Have Americans become chronically dehydrated? Have they substituted fast food and soft drinks for water? Our lack of drinking water creates a weak thirst mechanism which is often mistaken for hunger. Thus many of us replace that need with food instead of water, nature’s natural to lubricate and flush our bodies.

THE NEED FOR WATER
Mild dehydration slows down metabolism as much as 3 %. One glass of water can shut down midnight hunger pangs for almost 100% of dieters. The number one trigger of daytime fatigue is the lack of proper amount of water in our bodies. Researchers reflect that 64 – 80 ozs of water, consumed daily, can ease back and joint pain significantly. A 2% drop in body water can trigger fuzzy short-term memory and produce difficulties in understanding basic math. Drinking at least 5 glasses of water daily can decrease the risk of colon cancer, breast cancer-the number one killer of women, and bladder cancer. Over-weightedness, a symptom of the human body that has not had enough daily consumption of water to transport the proper nutrients to the cells—a body that does not consistently walk enough, a body that is lacking of primary nutrition.

TREATHENING HEALTH
In December 2001, the Surgeon General, David Satcher, stated that 61% of U.S. adults and 13% of all children and adolescents are overweight. These numbers will probably mean an explosion if diabetes and heart diseases. Since 1980, obesity has doubled among adults and tripled in adolescents and only 3% of all Americans meet the federal recommendations for the intake of grains, fruits, and vegetables. Research and controlled studies by many health and dietary organizations over the last 20 years have confirmed the vital role whole food plays, on a daily basis, in weight control.

PRIMARY NUTRITION
Whole food is closest to its primary source--nature. It is Primary Nutrition. It is food that exists in its most natural state such as vegetables, fruit, nuts, seeds, legumes and whole-grains. Viewing the redesigned Food Pyramid, draw a horizontal line right through the middle. Everything below the line is most often primary nutrition, the way nutrition experts are telling us to eat. Empty nutrition, the area above the horizontal line, is the recommended, use sparingly category. The human body knows what to do with Primary Nutrition. The body uses it to feed, nourish, and energize itself. Research indicates that most potent phytochemicals, antioxidants, cancer inhibitors, cholesterol regulators, anti-inflammatories, and brain-cell protectors are found in the brightest-colored pigments in fruits and vegetables. Futurists are predicting that whole-food nutrition is not only one of the most significant mega trends of our time, but also promises that whole-food nutrition will have enormous implications in retarding aging and fighting degenerative diseases.

A SAVIOR
In 1997, Brain Garden, currently of Salt Lake City, a whole food production company founded by Don Tolman is reinventing the whole food industry. Tolman, a visionary who developed Pulse, understood the crucial role of whole food in providing the diminishing Primary Nutrition we crave in our increasingly nutritionally starved diets. Since then, Brain Garden has grown and evolved into what is now a unique and significant organization with production in other countries as well; the only company offering convenient, delicious and affordable Whole Food Primary Nutrition. Brain Garden offers us a 10-day Food First Program aimed at detoxifying the body to open the pathway for primary nutrition. Food First is the combination of the indisputable nutritional power of whole food, water, moderate exercise, sunshine, fresh air, and plenty of rest, in the ten-day period.

AN ANCIENT FOOD FOR MODERN TIMES
Pulse, the basic component of Brain Garden’s Food First Program, is first noted in the King James Version of the Old Testament in Daniel, Chapter 1. Pulse is an ideal blend of 24 wholesome fruits, nuts, seeds and grains, packed with essential vitamins, enzymes, and all seven dietary fibers. It provides complete nutrition for the mind and body and is available in eight flavors—quite possibly, the world’s most perfect food. Pulse offers renewed energy, enhanced natural immunity, and lasting, healthy weight management.

PARTICIPANTS COMMENTS (Reasons Why)
Individuals who participate in the Food First Program report their experiences with Food First and their daily intake quantities of all Brain Garden foods as well as other whole foods. Many report increased and sounder sleep patterns, increased energy, better vision, being able to eat natural foods that they could not eat before. One individual reported the return of her menstrual cycle after it had stopped for 21/2 years even though she had tried many different medications to resolve the problem. Another individual in peri-menapause reported no more hot flashes, sounder sleep, and increase in energy while only eating Brain Garden’s products

A SENCE OF LIFE
The Brain Garden was created to return a sense of life, vitality and health. A return to the purpose for being alive—a feeling that burned in each of us so strongly as a child. A return to the wonder of our youth, with a simple yet powerful message of primary nutrition.

DAHLIA AMBROSINE is a consulting editor for Aambrosia, a Chef, and has been studying nutrition for thirty years.

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