My Top TenI believe that if you get all or most of my top 10 foods as your daily/weekly diet you will have complete nutrition. Because none of these foods have been ‘processed’ or should I say ruined by humans they all become super foods in their own way. You will feel energetic and you will even feel your energy vibration rising as each of your 67 trillion cells become alive again. Although I have put them in what I think is the order of importance, they all have a special daily or at least weekly requirement. Below are the Top 10 foods, simply click the number to display that item!
The Avocado The single most important food you can eat. For thousands of years the Mayans, Aztecs and Incans believed the avocado to be an aphrodisiac. I believe it. No other food comes complete with everything to sustain life like the avocado.The avocado is high in fat, 60% of the fat is monounsaturated, 20% is polyunsaturated and 20% is saturated. With each avocado averaging about 30 grams of fat, 4.5 g of protein and 12 g of carbohydrate you couldn’t ask for a more perfectly balanced food. Although it has a high fat content it is the good fat and has been proven to lower cholesterol. Also...let’s not forget a whopping flip-flopping heart stopping 1300mg of potassium. It contains more protein, potassium, magnesium, folic acid, thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, biotin, pantothenic acid, beta carotene, vitamin E and vitamin K per ounce than any other fruit. The avocado is classified as a fruit because you eat the part of the plant that surrounds and contains the seed. But, with its high fat and protein content and the fact that its sugar content decreases as it matures to me it’s more like a seed than a fruit. I believe the avocado is the single most important food you can eat to maintain perfect health and body weight. Salad I shouldn’t have to explain why salad came in as #2. To me the ‘raw food’ diet is the most superior form of eating there is and salad is the major contributor in achieving that. It is 100% alkaline-forming and is a huge step toward superior health and longevity.I will go to the market and buy enough salad ingredients to last me for 6-7 days. When I get home I chop up my salad all at once. It’s enough to make 2-3 stainless steel or tupperware bowls with lids. I like the stainless steel bowls with lids because the bowls hold the cold better than the plastic ones. This way I have salad ready to go at all times. This makes it easy so when I go to eat I don’t have to take the time to cut up a salad. Everyone will make a salad different but I usually make mine the same every time. I just build it in layers and then use tongs when I pull it from the bowls. The order of layers I build my salad is as follows. Romaine or spring mix lettuce, asparagus, red/yellow/orange peppers, green onion, white or red onion, watercress and then a little fresh parsley. The bowls are filled to the rims by now but I’m not done yet. Once that base salad is on my plate I change my salads up by topping them with different ingredients. Some of the different salad toppings are...papaya, strawberries, mangoes, grapes, avocado, artichokes, goat cheese, tomatoes, sprouts, eggs, shrimp, zucchini, small amount of grated carrots or beets, etc... Also...I sprinkle organic dulce flakes. Dulce is a type of seaweed that I get from the health food store. It usually comes from the eastern shores of Maritime Canada or Maine. There are two reasons why I use dulce flakes. One, it tops the scale in alkaline and the higher the alkaline the better. Two, it has a very good balance of natural minerals most importantly being the salt content. The body can easily identify, digest and assimilate it into to body. When you stop eating fast or processed food you stop overloading your body with sodium. But sodium is very important in the body and there is no better source for salt than seaweed. I usually have salad every lunch and dinner. The vitamins and minerals that are in salads are too numerous to mention here but in order to beef up the salads calories I add fat. I sometimes add about a half dozen Moroccan dry olives (stay away from the green olives, they have been soaked in lye to remove the bitterness), sesame seeds and either 3 or 4 tablespoons of 3-6-9 omega oil or 3-4 Tbsp of extra-virgin olive oil. I then top it off with half a squeezed lemon or lime which is also very high on the alkaline scale. Delicious...I