Food and Constitution

 A quick note on food, eating, diets and how those have an effect upon us depending upon our unique, individual constitutions. We are all human with the same basic food needs. Absolutely. But we don't all have the same ways of processing the foods we ingest based upon many variables including genetics, history, geography (place where we live - hot/cold, wet/dry, etc., has a significant impact upon how our bodies respond to foods), and so much more (not to mention karmic impacts from past lives or, if you don't believe in reincarnation, simply cause and effect from your own life interacting with people and the world around you) . This is a lifetime of study that most people never have the opportunity to study and explore. Which is why we fall into what works for other people or what the establishment says is best. Where does that leave most folks? 

Listen to your own body. What is it telling you? How do you feel after eating a certain way for a while? There is no 'one size fits all' -- everyone is a unique individual. Every single diet out there -- and I do mean all of them -- can cite studies and anecdotal evidence that it cures or resolves an illness, dis-ease, etc. And I believe them ... for those individuals, that approach was right for them. What they don't tell you is that for many other people, the diet or lifestyle or habits of eating did NOT work and, in fact, often created other problems because they ignored the first signs that something just wasn't right. They felt they must be doing something 'wrong' because, hey, it was working for all those other people. But they aren't those people, they are uniquely themselves.

So, again. Where do you feel led? What makes the most sense to you? How does your body feel? How are your food choices sitting with you not just physically but mentally and spiritually? Ayurveda teaches us that everything we ingest -- be it food, location, entertainment, the very lives experienced by the beings we eat, etc. -- is going to have an effect upon us, either in the present or in the future.

Lastly, you can do everything right and still end up suffering in some way, simply because life is unpredictable. Listening to your body and following as healthy and holistic a lifestyle as possible is what I refer to as 'hedging your bets' -- and, for most people, that approach can make a huge difference, one that brings confidence, joy, and peace. 

Do I know it all? Nope. (And beware anyone who says with certainty that 'this is the best and only way.') I simply share here the results of my own training and certification in various health care modalities combined with my own two decades of focused study and holistic health consultancy since leaving a 9 to 5 job in corporate work. Which is why I always come back to ...

Live well, listen to your own body/mind/soul, and follow your own path.

Repercussions

 I've been researching Big Pharma, the Medical Industrial Complex, and the Psychiatric paradigm for a couple decades at this point. 

Without going into my own thoughts on all of this, first I want to share a video documentary on pharmaceutical impacts: How Big Pharma Makes Healthy People Sick.

I will return to this topic and my own perspective in a later post, but felt compelled to at least share this video -- even realizing that most people reading my blog are already aware of the dangers of prescription drugs.

Another aspect of Medical and Psychiatric over-reach with huge damages long-term is the impact of tr@ns idealogy on children; this video talk HERE between Helen Joyce and John Anderson is helpful. 

Then, finally on public media channels, we are seeing a rise in awareness (no one seemed to pay much attention to the red flags being signaled during the past few decades on where we were headed) of not only how blatant flaws in psychiatry are affecting all of us, but also the terrible price children are paying for our culture's heedless flight into the 'god' status of psychiatrists to 'save' everyone from any kind of suffering or pain (which are an entirely normal part of living). I'd suggest looking into video talks with Jonathan Haidt and Abigail Shrier, just to start.

I would encourage anyone concerned about these issues to explore the vast options available to them in the holistic, complementary/alternative, natural health care community -- not just those I personally have found to be incredibly powerful -- whether 'talk therapy' (so many helpful aspects to this normal relational and conversational interaction) that are not within the Medical & Psychiatric & Pharma complex) or vibrational/energetic modalities (like Homeopathy and Flower Essences, which are my choices).

Take care, live well, and follow your own path.