You get out of it what you put in. Part I

I was telling a friend that I was busy writing articles to promote Asian Bodywork Therapy when she told me that for all my efforts to promote ABT it is a given that I will get out of it what I put in it.

You get back what you put in even the substances you inhale and ingest. These substances can be other than food and cigarettes. They can also be experiences, things you see, or any other interaction you may have with your six senses.

So if you eat good quality food and have pleasant experiences digestion will be a breeze. Your output will match the quality of what you put in. People should think of that when they become ill instead of rushing out to put pharmecueticals in. They should examine what they have put in their bodies and make adjustments as necessary.
I got a good look at what comes out of my body and it wasn't pretty. It was proof of what I had yet to learn and practice.

The average diet based on fast and convenience foods doesn't proveide enough fiber. Fiber helps cleans the intestines. Even if you were to eat one apple a day depending on its size it would provide you with 3 grams of fiber. You need 25-30 grams of fiber daily. You can tell you need more fiber if the stuff you leave in the toilet is misshapen, hard, odd colored and sinks to the bottom of the bowl. Fast foods and microwaved foods fill you up with fluff and no fiber or nutrition. You need beans, flax seed, raw and cooked vegetables and fresh fruit. I make a nutritional shake that contains 1-2 tab of flax seed, 1-2 tab of raw nuts (sunflower and or almond) and maybe a 1/2 a pear. This provides me with 8-12 grams of fiber and tastes good too! Then, if I have beans and a couple of vegetables I've gotten just about all my fiber for the day.

Ingesting fiber and good nutrition alone may not be enough to begin the process of cleansing the instestines. Some people may require herbs or other assistance to clear out the stuff which accumulates on the digestive tract. Not only do you have to be concerned with the stuff that accumulates but years of waste can cause the intestines to lose their tone making it difficult to eliminate properly.