| Attitudes are shifting throughout the country | | | | foods are grown without the use of synthetic |
| from health care, often called sickness care, to | | | | fertilizers and pesticides. Many farmers who grow |
| wellness care. The shift continues from treating | | | | organic foods are committed to the land and |
| disease and illness to prevention. A healthy diet, | | | | being in harmony with nature. Many desire to |
| moderate exercise, and now more importantly, | | | | keep a balance between people, plants, and |
| nutritional supplements, are providing the three | | | | animals. |
| keys to improving our health. When these three | | | | Foods that were grown organically but processed |
| are combined many of us are experiencing the | | | | afterwards for freezing, canning, or packaging |
| feeling of wellness, vitality, and can even be | | | | may have been processed. Processing typically |
| accused of 'not acting our age' by participating in | | | | uses chemical additives or preservatives. In |
| sports and outdoor activities. | | | | addition, organic does not mean it is pesticide-free. |
| We have begun to realize that a healthy diet is | | | | Some organic foods may have pesticide residue |
| important. A healthy diet includes the elimination or | | | | from chemicals sprayed on the crops of nearby |
| significant reduction of saturated fats. A saturated | | | | farms, from contaminated runoff water, or |
| fat is a type of fat that is solid at room | | | | shifting and blowing soil. |
| temperature (imagine that in your body!). It is the | | | | So where do we find a dietary supplement that is |
| biggest dietary source for high levels of | | | | nutrient rich? The answer may be in the ocean. |
| low-density lipoprotein (LDL) or so-called "bad" | | | | While not as popular in the West, Eastern cultures |
| cholesterol and often is a major factor in the | | | | such as those in Japan and China have found |
| development of heart disease and other illness. | | | | considerable nutritional value in sea vegetables. In |
| Even the Mayo Clinic has recognized that in | | | | some areas of Japan, diets consist of 25% or |
| addition to a healthy diet, nutritional supplements | | | | more sea vegetables. What are the results of |
| can play a vital role in our health by providing | | | | eating a diet so high in sea vegetables? Within |
| additional nutrients our bodies need to regenerate. | | | | these same regions there are more than 23,000 |
| Our bodies do not make or produce nutrients, we | | | | persons now living past the age of 100. That's |
| get them from the foods we eat, but much of | | | | more than anywhere else on Earth. Can it be |
| our foods today come from soils that have been | | | | they have found the Fountain of Youth? |
| over-planted and over-fertilized. The US has | | | | Proper diet, the need for nutritional supplements |
| topped the charts with over 85% soil depletion | | | | and moderate exercise is beginning to migrate |
| and that was cited in 1992! | | | | from simple awareness to action. Attitudes are |
| While organically grown foods are a step in the | | | | shifting. The shift is from treating disease and |
| right direction, not all organically grown foods are | | | | illness to prevention. |
| the same. Organically grown food means that the | | | | |