Health Foods as Medicine

What is medicine to you? Oftentimes the word medicine will conjur up images of pill bottles, icky syrups or syringes. The word has developed a negative connotation for many, especially since a particular medicine is often associated with the unfortunate malaise it is intended to treat. However, to view medicine as something to be taken only after one is already sick is to do a disservice to ourselves. Medicine can be a substance, or a practice of using substances that prevent disease in the first place, such as an all natural diet and healthy lifestyle. The foods we eat can be medicine too.

Sometimes it seems that the entire “western” medical profession is based around treating illness after it already arises. We are constantly chasing symptoms, and trying to undo damage we create by our day to day living. Invasive surgeries and powerful chemicals are used to combat years of disregard for the body. Doesn’t it make more sense, however, to avoid getting sick in the first place?

The most direct control we have over our own health is our diet and consumption habits. Of course eliminating harmful toxins such as cigarette smoking or environmental factors are a huge help as well, but our diet is crucial. We eat multiple times every day. Each meal is a choice between healing our bodies with natural menus and organic foods, or doing more harm to our bodies with processed junk foods and take out dinners. Simple changes in the ingredients, the menus and the way we eat can drastically change the quality of life for the better.

We hear a lot about “health care” these days. In the political arena, in the workplace and at home it is a hot topic, and everyone seems to have an opinion about it. It is a topic that affects everybody at every age. Once again, however, when we think of this term, it still seems to refer to what we do after we get sick. When we really look at the phrase, it too should refer to our lifestyle. Medicine and health care can be more than drugs, surgeries and treatments. It can be a way that we live our life; the way we care for our health.

Creating organic menus and switching to an all natural lifestyle is easier than one might think, and benefits every aspect of our lives. Eating whole foods and avoiding chemical filled, over processed ingredients is one way to avoid having to see the doctor so often. These foods are medicine for sure, as they do the job of fighting off disease and keeping the body healthy and energized. Adopting an organic lifestyle will help to make sure you stay active later into life as well.

Spending time outdoors, walking or exercising and adopting an attitude of health will go a long way to helping you transition into a more sustainable lifestyle. Activities such as these are a great way to compliment natural menus and organic recipes. In this way, medicine becomes the way we live our whole life. Health care becomes something we do every day, all the time, instead of the program you have set up with you insurance agency.

A walk through the library or search on the web will reveal many resources for living a more natural lifestyle. Web sites such as www.gnliving.com have tips, stories, recipes and menus all designed to help folks make a smooth and enjoyable transition to a healthy lifestyle.