more specifically:

balance your pH.

find out what type of diet you would need to be on to balance your pH, you'll see that it isn't that hard to do and it makes a world of difference.

once the pH is balanced, the arteries stop filling up with cholesterol patches.

eat fatty fish (not fried, not breaded). if you can, buy it local (caught from a nearby water source, like the ocean). salmon is a good fatty fish. this way you avoid having to buy it in aluminum cans

eat green leafy stuff. the more the merrier. the greener the better. you don't even have to cook it, in fact, if you can eat it without cooking it, that'd be even better.

really spicy hot peppers.

nuts (if your gut can stand it or you aren't allergic).

local fresh fruits in season.

avocadoes.
apples.
cranberries.
blueberries.
bananas.
citrus.

apple cider vinegar.
raw garlic.
yogurt with acidophilus cultures in it.

long-cooking oatmeal (again, if you aren't allergic and don't mind the flavor, texture), which is typically 5 minutes cook time or longer. local honey. real butter not margarine.

wheat bran flakes to regulate the bowels.

most of this stuff is really easy to fix and doesn't require cooking.

good ideas for those who are worried.


[edit on 3-2-2008 by undo]

I remember reading multiple articles about fluoride in the water supply and it's negative effects. It's supposed to mess with your thyroid, which effects your metabolism. It's supposed to interfere with your pineal gland, so that's two hormone related glands that get messed up. It also supposedly lowers your IQ, increases the general odds of getting cancer, significantly raising the odds of getting some type of bone cancer, and several other bad things. So it's the perfect instrument of the system. You become fat and stupid so you eat the crappy food.... and when you get sick, you take there medicine. No wonder the masses are so easily manipulated by the Main Steam Media.

yeah, water that's been filtered to remove the chlorine, fluoride and other pollutants, is a good idea. if you can't afford a filtration system, perhaps you could try the dissipation method:

fill up a pitcher with water and let it sit in the fridge for an hour before drinking it. only take the water from the top of the pitcher (don't tip it up and pour it into glass. ladle it out into your glass, instead. when you get to the halfway mark in the pitcher, pour the rest out and fill it up again, and repeat the process.



[edit on 3-2-2008 by undo]

You know I have been debating this very issue over in my head recently due to some weight gains that I've had.

I realized that I've gained 20 lbs in the past year due to eating fast food 10-20 times a week due to a wierd work schedule and time constraints.

Then I started REALLY thinking about WHY I did this.

Laziness? Well to a point. What I realized was that I could just wake up 5 min earlier, make a healthy lunch or pack up leftovers and I'd be eating better already. Just gotta make that effort to get up.

I was also addicted to caffeine. Just had to break that addiction.

Also I'm too tired to workout after work. Just gotta force yourself there lil buddy.

What is the common thread in all these things?

MIND OVER MATTER. Heck, all I have to do is tell my body "No you SOB you do NOT crave a Dew!" and "you ARE getting on that darn treadmill or you aren't gonna live to HAVE children much less see your grandchildren grow old!"

And I tell you what it works. It's VERY simple.

But this is America's problem. We (vast majority) have weak minds. I do not know the cause ... but it is true. I'll go into some research I did into this phenomenon in another thread so as to not hijack this one.

But the malnutrition (and it IS malnutrition - NOT starvation) is simply due to weak willpower in my opinon ... NOT lack of time, lack of energy, etc.

What I'm talking about is stuff they don't teach in a nutrition class because we're not supposed to know about it.

What I'm talking about is verifiable, repeatable, science which is taught in class. It's important to be educated in facts based on hard science and not educated by uninformed opinion.

What you call hard science... I call junk science. What's taught in the classroom is not necessarily the truth and designed to keep us ignorant.

Actually it's not junk science as it is verifiable using scientific method. Anything but this would be considered junk science or at best, an uninformed opinion.

True story.

My assistant manager in one month shed 9 lbs by simply not eating bread and stopped drinking soda pop.

Roper

Well, it more depends on what kind of quality of fast food they are eating. That's because fast food, is less crappy now days and there's a variety of different places. Junky fast food counts a bit nutritionally anyway. It's probably more the amount of the junk food, plus sodas, grease, processed foods that have more of an affect than actual starvation.

I want to thank everyone for their participation in this thread so far. There is a lot of responding I would like to do, so I will re-read and reply on a point by point basis.

As you no doubt can calculate, I feel this is an extremely important topic yet one that goes largely ignored. About the only thing you will hear mentioned in the MainStreamMedia is that Americans are getting fatter faster than ever before, and have never had more chronic illnesses.

I shall return...

Please people.

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