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The energy of food

Everyone knows they get energy from food, but most think only about calories. What if the story was much bigger than that?

I just completed coursework with Teri Mosey, a wellness expert and chef who started her nutritional journey with a very-Western focus, but now utilizes mind-body physiology, neurobiology, and quantum physics to understand how what we eat impacts every part of our lives.

Calories do not account for absorption variables unique to each person.

Also, everything depends on context. Consuming one supplement via a pill or other potion may not give you optimal benefits, if not combined in the correct ratio with partner nutrients, as we see in whole foods.

But beyond calories, foods have energetic characteristics that are affected by how they’re grown and prepared.

One of these is their thermal nature, which affects our body temperature. Cooling foods include soy, Swiss chard, pear and lemon. And anything that has a pit, including avocados. Warming foods include coconut, walnut, leaks and chicken, so you might want to avoid that chicken BBQ on the hottest day of the year!

Foods are also drying – like brown rice – or moistening, like barley or “sweet” foods, including meat and dairy. Dampness alters digestive function, suppresses the immune system, and makes it much more difficult to drop weight.

Then there are flavor characteristics. Sour foods like lemon, lime and sauerkraut detoxify your liver, while bitter foods are cooling

Alkaline foods are needed for cellular regeneration. Plant-based foods are one of your best sources: Their anti-inflammatory phytonutrients support health.

Are you a meat eater? Every animal has its own, innate vibrational frequency, that’s affected by how it is raised. Do you ever feel differently after eating animal products? This could be at play.

And remember how I mentioned that food prep affects how well your body takes it in? Runny eggs yolks maintain the physical integrity of their fats, but scrambling those same eggs oxidizes the fats, which increases inflammation. So consider sunny-side-up or poached for your next breakfast!

Foods also influence gene expression, turning them on and off. This has a significant impact on whether you develop disease, even if you have a propensity to develop one, based on family history.

One of the good news items? Within 7 to 10 years, you are a completely new person due to regeneration, so it’s never to late to change habits!

Stay tuned for the next post on this topic, where we’ll look at how specific foods can balance out your system.


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