1.
ELIMINATE ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS
If one is looking for a healthy way of eating,
eliminating all artificial sweeteners is a great place
to start. There's not enough safety information on some
sweeteners and too much clear and scary info on others.
http://www.sweetpoison.com/aspartame-information.html
2.
ELIMINATE PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED OILS
A process to lengthen shelf life can shorten your life!
Trans Fatty Acids created by hydrogenation have been
linked to cancer, cardiovascular disease and diabetes.
Don't risk it!
http://my.webmd.com/content/article/70/81100.htm
http://www.recoverymedicine.com/hydrogenated_oils.htm
3.
ELIMINATE CORN SYRUPS and HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUPS (HFCS)
Linked to obesity and now so very prevalent in just
about every food category; tomato sauces, sodas, baked
goods, even natural foods. They are also genetically
modified. It's cheap, easy to manufacture and it's
making us fat and unhealthy.
4.
LIMIT PACKAGED FOODS and EAT FOOD IN ITS MOST NATURAL
STATE
Ultimately, food in packages has more chance of having
additives and chemicals. Unnecessary ingredients that
can burden your body and decrease your health. You don't
need the chemicals, extra salt, sugar and saturated fat
that are prevalent in packaged foods.
Today, labeling is very complex. There are many
ingredients that are used in processing and
manufacturing that are not required to be on the label.
You truly do not know what you are getting in some
packages. So save the bags, boxes, cans and make your
food from scratch.
Eating foods in their most natural state is best. Fresh
broccoli (raw and cooked) will get you the most benefit
nutritionally but if you can't get fresh, frozen is your
best bet. Though be diligent about label reading as some
brands again add unnecessary chemicals.
5.
ELIMINATE FOOD ADDITIVES; MSG, CHEMICALS IN GENERAL,
DYES
Chemicals in our foods are not doing us much good. Dyes
are made from coal tar (carcinogen). MSG sensitivities
are well known. Our bodies are not meant to process a
multitude of chemicals. We need to fuel our bodies with
proper nutrition and foods that are wholesome and
healthy.
6.
ELIMINATE WHITE REFINED PROCESSED FOODS (white flour,
white rice, white bread, white pasta) and INCREASE WHOLE
GRAINS
These refined foods are devoid of nutrition. Empty
calories. White flour has only a small percentage of the
nutrition of whole grain flour.
http://www.naturalnews.com/000441.html
Whole grains on the other hand contain the oils, the
bran, and all the vitamins, minerals, protein, and fiber
nature intended. Whole grains are a fabulous source of
fiber which has been shown to reduce colon cancer. Some
rich sources are; brown rice, whole wheat, bulghur,
millet, buckwheat, rye, barley, spelt, oats, quinoa.
7.
EAT AT LEAST ONE SALAD and FRUIT EVERYDAY
We should be eating at least 5 servings of fruit
everyday. The vitamins, minerals, phytonutritients help
protect us from disease.
I've found that by just trying to eat one salad each day
that it's enough to keep me eating well. I sometimes
will have more but if I follow this one salad rule, it
seems to help us eat healthy all day.
8.
CHOOSE ORGANIC
I read once that the average American eats a pound of
pesticides per year. Yuck! Can you imagine the toll that
takes on the body (combined with all the other toxins
from the environment)? The vitamin and mineral content
of organic foods is said to be higher than the
conventional counterparts.
http://www.ewg.org/reports/ops/risk.html
http://www.sdearthtimes.com/et0996/et0996s5.html
9.
EAT HIGH QUALITY FATS
Fats contained in fish, nuts and seeds pack a whollup!
Essential fatty acids are "essential" to optimum health.
If you're not taking an EFA supplement be sure to
sprinkle freshly ground flax seeds on salads, oatmeal,
in smoothies, etc. One tablespoon of ground flaxseeds a
day can and will improve your health. A handful of
walnuts is a great source as well.
http://www.pcrm.org/health/prevmed/ess_fat_acids.html
http://borntoexplore.org/omega.htm
10.
EAT 90% FOR NOURISHMENT AND 10% FOR FUN
I read this somewhere recently and I thought it really
hit home. If you maintain a healthy foundation, you CAN
stray and have fun eating those foods that might not be
considered so healthy.
