The Thrive Diet: The Whole Food Way to Lose Weight, Reduce Stress, and Stay Healthy for Life

By Brendan Brazier

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Eliminating Biological Debt

Biological debt refers to a state that the body goes into after energy from stimulation has dissipated. Often brought about by eating refined sugar or drinking coffee to gain energy in the short term, biological debt is a state of fatigue. Unfortunately, it is a state that many North Americans are accustomed to living in.

There are two types of energy:

• Stimulation from processed foods that don’t provide nourishment. 
• Nourishing comes from natural and whole a food is -- raw and sprouted being the best.  They are less stimulating and more nourishing.

The rise in Cortisol level, however, always results in fatigue and potentially other illnesses if the cycle of tiredness and stimulation continues.

One measure of health is having cost-free energy -- energy that lasts and does not have to be "stoked" continually with processed carbohydrates, manufactured sugar, or caffeine.

Superior energy-maximizing foods are those that offer sustainable energy, not quick bouts of stimulation. The Thrive Diet is about breaking this cycle by providing energy through nourishment, without artificial stimulation.

The less stimulation a person has in everyday life, the greater impact stimuli will have on the body. This is good. It means the person is living a low-stress life, and we know the benefits of that. But there's more to it. It also means that considerably less stimulation is needed to evoke a stress response from the adrenal glands.

Our bodies are chronically overstimulated, yet most of us don't realize it -- our bodies have adapted, but at a cost. Constantly having to climb to a new level to remain in the same place is a tough way to live, yet all too common. The way to fix this problem, to remove considerable stress from the body and in doing so increase energy, is to recalibrate the body.

The Thrive Diet is a recalibration diet.

• Don't jeopardize health in its pursuit - Even the ideal exercise and diet program will not be beneficial if it's not enjoyable.
• Exposure to natural light - Exposure to natural light is essential for optimal health. Some experts consider sunlight a nutrient, as vital for well-being as certain dietary nutrients.
• Darkness for improved sleep and recovery
• Melatonin is a hormone produced in the pineal gland, a small endocrine gland in the brain. Darkness releases this powerful and sleep enhancing hormone and antioxidant.
• Avoid too many changes at once
• Remember the mind-body connection – what you put in your body affects your mind and what you think affects your mind.

 

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