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"Baby, It's Cold Outside!"
On The 6th Day of Christmas,
Part 1 of Staying Warm
on Live-Foods for Thee...
Deer
livefoodfactorfriends!
THE HIGHJOY HORSE & THE WILDERNESS WOMAN
WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU...
HOW TO STAY WARM
ON COLD DAYS
& COLD LIVE-FOODS!
The 10 Energy Enhancers
1. Cleanliness & Detoxification
2. Pure Air
3. Pure Water
4. Adequate Rest & Sleep
5. The Ideal Diet of Sun-Ripened
Live-Foods: Fruit & Veggies,
Nuts & Seeds & Sprouts
6. Right Temperatures
7. Natural Light & Sun Baths
8. Regular Exercise
9. Emotional Balance
10. Nurturing Relationships
By Dr. Vetrano with Victoria BidWell
Taken from
Common Health Sense
*** 1994 ***
Victoria begins: WHY do I get so cold -- and stay so cold -- as a Live-Fooder? Eating live-foods does not warm me up like my hot, SAD meals always did! As a Natural Hygienist, what can I do to stay warm on The Live-Food Diet and this new lifestyle?
This topic rightfully belongs with a discussion of Energy Enhancer #6: Right Temperatures! Dr. Vetrano wrote the answer years ago... now I have edited it again, just 4livefoodfactorfriends and your "12 Days of Christmas Broadcasts." The answer covers 13 reasons and gives several solutions and comes in 2 parts for our 6th Day of Christmas and 7th.
Right Temperatures is the Energy Enhancer that urges us to avoid extremes of temperature whenever possible. Extremes cause undue stress on The Health Seeker; and this results in Enervation and The Descent into Disease. Some come to Natural Hygiene and The Live-Food Diet and experience sorely missing the warm foods 3 or more times a day from an emotional standpoint alone! They aren't comfort foods if not warm and friendly, after all! Others, however, have already descended into disease and are suffering with a chronic feeling of chilliness on live-foods or cooked. Either way, it is a question Dr. Vetrano and I have been asked many times: "Why do I get so cold on live-foods?" This may seem like a simple enough question to answer. Why some cannot stay warm on uncooked food (or live-food, for that matter) is, however, physiologically and nutritionally complicated when answered fully and correctly.
I know one Hygienic doctor, when asked this question, who simply answered: "Don't expect your foods to keep you warm! Get out a sweater! Or just go do some exercise! Just put another log on the fire!" I find this answer neither sympathetic nor satisfactory. For that reason, Dr. Vetrano and I have given a detailed explanation to what seems like a simple enough question.
Dr. V. continues:
First off, understand that not all Hygienists get cold and stay cold after a meal of raw foods! Healthy persons do not! As long as extremes of temperature are avoided, a healthy body is fully capable of maintaining normal body temperature under the varying circumstances of external and internal (core) temperatures. Several factors can be involved, either singularly or simultaneously, for both the healthy body and the unhealthy body.
FACTOR #1: ENERVATION
One of the main reasons some Hygienists become cold after eating is because they are enervated in the classic, Hygienic sense of the term (extremely tired, too tired for the body to
function normally and keep itself clean). Some of these same Hygienists will be cold in the evening when they are more fatigued, and warmer in the morning after resting and sleeping, even though the temperature in the house is colder in the morning. So, an overall condition of Enervation -- if it exists in The Health Seeker -- plays an enormous part in the coldness felt after a meal of all raw foods. Most adults are enervated, having burned the candle at both ends with a life too busy and too stressful to deal with healthfully and with not getting enough of Energy Enhancer #4: Rest & Sleep.
FACTOR #2: IRRITATION & INFLAMMATION
After Enervation comes Toxemia, then Irritation and Inflammation. These are the first 4 of The Seven Stages of Disease; and these "dis-ease" Stages may be primary, contributing factors when a person cannot stay warm on an uncooked diet. An individual with chronic Irritation and/or Inflammation of the stomach and intestines will be extra cold and tend to stay extra cold because the Inflammation already causes more blood to pool at the site of the Irritation or Inflammation. When digestion occurs then, even more blood is brought to the stomach and intestinal tract. Consequently, there is imperfect circulation to the skin; and he or she will feel very cold for a long time after eating.
