“Let Food be thy medicine and let medicine be thy food” was what Hippocrates believed and practiced in 431 B.C. It is wisdom passed down through time that is still true.
Health is actually the normal state of being. Dis ease is not a normal state of being, yet many of us today have or know someone who has Diabetes, cancer, heart disease, Alzheimer’s or many other diseases that are growing in number. It is time to take control of our health by eating for our health.
What we eat and drink is what become our blood and our cells as we digest it. Foods and liquids are the major contributor to making our body healthy or not.
When we are eating foods that are chemically produced, genetically engineered, processed, chemically fertilized, sprayed with pesticides, and dipped in color, wax and preservatives; we are giving poisons to the cells in our body. We need to go back to basics and start eating food that isn’t in a package, jar, can or from a fast food restaurant.
The healthiest foods to eat are organic fresh, raw fruits and vegetables. Although organic raw seeds, nuts, beans, legumes and grains are nutritionally rich as well, fruits and vegetables are the cleanest most efficient foods.
This gives the body the nutrients it needs to strengthen and run efficiently. When eating foods like this we are feeding the body on a deep cellular level.
This is really very simple; eat real whole fresh organic food that is not cooked or processed..
We are what we eat. Eat for your health and your body will love you for it.
For more information go to: http://www.organichealthylifestyle.com/
Friday, September 10, 2010
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
How Does Holistic Nutrition Contribute to my Health by Elizabeth Naylor
What is holistic nutrition and how does it contribute to my health? The definition of holistic is, "emphasizing the importance of the whole and the interdependence of its parts." This is generally seen in contrast to reductionism where the total system is taken apart and studied as individual units. A holistic approach to healing recognizes that the soul (emotions, mind and will), the spirit and the physical body are elements of a system, and attempts to treat the whole person, concentrating on the cause of the illness as well as symptoms.
The underlying premise of holistic nutrition is that our bodies have a design and part of that design is the ability to heal or self-regenerate for well over 100 years. It is a belief that aging brings change, but not rapid degeneration. Have hope, common degenerative health symptoms are not normal, just common. Holistic nutrition works within the design of the body to support your own healing mechanisms. This is done primarily through whole food nutrition, recognizing that we don't understand the synergistic way that the over 200 known nutrients can often cause problems. As you feed your body the building materials it needs, it gets back to the job of re-building you on a daily basis. This seems miraculous until we stop to consider that the quality of building materials is of critical importance to almost any system: computers, cars, airplanes, and yes, even you!
The underlying premise of holistic nutrition is that our bodies have a design and part of that design is the ability to heal or self-regenerate for well over 100 years. It is a belief that aging brings change, but not rapid degeneration. Have hope, common degenerative health symptoms are not normal, just common. Holistic nutrition works within the design of the body to support your own healing mechanisms. This is done primarily through whole food nutrition, recognizing that we don't understand the synergistic way that the over 200 known nutrients can often cause problems. As you feed your body the building materials it needs, it gets back to the job of re-building you on a daily basis. This seems miraculous until we stop to consider that the quality of building materials is of critical importance to almost any system: computers, cars, airplanes, and yes, even you!
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