HEALING WITH FOOD

U know the flu i just went through put me back on the food band wagon. A three day flu wasn`t too bad, normally it takes 7 days. So i guess my new diet does work.
90% of the food we buy in the supermarkets are processed....The USA Food guidelines have raised the recommended amount of daily servings of fruit and vegetables from five to nine.......How many of us have 2 servings of fruit and vegetable per day, much less five, MUCH LESS NINE?
PLUS fruit and vegetables are no longer what they used to be. Out of the 13 major nutrients in them, six have declined substantially according to Donald Davis , a biochemist at the University of Texas who (using data from the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture) concluded that recently grown crops have shown decreases of up to 38% in protein, calcium, vitamin C, phosphorus, iron and riboflavin when compared with produce from past decades. The cause seems to lie in the new techniques used to increase production. FASTER GROWN FRUITS DON`T HAVE AS MUCH TIME TO DEVELOP THE NUTRIENTS.
AS FRUIT AND VEGETABLES BECOME LARGER AND MORE PLENTIFUL, THEY PROVIDE FEWER VITAMINS AND MINERALS.
Another thing i have noticed is that we really need to rest especially when we have the flu...i haven`t had the flu in a year and a half and a good night's rest last night certainly helped. They say we need 7.5 - 9 hours of sleep each day , i always get by with 6,well last night 8 hours did me fine........I have also found out that our brain produces the hormones and enzymes essential to regulate every body-system during sleep ...can u imagine that? I have friends that don`t sleep for days and claim all is well. They stay up all night then go to bed at 9 in the morning and get back up at 12/1 pm ...........they won`t last.
When cells aren`t given the chance to regenerate during sleep, pre-mature aging, wrinkles,and a lowered immune system is the result..........AS MY GLYCO PEOPLE TELL ME.....IF U CAN`T SLEEP U CAN`T HEAL.