Nutrition and
health 2: Diet toxic
"Instead of studying nutrition and detoxification of
the human body have been studying germs. The world is in a wrong way, rid the
body of its toxins, let’s be nourish done properly, and the miracle of health.
"(Arbuthnot Lan)
Gathering some of what Dr. Gabriela Segura says by way of introduction to
this article about the toxicity and excesses of certain diets, she says:
Before a disease can detect imbalances in the body that trigger. These
biochemical imbalances and energy source are determined by the degree to which
they are committed nutritional elements, genetic, environmental, and emotional
and mental factors.
We must focus on environmental and nutritional toxicity and their role in
inflammation in our body and our thoughts, as they have been greatly
underestimated in our modern society even though both play a vital role in our
health.
Today the way we think about medicine is very linear and simple.
We believe that a disease has a cause and can be treated with a single
drug.
But in fact, a network of interactions leads to a result where the cause
is often large. Health is based on a balance of several factors: genetic,
physiological, psychological, energy, development, and environmental.
In medicine, the body and diseases are divided into systems.
For example, the cardiovascular system, nervous, immune, reproductive, urinary,
endocrine, etc.
But the body works as a whole by the interaction between its components and not
according to their anatomical divisions. That is, we must see the balance of
the system as a whole.
The medical concept systems and diseases is too narrow a concept.
The doctor makes a clinical diagnosis that is the explanation of the patient's problem;
a condition is regarded as the cause of the symptoms. The doctor may say
"Your sadness is due to clinical depression", "your child can
not pay attention in class because they have a disorder attention deficit
hyperactivity disorder." After diagnosis, the doctor may prescribe a
treatment for the symptom: A lowering high blood pressure or an antidepressant
for depression or something for the child with hyperactivity.
But when we consider the system as a whole - are all components which can be
unbalanced - make one functional understanding that the diagnosis is the name
but not the cause of the patient's symptoms.
By doing a functional assessment of each patient balance after clinical
diagnosis, we prescribe necessary food supplements, or recommend the removal of
toxic elements that interfere with our balance, whether environmental or
nutritional.
This is the functional point of view, as opposed to the anatomical point of
view, and detoxification is a function that connects all the functions of our body.
Speaking of detoxify cation does not mean necessarily a treatment for
alcohol or drugs.
Rather, this term refers to the
process of elimination, the biochemistry of harmful chemicals that must be
neutralized before they can be deleted. Every day we have to detoxify metabolic
products and other products produced by our body that we do not need. These
products may be hazardous when our kidneys or our liver does not function
optimally.
For example ammonia, a product of protein metabolism, hormones that are no
longer necessary for the endocrine system, or neurotransmitters used by the
nervous system and the immune system derived must be neutralized before our
body excretion.
But there are also environmental chemicals such as lead, mercury and other
heavy metals, food additives, hormones, pesticides, herbicides, fungicides,
petrochemicals, etc. In fact, we live in a toxic environment.
Detoxification is the fight against environmental toxicity and is based on the
processing of toxic by all organs and body systems. Altering diseases body detoxification,
and if the latter fails, we will have problems.
It is essential to treat the root of the problem, looking for their cause.
Taking medicine to cover the symptoms does not contribute in the least to
healing.
Dr. Segura Up here helped me focus a part of this Article.
The Western dietary pattern or the meat diet is a dietary habit chosen by many
people in some developed countries, and increasingly in developing countries.
It is characterized by high intakes of red meat, sugary desserts, high
fat foods, and refined grains. Also often contain high-fat dairy products,
drinks high in sugar and high consumption of processed meat.
Regardless of where you live, your diet, in contrast to the "prudent"
diet, which has higher levels in fruits, vegetables, whole grains, poultry and
fish.
The typical American diet is about 50% carbohydrates, 15% protein
Compared with the "prudent" diet, the standard American diet is
unhealthy. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns that the sodium
Americans consume today more than 50 percent more than the recommended amount,
a trend that has remained constant over the last 50 years.
Diet is also much lower than the recommended amount of servings of fruits
and vegetables. These trends are reflected in the rate of overweight and
obesity that shows more than 2/3 of Americans have a weight problem.
Go back to the book of Dave Frahm to learn and discern what it tells us
about the toxicity of the diet consumed the grand average Americans. But it
must be remembered that the so-called standard American diet today has more
coverage especially in Europe, Australia and many countries in Latin America.
