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Polarity of Food
Life is a system of opposites
If life is a system of opposites and we are constantly trying to figure out the balance, you would think that would also apply to food?
Food is more than just fuel for our bodies. Food has energetic qualities that are beyond the science and mechanics of calories, fat, grams and nutrient values. Is food every talked about in ENERGY?
How does the energy of food even play into the polarity of food? And how can this be creating your cravings or pulling you towards certain foods.
Let’s take the two extremes the polarity of food: On one side we have our “Expansive Bliss” Food. This energy is in Caffeine, Sugar, Alcohol, Dairy, Feel Good Carbs and even some extent fruits.
Expansive Bliss Foods make you feel HAPPY. RELAXED full of bliss, but what goes up may come down. In the end you feel brain fog, exhausted and sometimes even guilt?
On the other side we have “Contracted Tension” Food. These foods are contracting vs expansive. Foods with this energy are in Meat, Eggs and Salt, for example. They make you feel focused but eating to many of these foods can make you feel tight, aggressive and even angry.
What do you think will happen if you have to many Expansive Foods? We will crave Contracted.
Like in life when we have to many contracted tension , overworking, over committed, stress, and lack of sleep our bodies is looking for some expansive bliss in the form of powering down, saying no to over committing, getting more sleep, exercising but if we aren’t in tuned with our internal signals we instead go to: Sugar, Alcohol, Carbs, and Treats.
What do you think happens when we are constantly dieting? Depriving ourselves? Over Working Out? Or Taking all Expansive Bliss Foods out of our lifestyle?
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Fasting vs Eating Small Meals
What do you think?
This is the question I would love to get comments on.
As a Health Coach each client is different. My motto is what’s good for one person or what may work for someone may not work for you. Basically, everyone is different. When trying to walk through a client’s everyday routine, we are looking at habits with in all the elements of their lifestyle. Hydrations (refer to 1/8/2021 News Snap) Sleep, Stress, Vitamins, Movement (aka Exercise) and of course their Nutrition. I love to ask, “Walk me through a day in your life”. When are you eating? What are you eating and How are you eating?
All these questions help me understand where we need to start our journey. I think one of my favorite question is how do you eat? There is SOOO much to this question, I could write about it in many News Snaps to come, but for today I love to think about timing. Some answers regarding timing I hear my clients say: I love, and I am committed to fasting throughout my day. Whether they fast from 8PM – 12AM or 7PM – 11AM, eating their last meal or snack and not eating until lunch the next day, followed by snack, dinner and snack. I also, have clients that love to eat only the basic three squares with maybe a snack here or there and then there is the eat when waking and eating small meals and snacks every few hours. Some clients love to eat their big meals early and some late. The best part of my job is listening to what my clients like to do, and think is working, that’s when we get to work together on Healthy Habits, we can create just for them and incorporate into a lifestyle that lasts. Will our bodies change as we get older and need us to reevaluate what we are doing and maybe even change it around? YES! That’s the beauty of knowing what the right plan for you is, you’re in tune with your body and know what is working and what maybe not working any longer.
I love to know, what works for you? Or what do prefer? Do you need help figuring it out?
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Hydration Is Your Friend
How much water do we need?
There is so much information regarding how much hydration is needed in each day. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine determined that an adequate daily fluid intake is about 15.5 cups (3.7 liters) 125.11 ounces a day for men and 11.5 cups (2.7 liters) 91.3 ounces for women. That seems like a crazy amount of water, but when you think about it 60% of the human adult body is water. Additionally, about 20% of the water you need daily comes from different foods we eat in each day. Most diets and health plans require clients to intake 8, 8 ounces glasses, equaling 64 ounces of water. When I read it that way staying hydrated doesn’t seem to hard.
Is there a real number for all Men and All Women? I honestly don’t know. You can goggle it a 100 different ways and get similar numbers. From my experience ever one client is different. I love that part of working with people. What works for me isn’t necessarily going to work for you or the next person. I love to ask questions when I do Health Assessments with clients. I get to know and understand them and their current habits. Do they already hydrate during the day? Do they exercise? For how long? Do they drink other beverages that may dehydrate them like coffee or alcohol? Different questions can uncover their hydration habits, the long short of it, we need to stay hydrated. I use the general thumb of 64 Ounce -100 Ounce Most clients hem and haul, but in the end can’t believe how something as simple as drinking plain old water has so many positive effects on their entire body. When you break it down to 8 to 10 8 ounces glasses of water it’s doesn’t seem so MUCH?
Just a few wonderful benefits of water, which I also posted on my @self_health Coaching Facebook and Instagram site: Regulates the body temperature, helps prevent infection, delivers nutrients to your cells as well as keeping your organs functional. My favorite benefits: Hydration also helps improve sleep, skin and your moods. Ever feel that weird dizzy feeling? I do. I am not by any means a doctor, for me that’s a sign I am dehydrated. I have also heard this from many clients.
So, I guess I don’t have to tell you how important hydration is. I challenge you this month to add some more water to your day. When you sit down for a meal add 8 ounces to your glass, put a sticky in your car to remind you to bring water. How much water can you drink in January?
Tag me @self_health Coaching let me know on your water consumption.