You Are What You Eat

'The Doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patient in the care of the human frame, in diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease.' – Thomas A Edison, 1847-1931

 'Eating healthy can be challenging in a world of convenient, processed and fast foods. In the US, food companies collectively spend more on advertising than any other industry, even more than Big Pharma (which coincidentally spends about twice as much on advertising as it does on research and development, as reported in Science Daily). 

We are talking about billions of dollars spent each year to make us believe that a sausage biscuit is just as good to eat as a bowl of granola because it has similar calories, or that you will have more fun when drinking a coke, and that processed GMO’ed snacks are “natural” and “healthy”.'

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Fructose is alchohol without the buzz

MD Len Saputo and his RN wife Vickie explain high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) or corn syrup and how it damages the liver and other consequences of HFCS

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How To Wean Yourself Off Processed Foods in 7 Steps

By Dr. Mercola

'If you have ever seen or heard my lecture live you will know I typically say that someone has to spend quality time in the kitchen to prepare high-quality meals for your health.



If you rely on processed inexpensive foods you will simply exchange convenience and short-term cash savings for long-term health miseries.

Swapping your processed food diet for one that focuses on real, whole foods may seem like a radical idea, but it’s a necessity if you value your health.

And when you put the history of food into perspective, it’s actually the processed foods that are “radical” and “new.” People have thrived on vegetables, meats, eggs, fruits and other whole foods for centuries, while processed foods were only recently invented.

It’s easy to forget that the processed, packaged foods and fast food restaurants of today are actually a radical change in terms of the history of food production. The frozen food business didn’t begin until the mid-1920s when the General Seafoods Company set up shop and began selling crudely frozen fish fillets, and fast food restaurants didn’t get a foot hold until after World War II.

TV dinners didn’t even come around until the 1950s … before that it was a home-cooked meal or no meal at all.'

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