Do you know that your body runs through three
8-hour cycles per day?
This is known as the CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS.The
following information is invaluable. Utilizing this knowledge throughout your
own healthy eating/raw food journey will make all the difference.
The
THREE cycles are:
·
ELIMINATION (of body wastes and food debris between 4am-12pm)
.
·
APPROPIRATION(eating and digestion between 12pm-8pm)
·
ASSIMILATION(absorption and
use of the foods by 8pm-4am)
Although the body can be
eating, digesting, using food and cleaning all at the same time to varying
degrees, it has been found that from approximately 4am until noon, the body is
cleansing itself (eliminating) -this is why, for example, people wake up with
headaches, crusty eyes, furred tongues and so on -this is the debris coming
out. It makes most sense for the body to be doing its house cleaning while we are
asleep, because it's then that we are not exerting any extra energy and can let
nature take its course.
ELIMINATION:
During this first 8 hour period between 4 am to 12 noon, the best
foods we can possibly eat (if we want to) are fruits,
veg or green juices and
whole grains food because they require minimal digestion and are the only foods
which have been found not to interfere with this cleansing process. Therefore
the ideal scenario is to try and incorporate as much fresh fruit or juice into
your morning routine and slowly cut down (and ideally, out) on other items.
Basically, as soon as you eat anything else, the cleansing stops. It has been
proofed severally that by keeping to this routine for so long is largely
responsible for keeping weight low and energy high in our body system And you
just feel so clean too! Dr Harvey states that, “The elimination cycle is
without question your greatest ally in the prevention of health and prevention
of disease and in also in weight loss”.In his second Book Fit for Life.Living
He also explains “ If a blood test were to be taken every hour for
24 hours, it would show that the blood stream is most heavily burdened with the
by-products of metabolism during the hours between 4am-12noon, indicating the
stepped up elimination cycle, because it is the blood that carries waste
material to the four channels of elimination:the bowels, bladder, lungs, and
skin.
APPROPRIATION:
The second eight hour cycle, is between noon and 8pm which, when
you think about it, is when most of us eat our two main meals of the day -
lunch and dinner. This is the time when the body is most efficient at digesting
and dealing with foods. It's also the time when we are burning them up the
fastest because we're at our most active. As long as we are eating according
the dictates of our appetite,we should be merrily refuelling and burning,
refuelling and burning in a fairly steady and comfortable way, which makes for
a really comfortable feeling in the body.Eating when one is truly hungry can
take a bit of getting used to, but is far more enjoyable than eating just
because the clock dictates it's lunchtime. And it makes so much sense!
ASSIMILATION:
The
third cycle, is the time for utilising the food you have consumed during the
day. Assimilation takes place between (approximately)8pm and 4am, i.e. the time
you're most likely to be relaxed, asleep or least active. During this time the
body can get to work drawing all of the goodness out of your food from the day,
and working on healing and rebuilding. As this phase starts drawing to a close
it leads neatly back into the first cycle, cleansing, as it gets rid of
everything it doesn't need.Dr John McDougall says “The best sleep is on an
empty stomach"
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