Not exact matches
The typical
modern processed -
food diet leaves many
of us low in omega - 3s, Bredesen says, so fish or krill oil from a trusted source is a good idea.
Our
modern diet of heavily
processed foods, added fats, sugars and salt clearly doesn't resemble the
diet of our cave - dwelling ancestors — or even grandma and grandpa.
By «
modern diet» we point the
diet used by the masses
of people in industrialized countries — the
diet in which packaged
foods with a long shelf life and
processed foods are predominant.
Modern diets high in
processed grains and low in nutrient dense fats and minerals may increase the likelihood
of nutrient absorption problems and make it even more important to reduce phytic acid levels in
food.
The real story behind the
modern epidemic
of excess flab on our bodies comes from consuming so many
processed and refined
foods — they are EVERYWHERE in today's
modern Western
diet, and they dull the body's natural feedback loop that tells us when we're full.
The rise in the prevalence
of all
of these conditions parallels the arrival
of modern and
processed foods, such as refined carbohydrate, in the human
diet.
«The
modern diet, with an overabundance
of refined grains,
processed foods, and sugars, contains very little magnesium.
In contrast to these robustly healthy people, those who had switched to a more «civilized»
diet of processed foods, sodas, and other westernized products soon began to manifest
modern diseases and produce offspring with narrow jaws and crowded teeth, and more narrow faces.
Research indicates that it is our
modern diet, full
of processed foods, refined grains, trans fats and sugar, that is at the root cause
of degenerative diseases such as obesity, cancer, diabetes, heart disease, autoimmune disease, Alzheimer's, depression and infertility.
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PROCESSED FOODS: These present a quadruple nutritional assault upon a brain suffering the ravages
of the
modern diet: they are usually high in refined carbohydrate; high in rancid, easily oxidized vegetable oils; low in antioxidants; and low in vitamins and minerals.
The average person eating a
modern western
diet of processed food consumes a LARGE quantity
of fructose without even thinking about it from all
of the soft drinks (high fructose corn syrup typically), sweetened juice drinks, orange juice,
processed junk
foods such as cakes and candies, as well as the HFCS that's added to store - bought salad dressings, breads and cereals, and even condiments like ketchup.
On the contrary,
modern day
diets of processed foods and excessive sugar, combined with sedentary lifestyles have pushed our physiologies dangerously far from their adapted environments.
But with the introduction
of modern food processing (and our instinct to strip meats
of skin, bones, and connective tissues before eating), we've nearly eliminated all forms
of collagen that were once abundant, and so for us, supplementing our
diet with a clean form
of this vital nutrient is a smart move.
A growing body
of scientific evidence supports a Paleo - style
diet based on the
foods eaten by our ancestors — free
of processed and refined ingredients and other by - products
of modern food production.
From this perspective, grains probably never accounted for more than 1 - 3 %
of our historical calorie intake... and as you know from one
of my recent articles, currently our
modern processed diet that the average person eats consists
of 67 %
of total calories from grains such as corn, soy, and wheat and their derivatives... now THAT»S a shocking revelation in why our entire
food supply is backwards, and how that affects your waistline!
Perhaps the abundance
of gluten in our
modern day
processed food diet is to blame?
Millions
of people suffer from irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), which is often triggered by the large quantities
of processed foods that make their way into many
modern diets.
In this
modern environment
of industrially
processed toxic
foods, following our innate
food preferences may easily lead us to eat unhealthy
diets.
For those
of you who live in a cave and have no idea what I'm talking about (pun totally intended), the paleo
diet restricts
modern processed foods, grains, legumes, and dairy.
This would make it a low - calorie
diet free
of processed foods,
modern chemicals, and refined carbohydrates.
Of course, the modern Japanese diet contains lots of processed foods, wheat, fried foods, and Western food
Of course, the
modern Japanese
diet contains lots
of processed foods, wheat, fried foods, and Western food
of processed foods, wheat, fried
foods, and Western
foods.
On top
of that, since most
modern diets consist
of processed foods high in bad fat, sugar, and caffeine, we are consuming less and less magnesium - rich
foods (see a list below).
Kaufmann theorizes that a link exists between the epidemic
of modern diseases, such as obesity and Type 2 diabetes, and a
diet high in refined carbohydrates and
processed foods.
When
modern foods are
processed they are stripped
of their important chromium content making our
diets very low and deprived
of this element.
High - calorie
processed foods and alcohol tend to make up a major part
of our
modern diet.
Modern lifestyle factors like the overuse
of antibiotics, and
diets high in
processed, preserved, and histamine producing
foods (i.e. most conventional yogurt), all contribute to an unhealthy gut biome.
The typical «
modern»
diet offers way too many Omega - 6 fatty acids — by way
of conventionally - produced meats and overly -
processed foods — which actually inhibits the conversion
of Omega - 3 into DHA and EPA.
My end goal
diet is a
modern Paleo most
of the time (no
processed foods — mostly meat, veggies, fruit, and so forth but maybe some things not strictly Paleo), eating IF style, with post workout nutrition always in check.
Only when these primitive people adopted a «
modern»
diet of sugar, refined grains, man - made fats and commercially
processed foods [while abandoning their traditional
diets] did they become sick, miserable and develop diseases.
The ratio
of sodium to potassium in a
modern,
processed food diet is likely to be close to 5:1, with five times as much sodium as potassium.
The many factors in our
modern lifestyle that block the complicated uptake pathways
of this important nutrient — from nutrient deficiencies to exposure to toxins to factors in
processed foods that cause reduced stomach acid, autoimmune disease and enzyme disruption — make it difficult to obtain sufficient quantities from our normal
diet; and since vitamin B12 in supplements is produced in exactly the same way as B12 in nature, that is, by bacterial fermentation, the danger
of high doses in most cases is negligible.
If you read Nutrition and Physical Degeneration by my main man, Wes, you'll see that populations
of indigenous people who did not consume a
modern western
diet of processed foods were shown to have virtually no dental caries, or cavities.
Thus, universal characteristics
of preagricultural human
diets are helpful in understanding how the recent Western
diet may subject
modern populations to chronic disease: Before the development
of farming and the domestication
of livestock practices, dietary choices would have been necessarily limited to minimally
processed wild plant and animal
foods.
The typical
modern diet has more than enough in the form
of sodium chloride - otherwise known a table salt - found in
processed foods, cured meats, canned vegetables, salty snacks and condiments.
Many studies have shown that our
modern diet is full
of processed foods, trans fats and sugar, leading to some
of the main causes
of obesity, heart disease, cancer, Alzheimers and Parkinsons.
We do that by providing nourishing collagen and promoting our production
of collagen - an essential nutrient stripped from our
diets by
modern food -
processing.
We live with headaches, back pain, inflammation, arthritis, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, skin problems, insomnia and cancer — they're all the byproducts
of modern western
diet, based on
processed food.
On an evolutionary level, your pet's ideal
diet is grain - free and contains thousands
of enzymes, phytochemicals, and antioxidants that can not exist in
modern heat -
processed foods.