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| Its All Healthy, Its All Good AND Its All Starch |
I never got hungry or had any cravings. Meat from cows, chickens, sheep, pigs, fish and everything else that ever had a face and a mother contains no fiber. Zero. Without the fiber I would have to eat loads and loads of meat to make me feel full. Along with the meat comes loads and loads of cholesterol which is not found in plants and tons of sodium because without it, it tastes like dead meat!
The picture above was my dinner tonight. That one meal covers all the nutritional needs that I have including all of the essential amino acids for protein synthesis, all the vitamins and minerals, all the fatty acids, all the phytonutrients and all the fiber for the entire day, but its all starch and only around 550 calories. The plate contained so much food that I had to put some in the fridge for another day. Four hours later I still feel full with lots of energy, no feeling like I have to loosen my belt and take a nap and no brain fog. I used a pinch of salt for the mixed brown and wild rice, but most of the flavor came from the garlic, onion, ginger, cumin, sage, thyme, parsley, basil, cayenne pepper and the sliced sweet peppers. Notice all the colors in the veggies. We are hardwired to be attracted to them.
In the wild the colors stand out and help us locate them as a possible food source. Those colors are the phytonutrients that help optimize our health. They are easily and nearly totally absorbed. You won't see them coming out the other end. Your digestive system was developed millions of years ago and is geared to break down whatever you chose to eat, absorb what you need and flush out the waste. Animal and plant based foods are all capable of providing your nutritional needs. The plants won't clog your arteries. So eat the rainbow to help lower your cholesterol, improve your memory, decrease the risk of stroke and heart attack, lose weight, lower your blood pressure, improve your circulation, prevent or even reverse diabetes and heart disease, reduce the risk of colon cancer and even fight depression! There is no other diet plan or pill you can take that will do all that. If you find one I would like to hear about it!
If this is the first of my blogs that you've read, the reason I started eating like this is because I knew I had to lose a lot of weight. My friend, Joel Kahn MD is an interventional cardiologist who would rather teach you how to prevent a heart attack than treat you after you've had one. Simply following him on Facebook, I got all the information I needed right there to change my ways. He recently published his latest book: The Plant Based Solution . It is an excellent starting point with tons of easy to follow information and lots of wonderful and simple recipes. It even has success stories to help motivate you. My personal story leads off the chapter Slim and Trim.
One hundred pounds disappeared without any pills, surgery or exercise. Another 10 disappeared when I started regular exercise. It's a lot easier to exercise after losing 100 lbs. That means I lost 90% of the weight I needed to lose by eating real food and only 10% with exercise. You can't out exercise a bad diet but you can easily transition to a healthy one! Why not pick the healthiest!
Don't think for a second that your Doctor is in charge of your health. He or she will expertly treat you once you get sick or develop a chronic disease but most probably won't go over what you are eating before a problem develops. You and only you are in charge of your health and what you eat every day is the key. Get started. Give it 2 weeks and see what happens. Anyone can do anything for 2 weeks. Even me!!
