freemotion
Food Guru
Yes, that is my training, received five years ago, and I've worked with many clients since then. One thing I know is that most diseases people face nowadays are firmly in the category of "lifestyle disease" and most of those lifestyle choices are around food.
Not just processed food. I made a huge leap in my own health during my nutrition schooling even though I'd been raising most of our food and was completely off processed foods for a few years. But my macronutrient ratios still supported lifestyle disease, much to my shock and initial disappointment. I've since corrected that with much improved health.
I'm starting this as a new topic because I want to express my (educated) opinion on this topic without insulting anyone or arguing. My education on this topic is not USDA-based, and remember, the USDA was created mostly to help market farm products...most of which are now corn, soy, and wheat. And mostly GMO. The various food pyramids show this push to sell grains, and even My Plate is skewed by the salesmen mentality.
So, to start this out, I am firmly in the "skills" camp. And the "store what you eat and eat what you store" camp. To this end, we can make huge changes in our health by dramatically reducing carbs IN ALL FORMS in the SAD, Standard American Diet. Even if home grown, organic, and properly prepared. Yes, grains are easy to store. But if we needed to rely on stored foods for a year or more, we would be very, very sick and low in energy by the end of that year with the typical SAD macronutrient ratios.
Now I will be leaving for work for a few hours but will leave with this little fact: Carbs (grains, fruits, starchy veggies, and outright sugars, even honey and maple syrup) use up a lot of the bodies' resources in order to utilize them. Many minerals are used up and are very, very hard to replace, magnesium is a big one. Many enzymes are depleted, more so than the body can replace if continually bombarded with a high carbohydrate diet.
This creates a cascade that is difficult to reverse. It can take YEARS to replenish minerals in the body, even with a great diet of home grown food and the addition of targeted supplements. Strict carb restriction is critical during this time.
My go bag is completely different now, too. Dehydrated veg soup, tinned sardines, coconut oil, jerky, dehydrated home made broth, lots of waterproof containers of salt are the mainstays.
Discuss.
Not just processed food. I made a huge leap in my own health during my nutrition schooling even though I'd been raising most of our food and was completely off processed foods for a few years. But my macronutrient ratios still supported lifestyle disease, much to my shock and initial disappointment. I've since corrected that with much improved health.
I'm starting this as a new topic because I want to express my (educated) opinion on this topic without insulting anyone or arguing. My education on this topic is not USDA-based, and remember, the USDA was created mostly to help market farm products...most of which are now corn, soy, and wheat. And mostly GMO. The various food pyramids show this push to sell grains, and even My Plate is skewed by the salesmen mentality.
So, to start this out, I am firmly in the "skills" camp. And the "store what you eat and eat what you store" camp. To this end, we can make huge changes in our health by dramatically reducing carbs IN ALL FORMS in the SAD, Standard American Diet. Even if home grown, organic, and properly prepared. Yes, grains are easy to store. But if we needed to rely on stored foods for a year or more, we would be very, very sick and low in energy by the end of that year with the typical SAD macronutrient ratios.
Now I will be leaving for work for a few hours but will leave with this little fact: Carbs (grains, fruits, starchy veggies, and outright sugars, even honey and maple syrup) use up a lot of the bodies' resources in order to utilize them. Many minerals are used up and are very, very hard to replace, magnesium is a big one. Many enzymes are depleted, more so than the body can replace if continually bombarded with a high carbohydrate diet.
This creates a cascade that is difficult to reverse. It can take YEARS to replenish minerals in the body, even with a great diet of home grown food and the addition of targeted supplements. Strict carb restriction is critical during this time.
My go bag is completely different now, too. Dehydrated veg soup, tinned sardines, coconut oil, jerky, dehydrated home made broth, lots of waterproof containers of salt are the mainstays.
Discuss.
and noodles and bread. I can live off noodles and bread....
