Great article that highlights the importance of food quality. I have recently been spending much of my time researching nutrition and optimal health, and what I have come to believe is that food quality is all that matters when it comes to health and longevity. This is born out of a paradigm shift from thinking that it's all about calories to the more appropriate view that it is all about how your body reacts to those calories. This means that calories are NOT all created equal. Depending on the quality of our food, issues surrounding digestion, hormonal balance, sleep, inflammation and stress can all either be made worse or better.
As mentioned in the article, part of food quality is knowing when to buy organic. Part of it is finding meats that have been fed food that they naturally eat i.e. grass-fed beef. Part of it is to stop eating food that is packaged/processed! And part of it is finding a way to drink quality water. These are not all the factors involved, but they are a great place to start if this is all new to you. The good news about this is that may of the foods that we have been told are "bad" do not turn out to have the negative effect we once thought. Red meat is a great example of a food item that has a rather nasty reputation, but we are finding that if you just eat red meat from grass-fed sources, it is actually very healthy for you!
If this is all difficult to take in, or flies in the face of your beliefs, I encourage you to do your own research and discover your own truth. Enjoy the article, and happy living!
Colin
