WHAT IS A 'NORMAL' DIET

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What is a " normal " diet? Consumers and food industry pundits have it all

backwards

NewsTarget.com

Originally published June 12 2006

I was describing the raw foods diet to someone the other day, and they

remarked, " Well I'm not sure I want to do that. I don't want to do something so

extreme, " and I said, " What do you mean extreme? You think the raw foods diet

is extreme? " Then it hit me: Most people think that the processed food diet --

loaded with chemicals, additives, preservatives, artificial plastic fats and

milled grains that are depleted of nutrients -- is normal.

In this article, we're going to explore what's normal versus extreme when it

comes to food. And on that topic, I have a very different opinion than the

masses. My opinion is that " normal " means what the human body was designed to

consume. What's normal is food from nature. What is completely abnormal,

radical or extreme is food that is made in a factory; food that is processed

and

so completely unnatural that if you throw it outside the animals won't even eat

it.

That's the kind of food the uninformed masses eat every single day.

Overall, people have a very bizarre idea of what is normal, and you hear this

in another common myth, which is that all foods, even ones that are bad for

you, can be eaten in moderation. The food industry claims that all foods can be

part of a healthy diet. You usually hear this from companies that are selling

you the most disease-causing food and beverage products in the entire

food supply. Soft drink companies, for example, say that soft drinks can be

part of a healthy diet. They are implying that you can eat a little bit of

everything, no matter how bad it is for your health, and still somehow be

healthy.

This goes along with the idea that processed foods and junk foods are normal.

The only people truly eating a " normal " diet today are the vegans. Everybody

else is eating some deviation from that normal diet, yet they think a vegan

diet is " extreme. " But it's the standard American diet that's blatantly

incompatible with the human body.