The Truth About Nutrition

Background

In order to understand why nutrition is so essential these days, you need to understand the bigger picture. 

 

The truth is that most big food companies have no interest in your health, they are interested in making money.

 

So, how can you make more money in the food industry? 

 

1. Cut costs: You replace real food with cheaper processed "fake" food with a longer shelf life.

2. Repeat Customers: You ensure that your food is addictive so people keep coming back.

 

These companies research and design the perfect combinations of salty, crunchy, sweet to make fake food irresistible. 

The Best Diet

There are so many different opinions on the internet about the best diet. It can become confusing and overwhelming, which leads most people to just give up and continue with old eating habits. 

 

Instead of adding hundreds of "superfoods" to your diet, let's eliminate the bad foods. 

Processed Foods 

Studies show that for every 10% of your diet that is made of processed foods, your risk of death goes up by 14%.

 

Studies show that in South Africa, the average diet consists of roughly 40% (if not higher) of Ultra-Processed Foods.

 

Examples of ultra-processed foods include: Packaged bread, processed meat, cereals, and packaged snacks like chips, cookies, and crackers, sweets, deserts and more.

The Food Pyramid is a Lie

The food pyramid suggests that we should be eating mostly grains and cereals. We suggest you do the opposite. 

 

Avoid foods made from commodity crops such as soy, wheat, and corn. These crops have been genetically engineered for mass production and contain few nutrients.

 

For most of human history we haven't eaten many grains but the grains that we did were much higher in nutrients.

Diabetes & Prediabetes

Over half of the South African population are prediabetic, and 1 in 6 people have Diabetes.

Sugary foods and high glycemic foods made from refined grains like bread and cereals which spike your blood sugar.

 

Regular spikes in your blood sugar can lead to Prediabetes or Diabetes.

 

Even if you don't get diabetes or prediabetes, spikes in your blood sugar (glucose spikes) cause glycation which significantly contributes to the ageing of cells and tissues which leads to disease and premature ageing.

Effects on Your Energy 

Eating Sugar and Processed foods also cause inflammation in your body and stop your mitochondria from working properly.

 

Your mitochondria are responsible for energy production.


Processed and sugary food can also affect your sleep, and when you are sleep-deprived the next day, your body then craves more sugary food in order to gain more energy.


We all crave unhealthy food when we are tired and grumpy, but this food will only make you more tired and grumpy.

Moving Forward

To truly achieve your desired fitness and health goals you need to find a long-term sustainable diet that is healthy, nutritious, convenient and full of foods that you look forward to eating. 

 

You need to enjoy the foods you eat otherwise your diet will be unsustainable!

 

80% of achieving fitness results depends on the foods you put into your body. 

 

Food is your fuel! Don't put low-quality processed fuel into your body and expect it to run properly. Put the highest quality, natural, whole-food fuel into your body and nothing else.

 

Adjusting to this can be hard at first but there are hundreds of healthy alternatives, which are nutritious and delicious. 

The Foods that are Making us Fat

Your first step is to cut these foods out as much as possible, they are fine on occasion as a treat but they can’t be part of your everyday diet.

 

Sugar

Fizzy drinks (diet and full sugar) 

Alcohol

Sugary milky coffees/frozen coffees

Overly sugary smoothies or drinking yoghurt

Chocolate

Biscuits

Breakfast bars, shakes, biscuits and sugary cereals

Chips

Crackers

Cakes and pastries

Bread 

Frozen foods/ready meals

Takeaway foods - Pizza, Chinese, Indian etc.

Fast food

Breaded or processed meats

Diet foods and shakes (Filled with sugar)

Seed oils (use healthy oils like olive oil, coconut etc.)

Only keep whole-natural foods in your house. Small treats can be in moderation, but if they are easily accessible in your home you will tend to overindulge and give in when you are tired or emotional.

 

Remember: Your mood influences your food and your food influences your mood.

 

Throw out all unhealthy processed foods from your house and make a habit of filling your kitchen with only healthy and nutritious foods.
 

 

If healthy food is all you have in your house, that is what you will eat!

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Reader assumes the responsibility to consult health care practitioners or do their own research regarding any products which claim to support and maintain health and general wellbeing and which concur with their beliefs and understanding. Regards, The Herbalist International (Pty) Ltd