Valuing Your Health Is a Key to Eating Healthy & a Major Tip to Good Nutrition

I would like to give you some more tips to eating healthy. These keys to good nutrition begin with how much you truly value your health and are willing to spend to protect it and preserve it so that you can live a long healthy life.

A few days ago I was driving to Charlotte on Highway 77, and I saw a huge billboard: CIGARETTES CHEAP

I immediately started thinking about what the real message was behind that sign, and I wondered how it related to people's health.

Here we had an agricultural product that has been the cause of millions of Americans getting lung cancer and dying prematurely. Here we had a product that has been proven over and over again to be a deadly killer of Americans. Here we had a product that has been shown to be extremely addicting because of the nicotine it contains, resulting in millions of Americans being addicted to this "chemical drug" found in cigarettes.

Sadly, the billboard was somehow overlooking all of those extremely harmful negative effects and trying to promote cigarettes on the basis that they were "cheap." In other words, it was saying something like this: "Stop and buy our cigarettes because they're cheap. Don't worry about the fact that they will make you addicted to nicotine, and that they will cause cancer to start taking over your lungs and kill you prematurely. We want you to buy our cigarettes because they're cheap. We sell them to you cheaper than anyone else. We will save you money, so buy them from us."

The billboard message is also communicating the message that to lose your health is cheap. Getting lung cancer and mouth cancer is cheap. Your health isn't really worth much because you are willing to give it up in order to smoke our cheap health-destroying cigarettes.

If you simply replace the word "cigarettes" with another word that represents what cigarettes are symbolic of, you will see what the true message behind the billboard is. For example, "Lung Cancer Cheap," or "Premature Death Cheap," or "Incurable Physical Health Problems Cheap," or "Expensive Health-Destroying Addiction Cheap." This is basically what the message is behind the billboard words, "Cigarettes Cheap."

Now, let's take a minute and think about how this billboard's message relates to health. If you asked most people, they would tell you that they value their health. Unfortunately, most people really don't value it enough until after they've already lost it.

This billboard makes me wonder why people buy cheap food that is unhealthy, loaded with bleached refined processed flour, sugar, fat, and salt, and filled with preservatives and toxic additives like aspartame, high-fructose corn syrup, and MSG. Why do people spend their hard-earned money to buy highly processed supermarket food that is not good for their bodies? Why do people spend money on unhealthy and addictive junk food and fast food that makes them fat, destroys their bodies, and loads their systems with dangerous and harmful toxins that cause all kinds of physical health problems? Why do people shop for the lowest priced items like white bread, or refined sugar, or white flour, or soda?

I'm sure there are many reasons for this kind of behavior that include the way that they were raised, what they have been taught, what they have been modeled by their parents and friends, and what they have been misled to believe by the advertising lies of the food manufacturers. There's still one more important reason...

I believe one of the biggest reasons why so many Americans buy and eat unhealthy food day after day - is because it is CHEAP. In other words, what they buy and put into their bodies is determined by the cost of the food. The cheaper the food, the more of it they will buy. The more costly the food, the less of it they will buy. That is to say, that their buying and eating decisions are based primarily on the cost of the food. The billboard that most Americans are paying attention to says something like this: "FOOD CHEAP."

Now, what exactly does that billboard message "Food Cheap" communicate? The message is that as long as the food is "cheap," then you should buy it. Your buying decisions should not be based on true nutritional value of the food, but rather on the cost of the food. This means that food manufacturers can focus on producing the cheapest "foods" possible because there are millions of Americans that will buy them just because they're cheap.

What's the deeper, unspoken message in the billboard, "Food Cheap?" It would have to be that your health is cheap, therefore buy unhealthy food. To put it another way, since you place no true value on your health, we will make it easy for you to buy our products for the simple fact that they are cheap. The real meaning of the sign could be rewritten to this: "Cheap Extremely Unhealthy Food That Will Destroy Your Health & Cause You To Die Prematurely."

Let's do a little comparison. "Food Cheap" versus "Food Expensive." "Unhealthy Sickness-causing Food Cheap" versus "Nutritious Health-promoting Food Costly." Or better yet, let's look at the overall long-term costs of cheap food. "Health-destroying Sickness-causing Unhealthy Food Cheap Now But Will Cost You Years of Doctor & Hospital & Pharmacist Bills and Eventually Your Life" versus "Nutritious Health-promoting More Expensive Food Now But Will Not Cost Your Life or Future Health Bills Later." When you look at it from this perspective, you will see that there really isn't any "cheap food" for people to buy. It may seem "cheap" when they buy it, but in the long run it will cost them much much more when they spend untold thousands of dollars on doctor bills, hospital bills, surgery bills, pharmacy bills, lost wages from work, etc.

Daily Quotes: "Up to 90% of deaths annually are self-inflicted by unhealthy lifestyle!" - Paul Bragg

"A wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings!" - Hippocrates, Father of Medicine 400 BC

Eating Organic Foods Is a Key to Eating Healthy and a Tip to Good Nutrition

Daily Quote: "Healthy organic foods have abundance of potential life energy to give you!" - Paul Bragg

I'd like to give you another KEY to eating healthy: ORGANIC FOODS. This tip to good nutrition will greatly benefit your health & the ecology.

QUESTION OF THE DAY: WHY IS IT A GOOD IDEA TO EAT CERTIFIED ORGANIC FOODS?

In order to answer this question, we need answer another question first:

WHAT'S WRONG WITH CONVENTIONAL AGRICULTURE?

In the late 40's, farming changed radically in North America. Toxic chemicals aimed at killing pests (pesticides) and weeds (herbicides) became widely available to farmers as did synthetic chemical fertilizers. This new chemical farming technology was revolutionary.

Pests and weeds were virtually eradicated. Crop yields soared - per acre corn yields rose from 26 bushels in 1926 to 127 bushels in 1996. Millions of pounds of toxic chemicals were subsequently poured onto North American fields. But no long term testing had ever been conducted on this new technology. Very quickly things started to go wrong.

Both insects and weeds developed resistance to the chemicals. Ever more powerful toxins were needed. Many of these new agri-toxins were indiscriminate, killing everything they touched including the soil. By the late 80's, chemical farming was being seen in a different light.

Despite the fact that pesticide use in the United States increased 1000% between 1945 and 1989, crop loss almost doubled from 7% to 13%. Data from over 68,000 groundwater wells in 45 states indicate pesticides in more than 16,000 of them. U.S. Geological survey data released in 1998 revealed nearly all streams they studied contained at least one pesticide, the result of agricultural run-off from farm fields. Testing of foods eaten by consumers routinely shows pesticide residues. Even the U.S. Congress is now concerned about the impact of the 9,700 approved agricultural toxins on the nation's children after the National Research Council concluded in 1993 that "some children were ingesting enough pesticides to harm them, even though their food was within Federal limits." The Food Quality Protection Act was passed in 1996 to reassess the standards for pesticides in food. But we suggest you not wait for the reassessment. You have options.

WHAT'S RIGHT WITH ORGANIC AGRICULTURE?

Organic farmers replace toxic chemical pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers with different agricultural methods that improve soil fertility and biological diversity. They control weeds and insects with time-proven techniques such as crop rotation, cultivation, mulching, manure spreading, and the encouragement of "beneficials" - predator insects that keep pests in check. These methods radically change the farm environment, producing a dramatic drop in poisonous run-off and an equally dramatic improvement in the soil ecology. Organic farms routinely see less soil erosion and more variety of animal species and micro-organisms in their fields.

Similarly, certified organic food processors (such as Nature's Path) avoid many techniques of conventional manufacturing. No preservatives or additives that would degrade the quality of the organic crop are used. Organic and conventional ingredients are not mixed. Organic raw materials must be specially handled to prevent contamination from bacteria, myco-toxins, and industrial chemicals. No irradiated ingredients are allowed. From farm gate to factory door, organic food adds up to a better product.

IS ORGANIC FOOD HEALTHIER?