FACTOR #3: OVERALL DIGESTION
After eating any meal, be it made up of predominately fats, carbohydrates, or protein, or a mixture of these nutrients, the metabolic rate naturally increases. When the metabolic rate increases, the internal body temperature (core temperature) rises; yet you may feel cold until the right temperature set by "the thermostat" in your brain has been reached inside the body. It is true that while digesting food, blood is temporarily drawn away from the skin; and one will feel cold. A person who has plenty of Nerve Energy, however, counters this withdrawal of blood from the skin in the following way. After a meal when the internal temperature rises to a high enough temperature, because of increased metabolism, the body must prevent the temperature from becoming too high; so it sends some blood to the skin where the warmth of the blood can be lost to the air and the surrounding objects. One then feels warm because of the extra blood in the skin area; but at the same time, it will be cooling off the core temperature.
FACTOR #4: DIGESTIVE ACTIVITY OR PROTEINS
The increased metabolic rate after a meal results, to a very slight extent, from the different chemical reactions associated with digestion, absorption, and storage of food in the body. But, the increased metabolic rate after a meal is brought about mainly from the amino acids liberated from the digestion of proteins of that meal. Amino acids directly stimulate the chemical processes of the cells. Carbohydrates and fats cause the metabolic rate to increase only about 4%, so the carbohydrates and fats in a meal do not cause a person to feel so warm as does the eating of heavy protein foods.
Within 1 hour after a meal heavy with proteins, the metabolic rate begins to increase and reaches a maximum of about 30% above normal. This increased metabolic rate lasts from 3 to 12 hours. This effect is called "the specific dynamic action of protein." Hygienic meals are characteristically low in protein compared to meals of The SAD Diet. Consequently, metabolism is not increased as much as in an individual whose meals are high in of protein. To repeat, foods high in protein occasion increased, metabolic rates because of "the specific dynamic action of the protein" in the foods.
Hygienists usually don't get this rise in metabolism in the day time because most of them eat their protein meal of vegetables with some nuts or seeds in the evening. Eating the protein meal at noon instead of in the evening may help some individuals keep warmer during the day time -- due to "the specific dynamic action of protein." This does not mean that you should overeat on protein foods to stay warm. This would only be a waste of Nerve Energy. We do not need to eat protein foods merely to increase metabolism and our feeling of warmth. We eat protein foods only to supply the needed amino acids and other nutrients found therein. Increased metabolism and making yourself feel warmer are but 2 reasons why switching your protein meal from the evening to the noon meal would be advisable.
You may ask: "Are there any recommendations for variations in summer and winter diets?"
Summer and winter diets must, of necessity, be slightly different because of the different varieties of fruits and vegetables that are available during these seasons. There are more varieties of both in summer than in winter. In the summer, one can rely solely on fresh fruit for carbohydrates; whereas, in the wintertime, it may be necessary to use some dried fruit. In very cold climates, one may increase the protein intake, as protein has a tendency to cause more body heat to be manufactured, thus keeping the person warmer. Carbohydrates and fats also help produce more body heat but not to the extent as do protein foods.
FACTOR #5: THE TEMPERATURE OF THE LIVE-FOODS SERVED
Other reasons why one feels cold after eating live-foods is because the uncooked diet provides no extraneous warmth from the temperature of the heated foods. In fact, eating cold fruits and vegetables will actually increase your tendency to feel cold after eating! Having cold food right in the abdomen near all major arteries that supply blood to the major organs certainly does have a cooling effect. In fact, if the foods are not taken out of the refrigerator about 2 to 3 hours before being eaten, they are cold enough to cool off the body's internal (core) temperature. This makes an enervated individual feel all the more cold because the body has to bring more blood to the intestinal tract to warm the food. This draws the blood away from the skin, and she or he will feel cold. This is fine in the warm weather when such cooling is welcome. But in the cool months, cold foods add to a chilled feeling. I, therefore, advise that you set your live-foods out of the refrigerator accordingly and that you eat your foods at room temperature. This has been the usual practice at Natural Hygienic institutions and in most Hygienic homes.
