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Thanks, Misty.
The one thing we can be SURE of is that the current Americanized dietary paradigm is an unmitigated disaster--and getting worse every month!
With the most common chronic diseases appearing in epidemic proportions, 10 years earlier each generation; with the current predictions that by 2020 100% of Americans will be over weight (80% by 2010); the majority of children under 2 years old are routinely being given french fries and sodas; the future financial prospects of the allopathic paradigm are assured for the next 100 years. Even the AMA and the government now agree that that this is all directly related to our diet!
The AMA's staunch position up until less than 15 years ago, that diet had absolutely nothing to do with health, has set up the current untenable condition. The only ones profiting are the "professionals" we have been depending upon to take care of our diseases!
Walt
Comments?
Enjoy,
Misty L. Trepke
http://www.searching-alternatives.com
Ayurvedic Principles of Healthy Eating
Flavors of Health Online recently spoke with Dr. Nancy Lonsdorf,
Medical Director of the Raj in Fairfield, Iowa, and co-author of A
Woman's Best Medicine, about the general dietary habits of Americans
today and ways to incorporate ayurvedic principles of healthy eating
into one's daily dietary schedule.
Dr. Lonsdorf: Ayurveda considers lunch to be the most important meal
of the day. Lunch is better called dinner. In our American culture,
when we were more of an agrarian or rural culture, we had the main
meal at noon. And that was called dinner. And there was a lighter
meal in the evening called supper.
This schedule is actually more in tune with nature and the natural
rhythms of digestion in the body.
The main meal should be at noon, which means we should eat a full
meal-- cooked food, a warm meal-sitting down in a relaxed
environment around noon.
FOH Online: What would the ideal ayurvedic lunch include?
Dr. Lonsdorf: It should have some vegetables, some organic
wholegrains, and some higher-protein foods like legumes, lentils,
chickpeas, tofu or paneer,which is a type of fresh organic cheese.
Persons who are non-vegetarian should eat their chicken or fish or
other meats at lunch only. Pure spring water is the best beverage
with the meal, and it should preferably be at room temperature or
warm, not ice-cold.
Ice water cools down digestion and turns off enzymatic activity,
which is temperature dependent and works best at body temperature,
around 99 degrees.
Ayurveda also suggests that we should have lassi, which is an
organic yogurt drink, at lunchtime -- it supplies good bacteria and
extra help for digestion.
FOH Online: What about spices?
Dr. Lonsdorf: Spices are crucial to the ayurvedic diet, and
unfortunately the typical American diet does not contain enough
spices as a rule.
Turmeric, for example, is a potent antioxidant, known to
contain anti-cancer properties, and is good for detoxification of
the body. It's an incredibly powerful spice. It works best if you
sauté it in a little olive oil or you might add a little bit to
soups or stews. It has water-soluble and fat-soluble components like
most spices.
So you should have a little bit of this spice sautéed in some olive
oil at lunch and you should have a little bit in a soup or water-
based sauce poured over cooked vegetables or other organic foods.
FOH Online: We see some individual herbs and spices being offered in
capsule form-what is your opinion on that?
Dr. Lonsdorf: Spices are really best eaten as food rather than in a
capsule. Today, many people are taking capsules of turmeric or
ginger or garlic in hopes of gaining their beneficial effects.
However, that can sometimes be quite harmful actually because
they're too concentrated.
Powdered turmeric, by itself, for example, can be very hard on the
liver, creating a "heating" or irritating effect that can worsen
Pitta related problems.
You should sprinkle spices on your food, cook them in olive or
sesame oil, or add them to your soups or your lentils, etc., while
they are cooking.
FOH Online: Tell us a little bit about how eating properly can help
health and well-being.
Dr. Lonsdorf: Just having the main meal at noon -- a very balanced
meal that includes spices and lassi -- would go a long way towards
counteracting the damage caused by the stress and wear and tear on
the body from day-to-day life. Digestion would improve dramatically.
This would help people get rid of a lot of problems associated with
ama-constipation, gas, bloating, and heartburn.
Good eating habits that aid digestion will also help people sleep
better at night because then they are not eating heavy at night,
which disturbs sleep and often will wake people up at 2-3 in the
morning.
FOH Online: What about energy levels?
Dr. Lonsdorf: If you eat a balanced diet, at the proper times each
day,and are able to get a good night's sleep each night, you have
the basis for a stable, balanced physiology and your mind and body
will function at optimum levels.
