Chew and Lose Lbs, Don't Chew and Really

Lose
Below is a feature with one the
most important health practices we
have ever discovered and in
particular weight loss. We all know
that keeping our weight down will
extend our lives and have a big
effect on the quality of our lives.
You will read in chewing your food adequately will result in
not only weight loss but good health and extended life.
Now in my case I have an added issue. I have an esophagus
issue that has taken the lives too early of close relatives and
friends, my Father for one. There could be a genetic
relationship or perhaps the eat on the go type mentality. I
remember packing fruit at a frantic pace at our work bench,
eating a sandwich with one hand and packing with the
other. As fast as I packed was as fast as I ate and I packed
fast. I have been shoveling my food down for 70 plus years
and my Mother probably started the whole affair from
birth. She was an A type herself and my Dad was a triple A
type.
There is no question that it will pay me personally to follow
through with the material you will read in the Internet
feature below and follow it for the rest of your life. I will be

honest with you, it is going to be very difficult to break the

habit of woofing your food down and if you don't have this
bad habit, count your blessings.
Below in the feature they mention
"food allergies" and they don't go
into much detail other than
mitigating toxic allergies from food.
It doesn't say it but my first thought
is if you are subjected to allergies,
the snots etc. is it a possibility that
these adverse reactions can be alleviated by chewing and
actually liquefying your foods? Sure your allergies may
come from pollen and pollution, but assuming these are the
sole causes could be a false premise. Could chewing your
foods be the deciding factor in neutralizing the negative
effects of the other problems we are subjected to and that
includes stress?
Is it possible that chewing and liquefying your food not only
serves as a weight loss tool and allergy fighter, but could
actually fight the dreaded diseases we all face, the "big C"
for one. How about arthritis, if you are getting on in years
old arthritis is most likely attacking you. Here is a good
test. Chew your food and liquefy it for a month or a couple
of weeks and see what happens with your arthritis. You
could be surprised.
In fact right below where they
mention allergies you will see where

they state that chewing foods encourages the release of more

"Histamine". Yet they fail to relate the fact that histamine
plays a huge role in allergies. They only state that histamine
results in decreased food intake and drops it there. I
personally think they dropped the ball here by not
elaborating, although I can't be critical of this fantastic
article.

Allergic Reactions and Acid

Wastes/Inflammation
Below is an excerpt from a feature we have just completed
on inflammation. It zeros in on allergic reactions and
testing. The link to the full feature follows the excerpt.
"Allergic reactions are distinctive because of excessive
activation of certain white blood cells called mast cells and
basophils by a type of antibody called Immunoglobulin E
(IgE). This reaction results in an inflammatory response
which can range from uncomfortable to dangerous.
A variety of tests exist to diagnose allergic conditions. These
include placing possible allergens on the skin and looking for
a reaction such as swelling. Blood tests can also be done to
look for an allergen-specific IgE."
http://www.blueeyedcurse.com/inflammation.htm

Now recently for some reason especially coming up to the

north east from the tropics I have run into an increased
weight problem, like 5 lbs. First time in 6 years that I have
had to confront this weight business as I did years ago when
I lost over 20 lbs. Shortness of breath scared the be Jesus
out of me at the time and the Doctor said, "Lose weight or
else" I believe he meant the "else" was like DEAD.
Whooooaa, that was a little incentive to get on the stick.
Unfortunately like most I need strong incentives to do what I
should do.
Now I didn't correct my chewing
problem then, but I still lost weight.
I feel I am entering into a different
phase of my life, one where I cannot
get the amount of physical exercise
that I did 6 years ago and need the
added kick of chewing to enhance
all aspects of my regimen.
Now in my particular case to be motivated, I take a path of
teaching the subject matter by first researching it, and as
the old saying goes "If you want to learn something and/or
motivate yourself, teach it" I guess it is something to do with
ego when you teach someone you are bolstering the fact that
you may know something that someone else doesn't. I would
like to think that my ego is not driving me to pass on the
word in the teaching process, but rather a humane drive.
Researched feature below...

Chewing As a Weight Loss Strategy

Do you woof your food down? If
you want to be lean and fit for life
you might want to consider the
relationship between chewing and
weight control or weight loss. While
most weight management or dietary programs focus on what
to eat, little if any attention is given to HOW TO EAT.
What you will see in this article is a practical strategy you
can implement right now to lose weight and be lean and fit
for life. Simply by chewing your food longer, until it is
basically a liquid in your mouth, you do three things that
help your weight loss, health and longevity. The first is that
you will eat less. The second is that you will digest and
assimilate nutrients more effectively; the third is that you
will mitigate toxins and allergies from food, which are
important to longevity and weight
loss.
Chewing and Food Intake:
Recent studies from Oita Medical
School in Japan show a direct
relationship between chewing speed
and the release of histamine from the brain. Chewing slower
and longer causes the brain to release histamine, resulting in
decreased food intake.

