Someone once said to me that if I eat a whole pie, that means I'm
eating a whole food. This article will be exactly about our health
topic, natural remedies for life, and eating whole foods as well as the
principles for life. Just because you might eat half a pie or a whole
pie does not mean that you're eating a whole food. In fact, this article
is all about whole foods. It has nothing to do with processed foods.
If
you look at the meaning of whole food, it is actually unprocessed,
unrefined, and in fact, can be eaten raw. It is pure and there is
nothing added to it. That's the beauty of a whole food. It is indeed,
pure. Just the way it was made in the first place. That's why when you
say whole foods you can indeed eat most of them raw.
Now whilst
this is not an article on raw foods or a raw food diet, it does go hand
in hand. In fact, you can eat whole foods raw and you can cook them as
well. They are meant for your body, for nutrition, rejuvenation,
cleansing, and healing. This is not exactly rocket science, but we have
actually researched on whole foods and we found out that they can
actually enrich your lifestyle and even reduce the risk of cancer.
Surprise, surprise! Well, it goes without saying that whole foods are
exactly that. They are meant for your body and meant to heal as well.
In
reference to any health study that the people of long ago might have
done, the whole food diet has been around for thousands of years and
mankind has lived very well on whole foods. It's only in the last 100 to
maybe 50 years that we have really sort of polluted ourselves with
refined and processed foods with excess sugar, alcohol, meats,
chemicals, and additives to them. They were not there over 100 years
ago. There's an old saying that if my grandmother would eat something
just like it is, then it is probably good for you. That saying is going
out of fashion because you see a lot of people nowadays opting to have
some sort of processed food or convenience food, and because it's
convenient, it means it's pre-packaged usually, or a frozen meal which
has to have come from some sort of processing. Obviously it's not the
same as a whole food. As you can see it is very important to get this
right and understand the principles behind whole foods.
When you
look at the original creation, if you could put it that way, we were fed
with certain foods. What was available to us at the time was certainly
whole food. If you look at fruits and vegetables, nuts, seeds, oils,
grains, some eggs, milk, honey, spices and herbs, beans, and legumes,
all of those things are whole foods. In fact, you can eat all of these
raw. These are actually in symmetry with the body. They actually make up
our body so the chemicals in these foods are actually found in our
bodies as well. If you try anything else, like a processed or
chemically-enhanced food, then it is really offering your body something
different. It is doing something different to your body, where it is
meant to go one way and you're presenting it with another. It's sort of
like a round peg into a square hole, only some of them fit but they
don't fit perfectly. Our cells and DNA rely on good symmetry with our
food and energy intake. If it's a perfect match, it is great. If it's
not a perfect match, then you're losing a lot of opportunity to feed,
heal, and cleanse yourself with these natural foods.
We mentioned
before fruits and vegetables, nuts and seeds, oils and grains, great
fruits out there like apples, oranges, grapefruit, watermelon, and all
these things have specific and targeted messages to your body. It's
important that you have a good intake of these whole foods and
vegetables as well. Broccoli, asparagus, cauliflower, pumpkin, and all
of these things also target certain aspects and sections of our body so
it's important that we have a good mix of vegetables in our diet as well
as a whole food. Now what about seeds like sunflower seeds? Or nuts
like almonds and macadamia? Oils like olive oil or flaxseed oil are
deposited towards certain parts of the body, so if you have a great mix,
they can certainly help towards your overall well-being. If you look at
another whole food like honey, it is a natural antibacterial and it can
target certain areas. If you have a wound, you can put honey straight
on to that wound without worrying about infection. If you have a sore
throat, you can have some honey and it will soothe the throat. Its
antibacterial property will help prevent the spread of bacteria and
infections in your throat.
Certain spices are used in our everyday
cooking, but did you know that they were used through ancient medicine
well before cooking to heal certain ailments that you might have? The
Chinese are renowned for these the ancient Chinese remedies with the
herbs or spices. You can add boiling water to specific herbs and spices
and breathe into the aroma of some of them to help open up your airways
or to heal a cut or a lesion. All these herbs and spices have certain
targets to your body and the ancient message certainly embraces this.
There's no reason why you can't use these today. They are very vital to
our own health and well-being. They are made for our body and we should
embrace that fact as well.
Another aspect of whole foods is that
they can target certain parts of your body, as mentioned before, and
they are known as signature foods to the body. What does this mean? It
means that certain body parts are looking for certain nutrients or keys
to the door to unlock them. If you use certain foods in your diet, it
can certainly open up the doorway to those cells to allow certain
nutrients to flow, heal, and regenerate. Here are some examples.
If
you look at a bunch of grapes hanging low, you've got to realize that
it is meant for one part of the body. It is a signature to your blood.
All of the grapes clump together, similar to what your blood cells would
do. It is great for cleansing and enriching your blood as an
antioxidant as well. You've heard of this term, antioxidant, a lot in
today's media. The skin of the grapes is a great antioxidant to get rid
of the free radicals which are implanted into us as we go through
everyday life. Even the oxidation of foods in us can cause some minor
damages as well. These antioxidants help grasp these things and remove
them from the body.