If you digest your food properly, your body can use the nutrients to
build the different types of body tissue and replace worn cells and
tissues quickly.
When ama is not building up in the body, energy levels are high --
you don't experience post-lunch fatigue or early-morning lethargy.
FOH Online: Food, indeed, is powerful medicine. Thank you, Dr.
Lonsdorf,for speaking with us today on this important issue.
http://www.annieappleseedproject.org/flavofhealay.html
In Reply to: Another dietary paradigm. Archive in diet. posted by Walt Stoll on October 27, 2003 at 06:16:24:
I remember that my great grandma used the same principal. She would cook apples from her trees at breakfast with eggs and toast(from bread that she made). Then lunch would be a huge spread such as venison, fresh greens, beans, relish(that she made) and cornbread. Supper was very very light. And then she would retire shortly after dark. She lived to the ripe old age of 95 and did all her own chores up to a few months before her death. It was grandma burrell that taught me how to milk a cow, churn butter, gather the eggs and apples, and how to play 52 card pickup(haha). It's hard in the working world to do it this way though. Women work now and only have 30 minutes to eat lunch, come home worn out and pull out the hamburger helper. Makes you wonder how & why the life expectancy has risen overall, does'nt it?
In Reply to: Another dietary paradigm. Archive in diet. posted by Walt Stoll on October 27, 2003 at 06:16:24:
It is hard to believe how anyone could be comfortable being
fat. A few lbs I can understand but not forever. Things
happen that can make gaining weight happen and I have a few
extra lbs right now though no one thinks so but I keep
hoping to get the strength and energy to get rid of them.
I used to eat my main meal at noon but I was single and
ate out every day where the co owner wanted to eat. I was
the thinest I have been but felt Great !! I felt like there
was a tension or churning in my gut. Some people like my
mother and a girl friend thought I was too thin. A while
after my weight came down from what was considered normal,
the insurance co's lowered their weight recomendations and
I weighed what they said that you should so I felt that I
knew it by the way I felt.
I hope to at least get to the weight I was before the
lowest which would be great and then maybe lower. My
grandfather who lived past 100 wasn't that thin so it might
not matter for me but I'd still like to get there or loose
if only to make geting around easier by Not having to lug
more weight than I have or need. I am 6'1 and was up to 230
but around 200 now. I felt good at 180 and Great at 167.
In Reply to: Re: Another dietary paradigm. Archive in diet. posted by Vince F on October 27, 2003 at 16:41:08:
I know what you mean about trying to maintain a certain weight. I've tried all kinda diets. Finally I modified the Zone diet and have gotten back to where I need to be to feel good and look as good as a 56 year old woman can. My husband is probabaly my saving grace as he stays on me about my weight and I love him enough to listen. Anyway, I hate weighing out my food and all that crap. I just don't eat bread if I'm having other starches, such as rice, potatoes, or beans. If I have a meat, green & yellow veggies, then I can have a few slices of locarb bread. I eat my fill at every meal and I'm still losing on this plan. There are a few other little things like I can have all the fruits except bananas & mango. Did you know that cantalope has more potassium than banana anyway? See you around the board, hope I did'nt talk you to death! haha Carol Y
In Reply to: Re: Another dietary paradigm. Archive in diet. posted by Carol Y on October 27, 2003 at 17:43:33:
Potatoes are said to have more potassium also. I heard 2X
as much.
I can't get into a routine and with all the damage I had
with my chemical injury I sometimes wonder how aggressive I
should be with thing ? So I do what I can or feel like
doing since I have a lot of physical limits.
I had a similar injury a few yrs before the current one
with only extreme fatigue and I would go to the tennis
courts and Sleep on a bench instead of play. When I
recovered I had a LOT of energy and was eager to knock off
the weight I had accumulated. I had the drive and energy to
really attack it and I did. I lost 25 lbs in 3 weeks
though people say a few lbs a week or mo is all you should
loose but I couldn't wait. I made anything I could do, like
am exercize by exagerating the movements or making them
more physical. When I bent over to pick something up I
touched my plams to the ground so to speak. I was working
on the street and if I was near the courts and had 20 min
to kill I would stop to see if I could hit the ball with
someone and would twist as far as I could and do it in the
dress clothe and shoes I had on.
