| alth may not be everything but if you lose it | | | | and not feeling guilty when you eat something you |
| everything becomes nothing. | | | | crave. It shouldn’t be confused with having a |
| There is no single effort more radical in its potential | | | | perfect’ good life. Indeed, I believe that |
| for saving the world than a transformation of the | | | | the reason so many of us have a mixed relationship |
| way we eat. Among the many factors that shape | | | | with food is because we’ve bought into the |
| lives, nutrition plays a critical role. If we can maintain | | | | myth of a perfect’ diet. We think that if |
| excellent eating habits, something extraordinary in | | | | we can just eat perfectly’ — never |
| health can be achieved. While most of us are aware | | | | splurging or giving in to cravings — all of our |
| that food choices are important to health, very few | | | | problems will disappear. But no one is perfect |
| people realize that food can actually promote health. | | | | — not me, not you. Having a real food life |
| We do not subtract: we keep adding. What we do | | | | means eating when you are actually hungry, not |
| occasionally does not affect us but what we do | | | | because you are tired, stressed or angry. It means |
| consistently definitely affects our health. That is why | | | | being in control; even an indulgence’ will be |
| smarter food choices will reduce the risk of chronic | | | | a conscious choice because you know where the |
| diseases and many types of cancers. | | | | treat fits into the rest of your food plan. |
| Change can be both challenging and difficult for all of | | | | Real food simply means plenty of fruits, vegetables, |
| us. Therefore, one should shift to eating nutrient-rich | | | | nuts, seeds dry fruits, pulses, sprouts, cold pressed |
| foods slowly and steadily and we would find a | | | | oils, whole grains, low fat dairy products, fish and |
| healthier and better future. Each time you sit down | | | | white meats, combined with plenty of water. It is |
| to a meal, you are making life and death decisions. | | | | better if these foods are organic, as today we are |
| Does that sound scary? Actually at first glance it | | | | eating a daily cocktail of chemicals, pesticides and |
| truly is, but today we are entering in to the world of | | | | growth hormones, which are known to be the cause |
| nutritional immunology — a subject that has | | | | of obesity, degenerative diseases and psychological |
| fascinated me. When you are making decisions to | | | | problems, as well as many cancers. |
| improve your food and your very next meal that will | | | | There is absolutely no nutrient, no protein, no vitamin, |
| affect how you spend the rest of your life; whether | | | | no mineral that we know of that cannot be obtained |
| a newborn, a teenager or adolescent, whether | | | | from plant-based foods. Foods that are real can |
| you’re a man or a woman, a college student | | | | actually change the course of bio-chemistry. We can |
| or a person nearing retirement age, a stay-at-home | | | | prevent and stop damage at the cellular level that |
| parent or a corporate executive, food affects you | | | | can develop to disease. |
| every day. With our fast-paced lifestyle, there is | | | | The delightful side effect to this effort is that you |
| rarely a time when we don’t need to be at | | | | feel better, you have more energy, and can embrace |
| our mental and physical best. | | | | life with better optimism. Nutrition is the one thing |
| And no doubt you spend an inordinate amount of | | | | that is everything. Food shapes our bodies as well as |
| time thinking about it. What you need is a real food | | | | our lifestyle. If you want to realize greater health |
| life. | | | | gains, invest your time and effort in real food and |
| WHAT IS REAL FOOD? | | | | enjoy amazing health. |
| Simply put, a real food life is where you enjoy food | | | | Proper nutrition is an art. Let food be your medicine |
| and make conscious decisions about the best foods | | | | and medicine be your food and the future will look a |
| to put into your body so that it works at an | | | | lot brighter for us! |
| optimum level. It means not being obsessed by food | | | | |