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What we eat has a direct impact on our health.
This is obvious, but we don't think about it much. Most of us even think we eat fairly healthy foods most of the time. We all learn about the Canada Food Guide or the recommendations of the American Surgeon General, but we only think about it when the doctor warns us to eat more calcium because we are beginning to show signs of osteoporosis, or more spinach because we are anemic.
According to Dr. Ron Rosedale of the International Center for Metabolic Medicine in Boulder, Colorado, the North American diet is the root cause of most of the 21st century's most frightening diseases, including heart disease, diabetes and even cancer. He has documented improvements in many of his seriously ill patients after changing their diets. Diabetics reduce their insulin, heart patients are able to avoid surgery, and patients with high blood pressure and high cholesterol are able to drastically reduce, or even stop, their medications.
Insulin resistance and Syndrome X are the epidemic of our century. As I research for this book, I am starting to see more and more information and articles about insulin resistance. It is encouraging to see that these problems are starting to gain recognition beyond the medical community, but it is disturbing to see that the diet link is still in the background. Just today, I read an "infomercial" about insulin resistance in a weekly newsmagazine I subscribe to. Seeing "Insulin Resistance" in a popular magazine really got my attention, but I was disappointed to note that the "article" was paid for by GlaxoSmithKline as an ad for their diabetes drugs.
What we eat has a direct impact on our health.
I am repeating myself, but we need to really understand what this means. It means that if we eat healthy foods, reduce sugar and refined grains and add more variety including more raw and unprocessed foods, not only will we feel well and energetic, we will prevent disease and live longer.
Disclaimer: I am not a doctor, so please don't use these articles to diagnose yourself. They are only intended to provide information.