral stores
Eating too much fruit, particularly fruit juices, can elevate
triglyceride levels - a type of fat, which increases the risk for
heart disease
First you must eat fruit according the season. It means that
during a hot summer, you can eat tropical and mediterranean
fruit. In the winter, apples and pears are welcome!
Never start the morning with fruit or fruit juices
For some, the additional amount of sugar present in tropical
fruits may warrant a reduced amount of fruit
Fruit juices are concentrations of sugar minus the fruit fiber
(smoothies are the ecxeptions). You get a lot of fruit with one
glass of juice. You will not be able to eat such a big piece of
melon, but you will easily consume it in one glass of juice. An
ordinary healthy orange juice in the morning can be extracted
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from six oranges. Thats way too much sugar and too much
acid. It is also very energeticly cold for your system and
harmful for your digestion
Fruit can be eaten in a number of ways: fresh, cooked, or dried.
Howewer, a couple of handfuls of deceptively innocent dried
fruits may fill a basket if they were fresh. Also, dried fruit
contains more sugar, so beware!
Last, but not least!
Some people are aware that white sugar is bad so they are
replacing it with equally large amounts of honey.
For people who use a whole-food diet, a small amount of honey is
OK.
Heat produced honey, should be not used by people with
copious amounts of mucus. Raw, completely unprocessed,
unheated honey is preferable. The more medicinal qualities of
honey will be discussed in level II.