Another whole food which is a signature food,
as we mentioned before, is the honey, which is a natural antibacterial
for your body. What about olives? Can you imagine that they are
signature foods? They are food for the ovaries and the female
reproductive system. I say system because the body is like some sort of
machine. It has certain engines and parts that rely on certain systems
to keep it going. If you look at olives, it is very similar-looking to
the ovaries. Watermelon is a signature food for the brain. It is 93%
water, which is in fact, similar to the brain's water level. The sugars
that are in the water can pass right through the brain's membrane to
give it instant vitality. If you've got a headache, I recommend that you
go and have a look at a watermelon. Another one is the mushroom, which
is great for the thyroid. An avocado is also another signature food,
which is really representing the womb with child. The amount of folate
and nutrients within the avocado are great for a pregnant woman, great
for the cervix, and great for all-around pregnancy.
Have you
considered what a capsicum or a tomato looks like? It's red, generally
has four chambers, and it reminds us of the heart. It's a striking
resemblance in that respect. You can look around and say that it's so
strikingly obvious once you think about it. In fact, in medicines today,
they say that they've got lycopene in it, which is really Latin for
red. Capsicum and tomatoes are full of these chemicals or lycopene,
which are great for the heart and your blood. So when you get back to
basics and look at whole foods, not just for study but as a basis for
our own existence, the building blocks in which we really represent
ourselves, these foods target these parts of the body. In harmony they
work and allow your body to flourish, heal itself, and to rid itself of
disease. That's the beauty of whole foods.
I mentioned before that
our body could be likened to a machine. If that's the case then, if
you've got a motor vehicle, it's very important that you put the right
fuel into it, the right gasoline or petrol. You also need to use the
right oils. Otherwise, the engine will seed up and it will get some sort
of carbonics on the inside and build up, which needs to be cleaned up
every now and then. The same could be represented towards our body as
well. If you eat the wrong foods or the wrong fuel into your body, then
you're bound to get some sort of plaque build-up in the tubes and pipes
inside of your body. If you could imagine that your body is similar to
an engine, it is full of tubes which carry oils and fuels and water here
and there to different parts. Now, if one of those tubes stops working
to its full capacity, then the rest of the engine seems to suffer. It
doesn't get enough oxygen or coolant through water. It doesn't get
enough oil through certain areas, and it can really cause some damage to
your engine. The same is for your body if you don't feed it with the
correct whole foods targeting certain parts of your body. All of a
sudden, you're creating a restriction or a plaque build-up, which means
that other parts of your body have to work overtime and extra hard to
try and deal with these major problems. It's all about working in
harmony and allowing your body to work in harmony. That's what natural
whole foods can do.
As you can see, whole foods are a really
important and exciting topic. There is just so much in it, and if you
can do more research into whole foods and signature foods in particular,
then you will really see that it is such an exciting topic. I really
hope that your diet is what it should be, and I hope you're taking whole
foods seriously in your life.
You know, it's funny that when
people get sick, they worry about getting some sort of medicine or
visiting the doctor to find out what's wrong with them. Whereas, if they
take a step back and look at their diet first, they would see if they
have the right amount of balance in their meals. They would ascertain if
they are sick because they really let themselves go and they've not
quite got the amount of whole food in their diet. We're going to
consider these things as we're going through and analyze our own health.
It is a very serious topic because life is not a test drive, it is
actually that. It is life. You need to make sure that we're on top of
these things. Now I'm not saying you have to be perfect every second and
every minute of every day. What I'm saying is that we need to take it
seriously, and if whole foods are a staple part of the diet and we're
doing our best to maintain the seven principles of health in our lives,
then we wouldn't have a problem. But if something does come up and we
need to deal with it, whether it'd be some sort of minor disease or
ailment which needs to be addressed, then we could look firstly at our
diet and whole foods and go back towards the study of the ancients and
look at how that can really help us through in maintaining and helping
us cure whatever ailment we do have. Whole food is certainly one of the
major keys.
Now there was a scientist way back and he came up with
a couple of laws, I think his name was Isaac
Newton, and he says, "To
every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction." In terms of
today, it is cause and effect. If you do something, it will have an
effect on you or to others. If you don't eat the right foods, then you
will basically affect your health life later on. That's cause and
effect. We've got to be careful that we're not putting ourselves on the
wrong track or go down too far that we can't come back. But with a good
diet and with proper maintenance to the seven principles of health, we
will certainly allow our body to keep regenerating itself and heal
itself through the natural processes which they were meant to be. So ask
yourself these questions: What is your diet? Are you doing your best
for your own health and living? Is it your health and living that you're
concerned with? Is it your diet? Is it the amount of junk food that you
might be having?
Do you relish in the fact that whole foods can really
help you, or are you one of these people who look at health foods and
whole foods and think they're disgusting or unappealing? Or do you look
at it in such a way that it can be a great part of your diet because it
can really help you? These are the things we need to consider as we go
through right through our life. It is not a test drive, as we mentioned
before. It is life. We need to feed our body with the correct foods.
We've got every opportunity to move forward and live a healthy life.
So,
the final question is: Do you have a predominantly whole food diet? If
the answer is no, then really consider how healthy you feel. Turn your
diet into something with a lot of whole foods in it, with a lot more
signature foods which can help regenerate and cleanse your body, and
allow you to function properly to your full potential. Now that is
exciting and something worth exploring.
You can download a FREE, great Eating Plan and a Nutrition Guide at
myhealthandliving.com/freereport and it goes through a lot of ideals mentioned in the article.
Download your copy at
myhealthandliving.com and enjoy its benefits today!
Article Source:
http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=David_James_Cummings
How many time did You look for the miracle food for weight loss? Maybe with exotic name and fancy look? Well, maybe you're forgetting those commonly available foods, often undervalued but second to none in terms of detox and metabolism booster qualities. here's a list of 19 of them!