Organic food is based on an AGRICULTURAL GROWING METHOD and was never intended to be a health claim. But since organic farmers don't use agri-toxins, many credible studies have pointed to health and quality implications. In a landmark 1999 study of USDA pesticide residue data in produce, Consumer Reports found "organic foods had consistently minimal or non-existent pesticide residue" when compared to conventional produce.

Recently, the United Nation's Food and Health Organization reported that "organically produced foods have lower levels of pesticide and veterinary drug residues and, in many cases, lower nitrate contents....In addition, the 'organic' label provides assurance to consumers that no food ingredient has been subject to IRRADIATION."

WHAT'S SO GOOD ABOUT CERTIFIED ORGANIC GOODNESS?

A. Good Food

1. No synthetic pesticides
2. No synthetic herbicides
3. No preservatives or additives
4. No genetically engineered seeds or ingredients
5. No irradiation

B. Good Ecology

1. Enriched, drought resistant soil
2. Less soil erosion
3. Less groundwater pollution
4. Improved farm biodiversity

The above information was provided by Nature's Path Foods of Blaine, Washington, which is a producer of high-quality organic breakfast cereals.

Keys to Good Nutrition Include the Tip of Eating 5-13 Servings of Healthy Fruits & Vegetables A Day

An extremely important key to good nutrition is eating lots of fruits, berries, greens, and vegetables every day. In fact, the government recommends that people eat 5-9 servings of fresh fruits and vegetables a day. Unfortunately, most Americans only eat about 3 servings a day, which is far below what their bodies need. Keep reading because I've got some valuable tips to eating healthy and creating for yourself a healthy lifestyle.

I would like to give you the link to The Harvard School of Public Health that recently published findings on this topic. It is copyrighted 2007 and has a long list of references at the end of the article.

The Harvard School of Public Health article on fruits and vegetables

One of the conclusions they came to after much research was this:

"The latest dietary guidelines call for five to thirteen servings of fruits and vegetables a day, depending on one's caloric intake.(1) For a person who needs 2,000 calories a day to maintain weight and health, this translates into nine servings, or 4½ cups per day."

Let me ask you a simple question:

Have you had your 5-13 recommended servings of fruits and vegetables today? How about your kids?

There are tremendous health benefits to eating 5-13 servings of fruits and vegetables every day. Read some of the paragraphs I have quoted below from the Harvard study to find out what these amazing health benefits are.

Now, I can just hear some of you moms out there saying to yourself that there's no way to get your kids to eat that many healthy fruits and vegetables every day. Right?

Wrong! There is a way.

It's easy, convenient, affordable, mostly organic, lifestyle-friendly, and actually tastes great.

It's called, "The FEAST." What is it?

The Feast is a live, whole food based InstaFresh juice that you simply mix with water and drink. It's like having the whole produce aisle in the supermarket in a glass to drink & be done with it.

What's in it? It's a live whole food nutritional supplement that's loaded with 30 fruits and berries and 30 powerful greens and vegetables. It's also got 11 seeds, nuts, and sprouts, living probiotics, and 83+ active enzymes and fulvic minerals. It's simply the easiest and best way to ensure that you and your kids are getting your daily recommended servings of fruits and vegetables. Of course, you still want to eat plenty of fruits and vegetables to get all the fiber your body needs, but this super juice is one simple way to fill in the gaps when you're not getting the full recommended 5-13 daily servings. Give it a try; you've got nothing to lose and your health to gain.

If you're interested in more information, you can click on the link on the top left of this blog entitled, "Try the Feast," and it will take you to a website that will give you a lot more information about it. You can also call the following number and listen to a recorded message by the creator of the Feast, Uri LeBaron. Simply call: 1-732-463-6339.

My wife and I love drinking the Feast every day, and our kids love it too. For me, it's been the single most nutritional experience of my life.

The Naked Nutrition Knight

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For your added benefit, I have included some paragraph excerpts below from the Harvard School of Public Health article dated 2007 and referenced above. Please take a few moments and read what they have discovered about the value and power of fruits & vegetables. I strongly encourage you to click the link above and read the article in its entirety.

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"Over the past 30 years or so, researchers have developed a solid base of science to back up what generations of mothers preached (but didn't always practice themselves). Early on, fruits and vegetables were acclaimed as cancer-fighting foods. In fact, the ubiquitous 5-A-Day message (now quietly changing to Eat 5 to 9 A Day) seen in produce aisles, magazine ads, and schools is supported in part by the National Cancer Institute. The latest research, though, suggests that the biggest payoff from eating fruits and vegetables is for the heart.

Fruits, Vegetables, and Cardiovascular Disease

There is compelling evidence that a diet rich in fruits and vegetables can lower the risk of heart disease and stroke.

The largest and longest study to date, done as part of the Harvard-based Nurses' Health Study and Health Professionals Follow-up Study, included almost 110,000 men and women whose health and dietary habits were followed for 14 years. The higher the average daily intake of fruits and vegetables, the lower the chances of developing cardiovascular disease. Compared with those in the lowest category of fruit and vegetable intake (less than 1.5 servings a day), those who averaged 8 or more servings a day were 30% less likely to have had a heart attack or stroke.(2)

Although all fruits and vegetables likely contribute to this benefit, green leafy vegetables such as lettuce, spinach, Swiss chard, and mustard greens; cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, Brussels sprouts, bok choy, and kale; and citrus fruits such as oranges, lemons, limes, and grapefruit (and their juices) make important contributions.

Fruits, Vegetables, and Gastrointestinal Health

One of the wonderful components of fruits and vegetables is their indigestible fiber. As fiber passes through the digestive system, it sops up water like a sponge and expands. This can calm the irritable bowel and, by triggering regular bowel movements, can relieve or prevent constipation.(10) The bulking and softening action of insoluble fiber also decrease pressure inside the intestinal tract and so may help prevent diverticulosis (the development of tiny, easily irritated pouches inside the colon) and diverticulitis (the often painful inflammation of these pouches).(11)

Fruits, Vegetables, and Vision

Eating plenty of fruits and vegetables also keeps your eyes in good shape. You may have learned that the vitamin A in carrots aids night vision. Other fruits and vegetables help prevent two common aging-related eye diseases - cataract and macular degeneration - which afflict millions of Americans over age sixty-five. Cataract is the gradual clouding of the eye's lens, a disk of protein that focuses light on the light-sensitive retina. Macular degeneration is caused by cumulative damage to the macula, the center of the retina. It starts as a blurred spot in the center of what you see. As the degeneration spreads, vision shrinks.

Free radicals generated by sunlight, cigarette smoke, air pollution, infection, and metabolism cause much of this damage. Dark green leafy vegetables contain two pigments, lutein and zeaxanthin, that accumulate in the eye. These two appear to be able to snuff out free radicals before they can harm the eye's sensitive tissues.(12)

In general, a diet rich in fruits, vegetables, and whole grains appears to reduce the chances of developing cataract or macular degeneration. (13-15)

The Bottom Line: Recommendations for Fruit and Vegetable Intake

Fruits and vegetables are clearly an important part of a good diet. Almost everyone can benefit from eating more of them, but variety is as important as quantity. No single fruit or vegetable provides all of the nutrients you need to be healthy. The key lies in the variety of different fruits and vegetables that you eat.

Some basic fruit and vegetable tips:

* Try to eat more fruits and vegetables. If you need 2,000 calories a day to maintain your weight and health, aim for at least nine servings (4½ cups) a day.
* Choose a variety of different fruits and vegetables. It's easy to get into a rut when it comes to the food you eat. Break out and try a wider variety - include dark-green, leafy vegetables; yellow, orange, and red fruits and vegetables; cooked tomatoes; and citrus fruits." - Harvard School of Public Health, 2007

The aim of the Harvard School of Public Health Nutrition Source is to provide timely information on diet and nutrition for clinicians, allied health professionals, and the public. The contents of this Web site are not intended to offer personal medical advice. You should seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read on this website. The information does not mention brand names, nor does it endorse any particular products.

©2007 President and Fellows of Harvard College. All rights reserved.

