Sat, May-15-10, 10:51
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I've decided
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Plan: LC
Stats: 235/137.6/130
BF:haven't a clue
Progress: 93%
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Here's something that might help explain the food reaction/addiction response:
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As you probably remember, when you eat reactive foods, they enter your system as macromolecules that your body doesn't recognize. This triggers the inflammatory response, which causes water to rush into afflicted cells and be held in tissues, which results in swelling and bloating. As this rescue mechanism takes place, your body, thinking that it's under attack from a foreign invader, goes into a condition of distress.
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In response to the distress triggered by food reactions, you begin to pump out your own natural opiates, called endorphins, which are almost always secreted in response to trauma. When these opiates hit your system, they give you a feeling of relief. You feel physically and mentally fulfilled. If the distress is significant and causes abundant release of endorphins, you even feel and opiate "high."
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Soon, though, this endorphin high wears off and leaves you with a depleted supply of endorphins. When this happens, your natural instinct is to eat the same food that produced the pleasurable feelings in the first place. After years of gaining pleasure from this food, you probably have a strong association between this food and feeling good.
This endorphin fluctuation alone can make you feel virtually addicted to certain foods. But this is only the beginning of the process of allergic addiction. It gets worse.
As you crash from your opiate high, other chemical reactions that occur that are equally disastrous. These other chemical reactions strongly reinforce your powerful desire to again eat your false fat food - as fast as possible. When these reactions begin, only an iron will can stop you from eating.
One of the most disruptive of these other chemical reactions is the release of adrenal hormones. You may remember that when your body is under allergic assault, it counters effects if this assult with adrenal hormones, such as adrenaline, norepinephrine, and cortisol. When these stimulating hormones first hit your bloodstream, you feel good. They boost your energy and mood. ...
As these adrenal hormones course through your system, your heart beats faster. In fact, one of the tests for food reactions is to take your pulse after you eat. If it's elevated, it means that you probably ate a reactive food. Unfortunately, though, your adrenaline rush fades as fast as your endorphin high. When it's gone, you drop into a slump of fatigue, irritability and mental lethargy. This makes you want to eat more of your false fat foods, but when you do eat more, you tend to have an even stronger reaction to them, because you no longer have enough adrenal hormones to protect you from your food reactions. ~ Elson M. Haas, in his book, "The False Fat Diet"
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That last bit - about how there aren't enough adrenal hormones to protect us might provide some clue/insight into why we managed along just fine eating wheat, and that somehow it got worse over time.
I don't remember having issues with wheat either, that didn't really show up until just the last few years. That said, I do think it's been going on in the background all along.
Ok - enough of my rambling. Welcome and definitely looking forward to hearing about your experiences with Primal Blueprint  |
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