| You could have learnt at your grandmother's | | | | |
| knee that a healthy body is one that gathers | | | | Common sense dictated that it was during |
| food, digests what it requires and throws out | | | | sleep that our body-having nothing else to e |
| the waste. It is a simple philosophy drawn | | | | expend its energy upon- used the time to |
| from common sense. If you look around you, | | | | rejuvenate and rebuild itself. The living |
| you will see that Nature has organised our | | | | cycle explained why a good night's sleep is |
| planet to perfection. We have days and nights | | | | far more refreshing than an afternoon nap. |
| for all earthly creatures to work and sleep, | | | | That is because the smart cells operate best |
| animals who prey on other animals, animals | | | | in absorbing and using food at night. |
| that eat plants, the four seasons. Our entire | | | | |
| world functions in cycles, Since we are | | | | And it was the living cycle that finally |
| Nature's children, our bodies too ought to be | | | | explained how the smart cells set aside a |
| working in similar rhythms. For years, | | | | certain time for ridding the body of |
| scientists and psychologists researched and | | | | wastes.(Which is we have a furry tongue in |
| analysed - trying to figure out if we | | | | the morning and also need to empty our |
| functioned in a set pattern. After all, women | | | | stomachs soon after waking |
| have menstrual cycles. So, was it possible | | | | |
| that the human body operated in some' kind of | | | | After a late night of partying and feasting, |
| health rhythm blueprinted by Nature? | | | | have you woken up with a dull feeling? That |
| | | | is because you've eaten at a time when the |
| And sure enough, they stumbled on to a great | | | | body wants - to busy itself in absorbing and |
| discovery. | | | | using the food. Instead, you've sent it off |
| | | | its normal track and forced it to 'eat' and |
| Our smart cells had a biological clock which | | | | digest - throwing its natural living cycle |
| they followed with precision! They had | | | | out of gear. Since its eliminating time has |
| optimum time-spans for the bodys three | | | | been postponed, you may find yourself |
| functions - taking in and digesting food; | | | | constipated! |
| absorbing and using the fuel; ridding our | | | | |
| body off its wastes. What stunned these | | | | It figures from the timings of the natural |
| researchers was that the tireless smart cells | | | | living cycle that breakfast is not necessary |
| could manage all three functions at the same | | | | to start the day. It is a time when the smart |
| time, but cannily also concentrated on one | | | | cells are busy vacuuming and cleaning up your |
| function more intensely during a certain | | | | insides. However, if you do feel hungry due |
| period. And the marvellous smart cells living | | | | to an old habit, eating fresh fruits or |
| cycle ,slowly came to light just as a | | | | drinking fresh fruit juice would satisfy your |
| photograph emerges from a negative, in this | | | | hunger. Since the body can digest them |
| way: | | | | easily, you don't tie up its energy in |
| | | | digestion. |
| Noon to 8 p,m. : eating and digesting | | | | |
| | | | According to health experts, the digestion of |
| 8 p.m. to 4 a.m. : absorbing and using | | | | food demands more energy than running or |
| | | | cycling! Which is why, after a heavy meal, |
| 4 a.m. to noon: eliminating wastes. | | | | you feel sleepy. Your smart cells engage them |
| | | | - selves in the digesting process, using all |
| It was one more feather in the health | | | | their energy, leaving you with very little |
| expert's cap. Until then they could tell us | | | | for doing anything except sleep. They also |
| what we should eat - Now they knew when we | | | | require loads of energy to clean up your |
| should eat to optimise our body's efficiency. | | | | system. |
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| Common sense showed the way - that we could | | | | Obviously, you don't want your day's energy |
| eat only when awake. But the living-cycle | | | | to be diverted purely for digesting food and |
| theory explained why if we stayed off food, | | | | eliminating wastes, important through they |
| our hunger would rise and then diminish even | | | | are for your health. Hence, constantly feed |
| if we didn't eat. | | | | your smart cells with high-energy, fatless |
| | | | and sugar- free food like vegetables, fruits |
| That is because the body system would switch | | | | and sprouts to enable you to have tons of |
| to the next function. | | | | energy left over for your work and leisure. |