My Body Sings HALLELUJAH for Protein!

For the last 5 days, I have been eating eggs for breakfast - prepared at home. And for the first time in MONTHS, I feel back to Normal. I finally feel re-stabilized in my energy field. My body feels like it has finally returned to a state of balance & homeostasis after months of feeling spacey, ungrounded, foggy, & depleted - which all contributed to feeling emotionally withdrawn & depressed. I've been feeling energetically & emotionally lacking all summer long, which was mirrored by experiencing financial lack and depletion on the material level. And now, after eating eggs for five mornings in a row, I feel pleasantly satiated, stable, & grounded - a deep feeling of well-being and peace is emanating from within my core. I am so happy to finally no longer feel spacey, that feeling grounded and energized is almost like the perfect state of a 'high' because I feel so energetically centered.Most of the last 6 months, I've been eating a predominately vegetarian diet. While living at the Kipuka temple in Hawaii, we had no meat on the premises, and ate mostly things like greens, salads, beans, homemade hummus, rice & quinoa, fruit, eggs intermittently, and morning smoothies with superfoods. It was very rare that I partook of scant amounts of meat - mostly fish or chicken - at restaurants while in Hawaii - and I ate very tiny amounts of bread. I loved the way I felt on that diet, I felt very clear about my realization that I need to have lots of sunlight and eat lots of vegetables and greens straight out of the garden, but I was rather spacey.When I returned to the mainland, arriving back in Portland, all of the sudden I immediately started consuming bread products, quite regularly - and I was no longer making my own food most of the time - as I was going out to restaurants. My energy began to crash. This combined with the feeling that I wasn't happy back on the mainland and I was not feeling financially supported on the mainland, just barely scraping by. I grew quite depressed and spent most of my time on the computer - being hired to build websites for others - which I realized caused me to feel even more spacey and ungrounded and energetically depleted, and it was causing difficulties with my eyesight. I also lived in a strict vegetarian household, and was not permitted to bring any meats of any kind into the house - so I could not prepare my own healthy meat meals, and I felt very guilty every time I prepared eggs (which was infrequent) - because my friend was uncomfortable with them.All summer long, and during my time in Hawaii, I grew accustomed to eating granola or chia seed cereals for breakfast, combined with various superfoods - such as Goji Berries, Golden Inka Berries and Cacao Nibs, and eating it with Kefir. I thought this was a healthy and affordable breakfast option, but over the course of the summer, I've been feeling super depleted and spacey, despite eating "superfoods." I thought to myself: well, I'm not drinking alcohol regularly, I'm not drinking coffee at all, I'm not smoking ganja, I'm drinking green tea every day - what is causing this chronic state of spaciness and depletion?There was one day in particular in late July or early August, in which I woke up completely exhausted, could not wake up all day long, it was probably over 90 degrees that day, I ate a chia seed breakfast with kefir, drank tea, and felt completely spacey and out of my body all day long. Finally, the heat was getting to me, as was my mind - which was spinning with depression and feeling that I was totally screwed in life - so I went down to the river and began bathing in the river. While at the river, I prayed and asked for help figuring out what to do to feel better. I immediately received an intuitive guidance to go "eat red meat." So, after bathing and doing my QiGong practice in the sunlight, I went out to a restaurant and ordered a Taco with Carne - Beef. I immediately felt "back to normal." I finally felt re-stabilized.In the month since, I've been so excited about red meat. I've been eating Buffalo, Beef and Lamb several times a week - whereas before, I only ate it once a month, if that often - sometimes going long stretches of time without eating any red meat of any kind. Typically, over the years I've been more prone to choose Fish or Tempeh. I went years not eating any red meat of any kind - and definitely never steak or beef, as I held a stigma to it. I related beef to hamburgers, and related hamburgers to McDonald's, and McDonald's to my childhood of growing up eating fast food, Tuna Helper & Cheezits, and related my childhood to depression & being unhealthy. For a years as an adult, the only red meat I ate was lamb, and that was still very rare and a special occasion. Several years ago, I went to visit my Chinese Medicine doctor in Portland, and he prescribed me to eat Red Meat several times a week, and Cucumbers and Seaweed. I immediately resisted and balked at his suggestion to eat red meat several times a week. But that night, due to his suggestion, I ate an amazing organic hamburger with a seaweed salad & cucumbers, and it was amazing.A week ago, I moved out of the house with my friend - the strict Vegetarian - and have been staying with a different friend who is vegetarian but friendly to eggs. So, I've been splurging on eating eggs for breakfast every single day - not once have I desired to eat the Chia Seeds & Superfoods & Kefir