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Emotional Wellbeing and Our Food
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by Wendell Fowler
Are diet cola, GMO foods, labgrown meats or powdered orange juice better than the real thing? Many today insist “there ain’t nothing like the real thing.” Their claim: the less we do to process our food, the more the food is
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able to do for us. The fuel we choose influences our EQ (emotional intelligence) more than we realize.
Truth is, our body requires specific, high vibrational vitamin nutrition from food and quality supplementation to be whole. When diesel fuel goes in a gas tank, the car will run for a few miles or so, the gasoline that’s still in the fuel line gets used up, then the engine shuts down. Our sacred, energetic body is no different related to today’s dietary departure from nature.
Is the current western diet of energetically dead, processed food causing widespread vitamin deficiency resulting in diminished health and happiness? In a word, yes. Sure, ephemeral pleasure comes from a delicious piece of cake, but in the long run, regular consumption causes obesity-induced unhappiness, stress, depression, a compromised immune system and disease.
I get it. Earth’s burgeoning over-population requires mass produced machine cuisine, and a lot of it. However, is there a tradeoff between the wholesome nutrientdense nutrition of our ancestors and industrialized mass-produced quantities of food-like substances? The ethical question is, should man industrially graft the hand of nature, or return to the locavorism of our ancestors?
In a CNN op-ed, Akash Goel, an assistant professor of medicine at Weill Cornell / New York Presbyterian Hospital and sustainable food advocate, wrote that the American diet is killing us. Both JAMA and Lancet harmonize.
Over a century ago, man moved away from the local agrarian community to agribusiness. The American diet did a 180 from largely highly energetic foods in their original state, to highly processed, low vibration foods. The diet-related disease tragedy we face today, partially due to a compromised immune system, is but one unintended consequence. Washing
ton University of St. Louis says boosting the immune system could be a ‘treatment strategy’ for COVID-19. Immunologists at Cedars-Saini Hospital say we actually don’t want the immune system to be stronger, we want it to be balanced.
For nutrition, shouldn’t we consume sun-filled food: every seed-bearing plant, herb and tree, which has in itself the fruit of the seed that it produced? After all, without nature’s kaleidoscope of nutrients from plants and clean protein, we’d be much less than whole; unable to reach our birthright of optimum wellbeing. Sciencedirect.com explains, “Vegetables, fruits, fish and seafood, meat products, unprocessed whole grains and cereals, and dairy products are the main foods recognized as positive for wellbeing, whereas foods high in fat, salt and sugar, meat products, junk food (vegetarian and vegan too) and fried food were perceived as harmful.”
The USDA defines processed food as one that has undergone any changes to its natural state—that is, any raw agricultural commodity subjected to washing, cleaning, milling, cutting, chopping, heating, pasteurizing, blanching, cooking, canning, freezing, drying, dehydrating, mixing, packaging, or other procedures that alter the food from its natural state. The food may include the addition of other ingredients such as preservatives, flavors, nutrients and other food additives or substances approved for use in food products, such as salt, sugars, and fats.
Nutritiondata.self.com says nearly every food preparation process reduces nutrients in food. In particular, processes that expose foods to high levels of heat, light, and/or oxygen cause the greatest nutrient loss. Nutrients can also be “washed out” of foods by fluids that are introduced during a cooking process. For example, boiling a potato can cause much of the potato’s B and C vitamins to migrate to the boiling water. Similar losses also occur when we broil, roast, or fry in oil, and then drain off the drippings.
Not all processed food is bad. Processing is subjective regarding washing, cutting, freezing, or light cooking. Prewashed salad, precut fruits and veggies, canned beans and fruit (without BPA,) and whole grain or seed bread are perfect complements to a healthy diet.
Eating and shopping locally helps improve health while supporting our community. Rally around family farmers and artisans who process local meats, craft cheeses, grow seasonal produce and herbs, make jams, spin honey, and lovingly prepare breads and desserts.
A healthy body is a happy, comfortable body. Well-being cannot be attained Chef Wendell is an inspirational speaker, syndicated writer, and author who shares his science-supported message of the mindbody benefits of a plant-based diet and lifestyle, and that disease is not necessarily your fault. Visit ChefWendell.com for more information.
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