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Men, What You Eat Makes A Difference In Your Health
As a man in middle age, have you ever wondered why you
just don't feel as well as you did a few years back? What has
happened to your health?
As a health practitioner, I have noticed a big difference by
middle age in a man who ate a lot of fresh fruits and vegetables
plus good oils and those who did not.
Why? Many men suffer from eating depleted or marginally depleted
foods. Men end up suffering from sub clinical nutritional deficiencies,
wich lead to health problems
Increase your health through good nutrition
As a man, unless you have severe colon problems, increase
your vegetable and fruit consumption. Here is where you will
find the needed vitamins and minerals your body needs.
Vegetable intake, particularly intake of cruciferous vegetables
such as cauliflower, broccoli and broccoli sprouts, help lower
the risk of prostate cancer in men.
Eat a variety of raw foods daily. Cooking depletes the food of
enzymes, which your body needs in order to run many of it's daily
functions.
When eating cooked foods, I also suggest that you find a high
quality digestive enzyme to take with your meals. Most people
need them. Our body only supplies so many enzymes and often cannot
break down all the foods we consume now days. This leads to toxicity
and ill health.
When possible buy organic produce. These foods usually contain
a higher amount of vitamins and minerals that we need in our
diet than the food we buy at the grocery store. The organic producers
are are trying to rebuild the soil and are careful about putting
harmful herbicides and pesticides on their products and in the
fields.
As a man who wants better health please note: when you eat your
foods in their more natural form, your body chooses what it needs
for rebuilding and balancing, from the chemistry of the food.
That is why I find a whole
food nutritional supplement so good to rebuild better health.
It has easily digested sources of foods in a powdered form.
Do add good source of oils in your diet from such things as olive
oil, almond oil, fish oils and other oils found in the Health
food store. However do not use Canola Oil, or Rapeseed as it
is sometimes called, no matter if it is found in the Health Food
Store. It has been found to cause health problems.
You may also want to ad in a couple of foods that are beneficial
for prostate health. Two of the better known ones are ground
flax seed oil and pumpkin seeds. Have several servings per week.
Cut down on junk food.
Cut down on your junk food and then move into making
it a treat instead of a daily thing. The lightened load from
removing the Chemicals, dyes, fats and sugars from your diet
will help immensely in building health.
Your body will thank you with far less illness, disease, weight
loss if needed, clearer thinking and probably added years of
life. Your energy will increase and people may remark that you
are looking younger.
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Article written by Jeannie Crabtree C.Ac. Discover
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