Primary Nutrition - Eating Healthy with Food First

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by Steve Collins and Billie Frank
http://www.pulseparty.com/120398

Primary Nutrition-Eating Healthy with Food First


The U.S. Surgeon General has called this the sickest generation ever. This remark referred to the standard American Diet, SAD, an appropriate acronym. Our food is grown in depleted soil, is over-refined and then to make it “nutritious,” it is “fortified.” While this may sound comforting to the average American, what does it actually mean? Most Americans eat a diet that has little or no nutritional value. We are all busy and many of us eat fast food, either from drive-in windows or the supermarket aisles. When we get this fast food home from the market, we throw it in the microwave. It has been shown that this method of heating changes the molecular structure of food. In our society, convenience comes before health.

When your body gets food in a state that does not reflect nature, it is not sure what to do with it. The result is a body out of balance. The brain sends the message that the body is starving and it goes into survival mode: the body holds onto the food. The result is a nation of overweight people. Nearly 2/3 of us are over-weight and 30% of us are obese. Severely over-weight people are having their stomachs stapled as a solution. Besides the danger of the actual surgery, there are potentially dangerous side effects.

One out of every eight kids under the age of 12 has Type II Diabetes. This used to be referred to as Adult Onset Diabetes, that is no longer true. Fifty years ago the cancer statistic was one out of a thousand, then in the early 1990s it went to one in nine. Now, 2.5 people will hear the words, “You’ve got cancer,” from their doctors. About ninety percent of us will die of PREVENTABLE degenerative diseases. What are we waiting for?

The March 2003 issue of Newsweek addresses the problem in an article titled, “A Better Way to Eat.” They say that we have grown fatter and sicker since the USDA Food Pyramid came out a decade ago. According to the article, there is a new Healthy Eating Pyramid devised by Dr. Walter Willett and his colleagues at The Harvard Medical School. The bottom half (and it is the fat half) of this revised pyramid is unrefined plant-based foods. At the bottom of the pyramid, is unrefined grains and healthy unsaturated oils such as olive and flax; the second tier is fruits and vegetables. Next come nuts and legumes, such as beans and peas. Above this are eggs, fish, seafood and poultry then on top of that, dairy products. The apex of the pyramid is shared by red meat and refined carbohydrates. The pyramid does not even address saturated fats, but the apex is a great place for them.

The closer a food is to its natural state, the easier it is for our bodies to recognize it. Other things that are crucial for a healthy body are lots of water (at least a half-ounce a day for very pound of your body weight), exercise and at least 20 minutes a day of sunlight.

Food First is a 10-day program of eating whole raw foods. This food product from the Brain Garden offer twenty-four whole raw foods in a can. You eat the primary product, Pulse, as your main food. Supplement this with Parched Pulse, a dehydrated vegetable product that makes a tasty soup, and Finally Fruit, dehydrated mixed fruit. Brain Garden calls this way of eating “Primary Nutrition“ because the whole raw foods nourish the body at a basic level. The brain sends a message to the body that there is nourishment and the body starts to let go of weight it is holding on to. These foods do much more than weight control. The body begins a detoxification process and brings itself into balance. Most of the people doing the 10-day program are experiencing discernable results. The company wants to gather these results from over 100,000 and turn them into usable statistics. To accomplish this, Brain garden is given away $200.00 worth of free food to participants wanting to take part in the program who to three simple conditions. Interested people can attend a local Food First Presentations and leave with their 10-days of food.

People report weight loss, more energy, a better night’s sleep, lower blood sugar levels (including people with diabetes), lower cholesterol and lower blood pressure to name a few results. People with chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia and MS are reporting more energy and less pain. Deborah Davis of Fort Collins endured chronic pain from fibromyalgia and rheumatoid arthritis brought on by a serious auto accident over twelve years ago. She has been on disability as a result of the accident for over twelve years. Now she is on a work-trial program, which will lead to her coming off disability permanently. These dramatic results came after about six months of eating the Brain Garden foods and taking Dynamic Plus (a combination green food/probiotic) and using the company’s pharmaceutical-grade essential oils. The probiotic contains a patented ingredient, L Plantarum OM, which has anti-viral, anti-retro-viral and anti-tumeral capabilities. This product, included in the 10-day program, has also helped people with reflux and other digestive problems. It also helps with regularity. For more information and reports of other dramatic results, e-mail hummingbear@juno.com.

After the 10-day program, it is important to follow a maintenance program to retain and increase your level of health. Monthly Health is a Habit potluck dinners will help people work the foods into their every day lives.

To find out about Food First presentations log onto www.pulseparty.com/120398.
If you would like to adopt a more healthy lifestyle or if you already have a healthy lifestyle, but want convenience this program may be for you.

Steve Collins and Billie Frank own Hummingbear Enterprises an independent distributor for the Brain Garden. Steve is also the author of the newly released cookbook, Grilling and Smoking with The Home Chef. Billie, owner of Creative Marketing Solutions is the book’s publicist. You can reach them at hummingbear@juno.com or at 970-377-3377.