"The old saying “you are what you eat” is probably never more apparent than shortly after you eat a convenient, good-tasting junk-food meal. My guess is that most of the time you begin to feel tired, your mood sinks, your brain feels foggy, and you may even feel hungry again, not to mention all the guilt you have for putting things into your body that you know will move you toward sickness and disease.
When I (Dr. Mercola) was younger I used to really enjoy eating sweet rolls. At the time I did not realize that they were loaded with trans fat. But every time after I ate them I could feel a strange sensation on the roof of my mouth, and I knew I was harming myself. The key is to pay attention to the signals and clues your body is giving you, especially after you eat unhealthy food.
The more that you eat a diet full of sugar, grains and bad fats -- like trans fats and those from vegetable oils -- the more you are clouding your brain’s ability to “hear” the biochemical signals that tell it to stop eating and storing fat.
These signals come from the hormones insulin and leptin, and their job is to, among other things, control your metabolism.
Insulin works mostly at the cellular level, telling the vast majority of your cells whether to burn or store fat and sugar, and whether to utilize that energy for maintenance, repair or reproduction.
Leptin, on the other hand, sends signals that reduce your hunger, increase fat burning and reduce fat storage.
However, when you regularly eat foods, such as sugar and grains, that cause your blood sugar to spike after you eat -- your body becomes resistant to these important messages.
The end result is a major miscommunication that tells your body to eat more and store more fat, instead of what it actually needs: to reduce hunger and burn fat. When your insulin and leptin levels are increased, it will become very difficult for you to use fat as a fuel as the enzymes required for doing this are significantly impaired.
Over time, this can lead to many chronic diseases, including:
Obesity
Diabetes
Heart disease
Autoimmune diseases
Arthritis
Osteoporosis
It Takes Just One Good Meal to Start Healing Your BodyWhile it’s true that one bad meal will produce negative changes in your body, let’s not overlook the most important finding in this study: it takes just ONE good meal to start things moving in a positive direction.
Just imagine the power that gives you. If you have been eating poorly recently, you can start reversing the process with your very next meal -- and start to improve your health right now.
You see,
your body was designed to be healthy. It wants to move toward health and away from disease, and it will do its best to stay that way, provided you give it the proper tools -- the proteins, the healthy fats and the good carbs (mostly from veggies) and micronutrients -- that it needs to thrive.
If you end up feeling hungry, irritable, sleepy or sluggish after you eat, these are all signs that you are likely not giving your body the fuel that it needs to do its job properly. This fuel is different for everybody, and you can find out which exact foods your body is TRULY craving by finding out your nutritional type.
Take control of your Health,
fine-tune your diet for your individual nutrient requirements. Take, for instance, a salad. On the surface, this is a healthy meal. Yet, the same salad is not ideal for everyone. Your body may do best with some chicken, olive oil and onions on your salad, or you may feel better by adding on some grass-fed steak, and using spinach instead of lettuce.
Once you know which foods your body needs (and which it does better without), you will truly be on the road to increased energy, an upbeat mood, and less risk of chronic diseases. In short,
you’ll be on your way to reaching optimal health. And remember, this all starts one meal at a time.
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Shalom, sharing this very sensible article with you. Start today!
Love and blessings in Yahshua,
Ester.
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