Healing Power Of Food – How Your Food Choices Affect Your Health

“Let your food be your medicine and let your medicine be your food”.  – Hippocrates

Your physical body from head to toe, inside and out is the product of what you eat and drink, in combination with sunlight, oxygen and sleep.

The purpose of food is to provide the RAW MATERIAL, (protein, carbohydrate, fat), and the ESSENTIAL NUTRIENTS, (vitamins, minerals, amino acids and essential fatty acids), you need to function properly.

An essential nutrient is a nutrient your body does not make and that you can’t be healthy without, which means essential nutrients come exclusively from food or supplementation.

Essential nutrients in your body are like essential fluid in a car. 

Without oil, transmission fluid, gas or brake fluid the car won’t run and without each of the essential nutrients, you won’t run very well either.

• Without enough magnesium you become a nervous wreck and are plagued with muscle cramps.
• Without enough vitamin B you become exhausted and your organs become less efficient.
• Without enough protein you’ll eventually grow so weak you can’t walk up a flight of stairs. 
• Without enough healthy essential fatty acids you’ll be plagued with high blood pressure, potential thyroid problems and constant aches and pains caused by inflammation.

Terrible health problems can develop over time as a result of eating nutritionally bankrupt foods that stress your system and give you no health benefit.

The key to having great health is simple;

1. Avoid things that harm your health, and;
2. Do things that improve your health.

Avoid Foods That Harm

Anything high in sugar or carbohydrates;

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because the sugar and carbs stimulate insulin and elevated insulin leads to obesity, high blood pressure, diabetes and more.

Any food containing chemicals and preservatives; because the chemicals stress your liver, burn up essential nutrients and cause your body to make fat.   Read the label.  If a food contains something you can’t pronounce, don’t eat it.

Any nutritionally empty food; because hunger is your body’s cry for nutrition.  If you answer the cry for nutrients with high-calorie, nutritionally empty food, you’ll gain weight and eventually wreck your health.

A regular diet of nutritionally empty foods will make you fat and destroy your health as sure as pouring sand in the gas tank would destroy a car’s engine.   If you value your health, avoid foods that harm and enjoy foods that heal.

Enjoy Foods That Heal

Any food naturally high in healthy omega 3 essential fatty acids; because omega 3’s have a powerful anti-inflammatory affect, and they promote heart health, brain health and good health throughout your entire body. 

Foods naturally high in omega 3 essential fatty acids include; cold-water fish, fresh nuts, especially walnuts, flax seed oil, olive oil green leafy vegetables and more.

Fresh green vegetables and fresh seasonal fruit; because these foods are LOADED with nutrition, naturally high in fiber, promote healthy blood pressure and are good for you in every way imaginable.  

• The phyto-nutrients, (plant nutrients) in fruits and vegetables are proven cancer fighters. 
• The natural source vitamin C is better than anything sold in a bottle.
• The essential nutrients in fruits and vegetables are highly bio-available, which means they get in your system and do you some good.

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Healing fruits and vegetables include;

• celery and cucumber, that naturally lower blood pressure within 10 minutes;
• fresh spinach and green leafy vegetables, which are richer in absorbable calcium than milk and excellent for maintaining healthy blood pressure;
• apples, which are bite-for-bite one of the most nutrient rich foods on earth;
• blueberries and blackberries which are so high in phyto-nutrients pharmaceutical are trying to make drugs that mimic their natural potency, and;
• almonds, pistachios, seeds and nuts because of the healthy fats, fiber and natural vitamin and mineral rich composition. 
• And MANY More…

Small servings of lean meat or chicken and, cold water fish; because these foods are LOADED with essential amino acids and vitamins and minerals that are highly biologically available, which means smal servings give you a tremendous nutritional boost.  

BOTTOM LINE

"Let your food be your medicine and let your medicine be your food."

REPLACE FOODS THAT HARM, like fast food, junk food, fried food, and anything high in sugar and carbohydrates WITH FOODS THAT HEAL, like fruit, vegetables, nuts, and so on,  and your health will improve. 

Give your body the nutrients it must have for optimal functioning and your health can’t not improve.   You will become healthier, stronger and more capable of enjoying life.

Losing weight and keeping it off is simple with good diet and nutrition.

Developing and maintaining healthy blood pressure, cholesterol and tryglyceride levels is simple with good diet and good essential  nutrition.

Replacing FOODS THAT HARM with FOODS THAT HEAL and you may be delighted with how good you feel.   The choice is yours… so choose wisely.

For information on a diet and nutrition based weight loss and health program visit; http://www.5StepsToOptimalHealth.com

 

Written by Dr. Russell J. Martino, Ph.D
The Voice Of Health
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