Food Choices

• Author(s): Stephen Gislason,
• Publisher: Environmed Research Inc
• Pages: 167
• ISBN_10: 1894787722
  ISBN_13: 9781894787727
  
• Language: en

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 There are many complicated issues influencing proper food selection. Food choices have been changing rapidly and will continue to change for personal health reasons, but also in the next decades, we will change collectively. Some changes will be voluntarily and others will well be imposed on us by shifting economics, political upheavals, climate changes, population growth, and crop failures. In the 20 years since this book was first written, food supply networks have become increasingly complicated and vulnerable. Dramatic economic events in 2008 included sudden jumps in food prices with hoarding of staples such as rice. Food shortages have been common in third world countries.  Climate changes introduce new complications in food production and distribution. I expect that even the more affluent countries will encounter food shortages and price instability in decades to come.

The entire planet needs to restore local agriculture based on sustainable methods. Cities that are not surrounded by local sources of food and water will be the first to experience supply crises.

If your premise is that foods in common use are good foods, healthy for everyone to eat, you will be disappointed. On the other hand, if you premise is that foods are too dangerous to eat; you will lead an unhappy and malnourished life. A balanced point of view is developed in the Alpha Nutrition Program.

The most reliable policy is that people should eat plant foods that have been in common use for centuries. Vegetables and fruits provide good nutrition and have additional benefits. Non-nutrient chemicals in plants can add unexpected benefits when included in the diet. These non-nutrient substances are now referred to as "phytochemicals" which just means, "plant chemicals".

The fruits and vegetables included in Phase 1 and 2 of the Alpha Nutrition Program are all the award-winning, protective foods. There is a negative group of phytochemicals, however, and this book illustrates some of the potential problems and their solution.