Eat a rainbow. Plan each meal for a feast of colors—red, orange, yellow, and every shade of green. The more vibrant the color of the PULP of the fruit or vegetable, the more nutritious the food. |
Plan your meals to include the
following each day:
Remember that all healthy foods make their own important additions to your diet. So mix it up with variety in your diet. Add variety in types of grains, types of nuts and seeds, types of beans, and certainly add a variety of fruits and vegetables. Eat a rainbow. Plan each meal for a feast of colors—red, orange, yellow, and every shade of green. The more vibrant the color of the PULP of the fruit or vegetable, the more nutritious the food Don't worry about food combining. As long as you are eating adequate calories of a variety of whole grains, beans, seeds, nuts, fruits, and vegetables in any entire day, your body will do any necessary food combining for you. Practice simple and quick cooking with a stir-fry or stir-sauté and liberal use of steam. Serve many foods completely raw. Cook large quantities of main dish recipes so there will be leftovers for another meal or two. Add Omega-3 fatty acids to your diet with ground flaxseed or flaxseed oil. Do not heat flaxseed. When you have eliminated all animal products from your diet, including eggs and dairy, add Vitamin B-12 with a supplement. If you are the family cook, simply serve an increasing number of healthful choices with each meal. This, combined with weaning family members from sugar and refined flour products, will produce a preference for good food in your family. Regardless of who cooks, do not insist that other family members eat your diet. Avoid family debates about diet. |
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