Stress is defined as a force exerted upon our bodies that tends to strain or deform us. This stress may impact on us mentally, emotionally or physically and thus contributes to the wear and tear of our bodies. The result is that we lose a significant amount of the joy of living and hasten our early demise.

Modern diets, whether conventional our alternative are a major contributor to our stress level. These diets require us to be consciously aware of our daily caloric intake to ensure that it does not exceed our daily metabolic output. This process requires vigilance twenty four hours per day, seven days per week indefinitely. It involves resisting the temptation for our favorite foods and the portion amount that we feel would give us full satisfaction. No wonder diets fail. You could consider the failure of diets as an attempt by our body to reduce stress. So which is worse, being obese or stressed. This may be the reason why fat is associated with jolly.

But we can be slim and jolly. What we need is a diet that shifts the burden of caloric balance from the domain of the conscious to the responsibility of the unconscious. This certainly will allow our minds to be relaxed at least in one area of our lives. The Sabbatical Diet only requires a single simple conscious decision daily to ensure complete caloric balance. By giving the unconscious mind the appropriate signal we are guaranteed a satisfactory regulation of our body fat while maximizing the body's healing potential and thus slowing aging. This diet also prevents and controls diabetes, high cholesterol and other chronic non-communicable diseases.

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