Simplifying Things

Long time no write.

It's easy to get caught up in the latest trend in the diet world. Fad diets come and go but the key to eating healthy is very simple:

Stop eating industrial foods. Aka, foods that never existed before the industrial revolution. If you want to complicate things just a little bit than  all you really have to do is avoid consuming these three things:

1) Gluten grains (may be tolerated by some)
2) Too much omega-6 fatty acids
3) Sugar (fruit is OK)

So that  nobody accuses me of stealing ideas, this is basically what Kurt Harris of Archevore fame espouses. I am merely making an attempt to spread his opinions because they are good.

People want to find an exotic cure for what ails them. Obese? Eat this herb from deep in the Amazon jungle that is proven to rev-up your metabolism! Gastro intestinal distress? Drink some magnesium citrate to "reset your digestive system and clear out toxins!" (If you ever do this, please clear your schedule).

The truth is that most of the time there is no cure. Not one that involves adding solutions to your problems. A better approach is to find out what is hurting you and eliminate it. You're not fat because you don't eat enough healthy foods. You're fat because eat crap (probably disguised as healthy). You're not sick because you haven't found a cure. You're sick because your not letting your body heal on its own.


To put it as simply as possible: eat real food. As Michael Pollan would say, if your great-grandmother wouldn't recognize it as food, don't eat it! If it comes in a box or a bag, it's probably not good. If it doesn't rot after leaving it out for a few days, it's probably bad. There are exceptions, of course, but sometimes you need to step back a bit to see your problem.