Why is Proper Nutrition Important?

Are nutrition and health related? Is healthy eating important? Of course! Like a finely-tuned racing car, your body needs the right fuel (food) and regular maintenance (exercise, lifestyle and mental attitude) to achieve its true health potential. Nothing is more important than healthy eating! Put in the wrong fuel or let it go without regular use and there's no way it can deliver its full power and performance. Without healthy eating, your body's engine will cough, splutter and eventually stall.ion is one key to developing and maintaining a state of health that is optimal for you.ion is one key to developing and maintaining a state of health that is o

Many people tell me that they eat a really good diet.  Here's the thing: 100% of the people who walk out of my office or say good by at the end of phone or Skype session realize that what they thought was a good diet, wasn't. 

There's so much confusion and political hype: eat low carb, eat high carb, become a vegetarian, you'll lose weight eating meat, you'll get heart disease if you eat meat, eat lots of protein, become a vegan, eat whole grains, etc.  Truthfully, it's difficult to know the best way to eat, thus, we do the best we can. We think we're eating healthy.....and yet we're not healthy. 

I'm here to set the record straight:

There is not one diet on the planet that is correct for all the people, all the time.  

What works for your neighbor, might be disaster for you; even what worked for your parents, may not work for you.  What worked for you when you were 20 may not work for you now that you are 40. Why? There are several reasons. 

Bioindividuality

We no longer live in groups of people of the same ethnicity, staying healthy by eating native foods our ancestors have eaten for eons.  Indeed, we don't always even know what our ancestors ate!  That is how far removed we often are from our own roots.  America, in particular, has become a melting pot of genetic differences.  These genetic differences have different nutritional requirements. 

Lifestyle

Do you tend to live on screech, running from a full-time job to carpooling the kids to soccer practice and piano lessons, to picking up pizza for dinner, to exercising, to.....and so on and so on?  Or do you sleep deeply, awaken naturally, eat properly prepared organic whole foods in a quiet environment savoring every bite, get fresh air daily, commit to several hours per day of meaningful work, seek out our friends for deep conversation, and engage in spiritual practices on a regular basis? 

I think you understand the difference between these two lifestyles.  The important thing to know is that each lifestyle has a different biochemical impact upon the body, thus, each demands a different set of nutrients. The first lifestyle depletes the body of protein, vitamins A, B complex, C & E, cholesterol, essential fatty acids and essential minerals.  Several years - or decades - of this depletion weakens the body which means we will have less ability to heal it.  Chronic issues begin to pile up. We may even chock them up to "getting older." 

It doesn't have to be this way. 

Toxicity

American food is grown in deficient, chemical-laden soil producing  nutrient-deficient, chemical laden food.  It is sent to huge factories where it is altered beyond recognition and then boxed or bagged.  It is shipped across the country where it will sit on a shelf....sometimes for a very long time. 

Please know this: there is no such thing as junk food!  There is junk......and then there is food.  Period. 

Other factors: 

Age: Our nutritional needs change approximately every ten years.  Is your diet keeping pace with this? 

Gender:  Let's face it: while men and women are all human, they are different and thus, may have different nutritional requirements.

Finances:  A difficult fact, yet true.  Real food costs more than junk.  Real food lays the groundwork for real health.  Junk lays the groundwork for.....junk: illness, disease, pain, etc. 

A Plan For You

In a consultation, we develop together an eating plan of food your body needs to fit your current lifestyle taking into account your age, your gender, your desire (or not) to cook, your finances, your unique biochemistry, & your ancestry.   I will repeat: 

There is not one diet on the planet that is correct for all the people, all the time.  

Regardless of whether you want to eat meat, eat Paleo, be a vegan, be a raw foodist, be a vegetarian, eat gluten-free, or any other diet you can think of: I can help you design the best plan for yourself.  

I ask everyone to be open to embracing new ideas because the best plan for your health may not be the plan you desire.  Sometimes it works out that way and other times what you want to eat is exactly what you need to eat!