What are your goals for health and wellness? Do you want to survive or thrive? Do you want to get the most out of your life or do you just want to get along? These are important questions that only you can answer—but if you want to thrive and get the most out of your life, nutrient rich foods are the key to that doorway.

Nutrient rich foods allow you to be all those things you dream about and want for yourself—because nutrient rich foods will allow you your best possible health and well being. Just like a well-oiled and well-maintained machine, we need nutrient rich foods to maintain ourselves at optimum efficiency. But a well-oiled machine doesn’t think or feel—and we do. A diet of nutrient rich foods can help you think better and feel your best—in your mind, your body and your spirit!

Our brains need constant fuel—and that fuel comes mainly from glucose, a simple sugar. But, if you give your brain too much sugar—or too little—our brains don’t handle it too well. (neither does our pancreas, but that’s for another time!) This is one of the problems with processed foods—they contain too much sugar or simple carbohydrates and release too much sugar at once—and then, nothing! The sugar peaks are high and the lows—way, way low. In a way, this confuses our brains—and, we get the sugar highs, the sugar lows—and the end result is an instability that may end up as depression or anxiety. Also, because brains need a constant supply of sugar, it sends out signals to the liver and pancreas to provide it with more sugar—after a long period of time (and this is a simple way to describe it) and, in those individuals who may be prone to it, diabetes can result.

Nutrient rich food contains complex carbohydrates that take longer to digest into the simple glucose—and because it takes longer to digest, you don’t get the sugar highs or lows –as a result, you are happier and your brain is happier! Also, studies have shown that those people who eat whole foods including complex carbohydrates lower their risk of diabetes and heart disease., So, you, your brain AND your body are happier—sounds like this might just lay the groundwork for you to accomplish all your goals and to fulfill all your dreams.