Measuring Your Health by Your Density

Good Morning! This morning I went to Trader Joe's and and was reminded of the goodness in a freshly, fully-packed pantry.  The displays were full of abundance and life.  I walked out of there saying, "Always shop (for healthy food) on an empty stomach."Many people are not used to thinking of their bodies as a pantry. Your organs are not only for use but for storage.  I liken your body to many bank accounts that belong to one owner. The owner often borrows from one area to build another. Your muscular system, when not in use, is often called upon to give up resources to be used elsewhere. This is why someone in a traumatic accident or after a stroke will lose so much muscle tissue. The more nutrients you store, the more dense you become. When you have more fats and carbohydrates than you do nutrition and than you have need for them, you store these as fat.  Storing fat is good unless it becomes a burden and you are unable to use it.  The way to become dense is to choose nutrient rich foods and to do activities that use these nutrients.  You also must sleep for maintenance and repair. You can make your muscles more dense by use and your brain too.  All your organs can become more dense. You have heard that some people have "thicker skin!" You can even strengthen your emotions all by learning how to become more dense. The flip side of become dense is to become buoyant.  (I say this lightly.) Fat can be heavy, and it can become laden with waste and toxins, but it weighs less per cubic inch than organs and muscles.  We become buoyant when we lose nutritional density in our hormonal and other systems. The key to reversing excess fat, no matter whether it is due to overeating, diabetes, or some other disease, is to choose to become well-stocked and dense with nutrients. You can get the good nutrients you need to become nutrient dense by consuming substances that have lots of nutrients like spices, herbs, juices, fruits, sea and land vegetables, meats, and unrefined, quality oils. You must have good quality fats and oils to become nutrient dense.  (Who has room for processed foods when you are busy enjoying all the flavor and abundance in the real foods?)  You can take concentrated nutrients in externally using those same high quality oils, highest quality essential oils, spices, herbs, Epsom and other salts, kelp and much more. The key to "Maximizing quality in" is discerning and choosing what gives you the healthiest array of nutrients.