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Those who use frozen diet meals sometimes argue that their portion-controlled
nature makes them an easy way to get a healthy low-calorie meal. However, they
are likely not your best option..MultipleProblemsSome such meals have so few
calories that they are actually too low for most people, which either encourages
unhealthy snacking or, if that does not occur, causes the metabolic rate to slow
down, making weight control more difficult. These low calorie meals are also
have too small a portion of vegetables, and a high sodium content.Read the
LabelsIf you do use low calorie frozen meals, it's recommended that you check
the label to choose one low in fat in sodium, add extra vegetables, and don't
restrict yourself to them entirely. MSNBC March 24, 2006 Dr. Mercola's Comment:
Most of us leadtime-challenged lifestyles that causes us to make poor choices in
our food selections. I am always astounded by the fact that 90% of the money
Americans spend on theirmeals is for processed food.It seems obvious logic to me
that this is a prescription for disaster. These foods will sustain your life but
will leave you susceptible to a host of health problems that range from the
coughs, colds and flu infections that seem to be rampant, or even worse, the far
more serious chronic degenerative diseases.One of the key prinicples to
achieving high level health is to make sure youthe majority of your diet is
uncooked raw food. I believe that we should reverse the 90% processed foods
andstrive towards having90% raw food in our diet. Structural Integrity and
Active EnzymesMost raw food, like your life, is very perishable and must be
maintained within a narrow temperature range to stay alive. Whenfood(oryou)are
exposed to temperatures above 105 degreesvital processes beginto rapidly break
down.One of the constituents of foods that canbe destroyed or impairedare
enzymes. One of the functions of enzymes is tohelpyou todigest your food.
Enzymes are proteins, though, and have a very specific three-dimensional
structure in space. Once they are heated much above 105 degrees this structure
can radically change. Enzymes function very similar to a lock and key and once
their three dimensional shape is changed their "key function"no longer works and
they are no longer able to provide the function for which they were
designed.This may be a major factor that explains why cooked foods contribute to
chronic illness, as their enzyme content is damaged and thus requires us to make
our own enzymes to process the food. Many people gradually impair their pancreas
and progressively lose the ability to digest their food after a lifetime of
processed foods.Biophotons and FoodAnother important aspect of raw foods is the
energetic aspect. Without light there is no health. We are human photocells
whose ultimate biological nutrient is sunlight.Dr. Johanna Budwig from Germany
has stated that live foods are electron rich and act as high-powered electron
donors and as solar resonance fields in the body to attract, store, and conduct
the sun's energy in our body. The greater your store of light energy, the
greater the power our overall electromagnetic field, and consequently the more
energy is available for healing and the maintenance of optimal health.What Are
Biophotons?Biophotons are characterized by an extremely high degree of order and
can be described as a type of biological laser light which is capable of
interference and appears to be responsible for many effects which ordinary
incoherent light could not achieve. Its high coherency lends the biophoton wave
the capability of creating order and transmitting information while chaotic,
incoherent light simply transmits energy. There are clear experimental
indications that biophotons have an important regulating function not only
withinsingle cells, but also betweenyour cells as a network. It isprobable that
you are influencedby a coherent biophoton field, whichregulates functions on
variouslevels of biological control and organization. Single cells seem to
communicate with one another with the aid of the biophoton field by creating
continuous waves. The biophoton field is likely a rigidly structured field of
information and regulation that coordinates your individual cellular function in
a holographic manner at the speed of light and coordinates their function with
one another. There is a broad spectrum of various frequencies and polarization
and therefore, a very high density of information. According to current
developments in research, the biophoton wave is emitted from the chromatin of
your cell nucleus. Calculations show that the helix form of the DNA molecule
exhibits the ideal geometric form of a hollow resonator, which allows it to
store light very effectively.Does Food Have 'Vitality' And Can We Absorb Its
Life-Force?Of particular interest is the technique of counting photon emissions.
Every living organism emits biophotons or low-level luminescence (light with a
wavelength between 200 and 800 nanometers). This light energy is thought to be
stored in the DNA during photosynthesis and is transmitted continuously by the
cell. This is where the stored light energy in food becomes so essential.
Naturally grown fresh vegetables, for example, and sun-ripened fruits are rich
in light energy. The capacity to store biophotons is therefore a measure of the
quality of our food.Stored sun energy finds its way into your cellsthough food
in the form of minute particles of light. These light particles are called
'biophotons', which are the smallest physical units of light. These
biophotonscontain important information, which controls complex vital processes
in your body. The biophotons have the power to order and regulate, and, in doing
so, to elevate the organism to a higher oscillation or order. This is manifested
as a feeling of vitality and well-being.
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