A Nutritious Diet
Learning to seek out the nutrition in the food you eat.
Friday, February 24, 2012
Wheatgrass juice? Yes Yes Yes!!!!!!
If you are tired or sick all the time, wheatgrass juice will benefit you greatly. If you have problems with your skin, if you have allergies, if you have headaches all the time, wheatgrass juice will benefit you greatly. If you have a problem with craving sweets or food that is overly salty and spicy, that means that your taste buds are out of whack, due to the over consumption of sweet and salty. Wheatgrass juice will benefit you greatly. If you have never taken wheatgrass juice, well, I would start off slowly. Take a 1 ounce shot in the afternoon, to get accustomed to it. You may feel that it does not go down well, like the taste stays with you for a long time, and you may feel a little sick. But rest assured, it's working to benefit your health. More than likely your blood and body chemistry is running extremely acidic, and the wheatgrass juice is a shot of pure alkaline juice. So there is bound to be a clash until the balance is restored. To get your health back into balance, I suggest starting out your day with a 2 ounce shot of wheatgrass in the morning, and a 2 ounce shot mid afternoon. But you have to build up to this. My friend shot herself out of the cannon, and took a 2 ounce shot of wheatgrass, and proceeded to toss her cookies, and she told me she never vomits. That told me how extremely acidic she was. So do start off slowly the first few times, but like I suggest perviously, the goal is to take 2 two ounce shots a day. Two weeks of this will make a big difference. The benefits of wheatgrass are amazing: it air-rates the blood and actually cleans out the house of your cells. Wheatgrass is composed of chlorophyll, which is directly correlated to the sun. It's like you are drinking in the energy of the sun. Wheatgrass is akin to hemoglobin in the blood which aids in cell transfer (cleaning out the house of the cells.) Wheatgrass is also antiseptic, another way that it cleans the blood. And wheatgrass curbs your hunger as well. The craving of heavy foods and sweets is lessened when wheatgrass is consumed. And that's a good thing because the goal is to eat lighter, more nutritious food.
Saturday, November 5, 2011
Simple question: Is your meal substantially nutritious?
You need to be asking yourself this question all the time: Is there substantial nutrition in your meal? Here is an example of an average daily meal plan: For breakfast: eggs, hash browns, toast coffee. For lunch: turkey sandwich, cole slaw, bag of potato chips and a Coke. For dinner: steak, steamed carrots, mash potatoes, bread roll, butter, and chocolate cake for dessert. I am not going to go into the reasons behind why most of this food is a problem because I want you to understand one extremely important factor: Most all of this food has been cooked to death. By death I mean, that a majority of all the vitamins and nutrients that the body craves have been cooked out of the food and that this food has not enough substantial nutrition. Not to mention that the digestion involved is soo difficult for the body for a variety of reasons. An optimal nutritious diet requires you to eat food that contains vitamins, nutrients and enzymes found primarily in living food or food that is uncooked. For a while, I was a 100% Vegan Raw Foodist. I no longer abide by that, but I advocate 50-60% uncooked food. When your entire meal is all cooked food, the enzymes and nutrients have been by and large decimated by the cooking process. A diet rich in nutrients and enzymes (found in vegetables and fruits) also curbs your appetite, whereas a diet of mostly cooked food will ultimately keep you hungry.
Friday, October 28, 2011
A blended meal
Incorporating a blended meal on a daily basis is an excellent way to get ahead of the curve when it comes to your health. The beauty of a blended meal is that part of the digestion is accomplished already when the food is blended in an emulsifier or blender etc. The food is easier to digest when it's blended, because the body doesnt have to work as hard to break it down when it has been blended. And when digestion is easier for the body, you have more energy throughout your day.
An example of a blended meal is a GREEN SMOOTHIE. Now, you may have heard of the GREEN SMOOTHIE. It's been popularized as a great alternative to a traditional meal. Here is a quick recipe for a breakfast smoothie: a handful of Spinach, a few leaves of Kale, banana (I prefer half a banana,) an apple, Alfalfa sprouts, a little bit of Raw Honey (optional,) 2-3 cups of some kind of liquid (water or rice milk.) Put into a blender or VITAMIX machine and blend away. It's better to NOT have the smoothie be overly sweet, which is why I suggest less banana (as bananas have a high sugar content.) I am constantly trying new recipes for a GREEN SMOOTHIE. Savory or sweet, a GREEN SMOOTHIE is a must for anyone who is serious about incorporating green leafy vegetables into their diet. And eating green leafy vegetables is the foundation for a healthy diet.
An example of a blended meal is a GREEN SMOOTHIE. Now, you may have heard of the GREEN SMOOTHIE. It's been popularized as a great alternative to a traditional meal. Here is a quick recipe for a breakfast smoothie: a handful of Spinach, a few leaves of Kale, banana (I prefer half a banana,) an apple, Alfalfa sprouts, a little bit of Raw Honey (optional,) 2-3 cups of some kind of liquid (water or rice milk.) Put into a blender or VITAMIX machine and blend away. It's better to NOT have the smoothie be overly sweet, which is why I suggest less banana (as bananas have a high sugar content.) I am constantly trying new recipes for a GREEN SMOOTHIE. Savory or sweet, a GREEN SMOOTHIE is a must for anyone who is serious about incorporating green leafy vegetables into their diet. And eating green leafy vegetables is the foundation for a healthy diet.
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