It’d be great if all the natural produce; fruits, veggies, grains would last forever.  Yet they don’t.  So we process food to make it stay on the shelf longer.  The problem becomes the essential nutrients, vitamins, minerals, enzymes, co factors and micro trace minerals are either gone or present only in part.  Then companies attempt to add synthetic supplements into the mix that can never do the job that mother nature intended.  Some actually become highly stimulatory, almost to the degree of some drugs.  Others create vitamin and mineral imbalances due to the improper ratios.

Ascorbic acid is added for Vitamin C for example.  Yet Vitamin C is a complex, and to add only ascorbic acid actually creates imbalances in the body.  This can be verified with mind-body testing.  B Vitamins and E Complexes which are so important to the nervous, hormonal and cardiovascular systems are almost stripped out of most highly processed foods.  Not to mention preservatives, additives and dyes which are documented in creating many symptom complexes in individuals with genetic predispositions (ADD, allergies, behavioral/learning disabilities, etc.)

I get that our lives are busy, and so convenience is important.  Yet we don’t have to sacrifice our health and that of our children at the alter of expediency.

Here’s some ideas:

1.  Add fruit and veggies at every meal.  Don’t like veggies, make a green smoothie or take lots of Alka Green or Green20!

2.  Eat more fish.  If you don’t like fish, like I do, supplement with Omega 3 supplements.

3.  Packs of raw nuts, pre-packed salad bags, greek yogurt, broccoli-slaw and whole grains.

4.  Get the whole family involved in shopping: give them items on your list that they can pick out.

5.  Make a weekly planner for the upcoming weeks meals and snacks, during the weekend and prepare accordingly.

In Health & Service,

Dr. Roland Phillips BA, BS, D.C.