Are you treating your body like a landfill?

Hippocrates, the father of medicine, said “Let thy food be thy medicine.”
All of the trillions of cells in the body are nourished by the blood.
The blood carries nutrients from the foods eaten and liquids drank.
The chemistry of the food eaten eventually becomes the chemistry of the body.

But knowing this, why do the vast majority of people continue to fill themselves with unhealthy food and colas?

The phrase ‘junk food’ is so overused that people forget that much of the food they eat really is junk.

Would you want to live by a landfill?

Are you treating your body like a landfill?

Go to many restaurants and portion sizes for one person could feed a small family.

There are the biggie size fries, monster hamburgers and appetizers that could be a meal by themselves.

Most of the food we eat is too processed, high in refined sugars and lacking in nutritional value, but it tastes good.

However, it doesn’t do a body good.

Is it any wonder that cancer, heart disease, diabetes and obesity rates are skyrocketing?

The USDA Food Guide Pyramid recommends 5-9 servings of fruits and vegetables every day.

According to the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, consuming a diet high in fruits and vegetables is associated with decreased risk of all the above.

Fruit juice isn’t a serving.

One slice of tomato on your burger doesn’t count either.

Dr. John Knowles of the Rockefeller Foundation said, “Many adult diseases are related to what we eat throughout our early years in life.”

Did you know that all the red blood cells in your body undergo a complete change approximately every 28 days?

Every day is a new day to establish, or re-establish, healthy eating habits.

Prevention is the key.

Do you eat when you’re hungry, or when the clock says its lunchtime?

Do you eat snacks that are sustaining and health enhancing?

Reducing fats and consuming more complex carbohydrates is important too.

Drink water as it tastes great and is very filling.

Nourish the body from the inside out.

The quality of life depends on the quality of the food and drinks consumed.
In order to succeed in the fight against disease and illness, realize that this will involve changing habits around food.

Developing a better relationship with food is a process that requires patience, discipline and willpower.

You are what you eat.

Ben Franklin said, “The strong are those that can conquer bad habits.”

Sumya Anani, former 4x world champion boxer, teaches at the college. The college sponsors her radio show ‘Beat the Health Out of You’ on Talk Radio 710am. Contact her at sanani@jccc.edu.