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Nutrition -
Sorting Through the Maze!

The unbiased truth about human nutritional needs

Have you heard

so many different opinions on nutrition that you are totally confused?

I know what that's like and it is no fun!

In fact, I've spent over 40 years searching for the optimal diet, through constant reading, listening to experts, taking courses, watching videos, and experimenting with my own diet. As the saying goes, "Seek and you shall find." At long last I have discovered the truth about nutrition. I know it is the truth because I feel better than I've felt since I was a kid. I am almost 60 now and I have more vitality than I did in my 20s.

Most nutritional research and media coverage is financed by biased commercial interests, so it is hard to know what to believe or disbelieve when you read reports or listen to news. Even school nutrition programs are riddled with propaganda from the meat and dairy industries. That's why I feel it is so important to share what I have learned and to provide a balanced source of information that is not based on economic motivation. It is based on what really works!

Nutrition is one of my passions and I want to share it with as many people as possible, because it can make such a dramatic difference in our quality of life. The overall state of health in America today, particularly in children, is alarming. Obesity, heart disease, and diabetes are on the rise and it appears (according to the media) that this will only get worse over the next few decades, yet we have had the solutions all along.

Though the exact same diet may not be ideal for everyone, there are general guidelines for human nutrition that can help anyone achieve optimal health. Within these guidelines, each person has to trust their own intuition and appetite to maintain a healthy balance of nutrients for their own body.

The longer you have been eating a poor diet, the more imbalanced your body will be. It may take months or even years to feel as good as you did when you were young, but if you stick with the following recommendations I guarantee that you will become healthier and healthier, until one day you wake up feeling absolutely great. That is one of the most wonderful feelings you could ever ask for.

Common Sense Nutritional Recommendations
based on extensive research and personal experience:

Stick to Whole Foods
Avoid refined carbohydrates like white sugar, corn syrup, white flour, and processed foods of all kinds. They simply do not provide the nutrition your body needs. There are excellent whole-food alternatives available for all the products mentioned above.

strawberry - eat organic foods

Choose Organic!
Organic foods offer a wider spectrum of nutrients than commercially grown, and pesticide residues are toxic! Include a variety of organic fruits and vegetables in your daily diet. It is better for you and better for our planet! For more information visit - The 17 most important foods to eat organic

strawberry - avoid animal product foods

Avoid or Limit Animal Products to Less than 10%!
Meat, dairy, fish, and eggs should make up no more than 10% of your diet. The more animal products you eat, the higher your chances of developing heart disease, diabetes, and cancer. The vegan diet can supply everything the body needs for excellent health, so there is no need to eat any of these foods. Reference - The China Study

strawberry - eat whole foods and sprouted seeds

Eat Sprouted Seeds!
Sprouts have an amazing array of vitamins and amino acids - far more than the original seed and a great deal more than most vegetables. You can easily grow them yourself. They are the most living foods on the planet. For more information read - Ann Wigmore's sprouting book

strawberry - avoid dairy products

Avoid or Limit Milk and Cheese!
Dairy products have been linked with childhood diabetes, allergies, auto-immune diseases, and heart disease. The highest rates of osteoporosis are found in populations that consume the most dairy products! Excess phosphorus in dairy products and meat causes leaching of calcium from bones and teeth.

There are lots of good milk and ice cream substitutes you can buy or make from nuts or seeds. (Have you tried Coconut Bliss chocolate frozen desert? Wow!) Avoid soymilk-based products, because unfermented soy contains toxins.

For a satisfying cheese substitute, blend Red Star Yeast, with nuts (walnuts, brazil nuts, pine nuts, or other) and a pinch of Celtic sea salt in a food processor. Add a bit of flax oil, water, or olive oil to make a rich, "cheezy" sauce. Add a dash of lemon juice and a pinch of black pepper for a sharper "cheeze" flavor.

Consider Avoiding Gluten.
Wheat and other grains containing gluten have been linked with auto-immune diseases, thyroid problems, and allergies. Some people simply cannot digest gluten properly. Pay attention to how you feel for three days after eating wheat, oats, rye, barley, and related grain products. If in doubt, leave it out!

strawberry - eat whole foods

Eat a Plant-based Diet
Organic vegetables, leafy greens, fruits, nuts, seeds, and sprouts form the basis of the ideal human diet. Degenerative diseases have been closely linked to consumption of animal products, so it is best to avoid them. For more information read - The China Study

strawberry - most people need a B12 supplement

If in Doubt, Take a Vitamin B-12 Supplement
B-12 deficiency is quite common in meat eaters as well as vegans, especially as we age. B12 can be manufactured by microbes in the body, but antibiotics and antibacterial foods like onions, garlic, and radishes can destroy the microbes that make B-12. The best way to supplement B12 is to use a B12 patch, eat Vitamineral Greens, or take a sub-lingual B12 supplement.

