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Wednesday, July 12, 2006
FOOD IS A POWERFUL DRUG
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Pharmaceutical Companies have made much of their money by making many of you believe that you need drugs and supplements to achieve your weight loss and fitness goals. Here is the subliminal message they bombard you with daily…
“YOU NEED TO INCORPORATE DRUGS IN YOUR LIFE BECAUSE YOU’RE NOT CAPABLE OF SIMPLY EATING AND MOVING IN A SANE FASHION.”
Food is a drug, perhaps the most powerful of all. The trick about eating today’s foods is in learning what to use and how to use it.
Over the years, the media has bombarded you with different type of diets. Each with the idea that fat or protein or carbohydrates or cholesterol were bad for you. They didn’t mention that your body requires the right kinds and combinations of these nutrients for your very survival. They failed to mention that you need a certain amount of protein to rebuild muscle and organ tissue. They failed to tell you that fats and cholesterol are large components in maintaining your healthy skin, all your cells, hormones, your brain and nerves. Carbohydrates provide the body with the fuel it needs for physical activity and for proper organ function. Fat and cholesterol are also good sources of energy when needed.
It is never good to severely cut any of the bodies preferred nutrients from your diet. These nutrients include carbohydrates, fats and proteins. It is the quality of the fats, carbohydrates and proteins that you choose to eat that makes the difference. What you should strive to eliminate from your diet are any foods that have ‘trans fatty acids’ or ‘hydrogenated’ or ‘partially hydrogenated’ in the listing of the ingredients labels. Hydrogenation is the process that forms the trans fats. The easiest way to eat healthfully is to limit the use of anything processed. For those of you truly committed to altering your eating habits for life, you will also want to limit/remove enriched foods, foods high in sugar or sodium and foods with HFCS (high fructose corn syrup).
