Nutrition Rules to Follow
Do:
1. Eat natural foods and eat them raw when possible.
2. Eat only foods that will spoil and eat them before they
do.
3. Balance your diet with 30% of your calories being
proteins,
20% fats, and 50% unrefined carbohydrates.
4. Use naturally raised meat including fish, seafood,
poultry,
beef, and lamb.
5. Eat organically grown fruits and vegetables if at all
possible.
6. Obtain fresh produce in season and freeze for later
use.
Eat kernels of fruit; use sprouts and seeds
daily.
7. Eat fertile eggs, as they provide more nutrients.
Eggs from
range hens that have access to green grass
are best.
8. Eat whole grains. Make your own bakery products.
9. For shortening in baked goods, use raw dairy butter or
coconut
butter.
10. Use extra virgin olive oil, raw dairy butter or coconut butter for
sautéing. Use flax oil or olive oil
for salads.
11. Eat only fresh, non-rancid foods. Rancidity can be detected
by
its characteristic odor.
12. Drink certified raw milk and eat natural ice cream, yogurt, and
cheeses made from raw milk where available.
13. Drink spring water and natural unsweetened juices in place of
other beverages. Use a juicer.
14. Drink herb teas and coffee substitutes. Drink no more than 2
cups of organically grown coffee a day.
Regular (light roasted)
is best.
15. Drink only natural organic red wine made from unsprayed
grapes fermented with the skins without the
presence of sulfites
and fining agents. Drink no more than
1 glass a day.
16. Shop in a Health Food Store.
"All Foods Should Be Health Foods"
Don't:
1. Don't eat highly processed foods such as sugar,
white bread,
cookies, crackers, TV dinners, etc.
2. Don't eat foods containing chemical preservatives,
dyes,
artificial colors, etc.
3. Don't eat "foodless" snacks. Plan for proper
balance.
4. Don't eat commercial meat that has stilbestrol (DES),
antibiotics,
or other chemicals or from animals that
have been inhumanely
raised.
5. Don't eat sprayed, fumigated, dyed, waxed or irradiated
fruits
and vegetables.
6. Don't eat canned fruits and vegetables. Most
fruits are over-
sweetened and many vegetables are
overcooked.
7. Don't eat eggs produced by hens that have been
inhumanely
raised in small cages, force fattened and
treated with chemicals
and antibiotics.
8. Don't eat commercial white bread or other bakery
products.
Don't eat white rice.
9. Don't use heat-treated oils with preservatives or
hydrogenated
shortenings such as margarine.
10. Don't use deep fat frying as fatty acids break down at high
temperatures. Avoid fried
foods.
11. Avoid rancid seeds, nuts, grains and foods cooked in rancid
fats
as they contain carcinogens.
12. Don't drink processed milk such as pasteurized, homogenized,
dried or canned or eat pasteurized milk
products which contain
artificial flavoring and sweeteners.
13. Don't drink soft drinks with or without sugar. Avoid
stimulating
drinks which exhaust the adrenals and
pancreas.
14. Don't drink commercial tea of coffee. Do not drink
dark roasted
coffee, as it has more carcinogens.
15. Don't drink distilled liquor or wine as this process
separates the
alcohol from the minerals, vitamins,
antibiotics, and other
important therapeutic agents.
16. Don't buy junk foods in a supermarket.
These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. These guidelines are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
©2008 Diabetes Aid and Research Fund