Emotional/mental benefits of diet?
Hi,
I am O+ and just wondered if anyone else (of any blood type) has experienced
my results. I have noticed lately, especially now that I have 2 kids and an
aging MIL to see after that (A) I MUST have meat at every meal but ESPECIALLY
for breakfast and (B) I MUST exercise in the morning. If I don’t do these
things, I notice that I can’t think clearly, I’m cranky, and I’m lethargic.
I have also noticed that if I am in a bad mood and I do these things, my bad
mood drops on a dime and the rest of the day is fine.
Anyone else have similar results?
Tabitha
October 16th, 2003 at 3:13 pm
Tabitha–me too! I was so thankful to give myself permission to eat meat and
move. Depression is such a depressing alternative! Leave the lite breakfasts
to the quiet, sedentary types. Me, I got to move and move out at dawn! I do
15 minutes of yoga and chi gung exercises almost every day and people mistake
my age by a good decade! Not the I don’t deserve every lesson that decade
brought me as well as the wrinkles.
Melinda Artz
440 Barney Street
Helena, MT 59602
406/449-0844 (h)
406/443-3502 (w)
October 17th, 2003 at 5:03 am
In a message dated 9/25/00 12:55:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
pfs1958@… writes:
<< I’ve not noticed mood swings with exercise, but I’ve
never looked that closely.
I hate exercising and have had a hard time forcing myself to do it. I enjoy
playing sports, but exercise, yuck.
This summer I have had a very bad emotional time. My sister was sick and
then for the last 3 weeks was in the hospital in a coma and dying. She
finally passed away last week. I found that when I got really upset and
nervous and couldn’t sit down without thinking about it, I went and exercised
for a half hour at a place I had joined in May. I couldn’t believe how much
better I felt after exercising. I felt drawn to go and exercise just to keep
my sanity through all of this. I was quite surprised at this behaviour in
myself.
So I do think that exercise can improve moods.
Sharon, Ontario, Canada
October 17th, 2003 at 7:10 pm
Sharon, sorry to hear about your sister. It is great you exercised the
negative emotional impact away instead of going on an eating binge. That is
what I have to avoid at all costs when I am upset. I get out and walk around
the circle in the neighborhood until I feel better (usually takes about 4
circle trips). Then go in and shower and lay down and read for a while.
Totally relaxes me. And by the way, I just made my 3 year mark (21st of
September) on this diet and am 50 pounds lighter. I have never heard of
anyone not getting some benefits out of this diet, and if you think you are
not, have a live blood test done to see how your blood cells look. Are they
flowing freely, or are they stacked up on top of each other in some fashion?
That is the true test of this diet…how your blood looks trying to flow
through your system as well as how you feel. Good Luck everybody.
aloha
CB
October 18th, 2003 at 2:11 pm
In a message dated 9/25/00 5:53:45 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
.
cbaker@… writes:
<< Are they
flowing freely, or are they stacked up on top of each other in some fashion?
That is the true test of this diet…how your blood looks trying to flow
through your system as well as how you feel. Good Luck everybody.
aloha
Aloha CB!
I totally recognize “how blood looks” (stacked, etc.) and how I feel and
function are probably the same
From Mary Ann in Fla