What Diet Works For You?

You have no doubt seen the Food Pyramids, and the current MyPlate - recommendations put out by the USDA.  And here's a new take on diet recommendations:  an "apple"  http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011/11/23/low-carb-high-fat-diet.aspx


And here's a word on Salt:


New Review Questions Benefit of Cutting Down on Salt  By Kate Kelland   LONDON Nov 9, 2011 

(Reuters) - Reducing salt in the diets of the general population may not have an overall positive health impact, according to a review of more than 160 scientific studies published Wednesday.  In an analysis that fuels a row over the health effects of salt, researchers writing in the American Journal of Hypertension and the Cochrane Library journal said the systematic review added to growing evidence suggesting officials should re-evaluate policies advising everyone to eat less salt. 

Another study by Belgian scientists published in May found that people who ate lots of salt were no more likely to get high blood pressure, and were statistically less likely to die of heart disease, than those with low salt intake.

Have you heard of this - a great way to restore health - the GAPS diet?  http://gapsdiet.com/The_Diet.html


Or this one?  Eat right for your Blood Type -  http://www.dadamo.com/bloodtype_O.htm


Shall I go on?  Or is your head beginning to spin?  There are lots of studies, good research and new ideas, and if you had the interest and time you could learn a lot from books and the internet.  But, you might say, what's the use?  There's too much information.  I can't figure out what's best for me ... I'll just eat and drink what tastes good.  With that attitude, you may be on the road to major health problems.  Happy taste buds, unhealthy you.


Do you believe you are what you eat?  that you can keep fit by eating right?  If yes, then you'll need to find what diet is right for you - what works for your body.  This doesn't mean following a specific diet that you've heard about, it means figuring out what is best for you.


How?  I suggest cleaning up your selection of food for at least a week.  Eat simple and clean - no processed food, no sugar, no bread, no pasta, no cereal.  Torture, you say?  Maybe ... but you will feel good.  Then when you add in a food, one at a time, you'll be able to gauge your body's reaction.  Bloating, nausea, headache ... oops, guess that one doesn't work.  On to the next.  Soon, you'll have weeded out the foods that clearly are not healthy for you.  Those are the ones you just don't eat anymore.  Give them up.  Try it - your body will thank you!


Look at it this way: your body is a marvel of adaptation, it will deal with whatever you put in it, but at what price?  The physical reactions of eating the wrong foods will loiter in your system like tadpoles in a murky pond.  At some point you'll have frogs leaping every which way and you'll have to take charge of them.  That could be a very big and unpleasant job. 


to your health!
Patty