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Natural Healing by Changing your Diet
Natural Healing by Changing your Diet
Eating the right food may seem like one of the simplest acts in the world for us to do, yet so many of us fail to do it. There is definitely a link between maintaining the right dietary practices and the incidence of disease, according to a report by the US Department of Agriculture published in August 1971. This research, which cost the US government around $30 million, showed that: a) major health disorders are linked to poor diets; b) the benefits of a good diet can be experienced by everyone, particularly by those who belong to the non-white and lower economic strata; c) the development of negative long-term effects of poor nutrition can be averted if diet is changed early on. Furthermore, diet-related problems follow regional and geographical variations. Research indicates that heart attacks become the more prevalent cause of death among more primitive communities that adopt a Western-style diet. The adulteration of whole foods (rather than fats or meat) has been traced as the key. This means food is processed to the point that it becomes harmful to our bodies. Refined sugar is also added in increasing amounts to this processed food, leading to higher blood fat and a weakening of the immune system. As more and more fish, birds and animals are domesticated to meet the demands of modern agribusiness, the end consumer takes in fewer essential fatty acids (which are necessary to keep our immune system functioning.) Such animals experience nutrient deficiencies when they are confined in overcrowded livestock farms. Vital nutrients are also lost when food undergoes processing and storage. Various additives are mixed with our food to make it appear good to eat in the end stage, but the food does not have vital nutrients any more. Some additives which are branded as “safe” are actually dangerous for consumers to ingest; while others trigger acute reactions in those who are sensitive to them. (An example of the latter is people who manipulate such additives in their work.) There is a trend among national governments to promote slow yet major dietary changes to reverse the advent of various modern killer diseases. This trend is forcing the food industry to adjust to the demands of consumers for healthy food, in the latter’s quest for a balanced diet. The advent of various degenerative diseases is mainly attributed to the inability of our bodies to cope with what is now considered food in this day and age. Simply put, the means currently being used to grow, harvest, sell and process the food we eat is the root cause of the problem. Our health is also compromised when the tissue walls of our colon becomes impacted, which eventually leads to the clogging of our individual waste elimination system. Physical obstructions on the microscopic or macroscopic level produce various kinds of degeneration, illnesses and chronic ailments in the human body. When we ingest substances that loosen and get rid of such obstructions, our health is restored. The native communities of the South Sea islanders, Africans, Native Americans, the Swiss in the Loetschental Valley, as well as the Inuits of Alaska are remarkable because of their consumption of free-range animals, wild game, grains, fresh fruits and vegetables, and sometimes fresh, unprocessed dairy products. Equally impressive are their healthy teeth and bodies and the lack of the degenerative diseases which are now so common in the West. These populations are known for eating food which is either fresh or preserved in natural ways – smoking, drying or pickling; raised locally and organically; caught in season then cooked through traditional means
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