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Daily Quote: "Have you had your 5-13 servings of fruits and vegetables today? How about your kids? - The Naked Nutrition Knight

Tips to Eating Healthy Include 3 Key Sources of Good Nutrition & Energizing Life Force

Daily Quote: "Most vitamin pills have vitamins and minerals in a proportion never found in nature. These inexpensive 'vitamins'(from the cheapest grades available) in many cases are chemically produced and are not natural. It is true that you are most assuredly deficient in vitamins and minerals.

The best way to correct this deficiency is by juicing. The second best way is to take whole food supplements. These are not vitamin and mineral pills. Whole food supplements simply take organically produced vegetables and fruits and concentrate them into a convenient tablet [or powder]..." - Kevin Trudeau

Hi, health-conscious friends. Are you ready for more keys to good nutrition and tips to eating healthy? Today I'd like to answer a valid objection that my mother brought up a few days ago about juicing. In my September 4th posting, "Replacing Bad Foods with Healthy Alternatives..." I had mentioned that all sodas, diet sodas, canned juices, and bottled juices should be replaced with some good nutritional alternatives. I had recommended natural spring water, Artesian well water, and making your own fresh-squeezed juice from organic fruits and vegetables using a juice machine. My mother's objection was that it was impractical and time consuming to buy the fresh produce, wash it, juice it, and then clean up the mess on a daily basis. I can't agree with her more.

Before I get started, I'd like to emphasize that the best liquid for your body is natural spring water or Artesian well water. Good healthy water is essential for a healthy lifestyle and maximum energy. I plan to focus on water in an upcoming post, so I won't share too much at this point. However, let me say that you should be drinking half your body weight in ounces. In other words, if you weigh 160 pounds, you should be drinking about 80 ounces of good water a day. Most people don't drink enough water, so make it a point to keep plenty of water with you throughout the day so that you can hydrate your body and help it function better. Now, let's get back to juices and juicing.

Ask yourself where life comes from in our physical-biological world. Doesn't the energizing life force that we all need come from the light energy of the sun. It is the energy of the sun in the form of light that causes a plant to grow and bear fruit. In the process, the plant pulls valuable minerals and other nutrients from the soil and deposits them into the fruit. When the fruit is fully ripe, it is ready to be eaten, and through the process of digestion and assimilation, your body receives the ENERGIZING LIFE FORCE it needs through the live whole food nutrition of the fruit. What are the best sources of this life force?

The BEST SOURCE of energizing life force comes directly from the ripe, organic fruit trees, berry bushes, green plants, and grains of the field. For example, if you wanted to get the most life force from an apple tree, the best way to do that would be to come to my apple orchard and pick an apple at its peak of ripeness. However, the moment you pick a piece of ripe fruit, it begins to lose its nutrients and die. Therefore, you would have to eat it right away to get the full energetic effect of its life force and nutrition. This is fine if you happen to own your own apple orchard like I do.

Unfortunately, for most people, this is impractical and unrealistic. They go to a supermarket to buy their fruit, which was picked weeks before ripeness, was sprayed or gassed to preserve it, and was then shipped hundreds of miles (sometimes thousands) to get it to them. This kind of fruit does not have the same life force or nutrients that the freshly picked fruit has, however.

The SECOND BEST SOURCE of energizing life force would be from juicing freshly picked ripe organic fruits and vegetables. This could be done if you had your own orchard or garden, or if you could buy fresh organic produce from a farmer's market. You would basically take the produce home, and then every day you would wash some of it and juice it in your juicing machine. This is a good way to get the energetic life force through concentrated amounts of vitamins, minerals, trace elements, antioxidants, phytonutrients, etc.

The down side, however, is that it is too impractical and inconvenient for most people. This was my mother's perfectly valid objection, and one that I've wrestled with myself. Most people just don't have the time to shop for ripe organic produce, to wash it, to juice it, and then to clean up the big mess afterwards. Like many others, I bought a nice juicer, brought it home, and started juicing right away. My wife and kids really enjoyed having fresh-squeezed juice every day. However, after a few months, we just couldn't keep up with it. We simply didn't have the time or energy to go through the whole process to get the energetic life force provided by the live whole food juice. Sadly, the juice machine got put away and only gets to come out once in a while now.

So, you may be asking yourself, "What am I supposed to do now?"

"Is there another healthy alternative to getting the energizing life force of fresh fruits, berries, greens, vegetables, seeds, nuts, and sprouts into my body on a daily basis that is practical, convenient, and life-style friendly?"

YES! There is another healthy alternative. It's practical, convenient, and life-style friendly, and it tastes great. Are you ready to hear more about it?



The NEXT BEST SOURCE of energizing life force is from a live, whole food based InstaFresh super juice called, "The FEAST."

It provides live, whole food based juice from a synergistic spectrum of: 30 antioxidant rich fruits and berries, 30 powerful greens and vegetables, 11 nutrient dense seeds, nuts, and sprouts; 83+ active enzymes & fulvic minerals; and 22 strains of resilient living probiotics. It's extremely convenient, tastes great, and is life-style friendly. All you have to do is add water, shake it up, and drink it. What could be easier or more convenient than that? Most importantly, though, is that the Feast provides you with that powerful energizing life force that your body needs and that you've been looking for.

If you would like more information on this incredibly healthy super juice, please click on the "Feast" link at the top left of this page. It will take you to a Urilife website that will give you a lot of good information on what's in the Feast, where it comes from, how it's made into a powder form, what whole food nutrition it provides, how to order some risk-free samples to try, etc. Or you may call this special phone number and listen to a fascinating recorded message by the creator of the "Feast" and president of Uri International, Uri LeBaron. 1-732-463-6339

In summary, there are three great sources of energizing life force that I've talked about today. The first and very best source is directly from the ripe, organic fruit trees, berry bushes, green plants, and grains of the field. Unquestionably, this is the very best source on the planet. The second best source is from juicing organic ripe fruits and vegetables. The next best choice is to get it from the live, whole food based InstaFresh juice called, "The Feast." I encourage you to feed your body the "Feast" it deserves. My wife and I love drinking the Feast every morning, and our two small kids love it too.

Daily Quote: "Drinking the Feast is the single most nutritional experience since leaving the womb!" - Frank Atkins

The FUTURE OF FOOD - Watch this Shocking Video, a Key to Eating Healthy & Good Nutrition

There is a revolution happening in the farm fields and on the dinner tables of America -- a revolution that is transforming the very nature ... of the food we eat.

If you are concerned about feeding your family good nutrition, and if you are looking for another KEY to eating healthy, then WATCH THIS VIDEO. It will open your eyes to what is really happening to our food supply and why it is all the more important for you to be very careful what you eat and what you are feeding your family.

THE FUTURE OF FOOD offers an in-depth investigation into the disturbing truth behind the unlabeled, patented, genetically engineered foods that have quietly filled U.S. grocery stores for the past decade.

From the prairies of Saskatchewan, Canada to the fields of Oaxaca, Mexico, this film gives a voice to farmers whose lives and livelihoods have been negatively impacted by this new technology. The health implications, government policies and push towards globalization are all part of the reason why many people are alarmed by the introduction of genetically altered crops, aka GMO (genetically modified organisms) into our food supply.

Shot on location in the U.S., Canada and Mexico, THE FUTURE OF FOOD examines the complex web of market and political forces that are changing what we eat as huge multinational corporations seek to control the world's food system. The film also explores alternatives to large-scale industrial agriculture, placing organic and sustainable agriculture as real solutions to the farm crisis today.

Daily Quote: "Dear friend, I am praying that all is well with you and that your body is as healthy as I know your soul is." - 3 John 2

Replacing Bad Foods with Healthy Alternatives is Key to Eating Healthy & Good Nutrition

I have a sense that some of you were overwhelmed by my list of 20 things never to eat. That list is not simply my opinion, but rather it is backed up by lots of research and scientific evidence. If you don't believe me, then I encourage you to do your own research on each one of the 20 things to avoid. I promise that you'll find ample evidence to support the fact that these 20 "foods" are very unhealthy and damaging to your health.