Rather it will be good to pay attention to the message of the author as it is
very likely that through ignorance we are doing the same. I think it should be
considered as a warning of goodwill.
The author says that there are at least eight aspects of the standard
American diet, which inflict serious "wounds" to our body, and
contribute to the development of cancer and other degenerative diseases: and
these are:
Many protein
Many fat
A lot of sugar
Too much salt
Much Caffeine
Many chemicals
Many refined products
Many products cooked
1. Much protein: Protein is second most abundant substance in the body after
water, and represents one-fifth of our total weight or 3/4de solid structures
of the body. Is the main constituent of the fluids in each cell with the
exception of the bile and urine. Dietary
protein is used by the body to:
a) Build, maintain
and repair tissue cells.
b) Develop enzymes and hormones that enable the body to function.
c) Develop hemoglobin and other blood proteins that transport nutrients and
regulate water balance and osmotic pressure equalizing pressure between the
fluids and the cell walls and helps maintain the acid-alkaline balance.
d) Make antibodies for defense against infection and disease.
e) In the case of a poor diet of carbohydrates the body burns tissue protein to
meet the energy demands required. Diets high in protein and very low in carbohydrates
are dangerous in long term
for health.
Of all the nutrients in the human diet,
proteins are being most discussed.
And the two key questions are always:
How much of it need the body? And
what is the best source of funds?
Let's begin our body as actually required to operate without problems:
The World Health Organization indicates
that the minimum daily body protein required in the diet, should be some 5% of
the calories consumed.
Taking the 5% of the 3000 calories consumed in a typical day average American
worker. This equates to 150 calories now, if one gram of protein equals 4
calories, then divide 150 calories from 4 gives us almost 38 grams, which would
be what a man requires daily intake.
And applying the same calculation for an American woman consumes 2,300
calories, meaning it would require only 29 grams of protein in your daily diet.
Many scholars argue that this minimum nutrition requirement provides a
large margin of safety even for those who demand more theoretical protein
needs.
Other physician’s nutritionists argue that with an intake of 20 grams of
protein only daily maintaining the body can function normally internal protein
levels.
What happens when you consume too much protein?
While the body requires less than 40 grams per day and only 20 grams according
to other scholars, the average Americans consume between 105-120 grams per day.
What happens to the body when fed high
protein? At least five things happen:
1. Weakened immune
system
2. Weakening of bones and joints
3. Malfunction of the liver, gallbladder and fat metabolism
4. Malfunctioning kidneys
5. Colon malfunction
Let us expand a bit these consequences:
2.
1. Weakening of the biological immune system
3.
The pancreas plays a significant role in the body's defense
against diseases including cancer. Produces a number of enzymes that not only
help to break down and digest the proteins of our diet, but also attacks the
protein coating of cancer cells, and therefore the left unprotected. A healthy
pancreas is capable of producing large amounts of these enzymes,
"police" to develop both functions at the same time.
However, there are people who lack that power Pancreatic and for them a diet
with high amounts of animal meat spends enormous amounts of enzymes available
as "forces" enzyme, diverting attention from the cancer cells.
2. Weakening of bones and joints
Two kinds of waste in the body as a result of the
digestive process, one is acidic and the other alkaline. All animal products,
including meat, dairy products, eggs, etc. Cooked, including plant foods, when
burned becomes acidic residues.
Your body produces acid as a natural life process of the cells. Not so
alkaline. High protein intake by the typical American diet produces acid, which
is added to the acid naturally produced by the body, and therefore these two
circumstances half acid conditions.
In order to maintain health, circulatory system must be maintained slightly
alkaline. On a scale of 1-14 (1 acid and alkaline, and 7 neutral 14), the body
works to keep the blood at a pH of 7.4. If it drops to 7.2 the body dies.
But this counter to the typical American diet, the body constantly requires
extra help to alkalization minerals.
Then, take calcium from the bones in an effort to neutralize the acidity alkalizing
diet. The bones begin to lose calcium then more and more as the acidity persist
in the diet. As a consequence of this loss of calcium in the long term is
chained osteoporosis. The calcium floating in the blood before reaching the
kidneys for disposal can be accommodated in a new home in the joints causing
arthritis and others.
Drinking enough milk, Could restore the loss of calcium in the bones? No.
The milk and dairy produce acidic waste. Therefore milk consumption is not the
solution to increase the calcium in the bones, because it helps to acidify more
internal conditions promoting calcium loss in the bones.
