I’m sure you have heard the question
do you live to eat or eat to live? It is a very good question to ask
yourself. Why do I say this? Because what you eat, with the exception
of what you think, probably affects your life more than anything else
that you do.
Think about this.
Our body has approximately 60 trillion cells that make up our tissues, glands, organs, bones and skin. Old cells are constantly dying while new ones are being created. It is said that in one year we have nearly all new cells. What does the body use for the raw materials to make new cells? It can only use what we feed it: oxygen, water and food. The food we eat is the raw material our body uses to regenerate itself. As with any construction the finished product will only be as strong, as functional and as aesthetic as the materials used to build it.
Therefore we can conclude if we want
to build a healthy, good looking, long lasting body we should use the
best quality food available. The food with the highest nutritional value,
with the highest amount of potential energy is what I call real food.
Real Food
Real food is what is grown by Mother
Nature, organic vegetables, fruits, nuts & seeds, whole grains,
and animal products made from healthy animals raised in their natural
environment. These organic products have the highest amount of the nutrients
that our bodies require to be healthy and energetic. They are best eaten
raw when possible as cooking destroys some of the nutrients.
Example
Lets say you want to build a storage
shed in your back yard. However, like most people treat what they eat;
you don’t want to spend much money or time building it. So you use
the cheapest scrap building materials and quickly throw together a storage
shed. Now it doesn’t look to good, its not to functional and when
the first big storm comes along it falls apart. This is just like most
people’s body that have been fed a poor diet of mostly processed junk
foods.
How Successful Do You Want to Be?
To be highly successful in anything in
life, you need lots of energy and a strong body/mind. Therefore your
success in life is directly related to your level of health and your
level of health is directly related to the quality of food that you
eat.
We generally need to eat several times
everyday just to stay alive not to mention to produce energy. Doesn’t
it make sense to learn all we can about something that we have do regularly
and that’s so important to our life?
Recommendation
I highly recommend you educate yourself
on what, where, when and how’s of healthy eating. There are
many good books available and articles on the internet. If possible
consult with a healthy healthcare practitioner to help you with your
personal eating plan.