So, where do we go from here? Begin by replacing each of the "bad food" items with a healthy natural good nutrition alternative. You may not know of any good alternatives, which is the purpose of today's posting. I want to share with you alternatives for you to replace the processed foods with natural unprocessed foods. Following these recommendations is one of the keys to eating healthy. Are you ready? Here we go...

MEATS - Replace the unhealthy meats (pork, deli luncheon meats, shellfish, fish without fins & scales, and farm-raised fish) with healthy meats including: wild deep-water ocean fish that have scales and fins, organic natural-fed kosher lamb, beef, turkey, and chicken, in moderation. Look for good sources of these healthy meats in your area.

SWEETENERS - Replace unhealthy artificial sweeteners (aspartame, Nutrasweet, sucrulose, Splenda, Saacharin, white sugar, high-fructose corn syrup) with these healthy alternatives: stevia, raw organic unheated unfiltered honey, raw agave nectar, or organic raw-evaporated sugar cane juice from the health food store.

SALT - Replace refined & processed table salt (sodium chloride) with a full-spectrum natural unprocessed hand-mined salt such as: Himalayan Krystal salt. It has 74 essential minerals and trace elements that harmonize with your bones and enzymes. On the other hand, table salt contains only 2 things: sodium and chloride. I strongly encourage you to go on-line and research this for yourself. You can find quite a few good companies on the internet that are selling Himalayan crystal salt, sometimes called pink salt. It is much healthier than even sea salt, which today is subject to increasing environmental pollution. My family and I love our Himalayan Krystal salt because it not only tastes great, but it also is continually replacing minerals and trace elements that our bodies use and need every day to function properly.

OILS - Replace the highly processed and man-made oils and fats (hydrogenated oils, trans fat, Canola oil, margarine, shortening, Crisco, cottonseed oil, palm oil, Olestra, Olean) with these very healthy alternative oils: extra virgin olive oil, extra virgin coconut oil, sesame oil, sunflower oil, avocado oil, and raw butter. These natural nutritious oils and fats are healthy in moderation and will provide your body with the good kinds of oil it needs.

DAIRY PRODUCTS - Replace all milk and dairy products made from pasteurized and homogenized milk with these healthy alternatives: unpasteurized & unhomogenized RAW milk and dairy products made with raw milk such as raw cheese, raw butter, raw yogurt, raw kefir, raw cream, etc. Do a little research and find a place where you can buy these raw milk products.

REFINED & PROCESSED FLOURS, GRAINS, AND RICE - Replace all bleached white refined flours, bleached white grains and rice, with the following: unprocessed organic whole wheat grains, unrefined organic 100% whole wheat flour, organic 100% whole buckwheat flour, organic whole corn flour and corn meal, and organic unprocessed brown rice.

FAST FOOD & JUNK FOOD - Replace fast food and deep-fried foods with healthier alternatives including: home cooked meals, home made sandwiches, salads, etc. And replace all junk food and food labeled as "fat free" or "sugar free" or "low carb" or "diet," all of which are loaded with artificial sweeteners, fats, MSG, and other bad preservatives with the following healthy choices: fresh fruits, fresh berries, fresh greens and vegetables, raw carrots, raw nuts, raw seeds, organic non-GMO popcorn, celery and raw peanut butter, etc.

SODAS, DIET SODAS, CANNED JUICES AND BOTTLED JUICES, & TAP WATER - Replace these very unhealthy drinks with the following healthy alternatives: natural spring water, Artesian well water, fresh organic fruit and vegetable juices that you make yourself with a juicer, and home-made herb tea and iced-tea.

MICROWAVED FOOD - Replace all microwaved food with food that you heat up the old-fashioned way on the stove, in the toaster oven, or in a convection oven.

FLUORIDE TOOTHPASTE - Replace this toxic chemical found in your toothpaste (and tap water) with toothpastes that are made with healthy all-natural ingredients and do not contain any fluoride. You can find a whole assortment of fluoride-free toothpastes at your local health food store.

In SUMMARY, there are a lot of very healthy and nutritious alternatives out there for you to choose from during the painful process of eliminating the bad "foods" from your diet. The good news is that after a while, you will no longer miss those unhealthy "foods," and you will begin to actually crave live whole foods that are super healthy for your body. Remember, it's a process. Don't try to eliminate everything overnight. Start with eliminating 1 or 2 things at a time and replacing them with healthy nutritious alternatives. Over the course of a few months, you will be able to eliminate over 90% of the bad "foods" and replace them with truly good foods that will make you feel much better and help your body function at its peak performance. By the way, feel free to post any questions you might have, and I will try to answer them in future postings.

Daily Quote: "Eat to live, and not live to eat. Many dishes, many ailments." - Ben Franklin

Keys to Eating Healthy and Good Nutrition Begin With the PROCESS of Eliminating Bad "Foods"

Welcome to my blog today. I would like to encourage you today after giving you five days of "bad news" about what things you should never eat. I imagine that someone who is new to healthy eating and good nutrition would be quite overwhelmed with my list of 20 things you should never eat.

Therefore, let me encourage you today with some good news about making healthy changes to your diet. One of the keys to eating healthy is taking it one step at a time. In other words, I recommend that you eliminate one or two things at a time from your diet so that your body can adjust gradually. Now, there are some people who are extremists, like me, who can make huge sudden changes to their diet, and be just fine. On the other hand, there are many people who feel overwhelmed with eliminating 20 bad things from their diet all at once. If you are one of these kinds of people, then today's blog entry is just for you.

Start by eliminating one or two of the 20 bad "foods" each week so that you can gradually banish them from your diet and start replacing them with good healthy nutritious foods such as fresh organic fruits, vegetables, greens, grains, beans, seeds, nuts, sprouts, etc.

The question arises: "Which bad foods should I eliminate first?"

Here are my suggestions - I would start by eliminating all pork and pork products from your diet because they are so extremely toxic to your whole system. The next major thing I would banish from your diet is all shellfish scavengers such as crabs, lobsters, clams, oysters, scallops, shrimp, etc. The third thing to eliminate could be "farm-raised" fish.

The fourth thing could be all white artificial sweeteners such as aspartame, Nutrasweet, Equal, Sucrulose, Splenda, and Saacharin. The fifth thing you could eliminate is all deep-fried foods. The sixth thing you could get out of your diet is all products containing hydrogenated oil (trans fat), partially hydrogenated oils, margarine, shortening, Crisco, cottonseed oil, and palm oil.

The seventh thing I would suggest removing would be all fast food and junk food. The eighth thing could be all products containing MSG. Ninth, you could eliminate all refined, bleached, denatured products that have white sugar, white flour, "enriched" wheat flour, white rice, and white processed table salt. The tenth thing I would banish would be all pasteurized and homogenized milk and dairy products. The other 10 things you could progressively eliminate in whatever order you like.

One thing to keep in mind is that as you eliminate these bad "foods" from your diet, you will need to replace them with good healthy nutritious alternatives.

Tomorrow's blog will focus on what those healthy alternatives are.

Daily Quote: "If you think about it for a moment, nutrition isn't the alternative healing system. Drugs are the alternative system - far from natural." - Linda Page

Summary of 20 Things to NEVER Eat Which are Keys to Eating Healthy & Good Nutrition

Today I am going to summarize the past five postings to give you a concise list of twenty things you should never eat. Eliminating these 20 health-destroyers from your diet and kitchen are a few of the keys to eating healthy and good nutrition. If you are serious about protecting and improving your health through making wise nutritional choices, then please take to heart this list of 20 specific "foods," food ingredients, and food additives to avoid at all costs.

TWENTY KEYS TO EATING HEALTHY: BANISH THESE 20 FOODS AND ALL FOOD PRODUCTS MADE WITH THEM FOREVER FROM YOUR DIET AND FROM YOUR CHILDREN'S DIET. They are extremely unhealthy, they will destroy your health and cause you multiple physical problems, they will make you crave more bad food, they will make you fatter, and they will have a cumulative effect on your health in a very very negative way. I have already explained in earlier postings the reason for avoiding these products, so I won't repeat myself. Eliminate these twenty health-destroyers from your diet:

1. Never eat pork meat or pork products. This includes bacon, sausage, ham, pepperoni, salami, hot dogs, pork chops, pork ribs, etc. This also includes many different kinds of deli luncheon meats that contain pork products.

