Stress eating: your body’s worst enemy, your fast life best friend

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Many people today eat their meals in a rush. They eat food that was grown fast, cooked fast and then to top it all off they eat fast. After eating the feeling is usually that of dissatisfaction and consequent hunger. The digestion of food starts in the mouth, this turns on pleasure receptors in the mouth. If we eat under stress we do not take the time to enjoy the taste of our food which is crucial to feeling full.

When we eat in a crowded place, at the office, in front of a TV or on the go like many, we are turn on the stress response within our body. This is known as the activation of the sympathetic nervous system or the fight or flight response. In this response, your body sends out chemicals telling the body that danger is very near and to be ready to fight or run for life. Naturally in this process all energy is diverted from the center of the body to the limbs of the body so that fighting and sprinting are reaction. Any food that is eaten while in this state will be digested at a supreme detriment to normal absorption, potentially between 80% to 100%. In this state the body jettisons crucial nutrients to conserve and create more readily available energy to fuel survival. Much of food is turned into fat to prepare for long bouts of fight or flight, when eating is not possible.

After taking only 10 deep breaths you will see a change in your mood, tension level and energy. These 10 deep breaths turn your body from a fight or flight state into a healthy state for digestion, a state of equilibrium. This allows for the food to be digested and absorbed as efficiently and completely as possible. Taking 10 deep breaths will also increase metabolic fat burn and energy output from each meal.

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God Bless!

Dirk

Stimulate your metabolism for more weight loss with this one simple breathing trick

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There are two types of breathing there is shallow breathing which occurs mostly in the chest and deep breathing which occurs mostly in the abdominals. Shallow breathing only brings air into the top two lungs & deep breathing brings oxygen into all five of your lungs. Because the oxygen in shallow breathers only reaches the top two lungs, the overactive nerve receptors turn on the “fight or flight” response. The continuous “fight or flight” response causes a build-up of stress chemicals and stress hormones. Whereas when you take deep rhythmic breaths you turn on nerve receptors that have a calm and regenerative effect on the body.

According to Dr. Robert Giller ,M.D., who wrote maximum metabolism, “of the factors affecting metabolism there are more under our jurisdiction than those that aren’t.” This means two very key things, you can change your metabolism and you can change the rate at which your body burns food. Pam Grout in her book Jump start your metabolism stated “ for every 4.8 calories the average person’s body burns 1 Liter of oxygen. In other words, your metabolism is nothing but a measure of how much oxygen you burn.” If you take in more oxygen naturally you are going to burn more oxygen, so the key to weight loss is as simple as taking in more oxygen.

It may surprise you but what you wear can play a big role in your breathing. Have you ever noticed that some clothes are just tight and they don’t allow you to move very well, these are clothes I am talking about. These shirts and jeans can cut off circulation and can cause muscles to turn on or turn off due to a change in how we move.pam grout suggests in her book Jumpstart Your Metabolism to watch out for these clothes:
• “clothes that pinch your waist or squeeze your stomach
• clothes that are too small press enter type belts or waistbands
• tight bras, underwear or socks
• tight belts or waistbands
• tightly knotted scarves or neckties
• high heels or shoes that pinch
• girdles, corsets,” control top” anything”

To increase your metabolism:

1) Take 10 deep breaths, 5 times throughout the day

-it helps if you set an alarm

-do ten deep breaths up waking, with breakfast, with lunch, with dinner, and before bed
2) to take a deep breath allow your abdominals to expand and let your diaphragm drop( this sends chemical messages to your brain to stimulate production of chemicals to relax)

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Take care! God Bless!
Dirk

4 Steps to Combat Stress, Shortness of breath, improve memory and energy in 40 minutes per day

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Many people today suffer from shortness of breath(S.O.B.). Yes that’s right shallow breathing. Shortness of breath comes from not being taught how to properly breathe by those in your environment when you were a young child/adult.Breathing deeply has so many wonderful affects on your body. Simply breathing deeper allows you to  relax  the body and mind, lose weight, communicate better, get rid of emotions, have more energy, reduce stress and many more benefits. Any person who suffers from S.O.B. will also suffer from a series of other chronic illnesses which are triggered by the inability to relax. Anxiety, low self confidence, depression, lack of motivation,lack of sex drive, low self esteem, migraines, muscle spasms, aneurisms, and many more illnesses. Some doctors overlook this as an actual medical condition, I don’t. I believe some other medical conditions are caused by first suffering from Shortness of breath There are only a few options:to breath deeply throughout your day, to meditate, to be on a respirator or to be hypnotized. By being mindful of your breath throughout the day;By concentrating on taking more deep breaths each day, you can change your life for the better in a short amount of time.

Low vs. High degree of shortness of breath.

Depressed vs. Not depressed

Normal healthy brain

As you can see the added stress causes holes in the Frontal lobe of the brain. These holes are in the exact spot where logical thought comes from. These logical thoughts are not emotionally charged and are allowed to use the whole of our communication and awareness powers. This can also be referred to as true communication, which is conveying your message without adding emotional stress generated by the listening party. True communication can not be reached when the body is in stressed situation.To combat a stressed situation while communicating take three deep breaths. If you are in situation where your emotions can be dealt with try this.

Transcendental meditation:

1)lay on your back or sitting in a cross legged pose in a calm and quiet place.

2)Focus on letting the earth absorb the energy out of your feet,legs, pelvis, abdomen, chest, back, hands, arms, shoulders, neck and head.

3)Touch your tongue to the roof of your mouth just behind your front teeth and touch your middle fingers to your thumbs. This creates an electrical connection.

4)lie in this position for 20 minutes while breathing deeply in through your nose and out through your mouth.

With just two meditation sessions a day you will feel great relief, feel more energetic, age slower, have better memory retention now and the memory of a 25 year old when you are 50! If you are already 50 don’t worry, this will help your brain recover!

If you have any questions or would like to comment, feel free I would love to hear about your life and experiences!

Thank you for reading!

Take Care!

God Bless!

Dirk