Where's the food?

In this article, the author discusses the benefits of eating real food, as opposed to all of that fake food we're seeing in the grocery stores nowadays. No I'm not talking about the play house plastic apples, but rather nutrition bars and protein shakes that we're becoming accustomed to. She gives six rules to live by when looking for healthy meals:

1. Eat seeds or foods made from seeds
2. Eat five different colored fruits and veggies daily
3. Eat plant foods with their skins intact.
4. Drink milk and eat milk products that come from animals (rather than soy)
5. Eat foods that come from cold water
6. Eat meat poultry or eggs that come from free-range or grass-fed animals.

You can read the article to understand her reasoning behind her six rules, but I thought her underlying theme was interesting. Basically, it's understanding that vitamins and nutrients cannot be supplemented as easily aas we like to think. Although it's a good idea to take vitamins every day, nothing truly substitutes for the real thing.