2. Avoid all shellfish scavenger crustaceans such as crabs, lobsters, clams, oysters, scallops, shrimp, etc. They are the garbage collectors of the ocean.

3. Avoid all fish that do not have fins and scales such as catfish, eel, etc. Also, avoid all "farm-raised" fish.

4. Avoid all birds or fowl that are flesh-eating scavengers and unclean.

5. Avoid any "food" that wasn't a food 100 years ago.

6. Avoid all refined, bleached, denatured products that contain white processed sugar, white processed flour, "enriched" wheat flour, white processed rice, and white processed salt (sodium chloride). This includes such products as white breads, rolls, buns, pastries, cookies, cakes, pastas, pizza dough, etc.

7. Never eat or drink products made with white artificial sweeteners such as aspartame, Nutra-sweet, Equal, Sucrulose, Splenda, and Saacharin. These are extremely damaging to your body and your health. They are toxins to avoid at all costs.

8. Eliminate all deep-fried foods from your diet which include things like French fries, fried shrimp, donuts, onion rings, etc. These are carcinogenic products.

9. Avoid pasteurized and homogenized milk and dairy products made with this milk, which include such foods as half and half, whole cream, ice cream, sour cream, butter, cheese, etc. Remember, there are healthy alternatives such as RAW milk and raw milk products like raw cheese, raw butter, etc.

10. Never ever eat food products that contain MSG (monosodium glutamate). This excitotoxin is hidden in many food products at restaurants, fast food restaurants, and at supermarkets. It is deceptively labeled in products like potato chips, canned soup, soup stock, teriyaki sauce, soy sauce, junk foods, meats, condiments, snacks, corn chips, etc.

11. Eliminate all products containing hydrogenated oil (trans fat), partially hydrogenated oils, margarine, margarine-like products, shortening, Crisco, cottonseed oil, and palm oil.

12. Avoid all fast food which is extremely unhealthy and is loaded with sodium, sugar, bleached & denatured flour, hydrogenated trans fats, toxic colors and flavors like MSG, dangerous chemical preservatives, hormones, antibiotic drugs, and chemicals. Do not let your kids eat this toxic garbage either.

13. Never eat food that has been microwaved.

14. Don't ever drink "tap water" which is loaded with very unhealthy chemicals such as chlorine and fluoride.

15. Avoid tofu. It is not a healthy food; it is disguised junk food.

16. Do NOT eat anything packaged and labeled as "fat free" or "sugar free" or "low carbs" or "net carbs" or "diet..." These products are very unhealthy for you, they will increase your food cravings, and they will actually make you fatter.

17. Avoid the fake fats called "Olestra" and "Olean."

18. Eliminate all soda, diet soda, and canned and bottled juices from your diet. The ingredients in these drinks will destroy your health. Avoid them completely.

19. Avoid all products made with high-fructose corn sweetener, fructose, corn syrup, sucrose, multidextrin, corn syrup solids, dextrose, white sugar, etc. These unhealthy additives are in almost all of the foods at the supermarket and at fast food restaurants.

20. Eliminate all toothpaste with fluoride in it. Fluoride is a toxic poison, and it doesn't ever belong in your toothpaste or water.

There you have it...the simple, unadulterated truth about what "foods" never to eat or drink. I strongly encourage you to avoid these things, banish them from your kitchen, eliminate them from your diet, and be on your guard against them. They will also cause you all kinds of digestion problems. Our country is facing a health crisis because of what has happened to our food supply. Americans are eating themselves to death. The "foods" that Americans are eating are destroying our health and causing a wide spectrum of ill health conditions. The only way for us to turn this around is by changing the way that we eat. We must start NOW to make wise food choices, healthy food choices, that will affect and improve our health and the health of our children. Please join me in this battle to help America start eating right. Call your friends or email them and tell them about this website blog and the valuable information that can turn their lives around. Thank you. Sincerely, the Naked Nutrition Knight.

Daily Quote: "Remember, you are punished by your bad habits of living." - Paul Bragg

Banishing These Health Destroyers Is Key to Good Nutrition and Eating Healthy

Hi. Today I hope to finish my list of THINGS YOU SHOULD NEVER EAT. I want to give you eight more KEYS to eating healthy. I encourage you to banish these health destroyers from your kitchen and your diet and to start eating healthy. Avoiding the bad foods is one of the keys to good nutrition and vibrant health.

First KEY, eliminate all fast food from your diet. Fast food is extremely unhealthy, and it is usually loaded with tons of sodium, sugar, unhealthy hydrogenated fats, toxic artificial colors and flavors like MSG, dangerous chemical preservatives, and refined flour. In addition, it is often deep fried in old rancid carcinogenic oil, microwaved, cooked to death, and usually contains meats that are loaded with hormones, antibiotic drugs, and chemicals. It is a proven fact in the medical community that once fat of any kind has been heated to high temperatures for a period of time, it undergoes a chemical change and become carcinogenic. Are you really interested in eating an extra large "value pack" of carcinogenic deep-fried French fries with your carcinogenic diet soda? No! Simply put: DO NOT EAT fast food, and do not feed your kids fast food either.

Second KEY, do not eat food that has been microwaved. When food is microwaved, several very unhealthy things happen to your food. Toxins from the plastic covering leach into your food. The composition of your food is actually altered as it is zapped with microwaves, leaving you with "food" that is very unhealthy and denatured. If you don't believe me, do your own research. Google "the dangers of microwave ovens." There is a lot of evidence out there that proves you should never eat anything that has been microwaved. Remember, most restaurants and fast food joints use microwaves constantly to heat up your food. What should you do with your microwave oven? Use it as a storage container for boxes of herbal teas, put your cookbooks in it, or just throw it away. There's zero temptation to use it when it is no longer in your kitchen. Heat stuff up the old fashioned healthier way; your health is worth it.

Third KEY, don't ever drink city tap water. It has a lot of very unhealthy chemicals added to it, including chlorine and fluoride, which are two of the worst. Instead, drink natural "spring" water or artesian well water. But I can't afford it, some might say. Well, how much is your health worth? How much do you spend every week on Aspartame-laced sodas, high-fructose loaded juices, coffee, tea, etc.? Just because tap water is practically free doesn't mean it's good for you or that you should drink it. Fluoride and chlorine are poisons to your body. Drinking tap water every day is like drinking a little amount of poison every day; eventually, it's going to accumulate in your body and destroy your health. I'll share more in depth on this topic at a later time.

Fourth KEY, avoid tofu. Tofu has been touted as a "health food," but the truth is that tofu is a junk food. Sixty percent of the calories in tofu actually come from fat!

Fifth KEY, do NOT eat anything that is packaged and labeled as "fat free" or "sugar free" or "low carbs" or "net carbs" or "diet..." The food manufacturers have jumped on the bandwagon and are trying to deceive you into thinking that their new "diet" products are healthy for you. On the contrary, products with these labels are even more unhealthy for you because they are usually loaded with hidden ingredients that are destructive to your health. For example, "sugar free" means that they've replaced white sugar with an artificial sweetener like Aspartame that is toxic to your system and will make you even fatter. Don't be deceived by these tactics. Simply do not buy or eat products with these deceptive labels on their packaging. They are very unhealthy junk food!

Sixth KEY, avoid the fake fats called "Olestra" and "Olean" and all products made with them. The alleged benefit is that these "cooking oils" add no fat or calories to your diet. This is a chemist's man-made creation that combines vegetable oil and sucrose to produce a molecule similar to fat/triglyceride. This tight structural configuration prevents Olestra from being metabolized by digestive enzymes or colonic microflora. Instead, it literally passes through the GI tract unchanged! This causes a whole host of health problems that you do not want in your body.

