NutritionTrainer

Are You Full of CRAP?

No I mean literally, are you full of crap?  I have Nutrition Counseled dozens of people with a number of ailments and when I ask them if they are pooping they always say yes.  However, when I tell them what normal bowel function is, the answer immediately changes to “No.”

What is normal bowel function?  Have you ever been told how to poop?  It sounds funny doesn’t it? What if I told you that 80% of all cancer begins in the colon?  What if I told you that 90% of the world’s population has a fungal infection?  That includes you if you eat a lot of sugar.  What if I told you that we spend 2 million dollars a day in the USA for laxatives?  My point is that we are a nation that is full of SHIT. 

This might seem funny; however, here is my point:  When we don’t empty our bowels on a regular basis, we absorb the garbage that is left behind.  That means if there is poison like pesticides, herbicides, and fungicides from our food or excess estrogen that needs to leave our body and it can’t, you re-absorb it back through the body. 

That puts most women into an estrogen toxic state among other things.  If you’re re-circulating excess estrogen, what do you think that is going to do to the rest of your hormonal system?  What do you think that it going to do to your energy from day to day? 

Normal bowel function is categorized like this: if you are not passing 12 inches of fecal material on a daily basis, going 30 minutes after you eat, and having a sense of completion after you finish, you are constipated. 

The 7 symptoms of chronic poisoning are (from my Detox article) fatigue, sleep disturbance, GI (Gastro Intestinal) distress, allergy symptoms, headaches, confusion, and anxiety.  This goes for everyone. 

I see a lot of people that go right after having coffee.  Coffee stimulates the sympathetic nervous system and makes your bowels move.  That means that you had to artificially stimulate your body to poop.  There is always a price to pay for that. 

After 7 to 21 days you can train the body to do anything, it’s called entrainment.  Think of Pavlov’s dog.  If you suppress the urge to poop and have coffee or other stimulants on a regular basis, then you train the body in this pattern.  The problem is when the stimulus is gone, the response is still there.  Think of the dog salivating even when there is no bell. 

In as little as 7 days we can train children to be constipated by giving them rich sugary treats and bad food.  For you adults it can be worse because most doctors will say that it may be normal for you to go every other day.  Well my question is this: If you are eating 3-4 meals a day and nothing is coming out, where does it go and where does it get stored?  It gets stuck in your colon, becomes a compost heap, and makes it an ideal place for parasites and fungus to thrive. 

What does it do to your exercise and fitness?  Good question.  When your colon is impacted, or full, it has to expand; when it expands it will push out against the abdominal wall. This in turn de-stabilizes the abdominal wall, pelvic floor, and can cause a number of problems, the number 1 being lower back pain. 

When your gut becomes a compost heap and it starts to decay because it’s in a nice warm, wet environment, you start getting gas and just a bad odor in general.  This is because your skin is an organ of detoxification and the body is trying to push out the garbage anywhere it can.  Do you think this makes it harder or easier for the body to recover from a lot of activity in the gym?  It makes it harder, of course. 

I could talk about this for days but I have to poop so I’ll leave you with this.  Keep well hydrated, stay away from a lot of sugary garbage, and never suppress the urge.  If you are still having a problem, then you need the right kind of help, so email me.  

Detoxification

It is a New Year and a New Blog!  Whoo hoo!

I hope all of you have made some realistic health goals, and are well on your way to achieving them.  My wife asked me to write something on Detoxification.  She asked this because we have been on a detox since December 29th and thought it is relevant to get back on track for the new year.

Most of us at the beginning of the year make a resolution to get back in shape - better and faster than the year before.  But, what if you are already at a disadvantage?  What if, even though you have the will, your body just can’t drop weight?  Or you seem so fatigued all the time that exercise just seems too painful or draining to add to your already stressful life?  Why are people so fatigued all the time?

Fatigue is one of the main reasons people visit their doctor. They just don’t feel like they have enough energy, and they confuse that with being sick.  Chronic fatigue, Fibromyalgia, etc.. are all a symptom of something bigger.  It is clearly written in the peer reviewed literature that the 7 symptoms of chronic poisoning are:  Fatigue, Sleep Disturbance, Gastrointestinal Distress ( I.B., Constipation, Diarrhea, etc..), Allergy Symptoms, Headaches, Confusion and Anxiety.  These may all be part of your everyday existence but is it acceptable to feel exhausted every day?

If you have 6 or more of the 7 symptoms of chronic poisoning, you need to look into you metabolic detoxification system or your exposure to environmental toxins. 

We are constantly bombarded with toxic garbage from our environment, from pesticides, fungicides, and herbicides in our food, carbon in our air, and additives in our morning Starbucks coffee.  The difference that varies from person to person is how productive are we in getting the garbage out.  The human body detoxifies by breathing, sweating, urinating, and taking a dump. (I couldn't think of the technical term for pooping.)

Your liver IS your metabolic detoxification system.  Every 3 minutes, every drop of blood in your body goes through the liver.  Your liver is like a garbage can.  If it is empty, it can handle the trash coming in.  If it is full, then it over flows into the street and makes your neighbors angry.  So if your liver is full of toxins, it will deposit all of the heavy metals, toxic estrogen, testosterone, pharmaceutical drugs, and pesticides into the body fat so it doesn't harm your health.  It is a defense mechanism to keep our health intact even when we are being unknowingly poisoned.

Now for the bad news.  When you try and get on a weight loss or fat loss program, your brain surveys the internal environment and asks itself, “If we lose body fat and have to put all this garbage back into the system, can our bodies handle it?”  If the answer is no, then you won’t lose body fat.  If the answer is yes, then you can.  It’s a little more involved but I hope you get the meaning.

So - lets worry about emptying our garbage can efficiently and effectively - The Liver.  The liver is a very nutrient dependent system of the body.  Meaning it takes a lot of nutrients everyday from the food you eat to work correctly getting the garbage off your streets.  If you don’t have enough nutrients in your diet, your enzyme production will decrease very quickly in the liver and the system will be compromised.  This is exactly why calorie restriction diets don’t work, and why over time they can be very harmful to the body.  This is also why cleanses that call for fasting can do more harm than good over the long term.

When we talk about nutrients we have to make the distinction between calories and nutrients. Calories are the potential energy in the food (mainly in the form of sugar) and Nutrients are the vitamins, trace minerals, etc.  You need to support the body - not starve it.  The liver has 3 phases of detoxification  (Xenobiotic Metabolism) and they need to be supported nutritionally to wipe out the garbage.

We have attached a 7-day Detoxification Program (Click Here to Download Rakowski7dayDetox) to jump start your New Year, but keep in mind, the best way to detoxify is to do it daily.  Ways to support your body:

1. Eat Organic whenever possible
2. Drink ½ your body weight in ounces of water everyday
3. Stay away from high amounts of sugar as they may get you constipated
4. Eat a lot of colorful vegetables and rotate your foods

A good way to know if it is working is that you will start getting your energy back.  Your body will not give you energy if you don’t deserve it.