The advantage of eating good healthy food is that you provide your body with the nutrients it needs to function efficiently. It eliminates a lot of stress, curbs food cravings and prevents disease.
The typical Western diet is about 50% processed food and 40% animal protein. Cooking animal protein changes the protein, making it more difficult to digest, assimilate and eliminate. Animal proteins do not contain a wide variety of complex nutrients.
This leaves just 10% or less of the actual food. It is impossible for your body to function properly when there is only 10% nutrient-rich food.
Not only is this impossible, but it also ensures that you’re hungry all the time, which increases your chances of snacking. This inevitably leads to weight gain.
Crispy vegetables are one of the most complete foods. They are in the Brassicaceae family of plants and include root vegetables, leafy greens and flowers. Common ones are broccoli, kale, cabbage, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, arugula, watercress, horseradish, collards, turnip greens, kohlrabi, radishes, daikon, Chinese cabbage, bok choy, chard, rapini, wasabi and rutabaga.
They are rich in fibre, macro minerals, trace elements, vitamins, proteins and omega 3, phytochemicals and antioxidants.
Members of the green family are especially healthy. Cruciferous vegetables have a slightly spicy or pungent aroma and/or flavor. It comes from the sulfur-containing compound, sulfaphane.
Sulphaphene is known for:
- protect cellular enzyme activity
- induce cancer cell destruction
- Cancer targets stem cells
- repairs the blood/brain barrier
- reduces chronic inflammation
Interestingly, these are favorite vegetables for fermentation, which enhances the healing potential of the vegetable.
The benefits of a regular supply of these vegetables include:
- eliminate heavy metals
- neutralizing harmful chemicals
This is comforting in our current age of high toxicity, poisons, chemicals and environmental degradation.
The best way to eat good healthy food is to eat it fresh and preferably raw. Growing your own vegetables can ensure a fresh supply.
Eating it raw can be a challenge. Often it is an acquired taste. But here’s a recipe that might tickle your tastebuds.
Add freshly squeezed orange and lemon juice. Let the finely chopped cabbage marinate overnight.
Healthy, Tasty!
When you start eating a good healthy diet, you may find that the first week you are in a bit of pain. This is normal and natural. After this cleansing and detoxing process is over, you may find that you have more energy, feel clear and radiant and continue to improve. The desire for unhealthy food is reduced and completely eliminated.
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Source by Madeleine Innocent
