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NUTRITION AND HEALTHY EATING
“Your food shall be your medicine”
Hippocrates
Our NUTRITIONAL DIETS play a major role
in maintaining good health, and on the other side, promoting
bad health and disease. Our bodies are made up of glands, cells,
tissues, and organs. They can remain healthy ONLY by receiving
their proper nutrients through a Healthy Diet Plan. We can supply
these necessary nutrients through the food we eat, provided
we eat a well balanced diet. This is necessary to build and
maintain good health.
Nutrition is also used in the cure of disease. The main cause
of disease in our bodies is due to the lowered immunity responses
of our systems that cannot repel or fight off disease. This
is linked to poor nutrition. What IS the definition of disease?
According to Webster:
dis- separation, reversal, opposite of
ease- easy, freedom from pain or trouble, comfort
So, disease is defined as- The reversal of comfort. The opposite
of freedom from pain or trouble.
Our bodies have a tremendous healing power but can perform only
when given the necessary nutrition. This is a method of prevention
of disease and self-healing.
The problem with our diets today is that it is heavily influenced
by fast food, or quick serve menus. Just click on the link for
McDonalds to see what you get with the so called bargain contained
in the SUPER SIZE. The average American diet is bad and getting
worse!! “Nearly 50 cents of every dollar spent on food
in the United States is spent on fast food restaurants or take
out”. Over the last three decades, fast-food franchises
have taken over our country and can be found in abundance in
most every town USA. They are so predominant that they have
knocked the "mom and pop" operations out of business.
At least there, you would have found a meat and vegetables on
the menu along with the hamburger and fries. At least the hamburger
and fries would have been fresh meat and potatoes instead of
the pre-processed and pre-frozen garb available at the franchises.
At least there, every meal would not have been exactly like
every other meal available at franchises all across our country
and now, unfortunately, all across the world. What do the fast
food diets do for our natural health?
They provide our bodies with:
Too much refined sugars (soft drinks)
Too little fiber (refined foods)
The result of this is OBESITY.
1 in 2 Americans are estimated to be overweight
1 in 3 Americans are estimated to be obese
If this is our diet, and we are raising children, what are we
doing to ourselves and teaching our children? We are promoting
disease and obesity throughout our entire family and setting
our children up for a lifelong battle. Why not teach them from
the beginning about nutrition and a well balanced diet?
So what can I eat to enjoy a healthy diet and natural health?
All you have to do is eat a well BALANCED diet from the four
basic food groups and limit the intake of all the rest.
As I said earlier, Our Creator carefully placed everything that
we need on this planet to sustain our bodies. We simply need
to enjoy the harvest. It's time to get back to the basics of
healthy dieting and balanced nutrition.
A healthy diet plan is a well balanced diet, low in saturated
fat and refined sugars and carbohydrates. Research has shown
that diseases caused by a deficiency can be corrected when all
the necessary nutrients are supplied, providing irreparable
damage has not been done. Please follow the links to the left.
You will find information that you may have never seen before.
Remember, if you have a weight problem you DON'T NEED TO PURCHASE
A DIET PLAN OR TRY A NEW FAD DIET, this information is free
and it is real. Using it will give you the results you seek.
These are all natural foods that are readily available in your
grocery store, produce market, or garden. Don't fall victim
to a promise of weight loss that will only set you up to fail
and make you feel bad about yourself. You are a real person
who has value. You are NOT BAD. You simply need to retrain your
eating habits. Being overweight is a real problem in America
today. Too many franchises, no doubt. Use this information.
IT WILL WORK.. I lost the weight I wanted to when I began this
healthy diet plan and you will too!!!
Just follow the links to the left which describe each of the
food groups and their values. You will find tips on which foods
are considered "healing foods" and which are considered
"fatty" foods. Foods that are most close to their
natural state are the most healthy. Read about each group before
making your decision. I would be interested to know which group
you have chosen to focus on.
VEGETABLES
Vegetables should be the building blocks that you use to build
a firm foundation for Natural Health. They contain minerals,
vitamins, and enzymes. Vegetables derive from many parts of
the plant including the leaves (lettuce, spinach and other greens),
roots (carrots, radishes, turnips), fruits (peppers, tomatoes,
cucumbers), stems (celery), flowers (cauliflower, broccoli,
artichokes), bulbs (garlic, onions), seed (beans, peas), and
finally the tubers (potatoes).
Vitamin A is an essential vitamin for
promotion of good vision, healthy skin and strong bones. Vitamin
A is found in carrots, spinach, peppers, yellow pumpkin and
chicory. Vitamin C is found in peppers, tomatoes, cabbage, cauliflower,
broccoli, and potatoes. This vitamin helps produce collagen
in the red corpuscles, connective tissues and hemoglobin. It
is also a great anti-oxidant.
Vegetables are high in mineral content
as well. Spinach is high in iron while broccoli, cauliflower
and spinach contain large amounts of calcium. Vegetables also
contain large amounts of minerals like sodium, potassium, magnesium,
and phosphorous.
Vegetables contain fibrous elements, which aids in human digestion.
Their ability to absorb large quantities of water benefits sufferers
of constipation and diverticulitis, while reducing the absorption
of cholesterol and sugars preventing diabetes and cardiovascular
damage.
