How’s that for an attention grabbing headline? The topic I’m discussing today is one that you may be growing weary of hearing as I continue to beat this drum. This message is so important that I can’t help but continue to emphasize it. The topic is the significant importance of our dietary choices and our overall health and well-being. As the American diet has continued to evolve (or devolve), we continue to grow more ill as a nation. Universal healthcare may become less necessary if we only received proper dietary guidance (from our Government and other sources) and actually followed that guidance.

The video linked to this newsletter is the story of Dr. Terry Wahls, a physician diagnosed with M.S. After receiving the best that western medical care had to offer and watching her condition continue to deteriorate, she decided to take the matter into her own hands. She scoured the medical and nutrition literature and developed a diet to nourish her health, specifically her mitochondria, the energy factories of all cells. Not willing to accept her expected fate, Dr. Wahls implemented her plan and progressively improved and recovered from M.S. by eating in congruence with her bodies biology. This is not to say that all chronic, degenerative diseases will be cured in this way, but I can’t help but think that if we all lived in congruence with our biology and followed the path that our physiology demands, we would have a significantly lower rate of chronic degenerative disease than we have now.

Do you believe for a moment that our cells are happy to see the metabolized products of a double cheeseburger rolling by? How about the metabolic constituents of genetically engineered corn (what is that, I’ve never seen it before?). From an evolutionary perspective, all of our cells are asking, what the heck is that and where did all of the real food go? You know, the stuff that I have been used to receiving for thousands of years. It seems like in the past 50 or so years, all I ever see is garbage and it is getting more and more difficult to extract anything useful from this junk I’m being fed! Basically, our bodies function optimally when they are fed what they have evolved with over thousands of years. Whole, unadulterated foods that are rich in the nutrients that our bodies need for optimal health.

This video is not about M.S. The talk is about the importance of eating properly and the impact it can have on our lives. A rich discussion ensues on what an ideal diet should be and the importance of providing our cells with the nutrients they need. I am increasingly convinced that if we eat in line with what or genes dictate, we will be healthier and more able bodied as the years pass. Some know this as, The Paleo diet and I will be talking about this some in future newsletters. I encourage you to look up Marks Daily Apple, the website of Mark Sisson, a lead proponent of the Paleo lifestyle.

I wish everyone a Happy New Year and instead of starting the annual January diet – try starting a new lifestyle – eating in harmony with what we evolved with over thousands of years. The controversy over which is the optimal diet will rage on but this is how I see it, after a great deal of research and investigation.

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