Saturday, March 23, 2013

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.

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