It’s true. If you eat a fat-soaked, sugar coated and vanilla glazed doughnut, you will certainly feel like one and maybe even look like one. Next time you decide to consume anything that looks drenched, heavy and processed, analyze if it’s going to give you enough vitality to last you throughout the day. Think of your insides: your gut, your heart and your hard working capillaries. Are they going to be able to handle it? Think of your looks: is your skin going to glow, will you look aged or are you going to look and feel young?
To prove my point, I will let you in on how the foods we eat, replicate the way our bodies respond. Foods, in their natural physical shape say a lot about how we are going to look from the inside out.
When you slice a carrot, you’ll see what looks like a pupil, iris and radiating lines. It looks just like a human eye. Science has proven that carrots increase the blood circulation and the function of the eye.
Our heart looks identical to a sliced tomato. It is red and holds four chambers. Research has shown that tomatoes are indeed loaded with lycopine, which increase the myocardial blood flow.
Kidney beans help the Kidneys function.
Bones are made of 23% sodium. Coincidentally, so are celery, bak choy and rhubarb. These foods replenish the skeletal needs of the body. If you don’t’ have enough sodium in your diet, your bones become weak- just like a celery stick left in a kid’s lunch box.
Figs are full of seeds and hang in twos when they grow. Figs increase the mobility of male sperm and increase the numbers of sperm to overcome male sterility. Enough said!
Avocadoes, Eggplant and Pears target the health and function of the womb and cervix of the female - they look just like these organs. Today’s research shows that when a woman eats one avocado a week, it balances her hormones, sheds unwanted birth weight, and prevents cervical cancers. It also takes exactly nine 9 months to grow an avocado from blossom to a ripened fruit.
Onions look like the body’s cells. Today’s research shows onions help clear waste materials from all of the body cells. They even produce tears, which wash the epithelial layers of the eyes. A working companion, Garlic, also helps eliminate waste materials and dangerous free radicals from the body.
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Natalie is an experienced professional in Fitness and Lifestyle Management. She studied Kinesiology in Canada, has Certification in Personal Training and is a Member of the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology. She is currently a Personal Trainer, Health Advisor and Lifestyle Consultant in Bali.
