ARE YOU A COMPULSIVE EATER?

I’d like to address something today which is a slight detour from the alkalinity theme. But it definitely has to do with good health. I want to include this for people struggling with yo-yo dieting and compulsive eating as I have. This is something I had to come to terms with before I was truly on the way to permanent health and mental healing. I can tell you how to find excellent health, but until you deal with this issue, you won’t find long-term success. Eventually, you will “fall off the wagon.”

First of all you need to identify IF you are a compulsive eater. If you can say yes to any or all of the following, you are probably a compulsive eater like I am.

• Have you told yourself, ‘my eating is out of control right now, but someday soon I’ll muster the strength to start eating healthy again, and then I’ll keep it under control for good?

• Do you always take another serving of something, then another, then another, while others just take one serving?

• Once you get started eating a certain food, do have trouble stopping until you are good and uncomfortable or even sick?

• Have you been on several diets, only to gain the weight back each time, plus extra weight?

• Are you obsessed with food?

• Do you feel out of control with your eating habits?

• Do you hate your relationship with certain foods? Do you hate the food for what it does to you, but can’t stay away from it?

• Have you done a lot of crazy things to stop the weight gain – fad diets, starving, over-exercising, or purging?

• Do you tell yourself, if I could just get to the right weight, life would be great?

• Do you eat to satiate fears, anxiety, anger, disappointment?

• Do you eat to alleviate the pressures of problems?

• Do you have a serious illness, such as diabetes, but keep eating the bad foods that your doctor says you must stay away from? You can’t seem to stay away – their draw is too powerful for you?

• Do you tell yourself, ‘NO, I’m NOT GOING TO EAT THAT!, then within a minute, you are stuffing it into your mouth?

• Do you make a batch of something for your family, such as brownies, then eat the whole thing, piece by piece, all day long?

• After a cycle of binging and weight gain, do you berate yourself with words like, ‘what the heck is the matter with me, I’m such an idiot?’

• do you lie to others when it comes to food?

• do you hide food, to get into it when you are alone?

You won't have ALL these symptoms, most likely. I could answer 'yes' to enough of them to be convinced that this was me.

There IS a solution to all this insanity. It is called a twelve step program. It begins with admitting that you can’t fix the problem alone. You must admit defeat and admit that you will never be able to pull yourself together without additional help. You have to come to realize that the cycle will continue and will worsen as the years go on – you will never muster the strength to finally overcome. This is the basis for any twelve step program. And it works every time if you follow all the steps with a humble and willing heart.

Once you’ve identified yourself as a compulsive overeater you can begin on your road to recovery. Don’t be afraid at the realization that you fit into this group of people. It is liberating and exciting to know there is finally an answer. All people have defects. This is OUR defect.

The first step of action is to find your local OA (overeaters anonymous) or FA (food addicts anonymous) group. Start going to the meetings. Find a sponsor there. Find one that will allow you to eat in an alkaline way. You may need to educate them along the way. Send them to my blog to help with that if you want. I like OA better than AA, because they don’t subscribe to any particular diet, or plan of eating.

My hope is that if you see yourself in this group of people, you will be persuaded early in life that you can’t go it alone. I hope you don’t have to live through the despair for many, many years until finally coming to the conclusion that you need other kind of help. After reading this, you will probably still attempt to do it on your own. You may go through the cycle a few more times, before you are willing to look at the possibility that I’m right. That’s okay. There is a twelve step program out there for whenever you are ready.

Know,too, that changing to a more alkaline menu will curb your cravings significantly. For me, the combination of the pH Miracle eating plan and the OA program has been extremely powerful. I’m so excited about the future now when it comes to my health, my weight, and my sanity. What a relief.

CAUTION

This blog is not designed for people with serious diseases. If you are dealing with a cancerous condition, severe diabetes, or other life-threatening disease, you should get your blood tested by a Dr. Young approved blood analyzer, or even make an appointment to see Dr. Young himself in California. Also, buy his book immediately and get educated as quickly as possible. Of course, this blog will still be a great resource for future ideas, once the dis-ease is under control and your blood is looking much healthier.

This blog is for those of you who don’t need to panic, but to just move in the right direction over time, without it completely upsetting your life and you getting overwhelmed.

INTRODUCTION: ONE DISEASE. ONE CURE.

It is my intention to further the work of Dr. Robert Young. He claims that the body is alkaline by design and acidic by function. This means that the blood and other body parts need to maintain a certain pH (slightly alkaline) in order to remain healthy. The functions of the body are constantly creating acids which need to be eliminated. I won't be re-teaching every detail that Dr. Young teaches. I suggest you buy his books for that information. I think everyone should read them. They may save your life. They will certainly save your health. I've been studying his works for about two years now, trying to live this alkaline lifestyle. I'm completely convinced that this is the only way to live in order to maintain complete health. It's the only way to live without worry about getting some disease or catching some phantom sickness.

Dr. Young teaches that there is only ONE DIS-EASE and only ONE CURE. The disease is acidity/acidosis and the cure alkalizing.

Dr. Young is reversing serious diseases every day. There are many testimonial stories of how people have recovered from cancer, diabetes (type 1 and type 2), obesity, and the list goes on and on. And this is being done without chemotherapy or radiation or drugs. It's all natural using proper foods, exercise, water, and supplements.

There are many steps to take in order to become disease free. But these steps are manageable and doable when you focus on one at a time. Small, consistent changes over time will lead to complete health. However, if you apply the principals taught in this blog, you will feel immediate results - more energy, clearer thinking, and overall well being.

As much as I speak of this 'New Biology' to friends, family and acquaintances, I needed a place to send them all for the things I have to offer. Such as: the very basic concepts of this 'alkaline diet', where to buy the books, where the websites are, where to buy special ingredients, what my favorite recipes are, and maybe even how to make them. I hope this blog will meet those needs.

I will include important links every so often, so you can easily find what you need online if you can't find things locally. Many of these links do not pay me to advertise for them. Some of them do. I'm mostly including them as a service to you. There's no sense in all of you doing as much research as I've already done, in finding books, products, and information that serve me in what I'm trying to accomplish.

Each week, I will work on a step towards health. I will do it in the order that I feel is most important, and that Dr. Young would approve of. We will begin with water, then start to change foods in our diet, and so on. If you want all the information at once - read the book. Here you will get it piece-meal so that it won't be so overwhelming. When I first began, I jumped right in - did everything at once, then gave up really quickly. It was overwhelming - time consuming and expensive. If you just focus on one assignment each week, adding the new habit to the previous ones, you will be successful. There will be some cost as you acquire what you need, but for me, it is my health insurance.

The links below are Dr. Young's pH Miracle books. I started with the pH Miracle for Weight loss. Any one of these books will give you enough information to start your journey to health. If you are interested in reversing diabetes, you are better off starting with the original 'pH Miracle' and then adding the one for diabetes.

You don't HAVE TO buy the books to achieve results, although I would suggest getting at least one. You can just follow my guide if you choose. Also, a must, is signing up for Dr. Young's regular emails. Go to www.phmiracleliving.com and sign up for his newsletter. Every day, he sends an article or link. It seems a little much at first, but these emails have increased my knowledge and understanding of his 'New Biology' like nothing else. It is here you will find great testimonials and success stories. Happy Reading!!