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10 Guidelines for a Healthy Diet

September 20, 2008

10 GUIDELINES FOR A HEALTHY DIET

• Avoid or eliminate all artificial, processed and packaged foods and beverages. Choose organic produce and organic, grass-fed, free-range meats and dairy when possible.

• Reduce, avoid or eliminate all insulinogenic such as foods and stimulants including sugar,cakes, cookies, candy, bread, pastas, potatoes, starchy grains and vegetables, soda, chocolate, coffee, caffeine containing teas, and alcoholic beverages.

• Identify and eliminate food allergens.

• Eat breakfast. Protein is best early in the day and carbohydrates later in the day.

• Avoid eating anything other than a light snack near bedtime.

• Eat large amounts of whole or juiced greens and brightly colored vegetables daily.

• Use healthy organic oils liberally. Include raw butter and cream, as well as flax, hemp, coconut, olive, walnut, sesame oils, etc. Supplement with quality fish oil.

• Include plenty of traditional foods such as fermented foods, slowly cooked soup broths made with fish, chicken or beef bones, and traditional culinary spices and condiments.

• Consume fewer calories in general, and select foods with the highest nutritional density.

• Drink one quart of pure water daily for each 50 pounds of body weight.