You are what you have been eating
Today was long but a good day, overall. Unfortunately, there was some bad news. One of my friends passed away today. It wasn’t a shock. He had bile duct cancer but actually died from the treatment of it. The cancer was gone but the chemotherapy destroyed his liver and he died waiting on a transplant. So sad. While he was in chemo, his wife was very upset because the doctors told him to stop eating broccoli, kale, carrots and many other foods that are known to protect against cancer. They said it interfered with the chemo drugs. I tried to talk to him about nutrition, and his wife was very open, but he wouldn’t listen to anyone except the doctors. I certainly understand why someone would feel that way especially with the fear that comes along with cancer, and I am no doctor by any means, but I have some that I refer people to who are amazing. Many people are just not open to anything except the traditional drugs and surgery. But notice, it was the treatment that killed him, not the disease.
Unfortunately, that is the state of ’sick’ care in our country today. We don’t have a health care system. We have a sick care machine that profits on suffering and disease. Healthy people don’t take drugs, have surgery, etc. That’s not good for business, and these companies have a legal obligation to increase profits to their shareholders. Which isn’t bad in and of itself, but in health care, profits and ethics are directly oppositional. It’s not that they want to kill anyone. Dead people don’t take drugs, so they are not good for business either. The idea is to keep people chronically ill and dependent on the drugs and health care system to function.
That is why I say to Be Defiant–don’t fall into the trap of the same thinking. Stand up for yourself, and nourish your cells with the best foods—natural, whole, unprocessed foods. To be healthy today, you really have to defy just about everyone–from the doctors who are looking to either write prescriptions or cut something out of you, to the processed food manufacturers falsely proclaiming their products to be healthy, to your own friends and family who don’t understand how vital nutrition really is. It is life and death. It’s that simple.
Everyone has heard the saying “you are what you eat.” Every culture and language on earth has a similar phrase. It’s so ubiquitous that it has become cliche’d and lost its deep, profound meaning. Think about this–YOU ARE WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN EATING!! Every cell in your body is literally built of the raw materials that you bring to the ‘jobsite’ through the food you ingest. What are your cells made of?
Food is essentially a foreign substance that you take into your body as nourishment. If you are taking a foreign substance into your body, shouldn’t you make darn sure that it is exactly what your cells need for optimal structure? Unfortunately, most of us eat for our brain and taste buds. The brain loves things that trigger the opiate receptors and release the ‘feel-good’ chemicals, so it craves sugar, chocolates, breads, etc. Our taste buds are so adulterated by all the chemicals in today’s food that we have to re-learn how to really taste natural flavors in whole foods. So we eat to satisfy our taste buds and our brains, and the cells are out there going “Hey! What about us? We need minerals, phytonutrients, and amino acids. We’re starving here. When are you going to feed us?” And thus the cells give out a signal that they need more food, which you interpret as hunger and so you eat the things that the brain and taste buds love, which starts the whole vicious cycle over again. The cells never get the nourishment they need, so they are constantly begging for food, and we are constantly hungry even though we’re eating tons of processed junk foods. It makes sense, doesn’t it? So much is common sense, but that is a rare commodity in the traditional medical field.
You will have to defy your own brain and taste buds! They are working against you if you have been eating the Standard American Diet of processed food and chemicals. It takes a few weeks, but once your taste buds adjust, you will actually be so sensitive to tastes that you will discover flavors you never knew existed. For example, I can now taste the difference between types of apples, where before all apples just sort of tasted the same. And if you eat foods that nourish your cells, those evil cravings tend to disappear, and the constant hunger disappears also. The cells are satisfied, so they are not screaming for help via nourishment. This doesn’t happen overnight, but it does eventually free a person from the prison of hunger and overeating.
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Today was back day. I didn’t get to work out yesterday, due to crazy circumstances that really messed up my schedule yesterday afternoon. So this morning I worked back along with high-intensity intervals of cardio. I was by myself, and so I did the best I could without a spotter. Since Michael wasn’t there, I skipped biceps too. That’s his favorite muscle to work (isn’t that the case with all men?), but mine grow if I look at a dumbbell, so I only work them occasionally.
Back Workout:
- Warmup on elliptical machine
- Bodyweight pullups, 6 sets, 3 different grips, to failure on each set, holding the last rep for an isometric contraction
- Between pullups, I jumped rope, bench jumps and step ups on a high bench for 60 seconds
- Superset of rowing machine with dumbbell lateral raises for rear delts. 50 lbs each arm for the rows & 15 lb bells for the laterals. Jumped rope between each superset for 60 seconds.
- Hammer Strength machine reverse-grip pulldowns, 50 lbs each arm, 3 sets of 12.
- Cooldown and stretching
Have a fantastic day, and remember to eat for your cells, not your brain! Be Defiant. Tick off a drug company—be healthy! 
Christy
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