“Just One Thing” ~ Simple Steps for Creating Health and Preventing Chronic Illness

Posted by Dr. Mom Online in Nutrition, Weight Loss and Fat Loss on June 30, 2009

My “just one thing” recommendation today is actually a challenge.

For those of you who constantly count calories (and fat grams, and sodium content, etc.) in order to determine whether or not you’ll eat a certain food, or whether that food is “healthy”, my challenge is for you to STOP!

Instead, even if only for ONE DAY, eat only the types of food we genetically require for health:

1) REAL foods – grown, harvested, caught, hunted or raised – preferably single ingredient foods

2) whole foods – closest to their naturally occurring state

3) as clean and pure as possible

4) as fresh, seasonal and local as possible

By their very nature, these foods won’t come with as many labels to read in the first place!

Calorie count is not a measure of the health content of food. For one day, shift your thinking about food from calories to HEALTH.

For ONE day, eat lots of “clean” protein (free-range poultry and eggs, grass-fed meats, raw nuts & seeds), healthy oils and fats (not synthetic vegetable oils or trans fats/hydrogenated fats), fresh fiber like vegetables and fruit, and lots of pure water.

For this one day, lay off the grains and dairy since many leading wellness experts demonstrate that these two food groups are not genetically required for health. If you DO include them, choose the best. E.g. organic, raw dairy and organic, sprouted, whole grans

If you stick with this nutritional approach for any length of time, you’ll naturally discover that you really don’t NEED to focus so much of your energy and attention on individual components of a label. Real food, in its whole form, as pure as possible, already comes perfectly mixed with the exact proportion of ingredients to create ideal cell function, ideal body weight and composition, and vibrant health in your body (and mind).

Breathe easy! You don’t need to be chained to labels!

Just one thing… for just one day. Give it a try!

Let me know how you do!

P.S. Are calories important at all? Sure. I think it’s important to have an idea of the overall impact your food will have on you. I just don’t like the over-emphasis on specific components/properties of food at the expense of the big picture. I think practicing healthy strategies like portion control, frequent small meals throughout the day, etc. are good ideas.

Julie Webster Says:

I really appreciate this! I have been eating lots of vegetables, good fats and healthy protein for several years. Not only do I feel better for this but I never have to worry about my weight as all those great vegetables have so little calories.

Here are some recipe ideas I’d like to share:

http://www.julie-webster.com/kitchen/recipes

Enjoy! Julie

July 1st, 2009 at 10:39 am

Dr. Mom Online Says:

Thanks for your comments, Julie! So true, isn’t it? Eating primarily real, whole, pure foods as fresh as possible means NO worrying or label issues!

I’ll definitely check out your site – thanks for the contribution!

Be well, Colleen

July 1st, 2009 at 11:13 pm

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