You Are What You Eat

Good nutrition is as important to our bodies as exercise, meditation and rest. Nutrition affects our moods, our stamina, sleeping patterns, our memory and our ability to perform sexually.

When I am asked what types of food is best to eat, I am amazed at the reactions. We are not as eager to change if it means having to give up something we enjoy eating…even when it’s not good for us.

Our bodies are amazing machines. Especially considering what we put them through. Let’s compare our bodies with our vehicles for a moment. Our vehicles will not run unless we put in the proper fuel, keep the oil changed on a regular basis and replace the air filter. When there is no fuel in a vehicle, it will not run…period. 

Yet, time and time again, we will get up in the morning, grab a cup of coffee and rush off to work expecting our body to operate at its best until we decide to feed it; and then…when we do… there is nothing remotely nutritional about it. Yet, our bodies try to adapt, making the best of the food we eat until it slowly starts to break down and then one day we are told we have some type of disease and we ask, “How did this happen?” Why wait until you get ill before making a change?

What’s the good news? Our bodies begin to repair themselves immediately if given the proper nutrition (information). Our bodies will break down the food and move it along the information pathways to our cells, brain and nervous system in order to repair, rebuild and replenish each cell properly and keep our bodies operating in perfect order.

We don’t have to make radical changes to our diet. Start with simple changes; eat more food that is grown in your area -- stay away from manufactured foods. Eat as much organic foods as possible. Eat more fruits and vegetables, buffalo, fish and fowl. If you can’t purchase produce from a farmer’s market in your area, buy organic frozen. Frozen fruits and vegetables are picked and flash frozen in a short time period keeping them fresher. When you purchase produce at your local market, you have no clue how long it took the produce to get to that particular market location and may not be as “fresh” as you think.

Eat at home more often. Nothing beats homemade cooking. Not only will you know all the ingredients in the food you’re family is eating, but the food will taste better, be more nutritional… and sitting down reconnecting with your family will be a huge added bonus!
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