What Should I Eat?
Our country has increasing amounts of environmental pollutants (chemicals and heavy metals). We have shrinking quality of food in standard grocery stores and processed food served in restaurants. The following tips are general things to do and eat which will help you stay healthier and live longer. All food should be 100% organic, natural and whole.
- Shop at stores that sell organic natural whole foods and read the food labels
- UP code: 9000 is organic; 8000 is genetically modified food
- Studies show that a plant based diet rich in organically grown fruits, vegetables, beans, whole grains, nuts and seeds is the most effective diet for maintaining health
- Drink spring water or reverse osmosis water (8 glasses per day)
- Eat breakfast (even if it is small)
- Eat several small meals per day rather than one large meal
- Finish dinner three hours before bed
- Avoid your delayed IgG food allergies (if you have not had these tested, get the lab test done in our clinic)
- Eat organic salads with lunch and dinner
- *Eat only small amounts of organic meat and dairy (or none at all)
- *Eat only small amounts of organic range fed poultry and their eggs (or none at all)
- **Healthy people around the world eat less than 10% of their diet from animal protein. The healthiest are vegan (no food derived from animals).
- Use only small amounts of organic cold, expeller pressed oils (organic extra virgin olive oil, coconut oil)
- Use natural sweeteners: stevia, agave, or raw honey
What About Lifestyle?
- Use 100% natural, organic lotions, creams an cosmetics (like Burt’s Bees® and Weleda)
- Use only natural solvents and detergents
- Use natural organic non-allergenic food supplements, not synthetic or “drug store grade”
- Multiple vitamins and minerals (if you do not know which ones, have comprehensive blood work done in our clinic)
- Daily probiotics or natural gut flora (if you do not know which ones, have a flora stool test done in our clinic)
- Heavy metal oral chelators or daily detoxification supplements (if you do not know which ones, have the heavy metals provocative lab test done in our clinic)
- Walk briskly for one hour per day (you should perspire)
- Lift weights or use stretch bands for muscle toning
- Stress reducing CDs, Yoga, Mediation, T'ai Chi, Qi Gong
- Practice deep breathing (6 seconds in, 6 seconds out for several minutes)
- Reward yourself with bodywork (Rolfing®, Thai Yoga Massage, Chiropractic)
- Saunas
- Get sun (without using blockers)
- Get sleep (ideally 10 pm to 6 am, 7 to 8 hours daily)
- Use a shower water filter if your water has chlorine
Sometimes, what you don’t do is more important than what you do.
- Avoid refined flour and sugar products
- Limit alcohol and caffeine
- Avoid trans fats, hydrogenated, partially hydrogenated oils
- Avoid high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, sucrose, dextrose or malto dextrose
- Avoid artificial sweeteners, NutrSweet, Splenda, aspartame, sucrolos, saccrin
- Avoid monosodium glutamate (MSG)
- Avoid nitrites (found in processed meats and bacon)
- Limit animal based food to less than 10% of your intake (animals have the highest concentration of environmental toxicants)
- Avoid meats containing herbicides, hormones or antibiotics
- Avoid meat and other food sold in Styrofoam trays and plates
- Avoid farm raised fish
- Avoid microwaving
- Avoid carbonated drinks or diet drinks (Limit club soda)
- Avoid fast foods, processed foods, foods with additives and preservatives
- Avoid genetically modified food
- Avoid lotions, creams, or cosmetics containing “parabens”
- Minimize use of air conditioning
- Avoid fluorescence lights (unless they are full spectrum)
- Drug use is at its highest in the United States. We are experiencing more poor health and chronic disease than ever
- Drugs: all non-prescription, over-the-counter and prescription drugs and medication have side effects (even aspirin) and lead to secondary illness and to weight gain