Foods 'n' Herbs

Eat Moderately and Have Lots of Variety 

We are what we eat! Foods have direct impact on the state of our health. Most people understand and accept this fact. However, the disease-preventing and disease-healing benefits of foods are so rarely known even though the knowledge has been there since the beginning of time. For some reasons, this knowledge has been downplayed by modern medicine and has remained one of history's best-kept secrets. In fact, modern societies have a system of banning any health claims on food. No wonder why people in these countries are most ignorant about food and are suffering from more health problems.

Nutritional awareness has only gained more attention in recent years with healthcare costs skyrocketed and people having more problems than modern medicine can solve. Modern medical science has been taking the "bandage" approach, dealing with problems after they have occurred. No therapy or drug is to rebuild tissue or to restore the original bodily functions of the diseased parts. Food alone has the potential to correct what has been damaged and to revert what has been wronged. That is why good nutritional food is an indispensable weapon against disease.

Since most people as well as doctors have not been properly educated about the disease-healing effects of most foods, we just have to expand our diet to cover as much varieties as possible so that we are not missing out on any good things. Each food in its natural form is whole, unique and pure and has so much nutrition to offer. Some foods are blood builders. Some are brain foods. Some are muscle foods and some are energy foods. It is only to our best interest if we have a wider selection and keep rotating our food choices for variety sake.

The modern food science of counting calories in determining what to eat is most misleading and meaningless. A diet with empty calories and not nutrient-rich foods cannot achieve and maintain good health. Only a well-balanced diet in moderation with lots of variety can.