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| Basics to Avoid | Healthy Alternatives
| Refined Sugar High fructose corn syrup Sucrose (white table sugar) Glucose
| Refined Sugar Alternatives Use Crystallized fructose Raw organic honey Stevia
| Refined Flour Commercial store breads Bleached and enriched bread or flour of any kind Instant / Refined Rice
| Refined Flour Alternatives Sprouted, whole grain or non-enriched bread
| Hydrogenated Oils Partially hydrogenated vegetable oil or shorteningCommercial brand vegetable oils Margarine
| Hydrogenated Oil Alternatives Cold pressed canola or safflower oil are acceptable. Olive oil instead of vegetable oil or commercial oils (Crisco, Mazola) Small amounts of anitibiotic / hormone free butter rather than magarine.
| Preservatives and Artificial Ingredients Nutrasweet/Aspartame Splenda Sweet n' Low MSG(Monosodium Glutamate) Foods that contain a long list of ingredients and have a long shelf life are enzyme and nutrient depleted and have preservatives
| Preservative Alternatives Shop around the outside of the grocery store: the foods in the middle of the store contain preservatives to help them last longer. The fresh food in the refridgerated section is the healthiest in the store
| Beverages Artificially Flavored Juices Milk Carbonated Beverages
- Kill beneficial bacteria
- Disrup digestion by altering pH
of the body
- Deplete the body of essential minerals
| Beverage Alternatives - 100% pure fruit / vegetable juice
- Rice / Goat's milk
- Water
| Miscellaneous Iodized Salt Potato Chips / Cookies
| Miscellaneous Alternatives Celtic Sea Salt Snacks/trail mix with nuts/seeds Antibiotic and Hormone-Free meats, eggs, cheese & milk
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One of the most important things you can do to prevent arteriosclerosis and high cholesterol is to avoid trans fats (partially hygrogenated oils). Try to eat as many raw foods as possible! Over-cooking depletes vital enzymes and nutrients, so it's always best to bake or steam your food. Snacks can be helpful to tide you over between meals so that your blood sugar doesn't plummet to the point that you are so hungry you overeat at the next meal. Proper snacking can be a real plus for good nutrition, so long as you choose foods that can provide the fuel you need and the nutrients to keep you healthy like raw almonds, celery, carrots, nuts, seeds and vegetables. |
The Benefits of Water As a rule, you should be drinking ½ of your body weight in ounces of pure water every day. For example, a 100 lb. person should be drinking 50 oz. of water daily. You should also add 2 glasses of water per day for each cup of coffee, tea, soda, or serving of alcohol. But why do you need so much water? The human body is composed of 75% water. You would only be able to survive three to four days without water. Only nerve function and air is more important for life than water. |  |
Water is an aid to weight loss. Drinking water can fill you up, replenish fluids, and even give you energy! Water prevents damage to kidneys by helping dissolve waste that the kidneys remove. The loss of height and decreased nerve function seen in some individuals can be linked to dehydration. Stay tall and maintain nerve integrity as you are by drinking enough water. |
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| Alkaline/Acidic Foods | |  | The pH of our bodies should be slightly alkaline. A pH below 7.0 is acidic. An acidic balance will decrease the body’s ability to absorb minerals and other nutrients, decrease the energy production in the cells, decrease its ability to repair damaged cells, and makes the body more susceptible to fatigue and illness. The typical American diet is the number one cause of an acidic pH. | As a rule, your diet should consist of 70% alkaline foods and 30% acidic foods. Because there is much disagreement over which foods fall in which category, the following is a general guideline for where foods fit in the alkaline/acidic picture. |
Alkaline - Most vegetables (raw)
- Most fruits (raw)
- Most seeds, beans, and nuts (particularly sprouted)
- Raw Dairy Products (non-pasteurized, non-homogenized)
- Raw Honey
Acidic - Meat (including Fish and Poultry)
- Pasteurized Dairy Products
- Eggs
- Pasta
- Grains
- Soft Drinks and Coffee
- Foods containing any of the following:
- Preservatives
- Refined Flour
- Refined Sugar
- Additives/Flavor Enhancers (such as MSG)
- Artificial Sweeteners
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"The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patients
in the care of the human frame, in diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease."
-Thomas Edison |
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