The speed at which you chew sends signals to your brain

that control how much you eat. (How much you want to eat)
Further, hormones such as leptin, ghrelin and
cholestokinnen that are involved in the sensation of fullness,
do not reach peak expression until 20 to 40 minutes after
food is ingested. Chewing longer allows these hormones to
work for you. You get the same sense of fullness on less food
because you are giving these hormones time to work. Many
speed eaters literally chew and swallow faster than their
bodies natural satiety signaling can keep up with. If you
want to lose weight but you woof your food down, you are
shooting yourself in the foot.
There is a direct relationship
between chewing and weight loss.
Simply put, the more you chew, and
the more slowly you chew, the less
you eat. The less you eat at any
given meal, the more weight loss.
Of course if you pile up your plate
and eat slowly, it is going to take you forever to finish the
meal. So what is the solution, start out by putting about
40% less on your plate. Watch the scale for a few weeks. If
you are gradually losing, (like ounces a day) leave it at the
40%. If you are not cut the food in half as this confirms that
you are getting all you need out of 40% of what you have
been taking in.
Chewing and Digestion and Absorption.
Eating the right foods gets you nowhere if you dont absorb

them. Worse, eating the right foods takes you backwards if

they putrefy into toxins.
Eating the right food is important, but eating the right food
and properly digesting it is essential for life long weight loss.
Digestion begins in the mouth. Specifically, saliva contains a
fat metabolizing enzyme called lingual lipase. Before any fat
you ingest even hits your stomach, it begins breaking down
in your mouth via the action of lingual lipase.
As you can guess, the key issue here is how long you chew
your food. This is important for 2 reasons. The first reason
is that the more you chew, the more surface area of the food
in your mouth comes in contact with lingual lipase.
Blueeyedcurse note: We are
great believers in the synergy of
chewing different foods together.
Enzymic action is short lived, in
some cases a matter of seconds.
The old cider maker that stands
over the roller where the apples
are going to the crusher before
pressing, tosses in special apples
into the mix just before
crushing. We knew a Cider
Master by the name of Lou
Grancelli. He used to say "It is
in the blend and I am the master
blender" He will tell you that

squeezing different apples and pouring them into a tank and

then stirring the mix does not in anyway compare to the
results of the instant synergy gained from his process. We
believe the same applies to the chewing process. So my
suggestion when you eat is go out of your way to mix foods in
a couple of forkfuls. We use nuts in most of our meals. Nuts
are a great food but high in calories. We try to get at least a
piece of a nut in each mouthful before we start the chewing
action. Check out our Nuts feature
http://www.blueeyedcurse.com/nuts%20to%20you.htm
The second reason is due to allergies. The more undigested
food you have in your stomach the more prone you are to
getting food allergies. Food allergies hamper your weight
loss and longevity. Your mouth has a similar action for
carbohydrates. Your saliva contains an enzyme called
salivary amylase. Salivary amylase works to break down
carbs into simpler sugars.
The most basic rule of thumb if you
want to see the greatest absorption
of the good foods you are eating to
lose weight is more chews equals
better digestion and absorption. The
reason this matters is simply that
undigested and unabsorbed food
sitting in your stomach and small intestine tends to putrefy
and cause allergic and inflammatory reactions. Take protein
for example. Proteins tend to be difficult for the body to
break down. There are many examples of proteins that are

semi soft such as sushi, eggs, and yogurt, really tender fish,
which often are mostly swallowed without chewing. What
happens is these proteins have major portions of their mass
that sit in your stomach and literally rot and putrefy. Many
people are allergic to eggs primarily because they do not
adequately chew them. Many including myself
would have considered chewing food such as
yogurt for instance ridiculous. We eat yogurt
twice a day, but we add fruits and berries to it.
We now chew this mix up thoroughly and in the
process chew or at least liquefy the yogurt in it. Remember
the section above on lingual lipase and it is needed to break
down the fat in the mouth if you give it a chance that is?
Good fat is essential in
carrying nutrition
throughout the body. Even
some saturated fat is
needed, but my guess is the
chewing process of any fat
will have a huge bearing on
how much benefits are
derived from it. Last is the
negative aspects of not
digesting fat properly. You
talk about putrefication,
fat and add a little sugar to
it in a meal and you are really talking a boiler maker. All
fats I believe have gotten a bad rap, simply because the body
was not given the opportunity to digest them properly. So in
the case of fats poor chewing not only deprives the body of

the benefits, the fat not processed raises holy hell in your
digestive network.

