Nutritional Balancing And Traditional Culture Behaviour

In the Nutritional Balancing program there are a few recommendations that at first glance can seem odd or unusual to some people. As with most things if it is too unusual it will often be dismissed or ignored initially. This can have terrible consequences for our health. The problem stems from our beliefs in the sense that we will behave according to our beliefs. If we mistakenly believe something to be wrong or too hard we won't do what needs to be done and our health will suffer. Let's look at fruit, wheat, sleep, water and exercise. 

Nutritional Balancing recommends that we do most things according to traditional cultures and behaviours. Fruit is a great example. Before we had refrigeration, fruit was not able to be cold room stored. It was picked and consumed locally as there was no way to transport it long distances. In addition, and perhaps more importantly, there was very little or NO fruit consumed during the long, cold and often snowy winter months. Fruit is not a bad food but based on traditional cultures and for some other reasons Nutritional Balancing recommends only one piece of fruit maximum per day and preferably low GI.

Wheat is not a great food and grains were traditionally not consumed in most hunter and gatherer cultures either. While there can be a role for grains, wheat is particularly problematic. It has been significantly modified over the years to the point that nutritionally it is nowhere near as nutritious as it once was. Most importantly though, studies have shown that everyone has an inflammatory response to gluten. Some have an extreme reaction and this is known as celiac disease, but most are not even aware of the fact they are having a mild inflammatory reaction to a food they are not designed to consume.

Sleep is another great example of traditional behaviour. In most cultures, before electricity, we had a campfire. Stories were told, ceremonies were held and we were in bed most nights early, by 9:30pm I would imagine. We were also up at the crack of dawn so to ensure we got our 8 hours of sleep we went to bed early. This makes complete sense and yet in our modern day society with electricity we seem to think we know better than nature and have become night owls that numb ourselves out with excessive TV watching. Go figure?

Water is another classic example of what we should be doing in a Nutritional Balancing program. Simply put we were designed to drink spring water. We were not designed to consume chemicals in our water and we were not designed to change our water with things like reverse osmosis and alkalizing devices.

Finally we can look at exercise and what our traditional ancestors did. We needed to be fit to walk some distances and we needed to have some explosive power for hunting. We did not need to run marathons or take part in activities that would have pushed us to our extremes often if at all. As a result a Nutritional Balancing program takes a moderate view on exercise. It states that while exercise such as walking, swimming and biking is important, it is more important to conserve our energy and nutrients so that our bodies can use them to heal and rebuild. Exercise is not bad but we need to be careful not to have it become a drain on our nutrient "bank account"

At first glance a Nutritional Balancing program can seem too hard or extreme for many people. To give away wheat, eat hardly any fruit, reduce their vigorous exercise, go to bed by 9:30pm and consume only spring water is just too hard for many. Beliefs determine actions and unfortunately these beliefs are likely what got them ill in the first place. We need to change and this is why we go back to our roots when it comes to many aspects of our health. Nature, most often if not always, know best.