I've been asking people if they think they get all the vitamins and nutrients their body needs from only food. So far 60% have said yes, they get everything they need from food.
Now I would like to know how these people are doing it. What are you eating, please define a balanced healthy diet for us. I do eat organic, stopped all fast food and steer away from processed foods but I feel it's still not enough.
I've read that you can get all the nutrients you need from a balanced diet. And in theory, that's a wonderful idea. But I have never had anyone define for me what a 'balanced healthy diet' really is. I don't feel having optimal health from eating today's modern diet is likely or even possible.
Of course, it would be better wonderful to get all nutrients totally naturally from foods alone. But today's 'civilized' diet of highly processed, unripe-picked, distance-shipped, quick-frozen, ethylene-gassed, pesticide-ridden, herbicide-ridden, hormone-laden, genetically modified foods - completely assures us that the foods will be deficient and the body's nutrient needs will be increased to handle the chemical stresses of all the additives that are consumed in the typical diet, in my opinion.
So please do share with us. What is your balanced healthy diet everyday?
Now I would like to know how these people are doing it. What are you eating, please define a balanced healthy diet for us. I do eat organic, stopped all fast food and steer away from processed foods but I feel it's still not enough.
I've read that you can get all the nutrients you need from a balanced diet. And in theory, that's a wonderful idea. But I have never had anyone define for me what a 'balanced healthy diet' really is. I don't feel having optimal health from eating today's modern diet is likely or even possible.
Of course, it would be better wonderful to get all nutrients totally naturally from foods alone. But today's 'civilized' diet of highly processed, unripe-picked, distance-shipped, quick-frozen, ethylene-gassed, pesticide-ridden, herbicide-ridden, hormone-laden, genetically modified foods - completely assures us that the foods will be deficient and the body's nutrient needs will be increased to handle the chemical stresses of all the additives that are consumed in the typical diet, in my opinion.
So please do share with us. What is your balanced healthy diet everyday?
Beyond Organic Healthy Food
I wouldn't call my diet balanced, exactly, since I don't plan to get X amount of this, or Y amount of that.
ReplyDeleteBut I do get between 3 to 5 serving of fruit in per day. And 3 to 5 vegetables. I try for organic and try to diversify. Even eating Royal Gala apples one week, and Pink Lady the next.
Fish 3 times a week. Chicken 3 times a week. Pork twice a month and lamb or beef once a month each.
Snacks are nuts and berries. I try to avoid 'white' pastas and breads, instead go for seeded, malted, grained breads. but here's my weakness. I've tried quinoa breads, rye breads, spelt, even pumpkin based brown noodles with seaweed. But my favorite remains white linguines and white toast, etc...
2 cups of coffee per day, 2 cups of tea per day, two glasses of wine at night and I don't measure my water intake.
Room for improvement? Probably.
Jacob - Thank you for taking the time to tell us about your daily diet.
ReplyDeleteLooks like you have most areas covered very well.
Actually if this is what you do daily you are way ahead of the average American.
Do you eat any dairy? Do you eat a rainbow of fruits and veggies? I know you said you try to diversify so is it a wide range?
One more question. Since you eat so much fruit and vegetables, do you buy it from local markets or farmers?
Thank you Jacob for reading and sharing with us. Maybe this will help others who find eating healthy balanced diets a challenge.
Robin