Often I am asked what the one thing a person can do to bring balance to the system. Not everyone is the same but in my experience people can benefit from eating less refined foods. So what is refinement? A refined food is a food that has been altered from its natural state to make it easier to eat or easier to cook. Often key elements of the food may be removed. For example, when brown rice is refined into white rice the bran and germ are removed which removes about 40% of the food value.
If you look closely at your body, you will see that your body is a machine that is meticulously designed to refine food. You have teeth and saliva which chew rough foods into a more liquid or paste substance. Then your stomach breaks the chewed food down even further and sends it to the small intestine which, over a period of time, performs the miracle of absorption and transforms the broken down food into a human being. This whole process takes about 4 to 6 hours.
Now let's look at what happens to refined food when introduced into the body. Refined foods have already been broken down into very small particles so in many cases they do not require chewing. So many of these foods are swallowed directly without mixing with saliva. This means when the food enters the stomach, it is lacking the enzymes present in saliva which aid in the digestive process. Even if chewed, the refined food is foreign to the stomach and it does not know how to handle it. The small particles of refined foods are easily broken down in the stomach and inappropriately are absorbed through the wall of the stomach directly into the blood stream. This happens much quicker than the absorbtion of unrefined foods. This absorbed substance raises the blood sugar levels quickly and creates an emergency situation for the body. The sudden increase in blood sugar must be leveled out. The body goes into defensive mode and the liver starts transforming sugar into a storage medium, fat. This lowers the blood sugar levels again and results in the feeling of hunger. The body does not know how to get the stored sugar out of the fat because it is a form of long term storage, so its only recourse is to call for more input from more food or drink. This cycle takes about 2 hours and so the body wants some kind of snack within 2 hours of eating.
If you go to any kind of place where there are children engaged in some kind of activity, you will find that most of them need some kind of food or drink every 2 hours. If they don't get it, they will not be able to function due to their blood sugar dropping. Adults are also tied up in this cycle.
When unrefined food is eaten, the process of breaking it down and absorbing it provides a very steady blood sugar level throughout the 4 to 6 hours that it takes for the process to complete. The result is that a person does not get hungry easily. The body never goes into emergency mode and so it is not stressed. Emotions are steady and the mind is clear. It is a beautiful and effective way to live.
Unrefine your diet and take control over your life.
Thanks for reading.
If you look closely at your body, you will see that your body is a machine that is meticulously designed to refine food. You have teeth and saliva which chew rough foods into a more liquid or paste substance. Then your stomach breaks the chewed food down even further and sends it to the small intestine which, over a period of time, performs the miracle of absorption and transforms the broken down food into a human being. This whole process takes about 4 to 6 hours.
Now let's look at what happens to refined food when introduced into the body. Refined foods have already been broken down into very small particles so in many cases they do not require chewing. So many of these foods are swallowed directly without mixing with saliva. This means when the food enters the stomach, it is lacking the enzymes present in saliva which aid in the digestive process. Even if chewed, the refined food is foreign to the stomach and it does not know how to handle it. The small particles of refined foods are easily broken down in the stomach and inappropriately are absorbed through the wall of the stomach directly into the blood stream. This happens much quicker than the absorbtion of unrefined foods. This absorbed substance raises the blood sugar levels quickly and creates an emergency situation for the body. The sudden increase in blood sugar must be leveled out. The body goes into defensive mode and the liver starts transforming sugar into a storage medium, fat. This lowers the blood sugar levels again and results in the feeling of hunger. The body does not know how to get the stored sugar out of the fat because it is a form of long term storage, so its only recourse is to call for more input from more food or drink. This cycle takes about 2 hours and so the body wants some kind of snack within 2 hours of eating.
If you go to any kind of place where there are children engaged in some kind of activity, you will find that most of them need some kind of food or drink every 2 hours. If they don't get it, they will not be able to function due to their blood sugar dropping. Adults are also tied up in this cycle.
When unrefined food is eaten, the process of breaking it down and absorbing it provides a very steady blood sugar level throughout the 4 to 6 hours that it takes for the process to complete. The result is that a person does not get hungry easily. The body never goes into emergency mode and so it is not stressed. Emotions are steady and the mind is clear. It is a beautiful and effective way to live.
Unrefine your diet and take control over your life.
Thanks for reading.
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