3. Malfunction of the liver, gallbladder and fat
metabolism
Before the body to take calcium from the bones also removed other alkali sodium
is needed, but that is what retains sodium cholesterol in the gallbladder
liquid suspension, and when to go away and reduces cholesterol and it hardens
and stones are thus formed. This makes the liver and gallbladder entering
stress doing a poor fat metabolism, knowing that bile is stored by the liver
into the gallbladder to the breakdown of fats.
4. Malfunctioning kidneys.
When abundant proteins complicates everything for this
essential organ of the body. And people, who eat a lot of protein in their
daily diets for years, tend to have problems with your kidneys. The body cannot
store excess protein, but instead of deleting what you do not use daily. This
is the work of the kidneys.
Excessive daily
intake of protein gives unnecessary work to this vital organ. Then, calcium
floating in the blood from bones to help alkalinize of acids in the blood, due
to excess protein cause any problems to the kidneys. Stones are formed that
alter their optimal performance, not properly eliminating toxins and waste, so
that other organs and tissues are now affected, and all manner of disease can
occur in these conditions.
4. Colon malfunctions.
When we talk about excess protein in the American diet, mainly refers to meats,
dairy products, which contain no fiber.
And eat plenty of animal products and low in fiber from plant sources, the slow
transit of animal protein leads to the putrefaction of these. And the gut is
affected by a potentially dangerous toxin. Colon cancer is associated with
increased intestinal diseases.
The other important question is: Where will you get your
protein?
But as the reader will notice this article moves towards a vegetarian based
diet, or a drastic reduction of animal
meat and milk derivatives.
And the other question that arises from the first
is:
Where you can get protein in a vegetable diet?
The answer is very simple. The body
produces human proteins from amino acids derived from the breakdown of food in
the diet. One basic material eats diet containing amino acids which form the
body protein blocks. Requires 23 different kinds of amino acids to produce the
human protein.
The way God designed our bodies is that we have 15 of
them, and we lack the 8 must come from our diet.
As these amino acids we need is because they are known to be essential.
Then there are 8 essential amino acids.
Can these 8 essential amino acids be obtained from
plants?
Of course you do. Doctors and
nutritionists say that if you eat fruits, vegetables, grains, legumes, nuts,
seeds and sprouts, on a regular basis, you are getting all the amino acids to
make the proteins the body needs to function normally.
When God formed man and placed him in the Garden of Eden,
God knew He was doing. Remember the
story of Daniel and the Bible records contained in the above article and
meditate on before you think you require of meat animals to survive.
Now comes another interesting question.
Why America is so concerned about eating enough protein
and their diet?
You have to remember the famous 4 food groups of school
students were taught until recently. Guess who started with this teaching?
There were doctors and nutritionists scholars of the country who wanted to
ensure a good diet for people, of course not.
Do you know who was? The American Dairy Association.
They were interested in the business of milk and dairy
products were sold and business flourished. The best way to get it was to
indoctrinate young minds with the idea that if they stopped daily consume these
products, something very important missing in your diet. And related to proteins.
Also, they were also keen to include meat, in that famous
group of the 4, they would like greatly to farmers breeding pigs too. They
noted the importance of consuming meat daily and second in the list of basic
four foods that time.
In 1956 Agriculture Department official decree the four
food groups to the population consisting of vegetables and fruits, milk, meat,
cereals and grains. She started this strategy as I said before in public
schools. In recent years nutritionists have pointed out that these 4 groups is
a concept useless and wrong, but instead have been proposed and taught the
so-called food pyramid with grains as the foundation,
Followed by fruits and vegetables that provide all the body's requirements.
Above the level of the pyramid is then what is called delicatessen which does
not eat daily.
Many of us grew up with the old Basic Four Food Groups USDA (Department of
Agriculture U.S.), first introduced in 1956.
The passage of time has seen an increase in our knowledge
about the importance of fiber, the health risks of cholesterol and fats, and
disease preventive power of many nutrients found exclusively in plant foods. We
also found that the plant kingdom provides excellent sources of nutrients
previously associated only with meat and dairy products - namely, proteins and
calcium.
But still because of the large commercial advertising of meat and dairy products,
American cares if their diet does not contain enough meat portions.
The rest of the world is not far from this situation, and increasingly
imitation increases the risk of serious illness.
This article series will continue.
With affection,
Ruben July 2013
