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Ancient Times Now
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re you trying to be healthy?
mellitus, cancer and birth defects are prevalent.
development in technology through the ages,
Are you totally confused
The ancients might not have known
the processing procedures have changed the
and discouraged by all the
the word “antioxidant,” but they were onto
structure of natural wheat so dramatically that
advice on healthy food
something with this list of “superfoods”:
it is not always beneficial to the human body.
choices in magazines and
wheat, barley, grapes, figs, pomegranates,
Tasty yes, but not always healthy! Eating wheat
TV commercials? Yesterday you were warned
honey, olives, dry beans, almonds and apples.
in its refined carbohydrate form – cakes,
by doctors against eating too many eggs
Add to this, what the food health experts deem
pastries, certain types of bread and pasta – on
because it causes high cholesterol, but today
as nutritional superstars, namely tomatoes,
a regular basis is very unhealthy. Refined
Professor Tim Noakes is advocating a high
mushrooms, garlic, peppers, dark chocolate,
carbohydrates have a high glycaemic index
protein and healthy fat diet, where an egg a
broccoli, avocado, lemon, oatmeal and brown
(GI) and are therefore detrimental in the
day is actually part of the meal plan!
rice, and you have the perfect list of food for
control of blood sugar levels.
Back to the
beginning
overall health. In this article we are going to
Wholewheat
products
Where do we start looking for “healthy food”
answers and who do we believe? Maybe we
explore and find out exactly how on-target the
ancients were.
Wheat is healthier when it is refined
Wheat
as little as possible. Wholewheat products
should go back at the very beginning, when
Wheat cultivation, the
(certified 100% wholewheat) contain 30% of
the Israelites were promised “... a land of milk
grinding of it into
your recommended daily fibre intake and have
and honey ...”!
flour and baking bread
high levels of manganese and magnesium.
Our forefathers enjoyed simple meals, but
in the course of time, the appearance of food
with it, is surely one of
Wheat as a carbohydrate source provides
ancient
energy to the body and as a fibre source it can
changed. With the wide variety of refined and
practices. Today, wheat is still one of the most
prevent colon related diseases such as colon
attractively prepared foods readily available
important ingredients of foods in our daily
cancer and the formation of bile stones.
today, we find that problems such as obesity,
diet. It is present in almost everything, fro B