Seventh KEY, eliminate all soda, diet soda, and canned or bottled juices from your diet. These are very unhealthy for you because of the high sugar content, high high-fructose corn syrup content, high aspartame content, high acid content, high preservative content, and because of the way it affects your stomach, colon, and blood sugar. Do NOT drink these juices and sodas. Diet soda is one of the worst things you can be putting into your body. It is actually designed to make you fatter! If you don't believe me, do your own research. Eliminate these from your diet and from your kids diets.

Eighth KEY, eliminate toothpaste with fluoride in it. Fluoride is a toxic poison and should never be ingested or rubbed against your gums or body. This is a very controversial topic, but I encourage you to do your own research on it. There's lots of evidence out there that proves that this is toxic to the body and is destroying the health of many Americans. Look for another brand of toothpaste, such as Tom's of Maine that has some fluoride-free toothpaste. Your health food store carries quite a few alternative brands.

We'll have to save the topic of alcoholic beverages, coffee, and caffeinated teas for another day. I hope we're still friends after today's long list of things to eliminate completely from your diet. I speak the truth to you because I care about you and about your health and the health of your children. Your life depends on it!

Daily Quote: "Most of the food in America today will support life, but it won't sustain health." - Ted Broer

Eliminating Health-Destroying Food Products is Key to Good Nutrition and Eating Healthy

Welcome to my blog. Today I'm going to share about some more food products that you should never eat or even have in your kitchen. One of the keys to eating healthy is to avoid these kinds of man-made refined food additives. If good nutrition is important to you, please be pro-active and remove these health-destroyers from your diet.

First, never eat food products that contain MSG (monosodium glutamate). MSG is an excitotoxin, is dangerous to your health, makes you fat, increases your appetite, and causes all kinds of physical and medical problems. Check out the book, Excitotoxins, the Taste that Kills, or the book, In Bad Taste, The MSG Complex. Do your own research on "the dangers of MSG." The food processing companies are putting this dangerous poison into many of our foods under different names in order to deceive the public. Don't be deceived; read labels carefully. Some of the hidden sources of MSG that show up on food labels include: glutamate, glutamic acid, gelatin, calcium caseinate, textured protein, monopotassium glutamate, sodium caseinate, yeast nutrient, yeast extract, yeast food, autolyzed yeast, hydrolyzed protein, hydrolyzed corn gluten, natrium glutamate. Go to www.truthinlabeling.org and copy down the long list of other ingredients that often contain MSG or create MSG during processing. It's surprising to learn that soy sauce and teriyaki sauce create MSG during processing.

Second, eliminate all food products that contain high-fructose corn syrup, fructose, corn syrup, sucrose, multidextrin, corn syrup solids, dextrose, and white sugar. These additives are very unhealthy and will make you fat. These are all hidden sources of sugar in food products. In order to deceive you into thinking that sugar isn't the number one ingredient in a product, the food manufacturers will use a variety of sweeteners (as mentioned above) to divide up the sugar under separate names. In this way, wheat, for example, may appear to be the first ingredient (making up the largest ingredient on the label), but the truth is that when you add up all of the separate sweeteners, the sugar content is really the number one ingredient. Warning: food companies are putting high-fructose corn syrup in everything today because it is very inexpensive and because it makes you fatter than other sweeteners. You need to understand - the food industry wants you to be fat because fat people eat more food, thus increasing the sales and profits of the food companies. Become an expert at reading labels and avoiding this health-destroying poison.

Third, avoid all products containing hydrogenated oil (trans fat), partially hydrogenated oils, margarine, margarine-like products, shortening, Crisco, cottonseed oil, and palm oil. These are all man-made products that are actually toxic poisons. These fats attack the artery walls and cause heart problems. They also attack the intestine, kidneys, liver, spleen, and gallbladder, causing untold damage. The bad news is that these oils are virtually in every food product you buy today in the supermarket. Products containing high levels of trans fats include popular products such as Jif and Skippy peanut butter, prepackaged cake icings, candy bars, and almost anything that produces the "smooth mouth feel" on the tongue. These oils and margarine are as close as you can get to eating plastic. Despite what television ads try to say, butter is actually better for you than margarine. The main problem with all of these oils/fats is that we have taken natural foods and altered them into man-made toxic substances that the body cannot handle. One last word, avoid all products with cottonseed oil and palm oil, which are very unhealthy. Cotton is not even a food; it's what we make clothing out of. Why would you want to eat it? In summary, never eat anything that has hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated oils, margarine, cottonseed oil, or palm oil in them. They are simply toxic and deadly to the body.

Daily Quote: "Men do not die, they kill themselves." - Seneca

Mystery Meat MacroPhotography by NewsTarget Will Convince You to Start Eating Healthy

Graphic macro-images of "meats" that Americans eat & feed their kids every day...that are absolutely disgusting. If nothing else convinces you to stop eating pork products, this will! Remember, you become what you eat. If you eat this kind of extremely fatty "meat," your flesh will look just like these photos. Change your mind first, and then you can change your ways. Good nutrition begins with eating healthy whole foods and avoiding health-destroying toxic foods like these.


Mystery Meat Macrophotography Click here for photos

Avoiding These Unhealthy Dairy Products is Key to Good Nutrition and Eating Healthy

I've got a little more bad news to share with you today and hope you don't get too upset from reading this list of things you should never eat or drink. One of the keys to good nutrition is obviously to avoid bad (mal)nutrition. In fact, many people who aren't eating healthy are physically malnourished because they are putting bad nutrition into their bodies daily. You become what you eat, so think carefully about what you put into your body everyday. Cheer up! The GOOD NEWS is that once you rid your diet of these health-destroying food products, and you replace them with fresh natural living whole foods, your body will start repairing itself, rejuvenating itself, and rebuilding itself into the healthy vigorous body that God intended for you to live in.

Avoid pasteurized and homogenized milk and dairy products. This includes products made with this kind of milk such as cheese, butter, sour cream, ice cream, whole cream, half and half, etc. I won't go into all the reasons why you should avoid these, but I will tell you that they are not good for your health. In fact, did you know that 60% of the allergies afflicting Americans are directly related to the consumption of dairy products. About 5 days ago, I said that raw milk is an excellent food for those who are milk tolerant, and a poison for those who are not. Certified raw milk from healthy animals fed organic food can have some health benefits...if you are not lactose intolerant and don't have any dairy allergies. However, today's pasteurized homogenized supermarket milk is loaded with toxic and dangerous drugs and chemicals and has pesticide, herbicide, and detergent residues that make it not fit for human consumption. Some of the most common negative effects of drinking milk include allergic respiratory reactions producing increased levels of mucous, nasal stuffiness, runny nose, sinusitus, asthma-like symptoms, and inner ear inflammations. Dairy products have been linked to a whole bunch of physical health problems. Do your own research and find out for yourself. Simply google "the dangers of milk" or "the dangers of dairy products." Search for the truth!

If you love milk and just have to have it, then here's my suggestion. Find a place where you can buy fresh RAW "farmer's" milk from healthy organically-fed cows. Also, consider drinking RAW certified goat's milk because it is a much better alternative for people of all ages (and especially for babies & children) and doesn't cause nearly as many allergy problems. Goat's milk is much closer in nutritional composition to mother's milk than cow's milk. The best raw milk products for your body are in the soured (cultured) form such as yogurt, kefir, acidophilus, or regular buttermilk or clabbered milk. Soured milk products are in a predigested form and are easy to assimilate, and they help maintain a healthy intestinal flora, while preventing intestinal putrefaction and constipation. Infants should be breast-fed on mother's milk, and if that is not possible, then goat's milk should be used (never baby formula). If you're lactose intolerant or you're like me and you just simply don't even like milk, but you're still looking for something to pour over your organic cereal, then I would recommend nutritious rice milk or almond milk (not soy milk). Also, I strongly recommend only using raw cheese and raw butter (unsalted). If you love ice cream, either make your own from raw milk or try an alternative such as Rice Dream.

Friends, I hope you will join me tomorrow when I will share some more man-made food products and additives that you should never eat.

