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With all the supplements, diet restrictions and exercises we tend to overlook the quality of our diet. In quality I mean not just the type of proteins, carbohydrates and fats, but the quality in wholeness and pureness of the food.

For instance any vegetable you buy in the traditional supermarket like … err, I won’t mention names, are mass produced, and over farmed. Which means less nutrients in the soil and even less nutrition in the vegetable or fruit. But it’s still better to eat an apple before a workout than to grab a snickers bar. Oops I did anyways.

The same goes with animal foods. The supply chain here is even longer. Since the land is over produced, the grains fed to the animals is lacking in nutrients thus the nutritional quality of the meat is less than what it use to be.

Now with fish you have a different angle. Most fish caught out at sea and away from the reefs tend to be every bit as quality nutrition as it always was. Provided it’s fresh, within a few days from being caught and/or hasn’t gone bad for whatever. If it smells like the ocean it’s good to consume. If it smells like the proverbial “fishy” smell it is past it’s prime.

The one caveat with fish is farmed fish. In which they are fed inferior feed to keep cost down, which puts this type of meat in the same category as the rest of the farmed animal products.

The best way to go even though it will hit your wallet to almost the cost of twice as much is Organic.

In most cases buying organic produce will guarantee complete quality nutrition and flavor. The same holds true for the animal products. If you buy beef opt out to go organic and make sure it is grass fed. Most other meat products follow the same rule, like free range chicken. Beware free range chicken doesn’t mean that it is organic, nor their eggs.

With fish you have only one choice for high quality, fresh off the boat from a deep sea fishing expedition. Now the seas don’t have to be in the middle of the ocean. A mile or two off shore is fine. I n many coastal areas dolphin, swordfish, tuna and other tasty varieties can be found. Salmon, make sure its wild not farmed and preferably pacific coast or Alaskan.

I almost forgot seafood and shell fish. But you get the picture on the fresh catch theme. In some cases try to stay updated as to any environmental conditions that may pollute certain areas like lakes and rivers.

Now you will not only enjoy your food more, but you will also be the healthier for it.

James Bolduc

MrPowerFitness

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