There is a group of foods that most Americans love to eat and, in fact, eat several times a day. These foods have a few things in common. They are stripped of almost all nutrition. They are packed with calories and partner with each other to create foods that compromise the health and fitness of Americans.
Although the name may be new, these foods are very familiar to all of us. In fact, most of us eat the “Five White Deadly” every day, and usually more than once. Can you guess which foods are included in the “Five Deadly Targets” category?
Is it so:
White flour
White rice
white salt
White sugar
“White” or refined oils
With the event of the Industrial Revolution in the 1800s in Europe and America came the invention of more complicated and efficient devices to pulverize wheat berries into fine white flour, polish brown rice into white rice, and refine cane sugar. in white. sugar, which makes these common foods more palatable to Western taste buds.
Add white salt and refined “white” oils, and we have a total of “Five Deadly Whites.”
Who are the losers in this processing and refining process? We are. White rice, white flour, and white sugar products may taste better for spoiled taste buds, but they’re also lacking in nutrients.
What’s wrong with white rice, white flour, white sugar, white salt, and “white” or refined oils?
Let’s take a closer look at these common foods, starting with refined grains.
Americans love many different foods made from refined grains in the form of white flour products, white rice, quick oats, and grits. We have an emotional bond with the Pillsbury Dough Boy (ah-hoo) and the light, fine white flour for breads, pastas, cakes, pizza crust, pies, cookies, pastries, and desserts of all kinds. Many of us love these products made from refined white flour even more than we love sugar-laden foods.
Furthermore, since World War II, the grains were bleached, gasified and colored until they became mere remnants of their original form; and then roasted, toasted and glazed with sugar; and embalmed in chemicals and preservatives; and put in a big box. We call these completely adulterated grains: cereals; And these cereals have as much nutrition as the cardboard box that contains them.
The refining, grinding, sifting, cooking, and canning of whole grains results in the loss of enzymes or the “life force” of the food, along with the loss of nutrients, including vitamins and minerals.
Again, who are the losers in this refinement process? We are.
Refined grains or fragmented foods offer poor nutrition, leaving the body starving for good nutrition. So we overeat; and we overeat the wrong foods. Americans are often overfed and undernourished. Why? Because we eat too many processed, refined, and preserved foods that are low in nutrients and high in calories, high in fat, high in sugar, high in salt, and we eat too little of the foods that are high in nutrients and fiber. -rich.
Refined grains do not contain fiber that acts as an intestinal broom to cleanse our intestines.
Refined grains are refined and preserved with chemicals; chemicals that we end up eating and they are hard on our body.
Refined grains cause our bodies to produce excess mucus that builds up in the nose, sinuses, throat, bronchial tubes, and lungs, causing us to sniff, puff, drain, and cough, and often leads to colds and more frequent respiratory problems. .
Refined grains deplete calcium from our bones, increasing our chances of getting osteoporosis.
Refined grains break down in our digestive system and are too quickly absorbed into the bloodstream. This alters blood sugar levels, depleting the pancreas and/or adrenal glands, causing hypoglycemic and diabetic reactions. Refined grains are just as bad for people with diabetes as white sugar.
In fact, refined grains are just plain bad for all of us, and we pay a high price for eating them: early disease and early death.
Are white flour treats worth risking the health and fitness of our bodies? Only you can answer that question for yourself, but be prepared to accept the consequences that will result from your answer.
Part II: White Salt
Part III: White Sugar
Part IV: “White” Processed Oils