we are what we....

WE ARE WHAT WE....
eat

as i know more and more about what effect diet
has on someone who develops alzheimers
i realize how important it is that we eat
healthy
all our lives

i wonder what my health would be like right now if
i had eaten like i eat now all my life
would i have high blood pressure
would i have high cholesterol
which i had for years before i realized it at 40
but then i had 40 years of high levels doing its
damage
slowly like the corrosion build up in a water pipe
in you house
until it reaches the point where damage gets done
some of it is subtle
in those small vessels to the heart and the brain

what if i had eaten right all my life
would my memory issues been delayed
or not happened

i think about this a lot when i shop for groceries
especially when i wait in line for checkout
i look at what other folks have put in their carts
sodas full of sugar
orange juice thats really just orange flavored sugar water
the cancer that has taken over our health here in the us
cereals like those advertised heavily to your kids
on tv
all loaded with that sugar that our bodies werent
programmed to ingest
all those prepackaged and processed foods that
fill up those carts
all that meat
now meat is ok
i do eat meat
but not as much as what i see in folk carts

i recently cut my bread consumption in half
and
since i have a turkey sandwich with chips for
lunch every day
and
have toast with egg ie a egg sandwich for breakfast
i use one slice of bread and use 1/2 the number of chips
i have eliminated 500 calories from my diet
thats worth a few pounds weight loss over a year

so when im checking out i look down at my cart
half of what i buy are fruits and vegetables
and
there are no processed foods
some meat but not much
whole wheat bread with nuts and seeds added
dried fruits and nuts
no cereal
no bon bons or twinkies
even no snickers
just  good healthy food

now what if we all ate like this in the us
we would all be healthier and live longer
add some exercise
and
we would cut down on the incidence of alzheimers
by 30%+-
decrease heart disease strokes diabetes knee and hip replacements

of course
we would have more folks drawing social security for a
lot longer time

so we are
what we eat

the organicgreen doctor