Nutrition

I am feeling the need to broaden my whole foods diet more but after hearing and reading about certain foods I fear that adding some of these foods may cause cancer or some other serious disease. Any suggestions?

Steve Gagne food and nutrition - octobre 14, 2008 - 14:13
The negative use of the word cause or causes when associated with a particular food is enough to invoke fear and concern in the bravest and most courageous of beings intent on nourishing themselves with a healthy diet based on traditional foods. Upon hearing or reading that this food or that food ?causes? disease or even ?too much? of this or that food ?causes? disease can easily set one up for a dietary experience based on fear of food that can have long lasting and damaging effects...
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How and why do raw foods have a cooling effect on the body?

Steve Gagne food and nutrition - octobre 14, 2008 - 14:13
Let us begin by making it clear that not all raw foods are cooling. As mentioned before, nutrient dense foods, those higher in fat and protein tend to be warming foods, as do some starchy foods. Raw food diets generally contain an ample amount of nuts and seeds in their preparations. Olive and coconut oils are also used on a regular basis. These foods can have thermogenic properties and thus are warming compared to fruits and leafy vegetables. It is also important to note that the addition...
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Understanding Food Energetics

Steve Gagne food and nutrition - octobre 14, 2008 - 14:13
The study of Food Energetics begins with a detailed look at what you are eating on a daily basis. Practical considerations of what you bring to your kitchen for nourishment is the first big step in discovering your basic individual dietary needs through food energetics. While calorie contents and vitamin percentages do add important meaning to your understanding of foods, there are many processed junk foods we humans put in our mouths and swallow that contain added nutrients in abundance...
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What About Calcium?

Steve Gagne food and nutrition - octobre 14, 2008 - 14:13
Question: If I am eating a healthy diet, do I need to take extra calcium supplements or drink more milk to prevent potential bone problems, as I get older? Answer: Calcium, like Vitamin C, B6 and other isolated nutrients becomes an issue of nutritional concern when denatured foods are consumed in quantities that exceed wholesome natural foods and when there is an extreme imbalance among the basic macronutrients of carbohydrates, fats and proteins in one?s diet. When we consume...
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Cacao: The Essence of Chocolate

Steve Gagne food and nutrition - octobre 14, 2008 - 14:13
BY STEVE GAGNÉ One of the most popular foods in the world, chocolate is also one of the most versatile. It can find its way into (and have its way with!) delicate cakes, creamy puddings, mousse, cookies, candies, beverages . . . when used for sauces or as a seasoning mixed with spices and herbs, it can even transform a savory meal into an exotic culinary experience. Few foods on the planet have as much appeal as chocolate. It can dominate sweet desserts or entire meals while...
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What About Flax Oil and Flax Seeds?

Steve Gagne food and nutrition - octobre 14, 2008 - 14:13
Question: I have been reading lots of material about flax seed and flax oil.They are starting to get as much attention in the field of natural foods as soy. What is your take on flax? Answer: Like soy, flax is gaining ground as the next ?great thing? you can do for your health. And again like soy, much of the scientific research on flax and flax oil comes from similar sources, ?agenda driven? science funded by special interest groups intent on saturating the market place with products...
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Biography

Steve Gagne food and nutrition - octobre 14, 2008 - 14:13
Steve Gagné Steve sees himself as an ordinary man investigating extraordinary information. An independent investigator/researcher, and alternative historian, Steve is one of the most versatile and experienced teachers in whole foods nutrition. His 30 years of teaching throughout America and Europe have earned him a reputation as a progressive and informed wholistic educator who brings a lively, innovative intelligence to his work. Steve is especially well known as an...
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Choosing a Healthy Diet

Steve Gagne food and nutrition - octobre 14, 2008 - 14:13
What is Healthy Food? Just what is ?healthy food?? Ideally speaking, healthy food can be defined as natural foods: plant foods that are grown either organically or biodynamically, and animals that are pastured and raised naturally. Natural foods that have been processed and prepared by traditional methods, including fermenting, marinating, drying, etc., also are healthy foods. Healthy food does not include foods that have been grown, raised or processed through genetic...
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Dangerous Brains

Steve Gagne food and nutrition - octobre 14, 2008 - 14:13
Diet Extremism in the 21st Century Part 1: Reexamining the Case for a Low-Carbohydrate Diet Proponents of a high-protein, low-carbohydrate diet use the following general outline of human evolution and reasoning to support their claims: 2.5 Million Years Ago: Primitive humans begin to use stone tools and hunt small animals. CLAIM: Until this time, our earliest primate ancestors consumed a diet much like modern chimpanzees. As a direct result of the increased nutrient-dense...
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