Daily Quote: "More food allergies in humans have been traced to dairy products than to any other source." - Ted Broer

Eating Good Healthy Nutrition Means Avoiding These Health-Destroying Man-Made Products

I hope we're still friends after yesterday's posting about avoiding all pork products and all shellfish scavengers. Today I need to share some more "foods" that you should NEVER EAT. You need to take charge of your own health by avoiding these modern health-destroying toxic products. One of the major keys to good nutrition and eating healthy is avoiding these dangerous products that are everywhere, even in health food stores. Make up your mind right now to avoid all refined, processed, denatured, fattening, pre-packaged, sugar-laden, overcooked, toxic, man-made "foods." The simple truth is: "If it wasn't a food 100 years ago, it's not food!" When you're out shopping for groceries, ask yourself, "Was this a food 100 years ago?" If not, don't buy it and don't eat it. Remember, you become what you eat.

Avoid all refined, bleached, denatured products that contain white processed sugar, white processed flour, "enriched" wheat flour, white processed rice, and white processed salt (sodium chloride). This group includes white breads, rolls, buns, pastries, cookies, cakes, sugary desserts, pastas, pizza dough, etc. These products have had the "life" ripped out of them and offer your body zero nutrition and empty carbs. Don't eat them; get them out of your diet and out of your kitchen.

Avoid all products made with white artificial sweeteners such as Aspartame, Nutra-sweet, Equal, Sucrulose, Splenda, and Saacharin. These toxic sweeteners are in almost every artificially sweetened beverage, soda, candy bar, gum, junk food, etc. Read the labels and beware of these dangerous toxins. Aspartame breaks down in the body into its component chemicals including methanol (methyl alcohol or wood alcohol), aspartic acid, phenylalanine, and diketopiperazine (DKP). Each of these component parts is in itself a known toxin. When methanol is metabolized by the body, it is broken down into formaldehyde (as in embalming fluid) and formic acid. The major toxic effect of methanol is exerted upon the central nervous system. The optic nerve is particularly affected, and possibly the retinae, which can lead to permanent blindness.

Numerous health specialists have spoken out against aspartame use because of its dangers to our health. Dr. Monte of Arizona State University called aspartame a "crime against humanity," and he argued that when a person ingests aspartame, it breaks down into deadly methanol within one hour of ingestion. Dr. Monte stated that "Aspartame is a drug, not a food additive." The years that followed the release of this toxic chemical into the American food supply have been met with literally thousands of consumer complaints of products containing aspartame. Of all the complaints in the Adverse Reaction Monitoring System, aspartame accounts for over 75% of them!

I encourage you to do your own research on aspartame. Type "the dangers of aspartame" into the Google search engine. Check out the Aspartame Consumer Safety Network started in 1987 by Mary Stoddard who experienced many debilitating effects from consuming NutraSweet products. The evidence is out there that proves that this toxic chemical artificial sweetener is causing a multitude of major health problems in America. All I can say at this point is: avoid it like the plague! It's a drug, it's toxic, it's not fit for human consumption, and it has deadly physical effects on the body.

Finally, avoid all deep-fried foods. They are extremely unhealthy and are usually cooked in unhealthy rancid oils that are seldom changed and that can become carcinogenic due to the very high temperatures they are subjected to. Eating deep-fried foods is harmful to your body and simply unwise.

I'll stop there for today, but tomorrow I'll share some more "foods" that you should never eat. Until then, I hope you're still my friend and still reading, and I hope that you avoid these health-destroying man-made foods at all costs. Some of today's information came from Ted Broer's book, "Maximum Energy."

Daily Quote: "Millions of Americans will sit down for breakfast, lunch and dinner today and empty a blue packet of Aspartame into their coffee or tea, totally oblivious to the dangers..." - Ted Broer

Learning What Animals & Seafood NOT to Eat Is a Key to Good Nutrition and Eating Healthy

Okay, my friends, today I'm going to talk about what "foods" you should avoid. I hope that I don't lose your friendship today or your faithful readership because I'm going to be talking about some foods that you probably love and can't imagine living without. Nonetheless, I am compelled to share the truth with you, in love, because I believe that knowing the truth will set you free from a whole host of physical health problems that have been causing you to be predisposed to ill-health.

One of the KEYS to good nutrition and eating healthy is to learn what NOT to eat. Simply put, knowing what not to eat is just as important as knowing what to eat. I'm going to begin by discussing what animals, fish, and birds we should avoid eating. What I am going to share with you comes from two valuable sources. First, I would like to reference the Bible and what God says about what not to eat. Secondly, I will reference what history, science and research has taught us about what not to eat. Believe it or not, they actually agree.

First, I want to share about the Creator's dietary guidelines as found in the Bible. Doesn't it make sense that after God created man He would teach him how to nourish himself according to healthy dietary instructions? These dietary guidelines are not some form of outdated legalism from Judaism, but rather they were given by a loving Creator to save His people from physical devastation long before modern scientific principles of bacterial infection, hygiene, viral transmission, or molecular cell physiology were understood. In the same way that the moral guidelines preserved the culture of Israel, so these dietary guidelines preserved and protected their physical health.

In the Garden of Eden, God gave mankind every seed-bearing plant and every tree that has fruit with seed in it to be his food (Genesis 1:29). We learn from this that man's first diet was vegetarian and consisted of a combination of fruits, vegetables, greens, seeds, nuts, herbs, lentils, and whole grains. However, after man's fall things started to change. Eventually, God prescribed a broader diet for mankind just after the flood which included specific meat, fish, and dairy products (Genesis 9:1-4; Leviticus 11; Deuteronomy 14).

This divine dietary revision clearly identified which animals were to be eaten and which animals were to be avoided. The animals that were permitted were: animals with a cloven or split hoof that also chew the cud (such as cows, goats, sheep, oxen, deer, buffalo, etc.); any fish with fins and scales; and any birds that live primarily on insects, grubs, or grains.

The animals that were NOT to be eaten included camels, horses, rats, skunks, dogs, cats, squirrels, possums, etc. Pigs were also forbidden and considered unclean animals. In fact, pigs are so unclean and polluted that God warned people not to even touch the body, meat, or carcass of a pig. According to many authorities today, eating the flesh of pigs (pork & pork products) is a prime cause of much of our American ill health. In addition, fish or water creatures that don't have fins and scales and all shellfish were considered unclean and forbidden, including catfish, eel, crabs, lobsters, shrimp, oysters, and clams. These hard-shelled crustaceans are the scavengers and garbage containers of the waters and the seas. Modern scientists actually gauge the contamination of our lakes, rivers, bays, and oceans by measuring the mercury and biological toxin levels in the flesh of crabs, clams, oysters, and lobsters. The last category to avoid eating is birds or fowl that eat flesh (whether caught live or as carrion). These birds are unclean and are considered "scavengers" because they eat anything that is left dead in the fields. Scavengers such as shellfish and pigs were never created by God for human consumption.

The second source for my information is what history, science, and research has taught us about what we should NOT be eating. I encourage you to do some basic research using Google to search for more information on this topic. Type in some key words like "the dangers of eating pork or pork products," "the dangers of eating shellfish," "the dangers of eating unclean animals, etc. Look into what scientists and nutritionists have discovered about the dangers of eating the "foods" listed above such as pork products and shellfish. Also, investigate how generations of Jewish families followed God's dietary and hygiene guidelines and enjoyed remarkable resistance to illness and plagues, which devastated neighboring ethnic groups with no such guidelines. Study how the bubonic plague wiped out one quarter of Europe's population in just one year during the mid-fourteenth century, and how the Jewish people somehow escaped its death grip.

