Food As Medicine: Foods That Lower Blood Pressure

Food Is Your Best Medicine

Food as medicine? What a concept! But when you really think about it, you will come to realize how certain foods actually act like medicine to the body.

Some foods heal the body of sickness and prevent cancer when eaten on a regular basis. Let the right foods go to work in your life by incorporating more healing foods into your diet. 

Healthy Foods Are Medicine To The Body

Food as medicine is not a new concept. In fact, the Greek Philosopher and father of medicine, Hippocrates said, “Let food be your medicine and medicine be your food”.

He believed that sickness was a direct result of diet and bad living habits. Hippocrates treated illness with food. This is the same belief of naturopaths around the world today.
Raw, organic fruits and vegetables are healing foods. The body needs a variety of nutrients to sustain its constant demands. Dead cells need to be renewed, damaged cells need repaired, and we need to have a strong body to fight off disease.
The only way to do this and make it work is to not eat foods that are not compatible to the human body, which are processed foods. But of course, you can eat all the healing type foods you want.
Let me make an example. Fiber that is found in fruits and vegetables, whole grains and beans is a healing substance. Fiber heals the digestive tract, is great for heart and vein function, and helps to lower cholesterol, overall lowering blood pressure. But processed foods have no fiber value to them.
In fact, they clog the veins and make us constipated. Getting rid of the processed foods and going whole is what the body needs and wants. Healthy foods heal, and eating right is an essential part of the healing process. 

Nutrition and Healthy Eating

Let’s talk about what healthy eating is not as far as nutrition goes. Foods that have been refined, processed and packaged have limited nutritional support left in them. These types of foods cannot provide the body with adequate vitamins and minerals to sustain the body for long.

This is precisely why we get sick! Our organs begin failing us because they are literally dying for nutrients to regenerate and repair the damage done to them.

If we don’t eat the foods that provide that nourishment, we’ll become even sicker. Whole foods particularly raw fruits and vegetables will provide adequate amounts of nutrition when eaten in consistent quantities.

A side of cooked vegetables and a couple pieces of fruit in a week is not adequate. We have to make food as medicine. It’s the only way!
In other words, we should be eating to live, not living to eat. The bottom line is the body needs five servings of raw foods(fruits and vegetables) a day, minimum! If you are sick now with disease or find that you catch the common cold and flu easy, it means your body needs to rejuvenate itself.
Besides exercising, drinking pure water, and getting plenty of rest, eating seven servings of raw fruits and vegetables a day is recommended. Are you making food your medicine or do you need medicine because of the food you are eating?