PARTICIPANTS at the 4th Allure Vanguard Women on Wellness, WOW, seminar,
got a shocker recently when they learnt that foods eaten after 8.00pm,
were essentially poisonous to their body systems.
But the
Guest speaker at the seminar, erudite Professor of Anatomy and
Reproductive Endocrinologist, Dr Oladapo Ashiru, who dropped the
bombshell counselled Nigerians and everyone in general, to endeavour to
eat their meals before 8.00 pm, in order to maintain good health and
avoid undue strain and stress to their digestive systems.
“Any
food eaten after 8.00pm is poison, as the intestine shuts down after
8.00 pm. You should try to eat before 8.00 pm to avoid accumulation of
undigested foods that are harmful to the organs,” Ashiru noted.During
the event, held at the Pearl Crown Hotel, Parkview, Ikoyi, Lagos,
Ashiru, in his presentation entitled
“Defying Age”, observed that the
ideal way to go was to eat slowly, chew well and drink water 30 minutes
to one hour after meals to allow the food be digested in its real state
as water dilutes the nutrients.
“People often violate the rules
of the body when they do not follow the law of nature. While it is
natural that foods eaten should not go into the digestive system,
swallowing our foods straight without chewing deprives the food from
being broken down.
“Too much food and undigested food, lead to
fermentation and subsequently, decay which eventually leads to other
problems, as undigested foods poison the body and it shows in the skin.
Advocating that “we must only supply the body what it can take”, he said
the intestine is the root system of the human body that is responsible
for the most common cause of systemic damage.
Listing factors
responsible for promotion of ill health and aging, he mentioned food
intake, environmental factors, such as diesel, gasoline, automobile
fumes and radiators, as well as air pollution often caused by
refineries, industries, waste.
But as a factor that causes aging, Ashiru singled out bad eating habit and food incompatibility as knotty problems.
He
frowned at the adoption of foreign lifestyle and penchant for foreign
foods. He discouraged the mode of preparation and manner of serving food
at public parties, describing the trend as unhygienic.
Calling
for introduction of food regulators, Ashiru highlighted the Mayr
method which he said proves that by fasting, known as modern Mayr
medicine, diagnosis can be made as most illnesses are traceable to the
intestine.
He advocated for a Mayr therapy- a therapy that entails a re-orientation of eating habits and lifestyle.
“To
cleanse the system, a manual abdominal treatment can be carried out to
cleans the intestine, blood and fluid and consequently reduces pain, he
said, while proposing that everyone should do an ASYRA test, do a 3-10
day detox procedure or intestinal cleansing. “These along with removal
of environmental poisons will help regenerate and renew life,” he
argued.
Editor, Allure Vanguard, Mrs. Remi Diagbare said the
essence of the seminar was to enable participants make healthy
lifestyle choices. “We are often so wrapped up in fashion and style that
we forget that lifestyle is an important part of well-being. So we need
to promote healthy lifestyle and that is what we are doing,” she said.
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