Q: One of the things that you have alluded to is the idea that if your body is not working as hard to digest food, that means it’s probably got more energy to continue to fortify your immune system.  And I know we haven’t really mentioned [...]]]> http://conversiongeneral.com/healthnewsletter/archives/43/feed 0 00:01:01 Part 12 of my interview with a very healthy octogenarian: Q: One of the things that you have alluded to is the idea that if your ... Part 12 of my interview with a very healthy octogenarian: Q: One of the things that you have alluded to is the idea that if your body is not working as hard to digest food, that means itrsquo;s probably got more energy to continue to fortify your immune system.nbsp; And I know we havenrsquo;t really mentioned that before, but the immune system plays a big role in how you are able to basically fight off disease.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Is this true? A: If your body has got the energy to continue to use that energy for your immune system, then your likelihood of fighting off diseases is probably better because yoursquo;ve got the right energy going into the right spots inside the body. Q: If yoursquo;re not sick, if yoursquo;re ndash; you know, maybe yoursquo;re still on this, you know, the standard American diet, and yoursquo;re a little older but, you know, you think that Well, Irsquo;d like to lose a few pounds and Irsquo;d like to be preventative in nature, if someone were take on the kind of regimen and style ndash; lifestyle and diet you just talked about, is it sort of okay to cheat once in a while or, you know, tell me how that would work out, whether yoursquo;re not yet either sick or yoursquo;re not sick.nbsp; If yoursquo;re not sick,nbsp; is there a little room for a cheat once in a while?nbsp; Or if yoursquo;re sick, what should you be doing? A: A lot of people ask that same question of themselves.nbsp; Because they ndash; they ndash; for some reason or other, see, we are bombarded by the media and by the hard sell of the supermarkets in and for the American diet.nbsp; And so therefore, itrsquo;s difficult for people not to want to eat the things that are really not good for them.nbsp; And everything is white sugar today, and sugar is a real serious problem for those people that have ndash; that are sick.nbsp; But for those people who are, you know, you say in your 40s and your 50s, thatrsquo;s the time when a lot of them, if they have been, you know, moderate ndash; a lot of people learn young that you donrsquo;t need to eat all the time and that you donrsquo;t need to be obese. And life can be good.nbsp; But for those people who are, like you say, in that age category and they would like to lose a little weight, then I say this kind of lifestyle ndash; they donrsquo;t start this kind of lifestyle and they donrsquo;t stop eating the standard American diet that wersquo;ve discussed, of meat and potatoes and dairy products, theyrsquo;re going to be sick.nbsp; Thatrsquo;s been proven over and over.nbsp; And theyrsquo;ve ndash; the nutritionists in this country have proven that you will be sick. And so, for those people that want to change, then this is an easy time because they ndash; they can just start choosing and start drinking smoothie and eating plant foods.nbsp; And I would say to them Eat some meat, but yoursquo;ve got to be very careful.nbsp; Even the ndash; the nutritionists today, and the medical doctors, who really donrsquo;t do a lot in nutrition, will tell you that Well, just cut down.nbsp; Well, that can be done, but some people, you see, canrsquo;t.nbsp; Itrsquo;s very difficult for them to cut down. And, of course, one of the things that we didnrsquo;t discuss at all today so far, is that we know now that no smoking is a very serious thing.nbsp; You must quit smoking because more and more they know that smoking is a very serious problem, and all kinds of diseases result from smoking. And so thatrsquo;s one of the things that people have to do, they just have to quit smoking. The other thing that they can do, if they canrsquo;t quit eating meat altogether, lots of nutritionists are saying Well, eat just the white meat, or eat chicken.nbsp; And so on and so forth.nbsp; But again, if yoursquo;re eating chicken thatrsquo;s commercially produced and theyrsquo;re not being fed ndash; theyrsquo;re not range chickens, for instance, theyrsquo;re chickens that ndash; as you know, yoursquo;ve ... Diet,Tips,,Wellness,Tips kevin@conversiongeneral.com no No http://conversiongeneral.com/healthnewsletter/archives/41 http://conversiongeneral.com/healthnewsletter/archives/41#comments Tue, 28 Jul 2009 03:00:52 +0000 Kevin Bushey http://conversiongeneral.com/healthnewsletter/?p=41 The podcast for my interview on Food choices is available at:

YOU may not be aware of it but the human body regenerates itself at the rate of 50,000 cells per second automatically! A continuous replacement of the body’s old and dying cells takes place without any interference from us. On its own, the human body continually replaces old cells [...]]]> http://conversiongeneral.com/healthnewsletter/archives/181/feed 0