Fitness by Maggie

Starch and Grains

Posted on 28. Aug, 2010 by Maggie in Nutrition

Here is the answer ““if you are going to be totally fit and attain your desired weight, starch and grains have to be severely limited. This applies to white flour, white rice, pasta, and all white bread. Basically, any starch you eat must be 100% whole grain (sprouted variety) and brown or wild rice. I don’t expect you to eliminate all starches from your eating regimen overnight, but you better start right now.  After telling you what to do, let me tell you why. Plainly said, starch interferes with our total health and well-being. Starch is not soluble in water and may cause impaction (hardening) of the liver. It can also cause stones to form in the gall bladder and the kidneys, ouch! It is also why the blood coagulates unnaturally in the blood vessels and capillaries and forms hemorrhoids, tumors, cancers and other abnormalities throughout the system.

Since starch molecules are not soluble in water, they travel thru the blood and lymph streams as solid molecules which the cells, tissues and glands of the body cannot easily utilize, therefore the body tries to expel them. Once the eliminative organs become afflicted with an accumulation of these starch molecules, as a lining of their walls, they cannot be expelled thru the normal elimination channels. The next best means of exit is thru the pores of the skin and which creates pimples. Rest assured, Mother Nature has again provided us with help. Those nasty germs more freely attack starchy matter than almost any other substance in the body. Consequently they help us by breaking down an accumulation of starch molecules into pussubstances which are more easily expelled thru the skin. With all this being said, no wonder that no healing or desired health can be achieved without the cleansing of the accumulated waste matter. We can help our system by eliminating starchy foods from our diet. By elimination or the limiting of starchy foods and by eating and drinking what nature has intended for us to eat, we are not only cleaning the past accumulated buildup, we are also improving our future good physical and mental condition.

Here’s a great suggestion -By incorporating into our daily eating routines fresh organic vegetable juices, which are the body builders, and fruit juices, which are body cleansers, we have created the ability to speed up the elimination of waste matter.Vegetable juices and fruit juices are not interchangeable -they each serve a purpose. When juices are canned, processed, preserved or pasteurized, they become lifeless and lose their vital nutritional value. Therefore, it is important that fruits and vegetables be raw, fresh and if available, organic. Ok, this month’s lecture is almost over. Let us all be kinder to our bodies and remember it is the ONLY body we are going to have for the rest of our life (even though medical miracles occur every day). Our body is a gift given to us by a higher power and, as such, we need to treat it the best we can. The Fitness By Maggie Board of Advisors and myself will be with you every step of the way. Just email or call us with any of your questions.