By Gabriel Cousens MD on August 19, 2010

Low-Glycemic for Better Health

My extensive research over some 35 years has confirmed that a low-glycemic diet is one of the key components for good health, optimal gene expression, a healthy living colloid field, stable blood sugar levels, and a quiet mind. These all support spiritual awakening. The primary purpose of the low-glycemic diet is to prevent the “self-composting button” from being pushed. As briefly discussed in Chapter 6 of my book “Spiritual Nutrition,” the subtle organizing energy fields, negative environmental stresses, acidity, and a high-glycemic diet create a morbid pleomorphic change from healthy cells and protids to viruses, bacteria, yeast, mold, and fungus, which give off mycotoxins that begin to break down our living tissue. This self-composting process leads to chronic degenerative disease.

To identify a food as high- or low-glycemic is a statement about how fast that food raises the blood sugar. A low-glycemic food is one that slowly raises the blood sugar and has an overall minimal effect on the blood sugar levels. A high-glycemic food more rapidly converts to sugar and creates a significant elevation in the blood sugar. Typical high-glycemic foods include white bread, white potatoes, and white sugar. Examples of low-glycemic foods include most leafy green vegetables. The determination of the glycemic index of a food requires a sophisticated series of blood measurements of glucose over time after the particular food has been eaten. The average effect of a food on the test subjects is quantified, and the food is then rated on the glycemic index. The glycemic index indicates the glycemic effect of a food on most people.

There are many potential ill effects from a high-glycemic diet besides activating the “self-composting” process that leads to chronic degenerative diseases. One of the most serious chronic diseases is diabetes, which has now reached epidemic proportions in all ages of our population. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there was a 33 percent jump in diabetes in the past decade. There are 17 million diabetes cases in the U.S. Five to 10 percent of these are Type I.

Type I diabetes is usually characterized by an early age of onset that includes the destruction of the beta cells of the pancreas, which make insulin. This may have a genetic basis. Some theories suggest that an allergy to dairy products may create anti-bodies to the beta cells. It may even be caused by aflatoxin, a mycotoxin given off by candida and other fungal infections. Perhaps there may be multiple causes. Type II diabetes is primarily caused by a chronic excess of white sugar intake. This excess both exhausts the insulin production of the system and also creates insulin resistance. Type II diabetes is relatively easily healed by Phase 1 of the Rainbow Green Live-Food Cuisine and some specific herbs. For Native Americans this healing process has also been supported by the use of indigenous high-insulin foods.

A leading cause of heart and kidney diseases, blindness, and limb amputations, diabetes is the sixth leading cause of death in the U.S., responsible for 210,000 deaths per year. An estimated 16 million people have pre-diabetes.

A low-glycemic diet helps to create a healthy biological terrain, preventing or reversing self-composting and candida. In the context of “Spiritual Nutrition,” it is important to give a brief overview of the relevance of the low-glycemic diet, which minimizes high-glycemic fruits, refined carbohydrates, and cooked starchy vegetables. Phase 1 of the Rainbow Green Live-Food Cuisine contains the highest amount of low-glycemic foods, and therefore accelerates the shutting off of the “self-composting button.” It consists primarily of raw nuts, seeds, vegetables, oils, and algae. Because of the stresses in our modern environment and our poor nutritional choices in the past, Phase 1 is appropriate for most everyone for the first three months. Some people who are experiencing only mild self-composting can start with Phase 1.5, which includes a minimum of low-glycemic fruits, low-glycemic condiments, and fermented foods. Once the “self-composting button” has been shut off, one can move to Phase 2, which is a maintenance diet. It includes moderate-glycemic fruits and raw high-glycemic vegetables. It is also important to note that low-glycemic foods tend to be higher in minerals.

Here are some “magic” phase notes that are helpful tips for remembering what to and what not to eat on each phase of Rainbow Green Live-Food Cuisine:

-Phase 1 = Simple – no grains, nothing sweet
-Phase 1.5 = Includes fermented foods, grains, and low-sweet fruits
-Phase 2 = Higher-glycemic fruits, veggies, and coconut water
-Phase 1 = Okay to eat a small amount of Phase 1.5 fruits or veggies in a large salad
-Phase 1.5 = Okay to eat a small amount of Phase 2 fruits or veggies in a large salad
-Phase 2 = Minimal use of high-glycemic fruit, dried fruits, fruit juice, and carrot juice

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