Many people who have a difficult time with weight loss have
a difficult time with digestion and food allergies. Lack of
adequate chewing is a principle reason why.

If you want the greatest weight loss

in the short term, and to lose weight
and keep it off for a lifetime, you
not only have to eat the right foods,
but you have to absorb them
correctly. The single most
important thing you can do is to
chew your food until it is basically a liquid in your mouth.
By doing this you will eat less, absorb more and keep your
physiology young longer by virtue of creating fewer toxins
from digestion.
End of Lookcut article. Note: We added the chewing fellow.
There are two last measures
that you can take regarding
the weight loss issue and that
is balancing your food at
every meal and snack. In fact
on the right is an image of my

afternoon snack that I will be chewing and chewing and

chewing. If you take a close look you will see the apple slices
and in the front you will also see a big ole brazil nut and to
the right of that a piece of chicken. Now how close this is to
the 40% Carbohydrate, 30% Protein and 30% Fats I don't
really know. I do know one thing and that is I practiced this
40-30-30 regimen for a year and 20 lbs came off of me like
butter. You will read in the 40-30-30 feature (Link below)
when you practice this balance at every meal and snack, you
stimulate the hormone glucagon, the fat burning hormone
and fat burning it does. The apple of course is the good
carb, the chicken with a little fat on it is the protein and the
nut is a little good fat and it is critical.
We have written an extensive feature on this program. It is
called the 40-30-30 program. The prominent zone diet uses
these same principles and we would invite you to follow up
on this by going to our ......
http://www.blueeyedcurse.com/40-30-30%20page.htm
feature.
Last but not least is calories. If you start out by chewing
your food to the point of liquification, you should be able to
cut your calories a good 1/3, by simply reducing the volume
of food you eat. Stay on this regimen for a period of time
and keep an eye on the scale. I did every day for a couple of
years. See how your energy level is and how you feel. If you
feel good with the same energy level or more, you are

gradually losing weight not necessarily every day stay with

it.
Amusingly
I personally
have found
that cutting
my volume
down on
the plate
has actually
given me a
visual
reminder to
chew. I
look down
after a few forkfuls and say "Hey there isn't much left all of
a sudden, I have plenty of time to do some chewing baby".
In fact I believe when you face a mountain of food on your
plate that you don't really need you have a tendency to think
"Woofing", like "Hey I better get started as fast as I can or
I will be here all day putting this stuff away".
My good wife keeps an eye on my eating practice. She notes
that I take 2 or 3 forkfuls at a time. I told her that I don't
swallow the first forkful, I just accumulate enough of the
food in my mouth so that I can enjoy the synergy of the
different foods and expedite the process. I don't mind
chewing to liquification, but I can do 2 or 3 forkfuls in one
operation. I guess it all boils down to how big a mouth you

have. Now the guy above is not me and what he is about to

inject in his mouth does not represent one of my forkfuls.
This is an extra experience we had one day at a cafeteria
and you talk about "woofing". We were told this cafeteria
was one of the best in town. They advertized "You will
always find a table at Morrison's" So being in business I
was curious how they could make such a claim. So the
family and I approached the parking lot and looked over at
the cafeteria and witnessed 2 long lines stretched out into the
parking lot. I said to myself now how in the world can these
people advertize "You will always find a table at
Morrison's"
So we got on
line way out in
the parking lot
and worked
our selves at a
pretty good
pace inside the
place and
started to pick
our food out. Now when we got to the register as soon as we
started to be checked out, a waiter grabbed our trays and
virtually ran to an open table. In fact we couldn't even
track where he went until we collared him and he frantically
directed us to the table. Now during the course of our
"woofing session" and woofing was just what it was, waiters
and diners were scurrying around again at this insane pace.
So if you are subjected to a frantic insane environment, you

naturally join in and to be expected we were done "woofing"

our meal in a few minutes, because as soon as we put the last
forkful in our mouth a waiter literally grabbed the trays
from our table and gave us a polite "Please stop again"
Hence "You will always find a table at Morrison's"
This information is intended to heighten awareness of potential
health care alternatives and should not be considered as medical
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