NUTRITION PRINCIPLE #2: Your health depends on eating foods with a high nutrient content.
Last time you learned that it is wise to avoid processed foods. Did you make any changes in the foods you regularly eat? An example is to have eggs for breakfast instead of cold cereal. Or a hearty beef stew for any meal.
Foods that contain as many critical vitamins and minerals as possible constitute a nutrient dense diet. We know from the research of Dr. Weston Price that the traditional foods of healthy people around the world provide many more fat soluble vitamins, water soluble vitamins, and minerals than the diet of so called “modern” people.
Why are these nutrients important? Fat soluble vitamins include A, D, E and K2. They are critical for fertility, preventing birth defects, for bones, blood, eyes and skin, for the immune system, nervous system and endocrine system, for tissue repair, to protect against cancer, and more. Water soluble vitamins are the B vitamins and vitamin C. They are needed for fertility, nerves, skin, eyes, hair, the liver and heart, mental health, and more. Minerals include calcium, chloride, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, sodium, sulfur, cobalt, copper, iodine, iron, manganese, selenium, and zinc. These have many functions, and are essential for growth, maintenance, and repair.
What foods contain the highest amount of these critical vitamins and minerals? Vitamin A, D and B12 are found only in animal foods. Vegetarians can get them from dairy and eggs. Vegans have no food source for these critical and absolutely necessary vitamins. The most nutrient dense foods include liver and other organ meats, muscle meats, fish, shellfish, fish eggs, egg yolks, and raw dairy – milk, butter, cream and cheese. Other good but less nutritious whole foods include fruit, vegetables, and seeds. Seeds include grains, beans, nuts and seeds. Later we will discuss how important it is to prepare seed foods properly to get the most nutrition from them.
Read last week’s article here: “Nutrition Principle #1 – Do not eat refined or processed foods”, https://sierranewsonline.com/focus-on-vibrant-health-nutrition-principle-1/
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