Nutrition for Dummies – The Sun is your Fuel

I’ll fill you in on a little secret about the energy in food, the energy our bodies require in order to function & to think, to run & to jump, to work & to play. To grow & to heal & be bursting with life.

It’s not food that you need, it’s the Sun that you seek. That Sun in the sky is the fuel that you need.
It’s the Sun in the sky, not the food, don’t you see?

Dee, you’ve gone mad, it’s not the Sun that we eat!

The Sun is your fuel, I tell you a fact. That Sun in the sky, IS the fuel that you eat.

This 4.5-billion-year-old glowing ball of energy, our very own Sun in our very own solar system. The Sun is a dynamic star, meaning it is constantly changing and radiating energy into space, this energy as light & heat. Without this radiation of energy, life on Earth would not be possible. This includes the life of plants, which (as we are all aware) are native to the human diet & are essential to sustaining human life.

The Sun = life. Full stop.

But we’re not EATING the Sun, Dee.

Well, you are, in fact, if you’re making wise food choices. Food is just the energy of the Sun locked into a plant. By a process called photosynthesis, plants capture the Sun’s energy & use it to convert water and carbon dioxide into carbohydrates, like glucose. Plants are able to then convert some of the glucose formed into starch and other macronutrients, like proteins and fats.

The origin of the energy locked into the molecules in food is simply energy from the Sun. You are eating the Sun's energy. The energy your body consumes is the Sun’s energy locked into the molecules of a cute package that looks like a banana, a strawberry, some potatoes or some beans.
Same source, different package.

Once we consume these cute little ‘Sun packages’, the plant molecules containing the Sun’s energy are broken down in our bodies to re-form carbon dioxide and water, releasing the Sun’s energy to be used by the body.

Mind blown, huh?

But, what about processed foods, Dee? The ones that don’t contain any fresh food??

Well, they won’t contain the energy which sustains human life on this planet, will they?
Put simply, they won’t sustain YOUR life.

They won’t give you the energy you require in order to function & to think, to run & to jump, to work & to play. To grow & to heal & be bursting with life.

You’ll ail & you’ll tire, grow weary & weak.
Grow fat & grow round & want nothing but sleep.
Your mood will be low & your brain just can’t think.
It’s not food that you need, it’s the Sun that you seek.
That Sun in the sky is the fuel that you need.

Dee

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