Nutrition

Food is Medicine, period. Diet and nutrition are a key stone for optimal health. Excess or deficiency can push the body out of homeostatic balance resulting in injury/disease. Healthy food choices prevent injury, reduce aging & risk of illness; when tissue damage does occur we need to eat the cleanest, natural source foods that contain the nutrient building blocks of the damage tissue and support the bodies natural healing biochemical pathways. As healers we must identify the cause of pathology but we do not heal anything, we help set-up the bodies own optimal conditions for healing – it is up to the body, at the cellular level to make healing happen. – Dr. Nikita Vizniak

Food Guide (Canada)

The Food Guide below is a good starting point for basic recommendations, specific clinical recommendations should be made on a case by case basis by a trained health care professional. The full Canada Health Guide is available here.

Athletic Food Pyramid

Grocery Shopping Habits Around the World

An adaptation of an article credited to: Madison Moore.

Whenever I go grocery shopping I always get just enough food to last for a couple days, mostly because I don’t know what I’m going to want to eat on Thursday if today is Sunday. But when I was growing up, my mother used to take us to the grocery once a week because that was the only time she could go. We stocked the car with bags and bags of treats and stuff, but mom always warned that if me and my sister ate all the fruit snacks or Pops or Pop Tarts or whatever, that was it until the next week.

Grocery shopping — what we buy and where we go — is a rich sociological activity that has a lot to say about our upbringing, our tastes and habits, and our social class. American photojournalist Peter Menzel launched a fascinating photo essay on what a week’s worth of groceries looks like around the world. The series is definitely eye-opening, not least because it shows the peculiar dietary habits of people in 20 countries around the world but because it shows how prevalent American food products are, how healthy people eat based on their country, and it really puts First World Privilege in check.

Guess which country is the most unhealthy of the bunch?

Australia

Lot’s of processed meat and processed foods in general. But, at least they’re getting plenty of water I suppose.

Bhutan

Every thing up in that piece is FRESH.

Canada

No diet is complete without Eggos, Sour Patch Kids and Frosted Flakes.

Chad

This one will put everything you eat in perspective.

Ecuador

Forget Subway — THIS is how you Eat Fresh.

France

And peep what’s at the center — a nice, bouteille of wine!

Germany

65% of the things in this image are pourable. There are 25 bottles of alcohol.

Guatemala

Those are some big-ass carrots.

Great Britain

It’s starting to seem like the richest countries have the least healthy eating habits. Nearly everything in here is packaged.

India

Looking good so far.

Italy

Seems like Italy’s diet is all bread and pasta. So basically all carbs and their obesity rate is STILL less than the United States.

Mali

Another one to put it all in perspective.

Mexico

Now I understand: the Mexican diet is fresh fruits and vegetables PLUS Coca-Cola. It’s sort of scary how pervasive American food products are in other places.

Mongolia

Seems OK. Not as green as some of the other places. LOTS of eggs.

USA

Ah, the United States — land of bulk-buying, Costco and BJs, where bacon, pizza, McDonald’s and potato chips are full balanced meals. Look closely and see if you can spot anything fresh. Obesity rate: 30.6%