Care should be exercised in the preparation of vegetables. The
most common mistakes are peeling and overcooking. Most of the
vitamins lie just underneath the skin, so in peeling the skin
you are peeling away the vitamins. Leave the skin on whenever
possible. During cooking many of the vitamins and mineral break
down and dissolve away. Avoid this by simply steaming vegetables
in a small amount or water and leaving the vegetable crisp.
Vegetables are always at their maximum value when eaten raw.
Do this as often as you can through snacks and salads. Raw vegetables
are a great snack to take to work, your children will love them
at home, and your can get two to three servings a day this way.
Keep in mind that broccoli is a natural cancer fighter and you
should eat it every time that you see it. You are on your way
to Natural Health!!!
For more in-depth information on vegetables and their healing
abilities, consider reading my new eBook. It gives you exact
information on vegetables such as members of the allum family
(onion,leeks,etc), asparagus, cruciferous family (collards,lettuce,greens,etc),
beans, beets, all the way to zuchinni!!
FRUIT
Fruits are another excellent source of minerals, enzymes and
vitamins. Easily digested, they take on a cleansing effect on
the blood and digestive tract. They carry a high percentage
of water and are very low in fat. They are good sources of the
anti-oxidant vitamins A and C, foliates and fiber. Fruit should
be eaten as often as possible, several times throughout the
day. Always eat fresh fruit when possible, but can be substituted
with dry fruits (raisins, figs, prunes) and fruit juice. No,
not fruit beverage, which is full of sugar. Check the label
for the words 100% fruit juice. Get in at least two to three
servings by taking apples, bananas or grapes to work to snack
on. At home enjoy grapefruit (natural fat burner) and oranges.
Purchase the Ruby Red grapefruits, they are naturally sweet
and you don’t need sugar. When your favorite fruit is
not in season, eat the dried version. Do this to begin enjoying
NATURAL HEALTH!!!
Fortification
To prepare the liver and the rest of
your body for the toxin "attack" that detoxification
will trigger, it's a good idea to stimulate glutathione production
with the glutathione precursors I told you about last week.
Supplements of the amino acid NAC (N-acetylcysteine), and an
intake of whey (milk-serum-protein concentrate) are two excellent
methods to insure that reserves of glutathione will be there
when you need them.
As for dietary needs, safe detoxification
is promoted with a moderate intake (at least 4 ounces daily)
of clean, untainted protein. This means organically raised,
hormone-free poultry, fish, and lean beef. Besides being an
effective glutathione precursor, protein is needed to ensure
that the liver can produce adequate enzymes to break down toxins
into water-soluble elements for elimination. Conversely, excessive
levels of carbohydrates (pasta, bread, cereals, potatoes) can
actually hinder this process.
Also include lots of fiber-rich and antioxidant-rich
vegetables (particularly broccoli and kale, known to help prevent
cancer) in your pre-detoxification diet plan. What not to include?
The usual suspects: processed, refined white flour; white sugar;
margarine; vegetable shortenings; and artificial sweeteners
like aspartame.
The antioxidant properties of silymarin
(found in milk thistle) can help buffer the liver from the damage
of alcohol, drugs and other toxic substances. Herbal supplements
of dandelion root and milk thistle also support the liver function
and will aid the detox process.
REJUVENATE YOURSELF!
For most people, a four-week period of
pre-detox is sufficient. For those with liver problems, elevated
liver enzymes, or a history of substance abuse, the period should
be prolonged, perhaps as long as six months in extreme cases.
And as with any new health regimen, before attempting a fasting
program (or any other means of internal cleansing) it's a good
idea to consult your doctor - and hopefully you're fortunate
enough to have a physician who is knowledgeable about both nutrition
and detoxification.
You've probably seen the articles that
appear frequently in any number of health publications that
describe some sort of detox fasting regimen. More often than
not it's a "juice fast," and inevitably it's described
as a "quick and easy" energy booster. If only it were
that simple.
The most important detoxifying organ
is the liver. But the liver's capacity for detoxification can
be overwhelmed when the fasting process suddenly fills the bloodstream
with toxins that the body has been accumulating and storing
for months or even years.
Another good example of how "crash"
fasting can be harmful is the effect that such fasts can have
on glutathione levels. Last week I sent you an e-Alert about
glutathione ("The Workhorse" 1/9/03), the powerful
antioxidant that every cell of your body requires to fight disease
and repair damage. Animal studies have shown that after just
36 hours (and most cleansing juice fasts require at least 48
hours), the body becomes drained of the enzymes and nutrients
(including glutathione) that are necessary for safe detoxification.
According to The Journal of Applied Nutrition,
the antioxidant properties of glutathione are crucial during
an internal cleansing regimen, because the resulting metabolic
byproducts can damage the liver and other organs if they don't
have enough glutathione to help break down the toxins. In addition,
without the proper level of enzymes and nutrients, metabolic
waste products have an opportunity to prey on the immune and
endocrine systems.
If you're ready to feel the lightest
and most energetic you've felt in years, then you'll want to
read the information in the 2004 update of my special report:
The Detox Bible: How to Rejuvenate Your Body on Nature's Operating
Table.
What is a Detox Routine?
Simply put, a detox routine is an all-natural method of giving
your body the time and conditions it can use to rebuild and
heal. There are many different detox routines in the world of
natural health:
· water fasting
· juice fasting
· minimal eating
· herbal detox
· detox baths
· colon cleansing
· caloric restriction
· and many others
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