Evolving Wellness^TM

The word “autism” today has become all too common in our society. Most parents-to-be cringe at the thought of this term, while parents with non-autistic children breathe sighs of relief.

But what can be said about the high percentage of parents with autistic children?

Although I believe that everything is a blessing in disguise and nothing “bad” exists, from which does not come a greater good, I cannot ignore the struggles that many parents and family members have to face at one point or another with autistic children.  

It is estimated today that 1 in 150 children are diagnosed with autism. Those are staggering statistics as they beat childhood cancers, diabetes and AIDS combined!

Currently it is not known what exactly causes Autism and there is no exact cure for it, but scientists are steadily working on these two areas and the latest research points to managing and perhaps even eradicating Autism through the child’s diet.

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Fresh, local, wholesome, organic, nutritious food - those are words that I crave to have describe the food that I and all of us should eat.

However, in today’s times, they are just about as rare as cassette tapes, unless perhaps you have your own farm. And even then, most farms apply various chemicals to their crops and animals, none of which you want in your system and to add, treat their animals inhumanely.

So my search for such food is an ongoing journey. The first alternative to a grocery store was a local farmer’s market. We tried one, but found it very limited and organic produce was almost non-existent!

That is why I was thrilled, when a couple of days ago we had the great pleasure of finally going for a visit to a local, organic farm.

And what did we find there? Well, it wasn’t the ultimate solution, but it had one thing that was exactly what we were looking for…

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Yesterday, I wrote Part 1 of the Semi-Annual Health Update with an emphasis on 5 Foods that may seem healthy but aren’t.

From a personal perspective I have thus decided to remove these foods from my routine, daily diet, as they are not conducive to ones health.

It seems today though, that wherever you turn you hear “don’t eat this”, “avoid that” and so on and so forth. So to avoid sounding negative, today we are going to look at the positive side of things with 5 great foods that are beneficial to incorporate into one’s routine, daily diet.

Most of these foods are not common knowledge to the average person, nor are their health benefits. Some of these foods may be known to some of us as healthy, but for some reason we have a hard time making them part of our daily diet.

So here it is, my semi-annual update on 5 foods that I have made part of my daily diet for optimal health.

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Well it may be hard to believe for some, but half of 2008 has already passed by!

So how is your health doing?

Have you been keeping up with good eating habits?

Have you made physical activity a regular part of your daily or weekly routine?

Have you been sticking to your weight goals?

No matter what level our health is at, we all have to remember that achieving and maintaining optimal health is not a one time process or deal. On the contrary, it is a constantly evolving discipline that is facilitated by constant research and education. And the best part it is possible and accessible to all at any stage of their lives.

Thanks to ongoing reading and research, the past 6 months have brought about a few dietary changes in my own diet.

And so in this part 1, I would like to share with you 5 foods that I have cut out of my routine diet because even though they may have seemed healthy, really weren’t. Tomorrow, in part 2 we will continue the update with 5 foods that I have incorporated into my routine diet, due to their amazing health benefits.

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In response to yesterday’s article entitled “Fast Food = Fast Liver Damage“, I was inspired to write a follow up thanks to the comment of one of my readers. 

Thanks to David who asked me a great set of questions, I will answer those questions in this article to offer you some more credible information and practical understanding of how your system works versus how you were brought up to believe it works and how society would have you believe it works.

There are many, many areas for us to still talk about when it comes to proper health and nutrition that is based on unbiased, credible and reliable advice, and through your feedback I am delighted to expand upon these topics.  Hence I call this article “Health and Nutrition Myths - Part 1″.  And who knows, this might even turn into a regular series on Evolving Wellness. I am hoping you will have many more comments and questions where the topic of your health and nutrition is concerned and so this is part 1 of many!

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