IS YOUR DIET HEALTHY?

While ‘healthy diet’ plays a basic role in terms of our health and longevity, it is important to know the respective implications in our daily life.  As demonstrated in this blog, with special reference to our ‘modern’ diseases. Read on to learn about details.  

​THE PHILOSOPHY BEHIND

As you know from our medical publications with special reference to our ‘Book of Natural Health’ Volume 6, healthy diet – besides physical activity – is one o those 2 pillars our health and longevity is built on.
 
With special reference to the fact that our positive life depends on our body’s support of its immune system and self-healing power.
 
Leaves us with the question 

WHAT HEALTHY DIET IS ALL ABOUT – SCIENTIFICALLY VERIFIED
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​Preferably asking those 2 institutions worldwide responsible for this background. Such as the
- World Health Organization (WHO)
    and the
- Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.

And medical research centers such as, inter alia, the
- Providence St. John’s Health Center in Santa Monica, CA​

Before talking about the positive impact, let us focus on 2 problematic implications of our diet.

• Ultra-processed food

 
Since our so-called ‘daily bread’ is strongly industrialized, we may not be surprised that sodium (salt) plays an issue not only for our taste but also our health. As this essential mineral can lead to high blood pressure and in consequence to cardiovascular disease.
 
That’s why we should consume no more than 2 grams per day of this essential mineral, representing to no more than 5 grams of table salt.
 
Does this mean to favor sugar instead? Not necessarily, as log as the free sugar consumption is more than 5% of caloric intake.
 
Especially, as this type of ultra-processed food may support biological aging with special reference to, inter alia, stroke and cognitive decline.
 
Just read ingredient labels to avoid, inter alia, artificial
- sweeteners
- flavors
- preservatives
- colors
- preservatives
- hydrogenated oils
which are found in many industrialized kinds of packed food, frozen and other.
 
Manifold as a basis of inflamed and chronic disease.
       
Accordingly, (ultra-)processed food is not a ‘healthy’ one.
 
Similar to

• Red meat

 
like pork and beef?
 
Unfortunately, it has got a negative impact on our health. Independent of the amount consumed.
 
With special reference even to those diseases on top of our negative medical implications. Such as
- cardiovascular disease
- cancer
- diabetes when we talk about physical disease.
 
Not only, this negative physical implication is even rounded up with
mental ones such as dementia.
 
Now let’s focus on seemingly less problematic implications of our diet.
 
Like certain types of

• Fats

 
to see which kinds we could favor for health and longevity.
 
As they are well important for the cells in our body, and which we can pick from our nutrition only.
 
Such as the 2 fatty acid
- linoleic acid (as  omega-6 fatty acid  
   &
- (alpha-)linolenic acid (omega-3 fatty acid)  

As far as the latter are concerned, you find those in
- almonds
- walnuts
   &
- sunflower seeds  

As well as in fish like
- salmon
   &
- tuna  

While alpha-linolenic acid is derived from plant foods such as rapeseed.
 
These fats are especially beneficial for brain function and hormone production.
 
How’s about

• Carbohydrates

 
?
 
In fact, their importance as an essential macronutrient especially for our brain lies with their role of basic energy source of our body with their capacity of at least 45% of the calories consumed as a minimum.
 
To be picked inter alia from
- vegetables
- pulses (like beans/lentils/peas)
- fruits
- whole grains  

Along with fiber with together its importance for
- heart health
   &
- diabetes
elated to its nutritional content of magnesium/potassium/chromium    

• Proteins

 
In fact, proteins are also an important building block of our body. Derived from plant and animal sources.
 
With special reference to our heart and cardiovascular health.
 
With special reference to muscles, certain hormones and enzymes.
 
The respective sources of proteins are, inter alia,
- legumes
- cottage cheese
- seeds
- nuts
- Greek yogurt

• fatty fish
• lean poultry

 

IN A NUTSHELL
 

While ‘healthy diet’ plays a basic role in terms of our health and longevity, it is important to know the respective implications in our daily life.  As demonstrated in this blog, with special reference to our ‘modern’ diseases.