Restore, stabilize, & protect your health
Knowledge Based | Scientist Reviewed | Translated for Everyday Life
Food As Medicine
Right now without taking a drug or a supplement we can change course by managing our health through food. Hippocrates once said ‘Let food be thy medicine and medicine thy food’. Don’t wait. We tend to treat our health in a reactive manner. We wait until we get sick and then we react. Prevention is key.
Our general view of food is that it is made up of protein, carbs, fats vitamins and minerals, but it we take a closer look research has found there are much more complex beneficial properties in the foods we eat that are essential to good health. Food can indeed be our medicine.
Join us as we explore the power of food to restore, stabilize and protect our health today.
Mother nature the original micro-doser
Man and animals survived through evolution by eating plants with their low level of phytochemicals. You can think of this as Mother Nature microdosing its creatures with protective phytochemicals so that the species can survive and thrive.
The entourage effect
While the entourage effect is a concept most famous in the world of herbal medicine, it is also pertinent in the context of nutrition. It’s the idea that the health benefits of a whole food are greater than the sum of its individual parts.
A BALANCED DIET
In an ideal world our diet would consist of a supply of fiber, healthy fats, proteins, healthy carbs and associated vitamins and minerals. Unfortunately, we do not live in an ideal world. It is difficult to maintain a fresh food supply, let alone make food every day ….
why supplements often fall short
A major takeaway is that Mother Nature rarely packages nutrients in isolation. The ‘entourage’ or the whole food profile provides instructions to your body to use the nutrients safely and efficiently.
should you be taking vitamins?
The key is to know when it’s helpful to supplement your diet and why you do not need supplements every day.
grass-fed Beef does it really matter?
Does it really matter?
If you think about it, all of these animals evolved grazing on pastures and as a result their metabolism was set to provide optimal growth from grass as a food source. Biochemically a grass-fed animal contains…….