What do I mean by whole foods?

You may be wondering what I mean by whole foods. It certainly is not a new concept, after all we have been eating whole foods throughout the centuries. It's just that today we cook, process, genetically engineer, modify and change our food in many different ways. For example when we cook our foods we leach out the nutients from the food into the water. That's why it is much better to steam our vegetables, so we do not loose these important nutrients. Steaming them until they are a bright color and still have a little crunch to them leaves some of the nutrients there for our bodies to use.

Raw foods are best for us. I'm not talking about meat but the veges, fruits and nuts. We do not eat nearly the amount of raw fruit and vegetable that our bodies need. Actually eating raw fruits and vegetables is very time consuming. Have you ever noticed that it takes a long time to eat a salad?

Yesterday when we were having dinner my husband ordered some fish and potatoes, (he had already eaten his small side salad) I had ordered a nice cobb salad. I was happily putting on the dressing and picking out the onions when I looked up to see him taking his last two bites of fish.

Well that's a strange story but true, how many times have you ladies ordered a salad to be the only one left eating while everyone at the table is looking at you? This could be one of the reasons people don't eat enough raw food, we are all very busy.

Today while looking at the internet, I found a great site on whole foods and what they do for the body. Go to http://curezone.com/blogs/m.asp?f=573&i=55and see what things like broccoli, apples and beets actually do for you.

There is also a lot of information about juicing there. Juicing is the best way to get your fruit and vegetables if you have the time. Just be sure you use organic produce that has not been irradiated.

Personally, the best way I have found to get all of my vegetables and fruits in every day is The Feast(tm), a delicious and easy powder I put right into water and drink. To find out more go to www.urilife.net/lbeattie

How do I know it works?

That's the question every one wants answered before they put their hard earned money into something, right? When I look on the Internet it seems everyone has something to sell. But how does one separate the good from the bad?

Nutritional supplements are coming out constantly and are promising to cure people of just about any disease imaginable. The latest fruit based product or vitamin or even drug are all being touted as the cure all, end all. Most of these products are effective to a point, and that is because they do not cover the entire spectrum of what the body needs to be completely nourished.

Our bodies are like engines, you could call them meat engines and like any other engine they need fuel. However as I discussed in the first part of my blog, the fuel we are being offered today is of little value to our bodies. So what happens? In many cases people start to over eat, trying to get enough fuel in their bodies to make up for the deficiency. Sugar cravings start because it an easy energy source for the body. But sugar has a big downfall, it is devoid of nutrients and so the body never gets fed and it craves more sugar just to keep it operating.

Have you noticed the numbers of people becoming obese in the society? I have noticed it as I travel a lot and go to a lot of restaurants. I am seeing more and more obese men and women at very young ages.I have watched how they eat and have seen people at buffets filling an entire dinner plate with the desserts offered on the bar. Not just one but two and even six different desserts.

Now what if the foods these people were consuming actually had some nutrient content in them? Bodies which are well nourished do not need to over eat. They become satisfied, the body has the energy to get up and move.

There is another aspect to this non nutritious food we are being sold and that is toxins. Foods that can't be assimilated into the body become waste and waste produces toxins, especially if it can not be gotten rid of properly by the body. If you look at it logically a body which doesn't want to move and is eating food that has very little nutrients in it will hold on to the food in an attempt to leach out what nutrition it can from the food consumed. It has to in order to stay alive. Conversely a body which is being fed good nutrition will utilize those nutrients and dispose of any unusable waste.

Is there a solution? Yes. How about a nutritional product that has been minimally processed and contains all the nutrients in an assimilable form and is good tasting to boot? Look at the sample page there and get youself some inexpensive samples to see how this product tastes and works. Find out more at www.urilife.net/lbeattie

I love whole food nutrition. They are so convenient to use. Whole food nutrition gives me the vitality and energy I've been looking for.

Nutrition and Whole Food Supplementation

Like most people who are concerned with their health, I have been looking for answers regarding my health through the years. It has been a confusing and frustrating adventure since there is so much misinformation on the subject.

Like most people, including yourself most likely, I have tried commercial vitamins, diet changes, the newest fruit based drink, juicing, and exercise. All of these things worked, but the vitamins were hard to swallow, dieting left me with cravings (especially for chocolate). Fruit based products were too expensive. Juicing was not life stye friendly and a real mess to clean up, and exercise! It was either too hot or too cold for that sort of thing.

I live in the real world just like you. I need something that is easy and convenient. And to boot it needs to taste good. Some might consider me a bit spoiled, but like I tell my husband, I want my cake and I want to eat it too. Well enough about cake.

I started this blog out talking about whole foods. It's a term that is going to be heard about more and more in the nutritional supplement arena. In a nut shell, whole foods are just what you would expect them to be, whole carrots, spinach, bananas, etc. That is where we should actually be able to get our nutrition from. I remember being taught in school when I was a child that if I ate my vegetables, meat and starches, that I didn't really need any thing else to stay healthy. And in actual fact that should be true, however it isn't.

Over the last century there has been a huge shift in farming practises. Large corporations have taken over the food supply and have introduced new pesticides, fertilizers and even radiation to our foods all in the attempt to bring more dollars to the bottom line. The small farmer to compete has to follow suit, after all he has mortgages and a family to support. The exception of course would be the organic farmer, but he has to charge more for his products. This has all led to foods that are lacking in life giving nutrition. We no longer can get what our bodies need from foods that are sold to us at grocery stores or served us at resturants. It is no longer just lack of nutrition from the fast food chains, but lack of nutrition from everyone who buys commercially produced foods.

Today when I go to the grocery store and look at the produce, I find that it has been irradiated. How can I tell? Well there are no bugs anywhere. What! How could I think that was bad? Aren't bugs bad? All I can tell you is that when I go to a road side farm store and pick up produce, there are these little bugs flying around the produce. It's something that should be there when you buy fruit, it's a natural occurance. It happens at grocery stores too, when that food has been locally grown and placed on the shelves.

Irradiation also kills off the enzymes and nutrients. You may be thinking that this couldn't possibly be true. After all if you read all the websites from the government about radiating our foods, they go on and on about how good it is. If you read all of this, keep in mind that big corporations, have professional lobbyists and deeper pockets than others, and they can keep it that way if they can keep their bottom lines profitable, even at the expense of peoples health and well being. To find out more about the effects of radiation go to http://www.organicconsumers.org/irradlink.cfm.

Is there an answer to this problem? Yes. Whole food nutritional supplements. To find out more, go to www.urilife.net/lbeattie Be sure to go to the no risk sample page, and find out for yourself what whole food nutrition can do for you and your family.