Monday, May 14, 2012

Food Pyramids

When trying to balance lifestyle and eating to live, food pyramids have been suggestive to the management of food consumption. Society implicates one system, focusing on grains, which is showing to not necessarily work with the number of gastrointestinal issues and auto-immune issues children and adults are experiencing. At the beginning of human civilization, agriculture and domesticated animals did not exist, our bodies are more programed to eat raw, whole foods, not some processed stuff made in a factory that is told to be good for you but rather is manipulated and filtrated with chemicals and alterations.

 ^ The pyramid that is standard to common society, for those that even pay attention to how they eat, following society's lead. Filing up with enriched foods, genetically altered foods, and grains.



^ The ancestral food pyramid. This is how our bodies are designed to eat. Grass fed, lean meats, raw, and whole! It is healthy, saturated fats that are filling! It is not an easy switch for many after many years of eating like the first pyramid. But, after switching a month ago, to no gluten and grains, my body has thanked me for it - and I didn't even know it didn't like what I was eating, in regards to not feeling ill and with low energy!! Besides needing to lose pounds, I thought I was feeling quite alright, not so much. 
Now some follow this a bit less strict, consuming some dairy products, preferably raw and/or grass fed.

Now if you are not living like a caveman, this might be overwhelming, I'm still learning. There is always a beginning place and things you are willing to change. Once you change some things, you might even realize you want to change more because you feel so great! As you become more conscious of what you eat, you don't want to eat as much because your meals are filling and satisfying.

There are many great resources available to learn! I started with The Paleo Solution by Robb Wolf

What kind of pyramid do you follow?

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