Ageless Way Principals of Dietary Supplements
Ageless Way Principals of Dietary Supplements
Concerning the potential of dietary supplements, dietary supplements support structures and functions of life. If you support all of the structures and functions of life, you will improve your ability to fulfill a higher purpose for living.
Disease develops when we choose, at some level,
conscious, or unconscious, to allow destructive forces to divert
constructive life forces. Now think about it. What is constructive and
what is destructive to life? Take the time to define constructive and
destructive thinking and the energy and actions that follow thought.
Once you do that, you will be well on your way to making districtive forces
outdated in your life.
We go to the doctor when we feel bad. Doctors tell us that we are doing pretty good for a person at our age. Doctors give us drugs or do surgery that usually improve the quality of our life. But what about our ability to really live up to our potential? What happened to wellness?
We all grow old but disease is not a normal part
of being old. We should not be sick when we grow older. Aging should be dis-ease free. Most every disease develops when support does not meet the
demand. There are many examples of this, a stressful work place, pollution, poor quality food, centric people, inappropriate control of resources, oppression, fear, anger, and the list is long.
There is no reason that we cannot increase support to meet the demand. There is no limit on how good we can feel. These are limits that we and our culture create and impose upon us. We do not have to live within the limitations that people place upon us if we do it with love, good intentions, and use the proper channels. There are plenty of people that tell us that we can't do this or accomplish that. However, if we have virtious goals, we can find ways to help people overcome the limitations that are imposed upon us.
Modern
dietary supplements are able to support structures and functions of the
body that fight disease and create fitness and they usually do it
without adverse reports. They help us meet the demand. We are not able to say this about drugs, or
surgery, which is why dietary supplements are so good to use. They do
not need regulation in the same way as medical treatment.
When we work with dietary supplements, we target
our weakest links first. We are only as fit as our weakest link so it
makes sense to support structures and functions that hold up our weakest
spots first. What is your weakest link? Is it stress, pollution?
Immunity, nutrition, exercise, rest, toxins, anger, relationships,
spirituality, will, faith, love, joints, bone, endocrine, digestion,
appetite, etc. Whatever it is, it is what you must work on changing
because it limits the quality of your life.
To
make changes, we must salvage what we can from our past. Tear up and
discard what is no longer useful. Clear the slate. Then we must define
what is good, prepare our soil, and plant the seeds for a new and better
future. In the end, we can focus on nurturing our growth and the
benefits of harvest.
Here are a few general things that you can
do with dietary supplements.
Support
Detoxification: Toxic substances bombard our bodies every day.
This includes air pollution, water pollution, drugs, food preservatives,
hydrogenated fats, artificial food additives, pesticides, hormones, and
steroids. Toxic substances slow down cellular metabolism, create
fatigue, impair acuity, disrupt the proper expression of genes, create
free radicals, or contribute to cancers. Dietary supplements help the
body dispose of toxic substances by binding them, using them, promoting
transport, and flushing them out through natural processes.
Support
your Immune System: Toxic
substances, bacteria, viruses, fungus, or parasites cause most every
disease except injury. This includes but is not limited to colds, flu,
heart disease, diabetes, arthritis, and cancer. Supporting our immune
system helps us recognize a threat, respond to the threat in the right
way, and be ready for the threat in the future. Antibiotics are not as
effective as they once were because bacteria are able to mutate. Dietary
supplements increase natural killer cell activity, free up energy,
instruct the immune response, and direct the repair of damage.
Manage
Weight: Most of the food that we eat is within a narrow range of food
that we like to eat, high in calories but low in nutrients and
manufacturers design it to make us want to eat more so we will buy more.
This happens when it is cooked, stored, modified, processed, preserved,
salted, sugared, or frozen. Dietary supplements enhance appetite
control, blood sugar balance, digestive system function, metabolism, and
thermogenesis. Many toxins are stored in fat tissues and managing some
of the excess carbohydrates and fats can help us manage weight and in
turn restore our health and energy levels.
Blood
Sugar Balance and Energy Transport: Balancing
blood sugar is all about transporting energy in the form of sugars to
run the machinery of the body. When we have excess blood sugars and
proteins, we both transport them to power and build the muscles, organs,
and cells of the body or our liver converts them into fat, which is then
stored in adipose tissue. Blood sugar balance is a major player in
weight management. When blood sugar drops it is call hypoglycemia or low
blood sugar. When too much sugar is circulating in the blood, it is too
high and so called hyperglycemia or high blood sugar. Irregular blood
sugar has a variety of causes including infection, drugs, excessive
exercise, toxins, free radicals, and injuries. Frequently it involves
dysfunction of beta cells in the pancreas that produce insulin.
Sometimes blood sugar gets too high when the muscles, organs, and brain
are unable to take in sugar. When the condition is chronic and excessive
or out of control, we call it diabetes "type A" or "type
B", which is increasing in the US. Insulin or other drugs to people
who are not able to control their blood sugar levels but we should be
responsible and support as much of the natural blood sugar energy
transport and regulation as we can. There are serious health and
monetary costs to allowing blood sugar levels to wander out of control.
They include blindness, susceptibility to disease, nerve damage, poor
circulation, amputation, and a reduction in quality of life. The keys to
balancing blood sugar lies in watching what we eat, holding off
infection, supporting the structures and functions of our body,
exercise, balancing Ph, and detoxification. Eating large meals can drive
blood sugar levels up so complex natural sugars, nutrient dense foods,
and avoiding simple refined sugars, and processed foods. Regular
comfortably but not over intense exercise is helpful. Supplements are
necessary in supporting the structure and function of the pancreas,
supporting the immune system, helping sugars in to the muscles, organs,
brain, and cells of our bodies, balancing Ph, detoxification, reducing
free radicals, and slowing the absorption of sugars into the blood from
the digestive system.
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