EVERYDAY HEALTH – The Cold Hard Truth

According to a 2015 report from a federal advisory panel on nutrition, about half of all-American adults have at least one preventable, chronic disease related to diet and lack of physical activity.

In addition, 37 percent of women are obese, and another 30 percent are overweight. The situation is not new. Many medical practitioners and the public at large are finally acknowledging what the natural healing community has known for ages:

A good diet can not only promote health, but also prevent disease.

Today it is customary to talk about how food choices affect overall well-being and help ward off heart problems, cancer, diabetes, stroke, osteoporosis, depression, and myriad other ailments. Most people are also aware that a healthy diet can decrease the risk of disease by reducing predisposing conditions such as obesity, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol.

Eating a balanced diet is the most effective way to ensure that our bodies receive the nutrients we need.

Unfortunately, the typical American diet does not meet many of the requirements for good health. Part of the problem relates to the types and proportions of foods people eat. Just as important to our health is how the foods are grown and processed as they make their way to our grocery shelves and kitchen tables.

Eating properly means:

1. Selecting unprocessed or minimally processed foods.
2. You want to avoid pesticides, dyes, and wax coatings.
3. Adjusted to include more complex carbohydrates.
4. Fewer proteins, and less fat.
5. Consuming a wide assortment of whole grains, legumes, vegetables, fruits, nuts, and seeds supplies multiple nutrients.
6. Supplements are always necessary (Green Stuff, Energy Stuff, Red Stuff and more).
7. Juices from watermelons, raspberries, pomegranates, and tomatoes are filled with phytochemicals that help repair DNA and prevent cancer.

We should be thinking about our diets as part of our daily health routines.

There are six major groups of nutrients:

1. carbohydrates
2. fats
3. proteins
4. vitamins
5. minerals
6. And water.

You need all of these nutrients every day. How much you require depends on your health as well as your energy needs. Along with an understanding of these basic nutrients, you also need to be aware of the air you breathe, the balance of enzymes in your body, and the function of antioxidants in helping your body to combat disease and degenerative processes.

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