breakfast. And yes, I have been feeling amazing since then. I have been absolutely LOVING my egg breakfasts, and the green tea that I drink in the morning. And it provides a solid feeling of energetic stability that lasts for hours - sometimes up to 9 hours of feeling energized without feeling spacey, exhausted or hungry. When it is time to prepare the next meal, I haven't been so famished, depleted & starving immediately prior to eating.So, this is really putting in perspective a whole new shift in my thinking - which is about the need to eat meat and animal based proteins. Because, I still eat tempeh & beans regularly, but I never get the same feeling of HALLELUJAH from my body, the way I feel when I'm eating meat or eggs. Years ago, I read some of the crucial information in "The Tao of Health, Sex and Longevity" - a Taoist perspective of building longevity of the body through sexual cultivation, herbs, eating specific diets, QiGong and food combining. One of the tenets of food combining in the Taoist perspective is to never combine meat with carbohydrates, such as Bread. It suggested eating Beef with vegetables & greens. This has always made sense to me on an intuitive level, which is why after my Chinese medicine doctor prescribed me red meat, I began making Steak with Broccoli and steamed greens - and last year I prepared Lamb with kelp noodles, avocado, Broccoli & sauteed mushrooms. These kinds of Red Meat dishes, combined with vegetables & Avocado (fats) seemed to make the most sense to me.In fact, it was right around this time that I met Cedar, also a Chinese Medicine man genius, whose basic diet that he prescribed to All his patients was: Meat (Red or Fish or Chicken - whatever), with Fats (such as Avocado), Steamed / Cooked vegetables & Raw Greens (such as a Salad.) His ideal meal would be: A piece of salmon steak, a big salad, half an avocado, and some steamed broccoli & beets. He suggested to avoid eating all carbohydrates, especially bread, but he tended towards avoiding even rice, and would suggest to eat very limited quantities of Quinoa (his only preferred grain / carb.)When I was in Massage School, we were taught that all foods convert to Glucose, and the glucose breaks down into ATP which is what feeds every cell in our body. So literally, everything we eat breaks down into glucose (a sugar) - but what is important is the rate in which the food breaks down into glucose and feeds our body. Protein breaks down more slowly into glucose, and provides a longer lasting period of energy absorption into the bloodstream that is more stable. Whereas, anything with sugar - and that includes Fruits - breaks down fast and is absorbed fast - which is why with sugar-based foods, there is an immediate spike and a subsequent crash. Which was corroborated by Cedar's dietary suggestion.Another one of my lady friends, an Acupuncturist, Cranial Sacral therapist, Herbalist & Doula - who also studied Chinese Medicine - advocated the protein rich diet, filled with greens and veggies, with zero bread as well. And she has always been - in my eyes - one of the most solid, grounded, dependable, easy to trust & communicate with Sisters. So, multiple healer friends have independently confirmed & supported this diet. And, my body LOVES this kind of meal, I totally prefer a meal with meat, fats, veggies & greens. It feels like the most ideal diet to my body. Which is why I'm beginning to look at the Vegetarian / Vegan diet as some kind of mind over matter, philosophical trip gone wild, that isn't Grounded in the reality of the Body. And it seems to me to be sourced in India & Asia in cultures where enlightened / holy people ate vegetarian diets - which was supportive of people not really being "in their body."That's not to say that we don't need to eat lots of vegetables! I love vegetables and plant-based foods. I just think it needs an integration with meats and fats, at least for me. I will always love eating broccoli and beets and squash and steamed greens and salads. It's crucial, and in our modern American society, most people are eating meat with bread or potatoes, without any fiber, without any vegetables, and it's not home-made, it's not local, it's filled with hormones and pesticides and often High Fructose Corn Syrup, stripped of all nutritional value, and causes disease. I think more Americans need to eat vegetables and more importantly: Americans need to learn how to listen to their own bodies and how to prepare their own healthy foods that are appropriate for them.I will never forget my first experimental phase of becoming a Vegetarian while I was in college. It was during my Freshman and Sophomore years of college, and I completely quit eating all meats - and instead ate pizza and sandwiches. My diet became largely carbohydrate based. I drank cheap coffee first thing in the morning, loaded with sugar. And I would get this really fast energy spike, followed by an intense crash and lethargy that would last several hours in the afternoon. I would arrive at my 2pm class feeling like I was hung-over, and hardly able to keep an eye open during class. Over the years, I had to learn that I needed to eat alternative vegetarian proteins - such as Tofu, Tempeh & Beans - and vegetables - in order to stay healthy as a vegetarian. But nobody told me this when I first became a vegetarian. I just thought it equated to eating "no meat." Over the years since college, I have sought to stay as