About eating I would make half a sandwich with one slice
of bread and would Think about how much I ate and if I wanted
more I would just eat enough of what I put in the sandwich
to just make me satisfied but not full. I looked at
eating as, just eat enough to get by. Feeling full would
have made me mad at myself.
I think having a Lot of energy is necessary to do it
so drastically and to NOT want the extra weight. It was
Very obvious when trying to run and play tennis and I Had
to get rid of it fast. Every day was one more day that I had
to deal with it. Probably my personality in wanting things
to happen fast.
My mother taught Weight Watchers after being a member
because of her weight problem so I learned all about them.
Years ago they didn't push exercizing which I disagreed
with since it would make weight loss go a lot faster. Mom
just said that They said it Wasn't necessary. Not if you
have the time to wait. I heard that Now they recomend it.
I had a hound who was grosley overweight when I got her
and she didn't eat much. I was frustrated since one reason
why I like the breed is the way they look when they move
and run. I wasn't geting anywhere with her so put her in
the yard and didn't let her smell food cooking and waited till
she let me know she was hungry. She would go 2 and 3 days
before she called me and I would feed her all she wanted
each time and in 2 weeks she lost the 15lbs and became
active and kept it off. I felt rotten, feeling I was
starving her but years later I learned that predators in
the wild don't eat every day, even the Good ones and
humans can go 40days without food before they get into
trouble.
With myself at my lowest weight I often wondered if
aneorexics get hooked on the good feeling I had and don't
stop, thinking that less would even be better. It was a
Very enjoyable sensation.
In Reply to: Re: Another dietary paradigm. Archive in diet. posted by Vince F on October 27, 2003 at 18:53:04:
How interesting, your experiment with the hound, actually your whole post was interesting. Goes to show everyone gets different messages from their bodies to suit the different body's needs. Did I say that right? I agree about the possibilty that the anorexic might be actually hooked on that"good feeling" you were talking about but carry it too far. Right now I feel better than I have for many moons. I've reached my weight goal and I'm not sure whether it is mental or physical but this is the crucial part where I must find a way to just maintain and not lose more. Good luck with your diet & your recovery, it's been a joy chatting with you. Carol Y
In Reply to: Re: Another dietary paradigm. Archive in diet. posted by Carol Y on October 27, 2003 at 08:23:35:
hi Carol Y,
would you share more details about your diet? May be some example.
Matylda
In Reply to: Re: Another dietary paradigm. Archive in diet. posted by Matylda on October 28, 2003 at 17:03:39:
Ok, the number one rule is to stay away from wheaty type foods, pasta, cookies, cakes, most breads and candy bars, gravies. If I eat bread it's always the Nature's Own Fiber & wheat Lo-carb bread. If I just have to have something sweet, I eat a plain hersheys bar, york peppermint pattie or a lo fat yogurt. I eat cheese in limited amounts(like once a week). My steamer is my "best friend" Put everything in it!! I put a skinless chicken breast, potatoes, carrots, cabbage & onion in, steam it and then season with teriyaki & sour cream. I seriously eat my fill!! Still the weight is coming off. BTW, with that meal, I do not eat bread. If I steam chicken, broccoli, squash & spinach, then I get to to have bread. I hope this was helpful. Carol Y
In Reply to: Re: Another dietary paradigm. Archive in diet. posted by Carol Y on October 31, 2003 at 08:29:34:
Thanks Carol,
it did work for me only 8-10 months. Then without diet change all 55 pounds came back. I didn't eat sweets and breads at all. May be that was my mistake.
I have long way to go, but thanks to SHAPE's help I am c sure it is going to work this time.
best wishes
Matylda
In Reply to: Re: Another dietary paradigm. Archive in diet. posted by Carol Y on October 27, 2003 at 21:12:18:
Great comments guys. Peter FDA
In Reply to: Re: Another dietary paradigm. Archive in diet. posted by Carol Y on October 27, 2003 at 21:12:18:
Tremendous site - thanks. Would you like to perhaps work with me on a related project?
In Reply to: Re: Another dietary paradigm. Archive in diet. posted by Carol Y on October 27, 2003 at 21:12:18:
This is great, I just can't get enough of this site!
In Reply to: Phentermine posted by Phentermine on November 17, 2003 at 09:00:40:
Hi, Phentermine.
You are talking to Carol Y., right?
Walt
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