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Diet, Healthy Foods Play Role in Prevention And Healing

Posted Jul 07 2009 12:00am

Because most people don't get enough fruits and vegetables in their diet, we recommend Juice Plus+® . Fruits and vegetables are the most important source of a healthy diet, and Juice Plus+® provides nutrients from a variety of fruits and vegetables. Here's why you should add more fruits and veggies to your diet --

While it has long been known that a healthy diet is good for maintaining a healthy weight and helping prevent sickness, many people may not realize that the right nutrition can also provide support in the healing process. If you've been diagnosed with any disease or condition, a diet rich in whole food fruit and vegetable nutrients will certainly help. While the claim of 'curing' can't be made, it goes without saying that the nutritional strength from raw, whole food fruits and vegetables certainly supplies the fighting power for the body's cells when dealing with the stress of any condition.

Many people will change their diet once they have been diagnosed with a health problem. It is good to take an active role for the sake of your healing. For those who have not yet had to face the trouble of dealing with a sickness or disease, don't wait to take an active role in your health by changing your diet now. All it takes is adding more fruits and vegetables as a strong first step in the right direction. Here's what one man did when he got the news of Prostate cancer, yet how many people are not sure about the role of nutrition in their health and healing:

Allan Cohen, a 66-year-old Aventura resident, dramatically changed the way he ate after being diagnosed with prostate cancer 15 years ago.

The son of a butcher, Cohen says he reluctantly cut ''way down'' on meat and fats and introduced more fruits and vegetables in his diet.

''I'm more cognizant of the foods I eat,'' Cohen said. ``I want to live a long time.''

Cohen is not alone in his new eating habits. As the link between diet and cancer becomes clearer, and studies show some links between certain foods and cancer, people are increasingly looking to nutrition as a way to prevent or even survive cancer.

But the public, and cancer survivors in particular, say they are trying to educate themselves on how foods might relate to cancer after getting little information from their doctors on the matter other than general recommendations for an overall healthy diet. ''A lot of people who come here say they don't hear anything about nutrition from their doctors,'' said Sue Cleveland, a spokeswoman for Gilda's Club of Fort Lauderdale, a support group for cancer patients and their families. ``They learn from each other.''

Part of the problem: there is little agreement on what actual foods comprise a cancer-preventative diet, with hundreds of studies for people to sift through, some with conflicting information. For example, soy-based products, which were touted as recently as last year as a potential tool for cancer prevention, have now been linked to certain types of breast cancer. ( Full Story )

Comments: While this story may lead you to believe that the evidence is inconclusive about what foods do what, and how they affect the healing of a person who has a sickness or disease... let's go by common sense. The first rule that common sense should tell you is that the most effective source of healthy nutrients for the body's many functions comes from a variety of different fruits and vegetables. Not one; not a single aloe plant, nor a acai berry. No. A lot of different, colorful fruits and vegetables. The kind that shouldn't be that hard to get. Sure, there are some that have higher antioxidant qualities than others. For instance spinach is more than iceberg lettuce. Darker green is generally more nutrient-dense than lighter green. Other than that, you don't need to know much more... other than the fact that you're probably not getting anywhere near the amount you need each day to maintain good health. Now if you're sick, you need more. I'm willing to bet that if you got a life-threatening diagnosis tomorrow, you'd be smart enough to make adjustments to your diet. Even adding some supplements wouldn't be a bad idea either, just to get even more nutrients from a variety of fruits and vegetables.

Juice Plus+ is the one I recommend, because it has nutrients from 7 different fruits and 8 different vegetables. And, Juice Plus+® has a lot of research to support its use. Not research to allow the product to be 'hyped' so you'll buy it. But research to support the spending of your hard earned dollars on something that you know is doing some good.

There are other good antioxidant nutritional supplements, a couple of which I personally take, but do so for my own individual health needs. I find that for the money and quality, you won't go wrong with the Juice Plus+® Fruit and Vegetable Capsules. And if you have any health issues, I recommend you add the Juice Plus+ Vineyard Blend (made with 9 different grapes and berries), which I take as well. In addition to a relatively healthy diet, adding these nutrients has helped keep me healthy for many years.

Dr. J. Patrick Havey
The Health & Wellness Institute, PC
Official Juice Plus+® Distributor

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