can feel the spark just thinking of having salad. This particular salad is also perfectly balanced with taste and flavor. Sweet – Fruit, Peppers Sour – Tomatoes, Lemon and Lime Juice Bitter – Zucchini, Lettuce, Sesame Seeds Salty – Sundried Olives, Seaweed Spicy – Onions, Scallion (green onion) 3-6-9 Omega oil  It is so important to get your body back to burning fat as fuel instead of sugar. To do that one of the most important things you can do is add good polyunsaturated oils to your daily diet. The human body cannot make these essential fatty acids (EFA’s) by itself. It must be obtained from food. Refrigerated omega oils is one of the best things you can do for your body to lose weight, regulate your blood sugar and make your salad taste damn good.Polyunsaturated oils get the GLUT 4 molecules mobile again, they regulate your lipids, cholesterol and keep your body oiled up from the inside out. Before you know it your skin will start to shine and look healthy again. Vegetables  We all know the importance of eating vegetables, our parents made sure of it when we were growing up. Asparagus, Broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, Eggplant, Peas, Squash and Spinach to name a few. They are all alkaline, full of nutrients and most of all a good source of fibre.Try to find ‘raw recipes’ to eat these vegetables, but if you can’t go raw then just lightly steaming them will do. Instead of melting butter or sprinkling oil on them I just spray on ‘Braggs Liquid Soy’. It tastes great and is a good source of amino acids. It’s not like regular soy, Braggs has no alcohol, no preservatives and it hasn’t been fermented. I try to stay away from all the regular root vegetables and grains (potatoes, beets, carrots, sweet potatoes, turnips...etc). The plant takes all the sugar it manufactures over the summer and stores it at the end of the season into a concentrated package called the root. Although there are about 70 different carbohydrates we usually break them down into three categories, monosaccharide’s (simple one sugar molecules like glucose), disaccharide’s ( two sugar molecules like lactose ) and polysaccharide’s ( aka complex carbohydrates known to have plenty of monosaccharide’s joined together). The monosaccharide and disaccharide’s are both water soluble which make them very easy to digest. Polysaccharides (starches) on the other hand are extremely difficult to digest!! I try to avoid them at all costs! There are two main types of polysaccharides, ‘storage’ (otherwise known as starches found in roots and grains) and ‘structural’ (known as cellulose found in veggies, to give the veggies like the name suggests, structure) and both of these are extremely hard for the body to break down. As a matter of fact...the human body cannot digest cellulose (cell walls) by itself and relies on bacteria in the intestines to break it down for digestion. Starches are not water soluble and although the body can digest them it requires a huge amount of amylase enzymes. Also, because they taste like crap raw we end up cooking these root vegetables which destroys the enzymes. Root vegetables are a pancreas’s worst nightmare. The pancreas has to work overtime for three reasons. One, because you usually cook the root it becomes slightly acidic (the pancreas now has to produce bicarbonate to neutralize it). Two, because it was cooked you destroy the enzymes to break it down (the pancreas now has to produce amylase enzymes to break it down into a single sugar). Three, starches are a huge sugar molecule (that break down into a huge amount of sugar) and now the pancreas has to produce insulin to eliminate it from the blood stream. The only root vegetables that I usually eat are Onions, Garlic and Ginger. I eat these because I can eat them raw and because of their natural medicinal properties. Tao Nut Bars
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Probiotics will also increase the availability of vitamins and nutrients, especially Vitamin B, Vitamin K, lactase, fatty acids and calcium. They also kill off the bad bacteria and probiotics and will soon leave an undesirable environment for all kinds of parasites. They are very good at cleaning out nutrient sucking parasites. But! Don't forget!
Probiotics are very important for digestion once you’ve switched to
salads and vegetables! The human body cannot digest cellulose (plant
cell walls) by itself...it needs intestinal bacteria to break it down.
