Each macronutrient, be it carbohydrates, fats, or proteins, provides our bodies with critical nutrients for maintaining optimal health, so choose nutrient -
dense foods from all food groups.
As you remove certain problem
food groups from your diet, you want to replace them with nutrient -
dense real
food, not the processed products
from the shelves of the grocery store that are labeled in such a way to draw you in and entice you.
These encourage enjoyment of a variety of nutritious
foods from all five major
food groups (see below), and limiting or avoiding highly processed, energy -
dense and nutrient - poor «discretionary» or junk
foods and drinks.
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From the chemical standpoint,» the critical difference between «efficient» native diets and diets characterized by the «displacing foods of modern commerce,» according to Dr. Price, was that «all the efficient dietaries were found to contain two to six times as high a factor of safety in the matter of bodybuilding material, as the displacing foods» (emphasis added).11 The foods that served a «bodybuilding» purpose varied substantially according to the group and location studied, but in all instances, traditional societies emphasized the most nutrient - dense land and sea animal and plant foods that could be obtained in their context, ranging from the exceptionally high - vitamin dairy products, whole rye sourdough bread and occasional meat of the isolated Swiss to the fish, cereals and sweet potatoes of Kenya's Maragoli tr
From the chemical standpoint,» the critical difference between «efficient» native diets and diets characterized by the «displacing
foods of modern commerce,» according to Dr. Price, was that «all the efficient dietaries were found to contain two to six times as high a factor of safety in the matter of bodybuilding material, as the displacing
foods» (emphasis added).11 The
foods that served a «bodybuilding» purpose varied substantially according to the
group and location studied, but in all instances, traditional societies emphasized the most nutrient -
dense land and sea animal and plant
foods that could be obtained in their context, ranging
from the exceptionally high - vitamin dairy products, whole rye sourdough bread and occasional meat of the isolated Swiss to the fish, cereals and sweet potatoes of Kenya's Maragoli tr
from the exceptionally high - vitamin dairy products, whole rye sourdough bread and occasional meat of the isolated Swiss to the fish, cereals and sweet potatoes of Kenya's Maragoli tribe.
Mayo Clinic nutritionist Katherine Zeratsky recommends eating a daily variety of calorie - and nutrient -
dense foods from all major
food groups, including fruits, vegetables, dairy, grains and proteins.