Informative article from 'The Genetic Key Diet' by Dr. Steve Nugent.
Choosing the right food is important for your overall health and weight management........I always recommend a low-glycemic or low moderate glycemic diet for everyone. Even for people who don't need to lose weight. Other diets are proven failures. Low-glycemic foods do not trigger the undesirable insulin reaction that shuts down the normal process by which the body converts fat as energy. No matter your metabolic type or blood type, the benefits of a low G diet are simply too powerful to ignore.
Every person should clearly understand the role of fats and proteins. Proteins provide the basic building bocks of life, called amino acids. Without these, you could not exist. Animal proteins are very high in amino acids, vitamins and minerals because herbivores (exclusive plant eaters) that are the source for the meats people eat are designed to get all the nutrients they need from vegetable or plant matter, and then store it in their muscles.
Dairy associations have done a superb job of convincing everyone that calcium only comes from milk or milk products. That's simply not the case. Herbivore muscle tissue, which we refer to collectively as "meat", is high in calcium, magnesium, potassium, and phosphorus, as well as B vitamins. Meat contains B12 which explains why many human vegetarians frequently become B12 deficient. Without calcium, you will not only have weak bones, but also muscle cramps. Since herbivorous animals must eat most of the day they can't afford to have muscle cramps, which will surely occur without the above-mentioned minerals.
Humans who eat low-nutritive diets must eat far more food than other people, and must eat constantly, like cows. They tend to become very large. This is a lesson from nature to make sure that we get a widely varied and balanced diet, as will as maximum nutritional support.'
Glyconutrients occur naturally in may plants that have been used medicinally in various cultures for centuries. For example, aloe is recognized worldwide for its healing properties, but the functional component is actually a glyconutrient. The company to produce the first complete glyconturient complex made from plants (not only aloe) was Mannatech Inc. There dietary supplement first became available to US citizens back in 1996. Since then these glyconutrients have been distributed to many countries worldwide.
