Back to "Normal" Eating

It's only been 2 days since I stopped Intermittent Fasting and I already miss it. I can definitely tell that the increased energy used for digestion of solid foods throughout the day has left me with less energy overall. I notice it mostly about 30 minutes to 2 hours after a meal. I do feel that overall energy levels now compared to before I did the 7 days of Intermittent Fasting have dramatically improved. I just don't feel as energized as I did while doing the Intermittent Fast.

I should be getting more Beyond Organic products this Wednesday so I'm looking forward to getting back into the swing of things. I encourage you to get a copy of Jordan Rubin's book, "Living Beyond Organic". He uses very simple to understand methods of teaching nutrition that most of America desperately needs to learn. Even with the extensive Nutritional Training I have as a Chiropractor, I even learned a few new things. The biggest eye opener was the role that Cultured Whey/Dairy plays in Glutathione production. If you don't know what Glutathione is, consider it the body's garbage collector in the cell. When your cells make waste products, are exposed to toxins, or experience oxidative stress, Glutathione comes to the rescue and cleans the mess up. But if you can't make enough Glutathione to account for the amount of toxins/waste present, you end up with sickness and disease. You make most of your Glutathione in the Liver, but it needs supplies of essential precursors to keep up with the body's demands. This is where Cultured Whey and Dairy come in. They provide a bounty of precursors for Glutathione.

With Autoimmune conditions of any kind, the body is under constant oxidative stress. Very few people with Autoimmune diseases consume enough nutrients to make enough Glutathione to clean up that mess. This is why I felt great while doing the Intermittent Fast, but feel worse now even though I'm eating very healthy food (I haven't touched a single grain in over two weeks). My Glutathione levels were at an all-time high while doing the fast, but have dropped significantly since. Because my body still needs insanely high Glutathione levels to clean up the mess, the benefits of the Fast do not completely carry over to the normal diet.

People with Autoimmune conditions have to attack it from 3 perspectives: Remove the sources of toxicity in their life (Food, Mold, Heavy Metals, etc...), heal their gut (most have leaky gut), and decrease cellular inflammation. Glutathione plays a major role in all three. Cultured Whey and Dairy plays a huge role in all three as well, but I'll save that for a future post.