Fasting and cleansing of the body - a sign of commitment to the health or psychosis?

After one of the articles I announced that happy to eat the meat, the supporters of a healthy lifestyle and proper Power poured onto the pages of this blog so much hatred, intolerance and hatred that I Zaretsky district to continue to write about his gastronomic tastes.

Some dilapidated guys with gray faces, indicates a lack of collagen and muscle atrophy, singing odes to the comments raw cabbage and carrots and hysterical lady sent me to the "personal" photos, which they embraced with their household pets. Photos were filled with calls: "Stop eating our brethren!". You would think that people who eat the meat, leaving the yard, then pounce on people walking there dogs and cats, and devour them, crunching the bones thin and bathed in warm blood.

Having decided not to take part in the intellectual slaughter, I continued to travel to different countries, to get acquainted with exotic cuisines and just enjoy life.

I continue to be silent on the topic of healthy eating as well as to attract people is not healthy if it also did not attract young people and not quite undecided on this issue.

Good evening, Yuri! My name is Anton. I am 25 years old. Just want to say thank you, at one time you really motivate me to get up on the path of health. A further question. Recently, I became interested in the topic of cleansing the body. Many advise fasting, 3 days per month. But on this subject a lot of conflicting information, the result is not clear whether or not to practice it? It would be interesting to know your opinion.

These letters to me in a personal blog and comes very much. And I thought, if I do not talk about their experiences - how not to hurt yourself diets and healthy eating - that Anton (and all those who is committed to excellence), in the end, gets to the sites of the most uncles with radishes in the teeth and kittens in tetenek an embrace. And then begin fasting restrictions, unhealthy appearance, and flabby muscles. That's why today I come back to this topic.

Dear Anton! Reason welter and utter uselessness of many systems of a healthy diet is the fact that under the magnifying glass taken the process recovery, starvation and all kinds of restrictions, and is not seen the man himself - his way of life, a way to move, think, eat. No one asks the question: what we are ill (or sick), some have physical disabilities (Non-standard weight, height), as far as we are emotional and prone to stress, what is our heredity.

But only on the basis of the individual characteristics of each one of us, we can argue about purification and, especially, of starvation. You can not indiscriminately claim that the sweet is harmful, as many people just sweet foods save from stress. And we can not all, without exception, to agitate for a raw food diet, because there are people who are vital to animal protein.

But there are some rules that are common to all. These rules for almost twenty years are the rules my life, allowing me, in my 54 years old, to be healthy - physically and spiritually.

RULE 1. Eat so that there is no suggestion at all of the cleansing or fasting

Just think - the term "cleansing" was originally intended the opposite effect - contamination. And fasting is an attempt to balance the other extreme overeating.

To have never had a thought about the need to cleanse clogged the body to give a few tips from my own experience.

• Do not sit at the table "for the company."
• Never absorb food because "it is a pity to throw away."
• You do not help yourself only in order not to offend the one who treats you.
• Do not forget about the "little bite" during the day. Forced to hunger in the evening be sure to turn gluttony.
• Do not eat for the future, "in reserve". Fear of being left without food laid down in our genetic memory. But in contrast, fear can set the argument: in order to be saved from starvation enough pieces of bread. A piece of bread, you can always take with you - if there is no bag, in your pocket.

RULE 2. If you decide to change your lifestyle, do it gradually

Very do cleansing your body is just as harmful as for non-drinking man - chug a bottle of vodka.

We forget that by consuming for a long time certain "toxins", our body adapts to it. And the abrupt end of their arrival may cause a malfunction. So spontaneous diet, forced starvation and radical cleansing - this is a game with his health and, perhaps, life.

I do not want to scare anyone, but in my eyes there was a rather unpleasant story. It was in the seventies. Then became fashionable craze - we are all confident that if within a month to eat a carrot, will prompt cleansing the body of toxins and cure of diseases.

We then lived in Moscow. Our neighbor on the floor decided to heal her husband - a heavy smoker. Hid all his cigarettes, it is an order deprived him of eating meat, put on a diet: grated carrots with sunflower oil.

- In a month you will recover from all diseases - she promised.

... On the 29th day the patient died, not having lived only a day before the promised recovery.

And it does not make up a story. Everyone was lost in conjectures that could so affect a man who, in spite of the addiction to nicotine was quite strong. And the thing is that the excess of beta-carotene contained in carrots, has a devastating effect on the liver and pancreas. Beta-carotene can cause narrowing of blood vessels (which smokers are already not in the best condition), bringing man to stroke.

So try to do without the showy, but very dangerous intent, such as "From tomorrow, I do not eat meat (I do not smoke, do not drink)."