Sadly, and to our own detriment, pork and pork products top the list of favorite foods for many Americans. Many don't even realize how much of their food items come from swine. Pork products include the following: bacon, sausage, ham, pepperoni, hot dogs, salami, pork chops, pork ribs, etc. Pigs are considered "unclean" animals for very good scientific reasons. They never limit their diet to vegetation, but rather they will eat anything they can find. A pig's single stomach is very simple in design and function and it is combined with a limited excretory organ system. Only four hours after a pig has eaten his polluted swill and other putrid matter, many may eat the same swill second handed off of the ribs of the pig at a barbecue. Clean animals, on the other hand, have an alimentary canal and a secondary cud receptacle. They basically have three stomachs available to process and refine their clean, vegetarian-based food into "meat flesh" in a process that that generally takes about 24 hours. Another reason not to eat "unclean" animals is that the meat of such animals is about 10 times more perishable and more difficult to preserve than that of "clean" animals. People often don't realize that a piece of meat is already poisonously spoiled until they start experiencing the toxic symptoms and have already eaten it. One more reason is that th by-products that originate from digesting such scavenger meat are very poisonous. These are the "death enzymes" such as putrescine and cadaverine that are useful in breaking down a corpse, but do terrible damage to a living person's body.

In summary, we need to pay attention to our Creator's dietary principles and what modern science, nutrition, and history have discovered about what "foods" NOT to eat. "FOODS" to AVOID include, but are not limited to: pig & all pork products (bacon, sausage, ham, pork ribs, etc.) and all shellfish scavengers such as shrimp, lobster, crab, clams, oysters, scallops, etc. Be careful also to avoid luncheon deli meat that often is made with pork products and are loaded with sodium nitrates. Finally, avoid all "farm-raised" fish which are very unhealthy for you. Remember this simple saying: "If you want to look like a pig, eat a pig."

Tomorrow I will share more about what other non-animal food products to avoid. I hope you're still my friend when tomorrow rolls around. Some of the information in this posting came from Dr. Jordan Rubin's book, "The Maker's Diet," which I recommend. I also recommend Ted Broer's book, "Maximum Energy."

Daily Quote: "Diet remains the single most influential factor in overall human health." - Dr. Jordan Rubin

We Must Complement Good Nutrition and Eating Healthy with Organic Whole Food Supplements

What is the SECRET to enjoying the health and vitality experienced by our forefathers? The answer is simple and indisputable: Live Whole Food Nutrition! For centuries our ancestors received good nutrition from whole food sources such as grains, seeds, legumes, beans, nuts, vegetables, greens, sprouts, fruits and berries. These were all grown in chemical-free and pesticide-free soil that was rich in probiotics, minerals, fulvic acid, and enzymes.

In today's world, our bodies still need the complete and natural balance of pure nutrients and energy provided by live whole foods. The demands of our modern fast-paced stressful world have led to the processing of food to the point of non-nutrition. Authentic food value has been sacrificed for convenience. Due to the life-destroying practices of the food-producing and food-processing industries, our modern-day foods are nutritionally inferior to the food our grandparents ate 2 or 3 generations ago. The grains, vegetables, meat, and dairy products they ate had a higher vitamin, mineral, and protein content, and they were free from DDT, hormones, preservatives, insecticides, and other chemicals and drugs. The natural live whole food that our ancestors ate has been replaced with chemically modified products that can cause illness and many physical health problems.

In this day and age, we are not only eating food, but our food is eating us. Some people try to counteract the impact of poor nutrition with "processed nutritional supplements" in the form of man-made isolated synthetic vitamins (lifeless chemicals) and inorganic minerals that their bodies cannot use and that are only slightly more beneficial than the processed foods that created the problem.

The solution to this national nutritional crisis we are facing is simply getting back to basics. We need to get back to a complete balance of live whole foods, just the way that nature intended for healthy lifestyles. Supplementing our diet with live whole food nutritional products will provide that balance we need. The KEY to this balance is feeding your body the live whole food nutrition that it knows and that it needs.

The prime purpose of taking daily nutritional whole food supplements is to fill in the nutritional gaps produced by poor eating habits and by nutritionally-inferior foods. Let's face it: Americans are not known for eating healthy. We are known for our fast food restaurants, our junk food, our super sweet and overly fat foods. Food supplements will replace in your diet the good nutrition that is missing in food grown on depleted soils, lost in storage and transportation, and removed by food processing.

Another important reason to add to your diet live whole food nutritional supplements is that they provide your only available protection against the harmful effects of today's toxic environment. Many of the nutrients in organic whole food supplements have protective properties against the damaging effects of poisonous additives, residues, and poisons that are lurking in our air, water, food, clothing, cosmetics, household cleaners, etc.

In conclusion, there are two main reasons to take whole food supplements. The first reason is because today's food is not as nutritious as it was 100 years ago as a result of farming methods that have leached the soil of necessary minerals and nutrients. The second reason is that today's food, water, air, and living environments are loaded with toxins that need to be combated with supplements in order to protect our health. If you are interested in finding out more about an amazing live whole food nutritional supplement called "The Feast," go to the top left corner of my blog and click on the link that says "Try the Feast - the single most nutritional experience of your life." This is an incredibly healthy live whole food product that delivers a full, synergistic spectrum of: 30 antioxidant rich fruits and berries, 30 powerful greens and vegetables, 11 nutrient dense seeds, nuts, and sprouts; 83+ active enzymes and fulvic minerals, and 22 strains of resilient living probiotics. For me and my family, in addition to eating healthy every day, the Feast is our one source of complete nutrition. I encourage you to check it out for yourself.

Daily Quote: "You are responsible for your family's health and well-being! Take charge - be their caring, guiding Health Captain." - Patricia Bragg

Keys to Healthy Eating Habits & Good Nutrition: Matching 3 Food Groups with 3 Meal Times

A few days ago we discussed good nutrition and the three key food groups that should make up your daily nutritional diet. Today I would like to teach you how to develop healthy eating habits around those three food groups in relation to what time of the day is best for each group. One specific food group should supply the majority of each of your three main meals.

Breakfast - Fresh Fruit (Food Group #3) Your daily breakfast should be made up of fruits. As mentioned earlier, fruits must always be eaten alone on an empty stomach. So, why eat fruits first in the day? The reason is because mornings are when your body is in the process of cleansing itself through the process of elimination. While you are sleeping at night, from 11 pm to 5 am, your digestive, assimilative, and restorative systems are hard at work processing the food you ate from the previous 12-14 hours. Your eliminative system, however, is resting. Then, during the morning hours of 5 am to 11 am, your body kicks in to elimination mode and starts cleansing itself of impurities and toxins through your eliminative organs via your skin, lungs, kidneys, and alimentary canal. Eating a large breakfast early in the morning disrupts this cleansing and elimination process. In order to assist and work with your body to help in its cleansing and elimination process, in the early morning your body needs lots of fresh air, lots of natural spring water, and vigorous exercise or physical work. Then, and only then, is your body ready for a breakfast of fresh juicy fruits.

Follow the advice of legendary health writer and life extension specialist, Paul Bragg, who said, "You must earn your breakfast." Think back 100 years ago to the American farmers who rose early and immediately went out to do their heavy chores (feeding the animals, milking the cows, working in the garden, preparing food) BEFORE they sat down to eat their breakfast. It is simply not healthy to eat a large protein-rich breakfast right after waking up in the morning. Give your body time in the morning to cleanse itself while you exercise or work for a while BEFORE you feed it from the fruit food group. I have personally practiced this principle for many years and have found that doing so keeps me "regular" and assists in the daily morning elimination process. I strongly encourage you to follow this sound scientific advice and start working with your body.

Lunch - Grains, Beans, Seeds, & Nuts (Food Group #1) Your biggest meal should be eaten at lunch, and it should consist of grains, beans, seeds, and nuts. By way of reminder, this is the most important and potent health-building food group of all. Grains and legumes in the form of cooked porridge or cereal, or bean, pea, or lentil soup, are best eaten during lunch. You can combine a few fresh vegetables with your cereal meal at lunch. For example, rice can be combined with vegetables.

Dinner - Fresh Vegetables (Food Group #2) The bulk of your dinner should consist of fresh vegetables (raw and lightly cooked). Always eat a large raw vegetable salad during dinner. You can also add potatoes, yams, squash, or any of your favorite raw or steamed vegetables, stews, soups, or other dishes. Keep in mind that you can combine a few things from food group #1 with this meal such as bread, beans, rice, or corn in moderation. However, the major portion of dinner should always be vegetables.


Daily Quote: "You should breakfast like a pauper, lunch like a king, and dine like a queen." - Paavo Airola