Study after study shows that good food choices have a positive impact on health, while poor diets produce negative long-term issues. Simply put, a healthy diet provides the body with the nutrients that are needed to work physically and mentally, maintain wellness and fight disease.
The increase in both eating disorders and obesity shows that diet is not only about sustaining the body. Nourishment involves the entire being— physical, social, emotional, mental and spiritual. When there is an imbalance between any of these aspects, eating behaviors can take a negative turn.
What we eat gives our bodies the “information” needed to function properly. So, if the body receives bad food, the correct information is not received, metabolic processes go haywire and health suffers. When the correct food is eaten in the appropriate amounts, the body receives the right information to grow, develop or maintain the necessary functions. In essence, nutrients give our bodies instructions on how to function.
Proper nutrition goes beyond counting calories, eating “good” food and eliminating “bad” ones. Instead of setting up an adversarial relationship with certain foods and excluding certain things in our diets, a more beneficial way of eating is to see which ones to include on a regular basis.
Using food not only as nutrition to maintain health but also as remedies to prevent or treat disease is part of the practice of traditional Chinese medicine and Ayurvedic traditions. Now more than ever, it is becoming an integral part of Western protocols for healthy living and slowing the process of aging—this is known as the “functional medicine perspective.”
Functional medicine practitioners examine the role of nutrition in chronic disease. They look at the body’s multiple systems and how they interact with each other; for example, the digestive, immune and detoxification systems. Functional medicine posits that chronic disease is almost always preceded by a period of declining health in one or more of the body’s systems. If early symptoms can be identified for an underlying dysfunction, functional medicine practitioners believe they can recommend the right foods and nutrients to restore the body to smooth functioning.
In summary, what we eat is crucial to our health. Ideally, food may act as medicine to prevent illness. Once a disease manifests, food may once again provide a cure. Since it is best to prevent illness, a health-conscious diet should include lots of vegetables, fruit, legumes, nuts, whole grains and if not vegetarian, lean meats and fish. The rule of thumb is to avoid highly processed food, saturated fats and refined carbohydrates. When we understand food can help avoid type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, stroke and even certain cancers, eating well becomes eating smart!
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