Head Into the School Year Strong!

Well, now that school is starting and we’ll be on the run again, it’s time to start thinking about the avoidance of convenience foods and the consumption of foods and vitamins that will keep us going through school, tests, sports, extracurricular activities, not to mention work and family life! Whether you’re a busy parent or an exuberant high school student, embracing proper nutrition will help keep you going through everything the world throws at you!

Common sense lends itself to the fact that not all calories are created equal. When you eat junky, processed foods, the calories you consume are of low quality. That means that while they do provide the cells of your body with a food source, that food source is often full of carcinogens or sugars that will deplete quickly. Your cells work more efficiently on good nutrition. So, when somebody says “empty calories,” they are more accurately referring to calories that don’t do your body a whole lot of good.

You’ve probably also heard people mention that cooking food ruins its nutritional content. Well, that’s not entirely true. Cooking food can lower the content and potency of certain vitamins and minerals (especially enzymes), but it won’t ruin your food. Some people can’t fathom the idea of eating 100% raw fruits and vegetables all the time. The good news is, you don’t have to. While eating raw, organic nutrition is wonderful for your overall health, if you happen to cook those organic carrots, you’ll still reap some awesome health benefits. The Vitamin Code raw multivitamins provide a healthy way to give your body raw, whole food nutrition that provides 100% active ingredients, while maintaining more of a traditional or cooked diet.

Is organic food really better? What about processed food and preservatives? They’re everywhere! How can we combat the intake of these foods when we can’t help it? Many people ask the question, “is organic really better?” and the answer is a resounding YES. Organic food is better for you because when you eat organic, you’re not ingesting any of the dyes, pesticides, and other chemicals that most of our food is treated with. These manmade chemicals feed your cells with material that is not designed to be used as food. Regular intake of these chemicals has been proven as the source for a great many diseases and cancers.

Nutrition from whole food vitamins and supplements provide the most complete sources of vitamins and minerals. They also contain important nutritional cofactors and mircronutrients that are missing from isolated vitamin formulas made in a lab. Because whole food vitamin supplements are made from whole food, the body recognizes them as food — so they are absorbed and utilized better by the body. Eating as close to nature as possible, from the Garden of Life, ensures that we are getting the best nutrition possible, instead of ingesting empty calories that may actually deplete valuable nutritional resources from our bodies.