On eating & nutrition

Vitamins & Your Health -Wellness Wednesdays

At the root of Insulin Resistance Syndrome (IRS) are unhealthy food choices. In our overabundant commodity food crop culture, our exposure to lower quality foods produced from the government subsidized crops like corn, soybeans, rice, and wheat is creating metabolic imbalances in our bodies of epidemic proportions. Because these crops are cheaper for the farmer to sell them than it is to produce them (thanks to the subsidy), manufacturers use these crops to produce "foods" that are calorie-dense and nutrient-poor.

Therefore, the centerpiece to preventing and reversing IRS is healthy food choices. Go to your food pantry and your refrigerator and throw out anything that contains the following ingredients: high-fructose corn syrup, partially hydrogenated soybean oil (or any kind of partially hydrogenated oil), refined flour, or sugar (as the first or second ingredient). If you have nothing left in your pantry to eat, you need a serious dietary paradigm shift. Now replace those "foods" with some real food like 100% whole grains (oats, brown rice, etc.), a variety of vegetables (click here if you need some ideas), lean proteins (eggs, poultry, fish, tofu, etc.), and some fruit, berries, and nuts.

Kam's note: just make sure that the meat you buy is Animal Welfare approved.   Click through to their web site to use their handy farm locator for your area.  List of AWA shops and vendors can be found here.