Happy 2011
We only learn by contrast Can't know hot if we haven't experienced cold, can't know feeling good if we haven't experienced feeling bad
Nobody wants to feel bad in life That's what takes them to doctors To feel better right?
Feeling Nutritionally Poorly
And just as foods are us, there are some that don't make us feel our best
The challenge is find out which ones they are
By seeing the qualities in food as the same ones that comprise us there becomes a common meeting place, where the qualities of us merge with the qualities of the foods that we consume
If we have the hot quality in our physiology in large amount(Pitta) then eating lots of foods that carry the hot quality will lead us to excess or imbalance of the hot quality
Learning by Contrast
If excess shows up in our awareness(heartburn) then we have a choice, leave the hot alone by choosing different foods that are more balancing
So experiencing hot in feeling bad gives us a choice with the emphasis that this choice is not right or wrong, good or bad, it's not breaking the rules, it's not being a bad person, not about being judged or judging ourselves It's just a choice
Even though this sounds simplistic, in its simplicity is elegance for it will become the way we "convince" ourselves about change in lifestyle behavior nutritional patterns
A Nutritional Resolution
So how's this for a new year's resolution?
During the year of 2011 I resolve to pay attention to how I feel when I eat foods
If they make me feel bad, I then have a choice, continue to feel bad or make a different choice And it's your choice
Until tomorrow Happy New Year I love you all Dr Bill
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The Biologic Paradigm Shift
There have been rumblings in "think circles" for some time about the nature of what it means to be a biological being and I thought it would be useful to dialogue about this as it is paramount to our health as we enter this second decade of the 21st century
It has been 100 years since Einstein stated his famous equation E=mc2 Woven into this mathematical statement is the understanding that matter and energy are interchangeable, indeed there is simultaneity of matter and energy; that what we see as matter can be viewed as energy as well
The Biologic Matter Field
Our current vernacular of seeing the human physiology is matter science, that is an expression of the molecular measurement of the body For healing purposes assessment of the biology is done by way of measuring how much is wrong and how much has to be done to correct the problem 
The use of measurement makes this science quantitative, that is how much in contrast to the energy science medical model
This form of science uses deductive reasoning or logic, using infromation from the general data base and inferring from the general to the particular
And all of our ancillary healing disciplines including nutrition and psychology become extensions of this matter science medical model And its vocabulary is comfortably mainstream
The Biologic Energy Field
But if we put on our energy science glasses we can see the physical body as an energy field The problem is we can't see if we can't describe
So in short, we need a vernacular, an authentic well established vocabulary to help us with understanding ourselves as biologic energy fields The Ayurvedic and the Traditional Oriental Medicine(TOM) disciplines do just that They give us a vocabulary by which we can talk about ourselves as energy fields
The energy science system of healing utilizes inductive reasoning, that is moving from the particular to the general in deciding what treatment options are avaiable So for example, once the assessment of fever after eating has been made, we can understand that this is inflammation moving into the bloodstream, knowledge which comes from our general information
The energy science is qualitative in contrast with its spousal science, that is, the healing is done by understanding what the person is feeling
Our Biologic Shift
Our shift in how we do healing is soon to come when we see the body as both matter and energy fields because both disciplines offer unique and valuable ways of healing
But this shift in seeing the simultaneity of our bodies as both will require a conscious process
And the paradigm shift will bring about a complete medical healing system not constrained by the limitations we presently experience One of the ways to easily experience the simultaniety in a non threatening way is to take up nutrition and experience for oneself
And this will take us into the 21st century
Until tomorrow To health as a Skill Love DrBill
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2011 We Want Back Our Responsibilty For Health
Nowadays it seems that we are all concerned about our health and what we can do to help ourselves to improve our health if we are having challenges
It's basically boils down to our instinctive need for survival, doesn't it?
Participation
But from my vantage point as a practicing physician and surgeon, I'm seeing people who want more than better health Many want to be co-partners in the process These people want to buy in to a participatory role
Men and women both ask when confronted with a medical problem, “What can I do to participate in my healing?”
Health in a pill
Just witness the burgeoning health supplement industry And every day I see a patient or more who are on forms of supplements to improve their health status
There's an issue here that suggests we should have always had that responsibility That no one really ever took it away But we didn't know how we could become responsible and neither do the pharmaceutical firms and sometimes physicians
We do know one thing Health is contained in a pill We have been taught that much
Hence the supplemental industry has come to represent health in a pill but it has allowed us a segue to become responsible
Resolution
I believe that as we enter 2011 there will be again resolutions for improving our health in one way or another Exercising, changing nutrition, meditation, supplements etc
There is however three fundamental principles that we should not forget
Incompatable food combinations are not good
Digestive fire is an important physiological aspect that should not be disregarded
These are worthy of resolve because they get to the heart of gaining responsibility for our health Not just a pill but a way of life
Until tomorrow To health as a Skill Love DrBill
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Can Foods Make Us Sick?
I think we have all had the experience of not feeling real great and not knowing why Or perhaps not feeling so great and realizing that it's related to what we ate
"Of course foods can make us sick!" we say There is so much evidence now from the matter science nutritional model from so many studies that foods can affect us in adverse ways This can be particularly relevant around the holidays due to the presence of foods that can adversely effect us
Unfriendly Foods
Here's an incomplete list
Refined sugar eg candy in all its forms, chocolate(sugar camoflaged with chocolate)
White flour eg pastries in most forms, most breads
Carbonated drinks aka refined sugar with fizziness
In addition from an energy science nutritional view
Foods incompatable for our unique body makeup
Foods incompatable with one another(eg fruit with other foood, beans with cheese and meat)
The confusing thing is that many people including perhaps ourselves don't get sick from these lists as above What gives?
The Role of Digestive Fire
The answer is digestive fire If we have various levels of digestive strength or power then we can stave off feeling poorly, at least for a little while
But like any fire in Nature, if we continue to abuse it the ramifications are certain We will begin to feel poorly So it's not just one or two days of abusive food selections, but multiple days in a row
Soon the fire becomes dimmed with all the wet logs that we have place on it and when that happens symptoms are sure to come our way
So at times people may find that exercising during the holidays helps them feel better Why? Exercise stokes digestive fire and we hold off the ravages of feeling poorly
Choice
In the end this information is to not as much forbid us from the foods that make us sick but rather make us better observers of the process of nutrition and allow us to make better choices in the future if we so choose
It hinges on seeing that foods can physiologically make us feel poorly and that we have within our grasp the ability to change that very fact about our nutrition
Until tomorrow To health as a Skill Love DrBill
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The Coming Age of Energy Science Nutrition
There is a palpable shift that is becoming apparent as I read materials on the internet and visit with colleagues both on the matter and energy science sides of the fence
The appreciation is this: what we are currently doing with just a matter science view is not working The healers know and the health consumers know
Three shifts are being recognized in my tours
Selective Nutrition
We've come a long ways since talking about "selective individual nutrition" that we witnessed with the blood diet We are now seeing selective nutrition from an energy science point of view which becomes a more refined approach grounded on a solid scientific energy foundation
Merging of MindBody
And now we are beginning to see the body in a different way, not just a matter field but simultaneously an energy field When we see the body in an energy way we will begin to understand fully how the mind and body are intimately spliced How we cannot separate them as we currently do This will have far reaching implications as we think about disease
Use of Foods as Disease Treatment
And as we progress we will be visiting such concepts as antiinflammatory nutrition, anticongestive nutrition, and antidegenerative nutrition And this is possible because we see the body differently Physicians are now thinking in these terms as we go forward
Until tomorrow To health as a Skill Love DrBill
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