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Beyond Disease30 ways to prevent disease and optimize nutrition on a budget.

2/04/12

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“Let your food be your medicine,

and your medicine be your food.”

Hippocrates

Hippocrates, 460 - 400 BCE, Greek Physician. Hippocrates is often called the father of modern

medicine. He taught that the body must be treated as a whole and not just a series of parts.

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We Have Serious Health Challenges

Diabetes is one of the top diagnoses, affecting 346 million people worldwide.

World Health Organization

1.Diabetes 2. Heart Disease3. Cancer4. Obesity5. Gluten Intolerance 6. Dairy Intolerance7. Arthritis8. Autism9. Alzheimer’s10. Food Allergies11. Tooth decay12. Hypoglycemia13. Metabolic syndrome14. Hypertension15. Dementia16. Fibromyalgia17. Candida18. Celiac disease19. Irritable Bowl syndrome20. Insomnia21. Anxiety22. High cholesterol23. Panic attacks24. Epilepsy25. ADD26. Autism etc.27. PMS28. Gastro-interitis29. Toxic poisoning30. Swine flu31. Acute anemia32. Emotional disorders

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A few generations ago, diabetes, cancer, arthritis and obesity were rare diseases of the wealthy. Now we see them everywhere. We identify a new malady every week, and see an increase in degenerative disease all over the planet. What is at the root of our declining health? Click here for Health Trend Graphs

How canI make myself

disease-resistant?

30 Ways to Prevent Disease and Optimize Nutrition on a Budget

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1. Chew slowly and savor your meals. It sounds silly, but chewing is the simplest way to increase absorption. Plants contain fiber, vitamins and minerals. Your body has to sort out all these nutrients at the molecular level. Chewing is pleasurable. The teeth break food into small digestible pieces. Saliva mixes with food to begin the digestion process. Give it a good head start by chewing well. One study showed the single most important factor in longevity is not WHAT we eat, but simply chewing it well and higher nutrient absorption.

2. Prepare food with love, joy and abandon. The simple joy, thought and effort you put into preparing food passes into the food. Then it passes into the people who eat it. Why do we think Mom’s homemade food tastes better? It’s full of love! That’s why I like to prepare food with joy and abandon!

3. Eat with Gratitude. A simple thank you or a thought of gratitude opens your body to receive. It actually helps to make food compatible to your body so that it can be well absorbed. This could mean you say grace formally. Or it could be a simple reflection as you take your first bite.

4. Avoid empty refined food, sugars, caffeine and alcohol. Empty nutrition foods are the often big ticket items in our food budget. If we spend less on soft drinks, coffee, sweets, and empty snacks, we have more money to spend where there’s real nutrition. X

Prepare food with love and abandon!

5. Go for the Life Force

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Organic mushroom (left) vs. mushroom grown with pesticides. (right)

We can see the life fore in foods with Kirlian photography. It shows the electrical voltage pattern in these vegetables. Russian scientist Semyon Kirlian discovered in 1939 how to photograph the electrical field of any object. View Video

Raw corn vs. cooked corn

Energetic photos show that food energy is strongest at the source. Once a plant is picked, cooked, dried, frozen

or powdered, it loses nutritive value at every step.

Eat living food, close to the source. This is the secret to health. OK, this is simple. The sun’s energy brings life force in the form of light to the Earth, which is absorbed by plants in photosynthesis. This energy can be consumed by animals and humans and transformed into life force. This life force is strongest at the source, when the plants (or animals) are alive.

Each step in processing the food reduces the life force present. So every time a food is sliced, diced, desiccated, dried, powdered, stored and especially heated at high temperatures, it loses life force. This is a simple reminder to consume the freshest foods closest to their original form.

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Whole Food Markets nationwide use the ANDI system to measure foods. ANDI means Aggregate Nutrient Density Index. ANDI = Nutrients / Calories (H=N/C).ANDI was developed by Dr. Fuhrman, who believes that 90% of the daily diet should be comprised of nutrient rich plant foods (high ANDI score) with their health-promoting phytochemicals. These are the foods that are richest in micronutrients and benefit health and longevity. Green leafy vegetables top the ANDI list. If you like to measure your foods, optimize your nutrients rather than calories.

Studies show that organic food has higher vitamin and mineral content. Eating organic also helps us keep our bodies free of harmful toxins. Read More

6. Eat organic nutrient dense foods.

Dr. Fuhrman uses the ANDI Index to measure foods.www.EatRightAmerica

Kale is king! ANDI score = 1000

Soft Drinks are lowest. ANDI score = 0.6The ANDI Scale: www.EatRightAmericaChallenge.com

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10. Cultivate healthy intestinal flora in your body. Instead of viewing bacteria as the enemy, make them your friends! Use bacteria to optimize your health by building build a healthy balance in your body. Bacteria will make your life easier.

