How important is food when it comes to your health? Your brain needs a lot of nutrients to function and keep you healthy. Eating healthy food helps to reduce the risk of physical health problems like heart disease and diabetes. It also helps with sleeping patterns, energy levels, mood, and your overall health.

What is healthy food? Everyone has heard the common answers, such as fresh fruits, vegetables, nuts, lean proteins, fish, and whole grains. And while all these answers are true, and any combination of these is good for your health, the missing piece is making sure the good food you’re eating is actually ‘good’ food.

What is ‘good’ food? Good food is grown from the earth. But the manner in which it is grown can have different effects on the food, and on your body and health once you have eaten it. If fresh fruit, like strawberries, are grown conventionally, there’s a chance that they contain pesticides, heavy metals and other chemicals. So even though they are fresh fruit, and considered healthy for eating, they are actually introducing unhealthy things into your body that may cause more harm than good to your health.