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Complex carbohydrates. These are the whole foods our bodies are designed to utilize. Examples: fresh vegetables, fruits, grains (whole!), legumes (beans), nuts, seeds, roots - ANY plant WHOLE food is a complex carbohydrate, some may also contain fats and proteins.

These are perfectly compatible with our inner workings. Our bodies are designed to assimilate and use these foods. These foods still turn into sugar in our bodies. This is good, as this sugar fuels us.

The BIG difference is the operative phrase: 'turn into sugar'. This means that our bodies are able to go through a process to convert these foods to the needed sugars. It does not happen immediately, as with straight sugar or simple carbohydrates. Instead the body goes through a series of activities during conversion to allow these sugars to be absorbed at a NATURAL rate - sort of like a time release capsule.

This activity provides a sustained release of sugar into the blood, which maintains a consistent level of energy, not just spurts and crashes. Thus, complex carbohydrates are less likely to produce an over abundance of blood sugar - as do the simple carbohydrates - which is then converted to fat.

Fiber is also something every body requires to facilitate proper detoxification and elimination. We tend to make more high-fat/low fiber food choices. Meats, fats, and simple carbohydrates offer little to none in terms of fiber. Instead, these foods tend to clog and block channels throughout the body, mainly but not limited to, bowels and arteries.

Plaque and cholesterol build up in the linings of these channels, and eventually do block them if not properly 'cleansed' with fiber. Resultant illnesses eventually manifest, such as clogged arteries or atherosclerosis, heart problems, bowel/colon/other cancer, colitis, diabetes, liver dysfunction, gall bladder attacks, and many, many other diseases.

By eliminating processed foods and eating whole fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, and grains, we are adding usable fiber to the diet, and thus aiding the cleansing process. Bowel habits will improve as will digestive function. Just improving these two systems will improve a lot of dysfunction faced by both adults and children. Examples: constipation, diarrhea, heartburn, memory problems, even some learning disabilities, and many more.

Picture, if you will, a tube of Jimmy Dean sausage. Now imagine that you have cut the top from the tube. Squeeze the contents out and observe their texture. Next check the insides of the tube,

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