You Are What You Eat

“Two Miracle Foods”, “Seven Miracle Foods”, “Seven Anti-aging Miracle Foods”, “Miracle Food Cures of the Bible”, “10 Miracle Foods”, “10 Miracle foods to Look Younger”, “The 11 Best Foods You Aren’t Eating”, “The New Miracle Foods”; what’s next, the 17 Luckiest Foods in the World? At this rate everyone should be living healthy to 1,000.

THE ONLY THING THAT REALLY MATTERS ARE THE MOLECULES AND THEIR QUANTITIES available in the water and food you ingest and their value to the cells in your body.

Just remember more of any nutrient; molecule, vitamin, mineral or food is not necessarily better! More can be beneficial, more can be less beneficial or actually harmful, or more can be the same. There is an optimal quantity (concentration) range for all molecules; that is how our biochemical reactions and enzymes work. Unfortunately, we do not know the optimal range for most molecules or chemical reactions in our body.

When eating foods remember that a food is a food is a food. The bottom line is that what really counts is what and how much, what type and the quantity of a given molecule you are receiving from that food.

This is not simple to determine. It depends on many variables, here are a few: is the food organic or has it been processed with many foreign substances added (salt, sugar, trans-fats, etc.); are their pesticides or other potentially toxic molecules in the food; under what conditions was the food grown; did the soil or water the food was grown in contain minerals and what kind; how has the food been processed (boiled, raw, high heat, low heat, frozen, fried, etc.).

At the end of the day you need to know what types of molecules are in your foods, which ones you need and how much and the quantity you are actually receiving. Anything short of this is pure speculation or guessing.

Darrell L. Tanelian, M.D., Ph.D.

Comments

[Dan]

Well then, how do you know if you are getting the nutrients you need from food? Is the guide: deep colors, strong nice smell? And are you suggesting that taking vitamins is too simplistic (i.e. not effective) as food is very complex and we don't understand all the interactions at the cell level system?

[D. Tanelian]

Hi,

You are absolutely right, food and their beneficial molecules are more complex than the "Miracle" food crowd is trying to make a dollar from.

However, a bit of personal responsibility, proper education in our schools and from our government and everyone could know what is best for their health.

I believe this is possible and that people could and should demand and receive this information from our schools and government, but sadly do not. We all deserve this information and could have access to it, but no one is demanding it. The time has come for everyone to demand and receive this essential life and health information!