Food - How it affects you - Barbara O'Neill

Living Springs Retreat・2 minutes read

A vegetable breakfast is recommended when breaking a fast for its benefits, while understanding the importance of food benefits and the pH scale's significance in the body's balance to maintain health and combat diseases like cancer and bone spurs. Study on long-living groups like Okinawans, Sardinians, and Seventh-day Adventists show common traits of activity, natural food consumption, and social interactions in maintaining longevity by incorporating alkaline foods and balancing pH levels with acidic foods in a ratio of 20% acid-forming to 70-80% alkaline-forming foods.

Insights

  • Consuming a vegetable breakfast after fasting is recommended for its benefits, emphasizing the importance of understanding the nutritional value of fruits, millet, and lentils for overall health.
  • Maintaining a balanced pH level in the body is crucial, as an acidic environment can lead to various health issues like bone spurs, kidney stones, and cataracts, with alkaline foods such as lemons, dark green leafy vegetables, and certain grains playing a key role in achieving this balance.

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Recent questions

  • What are some alkaline foods?

    Lemons, dark green leafy vegetables, legumes, grains.

  • How can an acidic body environment affect health?

    Bone spurs, kidney stones, gallstones, cataracts may result.

  • What are some common traits among long-living groups?

    Activity, natural food consumption, social interactions.

  • How can an alkalizing diet combat cancer?

    Highly alkalizing diet, oxygenation, reduced glucose intake.

  • What are some acid-forming foods to avoid?

    Meat, refined sugar, hybridized wheat, aged cheese.

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Summary

00:00

"Nutritional Benefits of Food and Longevity"

  • Vegetable breakfast is recommended when breaking a fast for its benefits.
  • Introduction to fruits, millet, and lentils for their nutritional value.
  • Explanation on the importance of understanding the benefits of food.
  • Newton's third law of motion is referenced for understanding actions and reactions.
  • Discussion on the conflicting messages about food over time.
  • Mention of the book "Blue Zone" focusing on groups with long, healthy lives.
  • Three groups studied for longevity: Okinawans, Sardinians, and Seventh-day Adventists.
  • Common traits among long-living groups: activity, natural food consumption, and social interactions.
  • Explanation of the pH scale and its significance in the body's balance.
  • Detailed explanation of how kidneys regulate blood pH levels to maintain homeostasis.

17:45

"Alkalizing Diet and Bone Spurs: Combat Cancer"

  • To combat cancer, a highly alkalizing diet is recommended, along with oxygenating the body and reducing glucose intake.
  • Hyperbaric chambers are utilized in some health retreats to increase oxygen levels under pressure.
  • Bone spurs are calcium deposits that can be caused by an acidic environment in the body.
  • An acidic body environment can lead to calcium being pulled from bones to balance pH levels, resulting in bone spurs, kidney stones, gallstones, and cataracts.
  • Castor oil can help break down bone spurs without harming bones.
  • Alkaline foods like lemons, dark green leafy vegetables, and certain legumes and grains can help maintain a balanced pH level in the body.
  • Nightshade vegetables like tomatoes, bell peppers, eggplants, and potatoes can have varying effects on individuals, with some experiencing inflammation from consuming them.
  • Lycopene in cooked tomatoes with olive oil can reduce prostate inflammation and provide antioxidant benefits.
  • Millet, quinoa, amaranth, spelt, and kamut are alkaline grains that are also gluten-free, making them popular choices for a balanced diet.
  • The hybridization of wheat in the 1950s led to the creation of a complex gluten structure, contributing to the rise in gluten intolerance and related symptoms like brain fog and bloating.

35:02

"Balancing pH with Alkaline Foods and Grains"

  • Tristan, a young man, runs a family business selling exceptional sourdough spelt and kamut bread through his website, www.simpleneeds.com, delivering sliced loaves to customers' doorsteps, making it convenient to freeze and consume.
  • Books like "Wheat Belly" and "Life Without Bread" delve into the impact of wheat on the gut and brain, offering insights into the effects of yeast presence and fruit consumption on creating an acidic environment in the body.
  • Acid-forming foods high in phosphorus, sulfur, and chlorine include meat, refined sugar, hybridized wheat, aged cheese, caffeine, alcohol, tobacco, other grains, legumes, and nuts, contributing to an acidic body environment.
  • To maintain a pH balance of 6.5, consuming 20% acid-forming foods and 70-80% alkaline-forming foods is recommended, with emphasis on grains like oatmeal and rice, legumes such as chickpeas and black-eyed beans, and nuts like almonds and brazil nuts.
  • Creating an alkaline environment in the body can be achieved by incorporating more vegetables, greens, and other grains into the diet, following the example of communities in Blue Zones who prioritize fresh foods, whether cooked or raw, to maintain mineral content.
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