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Simple "Food Rules"

The "Food Rules" below are based on the conclusions from my paper "Life on Earth - flow of Energy and Entropy". Food is a vehicle to deliver Energy and Negative Entropy (organization) to living organisms. Any kind of food processing increases food's Entropy, making it less valuable for the sustaining of Life, thus promoting disease and the aging process. Below are some specific rules based on this model:

Foods to Avoid

Non-organic, genetically-altered, irradiated and highly processed foods - in particular: all sorts of fast, processed foods, hamburgers and other red meats (animals are too high on the food chain), vegetables, fruits, eggs and seafood produced on non-organic farms, margarines & shortenings (hydrogenated oils - very dangerous ! Hydrogenation is a chemical process which damages the molecular structure of oils and fats, forming many toxic molecules not found in nature.), deep-fried foods, ice cream, homogenized and skim milk, non-organic and non cold-pressed oils, sweets, chocolates and pastry which are made from refined sugars, hydrogenated oils (margarines & shortenings - if margarine was better for health than butter, cows would evolve to make margarine) and non-organic and highly-processed ingredients, soft drinks which are not based on natural juices and are highly- processed, artificial sweeteners, colours etc., all should be avoided. Avoid soy and soy-derived food products. They contain food absorption inhibitors, hormone disruptors, neurotoxins, denatured proteins, solvents and aluminum. For more information look under "Soy Alert !".

By Pamela Rae Schuffert

1. Eat organic food which has not been genetically altered.
2. Eat food which is local and as fresh as possible. Eat foods which were familiar to your ancestors, rather than exotic foods not known in your region. Test these foods for your tolerance first if you wish to eat them. Test them item by item and then in combinations.
   
   
3. Eat food which is as close to the Sun as possible (i.e. low on the food chain). This usually results in much reduced levels of contaminants and fewer "broken" molecules which promote the aging process. Also, more food can be produced this way, therefore it is an environmentally-friendly way of eating.
   
   
4. Plant sources of organic substances are better than animal sources, since they are lower on the food chain. Again, one will find fewer contaminants in plants and fewer "broken" molecules which promote the aging process.
   
   
5. Avoid the processing of foods. The most valuable benefit of food is when it is raw. If processing is required, (due to viruses, bacteria, parasites or to improve digestion) - short cooking in boiling water, (at 100 degree Celsius) is the safest with the least damage. Frying, BBQ, Micro-waving, baking, etc., all damage the structures of foods due to high temperatures, making them less valuable. It also produces "broken" molecules which are then incorporated into one's body, speeding up the aging process. If one's body cannot synthesize certain molecules, it most likely cannot check them atom-by-atom for lack of structural damage. Damaged structures will be therefore incorporated into the body, speeding-up the aging process. Simple experiments on lab animals could easily prove this.
   These ways of handling food could be called "Low Entropy Cooking" or "Low Entropy Diet". The benefits of this kind of food preparation are; money-saving, since food contains more valuable ingredients; time saving, since it takes much less time to prepare food this way; health improvement and maintenance, since this food will deliver all the required components for the body and its immune system; extension of the life span, since this kind of food will slow the aging process (by about 20% to 40% in my estimation).
   
   
6. Eat moderate amounts of food and divide it into 5 small meals a day. In this way, your body will digest and absorb food more thoroughly.
   
   
7. Do not mix too many foods at once. Certain foods go well together and promote better digestion.
   
   
8. Each meal should be well-balanced and should contain vitamins, minerals, fiber, proteins, oils, enzymes, water, etc.
9. Avoid foods which use cheap, non-organic ingredients and are overprocessed. These foods will have a lot of contaminants and many molecules in these foods will be damaged due to heavy processing. This will result in health problems and promote aging (as much as 20% to 40% in my estimation).
   
   
10. Avoid foods containing preservatives or those that have been irradiated with X-rays, gamma and other rays. If bacteria are not eating the food, it is probably not good for you.
    
