Natural Food

Natural food’s are the ideal nourishment for our bodies to flourish and survive.
After all, we are part of nature and are evolved to thrive on natural meals.
Foods that are as close to their original condition as possible, or as nature intended, are rich in health-giving nutrients that nourish and energize us. These are also rich in nature’s “life-force,” which, in combination with essential vitamins, minerals, and phytonutrients, contributes to a positive, natural state of physical and mental health and vitality.
Let’s find out the benefits of including this in the everyday diet:
Keeps your heart healthy
Antioxidants and minerals that support heart health, such as magnesium and healthy fats, are found in abundance in natural foods. Inflammation, which is one of the key drivers of heart disease can be minimized by eating a diet rich in healthy, unprocessed foods.
Helps in improving your gut health
Processed foods can be very complex to break down and harder to digest because of preservatives and other such things. Eating natural food may benefit your gut microbiome, or the bacteria that live in your digestive tract. Many such foods are prebiotics, which are foods that your gut bacteria convert into short-chain fatty acids. These fatty acids may help with blood sugar regulation as well as gut health.
Adds to your sustainable lifestyle
Adding natural foods to your diet will reduce the non biodegradable waste produced by an individual and contribute to a step towards becoming sustainable.
WHAT TO AVOID
The following highly processed foods lead to ill-health and disease, and to the accumulation of body fat and weight gain:
White flour-based products which have a high glycaemic index and load (High GI or High GL)
Refined grains, many commercial “boxed” cereals
Refined sugars and syrups
Sugary foods and drinks such as biscuits, pastries, cake, canned drinks, sports drinks and sports products
Foods that are high in both refined sugar and commercial fats and trans fats, like manufactured biscuits, many cereal and breakfast bars, processed protein and energy bars (unlike Trek bars), cakes, pastries, chocolate bars, sweets etc.
As an age old saying goes, “health is wealth” and we have all recently experienced the significance of these words, it is time to tilt towards becoming health conscious and avoiding processed foods. Yes, processed foods make your lives easier, quicker and fall in the hustling category but, at what cost? Something to ponder over…
Make the right shift before it’s too late. Eat natural, live healthy and happy.