The Diet For The Garden restricts methionine merely by following the foods prescribed in Genesis. Dietary methionine restriction increases fat burning and fat storage in the liver. This has a lowering effect on circulating lipids, and limits fat deposition by increasing energy expenditure or the amount of calories used. Limiting fat deposition or the putting on of fat, helps to keep our hearts healthy.
The fats included in The Diet For The Garden come from sources such as olives, avocado, pumpkin seeds, walnuts and other nuts, leafy greens like kale, squashes and root vegetables. These fats are mostly monounsaturated fatty acids. Monosaturated fatty acids protect the body from oxidation and damage due to reactive oxygen species because they are less likely to oxidize with only one double bond.
The Diet For The Garden also offers foods containing a-linolenic acids (ALA), which can prevent coronary heart disease. Increased ALA reduces the risk of myocardial infarction and fatal ischemic heart disease even if the patient smokes. Don’t get me wrong, smoking still puts you at greater risk!. The ALA eaten from plant sources can convert to DHA and EPA in small amounts. Purslane, a common weed and salad green contains trace amounts of DHA and EPA as well as ALA. Walnut, avocado, almonds, flax and olive contain ALA and only small amounts of n-6 fatty acid. This balances our fatty acids and enables us to convert as needed. A correct balance of n-3 fatty acids and n-6 fatty acid helps many body functions including:
- Lowering cholesterol levels and balances synthesis
- Reducing triglyceride levels
- aiding digestive secretions,
- aiding respiratory muscle contractions
- reducing inflammation, helping our immune system and reducing cancer.
- aiding our nervous systems and moods
- preventing formation of blood clots, reducing their breaking off and causing heart attacks or strokes.
Before we go on, I would like to address some of the other reasons to use plant based foods. As an animal eats, he or she accumulates the toxins included in their foods. For instance, if a large fish eats many small fish, the large fish accumulates all of the toxins the small fish stored in their bodies. This is called bioaccumulation. Our environment is continually getting more polluted and the animals are storing more and more toxins, as are we. One way to cut the toxins going into our bodies is to eat organic plants that are grown in safe places. Some plants are used as bioaccumulationers, to clean up mine tailings and superfund sites. We must be careful our foods are grown safely, in clean areas and avoid eating bioaccumulating animals and plants.
Extra virgin olive oil contains oleic acid and other phenolic compounds. The cold pressed, non-chemically derived oil is full of healthful bioactive, phytochemicals because it isn’t heated or changed of alkalinity or acidity. It is no wonder, the good Samaritan used olive oil to bind the wounds of the injured man. Olive oil phenolic compounds have antioxidant capacities that make them potent free radical scavengers. These powerful phenolics help inhibit low density lipid oxidation and fight thrombosis or blood clot formation. Olive oil decreases cancer cell growth, division and migration. Olive oil also helps prevent organ fibrosis and is important to anti-aging of organs. Extra virgin olive oil can induce epigenetic changes in how our DNA is copied to help prevent the up-regulation of genes associated with aging.
The vegetables eaten in The Diet For The Garden contain sulfur and together with sunlight can help to prevent cardiovascular disease, atherosclerotic plaque buildup and damage through oxidation. This damage causes inflammation and even necrosis or tissue death. The mucopolysaccharides found in plant foods such as yams, plantain, aloe vera, mallows, sea weeds and many seeds, help repair damaged epithelial tissue like those found in our blood vessels and skin. This helps to help keep our organs and skin healthy and youthful.
Besides the phenolics and mucopolysaccharides mentioned above, how does The Diet For The Garden keep us young?
The Diet For The Garden restricts methionine to cause the same effects as a calorie restriction diet. The calorie restriction diet is well known to prolong life and increase health and wellbeing. The Diet For The Garden can do this while allowing normal amounts of food to be eaten. Methionine restriction may be able to reverse the negative effects of aging caused by yearly weight gain, obesity and insulin resistance.
Even though The Diet For The Garden decreases calorie intake, it increases nutrients and phytochemicals needed to maintain and repair the body. It also reduces the accumulation of acids and genetically damaged cells to increase the longevity of our cells, tissues and organs. Like the calorie restriction diet, The Diet For The Garden may protect our cells from oxidation damage, heavy metal stress and other toxicity.
When you can eat the proper foods to restrict methionine, the building block of triglycerides are limited by changing how our DNA is used. It is linked to decreased fatty deposits and lipogenesis in the liver. This keeps the liver healthy and young. The Diet For The Garden may increase longevity through epigenetic mechanisms on the gene FGF21. Increased liver FGF21 expression and improved whole body glucose balance helps the body to run more efficiently and avoid age related metabolic diseases. This increases not only longevity, it also increases quality of life with lasting health and happiness. Without health, we have nothing!
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This article was co-authored by Doc Rhi, DC, MAOM, and Cia Enos, MS, Herbalist and Research Scientist and Mom of Doc Rhi #AskMom #DocRhi #ForTheGarden
After graduating from her doctorate and masters as valedictorian with cancer and familial chronic pain, Doc Rhi and her research scientist mom set out to discover how they could do the absolute most to heal themselves and enjoy life and food in the process. The Diet For The Garden developed from this and it is their dream to share this information with the whole world. And, to make lifestyle changes simple and easy to begin. You can help us by sharing this post and commenting on what you would like to hear more about. Join our community by requesting the free video lesson below.
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