Often our palettes are use to heavily seasoned food (to hide all the preservatives),
so foods in their natural state can taste bland to some.
Not exact matches
The good thing is that the black pepper and lime combo has become really popular and commonplace
in the
States in the last year or
so - check out any potato chip rack at
natural food stores and supermarkets alike all over the city.
So as I said
in my New Year Resolution
in the last post, I will try to eat more real
foods —
foods that are as close to their
natural state as possible — and less processed
foods (i.e.
foods that come
in boxes and packages with too many weird ingredients that are impossible to pronounce!)
«
Food manufacturers are yet to come up with a way to completely package whole fresh fruit and vegetables
in their
natural state so that they retain their maximum nutritional value and unaltered health boosting compounds,» Packard says.
So, I'll tell you what «raw
food eating» is for me: eating
food in its
natural state, not refined, not processed.
Many real
foods in their
natural state have been tested for FODMAP content — not too many products —
so it's hard to know for sure about various bars etc..
By healthy I mean
natural -
state, low sugar, whole
foods in proper portions, from a wide variety of sources
so you're getting all the nutrients you need.
So, raw milk (is safe — know your source) is a
food in it's
natural state, especially when it comes from real dairy cows.
I did see a video on (Dr. Gregor) website, quite sometime ago, and if I remember correctly I thought it
stated when looking at what people ate 200hundred years ago their sodium intake was 200 mg — 500 mg daily and
so is this what the goal should be with getting
natural sodium
in whole plant
foods (and
in mostly raw plant
food diet)?