The hCG Diet
The most recent diet fad utilizes hCG(human chorionic gonadotropin) as an aid in weight reduction and has a lot of consumers advocating its use
Energy Science Perspective of hCG
hCG is a physiologic hormone signal and therefore a transformative molecule The physiologic energy effects of this kind of stimulation is to increase the hot quality or the transformative energy of the mindbody
Such an effect reaves up the metabolism and creates a hypermetabolic state This is essence burns more calories from a matter science view
In short the Kapha energy pattern gets a "kick in the pants" Kapha's energy pattern is a slow metabolism and difficult at times to get moving due to a multiplicity of environmental factors
This slow metabolism would respond very nicely to a metabolic hCG stimulus
What Are the Downsides?
The basic problem is that nobody can be on the stuff forever After a few courses one has to figure out a different approach
And of course there are as with any medication side effects that need to be spelled out very clearly to anyone looking for the short term fix Once we understand the negatives then we can move on
The real question is why use it in the first place?
Adjunctive to Lifestyle Shifts
Regardless, once a person stops the hCG diet, he or she will have to adopt a normal and healthy lifestyle, or the weight's just coming back
Proponents of the hCG diet maintain that the purpose of the diet is to break food addictions and abnormal eating behaviors, and that the month or so of treatment allows a person to do so In this sense, the diet hopes to achieve short-term weight loss with long-term behavioral modification
We know that it takes 6 ot 8 weeks to make the shift in lifestyle necessary to effect change And there is even genetic information to suggest that changes in behavior lead to changes in our DNA in this time frame
So Why?
The answer lies with the user If the side effects are understood and they are willing to use the technique as a "jump start" to a hypermetabolic state to aid with the behavioral changes that necessarily have to occur then I say great
But the lingering question still remains Why? If we have to make the lifestyle changes in behavioral patterns to begin with and we are committed to those then do we really need a crutch?
That question lies for each of us as we decide for ourselves
See foodsheal.com for more information about nutritional lifestyle behavioral changes
Until tomorrow To health as a Skill Love DrBill
Photo credit mikebaird from Flickr
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Parties and Overeating
Ever found yourself putting good tasting food in your mouth even though you're not hungry at parties?
Or eating or drinking more than what you need or want, simply because you're in a soical gathering?
Changes in Our Eating Behavior Patterns
What causes us to alter our normal patterns of behavior around eating in social circumstances?
Not everyone overeats Some don't eat at all but the point is that even in comfortable times when amongst friends a change in eating pattern such as overeating can occur
And the reasons for such pattern change may be many superficially but I think anxiety is the initial major contributing factor to produce overeating that later becomes a comfortable habit
What to do
Simply observing the pattern is a significant step It may not change what we are doing but it brings the overeating to conscious observation
Talking about the overeating or journaling may help in bringing about more observation for the future I think that seeking the reasons for what triggers the alteration is not as important as the simple observation and how we feel after the event
The contrast is important We felt good before and now we don't feel so good either emotionally, physically, or both
But here's the key after taking note of what's went on It's the observing of watching ourselves do the overeating the next time it comes up with the expectation that nothing will be done about it The contract with yourself is that simple observation will occur
This avoids judgment, self recrimination, and self criticism that the mind may react with when dealing with the comfortable habit or fears that trigger the anxiety
As said earlier it's not important what triggers the overeating
The Solution
It's not a priviledge to know others Know yourself That's a priviledge
Simple observation allows us to study ourselves This is the sentinal point in self discovery In so doing contrast can be very helpful here
Eventually we get tired of feeling bad especially if we consistently observe the overeating Because as we watch ourselves in the act we will become aware of subtle sensations that tell us that the overeating is happening and will trigger the memory of how we feel the next day
For example in observing the overeating we may notice that our stomach is feeling very full and that triggers the memory that we have experienced in the past of feeling poorly the following day
In the end it's all about observing the consequences of our actions and if we don't like the results, making a change
Until tomorrow To health as a Skill Love DrBill
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Support and Nutritional Lifestyle Change
Trying to do things differently is without a doubt the most difficult things we do as people
We know that the change is valuable at times but it's doing it that poses the problem
As we talked about on the last blog there are some creative steps that we can take to help make such changes but in the end it's up to us
One of the ways to help us along this line of work is to find support
This support may come in different forms
Group get togethers such as weight watchers
Personal coach or lifestyle trainer
Company or organization that specializes in this form of support
Physician or office staff or both to help in the movement in a different direction
Notice that I didn't mention family I'm not convinced that close relationships are ones that we are looking for when it comes to nutritional lifestyle change for a number of reasons
I also acknowledge that there are many other types of support groups that are "out there" that I have not mentioned
In the end the importance is to foster a relationship(s) that will help support your efforts in initiating a meaningful movement to evolutionary health
Until tomorrow To health as a Skill Love DrBill
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Lifestyle Nutritional Habits: 15 Worthwhile Behaviors
From an energy science view there are nutritional habits that naturally bring balance to the physiologyand hence an evolving state of health
What are these habits?
