That is how I created the phrase "The Human E.C.O. System". You have all heard that "YOU are what you eat" - well it is true but what does it mean ?
Finding information that was more relevant to my health (and future) was far more important than it was to just count calories or deciding if I needed more or less carbohydrates in my eating plan. I was enlightened to find I could make sense of this and that seemed to help me gather momentum. By momentum I am talking about achieving results.
Not JUST the ones in the mirror because once you develop a system to work on your "inside" it reflects and impacts directly on your "outside".
Have I got leaner - YES.
Am I healthier - YES.
Can I maintain this lifestyle - YES (have done for five years).
Those three points are what normally determines the success rating of a lifestyle plan but here is what I added to the list.
Do I understand MY body better - YES.
Is that important - ABSOLUTELY.
Are your nutritional habits making you a powerful Health Warrior or a stressful Health Worrier ?
How do you treat your body ?
Take a moment to think about those two questions.
The more you learn about your body and how it works, the more comfortable you should become to make life changing decisions that lead to positive actions. Never rely on an "expert" to give you the best solution to your personal health issues. If you learn enough then you will become YOUR OWN EXPERT.
So is your body a "home you want to live in" or is it a "prison under siege" ?
The difference is that a home you feel comfortable in and want to be present in is powerful whereas the prison under attack is always stressful. The more in control you are the more your body and human eco-system resembles a home and when you are out of control, your body is like a prison full of unwelcome visitors (think diseases).
Now let's take a look at what forms your "internal make-up".
We are ALL the same in our basic makeup. We are made up of "cells" and all day every day the vital functions of an organism occur within cells. The cells contain the hereditary information necessary for regulating cell functions and for transmitting information to the next generation of cells.
This is how we reproduce ourselves on a daily basis. As you age your body replaces your cells every single day. Now if your immune support and quality is deficient your cells reproduce "damaged" cells which cause aging and disease. All the make-up in the world is not going to fix that.
Your cells are incredibly functional and self-maintaining. They get nutrients from your food intake (or not) and then convert the nutrients into life supporting energy. This helps them to undertake their specialized functions as required. Additionally each cell has it's own set of instructions for carrying out these tasks and activities. But when your body is under attack sometimes the "reproduction quality is less perfect".
Now let me give you a visual which I hope gives some clarity that I achieved. Please excuse my attempts at drawing of these two scenarios.
I want you to think of the human cell as a jail cell. Completely enclosed with protective barriers. Inside is your D.N.A. (your individual genetic hereditary code) and your R.N.A. (the information that allows you to build other cells). Both are doing LIFE sentences. The length of that sentence is determined by the quality of your actions.
They are surrounded by a protective membrane that is it's own guarding system. These "guards" allow for energy to be transferred back and forth across the membrance as required. However due to many factors (including lifestyle choices) it is under attack from Free Radicals. When they attack the cells it seems to be evident that the outcome is not good.
The little "critters" are the menancing Free Radicals, and the damage they are causing allows some of your vital information to be "stolen".
The body's defence against these marauding problems are Anti-Oxidants. We derive these mostly from foods that come from the Earth and the more colours in our salads and vegetables we consume the higher the level of nutrient dense / anti-oxidant rich / low calorie food we consume.
The planet is made up of functioning eco-systems that we humans are destroying. Now there is a worldwide push to "go green" and reverse the damage we have been doing. Imagine if we did that with the obesity issue.
Let us imagine that your body is like the planet. Inside you have the ability to supply the necessary "RNA information support" and "immune system support" when you act in a positive way. By not doing this, you are causing harm to your "human eco-system".
Just try to imagine your body is a rain forest and YOU are "dumping garbage and waste" into the fresh water systems every day. Plus YOU are building garbage dumps next to the lakes and waterways and allowing them to deposit their toxic waste into your soils and killing all the life there. Not a pretty picture is it. Think of that next time you "grab a fast meal" or hand that same "fast meal" to your children. It hasn't been created to sustain life and provide "natural nutrients" so it will have less protective factors.
Is that death by mastication ?
There are many ways people describe what is required to take action to stop disease. Some talk about "prevention" as a method of solving obesity issues. Others talk about being "pro-active" as a way to get your body back into shape.
I am starting a different philosophy.
This is ALL about PROTECTION.
Your personal mission and YOU should accept it - is to protect just one (1) cell in your body. You see if I can get you to act in ways both physical and nutritional to "protect that ONE human cell" this message will be conveyed to all the other cells in the body.
Gaining control back of the "cellular level" will contribute to the physiological state of the human body. For the rest of today and all your "tomorrow's" try to focus on the PROTECTION of one cell which will help defend your Human ECO-System.
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