how can it be so different with the physical?

[inavalan]

Originally Posted by asearcher

Thank you very much for this information/advice, Inavan. ...
I hope you did not get to loose your father too soon in life, and that you feel connected to him in spirit.

You're welcome.

My father had a hereditary predisposition for heart disease, that eventually killed him. He was overweight, but much less than I was. In his latest years, after his first heart attack he lost weight, but the work stress and heredity won too early.

I had heart disease and high cholesterol until I dropped to normal weight. I kept it normal for over 20 years.

The white flour is the result of processing to look whiter and cook faster. It comes from the same grain (it isn't a farming issue). The white flour is as unhealthy as the sugar is: simple carbohydrates. The same is true for rice, oats, all the grains: the whiter, and the faster cooking, the more unhealthy they are because the carbohydrates are simpler, which causes rapid insulin spikes, which in time irreversibly damage the cells' membrane. It seems that to some degree this can be reversed by taking fish-oil.

Fructose is worse than regular sugars because its molecule is different (still a simple sugar) and it isn't metabolized by the liver. Look out for, and avoid foods that have high fructose corn syrup.

[inavalan]

All these being said, I have to emphasize that being healthy is ultimately the result of your beliefs and expectations, conscious and unconscious, and not only about health and diet.

[Izz]

Perhaps, asearcher, you could also try writing these affirmations:

"I ground myself in my values"

"I appreciate the inner beauty and inner wisdom"

To take yourself away from any potentially increased superficial control

Thank you once again Inavan, important pieces of information you share, it surely is a science this food business and what it does to our bodies. Thank you.

Edited, second version. I am hopeless...needed to short things up a little bit ;)

yes I could try that, Izz, thank you for that! That was thoughtful of you.

This all come down to rejection and fear of rejection.
I will use those affirmation and hope I will feel more secured, thank you.

[Izz]

Yes, affirmations can be powerful for the subconscious