You are What you Eat

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You are What You Eat By Cynthia Perkins © 2004

You are what you eat is one of those little clichés that carries
an incredible amount of truth. What you eat is broken down and
assimilated into your body. If you are eating poisons and
garbage, then that is what your body becomes. Not only is eating
healthy essential for your physical health, but for your mental
health as well.

Unhealthy diets can create symptoms such as depression, mood
swings, irritability, hyperactivity, rage, criminal behavior,
anxiety, paranoia, heart disease, diabetes, PMS, digestive
disturbances, fatigue, cognitive dysfunction, loss of memory,
nervousness, muscle and joint inflammation, heart palpitations,
bowel disorders, arthritis and many more.

A healthy diet is much more than just eating your veggies or
reducing fat. The typical food supply of the average person is
nutrient depleted and toxic. Our water and soil is polluted with
toxic chemicals and it is depleted from any nutrient value. Food
grown in this soil absorbs these toxins and when we eat them it
is then absorbed into our bodies. If the soil does not contain
any nutrients then the food growing on it cannot have any
nutritional value. Our meat supply is injected with hormones and
antibiotics and fed food that is poisoned with pesticides.

Then as if this weren’t bad enough once the food is harvested it
is then refined and stripped of any remaining nutrients and then
pumped with additives and preservatives. All of which have
adverse effects on our health. By the time the food makes it to
your plate, it really is not even food anymore.

Eating a proper diet means eating organic food as much as
possible. Eating foods that don’t have additives or
preservatives, and eating foods that are in their natural state
as much as possible. This means sticking with whole foods such
as fresh meat, vegetables, whole grains, seeds, nuts and fruits.
Use nuts and nut butters and seeds for snacks. For something
sweet try some dates, bananas, raisins or other dried fruits.
Try and avoid food that is in cans.

Eating healthy is one of the most important factors one can
address for improved health and optimal functioning. Many
illnesses and symptoms can be eliminated or improved by eating a
healthy, pure diet.

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