RULE 3. Be reasonable in their approach to their lifestyle and eating habits

Never forget that the person - it's not live, "insert", in which we give up as necessary materials to ensure our livelihoods. In addition to the utility of the internal structure of products, a crucial role is played by their taste, appearance and even the situation in which you eat. If this were not so, we would have long been fed intravenously or injected a biological solution using a catheter.

Fresh, even rich in vitamins and minerals food may not only lead to depression, but also to kill. We need to feel - and the taste of salt on his lips, and sweetness, and bitterness and, of course, the burning of hot sauces. Without this palette of sensations our brain and the whole body quickly fade.

RULE 4. Never make enemies in the form of food

The power supply system, in which you will be suspended from certain foods, being convinced that these products are harmful, creates in our minds the so-called effect of "the enemy." Slowly and gradually creeps you worry. Initially, you suffer from a fear that you may accidentally take a something harmful to health. Then you start to worry because other people are poisoning your body with junk food. After - because unhealthy food is everywhere around you - it is sold on every street corner stalls, shops, eateries. A consequence of this perception of the world - the sluggish psychosis with the weakening of the immune system. This is what psychosis suffer all the "raw foodists", calling his neighbors' come to their senses and stop trupyatinu eat. "

... In the woods surrounding the place where I live now, a lot of mushrooms. This summer our family went on a mushroom hunt. In the evening, we invited neighbors and staged in the courtyard of the holiday with zharehoy kartohu and porcini mushrooms. Fun until midnight. And then the fun has broken one of the guests, a young man named Ralph and fell on the grass writhing in agony.

I ran over and asked what was wrong.

It turned out that in a conversation with my wife, he asked in what the supermarket we bought such wonderful mushrooms. She said she did not buy them, and gathered in the forest.

- How, in the woods!!! - Ralph jumped. - There is a dog run, and in general, wild mushrooms are not tested!!! Mushrooms do not lift off the ground where they rot!!! They must be kept in the shops, in cold storage!

It was after these words unfortunate and fell to the ground, curled up in agony.

Arrived in our yard ambulance did not find any poisoning the patient. But figuring out how to attack started, doctors made a special poisoned stab potent neutralizing effect of the mushroom poison, what immediately made aware of the dying.

The attack took place at once, and Ralph even declared that he was ready to continue the fun. Of course, the mushroom zharehu had to be carried out of sight, but the holiday lasted until the morning. White mushrooms whole family ate on the next day. But Ralph never learned that a potent shot, saved his life, was no more than an ordinary saline solution completely neutral.

Conclusion - better gladly knock over a glass of wine than with mortal terror vylakat glass of distilled water.

RULE 5. Do not try to deliberately interfere in the internal processes of the organism

Another danger lies in wait for people seeking undue attention to your diet - the desire to facilitate the work his stomach, generated by the inexorable certainty that he (stomach) hard to cope with their responsibilities.

Try it for six months did not get up on his feet, spending all day in bed. The result will be a complete degradation of the musculoskeletal system and the general decline of interest in life.

Our bodies are created to fight, to overcome stress, to feel the need for a common course of life. Exclusion of any organ of this process is not just desirable, but fatal.

And now, on the basis of the foregoing, it is concluded

Eat easily, joyfully, without fear of being poisoned, with the belief that your body cope with any meal. Get food from an aesthetic and gustatory pleasure. Never eat for "Dad" and "for my mother." Do not be afraid to die of hunger - it will not work in today's society, even if you really want - in any case, those who now stands before the screen, and who reads these lines.

As for the diet, we should remember that the Greek language this concept is translated as "a reasonable way of life." Any restrictions on you setting yourself up for their own free will, based on their primitive knowledge harms your body, as well as the people who surround you. The verdict of the limitations in the diet can make a doctor and a doctor - on the basis of a study of your health, your habits, and work your internal organs.

In conclusion, this little psycho-gastronomic review, I invite you to honestly answer a few questions by placing a "check mark" to those which you've responded "yes":

1. Whether you meditate for more than three hours a day on how to eat right?
2. Do you plan your menu for a few days in advance?
3. It is more important than its taste to your food composition?
4. Is it true that as your food is healthier, in general your life becomes poorer?
5. Is it true that in recent years you have become more demanding in relation to himself?
6. Is it true that your self-esteem increases if you eat right?
7. Have you given up any favorite foods because you do not find them useful for your health?
8. Is it true that your diet does not allow you to eat in restaurants, as well as hinder your communication with friends and family?
9. Do you feel a sense of guilt, if you have broken your diet?
10. If you eat right, if you're having a sense of calm and a feeling that you are completely in control of your life?
11. Do you feel a sense of superiority in relation to people who eat properly?

If eleven of the above five questions ticked, you have much to ponder. For your relationship to the right and nutritious food grown into a neurosis. The disease is called orthorexia nervosa. Orthorexia nervosa is treated very simply. Rewind to the beginning of this article and read it again.

Yours faithfully, Yuri Balabanov.