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If I were asked which is the area of greatest misunderstanding and confusion in the field
of nutrition, I would immediately be forced to reply, “It is
the failure to properly understand and interpret the
symptoms and
changes that follow the beginning of a better nutritional
program.”
Now, what happens when a
person follows the rules and makes a decided improvement in
the quality of the food consumed? Remarkable things begin to
happen to the body as well as the mind. The amazing
intelligence present in every cell of the body and the
wisdom of the body in its operation immediately becomes
manifest. The rule may be stated thus, when the quality of
food coming into the body is of higher quality than the
tissue that the body is made of, the body begins to discard
the lower grade materials, and tissues make room for the
superior materials that it uses to make new and healthier
tissue.
What are the symptoms or signs
that become evident when we first begin to omit the lower
grade foods, and instead introduce superior foods - those
that are more alive, more natural than those we are
accustomed to? When the use of a toxic stimulant such as
coffee, tea, chocolate or cocoa is suddenly stopped,
headaches are common, and a letdown occurs. This is due to
the discard by the body of toxins called caffeine and
theobromine, which are removed from the tissues and
transported
through the bloodstream during its many bodily rounds.
Before the noxious agents
reach their final destination for elimination, these
irritants register in our consciousness as pain—in other
words, headache. The letdown is due to the slower action of
the heart - the resting phase that follows the stimulation
of more rapid heart action forced on the body by certain
poisons called stimulants. The more rapid heartbeat (or
pulse) produces a feeling of exhilaration, and the slower
action produces a depressed state of mind. Usually, within
three days, the symptoms vanish and we feel stronger due to
the recuperation that follows.
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