    
11. Your diet should include: plant protein (whole grains and beans are the best source), various plant oils (whole grains, seeds, nuts and beans are the best source), various nuts (fresh almonds and hazel nuts are best), various types of fish which are from the ocean and are low on the food chain, vitamins and minerals, eggs, yogourt, milk and white cheese (goat's milk is the best, if you can tolerate this).
    
    
12. A good diet should include 8 to 16 glasses of pure, body-temperature, well pH-balanced water per day. Contaminants such as chlorine, lead, pesticides, herbicides etc., should be removed with a good-quality water filter from reputable companies.

Organic foods, supplements and books can be found in your local organic food stores. Always check ingredients and the source of your food as well as what kind of processing it underwent.

Why Sugar Is Dangerous To Depression

You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to appreciate the link between sugar and depression.
Anyone who doubts the relationship need only to spend a night in our house and see what type of behavior happens when two kids consume 12-ounce cans of Coke or Sprite — and the demonic demonstrations that happen after a 7-11 slurpee, especially if it’s red or blue, or God forbid, a mix.
People who suffer from depression are especially vulnerable to sugar’s evil power. I am so sensitive to white-flour, processed foods that I can practically set an alarm to for three hours after consumption, at which time I will be cursing myself for inhaling the large piece of birthday cake at the party because I am feeling so miserable. That doesn’t stop me from eating dessert at the next gathering, of course, but the awareness between sugar and mood does help me better understand some of my crashes.
What, exactly, is going on inside our brain when we take a bite of that fudge cheesecake?

I found a cool site called “Food for the Brain” that offers this simple explanation:

Eating lots of sugar is going to give you sudden peaks and troughs in the amount of glucose in your blood; symptoms that this is going on include fatigue, irritability, dizziness, insomnia, excessive sweating (especially at night), poor concentration and forgetfulness, excessive thirst, depression and crying spells, digestive disturbances and blurred vision. Since the brain depends on an even supply of glucose it is no surprise to find that sugar has been implicated in aggressive behavior, anxiety, and depression, and fatigue.
Lots of refined sugar and refined carbohydrates (meaning white bread, pasta, rice and most processed foods,) is also linked with depression because these foods not only supply very little in the way of nutrients but they also use up the mood enhancing B vitamins; turning each teaspoon of sugar into energy needs B vitamins. In fact, a study of 3,456 middle-aged civil servants, published in British Journal of Psychiatry found that those who had a diet which contained a lot of processed foods had a 58% increased risk for depression, whereas those whose diet could be described as containing more whole foods had a 26% reduced risk for depression.
Sugar also diverts the supply of another nutrient involved in mood – chromium. This mineral is vital for keeping your blood sugar level stable because insulin, which clears glucose from the blood, can’t work properly without it.

So what do you do if you want to level out your blood sugar so that it’s behaving more like the Dalai Lama than Michael Jackson inside your brain? In her national bestseller “Potatoes Not Prozac,” Kathleen DesMaisons offers a seven-step dietary plan for sugar-sensitive people like me. I’ve tried to implement her suggestions into my diet because, as a recovering drunk and depressive, too much sugar can get downright ugly.
Here’s what DesMaisons proposes:

• Keep a food journal. The journal keeps you in relationship to your body. It reminds you of the connection between what you eat and how you feel.
• Maintain your blood sugar level. Stay steady and clear. Always have breakfast. Eat three meals a day at regular intervals. Eat brown things (whole grains, beans, potatoes, and roots), green things (broccoli and other green vegetables), and yellow things (squash and other yellow vegetables). Choose foods with the least sugars and the most fiber.
• Enhance your serotonin level. Eat protein at each meal. Make sure that enough tryptophan is swimming around in your blood. Have a complex carbohydrate (without any protein) three hours after your protein meal to boost tryptophan into your brain. The baked potato as a nightcap is a powerful tool.
• Enhance your beta-endorphin level. Reduce or eliminate sugars and white things to minimize the beta-endorphin priming that comes with a hit of sugars. Make life changes to enhance behaviors and activities (meditation, exercise, music, orgasm, yoga, prayer, dancing) that evoke or support the production of your own beta-endorphin in a steady and consistent way.

