“I look at food and gain weight”: A Common Refrain
Every time I lose weight, it finds me again
attribution to James Dines
Looking at food and gaining weight seems like an impossiblity
But from an energy science view such an experience is totally plausible
Nutrition: A Total Experience
The body as an energy field not only imbibes calories(a matter science measurement of foods) but also the totality of the sensory experience
So from an energy science point of view the body takes in the qualities of the experience For example, sweet, sour and salty tastes deliver the qualities that produce congestion, namely the qualities of heavy, slow/dull, cold, oily, smooth, dense, soft , gross and cloudy
These qualities are not just delivered by our tongue when we eat an ice cream cone We get these qualities from our senses of hearing, feeling, smelling And what we see!! So the common refrain "I look at food and gain weight" makes complete sense from an energy science view
At first this seems very bizarre That sensory experiences other than taste can deliver weight gain But let's examine this more closely
The Inducement
Sight in and of itself does not lead to excess calories to the physiology but it does produce the desire for particular foods Some people are very much drawn to experience the smell and taste of food Unconsciously, most of the time
Who are those people most likely affected by such sensory desire? The biologic energy pattern of Kapha and those who are Kapha dominant people since they have very robust sensory channels of smelling and tasting They love to experience these senses in abundance And because of this, Kapha as a biologic energy pattern tends to evolve abundant bodies exhibiting the overweight condition An inducement, if you will, to an experience that produces physiologic congestion
So seeing foods that bring about congesting imbalance leads to the overweight issue due to the inducement of wanting to smell and taste the foods
For example foods that lead to the congestion in Kapha dominant bodes are animal foods(eg beef, duck, lamb, pork, and seafood) as well as nuts both of which carry the sour(fatty acids) and salty tastes Dairy delivers the sweet taste which also leads to congestion
Shifting Gears: The Biologic Energy Field
You see, it's a new way of viewing the body We are taught throughout our lives that we are matter(molecular) fields that have somehow learned how to think
But there is a richer way of understanding our physiologies and that's from an energy science model That is, our bodies are simultaneously both matter and energy fields
So there is a realm of knowledge that we aren't experiencing that can help us understand that even seeing foods can lead to weight gain directly or indirectly
What would life be like without being ruled by the scales - having to get on the scales everyday to see if we've gained or not?
Until next time To health as a Skill Love DrBill