This brings us to another explanation of why some have the complaint of feeling chilly. The digestion of food, even of fruits and vegetables, causes a great deal of blood to be drawn to the stomach and intestinal tract for secretion of digestive enzymes and for the muscular contraction of the stomach and intestines. This action increases metabolism a small amount, and forms some heat; but at the same time, this action pulls blood away from the periphery (skin surfaces), causing one to feel cold, especially will this cause the enervated Health Seeker to feel cold. Having neither the advantage of the specific dynamic action of protein early in the day and eating cold foods on top of that really stress the system of an enervated person. In fact, the over-stressed sympathetic nervous system of such an enervated individual cannot regulate the blood flow to the skin and internal organs as well as that of a healthy individual.
FACTOR #6: THE METABOLIC RATE, BASED ON REGULAR EXERCISE & AGE
The sluggish or active metabolic rate of a sedentary person makes a significant difference in whether he or she becomes easily chilled or just naturally stays warm -- regardless of dietary practices. If The Health Seeker is active and embraces Energy Enhancer #8: Regular Exercise and if he or she is fit, with much lean muscle tissue and not over-fat, this person will not chill easily.
It could be argued at this point that age also makes a significant difference. An older individual's metabolic rate -- even when highly active with Regular Exercise -- tends to be somewhat slower than that of an equally active youth, generally speaking. Time marches on for all of us, but the march is slowed down significantly when the step is high! And if the older person is simply sedentary and not an enthusiast of Energy Enhancer #8: Regular Exercise, his or her circulation is generally not nearly as good; so they have a tendency to be colder than healthy, active adults, children and teenagers -- no matter what the diet.
FACTOR #7: STIMULATION OF THE SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM & BROWN FAT
Stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system increases cellular activity and metabolism in virtually every system of the body! We all have felt it, countless times in our lifetimes -- the warm or even hot adrenaline rush that comes with sympathetic excitation!
Additionally, the hormones released during stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system have an important effect on what is known as "brown fat." Brown fat is a "friendly fat," as it is more efficient at producing heat than is the whiter appearing fat; unfortunately for us adults, our proportion of brown fat to white fat diminishes with adulthood. When the brown fat cells are stimulated by the sympathetic nervous system, a larger amount of heat is produced, more so than when the ordinary "white" fat cells are stimulated. This effect is greater in babies because their bodies contain more brown fat, while adults have much less brown fat, proportionally. A child will, therefore, remain warm when adults are cold.
So, must we constantly seek excitation in order to stimulate the sympathetic nervous system simply so that we may get warm? This would be a tremendous drain on the psyche and a senseless waste of Nerve Energy. There is, however, a health-promoting way to excite the sympathetic nervous system and get warm as a by-product! EXERCISE! The very act of exercise increases sympathetic stimulation, which in turn, will automatically help you feel warmer because of increased cellular activity, all over the body, including the fat cells.
FACTOR #8: ENERGY ENHANCER #8: REGULAR EXERCISE
Exercise not only helps increase the metabolic rate assisting in warming you up: exercise, in turn, improves circulation to all parts of the body, providing for more warmth to the peripheral tissues. One will feel warmer as a consequence of Regular Exercise. And the effect tends to endure throughout the day, rather than to cease the moment the exercise ceases. A WORD OF CAUTION: This does not mean that one should over-exercise, however. Many people over-exercise. Then they become too enervated and end up feeling colder yet after eating.
THUS ENDS PART 1.
I AM SENDING PART 2
FOR THE 7TH DAY OF CHRISTMAS RIGHT NOW
SO YOU CAN GET THE WHOLE STORY AT ONCE!
ENJOY!
AND THEN,
FOR OUR 9TH DAY OF CHRISTMAS BROADCAST,
I WILL SHARE SOME VICTORY KITCHEN
SECRETS ON SHARING LIVE-FOODS WARM!
THE 10 ENERGY EHHANCERS ARE
GOD'S GREAT GIFTS TO US...
THIS & EVERY CHRISTMAS!
WE HOPE YOU START THE NEW YEAR WITH THEM ON YOUR MINDS
& IN YOUR 2011 ROUTINES!
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