First, let us talk about right nutrition. So how nutritious, do you think, is the food that you eat today? Are you sure the “fresh” veggies, fruits, fish, bread, and meat you eat are indeed fresh? Do you know how they were grown and handled?
Right diet begins from the very root. When you really dig deep into it, you might be shocked to know that nowadays, “nutritious” foods are just figments of the imagination of unscrupulous sellers and TV commercial producers. There is almost no such thing as “100% nutritious” food anymore. If you intend on living a long and healthier life, you have to know the following facts.
SO WHERE HAVE ALL THE NUTRIENTS GONE?
When your body receives right and REAL nutrition, it becomes self-sustaining and self-supporting. It has the ability to produce its own natural vitamins and resistance forces, or disease fighters, known as antibodies. If you feed your body with REAL food, you will minimize the occurrence of diseases in your body systems. Your cells will reproduce healthy cells that will reproduce healthier ones, and so on.
The body tissues will be able to repair themselves quickly and the immune system will always be in tiptop shape.
Why do we have such dreaded life-threatening diseases today that were unheard of in earlier times? One of the oldest and authoritative books on life, the Bible, records people living to almost a thousand years—with no illnesses whatsoever. Even from the days of our grandfathers and great grandfathers, we hear stories of amazing physical feats of health and longevity. People from “those days” live incredibly simple but very happy lives, the kind that many of us today would like to go back to.
What happened to all these?
Consider the following reasons and know what caused them:
- Soil Depletion
- Soil Erosion
- Chemicals in Foods
- Processed Foods
- The Hazards of Eating Meat
- Precautions When Consuming Fish
- Precautions When Consuming Bread
Most people would rather forget all about the hazards of modern food and just get right into business selling them.
If you desire, you can grow your own organic veggies and fruits right in your yard, and have them fresh on your table three times a day! All you need is enough space to have at least three plots for planting.
Have your yard (or a portion of it) covered with screen to protect from insects. Use plastic or fiberglass roofing materials for your roof. Place small earthen pots or any small containers on your plots, and arrange them in rows. Put beats of dried coconut husks, instead of soil, in your containers. Putting soil in them might defeat the purpose.
Grow your seeds in these husk-filled containers, and water them daily. If you want, water them with mineral water. To safeguard against stray insects that manage to break through your green house, spray your plants with a concoction of water and salt.
You may want to maximize your green house. Construct shelves in it instead of plots. You may even want to build shelves all around the walls. Put your containers on these shelves. Hang some of them like orchids.
Here’s the best part. When the leafy vegetables are ready for harvest, do not take them by the roots. Simply cut the leaves from their stems. Leave the plants in the containers and wait for them to bear new leaves again. The bodies of the plants can reproduce leaves for a number of harvests before you replace them with new plants. Thus, it is good to keep a seedling box for new plants while harvesting from the present ones.
Do the same for fruit-bearing small plants like tomatoes, eggplants, etc. The continuous harvests would start about 2 to 4 months after your first planting. For more information, contact your government agency on agriculture.
Producing your own food is possible even if you have a limited space at home.
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