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keep our skin and other tissues youthful and supple. EFA’s are available to us only through our diets, so it’s important to include them in your food choices. Good sources of EFA’s are fish, soybeans, green leafy vegetables, nuts, seeds, and flaxseed oil. Add some flaxseed oil to your salad dressing and enjoy! Next up are vitamins and minerals, sub- stances needed in small quantities that help regulate body functions including helping to process other nutrients and fight infection. Fresh fruits and vegetables are rich sources of vitamins. Minerals also assist the body in energy production. Our bodies make no minerals but they are a basic part of all our cells. Minerals, such as calcium, iron, and magnesium, are essential elements needed in optimal quantities for sturdy bones and teeth, healthy blood, and regulation of daily elimination. Be sure to include whole grains, fruits and vegetables, and sea vegetables as good sources of minerals. The next nutrient, water is a critical nutrient for our health, making up about 60 percent of the body. It carries other nutrients through the body, helps digestion, removes wastes, lubricates the joints, and keeps us from overheating. It’s important to continu- ously replace the water your body loses. As a general rule, an adult, depending on size and activity level, should drink at least 6-8 glasses of filtered water daily and eat water- rich foods, such as fruits and vegetables. It’s also important to avoid or limit “water rob- bers” like coffee, tea, colas and alcohol. And last but not least there’s the mystery
nutrient. It’s the element of love. The most delicious of meals, prepared in the finest of kitchens, and served in the most magnificent of settings will still fall short when lacking this essential ingredient. Cherish your food. Some people choose to say a short blessing,
while others prefer to savor the rich textures and aromas before eating. Regardless of how you appreciate what you eat, taking in your nutrients with healthy, loving energy, will nourish not only your body, but your spirit as well.
When you give yourself the permission, the time, and the opportunity, to fall in love with eating, you’ll soon have a full blown new romance in your life.
Dr. Marie Mammone graduated from the National College of Naturopathic Medicine in Portland, Oregon with a doctoral degree in Naturopathic Medicine. Dr. Mammone is enthusiastic about making Naturopathy rele- vant to modern living and toward integrating Naturopathic medicine into Connecticut’s medical world. She specializes in gastrointes- tinal disorders, celiac disease, allergies and eczema. To Contact Dr. Mammone, N.D., email
mariemammone@aol.com or call (860) 529-1200. See ad on page 41.
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