FOOD ENERGY
Proper nutrition is the key to a long, healthy life, while maintaining well-being and vitality. It is also the first line of defense against disease by maintaining homeostasis, i.e. the balance of the body. Healthy food is the supply of all the necessary nutrients and energy that triggers the will to live and motivation to act.
Modern food can be divided into:
1. Biogenic – creates life – sprouts, nuts, seeds, grains, herbs, eggs etc.
2. Bioactive – sustains life – cereals, whole grain flour, vegetables, fruit, cold pressed oils, meat of farm animals in natural conditions, fish ..
3. Biostatic – slows down life processes – refined oils, margarines, white flour and its products, meat from intensive farming …
4. Biocidal – destroys life – highly processed industrial products with the addition of artificial vitamins, flavors, dyes, preservatives, sugar etc. sweets, meat products. Fast-food food.
Products that give life energy can be classified into the first two groups. They maintain the highest content of nutrients, i.e. life-giving substances, such as proteins, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins and minerals, and organic acids. They are natural, clean, wholesome and fresh. What is highly important, these products contain a wealth of natural enzymes that facilitate metabolic processes.
30-40% of them should be taken raw.
The best ones are:
– vegetables
– vegetable silage
– vegetable juices and pickled borscht
– sprouts and young plant shoots
– wild growing herbs
– as spices
– seeds and seeds
– fresh and dried fruit
Biologically active enzymes contained in raw products protect the vitamins and minerals contained in them. Thermal treatment, especially at high temperature, significantly reduces their content. For example, let me give you that boiling water destroys almost 100% of vitamin C, 48% of iron, 31% of calcium, 46% of phosphorus, 45% of magnesium and B vitamins.