Eating foods that are appropriate for one's energy makeup
Eating foods that are compatable with one another
Developing habits that cultivate and nourish a strong digestive system
Eating the biggest meal of the day at noon
Use of a spices as digestants
Drink room temperature fluids and avoid ice
Fasting, using juice, kichari or some form of monodiet
No snacks between meals
Size of the meals around two handfuls
Try to avoid overeating
Sit to eat so as to pay attention(digestion improves with attention)
Eat in quiet spaces in order to pay attention to the eating process
Scraping the tongue in the morning to stimulate the GI tract
Sesame oil swish in the am to improve oral cavity hygeine improving the receptivity of the first part of the body that begins the process of nourishment
Notice that only two of these recommended nutritional habits have something to do with food selections The remainder are about when, where, why, and how about the eating process
This list is to demonstrate to us that the nutritional process is so much more than "Is lycopene important in my diet?"
Do you know of any nutritional systems that discusses these types of habits and/or consider them important?
What I would like to discuss in the next four ensuing posts is why we have difficulty in changing our nutritional habits, why it's important to consider change, and what can we do to help support one another if we can see that this change is what we would like to undertake
Until tomorrow for fear of change To health as a Skill Love DrBill
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Perfect Nutrition
From an energy science nutritional view there is nothing wrong with foods; it's the consumer of the foods that makes the choice
Sooo… if we the consumers are to use foods as medicine and create for ourselves perfect nutrition then it will require that we stop blaming fast food shops, griping about too much candy for Halloween, complaining about this or that
When we can see that even at times a candy bar can be medicinal or that fast foods are balancing to Vata Pitta once or twice per week then we can appreciate it's not the molecules that are at fault but rather those who are making the choices
Sooo….. the fundamental question is how can we become better choicemakers regarding our nutrition? So that we can enjoy the pleasure of perfect nutrition
The answer is through an energy science nutritional format at foodsheal.com
But what about the drive to have our freedom, to make our own choices, to not be regimented to any one particular format?
To that I respond, "Great!!" The best way to figure out how our choices lead us away from perfect health is to find out how our bodies FEEL when we make choices that are not in alignment with our mindbody makeyup
Then our choices will show us which foods shouldn't be used all the time and those that are more valuable for us For example, I had several pieces of Halloween chocolate last night and today my GI tract told me that I had overdone it But what the heck it was fun and I now know more about what happens when I overdo it
Have you had the experience of eating foods that cause you physical symptoms? Have you made alterations in eating behavior since that time? Do you revisit and see what happens if you do it again?
Until tomorrow To health as a Skill Love DrBill
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Groceries With Cash
A recent study suggests that when we pay for our groceries in cash we pay attention to the health promoting characteristics of the food that we are ordering up to take home with us But the observation is that it doesn't induce health promotion as much as health demotion(less junk food)!
Is this a real perception of purchasing for health? Apparently there is more psychological pain when paying cash for things than with the credit card The study also found people were less likely to buy impulsive, unhealthy food products at weekends – possibly due to the fact they had taken the time to write a shopping list
I know this to be the case for myself If I have to haul the $$ out of my wallet, I'm much more apt to think twice about the need for the purchase, especially with a list or a good understanding of what I need
As we talked about earlier lifestyle eating behaviors are as important as the foods we consume according to the energy science nutritional formats and this interesting information is along the lines of lifestyle patterns of behavior that induce declining health
For example, the authors found that there is a possible link between rising obesity rates in the United States and changing modes of payment 34% of Americans are obese and in 2009 40% of U.S. grocery purchases were made using a credit or debit card
I would believe that the VPK paradigm has relevance Since the Kapha energy pattern is responsible for the overweight condition, it would make sense that the inertia generated by this aspect of our energy field when dominant would be associated with such an observation
Credit or debit cards are an aspect of convenience(light, sharp/penetrating, hot, mobile) but potentially an aspect of favoring heavy, slow/dullness, cold, static or stable
From a behavioral point of view it's painful for Kapha to separate from $$ due to the hoarding nature of the energy pattern when imbalanced There's nothing wrong with saving a buck but the pain that's delivered when we have to part with it becomes an imbalanced behavior
Until tomorrow To health as a Skill Love DrBill
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