The Feast of Less

1. When the body is given too much, it becomes exhausted, overloaded, tired and toxic. It does not digest well, largely because the digestive systems are exhausted from overload. In this state, a person appears malnourished, but is, in fact, over-nourished in the extreme. Instead of taking a supplement, does it not seem logical to remove the burden first and then selectively feed and nourish and support the systems that really need the extra help?



When concentrated nutrients are pushed on the body, it is true that it can pick up more nutrition for weak cells. However, those concentrated nutrients often attract macro-nutrients that can put on weight, cause cravings for even more food and can actually add additional load to an already overloaded body system.



In my system of healing, I tend to use only whole plant super supplements that contain no isolated nutrients. Lots of nutrients are available, but natural barriers prevent the body from getting more than it is ready to handle.



2. Food is, before and after all else, a stimulant. Each food stimulates the body in some way. With such excess of stimulation the body overpowers the higher faculties of the mind and heart and spirit. In this condition, one finds that s/he has difficulty experiencing his/her authentic self. That stimulation can be, and is good and useful, but it needs to be withdrawn from us from time to time in order to discover what is authentic about ourselves. In our program, regular fasting or fasting-type cleanses are encouraged as a matter of ritual. During this time the body finds things that can be found in no other way. I am persuaded that it does no small good to the spirit also.



3. From an empirical standpoint, those who clean their bodies out and begin eating foods that do not leave a residue, and at times of day when digestion is at its best find that they can eat less, poop more, feel better and go much further without exhaustion or immune system failure.



4. The leading cause of disease is acidity and residue in the body. This comes only from excess and from clutter that deposits in the body in a thousand different forms. Clean this out and you might still need help to heal this system or that organ, but you will find yourself pain-free and feeling okay.



5. Dr. Christopher used to get his cancer patients pain free in 48 hours by putting them on cleansing herbs (blood herbs and bowel herbs) and a juice fast. He would also give them slippery elm gruel and comfrey green drink—the closest thing to a super supplement that he personally used.



Those patients never got dense nutrition (beyond juices) and never got pain killers. Not all of them lived, some were completely riddled with cancer by the time they called him, but all of those who lived at least 48 hours died pain free with their wits about them, often months after it was predicted that they would die. Very often, his patients recovered completely, never to have a relapse. Clearly, excess is the problem, not deficiency.



6. Cancer starves to death much faster than you can. If you eat basically healthy food but far less than you need, cancer cells will starve to death at an accelerated rate, long before you ever do any kind of damage to yourself. This can sometimes be a cure all by itself, provided that the elimination channels are working as they should be.



In conclusion, most problems appear to be caused by excess, rather than by true deficiency. Even in countries where they are supposedly starving, closer examination by natural healers (you can read about such an instance in Dr. Mom’s Healthy Living by Sandra Ellis—a must for serious herbal students) reveals that parasites, which feed off of food stuffs that could not be fully digested, were the real cause of protein deficiency in many (if not all) of those villages. When people were purged of the parasites, normal health was restored.



Some problems really do need some support and feeding to heal. I have learned, however, that it is all but impossible to determine what the real needs of the human body are while it is overfed. Only when the person goes down to a minimum consumption of the healthiest kinds of foods can that person ever really know what systems and body parts and organs really need to be fed something special.



This is not, of course, an invitation to starve or do something radically harmful to yourself if you have a medical condition. Rather, I recommend following the guidelines of a competent health practitioner and maybe starting with Traci’s Transformational Health Principles and Traci’s Transformational Kitchen Cookbook, which you can read about at www.BestFoodist.com



When you are ready and your body is beginning to come to life, then is the time to consider a fast, a time of eating less than you think needful and a time of learning about your body and your health and what about you really does need additional help.



When you know, then go to someone who will guide you in truly natural remedies, healing old pain and confusion and fine tuning your thinking. If you want, you can email me, and I will help you.





Kal Sellers, MH

http://www.kalsschool.com