Healthy Diet Search
Ok, I just did a Google search for “Healthy Diet” and the search resulted with a total of 229,001,100 websites. So, I guess pretty much everyone on the planet has an opinion on a particular diet. Who do you follow? I think the obvious answer is, you do what’s right for you. Personally I’ve boiled it down by asking myself a couple of questions when I eat… what is this and where did it come from? Now I’ve found out a couple of things from a nutritional perspective. The first is a quote from a research project by Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University in Boston. The quote from the study, “Can Food Forestall Aging” says:
“several large trials testing individual antioxidant vitamins have had mixed results. “It may be that combinations of nutrients found in foods have greater protective effects than each nutrient taken alone,” says Cao, a chemist and medical doctor.”
An example of what that means to me is….eating a whole food like an orange has a better benefit nutritionally than vitamin C that has been processed into a vitamin C pill. I’m sure this is debatable because today if I say it’s sunny out somebody else will say it’s raining. Me, I’m going with the fresh whole food because that just seems naturally logical. Another interesting bit of information I came across comes from a website called Ocean Grown. They mention here two things that I find very interesting. First is, that grass is the only thing in nature (on land) that naturally contains all 90 nutrients. I would think that is the reason for the difference between meats that are grass fed vs. corn, hormones, steroids etc. Now, notice that I said “on land” because another source that contains all 90 nutrients is the Sea, at least until now but we won’t get into the recent oil catastrophe.
Here’s my conclusion, use anybody’s diet that contains real whole foods that includes fresh meats (if you choose) fruits, vegetables, nuts, beans, sprouts, berries…you get the picture real food not processed foods. The best source I’ve found for getting information on diet, nutrition, foods, cooking, recipes complete with research is at www.WHFoods.com a website by George Mateljan. In conclusion here’s what I do
1. I follow recipes from the book “The World’s Healthiest Foods”.
2. I try and get Barley Grass & Sea Vegetables in my diet.
3. I start every day with a Protein Smoothie with fruits, vegetables & berries. (Yes, I use Action Whey because I did my homework 
That’s basically it, I’m not going to get more complex then that. I really like cooking and using The World’s Healthiest Foods as a guide is all I’m using. Now as always, I am not a Doctor or Nutritionist. Information on this site is for educational purposes only and is not intended to treat, diagnose, cure or prevent any disease. Always seek the advice of your physician with any questions you have about a medical condition and before undertaking any diet, exercise or other health program.