far away as possible from that phase in my culinary life of eating sugars and carbs and being spacey. Because I have realized that I really don't enjoy being spacey and ungrounded - it's detrimental to my ability to be motivated and focused. And it's funny because I'm the sort of person that when people first meet me, based upon appearances, people just assume that I'm either Vegan or Vegetarian - and people often respond with shock when they discover that I eat meat.Recently I had two girlfriends who ate red meat for the first time in a very long time, and both of them had intensely ecstatic reactions. One friend hadn't eaten red meat since being a teenager - so it had been over 15 years for her, and she'd been mostly a Vegan / Raw Foodist for most of her adult life. She ate steak recently and described the experience as orgasmic, with waves of ecstasy washing over her for a half hour, and the most incredible surges of energy that were unbelievable. She wept. My other friend called me last night in a completely ecstatic, freaked out state, after having eaten a steak for the first time in 20 years. She said that until this last year, she'd been a Vegan. And in this last year, she'd only eaten fish, and very infrequently. So it came as a complete shock to her when her body told her to eat red meat, and when she did, she went completely orgasmic, saying it felt like she was on Ecstasy.This says to me that our bodies have a biological NEED to eat meat, that it surpasses the philosophical / mental concept of not-eating-meat because we don't want to harm animals. More than a hundred years ago, there was a man named Weston Price, who went around the world documenting the traditional diets of indigenous communities - before their diets were influenced & tampered with the modern Western diets. I have not heavily studied his research, but from what I gather - the indigenous communities he researched all ate meat, all ate fermented foods, all used Butter or Lard, all ate fermented and raw milks (including Goat and non-cow milks), and some included grains such as Millet or Quinoa. Vegetables were used in their diets, but not as much. They were healthy, their bones and teeth were strong. Only after the induction of sugar, breads and alcohol into their diets, did the health of these communities begin to suffer dramatically.Since then, the Weston Price foundation has promoted a diet of: animal-based proteins - including eggs, Raw & Fermented Dairy products (unpasteurized & local), fermented foods, bone-broth soup, Butter, Olive Oil, Good Fats - such as Avocado, Honey or Maple Syrup for sugar, Vegetables (cooked & in salads), enzyme rich foods, and in general - foods that will spoil (as in food that has not been processed to remain on the shelf indefinitely). (see: http://www.westonaprice.org/abcs-of-nutrition/162-dietary-guidelines.html )More and more, I look at Vegetarianism and Veganism as the philosophical product of Civilization that is disconnected from the Earth and natural rhythms. Native Americans ate deer and buffalo; that makes sense to me. Vegans never existed in traditional societies. Our ancestors ate heavy foods, and thus it's healthy for us to eat this because it is what humans have been eating for a gazillion years. We are not meant to eat food out of boxes, pastries, or any heavily processed foods - such as Tofu, McDonald's or Tuna Helper. It's unnatural. More and more, I think that true health is only possible when we're in tune and resonant with the Earth and with the Earth frequencies, which means living naturally. And living naturally for many hundreds of thousands of years has been to eat wild game; it keeps us Interwoven with the Circle of Life - being Vegan takes us out of the circle of life. This is not to say that I don't love and enjoy healthy, vegan vegetable-centric foods & raw foods - but not as a lifestyle, not as a permanent thing, not as something that I will ever adhere to.My body wants meat and eggs, and very little sugar. That's what makes my body happiest. And that is why my choices for my health come not from external systems, but from internally listening to what my body agrees with; what supports the felt sensation of energetic vibrancy.

My Current Favorite Egg Breakfast Recipe:

Pull out the skillet, put in some oil... Chop up: Half a Portobello, Several big pieces of Kale, Half a Zucchini or Squash. Get some kind of Goats milk cheese, chop it up. prepare 2 eggs in a bowl and stir them up before putting them in the pan.Sautee down the portobello first, with spices (cumin, black pepper, tamari) Oil & Water - COVER with a Lid. After that, throw in the zucchini, and once that's done, then throw in the chopped up Kale (steam the kale down until it's wilted..) once all that's cooked and melted down (keep it still green, not over-cooked) - then toss in the eggs. Cover with lid. Stir it up... Cover. Then once the eggs are cooked... I tend towards cooked half-way or a little more than half way.. I like them still very soft. Then I throw in the Goats Milk cheese at the very end and stir in and cover with a lid. At this point, the heat is off. And I let it sit for a minute.Then, once it's done, I either put that on a bed of Kelp Noodles with Chopped up Avocado, or I use a sprouted-wheat Tortilla shell (warmed up)- and put the egg mixture onto the noodles or onto the tortilla, and cover it with homemade salsa and some Olive Oil.Pretty fantastically delicious!