If you don’t have enough intestinal flora the veggies won’t fully
digest, not only robbing you of all the nutrients, but the undigested
fibre will start to ferment in the intestine and leave you with enough
flatulence to run a city bus!! ;-) Virgin Coconut Oil and Coconut Milk  Mother Nature’s Breast Milk!! Coconut milk is as close to human breast milk as you can get as far as fat, protein, carbohydrate, pH and nutrient content. It is a good source of calcium, manganese, selenium, zinc and iron.Approximately 50% of the fatty acids in coconut fat are lauric acid. The only other abundant source of lauric acid found in nature is in human breast milk. Lauric acid is a medium chained fatty acid that can be converted to monolaurin in the human body. Monolaurin is antiviral, antibacterial, antifungal and antiprotozoal. It has been known to destroy viruses such as HIV, herpes, influenza, various pathogenic bacteria including helicobacter pylori (causes ulcers) and protozoa such as giardia lamblia found in contaminated wells and failed municipal water systems. Yet...another amazing fact about coconut is even though it is high in fat it actually promotes weight loss. The reason is because it’s a medium-chain fatty acid. These fatty acids do not circulate in the blood like other fats, but are sent directly to the liver where they are immediately converted to energy, like carbohydrates. They also speed up the body’s metabolism promoting weight loss by burning more calories. I usually have 2-3 tablespoons of virgin coconut oil a day. Sometimes I’ll eat it right out of the jar with a spoon...tastes great. Pineapple and Papaya  Pineapple and papaya are loaded with digestive enzymes, bromelain and papain, respectively. Actually all tropical fruit like Pineapple, papaya, avocados, bananas, mangoes...etc... contain huge amounts of enzymes. Enzymes are the workers in the body. It’s like having all the material you need to build a new house but if you don’t have any workers to put the house together it doesn’t get built. Enzymes are so important for bodily function that as soon as the body runs out of them...you’re dead. This is why ‘raw food’ is so important. Cooking or heating any kind of food including all vegetables and meats above 38 Celsius (human body temperature) kills the enzymes. If you have destroyed all the enzymes that break down your food from cooking then the body has to rely on manufactured enzymes to do the job. Instead of these metabolic enzymes being used for all bodily functions including cell metabolism and cell, organ and tissue repair these enzymes have to waste their effort being sent to digest food. This leaves the body in a constant state of disrepair and leaves it wide open for cancers and all sorts of diseases. The human body only has a set amount of enzymes it can produce in a lifetime...it’s kind of like a 'bar of soap'...once it is all used up...that’s it...no more...you’re dead...literally washed up...pun intended. So, the less you have to use the 'bar of soap' by not cooking your food the healthier and longer you could live. You get a lot of enzymes in raw salad so I would wait until you’ve lost any desired amount of weight before you start fruit because of the high sugar content. Almonds and Macadamias  Snacks...when I go to the movies, travel or just know that I’m going to be away from the house for a while I’ll bring nuts. I prefer almonds because of their alkaline properties and Macadamias because of the excellent taste and fat content.Macadamias are high in monounsaturated fatty acids (the good fats) that will help reduce your overall cholesterol levels. When you buy nuts try to make sure they are raw, organic and haven’t been cooked or roasted. I buy my Macadamias from the health food store. They are kept refrigerated to maintain freshness. When you buy almonds try to buy raw organic. I will always soak them overnight first before I put them into the dehydrator. When you soak them first it deactivates the enzyme inhibitors making them easier to digest. It usually takes 3 days for the almonds to be fully dehydrated where they become nice and crunchy. I’ll usually spice them up with a little salt or cinnamon and nutmeg. Once you’ve lost your desired weight then sometimes for a treat you can stir maple syrup onto them before tossing them into the dehydrator. Sashimi  Raw saltwater fish like Wild Salmon and Tuna is very healthy for the human body. Raw fish contains an excellent source of protein and Omega-3 fatty acids. A good source of vitamin D, vitamin A and also some B vitamins. And lt also contains minerals like Sodium, Calcium, Selenium, Zinc, Phosphorus and Iron. Some of the health benefits of Salmon include proper cardio vascular health, muscle and tissue development, eye care, effective body metabolism, etc. Make sure if your going to eat raw fish that it is a saltwater fish...and that it has been frozen and handled properly. Stay away from fresh water fish from lakes and rivers...they contain parasites.
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Yogurt!!...Get
it into yah!! And yes, probiotics (bacterial flora) is a food. Bacteria
are so beneficial it has to be listed in my top ten foods. Probiotics
will boost the immune system, clean the intestinal walls by dislodging
the accumulated decay and help in producing many important enzymes!
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