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Like the roots of a tree drawing liquid and nutrients from the Earth our intestinal organ draws nutrients from the food we consume. All that we eat must be broken down and liquefied in order for nutrients to pass through the intestinal organ into the bloodstream. If we are eating foods that are dense, processed, and chemically treated, we are ultimately making our body work hard to digest poison and minimal life promoting nutrients.
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The body contains eliminative channels that remove and relieve the body of toxic waste after digestion. Proper elimination is absolutely necessary for optimal physical health. As our body replenishes, rebuilds, and renews dead old cells and toxic waste must be released from the body. The eliminative channels in the body are the liver, the kidneys, the lungs, the skin, the lymphatic system, the mind, and the colon. Briefly the processes of each are as follow (as I learned at the Ann Wigmore Institute in PR):
Liver: M ajor detoxifier in the body, all waste from digestive tract goes directly to the liver. It filters blood, Regulates water levels, pH levels, mineral levels, blood pressure.
Lungs: Site of oxygen intake and carbon dioxide discharge. The lungs can be used to eliminate excessive toxins through: bad breath, sneezing, coughing, and mucous discharge.
S kin: Regulates body temperature and water levels by giving off up to one quart of fluid per day. Used to excrete excess toxins in the body that create body odors, salts, oils, blemishes, boils, sores, etc.
Lymphatic S ystem: Involved in both the immune and elimination system and carries waste products away from cells.
Mind: M ental and emotional stress suppresses the process of the immune system, interferes with digestion, and utilizes oxygen or adversely assists in proper elimination.
Colon: M ajor eliminative organ, receives waste product from the digestion process, the liver, the sinuses, the throat, the lungs, and the blood and lymph systems. Has a role in water regulation in the body and some nutrient absorption, maintains friendly bacteria that provide lubrication for waste removal, produces vitamin B-12 and vitamin K, produces enzymes, and displaces harmful bacteria.
Food should be thoroughly digested before reaching the colon. Food that is not thoroughly digested in the colon can be toxic. Undigested food in the colon creates: physical blockage, unhealthy harboring of bacteria, and toxemia.
The best way to maintain optimal health is to be conscious of all the processes in the body. In being conscious of our bodily functions we learn to listen and respond. All eliminative channels must be properly maintained to prevent toxemia and in order to maintain direct connection with the universal body/ALLAH (the most high).
“God created the law of free will and God created the law of cause and effect. And he himself will not violate the law. We need to be thinking less in terms of what God did and more in terms of whether or not we are following those laws.” – M arianne Williamson The greatest blessing of all is that we have free will. Free will to choose: with what and how we will bless or neglect our bodies. Our free will, our mind, is our greatest tool to be used on the path to complete physical purification or complete physical deterioration. We must choose a culture that best fits our nutritional and mental needs. Below is a list and descriptions of a few. Here the word diet is not used to describe the process of losing weight or a temporary habit of eating, but instead a lifestyle.
Meat based: A diet in which one centers each meal on the meat portion; regular consumption of dairy, eggs, animal by-products ie: cheese, factory processed foods, heavy starches, and minimal consumption of natural foods, fruits and vegetables. M eat portion can be from any animal from the land or sea, including shellfish. Food is prepared through cooking at high temperatures and traditional methods.
Pescatarian: A greater balance between meat and other foods occurs here. All other meat is ruled out with the exception of fish or shellfish. Consumption of factory processed foods, dairy, eggs and animal by-products are usually eliminated or minimal. Increased amounts of natural foods, fruits, and vegetables are incorporated. Food is prepared through cooking at high temperatures and traditional methods. Vegetarian: M any variations of this diet. This diet at its base is one that avoids the eating of all flesh, dairy, eggs or other animal by- products; centers meals on the fruit and vegetable portions. Consumption of processed foods still occurs. Consumption of dairy and eggs may still occurs, but ideally minimal. M ost dairy products are replaced with soy or gluten products. Food is prepared through cooking at high temperatures and traditional methods.
Vegan: Strict vegetarian; centers meals on the fruit and vegetable portion. Nuts, beans, seeds, and grains are heavily incorporated. M eat and dairy portion is replaced by soy or gluten products. Use or consumption of animal by-products is strictly avoided. Consumption of unique factory processed foods is permitted. Food is prepared through cooking at high temperatures, blending, juicing, mixing, or dehydrating. Raw Foodist: Avoids all cooked foods, meats, dairy, eggs, and animal by-products. Diet consists of properly combined raw fruits and vegetables, soaked raw nuts, soaked and sprouted beans, soaked raw seeds, and grains. Consumption of factory-processed foods is strictly avoided with the exception of some uniquely prepared foods. Incorporates juicing, blending, cooking at low temperatures and dehydrating to prepare foods.
Fruitarian: Avoids all cooked foods. M eat, dairy, eggs, and factory processed foods are strictly avoided. Total diet based on raw fruit and seeds only. This lifestyle is strongly based in the concept of creating a “happy,” “loving,” creative, and healthy lifestyle that causes no harm to the planet. Food is prepared through blending, juicing, mixing or dehydrating only.
Living Foods Lifestyle: Avoids all cooked foods, including low temperature prepared raw foods. Avoids all animal by-products, dairy, eggs, factory processed foods, un-soaked nuts or seeds, and meat. Diet is centered on vegetable proteins, fruits, raw soaked or sprouted beans, raw soaked or sprouted nuts, raw soaked or sprouted seeds, raw soaked grains, and natural fats. Goal is to consume all food while it is most vital. Food is prepared through blending, mixing, and occasional dehydrating only. Juicing is avoided.
Each lifestyle listed above has its unique benefits. The goal of each person should be to find a lifestyle that will serve his or her unique goals best. Some athletes don’t find it possible to maintain their weight or muscle mass living a lifestyle without meat. Other people can’t function properly if they do consume meat. Our diet must match our standard of living, our standard of consciousness. We must draw our own plans and execute them, our own goals and fulfill them personally. In my own experience no one could tell me what was best for me, I had to walk myself and do the knowledge to myself along the way. The transformation is not easy, but that is why our own personal goals must be a part of the process, in order to motivate us and assist us as we travel the path to complete purification.