How ATP
Is Made
Our oxidative system converts food into energy in two cycles:
|
Anaerobic
Glycolysis Cycle
|
Aerobic
Krebs Cycle
|
| in the cell’s watery area
(its cytoplasm) |
in the mitochondria (organelles
or energy factories in each cell) |
| To make energy
molecules called ATP, first the carbohydrates (glucose in graphic), fats
(fatty acids) and proteins (amino scids) we eat are broken down into a
form of acetic acid called acetyl CoA. |
| Then acetyl
CoA passes on into the Krebs Cycle. |
| The
Krebs Cycle functions at its best only when it gets the right number of
acetyl CoA molecules from Carbohydrates, the right number from Fats, and
the right number from Proteins. |
| If Krebs gets
too many – or too few – CoA’s from carbohydrates, in relation to the CoA’s
it’s getting from fats and proteins, then your energy levels drop and you
feel worse. |
| Conversely,
if you eat right for your Krebs, you enjoy a contented feeling of well-being.
You’re full and satisfied. |
Problems
in Production of ATP Energy
The problem occurs in our first cycle – the glycolysis cycle. When a molecule
of glucose enters a cell to be used for energy, it’s grabbed by an enzyme
in the cell’s fluids that’s working for the glycolysis cycle. This begins
the breakdown of glucose into acetyl CoA.
|
Slow
Oxidizers
|
Fast
Oxidizers
|
| Glycolysis cycle is slow
– you have fewer enzymes working more slowly |
Glycolysis cycle is quick
– you have more enzymes working at top speed |
| As
a result, too little acetyl CoA from glucose, and too much acetyl CoA from
fats and proteins |
You
get the opposite, too much acetyl CoA from glucose, and too little acetyl
CoA from fats and proteins |
| Need
more Carbohydrates to compensate for slower production |
Need
fewer Carbohydrates to slow down production |
| Tendency to be alkaline |
Tendency to be acid |
| Eat low protein, 30-35%
of diet; high carbohydrate, 55-60%; and low fat, 10-15% |
Eat high protein, 50-55%
of diet; low carbohydrate, 30-35%; and medium fat, 20-25% |
| Fruits + vegetables
are helpful because their acid direction in the oxidative-dominant person
will balance your constitutional tendency to alkaline; so all fruits, vegetables
and undiluted raw juices are good for you; and all grains; natural sweeteners
like raw honey, or maple syrup and brown rice syrup (these syrups are cooked);
yogurt from rice milk or soya milk is good (yogurt turns cooked milk into
a raw food) although in time machine milk and animal milk is best limited
or eliminated |
Excess fruit
+ vegetables in relation to nuts + beans will make you more acidic; you
benefit from nut and seed milks, avocado, spirulina, and pulses (sprouted
soya, lentil, mung and other beans); also eat foods high in purines (chlorella,
brewer’s yeast, bee pollen); minimize foods high on glycemic index, e.g.
rice cakes, wheat and potatoes; vegetables are good low G.I.; minimize
sweet fruits (bananas, grapes) and dried fruits, and dilute all juices
except high-protein green drinks |
| Mixed oxidizers
need medium protein, 40-45% of diet; medium carbohydrate, 40-45%; and medium
fat, 15-20%. Tendency to be optimal pH 7.46. |
When to
Eat for Best Energy
We circle through three cycles a day in harmony with the sun’s passage
– our circadian rhythms:
-
Cleansing and elimination cycle from 4am to 12 noon
-
Digestion from noon to 8pm, so best to eat main meal between noon and six,
and
-
Assimilation cycle is 8pm to 4am, that’s when our cells do their repair
work.
If you want fewer wrinkles, get more sleep! Cells can’t renew at night
if you’re busy flogging them to keep you going.
And drink alkaline water
for its billions of anti-oxidants. They help to stop the free radical chain
reactions that cross-link proteins in our skin cells, causing them to wrinkle. |
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