Food for Thought... and Wellness

Food for Thought... and Wellness

By: Pam Taylor

More than 150 nation’s celebrated World Food Day this week—a good thing.  However, the ongoing dialogue about food, hunger and production is fraught with emotion and opinion and arguably even some good “science.”

See: (http://www.fooddialogues.com/2011/10/14/come-to-the-table-on-world-food-day-and-food-day-our-values-and-our-perspective).

Of course, I totally get it.  We are constantly bombarded with mixed messages about what foods are healthy and/or good for us.  Add to the dialogue, debate over how food is grown or prepared.  Let’s get back to basics and take a look at Natures Pharmacy, I believe the best cure for what ails us—and her foods taste great, too!

A sliced carrot looks like an eye. The pupil, iris and radiating lines actually mirror the human eye; and, yes, science has documented how carrots greatly enhance blood flow to and function of the eyes.

A tomato has four chambers and is red. The heart has four chambers and is red. All of the research shows tomatoes are loaded with lycopine and are indeed pure heart and blood food.

Grapes hang in a cluster that has the shape of the heart. Each grape looks like a blood cell and has profound heart and blood vitalizing properties.

A walnut looks like a little brain, a left and right hemisphere, upper cerebrums and lower cerebellums.  Even the wrinkles or folds look like the neo-cortex. We now know walnuts help develop more than three (3) dozen neuron-transmitters for brain function.

Kidney beans actually heal and help maintain kidney function and yes, they look exactly like the human kidneys.  Celery, bok choy, rhubarb resemble bones. These foods specifically target bone strength. And like bones, which are comprised of 23 percent sodium, these foods are 23 percent sodium.

Avocados, eggplant and pears target the health and function of the womb and cervix of the female—and they look just like these organs. Today's research shows that when a woman eats one avocado a week, it balances hormones, sheds unwanted birth weight, and prevents cervical cancers. And how profound is this?  It takes exactly nine (9) months to grow an avocado from blossom to ripened fruit.

Figs are full of seeds and hang in twos when they grow.  Figs increase the mobility of male sperm and increase the numbers of sperm as well as to overcome male sterility.

Sweet potatoes look like the pancreas and actually balance the glycemic index of diabetics.  Olives assist the health and function of the ovaries.  Oranges, grapefruits, and other citrus fruits look just like the mammary glands of the female and actually assist the health of the breasts and the movement of lymph in and out of the breasts.

Onions look like the body's cells. Research shows onions help clear waste materials from all of the body cells. They even produce tears, which wash the epithelial layers of the eyes.

Of course, I know there will always be debate over food, including whether we are or are not what we eat.  But I think we can all agree—Mother Nature got it right!