Eric Bakker here, coming back again, back to you.
Thanks for tuning in on the Naturopath from New Zealand.
I've got an interesting question here from a patient in the States, and this lady's asking,"
Eric, why do I crave chips and soda and pizzas and burgers and shit like that?"
Did I say shit?
Goodness.
I should've said crap.
"Why do I like that kind of junk?
I love this kind of junk.
You know, why do I like it?"
Well, in my experience, one of the key reasons, okay, you listening?
One of the key reasons why people like junk is because they develop a taste for it.
They get used to it, all right?
There are multiple mechanisms involved on stimulating the appetite, but it's like anything
else you do in your life.
It's all about habits.
Okay?
And I'm going to say it again and again and again, I've said this saying many times people
don't decide on their future.
They decide on their habits, and the habits will decide on the future for that person.
So if you habitually, okay, go to McDonald's and habitually buy the fries and the burger,
okay?
Habitually keep doing it, you're going to develop a taste for it.
It's going to be harder and harder and harder to come off.
To me it's like tobacco.
Once you develop a taste of cigarettes and you know you're on five or 10 a day, it's
damn difficult to come off that habit.
I smoked like a lot of people do.
I ate junk food like a lot of people do.
Do I like junk?
Not anymore.
I can take or leave fries.
I don't like that stuff anymore.
I used to love it.
I was highly stressed at one stage.
The higher the stress levels, the higher the sodium demand.
Sugar, salt and fat are the three key things that the takeout joints focus on because they
know that, all right?
Dr. Wilson, my dear friend, Dr. Wilson, the adrenal fatigue expert said to me once, he
said, "You know why they salt everything?
Goes back to the old roadhouse days," he said.
"They made their profit from alcohol," and then he said, so what they would do is they
would pour a lot of salt on food because they know that people will be drinking a lot more.
So there are tricks, some companies do oversalt food, but once you get a taste for high salt,
especially high salt and fat, you'll find it difficult to break that taste.
But slowly but surely when you start incorporating fresh ingredients into your diet, okay, the
taste diminishes.
It really does.
I now love sour things and bitter things.
I love them.
I like grapefruit.
So I enjoy...
I eat one big grapefruit a day.
Now, do I put sugar on it?
Nah, because I like that nice sour taste.
And my gut likes it too.
And my appetite likes it too.
It's control, all right?
So it's all about you controlling what goes in here.
Don't let other people tell you what you should eat, right?
You eat when you want to eat.
But the trick is to very slowly wean yourself off the junk and put fresh and fresh in.
So let's just say that you really like fries a lot.
You may want to substitute that for olives or some other kind of food with salt in it
because it's probably the salt that you're craving, right?
If you're a person who goes like that in the bottom of the chip packet or pretzels or likes
the bits of salt in something, it could often mean you've got some element of adrenal fatigue,
right?
Or you're stressed.
People who are stressed pee out sodium and they need sodium.
Now if you have a lot of issues with blood sugar dysregulation, going up and down all
the time, I find that very much also an adrenal issue.
Once you start understanding the concepts of eating good food, sleeping properly, okay,
and getting emotions under control, getting problems in your lifestyle ironed out, ie.
you're becoming a happier person, you will find that the mechanisms and the regulatory
control of your diet is so much more stable.
Try and fix the wonky thing in your life, and this stability will come.
Could be a bad relationship, could be a crappy living arrangement with some awful mother-in-law
or something.
Could be an awful boss, you need to fire these people, all right?
This makes all the difference.
Look at the mechanisms behind the appetite.
What's driving you to eat these foods, okay?
Got a glass of water here.
I'm going to pour it on the ground.
Now I'm mopping up the ground constantly, but I'm not looking where the source of the
water's coming from.
Doesn't it make sense to actually not tip the water out on the table?
Then I don't have to clean the mess up.
Cause and effect.
Think about that, okay?
That's what I'm trying to talk about here.
Now the problem is once you've been on this junk for a while, your tummy becomes junky.
The bacteria start calling out your name.
Kevin, I need more burgers.
Sally, we need more soda?
Joshua, where's that pizza and beer you promised me last week?
So the bacteria will call your name, okay?
They'll be telling you what they want.
They'll be controlling you.
Scientists are now working out bacteria call the shots.
Okay?
Now you cultivate those bacteria by what you eat every day.
Adele Davis, a famous natural medicine author wrote once that people dig their own graves
with their own teeth.
And it's literally what they do.
So let's not get into any grave digging at the moment for you guys out there, okay?
Get the bacteria right, right?
Now, you may need to take something in the interim to clean that gut up.
You know, you may need to take something with grapefruit seed extract in it or oregano or
something, just to get this gut clean and tidied up a little bit.
All right?
Once you get these baggers under containment here, control this micro-biome, getting rid
of the overgrowths and stabilize it with some natural products, you'll find it easier to
control the appetite.
You'll find it easier to lose weight.
You'll find it easier to become motivated because the bugs won't be calling your name
anymore.
Okay?
The bugs long gave up on me.
They were yelling at me years ago, but I never replied back.
I never gave them what they wanted.
It's under control now and now you know what I crave?
Guess what I crave?
Broccoli, Brussels sprouts, nice piece of fish, organic chicken, free range eggs.
I crave natural healthy food.
That's what I like.
And now when I sit down at a burger joint with a friend, I look at these people all
around me and I feel really sad for them, that they haven't learned to control these
appetites and desires.
You can do it too.
It's totally achievable.
Get the gut right, okay?
Get the attitude right.
Don't drive by these places and pull in.
Drive by a fresh produce place.
It makes all the difference in the world ,and it's a lot cheaper and better for your health,
which is typical Jewish thing my mother always said.
Cheaper and better, okay?
It can be you too.
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