For a B12 urine test kit, go to http://www.b12.com/ For more information on B-12 visit - http://www.naturalnews.com/023075.html
http://www.living-foods.com/articles/b12issue.html

Include "Super foods"
Recent research has identified several foods that contain a super abundance of healthy nutrients, like berries, sprouts, broccoli (especially sprouted), seaweeds, hemp seeds, chia, walnuts, almonds, spirulina, spinach, and pumpkin. Enjoy them frequently for a boost in health and vitality. For more information read - SuperFoods Rx: Fourteen Foods That Will Change Your Life

strawberry - eat proteins and fats before 2pm

Eat Your Proteins and Fats in the Morning
The liver processes protein and fat best in the morning, so that's the ideal time to eat seeds, avocado, tofu, nuts, and beans (or animal products). Soaked seeds are the best form of protein. Starches and fruits are digested better in the afternoon and evening. For more information read - The Pro-Vita Plan

strawberry - balance essential fatty acids

Balance Your Omega 3 and Omega 6 Fatty Acids
The typical American diet is so high in Omega 6 fatty acids (from sunflower, safflower, corn, cottonseed, and soy oils, as well as animal products) that it is important to supplement with Omega 3 fatty acids, best supplied by flax, hemp, chia, walnuts, and pumpkin seeds. The ideal ratio is a 1:3 balance between Omega 3 and Omega 6. The body can create DHA from Omega 3 fatty acids, so there is no need to take fish oil, which often contains toxins from contaminated fish.
strawberry - we need sunshine and vitamin D

Get Some Sunshine or Take D3!
Vitamin D is a free gift from the sun. We need it for strong bones, healthy hearts, immunity, and calcium metabolism. If you can't get out in the sun for at least 15 minutes a day between 10am and 2pm without sunscreen or long sleeves and pants, take a vitamin D3 supplement. If you live north of San Francisco, you probably need a supplement even if you are outdoors a lot. Get a Vitamin D test to find out how much D3 to take. You can order your own test at https://www.directlabs.com/ without a doctor.

strawberry - green leaves are the best food on the planet

Eat Your Greens!
Leafy greens supply more necessary nutrients than any other food. Have a big salad of organic greens everyday. Or blend up greens in a blender with fruit to make delicious green smoothies. Blend greens with herbs, vegetables, nuts, seeds, miso, curry powder, Celtic Sea Salt, or other flavorings for a super-healthy soups, and dips. Check out The Raw Gourmet "no cook" book for great ideas.

strawberry - take a vitamin-mineral supplement when cutting callories

Vitamin & Mineral supplements for Weight Control
Unless you eat sprouts, seaweeds, and organic foods fresh from your garden, you probably don't get the optimal amount of vitamins and minerals, especially if you are cutting back on calories to lose weight. Soils in commercial farms are now depleted of most minerals. Agribusiness fertilizers only replace three minerals plants need, but not all the minerals humans need!

strawberry - eat whole foods

Focus on Alkaline Forming Foods
Alkaline-forming foods include leafy greens, most fruits and vegetables, most seeds, millet, amaranth, quinoa, black eyed peas, carob, cold pressed oils. These should be the predominant foods in a healthy diet.

Acid-forming foods are meat, eggs, fish, sugar, corn syrup, most grains, pasteurized milk and dairy products, most nuts, most beans, fried foods, alcohol, coffee, chocolate, prescription drugs, over-the-counter drugs, recreational drugs, all artificial preservatives and flavorings, and pretty much anything you find for sale in a box or bag. Sounds like the typical American diet, doesn't it?

Take Food-based Vitamins
Not all vitamin supplements are created equal. Syntetic vitamins can become toxins in your body. Food-based vitamins are recognized by the body, because they are simply concentrated foods. I like Vitamin Code raw, food-based vitamins, or New Chapter food-based vitamins.

strawberry - eat whole foods

Drink Pure Water
Most people need one half ounce of water for each pound of body weight per day. Spring water (not stored in plastic bottles) is best. Start your day with an 8oz. glass of water and try to drink about half a cup every hour through the day. This can include the water in juicy fruits and smoothies. If the weather is hot or you are exercising or detoxing, you will need more water.

strawberry - raw foods supply the most nutrition

Eat at Least 80% Raw!
Raw foods provide essential enzymes and vitamins that are destroyed by cooking. They also contain twice as much protein as cooked foods, because some amino acids are destroyed by heat. However, beans should be sprouted and steamed for easier digestion. (Try adding flax oil with wheat-free tamari or miso to sprouted, steamed legumes for a satisfying meat substitute!)

For some of the best research on raw foods visit http://www.rawfooddoctors.com, http://www.drritamarie.com, and read
The Sunfood Diet Success System by David Wolfe.

Raw Organic Foods
by David Wolfe

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Bernadette Wulf
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Phone (707) 824-0675

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Nutrition and Planet Earth

cattle create more greenhouse gas than cars

Stop Global Warming - Eliminate meat and dairy!
American meat eaters are responsible for 1.5 more tons of carbon dioxide per person per year than vegetarians. An estimated 18% of greenhouse gases are created by cattle raised for meat and dairy products! In a 2006 report, the United Nations (U.N.) said that raising animals for food generates more greenhouse gases than all the cars and trucks in the world combined!!! What's good for you is also good for the planet - more information

Save the Birds, Bees, Butterflies, & Frogs - Buy Organic!

