One of the things that I really liked about this book is that Jon focuses on whole
unprocessed food in its natural state, instead of all of the highly processed junk that fills the grocery stores these days... which coincides EXACTLY with my philosophy on food!
Not exact matches
I think the key is 1) eating whole
unprocessed natural foods and minimize added sugar not
in its
natural state to 6 teaspoons a day or less (ie: sugar removed from fruit and concentrated is still handled by your body as sugar).
Raw,
unprocessed cacao
in its
natural state is one of the highest antioxidant
foods on the planet.
Staging your kitchen for success is essential when it comes to eating clean — this means eating
foods in their
natural and
unprocessed state.
If all you buy are whole
foods like meats, fruits, vegetables, nuts, and other
unprocessed foods in their whole
natural state, you can be certain to avoid all of the worst things that plague our
food supply.
Raw foodists consume plant
foods in their most
natural state — uncooked and
unprocessed — and believe this practice is the most wholesome for the body.
I think that balance is the key to success along with eating a diet that is made up of nutrient dense
foods in their
natural state (as
unprocessed as possible).
When referencing pet
foods, the AAFCO definition of
natural is «a feed or ingredient derived solely from plant, animal, or mined sources, either
in its
unprocessed state or having been subject to physical processing, heat processing, rendering, purification, extraction, hydrolysis, enzymolysis, or fermentation but not having been produced by or subject to a chemically synthetic process and not containing any additives or processing aids that are chemically synthetic except
in amounts as might occur unavoidably
in good manufacturing practices.»