Let your body heal itself

You’re eating poison. Stop it!

 

 

You wouldn’t eat poison knowingly, would you? Of course not. That would be a stupid thing to do, right? And yet, if you’re eating ultra-processed food, then you may be putting slow-acting poison into your body every day.

If you doubt what I’m saying, let’s take a look at the definitions of food and poison that come up on a Duckduckgo search and see if the food additives used in ultra-processed food can be categorised as food or poison.

FOOD

Material, usually of plant or animal origin, that contains or consists of essential body nutrients, such as carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, or minerals, and is ingested and assimilated by an organism to produce energy, stimulate growth, and maintain life.

POISON

A substance that causes injury, illness, or death, especially by chemical means.

So, we see that . . .

• . . . food additives are chemicals. They are not directly derived from plants or animals.
• . . . food additives do not contain nutrients.
• . . . food additives do not produce energy, stimulate growth, and maintain life.
• . . . any food additives have been shown to cause injury, illness, or death.

Conclusion: Food additives are not food. They are poison, and you should stop eating them RIGHT NOW!

To see details of how some food additives may be slowly killing you, take a look at the video Top 7 Harmful Ingredients You Should Never Eat | Foods To Avoid (see below). In this video, Annette Reeder from thebiblicalnutritionist.com lists these 7 ingredients commonly found in ultra-processed food and details how they might be harming you.

1. Artificial flavours. These have been shown to contribute to neurotoxicity, organ damage, reproductive toxicity, and cancer.
2. Fractionated oils. (A.K.A. hydrogenated oils) The manufacturing process used to make fractionated oils leaves a high concentration of solid and unhealthy fat which is very toxic for humans. (For the least processed oils, try extra virgin olive oil or avocado oil.)
3. MSG. This flavour enhancer is added to persuade you to eat more than your body needs. It can contribute to migraines, seizures, obesity, ALS, Parkinson’s, and infections.
4. Potassium Benzoate (or sodium benzoate). This has been shown to damage DNA. It’s found in low-fat dressings, syrups, jams, and pickles.
5. Artificial colours. These have been linked to cancer. In particular, Green 3 is linked to bladder cancer, Yellow 6 is linked to adrenal and kidney tumours, and Red 3 is linked to thyroid cancer.
6. Acesulfame K and Sucralose. These are artificial sweeteners. Acesulfame K is linked to benign thyroid cancer (also this may be due to the methylene chloride used in the manufacturing process rather than to Acesulfame K itself).
7. Potassium Sorbate. Annette Reeder’s advice is to ‘avoid this at all costs.’ It’s found in ice cream and baked goods.

Besides these 7, Annette suggests also avoiding these foods:

• Soy lecithin. This is what makes chocolate creamy.  However, most soy these days is GMO.
• Polysorbate 80. This is a carcinogen found in some ice creams.
• Corn. Again, a lot of corn these days is GMO.
• Sodium Chloride. This is not true salt. It’s a chemical.
• Propyl Gallate. This is a preservative used in cereals.

If the above information is not enough to stop you eating ultra-processed foods, stop and think about WHY the food industry uses these ingredients. They are not concerned for your health. As Annette Reeder states: “Processed foods are created for one reason and that, besides the greed of the company, . . . they're created to create an addictive process in your body. You are being taught to eat these foods and to become addicted . . . so you can't eat just one. There's a science behind can't eat just one.”

As well as causing food addiction, these processed foods also train you NOT to like healthy food. As Annette says, “These foods that are lab experiments are created to create a sensation in your gut and in your mind so that you crave these foods. They over-sensitise your taste buds so that normal foods, broccoli, carrots, . . . celery are not going to have any good flavour for you.”

If you care about your health, go to your cupboard right now, find all the ultra-processed food in there, and throw it in the bin. Avoiding your favourite foods will be painful for a while. But as you take back control, the cravings will subside until they disappear. Your taste buds will be re-trained to appreciate good, healthy food. You will be at peace with your eating. And you’ll feel GREAT!

 

Please also see this article:  Why you are addicted to processed food 

 

Top 7 Harmful Ingredients You Should Never Eat | Foods To Avoid

 

 

Changing to a healthier lifestyle: How to make a start

 

 

Which is the best approach to health?

1. Maintain a healthy lifestyle and thereby prevent health issues and disease.
2. Just wait until you have a health problem, and then find a way to suppress the symptoms.

The majority of people would agree that number 1 is the best approach, and yet many of them still practise number 2.

Changing to a healthier lifestyle is not an easy thing to do, but here are some pointers to help you get started.

I suggest you begin by looking at your current state of health and your understanding of what it means to be healthy.

1. Are you happy with your current state of health?

To make lifestyle changes, you have to be motivated. You’re not going to make difficult changes in your life unless you really see the need for them. So, begin by asking yourself if you are happy with your current state of health. Do you have enough energy? How often do you feel under the weather? Do you get enough sleep? How often have you been sick in the last year? Do you have any aches and pains? How is your mood in general? Do you often feel cranky or depressed? Are you on medication and does that medication cause unwanted side-effects? Would you like to be able to reduce that medication (with your doctor’s help)? If you recognise the need for improvements in your health, why not take a look at your current lifestyle?