Reference - Therese J Borchard

Diet and Exercise Tips

Excessive body weight contributes to snoring and obstructive sleep apnea, in addition to being a major influence on general health and well-being. Obstructive sleep apnea occurs in about 50-60 percent of those who are obese.

A recent report from the National Center for Health Statistics concludes that  35 percent of adults exercise regularly (more than 6 of 10 don’t), and nearly four in 10 aren’t physically active. Lack of exercise can increase the risk of diabetes, heart disease, and stroke. The CDC estimates that “about 112,000 deaths are associated with obesity each year in the United States.” However, this estimate is likely to change in the future as more data become available.

Proper diet and exercise are the mainstays for a healthy lifestyle, although many Americans turn to costly fad diets and exercise programs that fail to provide weight loss and a healthy lifestyle. The basic tenets to gradual weight loss and good health include developing healthy eating habits and increasing daily physical activity.
Self-Help Guidelines for Healthy Activity:

• Consult a physician – men over age 40; women over 50; people with (or at risk for) chronic health problems such as heart disease, diabetes, or obesity.

• Start out slowly and build up activity gradually over a period of months. This will help avoid soreness and injury.

• Try to accumulate 30 minutes or more of moderate-intensity cardiovascular activity each day. You can do all 30 minutes together or through short bouts of intermittent activity (e.g., 10 minutes at a time).

• Add strength-developing exercises at least twice per week.

• Incorporate physical activity into your day (walk to the office or store, take the stairs instead of the elevator, walk or jog at lunch time, etc.)

• Make leisure time active – garden, walk, ride a bike with family and friends, participate in an exercise class, join in a sports activity.

• Select activities you enjoy, find satisfying, and that give you a feeling of accomplishment. Success leads to increased motivation to be physically active.

• Be sure your activities are compatible with your age and physical condition.

• Make it convenient to be active. Choose activities that are readily accessible (right outside your door) like gardening, walking, or jogging.

• Try “active commuting.” Cycle, walk, or in-line skate to work or to the store.

• Make your activity enjoyable – listen to music, include family and friends, etc.

For those who are already moderately active, increase the duration and intensity for additional benefits.

Weight Loss Tips:
Take in fewer calories than you expend. Few people understand this basic, simple concept.

• Eat smaller meals 3-5 times per day.

• Eat nutrient dense foods such as whole grains, lean proteins, fruits, and vegetables.

• Eat slowly, and wait 10-15 minutes before taking second helpings.

• Don’t eliminate everything you like from your diet. Eat those things in small amounts (pizza, candy, cookies, etc.).

• Prepare healthy snacks that are easily available (cut carrots, apples, etc.).

• Avoid buffets.

• Drink plenty of water, especially immediately before meals.

The Healthy Weight Approach to Dieting:

• Enjoy a variety of foods that will provide essential nutrients.

• Three-quarters of your lunch and dinner should be vegetables, fruits, cereals, breads, and other grain products. Snack on fruits and vegetables. Eat lots of dark green and orange vegetables. Choose whole-grain and enriched products more often.

• Choose lower-fat dairy products, leaner meats and alternatives, and foods prepared with little or no fat. Shop for low fat (2% or less) or fat-free products such as milk, yogurt, and cottage cheese. Eat smaller portions of leaner meats, poultry, and fish; remove visible fat from meat and the skin from poultry. Limit the use of extra fat like butter, margarine, and oil. Choose more peas, beans, and lentils

• Limit salt, caffeine, and alcohol. Minimize the consumption of salt. Cut down on added sugar such as jams, etc. Limit beverages with a high caffeine content (tea, sodas, chocolate drinks) and caffeinated coffee to two cups per day. Minimize alcohol to one to two drinks per day.

• Limit consumption of snack foods such as cookies, donuts, pies, cakes, potato chips, etc. They are high in salt, sugar, fat, and calories, and low in nutritional value.

• Eat in moderation. If you are not hungry, don’t eat.

Refference - American Academy of Otolaryngology

The 3 Day Tummy Trimming Diet Plan

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Women have always battled the old waistline, but new findings show we're all creeping over the healthy mark and need to get those tummies in check for the good of our health.

