Nutrition is of the utmost importance when it comes to health. But there are many misconceptions about it. You always hear people saying "This food is bad for you, it’s processed"
It’s easy for anyone to state that foods are processed. But in all honesty most people who know foods are processed still continue to eat them and many who say foods are processed know very little about how unhealthy it actually is. I guess you can call them ignoramuses. Let me break it down.
Take any baked goods for example like bread, cookies, cakes, and other products which are made from flour, eggs, sugar, milk, and so on. Take each of these ingredients and you’ll see how unhealthy they are.
White flour for example is the most common and popular good that’s sold in supermarkets. White flour contains only 4 of the original 15 healthy vitamins and minerals after its processed and it also loses other substances such as fiber and antioxidants.
This is why people get constipated after eating foods made from white flour. Flour is also chemically bleached using peroxide, chlorine and other bleach products which is why its white. This is also the same bleach we use on cloths. White flour has also been used as a pesticide Think about that when you’re eating bread or other baked goods.
White flour is also the cheapest flour on the market which is why most companies which make baked goods use it.
That’s one ingredient. Let’s try sugar. It’s a fact that sugar is addictive and bad for you but its also very similar to flour. Sugar and flour which are also known as carbohydrates damage your pancreas which is an organ that manages how much insulin is let out to regulate sugar levels. This basically keeps your sugar at a normal level but when you consume these processed goods they trick the pancreas into making more insulin than it needs to because these carbohydrates require little metabolism to digest.
Milk has hormones in it which unnaturally affects your body. It can be seen with children who go hit puberty and their menstrual cycle at an earlier age. Growth hormones are injected into calves when they are little. This is done in order to meet demand for meat. Because the population continues to grow demands need to be met in order to satisfy this.
That is why growth hormones are injected to make them grow faster so that they may be killed and shipped off into supermarkets.
MANY Fruits and vegetables also contain chemicals and hormones which help them grow faster and last longer. What this actually does is destroys most of its nutritional value because the chemicals interact with the vitamins and minerals and spoil them. Its like putting a teaspoon of gasoline into a cup of pure water.
Again the reason this reason this is done is because it costs less to produce and lasts longer. As the example with flour has shown when it is worked on and processed it loses most of its value and worse is mixed with chemicals that make it more dangerous than good. This is unfortunately how most end up being today and this is something we consume day by day.
In my opinion its these unhealthy foods we perceive to be good that slowly break down our body’s functions including our immune system that make us more susceptible to diseases. And as the statistics show this may very well be a factual theory.
Consider this, when we consume these processed goods our body is slowly poisoned. Most of us disregard this because we don't feel any changes. We don't feel any changes because our body is an amazing organism and has the ability to heal itself when damaged and also adapts itself to new changes.
Though this may be a calming though to many of you, the fact is our body still continues to suffer because of these foods. We may not feel it but we experience it when we get sick. In my opinion if a person gets sick it is because he is unhealthy and his body is far too weak to deal with the problem causing the sickness.
Although our body DOES regenerate itself, it needs "fuel" in order to get this done. This requires goods that are nutritious and provide the necessary components for the body to extract and use to continue its daily functions.
Yes if you keep eating processed goods you will hardly feel it. But your body can only hold its own for so long and will eventually break down. Its important to know which foods to avoid.
The foods I mentioned above are the most common found in supermarkets and stores. Consider organic foods and drinks as they are less processed (Just because its organic dosen't mean its completely healthy, there are still chemicals in them but in less quantities). So unless you grow your own fruits and veggies, you're going to have a hard time finding whats worth it.
That is a sad though to know that everything we eat has something bad in it but if you want to find real goods that are good in quality try to find goods that aren't in mass production.
When goods are mass produced they lack in quality because the emphasis is on mass and not the quality of the food. Try to find a local health food store and search for "Whole products".
These are products that contain healthy grains, flours, and starches. As for sugar, again organic, but for safety's sakes (you never know if they are what they say they are) try to substitute sugars with honey (make sure it is organic).
If you know which foods are bad and how to avoid them, you will most certainly dodge a lot of health problems in the future. Use the strategies listed above to figure out which foods are processed and which are not.
Tips:
* Avoid goods that are produced in mass quantities.
* If the price is low then the quality is low.
* Consider whole products instead of white flour, and white sugar.
* If you can find organic honey, use it as a substitute for sugar.
* If goods contain ingredients such as white flour, sugar, milk, eggs don't disregard the fact that companies buy cheap and sell big. Meaning the products they buy are cheap which I indicated are at top of the most unhealthiest ingredients. Avoid eating these foods.
Avoiding these substances can really help you dodge alot of potential health problems! But avoiding unhealthy foods is half the journey for improving your health. Eating right is the other half and there are many products and methods that improve your health fast! To find out what they are visit: http://www.naturalenigmas.com/
No comments:
Post a Comment