A presentation on how to approach with getting the healthiest food for you, your loved ones and your planet

1. So what exactly is
HEALTHY
FOOD
?
Wong Kai Yuen
EcoGreen Organic

2. When you say you’re
HEALTHY,
you should be
1
full of strength and vigor

3. When you say you’re
HEALTHY,
you should be
2
free from signs of disease

4. And when you say
FOOD,
you’re actually saying
macronutrients
Protein Carbohydrate Fat
micronutrients
Minerals . Vitamins
Antioxidants . Phyto-nutrients

5. why
EAT?

6. why
EAT?
PROVIDE ENERGY VITAL PROCESSES
Walk, Run, Talk….. Breathe, Heart Pumping, Digestion…
SUSTAIN GROWTH REPAIR MECHANISMS
Regenerate tissues, DNA repair…

7. Why do we need
REPAIR MECHANISMS ?
DAMAGE TO THE BODY
Caused by…

8. Why do we need
REPAIR MECHANISMS ?
FREE RADICALS TOXIC CHEMICALS
Smoking, deep-fried food, metabolism… Pesticides, medication, food additives,
Environmental pollutants
RADIATION MICROBES & VIRUSES
EM Wave, radioactivity Bacteria, Fungi, Virus

9. REPAIR KITS
for damages to cells
Sufficient Amounts of
Phyto-nutrients
Minerals
Vitamins
Antioxidants
But PREVENTION is better than REPAIR….

10. PREVENTION KITS
prevent damages to cells
Sufficient Amounts of
Antioxidants
Minerals
Vitamins
Fibres

11. HEALTHY
REPAIR
=
+ PREVENTION
FOOD
of cell damages

12. HEALTHY
HIGH NUTRIENT DENSITY
FOOD =
Macronutrient:
Carbo,
Protein, Fats
Micronutrient:
Minerals, Vitamins,
Antioxidant, Phyto nutrients
High amount of nutrients to calorie value…

13. HEALTHY
FOOD =
How do you know
its healthy?

14. Look out for these:
Free of Additives
No Transfat
Fresh
Natural
Wholefood
Organic

15. 1
FREE OF ADDITIVES
e.g. MSG, colourings, preservatives

16. 2
FREE OF TRANSFATS
look out for hydrogenated oils (margarine)

17. 3
FRESH!
Characteristics:
•Just harvested
•Recently manufactured
•Not preserved by freezing, canning,
pickling, salting, drying
•Having its original qualities
intact/unimpaired

18. 4
NATURAL
As nature intended:
Chicken Nuggets shaped like Alphabets???

19. Natural
• being in accordance with or determined
by nature
• existing in or formed by nature
• having undergone little or no processing and
containing no chemical additives

20. 5
WHOLEFOODS
a natural food and especially an unprocessed one
(as a vegetable or fruit)

21. Whole Food
• Whole foods
– Unprocessed
– Unrefined
– or processed and refined as little as possible
before being consumed
– They typically do not contain added ingredients,
such as sugar, salt, or fat
[ wikipedia ]

22. Whole Food
• Whole foods are not:
– White Sugar
– Iodized Salt
– Plain white flour
– White Rice
[ wikipedia ]

23. 6
ORGANIC
A sustainable lifestyle

24. 6
ORGANIC
means
• Veg & Fruits • Animals
– Grown Without (e.g. poultry)
• Synthetic Pesticides – Reared Without
• Synthetic Fertilizers • Antibiotics
– Mix and Rotation Crop • Growth Hormones
– No GM • Free Range
– Processed Without
• Artificial preservatives,
colouring and additives
• Ionizing radiation

25. Where do we go from here?
Steer and Strive towards HEALTH with
1. Healthy Food
2. Free of Toxic
3. Filled with Nutrients
Healthy is Real Tasty

26. Q&A
Thank you.