Intermittent Food Fasting- Minerals and More

Projection/Nonprojection

I have practised intermittent fasting on a keto diet for over 5 years. I began by having lemon water and supplements only from 6 PM to noon, making for a 6 hour eating window. Gradually, I lessened the window until I reached 1 hour, OMAD usually around 3 to 4 o’clock. Recently (fall and winter) I have been experimenting with some whole food carbs (winter squash) and eating 2x a day mid morning and mid afternoon. I see how diet variation both in timing and substance inspires the body to be alert. If you have health issues, a weekly one day fast assists in greater autophagy.

Constitution plays a role in the practice and benefit from fasting. Kapha Pitta & Vata in Ayurveda lends an understanding of our constitutional (genetic) predisposition.

I have practised many forms of fasting over 30+ years. I found whole food ( no packaged food) keto works well for me. I lowered insulin resistance, lost a stubborn 20 pounds, and generally feel better. Plus a mental/physical clarity without the cravings and compulsions that develop by eating high carb/ sugar diets. This year I discovered oxalate toxicity which I had created with a high oxalate diet. Yams, spinach, swiss chard, celery juice, nuts and seeds, chocolate are but a few high oxalate foods I have removed from my diet.

It is important while fasting to provide the body with necessary nutrients. This cannot be done by eating alone. Supplementation is required. Trace minerals are one of those necessities. Also, we need around 5000 mg of potassium each day. If you lean towards a healthy keto diet, foods such as bananas and potatoes are not consumed, so we have to rely heavily on leafy greens (without spinach, swiss chard and beet greens). Dr. Berg recommends 10 cups a day. For this reason I supplement potassium 3x daily in addition to eating lots of foods containing K+.

Important Points on Minerals
Written by Dr. John Ray ND

1. According to Senate Document No. 264, the official publication, 99 percent of American people are deficient in minerals, and a marked deficiency in any one of the more important minerals actually results in disease.

2. The body is equipped to chelate only a small amount of some inorganic elements from nature. Therefore, the body requires the minerals to come from plants in a chelated form that the minerals may be properly assimilated and utilized. The efficiency of each mineral is enhanced by balanced amounts of the others.

3. The body must maintain an adequate mineral supply to maintain a balance between internal and external pressures of the cells called osmotic equilibrium. This state must be maintained for normal cell function and continued youthful health.

4. All nutrients such as vitamins, proteins, enzymes, amino acids, carbohydrates, fats, sugars, oils, etc. require minerals for activity. All bodily processes depend upon the action of minerals.

5. Trace chelated minerals are more important in nutrition than vitamins. Vitamins can be synthesized by living matter, minerals cannot.

6. Vitamins are required for every biochemical activity of the body. Vitamins cannot function unless minerals are present.

7. Minerals are the catalysts that make enzyme functions possible. Chelated minerals combine with enzymes into an alkaline detoxifying agent which neutralizes the acid metabolic by-products of the cells and other toxic conditions within the body and prepares them for elimination.

8. Hormonal secretion of glands is dependent upon mineral stimulation.

You can buy quality minerals in both liquid and cap from Enzymes International in the U.S.

Nutritional Foundation Simplified

Digestive Enzymes- Raw Protein- Amino Acids

 These three work interdependently within the body. Enzymes are necessary for digestion and assimilation of nutrients, carbohydrates/sugars, fats and proteins. Raw protein digested efficiently provides the nutritional profile for the production of nine essential amino acids. When provided, the other nonessential amino acids may be synthesized within the body. This provides the endocrine system the necessary nutrition for the production of hormones.  When stress is put on one endocrine gland, the effects are felt throughout the system, effecting hormonal production and balance. The modern diet may consist of a bombardment of sugars, where our pancreas is under constant stress to provide necessary enzymes. Supplementation of high quality enzymes may assist to ease this digestive stress, eventually allowing for physical regeneration.

• Digestive enzymes and raw protein provide the nutrition for the formation of amino acids, precursor to hormone production.
•  Protein does not perform its function unless broken down into amino acids. Hence the importance of sufficient enzyme activity.   Enzymes help extract chelated minerals from food. Enzymes transform chelated minerals into an alkaline detoxifying agent which combines with acid cellular wastes and toxic settlements within the body assisting to neutralize, preparing them for elimination.
• Raw bee pollen- preferably from a local apiary, digests efficiently by crushing and taking with a little honey.
• Many bean sprouts are good sources of raw protein.
• Two of 9 essential amino acids, tryptophan and lysine, are destroyed by heating/cooking at approximately 110 degrees F. 
• Proteins, sugars and fats may require supplemented enzymes to digest efficiently. Hormones act within the body as a catalyst in every metabolic function, endothermic and exothermic reactions which are necessary for biological transmutation; to heal and regenerate tissues and to warm or cool the body (healthy thyroid function).

•  Minerals & Trace Minerals~

 The body requires minerals to come from plants, or fossilized sea beds providing the extraction process does not damage the natural qualities. Minerals combined with enzymes makes an alkaline agent which neutralizes the acid metabolic by-products of the cells and other toxic conditions within the body and prepares them for elimination.

“The acid-alkaline balance (pH) of the tissue fluid is controlled by minerals.” John Ray ND

Minerals are essential for electrical catalyst within the body. The following link is an affordable mineral supplement that come from the Utah sea beds. They have a natural balance of trace minerals.

https://well.ca/products/trace-minerals-trace-concentrace_197351.html

DIGESTIVE ENZYMES

https://avenaoriginals.com/products/enhanced-digestive-enzymes

There are many enzymes to choose from, I am currently using Super Enzymes and Protease from the Avena Original company out of Alberta, Canada.

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