2. Who is responsible for your health?

Think about who holds the main responsibility for your health. If you think it’s the government, or the health service, or your doctor, or another healthcare professional, then you leave yourself powerless. You are totally dependent on the actions of others. If, on the other hand, you accept that you yourself hold the main responsibility for your own health, you are empowered. The ball is in your court. You can CHOOSE to be healthy.

You can also choose which treatments you undergo. It’s time to get rid of the ‘I have to’ language when talking about a doctor’s recommendation. How often do we hear people say, “I have to take these drugs,” “I have to have surgery,” “I have to have chemotherapy”? No, you don’t have to. You can CHOOSE. Your choice may be to follow the doctor’s recommendation and that, indeed, may be the best option for you. But you still have a choice. There are always other alternatives.

Take back responsibility for your health, and you will find, as Robert Scott Bell always says, the power to heal is yours.

3. Is good health just a question of luck?

If you think good health is just a question of luck or good genes, you will once again be powerless. If you accept that illness is normally caused either by not enough of something good (good food, nutrition, sleep, fresh air, exercise etc.) or by too much of something bad (bad food, toxins, stress, EMFs etc), then you are empowered. Don’t accept a state of ill-heath as being the norm. You were created to be healthy. Your body has a fantastic capacity to heal itself if you treat it well, if you give it good stuff and avoid bad stuff.

4. Is the body a collection of parts, or one whole integrated system?

So, you have a bad knee, you feel tired all the time, and your eyesight is declining. You have three problems. Or is it just one problem being expressed in three different ways. A decade ago, I started a diet and nutrition programme to help my left hip. What I found was my whole body improved from the top of my head to the tip of my toes. Our bodies are one whole integrated system. When the system breaks down, symptoms appear. Just getting rid of those symptoms will not address the deeper issues. If you succeed in suppressing one symptom, another one may well pop up somewhere else. Addressing the whole-body system is the first thing to do. After that, look at your individual health issues. If you get the whole-body system functioning optimally, you will be surprised at the improvement in different areas of your body.

So, once you are motivated to make lifestyle changes, how can you set about doing so?

1.    Diet

The first place to start when you want to improve your health is your diet. As they say in the computer industry, “garbage in, garbage out”. You simply cannot eat a terrible diet and expect to be healthy.

It’s very difficult to suddenly change your diet, especially in the UK culture where social events take place around cake and biscuits. So, let’s take a look at how you might make a start.

a)    What does your diet look like now?

What is your starting point? Take a close look.

i)     Write a food diary for a few days. Be honest. Don’t cheat. Write down everything you eat.

ii) When eating out of a packet or a tin, take a look at the list of ingredients.

How often do you see sugar in all its different forms? (See the article: Why added sugar is slow acting poison) How many ingredients do you see that you don’t recognise? Consider Dr Aseem Malhotra’s advice is ‘If your grandmother wouldn’t recognise the ingredients, don’t eat it.’  (See the article: Consultant Cardiologist says, "We're heading towards hell.")

If you can accept your diet is bad and is contributing to your ill-health, it will help motivate you to make changes.     

b)    Are you addicted to what you’re eating?

Highly-processed food can be addictive. (See the article: Why you are addicted to processed food) You may be more successful in changing your diet if you realise that doing so involves breaking an addiction. Taking a full range of supplements (vitamins and minerals etc.) can help here. It may be that your body is trying to tell you it needs calcium and you’re misinterpreting the signals as meaning you need a Jaffa Cake. If you’re under-nutrified, you will have cravings. If you’re fully nutrified, your cravings will decrease.

 Changing your diet is not easy, but you will be surprised at how rapidly doing so can contribute to a feeling of wellbeing.

2.    Other lifestyle changes

a)    Sleep

Are you getting enough sleep. Is a good night’s rest a priority for you? If not, how can you change that?

b)    Exercise

Are you getting enough exercise?

c)    Supplementation

Are you supplementing your diet with all 90 essential nutrients (vitamins, minerals, amino acids, essential fatty acids)?

In particular, are you taking minerals and trace minerals? These are vital for health and we can no longer rely on receiving them from our food because they are no longer in our soil. As the Nobel Prize winner. Linus Pauling, famously said, “You can trace every sickness, every disease, and every ailment to a mineral deficiency.”

If you are already supplementing, are you doing so with good quality products? If you’re taking poor quality products, you may not be absorbing the nutrients as you should. In general, liquid products are more absorbable than capsules. When taking capsules, avoid products with filler or bulking agent listed in the ingredients.

d)    Other products for overall wellness.

There are lots of very effective natural products out there for you to investigate. I have found the stem cell activation patches enormously helpful. [Link]

e)    Natural remedies for particular health issues.

I’ve found I can deal with a lot of niggling health issues using essential oils

For example, if you’re in pain, please see this article: What I’ve learned about pain

Besides essential oils, there are a lot more natural healing modalities out there for you to explore.

f)    If possible, see a naturopathic doctor or functional medicine doctor or a good chiropractor.

If you are not happy with your current state of health, there are many things you can do to change your situation. Empower yourself by taking back responsibility for your own health and make any necessary lifestyle changes. You won’t regret it.