Myth to Medicine
Let's get this straight. ALL foods are healthy. Assuming the
food has been grown, harvested and kept correctly. What is
variable is the amount we eat, how the food is prepared, what is
added, and the quality of the food. Two ancient sayings my
grandmother was fond of encapsulate the eternal truth about food
- "everything in moderation" and "variety is the spice of life".
Until the last decade, modern medicine neglected the medicine in
everyday foods, viewing it as folklore, lacking in proven
scientific validity. But now mainstream scientists are
increasingly reaching back to the truths of ancient food folk
medicine and dietary practices for clues to remedies and
antidotes for our modern diseases. Research on natures medicine
is growing by leaps and bounds almost daily.
Why are prestigious research institutions like Harvard telling
us with great gusto that broccoli is full of powerful anticancer
agents, and that eating more carrots seems to dramatically
prevent strokes and heart disease?
The reason is simple. For the first time in history, science is
vigorously validating what your grandma always knew - that what
we eat is urgently important in determining our health, both
now, and in the future. Today, scientists with new technology
can detect, isolate, and test minute quantities of bioactive
plant compounds.
The ancient Egyptians discovered that consumption of cabbage
would cure as many as eighty seven diseases, and that
consumption of onions would cure twenty eight. Garlic was
considered a holy plant, due in large part, to its medicinal
properties. Cruciferous vegetables (like cabbage and broccoli)
were cultivated primarily for medical purposes and were used
therapeutically against headache, diarrhoea, gout and various
stomach disorders.
Which healthy foods
to eat? Many professionals if pushed to select only one food
group would choose plant foods - fruits and vegetables - which
are rich in antioxidants. It is claimed by many that these foods
can save you from virtually every disease and illness known to
man.
So far, scientists have linked destructive oxygen reactions to
at least seventy different chronic diseases, as well as to aging
itself. Antioxidants re-enforce the body's police force, who go
around moping up pockets of the destructive oxidant brigade.
This is a constant battle, so a constant intake of antioxidant
nutrients throughout our lives, is vital.
Oxidants come in various guises. Probably the most notorious are
the free radicals. These molecules have lost one of their
electrons, and are thus unstable. They try to grab it from any
passing cell, creating havoc in the body. But you may be able to
eat your way out of this dilemma. Fruit and vegetables, are
packed with a variety of antioxidants, and are thus one of the
most healthy foods to eat.
Since the dawn of civilisation, we have relied upon the forests,
fields and gardens for our food and medicines. Finally, science
is catching up with myth and turning our fore-fathers myths into
medical reality.
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