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Correct there are not "super foods" in the usual sense.  Inuits did eat mostly fat and meat and the story is not quite that simple.  Big demographic studies and observational studies are not proof but if you get enough of them, and big enough ones that are carefully and well analyzed, they do provide indications.  I know quite a few people who have done "well" on mostly fat and meat, super low carb diets, for awhile. Many ultimately had thyroid and/or adrenal problems, low energy, skin problems, etc and that after only 2-3 years.  I would say yes, find your flavor, free will rules, but you also have to pay the piper for consequences of your choices so do your own research; don't go by what "some guy"( and that refers to any/all of us) says
 
I've found that, when I eat my veggies, I feel better. I can tell the difference. I've gotten in the habit of making a "produce plate" with things like celery, radishes, cucumber, carrots, maybe an orange and I'll snack on it while watching tv.
 
Justin Cox, do you have any medical papers or articles you can recommend to me on those topics of digestion, vegetables inflammation? I just did a little searching but all I could find was clowny livestrong.com articles.

Rickard that is a cool analogy I think you may have convinced me.
 
YES, though I nor anyone else can tell you which particular ones you need, nor the exact quantity for your personally.  Buy Paul Chek's book, "How to Eat, Move, and Be Healthy."  For $18 you'll be given all the info you need to increase your strength and vitality from the inside out, and a great introduction to metabolic typing which will help you start to find which foods you benefit from the most. OR get "The Metabolic Typing Diet" for a whopping $2 and learn more from one book than most will throughout their entire nutrition undergrad.  I for example have been getting rapidly leaner and stronger eating a diet that would cause nutritionists outside the metabolic paradigm to be confounded.

I agree 100% with Russell, I have also learned the hard way that optimal strength, in all areas of life, are connected to your gut.  Once your learn a little about leaky gut you'll be very aware of what you eat.  I'm now 33 and will have to commit to a pretty stringent protocol to fix issues I created through an ignorant short-term view.

I plan on posting pictures when I'm done fixing my digestion issues as I'm formerly obese (250 lbs. @ 6' 2"), and will be leaner and stronger than at any point in my life.
 
This is the first part of a 90 min. series on YouTube.  At first you may think it's out there, stick with it and you'll start to see why the health in "developed" countries is horrific and why it's connected to food and our soils. Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84otsNRkbDg
 
Daniel,

Here is the original article I was thinking of when I wrote that post. http://breakingmuscle.com/nutrition/your-diet-can-change-your-genes.  This is the research article they are referencing http://www.nutritionj.com/content/12/1/24.

This is one on leafy greens and immune resonse.  At the end of the article there are several more links too.

http://www.naturalnews.com/039435_leafy_greens_gene_expression_immune_response.html

I hope that helps.
 
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