FOOD AND DIET

Toxins and Cellulite.

The toxins come into the body and they go into the fat cells and it creates cellulite.

Cellulite can be defined as "an infiltration of the subcutaneous fat cells by fluids and toxic wastes."

The body puts the toxins into the fat cells and keeps these poisons out of the way of the body's other systems, so that it can deal with them at a later date, for instance, when the owner decides to fast.

Stress is often a factor in cellulite, because the body accumulates toxins much more when stressed, and elimination may become less efficient. In general, men store cellulite in the heart region and also in the head, leading to premature balding and heart illness.

For women, cellulite is stored in the thighs, hips and buttocks. This is why women tend to get more hip replacements than men, because the toxins go into the bone and they can lead to such ailments as arthritis.

Hormone Disrupting Chemicals.

One class of hormone disrupting chemicals are Xeno-oestrogens. These include;

• Organochlorines.

• Organophosphates.

• Pesticides.

• Fungicides.

• Dioxins.

This group of chemicals are also know as hormone disrupters. Hormones are those very small quantities of chemicals in the body that make the body what it is. They organize the body. So when one is playing about with estrogen and progesterone, one is directly effecting those areas of the body that function with growth and development of the body especially concerning gender and sexuality.

Over a period of time the body begins to accumulate more and more of these chemicals from the food, water and air supply and we begin to fall foul of the ailments mentioned above. Some of us are stronger than others, some can resist the dosage that is harmful to others, but everybody eventually gets worn down from constant exposure. In women, the menopause is accelerated due to extreme levels of estrogen and progesterone, bringing the onset of menopause down to as young as thirty five.

What causes these chemicals to enter the body and what can we do about it?

If one is sensitive, we can feel the effects of these poisons in the body when we have digested our meals.

 The Simplicity of our Food.

If we are to look after our diet then we need to be aware of the simplicity of our food. It takes more energy to digest complicated meals than it does to digest simple ones. Each one of us has a different level of digestive energy - the energy available for digesting our meals.

If we cannot digest our food then it remains in the body as an undigested food mass which compacts in the intestines. It has been said that the average red bloodied American male has FIVE pounds of raw hamburger meat compacted in the intestines. We can help to prevent the build up of an undigested food mass in the intestines by moving towards a more simple diet.

The best way to do this is to move away from eating meat. As well as the many diseases, chemicals, and injected hormones that find their way into the majority of today's meat produce, by eating meat we might also take in the emotional toxins of the dying animal.

We all die from toxins in the end, but as we begin to simplify our diets and take more care of ourselves then we become more sensitive to the food that we eat.

We begin to know when one food is good for us and when another food contains many toxins in it. So we learn to avoid that which is bad for us, even though it tastes good and arrange our diets so that we are good to our bodies. Otherwise, as one wise soul put it, we begin to "Dig our graves with our teeth".

Another factor concerning diet is to try and notice which foods lead us out of balance, make us angry, uptight, confused or dizzy. This is generally the effect of one or both of the following factors:

• The foodstuff is not right for our natural constitution and therefore rocks our boat. It throws our doshas out of balance and imbalances the gunas.

• The foodstuff may contain high doses of pesticides and toxins which have an adverse reaction upon our body systems.

• Foods that leads us out of balance, even though the tongue may love them, should be avoided in future.