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TheBeard
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I notice that with no starch I don’t feel the same drive to engage and succeed in my world. I seek the avoidance of energy expenditure, almost as if I’m subsisting in a state of continual stress avoidance. This keeps me stress free and so somewhat healthy, but it is no way a recipe for a good life. And the second stress comes, which is an inevitable facet of our existence, I’m reaching for whatever sugar sources I can pound in my body to help deal with it.
Contrast this with the starch fueled state, and I’m willing to seek out and even purposely subjugate myself to what would typically be considered stress so that I can grow and develop as a human being. I think it’s important to consider that a diet should not just be for the healing and prevention of disease, but also support the active growth and development of the individual.
It’s tough to get the recipes right. Foods are very rarely good in their isolation and have to be combined with intentionally selective other foods to become an acceptable and nourishing meal. Everything else has to be combined, starch, fruit veggies, fats, proteins, salt, sugar etc... if the body is to receive the full range of benefits proper nourishment can offer and also prevent negative outcomes from isolated food consumption.
That's exactly because...starch puts you in that stressed state, via higher endotoxin.