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The 4 White Devils

The 4 White Devils

 

When it comes to nutritional advice, there are countless resources and opinions on what is the best way to eat. My philosophy is pretty straight forward. Eat mostly natural, fresh, whole foods as much as possible, avoid packaged and processed foods as much as possible, eat to your metabolic type (this is an assessment I do with clients), drink plenty of water.

 

One of the main things I suggest to clients is to avoid the 4 white devils. What are the 4 white devils I hear you ask?

  1. White flour – bread, cereals, cakes, pasta etc
  2. White sugar
  3. White salt – as in plain table salt
  4. White dairy – pasteurised and homogenised dairy products

 

The reason is that these products are all super refined and all the nutrients are removed. Leaving a nutritionally depleted food product.

 

  1. White flour – the wheat bran is removed which is crucial for digestion. All the vitamins and minerals are also removed. Sometimes it’s even bleached to produce the white colour. Better options are whole wheat flour, spelt flour.

 

  1. White sugar – is also stripped of all its nutrients. When sugarcane is harvested it produces a brown syrup which is then turned into sugar. Molasses is what is left after processing. Better options are Rapadura, coconut sugar or stevia.

 

  1. White salt – plain table salt is again stripped of any nutrients except for sodium and chloride. It can also be bleached to make it white. Better options are Celtic sea salt which is generally an off white colour or Himalayan rock salt as they contain all their minerals and trace minerals.

 

  1. White dairy – hugely processed by pasteurisation and homogenisation which kills all the enzymes and nutrients. Better option includes cold pressed milk now available in some supermarkets under the brand name Made By Cow (Note: I have no affiliation with this brand of milk)

 

I will be doing a more in depth look into all 4 of these products in future blog’s so if you want more information keep a look out.

 

 

 

Yours in good health

 

Brad Corbett

Osteopath

Personal trainer

Holistic exercise & lifestyle coach