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由 Dr. Eric Li 于 周四, 2008-03-20 10:33 提交。
I visited several "whole food" and "health food" markets. I also stopped by Natural Product Expo West, where thousands of "whole" and "health" food manufacturers exhibit. For completeness, I also took a look at the shelves in the stores of these big fitness centers.
 
While I applaud the movement of moving towards more "organic" foods and "whole" foods, I have to caution our YBMers of inherent issues of the approach.
 
Here is my main observation: In general, if you go to a normal supermarket, take the processed foods, replace the ingredients with "organic" ones, you get the "healthy foods" in this new movement.
 
I'll tell you the problem in a few examples.
 
Example 1. Let's take a look at this "healthy food" eatery within "health food" stores,
 
 
 
 
 
 
Do you think if everything is "organic" and "whole", it's ok to eat oil based salad dressings, highly starchy buns, deep fried meat, and super sweet chocolate cakes?
 
For YBMers, we use raw ingredients (such as lime, miso, papaya, pineapple, chili pepper) without oil for salad dressing; eat starch-poor, nutrient rich grains in their raw form or lightly steamed (quinoa, chia, flex-seeds, wheat germs, sweat potatoes); wild small ocean fish in place of meat, and healthy deserts in place of no sweats.
 
Example 2. It appears that everyone is coming up with some kind of expensive drinks, exotic fruit drinks, energy drinks, vegetable drinks, all kind of waters. I have even seen "quinoa drinks". I stopped by this "wild, wholesome, all-natural, America's next food found, vege drink."
 
I dug into how it is made. I was told "it's boiled just before boiling point so as to preserve the wholeness." Well, you are talking about 212F! Tell me that this drink is still nutritious as the raw vegetable juice? I guess if there's no innovations (of bare raw foods) there's no money to make. But our consumers sometimes just love the innovations!
 
Every time, I stopped by a juice, I always ask if it is pasteurized. Most are! So do a little exercise to squeeze or blend your own most nutritious and cost effective fruit and vegetable juice!
 
Example 3. I ran into hundreds of bars (nutrition, energy, wellness, power, greens, anti-oxidants, etc.). I don't want to put up pictures here because making enemy is not the purpose here.
 
But let me analyze a label. This an energy bar, with total calorie of 145 of which 31% from saturated fat, and 30% from sugar! OK, I do agree that beside the 61% bad calories, you got some other stuff, proteins, egg, white wheat flour, honey, vanilla, baking soda, salt, cholesterol, etc.
 
My problem is not because you choose to eat this because you just love it. I have issue if you think you are eating "healthy energy" foods!
 
Example 4.
I have many examples but I don't want to make this article too long. I'll end with a funny one :-) -- the organic cheeseburger!
 
 
 
I hope this article helps YBMers in our quest for youth!
 
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