Oh MY!!!
The mental game was somewhat difficult yesterday, especially when I was cooking grass-fed beef tips, caramelized onions, fingerling potatoes and fresh-picked broccoli, cabbage and Swiss chard from the garden for my kids' dinner!!! If you've never fasted it's hard to describe how intense your sense of smell becomes!!
While the beef and potatoes were stewing I kept myself out of the kitchen and found this excellent scientific study. It's a little technical, but it proves another awesome chemical/hormonal effect of fasting: It substantially elevates levels of human growth hormone (HGH)! HGH is the "Fountain of Youth" hormone, production of which drops off dramatically after our twenties. One way to keep levels maximized is to engage in regular periods of high intensity exercise since that is the only time our super fast twitch muscle fiber is used, and using it sparks our body to output HGH!
It's great to know my fast, along with my fitness program, really is turning back the clock a bit. And every bit helps!!
Today was busy, and long. I certainly had some bad attitude moments. I'm not hungry and I really never came close to considering stopping the fast. I just kinda get mad at the world and how much glorious food is in it. Honestly, I'm obsessed with looking at yummy recipe sites. At least I'm getting all my holiday menus planned early!!!
Oh! I had my first fresh juice today: carrot, kale, beet, cucumber, ginger, and cayenne. It was a little tangy but good!! Speaking of juice, take time to look at some beautiful produce I juiced during my last fast and learn some more reasons why fasting should be an important part of most folks' health care regimen! Click HERE.
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