The average waist size for women in the UK is 4.9cm larger than recommended as healthy, the new research has found.

The survey of 54,000 women carried out by Britain’s largest healthcare charity Nuffield Health shows that the vast majority of women assessed had a waist size in the ‘high health risk’ category.
Not only does this not look great in your bikini, but carrying weight around your middle significantly increases the risk of breast cancer, infertility, not to mention heart and liver disease and type 2 diabetes. Cripes!
So, what’s the key to a trimmer tummy?
Nutritional Therapists from Nuffield Health recommend a diet that delivers a full range of important vitamins and minerals, which will help keep you full and regulate fat storage.

Try this three day tummy trimming plan to kick start that waist weight loss:
Day 1
Breakfast
Porridge with a tablespoon of crushed, mixed seeds (pumpkin, linseed, sunflower)
Lunch
Vegetable and Lentil Soup
Dinner
Grilled Salmon with salad and new potatoes
Snacks
Plain yoghurt with fresh fruit

Day 2
Breakfast
Boiled Egg with a slice of wholemeal toast
Lunch
Jacket sweet potato with hummus and mixed salad
Dinner
Stir fry chicken & vegetables with brown rice
Snacks
Fresh Fruit and a small handful of unroasted, unsalted nuts

Day 3
Breakfast
Fresh fruit with plain yoghurt and a dessertspoon of mixed nuts & Seeds
Lunch
Sardines on toasted rye or wholegrain bread with grilled tomato and a sprinkle of herbs & green salad
Dinner
Lentil Dahl with mixed steamed vegetables
Snacks
Oatcake with cottage cheese
We're on it! Slimmer tummies here we come…

Reference - Handbag.com

The Benefits of a Vegan Diet

A Vegan diet is an excellent way of improving health, as it excludes all meat, dairy, and animal derived products. These products are generally filled with hormones, and are often responsible for many of the ailments which affect the common American.
A Vegan diet consists of beans, grains, seeds, nuts, and of course, fruits, and vegetables. It is very similar to the Mediterranean diet, which has been touted for it's health benefits, by using the same principals of consuming fruits, vegetables, and healthy fats. These are the "good" fats, such as the ones found in nuts. Nuts, and foods such as avocados, boost HDL cholesterol levels. This "good" cholesterol has been shown to help fight heart disease.
The main concern that often arises as an argument against a Vegan diet, is that there will not be enough protein to maintain a healthy lifestyle. In fact, the average American eats twice as much protein as is necessary for a healthy diet, and much of that is from red meat. Getting protein from beans and grains is much healthier, and also reduces the risk for osteoporosis. Recent studies have shown that 1 oz of almonds, or walnuts, contain just as much protein (6 grams) as 1 oz of lean beef. Another point to consider, is that the world's largest living land mammal, the Elephant, consumes an exclusively plant based diet. If this enormous animal can not only survive, but thrive on a plant based diet, it is evidence enough that there is more than sufficient protein to be found in a Vegan diet for a human being.
Further benefits of a Vegan diet, is that it has been shown to prevent a number of diseases. These include Type 2 diabetes, High Blood Pressure, Breast cancer, Colon cancer, Rheumatoid Arthritis, and Macular Degeneration, to name a few. I have had personal results with eliminating High Blood Pressure by switching from a Vegetarian diet, to a Vegan diet. Having been on medication to regulate my blood pressure, I found that after taking the next step to a Vegan diet, my blood pressure dropped to normal levels on it's own, and my need for medication was eliminated. 8 years later, my doctors have to agree.
So how to get started transitioning? Many people think this would be very difficult. Eliminating all animal products "cold turkey" probably isn't for everyone. Start small. Hopefully, not many people are actually eating red meat anymore. Cut out eggs one week, then progress to no dairy. It has been shown that 75% of the world's population is lactose intolerant. Being unaware of this condition, and continuing to consume dairy can be responsible for many health issues, beginning with allergies.
There are also many of Vegan versions of familiar foods that are available in your local grocery store. As Veganism has become more mainstream, there are soy and coconut based "ice creams", Vegan "cheese" (You do not have to give up pizza! Google "Daiya") Vegan "hot dogs" Vegan "mayonnaise" (Veganaise is delicious), and also, a very wide variety of Vegan "burgers". There is absolutely no reason to feel deprived in any way. One of the most amazing products to come out in recent years is called Gardein.
The benefits of a Vegan diet are disease prevention, and even reversal. A Vegan diet can also greatly reduce the toll on our planet's resources. Growing plants takes far fewer resources than breeding animals for food. By eating vegan, you can help reduce the toll on the environment. Factory Farming consumes enormous amounts of water, grain, petroleum, pesticides and drugs. The grain used to feed cattle could be used to end the global world hunger problem. Going Vegan will also help you to look an animal in the eye with a clear conscience. Go Vegan for the health benefits, for the planet, for the animals, but most of all, for yourself.