Take a good probiotic supplement to stimulate healthy digestive bacteria. Buy or make cultured dairy products like yogurt and kefir, which are alive with beneficial acidophilus bacteria. Eat fermented foods, such as live pickled vegetables and Kim Chi. These are easy to absorb as they’re already partially digested. Have patience, as it takes time to rebuild healthy intestinal flora. This is the foundation of your health.

Throwing away food scraps is throwing money in the garbage.

Cultivate friendly bacteria in your gut, and use them to optimize your health!

7. Eat the whole food, not just part of it. We often discard 20 – 50% of a vegetable into the garbage. Peels, leafy tops, stems and seeds are highly nutritious.

8. Blend whole foods to increase nutrient absorption by 500%! Blending at high speed micronizes the fiber, making it more digestible. Blending saves money by using the whole food. It saves time spent chopping, grating and dicing. It allows us to use whole foods when they are fresh.

9. Cook at low temperatures. Raw and lightly steamed foods retain essential nutrients and enzymes. Valuable enzymes are lost at temperatures above 118° F. Light cooking often increases digestibility by softening fiber gently without destroying so many nutrients. High temperatures like in baking and frying destroys valuable nutrients. Read More

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11. Eat less food, and enjoy it more. Studies show that eating less can be a key to longevity. Overeating even a little is very stressful on the organs. When we eat less, it is easier to savor it more, save money and maintain a stable healthy weight.

12. Hydrate your body well by drinking 15 – 30 minutes before meals, rather than during meals to optimize nutrient absorption. Drinking water during meals dilutes valuable digestive enzymes.

X16. Eat when you’re hungry during daylight hours. Listen to your body. Digestion is strongest in the daytime before 2PM, and then it declines. After sundown your absorption is lowest.

13. Save money on juices and juicing. Commercial juices are expensive and high in fructose sugars, just like soft drinks. However fresh, raw juices can be highly beneficial, especially during fasting, cleansing and digestive healing. In general it is best to consume the whole fruit. Pulp from juicing is high in nutrition and a great addition to baked goods.

14. Breathe deeply every day. This wakes up the circulation, massages the organs and opens your cells to LIFE.

15. Exercise regularly. Movement stimulates circulation and balance between all the body systems, nerves, blood and lymph. Exercise massages the internal organs. It doesn’t have to be strenuous. Sometimes gentle, deep movement is best.

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17. Healthy food costs a bit more. But the cost of disease is much higher! I have friends who save money buying cheap groceries, but forget about the triple bypass heart surgery. They forget the cost of medications, pain and time lost, since they’re paid in part by insurance. A healthy diet and lifestyle are your best insurance policy, and your best ways to keep medical costs down. When you plan your food budget, consider the cost of disease, the price of health insurance and the value of your enjoyment of life.

20. Learn to prepare food to maximize AVAILABLE nutrition. Some foods are high in nutrient content, but they are hard to digest, so their nutrients go right through the digestive tract without being absorbed. For example, a whole grain may be high on the nutrition charts, but if you grind it and eat it raw, you will absorb very little. After cooking it can be digested, but with difficulty. However if you soak or sprout the grain and then cook it briefly at a low temperature, you get the MAXIMUM AVAILABLE NUTRITION. Take broccoli stems for example. You can eat them raw, but they may not be well absorbed. But if you steam them lightly, it becomes a delicious food, highly nutritious and easily absorbed.

Digestion is one of the most taxing processes the body must do. To benefit from foods efficiently, we need the nutrients to be AVAILABLE. High temperature cooking destroys enzymes and nutrients. Steaming is a good way of cooking to maintain nutrient value.

Many people believe that raw food is a better way to eat, and they are often right. However, nutrients are often better absorbed when they are lightly cooked or served warm. Learn to prepare foods in order to maximize the AVAILABLE nutrition and life force, which may include sprouting and heating some foods.

18. Plan meals around what’s in your kitchen. There are often several days of healthy meals hidden in our cupboards and refrigerator if we just look around.

19. Organize your kitchen for the most efficient way YOU like to prepare foods. Good organization often takes the drudgery out of meal preparation.

Spending more on food is your insurance policy. How can we

measure the true cost of disease?

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21. Take responsibility for the long-term effects of your choices. Paying less for food may seem like the right decision on a budget. After all, money is limited. But money is only one measure of value. We are responsible for our choices and their implications.

