Holistic Health Tip: Foods that Harm - Foods that Heal

“The food you eat can be either the safest and most powerful form of medicine or the slowest form of poison.” ―Ann Wigmore

What you eat not only affects your day to day health but also helps to determine the quality of your live & even how long you will live.

FOODS THAT HARM - These foods cause inflammation and chronic disease

  • Refined Sugar - Soft drink. Juice. Lollies. Ice-cream. Cakes. Biscuits.

  • Trans Fats - Margarine. Vegetable oils. Grape seed oil. Sunflower oil. Commercially baked foods.

  • Refined Flour. White bread. Pasta. Commercially baked foods.

  • Artificial Food Additives. MSG. Aspartame. Packaged foods.

  • Processed Meat.

  • Alcohol.

FOODS THAT HEAL - These foods are anti-inflammatory and offer so much for our health.

  • Green Leafy Vegetables. Broccoli. Bok Choy. Spinach. Kale. Rocket. Rainbow Chard.

  • Colourful vegetables. Eat the rainbow.

  • Olive oil

  • Avocados

  • Bright fruits. Berries. Cherries. Melons.

  • Wild fatty fish. Salmon. Mackerel. Tuna. Sardines

  • Turmeric. Best absorbed with a source of fat & black pepper.

  • Cocoa - Try the Chocolate bark or Hormonal Hot Choc in The Village recipes.

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