Nutrition is not competitive with
the practice of medicine. It is an aid to both physician and
patient.
To eat wisely is totally different than self-doctoring,
which can be extremely dangerous.
Nutrition is not concerned with
disease but is a study of building and maintaining health and it is important
to realize that rebuilding health through nutrition is essentially a slow but
highly effective process.
The body's requirements
include
- essential fatty
acids
- carbohydrates
- complete proteins
- and every known vitamin
and mineral.
If only whole (unrefined) foods are
eaten, even nutrients still unknown will also be furnished.
This
will be discussed in more depth in later. Right now, let's explore whole food healing...
By the
way, Adelle Davis is my absolute favorite expert and writer on nutrition. Below
is
the
book that started me on my journey to learning all that I can about
nutrition: