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FEBRUARY / MARCH 2020 • MONTANA SENIOR NEWS NUtRItION PAGE 37
Eating ‘Right’ Can Be Such a Guessing Game
SAY GOODBYE TO DEAD FOOD AND HELLO TO FRESH PRODUCE
Until the Indus-trial Revolution, our
BY WENDELL FOWLER ancestors practiced naturopathy: Earth’s
plant medicine. That societal transfor-
(SENIOR WIRE) In the era of alleged fake mation uprooted us from the garden
news, the “dietary truths that will set us free” and tossed us like dirt clods into the
are out there somewhere if we could just find compost pile of nutritional unrighteous-
them buried in the pyroclastic flow of disin- ness—fake processed food, resulting
formation campaigns and panaceas designed in today’s illnesses from vitamin defi-
to grab susceptible consumers’ hearts, waist- ciency. Disease rates took off like they
lines, minds, and growling stomachs. were shot from garden sprinklers.
For instance, The New York Times revealed, Eating a large variety of wholesome, plant-based A panel of allopathic doctors from
“the sugar industry funded research in the vitamin- and fiber-nourishment from Earth’s garden, Indiana University Medical School recently
1960s to downplay the link between sugar exercise, and meditation practices—not a silver-bul- shared information on the rapidly evolv-
and heart disease and promote fat as the let fad—are the secret to living a healthy late life. ing field of Lifestyle Medicine: the use
culprit instead.” © Kelpfish, Bigstock.com. of evidence-based therapeutic lifestyle
In 2015, The Times then exposed the cozy approaches, such as whole foods, predom-
relationship with Coca-Cola-sponsored their diet is best. inantly plant-based diet, regular physical
researchers who were conducting studies Poor diet fuels disease and death. The activity, adequate sleep, meditation, stress
aimed at minimizing the effects of sugary NIH’s National Heart, Blood and Lung management, avoidance of risky substance
drinks on obesity, according to the Journal Institute (NHBLI) published data revealing use, and other non-drug modalities, to
of the American Medical Association (JAMA). nearly half of all deaths from heart and prevent, treat, and, oftentimes, reverse the
A growing body of Americans are wit- metabolic diseases—including type 2 diabe- lifestyle-related, chronic disease that’s all
nessing a societal transformation—a shift tes, heart disease, and stroke—were linked too prevalent in old age.
in the collective dietary consciousness of to substandard eating habits. Seniors and all ages can exercise crit-
an obese, sickly, angry America. Changing The Standard American Diet (SAD) and ical thinking: disciplined, clear, rational,
their perception of today’s food, many food industry-policed, corporate food pyr- open-minded and informed by scientific
seniors are transcending weapons-grade amid that society was encouraged to follow evidence regarding emerging truths; not
food-like substances and reconnecting to has caused endless, preventable suffering to indulge in what clearly hasn’t worked.
Earth’s verdant plant-based pharmacy, just from chronic mental and physical dis- Small changes, even at this late stage in
like our ancestors. ease (JAMA). The SAD, however, is being life, can offer more quality years of health
Watchful, albeit confused, consumers widely abandoned for a plant-based diet and happiness. Say goodbye to dead food
are increasingly wary of GMO foods, agro- and lifestyle. and hello to fresh produce.
chemicals, food colorings, preservatives, Vitamin deficiency can result from No one diet or food craze is going to
and fluoridated water. One day coffee is failure to eat enough, or failure to choose cure our ills. Eating the large variety of
bad, the next day it lengthens life. Or, the right kinds of foods. Eating fresh pro- wholesome, plant-based vitamin- and
coconut oil is a miracle longevity food, duce from family gardens or proliferating fiber-nourishment from Earth’s garden,
the next day it’s branded pure poison. farmer’s markets makes us feel alive and exercise, and meditation practices—not a
Then there’s the Paleo, South Beach, Zone, energetic head to toe. Daily plant food silver-bullet fad—are the secret of living a
Atkins, or Mediterranean diets, the celery consumption may prevent us from suf- healthy late life. MSN
juice craze, and rawism—all soap-boxing fering many chronic diseases and overall
health maladies.
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