Wednesday, February 18, 2009

EATRITE - 5j - "The Natural Way" Rules

Five basic rules:

1. Eat a minimum of one fruit meals per day.
2. Do not eat protein more than once a day.
3. Start all cooked meals with raw vegetables.
4. All snacks to be raw, fresh fruit/vegetables, or dried fruits/vegetables.
5. Properly combine your meals.

Proper combining:
Acid fruit with sub-acid fruit.
Sweet fruit with sub-acid fruit.
NO: acid fruit with sweet fruit.

Proteins with vegetables.
Starch with vegetables.
NO: proteins with starches.

Eat plenty of fruits and vegetables:
Limit protein to only five palm-size portions per week.
Limit starches to only five palm-size portions per week.

Eat food as close to original state (least processed) as possible:
Baked potatoes rather than bread.
Rice rather than pasta.
Honey rather than sugar.
Butter rather than margerine.
Avocado rather than butter.

If you crave sweet - eat:
Dried fruit/sweet fruit/carob

If you crave salty – eat:
Avocado/unsalted unroasted nuts/corn (mielies)

Healthy fats – 1 portion per day:
1 – 3 tablespoons cold pressed, cold processed flax oil
1 – 3 tablespoons cold pressed, cold processed sesame/olive/sunflower oil
½ avocado

Condiments:
Herb salt

Milk:
Soya or rice milk

Fizzy drinks - seldom:
Appletizer, Grapetizer, Peartizer
or similar 100% fruit juice - eg Monis

Scripture: Psalm 100:4

Homework 5j:
Be prudent whatever way of living and eating you choose.
Become more disciplined about your eating and lifestyle.
Eat moderately.
Exercise moderately.
Broaden the variety of healthy foods that you eat.
I Thessalonians 4:11

From: The Natural Way – Mary Shearer - http://www.mary-anns.com/

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