HEALTH BENEFITS OF NATIVE PLANTS

IN THIS STATE THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE ATE ORGANIC FOOD FOR MILLENIA. THEIR DIET SUITED THEM PERFECTLY AS THEY WERE VERY MUCH TRAVELERS AND HIKERS. THEIR LOSS OF NATIVE LANDAS HAS RESULTED IN A LOSS OF NUTRITION AS THE ARE FORCED TO EAT MORE BOXED FOODS MADE FROM UNHEALTHY INGREDIENTS. THIS HAS CAUSED HEART DISEASE AND DIABETES.

CERTAIN PLANTS TRADITIONALLY HARVESTED ARE ON THE RARE AND ENDANGERED SPECIES LIST. WILD FOODS OFFER MUCH MORE FIBER AND A VARIETY OF VITAMINS THAN FOODS BOUGHT AT SUPERMARKETS. THEY ALSO LACK THE FAT THAT PROCESSED FOODS HAVE. RECENT STUDIES OF INDIGENOUS FOODS IN THE SOUTHWEST SHOW THAT PEOPLE WHO HAVE USED THEM HAVE HEALTHIER HEARTS AND HEALTHY ADAPTATIONS TO THEIR ENVIRONMENT. THEIR SHIFT TO WESTERN DIETS WAS NOT BY CHOICE - THEY WERE RELOCATED FROM THEIR RANCHERIAS FOR THE MOST PART.

THEY ATE A WIDE VARIETY OF GREENS PRIMARILY DURING THE SPRING AND BECAME HEALTHY BY DOING SO.