Showing posts with label healthy food. Show all posts
Showing posts with label healthy food. Show all posts

Thursday, 12 November 2009




Many people are convinced they have a healthy diet. Some go as far as thinking if they eat a lettuce leaf, a slice of tomato and a slice of cucumber, they have had enough ‘greens’ for the meal, or even the day. Or choose a boxed granola instead or cornflakes, with low-fat milk and Splenda in their coffee

Well, let’s step away from misinformation and get down to the truth of a healthy diet, in 10 very simple steps:

Eat unprocessed food. This means food as it came out of the ground, preferably organic so you don’t ingest pesticides and incomplete fertilizers that can upset your digestive system
Check for food sensitivites - wheat, sugar or dairy products can cause ongoing problems. There are good alternative grains and flour such as spelt and stone-ground organic flour and xylitol or stevia. Dairy products are not an essential part of your diet. Calcium is found in green leafy vegetables
Drink 8 glasses of pure water a day – not bottled or bore-hole water and preferably distilled rather than filtered
Limit your intake of stimulants such as coffee, tea and alcohol. 1 each per day is more than enough
At all costs do not drink sodas or fizzy drinks
Never touch HFCS, or fructose as it is advertised
Do not eat margarine, no matter what the marketers tell you about ‘the truth of healthy fat’
Don’t eat supermarket vegetable oils – they have been damaged through the heating and bleaching processes and will cause inflammation
Eat good animal protein such as fish and free-range wild game, poultry and eggs
Supplement wisely

This is ‘A Healthy Diet’. If you keep to these simple principles, your health will improve and you will lose unhealthy weight.

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Monday, 26 October 2009

Nourishing Traditions


Nourishing Traditions
The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats

By Sally Fallon, with Mary Enig, Ph.D

A truly fantastic book – I really need two copies – one for my desk as I refer to it daily for sound and common-sense health information, and another in my kitchen. Meals out of this book cannot be beaten for delicious and healthy nourishment

A well-researched and thought-provoking guide to ‘real’ and traditional food sends out a startling message – Animal fats and cholesterol are not villains but vital and essential factors in the diet. Necessary for normal growth, proper function of the brain and nervous system, protection from disease and supply of optimum energy levels.

Sally Fallon dispels this and other myths of the current low-fat fad in a practical, entertaining guide. She brings a can-do diet that is both nutritious and delicious. Don’t be without this book if you want to bring nutrition into your home

Some topics include: health benefits of traditional fats and oils (including butter and coconut oil); the very real dangers of vegetarianism; problems with modern soy and foods derived from it; proper preparation of whole grain products and appropriate diets for babies and children

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