Untold numbers of birds, insects, frogs, and other creatures are killed each year by pesticide sprays. Eating organic foods is the most compassionate choice, and it's better for your health!

15 percent of lifestock feed could eliminate world hunger

Feed the Children - Stop eating meat!
The U.N. World Food Council has estimated that transferring "ten to fifteen per cent of cereals now fed to livestock is enough to raise the world’s food supply to feed current levels" of the human population. Isn't it worth giving up meat to alleviate world hunger and improve your health at the same time?

Save Water - Go Vegetarian

Nearly half of the water in the United States is used to raise animals for food! For more information read - The Food Revolution by John Robbins. Protect our most precious resource by eliminating meat from your diet. Appreciate the wonder of water - The Hidden Messages in Water

Live your compassion

If you have ever loved a pet, you know they have feelings, much like we do. Cows, pigs, rabbits, and chickens also have unique personalities that deserve respect. Imagine how peaceful our world would be if we developed compassion for all living beings. Love and appreciation can heal your heart. Why not start living it now?

Science & Government

Science has made great strides in helping us cure and prevent some diseases through better sanitation, education, and medicine, but another side of science threatens to undermine the very foundations of health.

Genetic manipulation of seeds, upon which entire populations are dependent for food, seems to be a very risky enterprise to me. I hear they have even created a goat that gives silk instead of milk! I guess they just changed one letter in the word. (That was supposed to be comic relief.)

Come on folks! Can't we use our intelligence for something more humane?

Our science has created toxic pesticide crop sprays that destroy healthy human intestinal flora, as well planetary ecosystems. The new trend of irradiating foods destroys the life force in fresh foods. Now the USDA wants to irradiate fresh produce, in addition

to "raw" almonds and spices!

And food scientists have come up with so many additives that we have to bring a magnifying glass to the grocery store to read the small print on most packages - even those that claim to be "natural."

Our government in the USA is heavily influenced by huge pharmaceutical corporations, biotech giants like Monsanto, and the commercial agribusiness industry.

When it comes to protecting public health, it looks like we are on our own!

What can "we the people" do
to safeguard ourselves from this dangerous nonsense?

Here are a few ideas that can put the power back in the hands of "we the people," where it belongs. Some of them may begin to sound familiar:

Vote with your dollars

"We the people" control the economy and therefore the corporations and the government. They all want our money! That is their sole purpose for existing. So, they will only produce what we will buy. The quickest and simplest way to stop genetic engineering of our foods, toxic sprays, irradiation, and any other insult thrust upon our food supply is to stop buying it!

Buy Organic - thus avoiding pesticides, artificial color, artificial flavor, preservatives, irradiation - and silk in your milk!

Reclaiming the power of "we the people"

Buy Local - thus supporting small business and your local economy, while also alleviating global warming by reducing the need for shipping, which produces a large percentage of greenhouse gases. If you shop at farmer's markets, you may even be able to talk to the growers to find out exactly how their products were grown.

Reclaiming the power of "we the people"

Make it yourself - thus avoiding dangerous food additives, while pulling the financial rug out from under unscrupulous producers who care more for their bottom line than they do about your health. Cooking from scratch is the new "cool." Look for quick, easy recipes to replace packaged fast-foods. My kids have their own cook-from-scratch blog -
http://lastcrumb.com/

Reclaiming the power of "we the people"

Grow it yourself - thus providing the freshest, healthiest food on the planet. Even better, gardening is one of the best forms of exercise and has been linked with healthy old age! Even if you don't have a yard, you can grow nutritions sprouts in your kitchen, and a variety of vegetables in containers on a deck or patio.

It's Up to Us -

We Are the Ones

We've Been Waiting For

Final Thoughts on Nutrition

While your beliefs and positive thoughts can create health in spite of dietary choices, doesn't it also make sense to give your body the best possible nutrition?

Try eating an organic, whole-foods, plant-based diet for one month and see how you feel. If you are like me, you will never want to go back to the Standard American Diet (SAD).

Trust your natural appetite.
You will find that, after eating a whole foods diet for a few weeks, most junk foods will lose their appeal. Sodas, cookies, and cakes will seem way too sugary. You will eventually find that you enjoy the tastes and textures of vegetables and fruits in their natural state.

Go Ethnic!
Most ethnic cuisines have abundant vegetarian and vegan options, particularly Indian, Thai, Chinese, and Middle Eastern foods. Try a Thai pumpkin curry, spiced Indian Dahl with brown rice, Middle Eastern falafel and humus, and Chinese snow peas with shitake mushrooms and tofu - make sure there is no MSG!

I hope you will enjoy exploring all the delicious vegetarian and vegan options available, and create yummy dishes of your own. The choices are endless.

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The Choice is Yours -

Be kind to your body

Be kind to our planet

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