To Avoid Chronic Disease, Watch What You Eat
To Avoid Chronic Disease, Watch What You Eat
Hello everyone: To be clear, every cellular process in our body requires nutrients. Give those cells and biochemical processes unbalanced nutrition, deficiencies, insufficiencies, and toxins and you will eventually disrupt function and create a problem. The problem that our Standard Polluted American Diet has created is an enormous burden of chronic disease, fatigue, migraines, obesity, diabetes, heart disease, anxiety, depression, brain fog, cancer, dementia and you name it. One of the major biochemical consequences is an enormous amount of inflammation that will cause, perpetuate, and/or aggravate every known human ailment, including aging. Read this carefully as it is a systematic meta-analysis of over 60 studies…the highest quality study you can get.
- New research has found that eating even small amounts of processed meat may raise the risk of serious diseases, including cancer, type 2 diabetes, and heart disease.
- The study also links sugar-sweetened drinks and trans fats to higher health risks, reinforcing calls to reduce their consumption.
- Researchers explained that while the findings show strong and consistent associations, the focus should be on balanced, realistic eating habits rather than strict elimination.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-025-03775-8 even small amounts of processed meats, sugars, trans fats raise health risks
Bottom Line: I highly recommend that you read the Medical News Today article that summarizes the Nature Medicine review with multiple comments from the authors and registered dieticians. This type of information is where disease prevention originates…our food choices either fuel health or illness. Consider that only 10% of all illness is genetically based, which means that our health destiny is mostly in our own control. In this article, they discuss healthy swaps with the evidence-based approach being that it is your overall food pattern that is critical. Here are two quotes to help put this into perspective:
“Destini Moody, RD, CSSD, LD, registered dietitian at Top Nutrition Coaching, agreed, telling MNT that she “would strongly caution against patients and the public taking away that the risk of chronic disease is small when consuming these foods. It’s been well-established by prominent entities such as the American Heart Association and WHO [World Health Organization] that trans fats, processed meats, and refined sugars increase risk of chronic disease across the board,”
“This isn’t just because they lead to chronic inflammation, but these foods typically offer little nutrition in terms of micronutrients and antioxidants. Thus, filling one’s diet with them displaces foods that promote a longer life and better health, such as whole grains, fruits and vegetables, and unsaturated fatty acids. I urge the public to focus on these foods while only occasionally indulging in the aforementioned products that can cause harm in excess and provide very little benefits to human health.”
Taking your present and future health into your own hands is as simple as smart eating…which I cover in the next blog. See you soon!
