The Rules
The rules of food are the primary thing we hope to emphasize on AgroshareMD.
The rules are simple.
But playing by the rules is much harder!
Eating is not about how many calories you eat or burn.
It is about eating the right foods.
- The number one rule is to replace unhealthy fats.
Unhealthy fats:
What are unhealthy fats? These include bottled hydrogenated oils like soybean and canola, margarine and low-quality olive oil.
Healthy fats:
What are the healthy fats? Healthy fats are fats from animals, birds, fish and plants that are not processed. Examples include high quality olive oil and other cold pressed oils, nuts, avocados and coconuts.
Healthy fats keep your brain healthy.
Healthy fats keep your joints healthy.
Healthy fats keep you from getting hungry too soon.
- Rule number two is to remove processed food from your diet.
Eat real food.
What constitutes processed foods? This will be the hardest part to understand and the hardest to do. But many foods we eat today are processed, even including some gluten-free, sugar-free and keto foods. Processed foods often include unhealthy fats and oils, high amounts of sugar, and preservatives or chemical additives. Most packaged convenience foods are highly processed.
- Rule number three is to take out sugar.
It is important to remove as much sugar from your diet as you can.
What does “sugar” mean? Sugar includes white sugar, brown sugar, many diet sugars, high fructose corn syrup, and others.
Other foods also act like sugar, mimicking sugar’s actions in the body. This includes wheat, rice and corn, which are highly processed, finely milled, and often lacking nutritional value. Other finely ground grains also increase blood sugar quickly. The consumption of these grains can sometimes contribute to chronic diseases.
That is it!
The hard part is that unhealthy foods, processed foods and sugar are everywhere. Some consider many of the foods we eat to be non-foods.
Although it is challenging, we will repeat these rules over and over so you can learn and understand how to eat to improve your health.
