Are You Malnourished?

Written By: Dr. Sue Aery - Aery Chiropractic & Acupuncture | Issue: 2016/11 - November

Remember when you were in grade school? For some of us, that’s quite a while ago.

Back then, did you have friends in school with cancer or autoimmune disease? Did you have lots of friends who had diabetes II? Seriously, think hard and be honest! If you were in school now, your answer would probably be very different! 

What has happened to our society? We have become a sick society, not one that exudes health with thriving lives. We are the product of the fast food and processed food industries.  

Just because we eat fast food doesn’t mean we are doomed to be unhealthy but it does almost guarantee that we will be malnourished. This is vital to understand – we are malnourished so we don’t fend off disease and illness because our immune systems are so weakened by poor diet and the lack of nutritional content in the foods we eat.

How about this question? Why are we taking so many medications? The age of pharmaceuticals is here and has been here for quite some time now.  And it is only getting worse. 

Diabetes and insulin resistance, both rampant problems now, further break down the immune system. Chemotherapy for the cancers that we face is even more damaging to the cells of the body. Add to this concept the fact that most people who suffer and die from cancer are actually dying from malnutrition and not the disease. 

If you are fighting cancer, don’t let anyone tell you that it doesn’t matter what you eat! Think logically before you begin your chemotherapy and remember how important it is to nourish your body before, during and after all of your cells are killed. If you want to be well again, you need to nourish your body with healthy foods – fruits, vegetables and healthy proteins and fats. This is becoming a serious epidemic but we can stop it if we want to. Remember, it is not normal to be taking more and more medications, nor is it “normal” to be unhealthy. If you’re eating a diet of processed foods and chemicals in soft drinks, especially diet ones, you are literally killing the good inside your body and brain. What we eat can either be the most powerful form of medicine or the slowest form of poison (sometimes not so slow)!  Give yourself the gift of food and drink that is natural, coming from our earth and foundation. Grow your own if that suits you!

Keep things in perspective as you make choices in what you put into your body. If you sometimes have a snack that you know is unhealthy, give your body good nutrients at all other times of the day. If you need “fast” food, there are many good options for you to get out the door in a hurry with lots of great nutrients under your belt.

You are what you eat!