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Physical and mental energy are great, but they do not come from what people eat and drink the most - and pay the most to have.
I began studying Eat To Live to get a better balance, especially since I imagined my bakery DNA would work overtime for me. Live To Eat Desserts - my epic work, has been set aside.
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Here is the bad list from the book and some other sources -
Sugared drinks (fruit juices, soda pop, diet drinks) are all bad. Sugar-free simply makes the body more eager to have more carbohydrates. Substitute with water, coffee, and tea. Coffee and tea together are very good for health.
The whites are delicious but bad - white bread, white sugar, hidden sources of sugar (corn syrup for sweetener and flavor enhancer).
Exercise is essential, every day, starting with the daily walk. Stationary devices should be used consistently, not just in panic times (January, part of February, and - oh forget it).
Big Switch from Meat to Vegetables
Eat To Live advocates large amounts of vegetables replacing our over-use of meat. Micro-nutrients and protein are abundant in green vegetables. They satisfy without tossing a lot of carbohydrates into the system. I knew that from experience but kept on returning to my heritage.
Simply put, carbohydrates (sugars, bakery products) demand a lot of insulin for regulation and eventually tilt the body's system the wrong way.
Alcohol products were certainly built into Creation, but moderation is essential. My father argued that heavy drinkers did not like delicious food and therefore shied away from the delights of the bakery. The liver is the most fabulous chemical factory of all time - it can break down chemicals that never existed before, and it improves its ability to do this during the first sample (source - Yale Medical School, where I took a course on alcohol and drug abuse, not for treatment but for academic credit).
I have seen the results of alcohol abuse too many times to join in the hilarity promoted by brewers. Habit becomes addiction over a long period of time, and the last stage is almost impossible to defeat. My friend died early, suffering from blackouts and everything else.
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