Asking the Right Questions
Today I went to the farmer's market at Plummer Park to get some sprouts for my daily salad and some fresh local fruit for snacking. I'm setting an intention to eat raw foods indefinitely. Actually, I saw an iridologist (someone who diagnoses your health by reading lines in the whites of your eyes as well as your iris) last week. He informed me that I have an impacted colon. It wasn't all that surprising because I've heard that twice before, once from another iridologist and once from a microscopist (someone who diagnoses your health by reading analyzing your blood cells). Besides, I'd rather know exactly what state of health I'm in at any given time.
Anyway, I went home after the session and conducted a bunch of research on line. And as it turns out, almost everyone has an impacted colon (or a case of constipation). Basically, unless it takes you only a few seconds to go to the bathroom (like it does animals), then your are considered constipated. And just because you're a vegan for years doesn't mean that your colon will immediately become un-impacted. Most of us are walking around with dried, impacted feces lining the pockets our intestinal walls and hindering the overall elimination process. In order to clean out the pipes, so to speak, all the holistic "experts" advise a raw food diet in tandem with a colon cleanse program. So I decided to give it a shot. Anyone who has kicked an addiction or been on a strict diet knows that this is a moment-by-moment kind of thing, where you have to keep making the choice to go in the direction you set for yourself.
A friend who died of breast cancer back in 2001 was also seeing a naturopathic doctor who advised her on how to shift her perspective when faced with the inevitable temptation to fall off the dietary wagon.
He said, instead of asking these sort of questions beforehand: "Is this one little bag of potato chips (for example) going to kill me if I eat it? (Of course not.)" or, "If I eat this candybar just this once, is it really going to make that big of a difference? (Maybe not.)"
Instead, ask yourself these types of questions: "Is this going to give me the result I desire? (No!) Is this going to add to my optimum health? (No!)" By shifting the questions around, the answers become loud and clear, your resolve becomes stronger and your intention in that moment solidifies.
I've tried eating raw before and it is a challenge for me, and not only because of the convenience of cooked food. I still very much desire certain cuisines and dishes. But my desire to have a clean, clear, perfectly functioning colon definitely outweighs the desire to have thai food every now and again. Besides, the intestinal cleanse that I found lasts only about 90 days, and we'll see what happens after that. I've just got to stay on course and keep asking the right questions.
Anyway, I went home after the session and conducted a bunch of research on line. And as it turns out, almost everyone has an impacted colon (or a case of constipation). Basically, unless it takes you only a few seconds to go to the bathroom (like it does animals), then your are considered constipated. And just because you're a vegan for years doesn't mean that your colon will immediately become un-impacted. Most of us are walking around with dried, impacted feces lining the pockets our intestinal walls and hindering the overall elimination process. In order to clean out the pipes, so to speak, all the holistic "experts" advise a raw food diet in tandem with a colon cleanse program. So I decided to give it a shot. Anyone who has kicked an addiction or been on a strict diet knows that this is a moment-by-moment kind of thing, where you have to keep making the choice to go in the direction you set for yourself.
A friend who died of breast cancer back in 2001 was also seeing a naturopathic doctor who advised her on how to shift her perspective when faced with the inevitable temptation to fall off the dietary wagon.
He said, instead of asking these sort of questions beforehand: "Is this one little bag of potato chips (for example) going to kill me if I eat it? (Of course not.)" or, "If I eat this candybar just this once, is it really going to make that big of a difference? (Maybe not.)"
Instead, ask yourself these types of questions: "Is this going to give me the result I desire? (No!) Is this going to add to my optimum health? (No!)" By shifting the questions around, the answers become loud and clear, your resolve becomes stronger and your intention in that moment solidifies.
I've tried eating raw before and it is a challenge for me, and not only because of the convenience of cooked food. I still very much desire certain cuisines and dishes. But my desire to have a clean, clear, perfectly functioning colon definitely outweighs the desire to have thai food every now and again. Besides, the intestinal cleanse that I found lasts only about 90 days, and we'll see what happens after that. I've just got to stay on course and keep asking the right questions.
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