Did you eat according to your genes

Everyone has their own idea of how to eat. Some people just don't care and will consume as much junk food, genetically modified food, and processed food as the supermarkets offer. Although they may not want to expand their choices, this article will also benefit them for when that moment of change arrives.

To step outside the system takes courage; it means that you want to be yourself, you want to love that "inner you" whatever the consequences. What I've noticed is that the consequences are beyond what we could imagine, because the aura of the true self is far more attractive than the aura of someone who is living through their socially conditioned behaviour patterns.

So for those of you who are awake and interested you may like to know that our eating patterns are very individual and just because your friend wants you to eat only "raw food, vegan or vegetarian" doesn't mean that you have to do the same, especially if it doesn't feel right for you. Most of us have no idea what our personal genetic diet is because we have become so homogenised that we prefer to stay with what is familiar to us even though it may not be healthy. Remember that wonderful moment in the film 'Shirley Valentine' when her husband is upset because his tea isn't ready at exactly 6 o'clock?


A large proportion of humanity is here literally to respond to life. By listening to that inner body response mechanism, which comes in the form of a non-verbal "uh-huh" (yes) or "unh-unh" (no) this genetic group will always have a successful life. It is when they don't respond that life becomes a struggle, because they are doing what is not right for them. They are following inappropriate social conventions which they believe make them nice people or better citizens. There is so much propaganda and misinformation to support them to do what is not right for them! The mind is so easily led down the wrong path. By finding that place of fearlessness we don't get involved with inappropriate behaviour or the struggle. We are guided by our body responses, the instincts and the intuitions, instead of our mind which can only measure, never decide. It can only give you information, from which the body can make the final decision. If you know your genetic decision making strategy, then this is a reminder to keep practising it!

Listening to the body is important to remember when using your genetic dietary regimen. If you don't know how to listen to the body telling you what food it loves, then you are already off to a bad start. Either your nutritionist will give you their idea of a diet, or your mind will be busy creating the latest offering from Nigella, Jamie or the current TV chef, but is it what your body really wants? Even when I write my own recipes for this newsletter, I am sharing what I love. There are certain body types who I know I am excluding in all my recipes. These are the ones who need to eat only individual ingredients, instead of a dish created from a variety of ingredients. They should even eat their salt separately, taking a pinch of salt every now and then, perhaps as they pass through the kitchen. These people have the original caveman type of system and their taste buds are highly sensitive. They can taste the subtleties of flavour in everything they eat. They also need to do things singly in their lives. They do each job separately and complete that before they start another. We are not all like that - I tend to have a number of jobs on the go so I can do what I am in the mood for in any moment!

Knowing our own dietary regimen will transform the way we eat our meals and live our lives. Eating will become more personal and less socially interactive. For some people high energy and an interesting group of people will transform the way they digest their food, making it highly digestible. This body type needs the nervous input from the outside to stimulate the digestive enzymes which are more sluggish than in other types.

For others eating alone is essential. If they are invited out to a dinner at someone's home or a restaurant, these people have a meal first and then go for a coffee or a drink to join in with the party. A party and food just do not support their metabolism. Yet we all think that what we eat is more important than how we eat.

Of course what we eat is important. Go back a few decades. What did we eat back then? We had food that was naturally grown, without pesticides; food that was organic, nutritious and grown in soil that was rich in minerals. We were able to grow much of our own food and pick a great deal from common land. Now there are very few foods that are easily available - ones that we can find on a walk in the countryside. We have to go to the unspoilt areas where the old established plants are still growing to find natural herbs.

If we remember to use the right kinds of food and to avoid the ready-made mass produced, genetically modified food that has additives ranging from human hair to beetle dung and bio-engineered canola oil (rapeseed oil) which was never meant for human consumption, then it really doesn't matter what we eat as long as it suits our genetic eating patterns.

Modern nutritionists have given wheat and dairy a bad name, and there are certain genetic cultures that can't digest dairy, such as the Chinese. But when the spleen is weak it cannot properly digest wheat and dairy. So what do these nutritionists say - "No one should eat wheat and dairy - everyone needs to cut those two out of their diet." Really all they need to do is find ways of supporting the spleen to heal. Unpasteurised milk is highly nutritious, as are the more digestible types of wheat that have not been engineered to produce two crops a year, for instance French wheat and spelt wheat. So don't read the ingredients on the label - instead use your own raw materials from scratch. Even bread has some interesting additives that are used in small enough quantities not to have to be put on the label. Most of the supermarket deli items and all the Indian and Chinese ready packaged meals are now made with rapeseed oil and so are most of the ready-made mayonnaises. Over time rapeseed oil can cause brain damage. We don't eat the plant, and bees tend to avoid taking pollen from the flowers.

Make more space in your life to be able to do what supports life itself. Working long hours to earn enough money is not something I see as life supporting. It undermines your real life. Even if you love what you do, if you don't give yourself enough time to honour what you eat, then you are not supporting the body. You are buying into the idea that money is more important. Explore the lifestyles of other nations. The English speaking countries are the most stressed and dysfunctional of all people. We seek out more therapy than the rest of the population put together. Graeme and I grew up in Asia and we experienced other lifestyles which are culturally rich, diverse, and less conditioned to be socially homogenised.

Let's honour our differences, dare to change, and find our real selves instead. Your mind can take a back seat, and the body can be your real guide.

By:Phylipa Dinnen