Guest guest Posted January 23, 2005 Report Share Posted January 23, 2005 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Forwarding as it may be of general interest with regard to yogic sattvic foods. 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"> 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Harsha 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"> font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold">Harsha [harsha (AT) cox (DOT) net] Sunday, January 23, 2005 11:02 AM RE: [ - Ramana Guru] What You Don't Know About Blood Sugar 12.0pt"> 10.0pt">Good point David. I have been going to the lef.org website ever since you mentioned them some years ago and I read this article a few weeks ago. It makes sense. Lef.org markets a lot of anti-aging products but is also research oriented. They are honest enough to emphasize that the only proven method of anti-aging is a low calorie but a nutritious diet. Most humans with access to a variety of foods are unable to do that. I have experimented with food off and on for about three decades and studied its effect on mind and body. One of the best experiments involved going on Ann Wigmore's wheatgrass and raw food program at an institute in near San Diego which was then called Hippocrates Institute in California (has changed the name since then). I was not overweight to begin with then but after my three week stay lost even more weight and my parents were not happy when I showed up so skinny. I felt great though. Gradually I gained weight again due to normal social circumstances and interactions involving pizzas and ice cream and other fatty foods. But periodically restricting my diet leads to a good feeling and I did this for a few months two years ago. On January 26, I will again be starting a restricted diet for one year in the honor of my father who passed away last year. It is both a spiritual undertaking as well as related to health. I call this diet the Yoga Diet, to keep things simple. Essentially I will be eating mostly sattvic raw foods, with an emphasis on certain easily available fruits and vegetables. The only exception to the sattvic foods will be that I will take tea with soymilk. I will be recording carefully what I eat and drink with before and after pictures and put it in a weblog :-). Love to all Harsha -----Original Message----- David Bozzi [david.bozzi (AT) inkblotpoetry (DOT) com] Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2005 11:46 PM Subject: What You Don't Know About Blood Sugar In a new hypothesis that shakes the pillars of conventional wisdom, it now appears that optimal fasting blood glucose levels should probably be under 86 mg/dL. This means that those with high "normal" glucose (86-109) are at an increased risk of premature death. While the medical establishment clearly understands the lethal dangers of hyperglycemia (blood sugar over 126), they have yet to recognize that even high normal glucose levels pose a serious threat to one's health. FULL ARTICLE http://www.lef.org/magazine/mag2004/jan2004_awsi_01.htm /join "Love itself is the actual form of God." Sri Ramana In "Letters from Sri Ramanasramam" by Suri Nagamma Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 23, 2005 Report Share Posted January 23, 2005 Good point David. I have been going to the lef.org website ever since you mentioned them some years ago and I read this article a few weeks ago. It makes sense. Lef.org markets a lot of anti-aging products but is also research oriented. They are honest enough to emphasize that the only proven method of anti-aging is a low calorie but a nutritious diet. Most humans with access to a variety of foods are unable to do that. I have experimented with food off and on for about three decades and studied its effect on mind and body. One of the best experiments involved going on Ann Wigmore's wheatgrass and raw food program at an institute in near San Diego which was then called Hippocrates Institute in California (has changed the name since then). I was not overweight to begin with then but after my three week stay lost even more weight and my parents were not happy when I showed up so skinny. I felt great though. Gradually I gained weight again due to normal social circumstances and interactions involving pizzas and ice cream and other fatty foods. But periodically restricting my diet leads to a good feeling and I did this for a few months two years ago. On January 26, I will again be starting a restricted diet for one year in the honor of my father who passed away last year. It is both a spiritual undertaking as well as related to health. I call this diet the Yoga Diet, to keep things simple. Essentially I will be eating mostly sattvic raw foods, with an emphasis on certain easily available fruits and vegetables. The only exception to the sattvic foods will be that I will take tea with soymilk. I will be recording carefully what I eat and drink with before and after pictures and put it in a weblog :-). Love to all Harsha David Bozzi [david.bozzi] Saturday, January 22, 2005 11:46 PM What You Don't Know About Blood Sugar In a new hypothesis that shakes the pillars of conventional wisdom, it now appears that optimal fasting blood glucose levels should probably be under 86 mg/dL. This means that those with high "normal" glucose (86-109) are at an increased risk of premature death. While the medical establishment clearly understands the lethal dangers of hyperglycemia (blood sugar over 126), they have yet to recognize that even high normal glucose levels pose a serious threat to one's health. FULL ARTICLE http://www.lef.org/magazine/mag2004/jan2004_awsi_01.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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