A prime cause of the majority of health problems including premature ageing is chronic inflammation. The proof of this can easily be tested by the various inflammatory markers in the blood stream. This inflammation is caused in the main by eating starchy carbohydrates. Not a very popular statement, but nevertheless true! State registered dieticians frequently disagree because they have been educated by the food industry who make sure the food industry's interests are in the curriculum.
Natural Health Practitioners may disagree (they may recommend whole grains or organic) because they have become influenced by the same teachings and the fact that it is easier to go with the flow rather than swim against the tide of popular opinion.
The culprits are: Breads, Pastry, Biscuits, Pasta, Breakfast Cereals, Rice, Potatoes and Parsnips. Why parsnips? They have the highest glucose spike of any root vegetables and you will learn later what damage this does.