Garbage in, Garbage out!
“When diet is wrong, medicine is of no use. When diet is correct, medicine is of no need.” -unknown
As time progresses, the quality of food and nutrient value goes down. We are constantly in the hustle and bustle of life and sometimes find it hard to slow down and choose what is best for us. When it comes to eating healthily, there are always factors that contribute to the public taking various routes. The cost of healthy foods such as fruit and vegetables are usually high and hard to justify when there is a cheaper option which is most likely less healthy. Convenience is another factor; it takes less time to grab fast food than taking the time to prepare healthy meals. Accessibility is another factor, and some might have options available to them depending on where they live as well as obtaining the right knowledge to pick and choose the right foods that give the body the best chance of performing properly and staying healthy. Hippocrates said it best, “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food”. We are living in dangerous times pertaining to the health factor of our food. One cannot simply understand most of the ingredients below the nutritional facts. What happened to simple ingredients??? Pick up a product from the US and compare it to the same product from other countries, the ingredients are night and day. Our gut is the largest immune organ in the body and the small intestine is the largest absorber of nutrients when we digest food and therefore our gut microbiome (healthy bacteria and fungi that live in our gastrointestinal tract) affects immune cells. The next time you put something in your body, ask yourself this question, “is this helping me or hurting me”? What you put in your body affects how your immune system functions! Be nice to it!
Get checked! Stay healthy!
