Is it healthy to eat food that is unprocessed? Why?
If a whole, uncut head of cabbage is wrapped in a plastic bag and placed in the refrigerator, it will remain fine to eat for several months. If the same head of cabbage is cut along its surface, even to a depth of one inch, and wrapped in a plastic bag and placed in the refrigerator, it will spoil within a few weeks. This is because as soon as a whole, unprocessed food is cut or processed even mildly, it begins to oxidize and lose its nutritional value. For this reason, a whole apple is a better choice for health than apple juice, even if the apple juice is freshly squeezed and without preservatives. A whole orange is better than orange juice, and a freshly prepared salad is more nutritious than lettuce that has been sitting shredded in the refrigerator for a day or two. When we eat foods close to their whole, natural states, we benefit from all of the vitamins, minerals, and fibre that come naturally bound to the bigger nutrients in these foods. Drinking apple juice rather than eating
If you want to be healthy, here’s a simple diet tip… eat natural unprocessed foods instead of foods that come from laboratories and scientists. No matter how much technology evolves, I believe that man will never be able to surpass Mother Nature’s superior quality. This is a great video with a lot of fun nutrition facts. Diet Tip: Eat Bananas versus Gatorade To get the Potassium content of 1 banana, you would have to drink 216 ounces of Gatorade, which is 1.7 gallons of Gatorade. In addition, the banana will only have 200 calories and 27 grams of sugar (an unprocessed sugar, by the way). However, the Gatorade will have 1350 calories and 378 grams of processed sugar. Next time, I have a hard workout I know which one I’ll reach for. An Apple versus a can of Coke An apple has fiber, minerals, and antioxidants and contains around 65 calories for a medium sized apple. A soft drink has about 210-240 and contains chemicals like phosphoric acid. 3-4 apples have the same calories as one 12 ou
