Eating For Beauty

My Wellness Counts Rating system: GREEN HEARTS 

on a scale of 1 - 5

*   GREEN because we all need more green veggies in our life

*   HEARTS because great health begins with love

Rating David Wolfe’s Eating For Beauty:   4 / 5

      

1). This is a book about “tools not rules”, leading one to achieve physical beauty through inner cleanliness.  Physical beauty in this book does not mean perfection, but rather describes a process by which one can begin to experience clean skin, shiny hair, strong nails, bright eyes, and an outer glow through proper digestion, assimilation and elimination.

2). David introduces new readers to Electromagnetism and Kirlian Photography – illustrating the fact that foods, specifically raw foods, have an aura of vibrant energy invisible to the naked eye.

3). Simple Shifts Work.  Adding in nutrient-rich raw foods on a consistent basis can controls one’s destiny.  A strong advocate of raw, plant-based nutrition, David quotes Michael Klaper as saying: 

“There is absolutely no nutrient, no protein, no vitamin, no mineral, that we know of that can’t be obtained from plant-based foods.”  

Further to quoting Dr. Klaper, one cannot help but be moved by the life David leads, true to this philosophy and filled with what seems to be a super-human type of energy, David Wolfe is indeed a guru of raw food nutrition at its finest.

4). David Wolfe examines and discusses several key nutritional elements such as enzymes, oils, animal fats, proteins, detoxification, the acid-alkaline balance, mineral density, water, yoga, supplements, poetry, recipes, exercise, lifestyle, self-care, and superfoods!

5). David challenges the reader to live life, not just by existing but rather by exploring the depth of their own, internal human potential.  Finding inner beauty comes from consistently combining all the right elements that nature has to offer and designing a life of gratitude and cleanliness, splendor and abundance.

He quotes Eckhart Tolle by noting: 

“Beauty arises in the stillness of your presence . . . Beyond the beauty of external forms, there is more here: something that cannot be named, something ineffable, some deep, inner, holy essence.  Whenever and wherever there is beauty, this inner essence shines through somehow.”

Spring Into Health

We make decisions daily by choosing food that is either healthy for us or harmful to us. Food influences everything. 

The better you feed yourself, the better you feel.

Unfortunately, so much of what is available to us today in terms of nutrition, is not really even considered “food”. 

It’s not healthy, it is not nourishing, and a lot of it is not real.

Think about it – with the vast accessibility we have to grocery stores in America we also happen to be the sickest and the fattest nation in the world.

The food industry doesn’t make our job as consumers easy.  Have you ever noticed that unhealthy foods are cheaper and more accessible than healthy foods?  

Why is it easier to buy sugary, processed snacks rather than local, organic produce?  Why is it if you walk into a McDonalds with $5 you can either buy 5 hamburgers or 1 salad?

Health seems to be dictated by value not quality!

A marketplace saturated with low-quality food, conflicting dietary advice, and a population of sick, overweight people is the result of such confusion. And many people turn to prescription drugs to fix their poor health.  

For some reason, we are conditioned to think that taking a pill out of a bottle will make us feel better.

But wait: there is another answer!

Plant foods have special molecules called phytonutrients which can actually turn on and off our DNA to help prevent disease as well as heal acute (short-term) sickness.  

We don't generally think that fresh vegetables and fruit count toward healing.  

But it's true, food is the most powerful drug we have. 

Therefore, eating a diet rich in plant foods over time can prevent disease and enhance health.

So, really consider what quality and choice of food you are feeding your body.  Please pay attention to what you eat and how it feels in your body; get to know your healing foods.  

You will find that food offers much more than calories.  

It offers your ticket to a nutritious, long, and healthy life.