Reference -by Katherine Botelho

72 year old vegan woman

It seems to me that all of the food systems in the world, are designed to make money from us, dairy, meats, fast foods to name but a few, but are these things actually good for us whilst linning other peoples pockets do they really care obout their customers health and well being or just about the health of their bank accounts.

The world is rapidly becoming obese so something has to be wrong, weather you beleive in creation or evolution the origins of man had to be vegitarian/vegan lets face it until man/woman gained the ability to kill animals for meat they had to eat something and if we did indeed evolve from monkeys/apes them our origins are indeed non meat, non dairy and definately non junk food, even from a creation point of view in the garden of eden, Adam and Eve were vegitarians, so at what point did someone decide that we should change from the original design, it seems to me it all started when people decided they needed money from the food industry.

I work in a hospital and the majority of patients with problems seem to be either overweight or underweight or just ill from putting the wrong things into their bodies, smoking, drugs, high sugar diets and fats etc etc etc.

Take a look at the above video, no one is making money out of this woman, there are no tricks or magical systems, i beleive she is just sticking to the original design spec for a human being and the results speak for themself..

Vegan Children - Is it Good For Them?

Raising vegan children can create quite a stir in non-vegan communities - most doctors and nurses will discourage it and other parents may believe that you are damaging your child's health and growth by not allowing them to consume animal products. However, it is only natural that young children do not eat meat, and these concerns are misguided as long as you ensure that your child gets all the nutrition they require during the important development years.
Having a sound knowledge of the vitamins and minerals required for a vegan diet shows others that you are not putting your child at risk and may even show friends and family that a vegan diet is not such a bad idea. It is of course imperative that you are aware of your child's needs as a vegan, study vegan nutritional information for children, including required vitamins and minerals, and get reputable advice wherever possible, to ensure your child is at his or her optimal health.
Below are some vegan children book titles with vast amounts of information, tips and useful advice:

• "Pregnancy, Children and the Vegan Diet" - Authors: Michael Klapper, M.D;


• "Raising Vegan Children in a Non-vegan World: a Complete Guide for Parents" - Authors: Erin Pavlina;


• "Becoming Vegan: The Complete Guide to Adopting a Healthy Plant-Based Diet" - Authors: Brenda Davis, Vesanto Melina.

Dr. Michael Klapper, an American general practitioner and physician, has published 2 books on the benefits of a vegan diet in children and adults after noticing drastic improvements with patients who he had prescribed a vegan diet to. Dr. Klapper states that dairy is responsible for chronic runny noses, ear and bronchial infections, inflammations of the joints, skin and bowels, eczema, ear and bronchial infections.
"The bovine leukaemia virus infects up to 20% of all milk cows and it is not destroyed in the pasteurisation process... The highest rates of leukaemia are found in children ages 3 through 13, who consume the most milk and dairy products" - Michael Klapper, M.D.: Pregnancy, Children, and the Vegan Diet.
There has been a vast amount of research done on adequate vegan nutrition and its benefit for both adults and children that it is perfectly viable to want your children to have the same benefits. Just as an adult vegan survives day to day, often with more vigour than that of a meat eater, so can a child. With proper nutrition, vegan children benefit from a diet free of animal products as adolescents and well into their old age.

Reference - by Olive Flower