03-30-2012, 04:02 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-30-2012, 07:31 PM by Tenet Nosce.)
Just came across this while searching for something else... I post it because it is relevant rather than an endorsement of the views contained therein.
Oldest Evidence of Stone Tool Use and Meat-Eating Among Human Ancestors Discovered: Lucy's Species Butchered Meat
In a nutshell... the "bad" bacteria compete with us for resources and produce waste which is toxic to our bodies, while the "good" bacteria feed upon what the body doesn't use and produce waste which is healthful to our bodies.
Example: Many gut bacteria digest fiber in the diet and make a "waste product" called butyric acid. This molecule, in turn, helps to stabilize our DNA while it is being replicated, and preventing changes which could lead to a cancerous state. So here is an example whereby if we simply ignore, or attempt to bypass this natural symbiosis, the result is eventually death of the body.
The fiber is -so- important to this process which is why I am skeptical of juicing for really long periods of time. Not unless it is known that the gut ecology is robust and healthy before starting.
Certainly there are mental/emotional aspects to consider. But there is also the physical. Which is what I am attempting to get at.
Example: Mountain Dew contains bromine, which is chemically similar to iodine. For an iodine-deficient person, their body's cries for iodine could be translated into a perceived craving for Mountain Dew.
I used to be a Mountain Dew junkie. It wasn't the sugar because a Pepsi didn't do it. It wasn't the caffeine because strong coffee didn't satiate the craving. Turns out to be the bromine was the closest thing to iodine in my diet especially since I stopped eating foods with iodized salt added. (Thinking this was a healthy choice, of course!) Also wasn't eating any seafood because I didn't feel I could afford it on my college student's budget (somehow there always was room in the budget for beer and pot) and sea vegetables weren't even on the radar at that time. Bottom line is, I "Did the Dew" fairly well into naturopathic school until I "stumbled upon" some organic iodine drops and realized that even though I still craved caffeine... I wasn't craving Mountain Dew.
I don't work too much with that... however I do know that auricular acupuncture can be quite effective at helping to break the addiction...
Prolly a mix!
Technically speaking, the digestive tract is outside the body. It is like the hole in the middle of a torus. But I get what you are saying.
My guess would be yes. It is a recurring theme in creation... entities within entities... kind of goes along with densities within densities.
Oldest Evidence of Stone Tool Use and Meat-Eating Among Human Ancestors Discovered: Lucy's Species Butchered Meat
(03-30-2012, 01:47 PM)Bring4th_Monica Wrote: We know that there are 'good' bacteria and 'bad' bacteria, right? So it makes sense to me that the colony of 'bad' bacteria are up to no good.
In a nutshell... the "bad" bacteria compete with us for resources and produce waste which is toxic to our bodies, while the "good" bacteria feed upon what the body doesn't use and produce waste which is healthful to our bodies.
Example: Many gut bacteria digest fiber in the diet and make a "waste product" called butyric acid. This molecule, in turn, helps to stabilize our DNA while it is being replicated, and preventing changes which could lead to a cancerous state. So here is an example whereby if we simply ignore, or attempt to bypass this natural symbiosis, the result is eventually death of the body.
The fiber is -so- important to this process which is why I am skeptical of juicing for really long periods of time. Not unless it is known that the gut ecology is robust and healthy before starting.
Bring4th_Monica Wrote:That's still emotional/mental.
Certainly there are mental/emotional aspects to consider. But there is also the physical. Which is what I am attempting to get at.
Example: Mountain Dew contains bromine, which is chemically similar to iodine. For an iodine-deficient person, their body's cries for iodine could be translated into a perceived craving for Mountain Dew.
I used to be a Mountain Dew junkie. It wasn't the sugar because a Pepsi didn't do it. It wasn't the caffeine because strong coffee didn't satiate the craving. Turns out to be the bromine was the closest thing to iodine in my diet especially since I stopped eating foods with iodized salt added. (Thinking this was a healthy choice, of course!) Also wasn't eating any seafood because I didn't feel I could afford it on my college student's budget (somehow there always was room in the budget for beer and pot) and sea vegetables weren't even on the radar at that time. Bottom line is, I "Did the Dew" fairly well into naturopathic school until I "stumbled upon" some organic iodine drops and realized that even though I still craved caffeine... I wasn't craving Mountain Dew.
(03-30-2012, 01:47 PM)Bring4th_Monica Wrote: Well, have you had any luck getting smokers to substitute some food item or something, instead of a cigarette?
I don't work too much with that... however I do know that auricular acupuncture can be quite effective at helping to break the addiction...
Quote:(Although, as an aside, there is plenty of speculation that it was actually marijuana in that peace pipe, not tobacco.)
Prolly a mix!
Quote:Yes, plants depend on microbes, but it's mostly outside the plant. As far as I could tell from the bit of research I've done on this, plants don't have the complex internal ecosystems like animals do.
Technically speaking, the digestive tract is outside the body. It is like the hole in the middle of a torus. But I get what you are saying.
Quote:Well I wonder whether plants have probiotic colonies inside...? hmmm...
My guess would be yes. It is a recurring theme in creation... entities within entities... kind of goes along with densities within densities.