Elizabeth Somer, M.A., R.D. See book keywords and concepts | You've brought cookies, a candy bar, and a doughnut to satisfy your sweet tooth, while fresh and dried fruits drizzled with a little honey are the only sweet treats for your Paleolithic friends.
For 99.9 percent of the time humans have lived on earth our diets comprised only wild game and plants. As a result, all of our pre-agriculture ancestors consumed fewer calories per mouthful, yet much more fiber, vitamins, minerals, and other health-enhancing compounds in foods called phytochemicals. | Stephen T., M.D. Sinatra See book keywords and concepts | Fruits grown locally and in season are the best. dried fruits such as dates, currants, raisins, and figs, although high in magnesium, calcium, and fiber, are very high in natural sugar and will trigger insulin release.
Fruits and vegetables are an excellent source of bioflavonoids, carote-noids, and flavonoids. In addition to antioxidants, fresh fruits and vegetables may contain other vital nutrients such as polyphenols and quercetin (which we have already discussed). | Stephanie Beling See book keywords and concepts | Make your own trail mix by combining pumpkin and sunflower seeds and chopped nuts with dried fruits. Combine almonds, dates, and water into an almond milk, a traditional "brain food." Sprinkle nuts on baked fruits or fruit crisps for dessert. Turn blanched almonds into either almond paste or marzipan, two delicious and typically expensive delicaciesand gain a reputation as an inventive home cook. | | You can create your own by toasting rolled oats or oat flakes first, then mixing in wheat germ, bran, dried fruits, and nuts and seeds in whatever combination intrigues you.
Don't restrict your oat-eating to breakfast. Oats add texture to soup, can replace some portion of the meat in meat loaf or meatballs, are a fine addition to batters and crusts, and can be food-processed into flour for dredging poultry or fish or for use in baking.
Bulgur and Couscous
Bulgur is a fast-cooking grain with a nutty flavor and meaty texture. | Lita Lee, Lisa Turner and Burton Goldberg See book keywords and concepts | Both regular and diet sodas, juices with added sugar, and concentrated foods such as dried fruits should all be excluded.
?Unsaturated oils (those that are liquid at room temperature, with the exception of olive oil). These include soybean, corn, safflower, sesame seed, flaxseed, evening primrose, and fish oils. Also avoid all partially hydrogenat-ed oils such as margarine. In general, the diet must be low in fats, even if they are healthy fats, because of the lipase deficiency associated with diabetes. anon am
The position on unsaturated fats presented here is a controversial one. |
Textbook of Natural Medicine 2nd Edition Volume 1Michael T. Murray, ND See book keywords and concepts | | Recommend the Candida control diet:
Eliminate refined and simple sugars
Eliminate milk and other dairy products
Eliminate foods with a high content of yeast or mold, including alcoholic beverages, cheeses, dried fruits, melons, and peanuts
Eliminate all known or suspected food allergies.
Step 3. Provide nutritional support:
A high potency multiple vitamin and mineral formula
Additional antioxidants
One tablespoon of flaxseed oil daily.
Step 4. | Michael Tierra See book keywords and concepts | If desired, the cereal can be sweetened with raisins, choppe>d apple, dried fruits, walnuts or sauteed nuts; onions and mushrooms can be used with tamari sauce.
Lunch: Sushi rolls, brown rice balls, or tempeh or tofu burger with pressed salad. If a warm lunch is possible, one can have kicharee soup, with pressed salad in the summer.
Dinner: miso soup, whole grain dish, steamed or sauteed vegetables with tofu slices and kuzu-tamari sauce, baked apple for dessert or agar-apple juice "jello. | James F. Balch, M.D. See book keywords and concepts | Your first meal of the day should be comprised of whole grains, cereals, breads sweetened with honey and dried fruits or fruit juices.
Become a grazer! But make sure your snacks contain an ample amount of complex carbohydrates.
Use stress-reducing herbs in your cooking. Rosemary, lemon verbena, lemon balm, thyme, nutmeg, and basil are all excellent stress-reducing herbs.
Drink herbal teas brewed from hops, passion flower, or valerian. Remember, herbs are compact powerful foods that contain vital antioxidants. | Elizabeth Somer, M.A., R.D. See book keywords and concepts | Sweeten nonfat plain yogurt with honey, nuts, dried fruits, fresh fruit, or lemon/orange peel.
Read labels and steer clear of foods that provide more than 30 percent of calories from fat, have more saturated fat than unsaturated fat, or are made with hydrogenated vegetable oils.
Add tofu to soups, wraps, stir fries, veggie burgers, and sandwiches. Try to drink calcium-fortified soymilk at least three times a week.
Add nonfat yogurt to smoothies to boost intake of healthful bacteria so abundant in our ancient ancestors' diets. | | Freeze an extra loaf of whole wheat bread, stock extra cans of kidney beans, fill the cookie jar with homemade trail mix made with nuts, dried fruits, and roasted soybeans.
Make more than you need. When preparing a meal, cook extra chicken or brown rice, chop extra celery or green onions, grate extra carrots, or squeeze extra lemon juice and store in the refrigerator to use later in the week.
Prepare meals in quantity. | Elson M. Haas, M.D. See book keywords and concepts | Rehydrating some of these dried fruits in filtered or spring water will make them juicy and more flavorful and prevent the problem of constipation.
Apples. Dried apples have only recently become popular commercially. Many of the trace minerals are lost in the drying process, but potassium and the apple pectin, which helps intestinal detoxification, are more concentrated in dried apples.
Apricots. Apricots are very tasty in their dried form. They usually have sulfur dioxide added to preserve their color, but organic, untreated dried apricots are also available. |
Textbook of Natural Medicine 2nd Edition Volume 1Michael T. Murray, ND See book keywords and concepts | | Using hypoallergenic foods, prepare four mixtures of "trail mix" - nuts and dried fruits - for each day. Refer to the master chart for specific food choices. Maintain a supply of healthy snacks everywhere: home, school, office and automobile.
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Control of withdrawal symptoms and allergenic reactions.
Ascorbates buffered with calcium, potassium and/or magnesium are suggested as a daily source of vitamin C for allergenic individuals. They help to balance an acidic body pH, and are valuable for neutralizing unpleasant allergic reactions. |
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