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8 Rules of Thumb for Eliminating Refined Foods

8/2/2013

 
Going Healthy? 8 Rules of Thumb to Eliminate Refined Foods.  By www.AuNaturaleNutrition.com

The most highly processed foods are Refined foods.  These have had the nutrients mechanically or chemically removed and have little or no nutritional value.  Unfortunately, they are also quite common in the standard American diet.  Refined foods can actually be a negative energy source in your body.  These depleting “junk” foods rob your body of stored nutrients.  Some of the most common refined foods consumed today are white sugar, refined salt, and bleached flour (and the products that contain them).  They are all highly refined, void of nutrients, full of chemicals, and cause many modern day health issues.  

In contrast, 
Whole foods are nourishing foods because they are full of very important nutrients, such as vitamins and minerals, which are nature’s building blocks.  These give your body the ability to run efficiently, repair and regenerate, be your most beautiful, fight infections, and combat stress. 

I hope I have driven home how important it is to try to eliminate these refined foods from you life.  Your health will benefit!
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Follow these 8 simple food rules:

  • Anything sold in a can, box, or bag should be scrutinized carefully. 
Eat WHOLE fresh foods that are from a farm, not a factory.

  • Foods fortified with added synthetic vitamins have been stripped of nature’s intended nutrients in their proper proportions.
Allow yourself the luxury of enjoying whole foods as nature intended - naturally rich in nutrients.

  • Any food with an ingredient list that sounds like a chemistry or genetics experiment should be eliminated.  
Eat REAL foods, not “food-like” substances or “Frankenfoods”.

  • Ban foods with additives such as flavors, colors, waxes, preservatives, or artificial anything. Avoid foods sprayed with toxic pesticides.
REAL foods are perishable and will usually be found around the perimeter of the grocery store.

  • Foods with TV commercials are usually refined.  Don’t fall for marketing ploys such as “diet”, “lite”, “low-fat”, or “sugar-free”.  These foods have synthetic chemicals added to replace what was taken out.  
Put your dollars toward buying WHOLE foods from the local farmers in your community, not toward an advertising budget.

  • Foods purchased from a drive thru should be eliminated.
Nature’s fast foods include vegetables, fruits, nuts, and seeds.
HOME-MADE from WHOLE food is better.


  • Plates loaded with refined foods are usually boring beige.
Give up “the white stuff”.  Eat a rainbow of colors.

  • Refined foods are void of nutrients.  Refined foods can cause a decline in your health over time.  Junk foods cause junk moods.
Of utmost importance is FOOD QUALITY.
Healthy WHOLE foods nourish your body and mind.
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