Naturalman
Wellness Consultant
- Joined
- Feb 26, 2010
It seems to me that the matter of nutrition is both complex and personal. By that I mean this: We cannot assume that one size fits all. Just because a particular nutrient helps one person does not mean that it will help another, and may, in fact, be detrimental. In other words, in my opinion, concentrating on single nutrients is like trying to get from one place to another by walking a treadmill!
So, the anwer is whole foods, the way God (or if you don't believe in God, nature) designed it to be. The synergistic design of whole foods provides all we really need. By whole foods I mean foods that are whole.
A basic rule of thumb is, if it comes in a package, a carton, or a can, it is probably not a whole food. It has been altered in some way having been robbed of nutrients and then having had them synthetically added back in as if what God did in the first place can be bettered by human engineering.
Thing you might find in the periphery of your grocery store (but not always), you know, vegatables and fruits. Even the bread you buy is not real bread! Try this, let it set out for a few days. If it gets moldy it's not real bread! If it just turns hard it's probably more like the real thing.
Eat organic as much as possible. I'm not a vegan but I have learned to cut back on the meat products. Unless you're getting your dairy from an organic source your milk isn't really milk and your cheese isn't really cheese! If there are more ingredients than four or five, if there are words you cannot pronounce, if there is corn syrup, if there is asparteme or one of its synonyms, avoid it.
I could go on with the sugars and the preservatives and all that but you get the picture. Thanks for indulging me, we're all in this together!
So, the anwer is whole foods, the way God (or if you don't believe in God, nature) designed it to be. The synergistic design of whole foods provides all we really need. By whole foods I mean foods that are whole.
A basic rule of thumb is, if it comes in a package, a carton, or a can, it is probably not a whole food. It has been altered in some way having been robbed of nutrients and then having had them synthetically added back in as if what God did in the first place can be bettered by human engineering.
Thing you might find in the periphery of your grocery store (but not always), you know, vegatables and fruits. Even the bread you buy is not real bread! Try this, let it set out for a few days. If it gets moldy it's not real bread! If it just turns hard it's probably more like the real thing.
Eat organic as much as possible. I'm not a vegan but I have learned to cut back on the meat products. Unless you're getting your dairy from an organic source your milk isn't really milk and your cheese isn't really cheese! If there are more ingredients than four or five, if there are words you cannot pronounce, if there is corn syrup, if there is asparteme or one of its synonyms, avoid it.
I could go on with the sugars and the preservatives and all that but you get the picture. Thanks for indulging me, we're all in this together!