These days, my greatest motivation to not eat cakes, bread, ice cream, etc., and over-indulge in booze, is that my body, correctly, doesn't recognize it as food. That causes multiple stress and damage to my hardworking immune system whose job it is to protect me from whatever the hell it's wondering I just swallowed. Eventually, constantly putting the immune system to work like that results in it going haywire... and then follow the serious autoimmune diseases.
Believe me, my immune system was put to the test day in and day out from the moment I left home and started feeding myself. All my life I thought I was extremely healthy and believed that everyone has a bit of gas sometimes, bloating now and then, some skin rashes, a bit of indigestion, a few occasional aches and pains, whatever. But it's not normal. It's the result of the early wars that are going on inside our bodies when we eat carbage, before the really serious damage becomes obvious (diabetes, heart diseases, respiratory illnesses, cancers, to name but a few). I've had a few years of low carb now and I never, ever, have any of those symptoms any more - unless I've been stupid enough to take a bite of rubbish.
To be honest, I never gave any of that a thought for the longest time. I was just terrified of falling all the way down the slippery slope and never being able to climb back up. But now that I UNDERSTAND how wheat, grains generally, and sugar attack our bodies, the idea of purposely eating them to "have a good time" seems absurd.
I often look at things these days and ask myself "if I eat that, would my body recognize it as food". If the answer is "no", all temptation just fades away.
Last edited by Whofan : Mon, Sep-15-14 at 16:19.
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