For example, do you want to buy cheaper GMO oils and GMO sweeteners, knowing that they may damage the environment and that honeybees are at risk worldwide? If you’re willing to eat food grown with pesticides, are you also willing to risk the loss of healthy topsoil for generations? Are you willing to endanger animal species and that live downstream from those farms?

22. Improve your absorption of grains by soaking or sprouting. Studies show that soaking and sprouting releases anti-nutrients that make whole grains indigestible.It activates the plant’s natural processes to soften and pre-digest the seed.

Make your own sprouts with beans and grains to pre-digest them and optimize your nutritional benefit. One-fourth cup of raw seeds costs just pennies, and will produce a quart of high-nutrient, digestible food. Use the sprouts in salads, or cook them in soups. Dry grains can be efficiently stored and sprouted anytime you need them. Use sprouted grains in salads, sandwiches, soups, and blend them into cakes.Sprouts cost pennies to make

and they’re loaded with nutrients.

How Earth-sustainable are your choices? Our health depends on our ability to

harmonize Nature and money.

Vote with your fork. If you feel strongly about the environment, you can play an important role by choosing foods that do not produce pollution and toxins. It virtually impossible to measure the implications and hidden future costs or our decisions today. However this does not change the fact that we are responsible for our choices.

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23. Increase your nutrient absorption by following simple food combining guidelines. Some foods break down easily together, so our digestive juices work synergistically and nutrient absorption is good (Ex: veggies + carbs OR veggies + protein). Other foods do not combine well, and may not be completely digested (Ex: protein + carbs). The main points of food combining are to avoid eating proteins and carbs together in the same meal. Fruits are best absorbed when eaten alone. For more information read here.

24. Rotate your food. This means you vary your diet to give your digestion a break. Nutritionists say it takes four days for a given food to pass completely through the digestion. You can help maintain digestive wellness by adding something to every meal that you have NOT consumed in the last four days. If you have food sensitivities, try eliminating a suspected food from your diet for four days, and see if you feel better.

25. Buy local produce to insure more freshness. Nutrition in fruits and vegetables is highest when it is picked, and decreases rapidly after that. Local vendors are often more responsive to customers’ needs.

26. Use resources sustainably. This is a simple state of awareness and an unwritten rule that exists throughout Nature. If you care for your environment and treat it with respect, you will be taken care of too.

27. Avoid Dead Food & Poisons. Dead food is empty of life force. It is a waste of energy for your body to sort through a lot of useless junk and discard most of it. This causes digestive stress, accelerated ageing and intestinal imbalance. Poisons are worse. These are substances that offer no benefit at all, and cause harm. The body must either remove them or store them in the least harmful site. Save your health and avoid them.

$Optimize your nutrient absorption and stretch your food dollar with

these simple guidelines.

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28. Read nutrition labels and be aware. Labels do tell the major ingredients in a product, so you can note any item you wish to avoid. But nutrition labels do not tell you how fresh a food is, if it has been micro-waved, heated or if it contains any life force. Manufacturers are not required to list GMO (genetically modified) ingredients or nano-particles (micro-technology) used in food.

Any ingredient with 0.5 grams or less per serving can be listed as zero on the label. Manufacturers may legally use a very small serving size, or add highly concentrated sweeteners, flavorings and dyes without reporting them. Labels don’t list chemicals or cleaning agents left behind by industrial processing and storage. Labels do not tell us if the ingredient comes from Kansas, Brazil or China. USDA labeling requirements.

Learn how to read labels, and know they don’t tell

you everything.

29. Use clean, filtered water. Our bodies are 70% - 90% water. Water conducts electricity, and our bodies are electro-magnetic systems. Like many other materials, water has awareness and memory. You can improve your health and the health of the people around you by using pure water that has been filtered and activated or blessed by various means. Most public water systems contain chlorine bleach and other chemicals that may not want to drink.

30. Acknowledge your deeper self, your higher self, and harmonize your life on all levels. Your body will be happier. The world we see and touch with our five senses is a small subset of the real world. It is widely known that the universe consists of many dimensions. This is not mysterious, but a very real part of our lives. In order to have physical health, we must harmonize our lives on ALL these levels. Maybe you already have a sixth sense. You can learn to listen to it and increase your awareness of higher levels of life by doing a regular inner practice such as meditation, yoga, qigong, prayer or shamanism.

Our lives and bodies are more than meets the eye.

“You don't have to cook fancy or complicated masterpieces –

just good food from fresh ingredients.”

Julia Child

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