Natural Whole Food Supplements Recommended as Keys to Good Nutrition & Tips to Eating Healthy

Daily Quote: "Perfect health is above gold; a sound body before riches." - King Solomon

Good morning, my friends, from your faithful Naked Nutrition Knight. Today I'd like to give you a few more keys to good nutrition and some tips to eating healthy. Are you ready for some practical insider information on what the best whole food nutritional supplements are?

Before I share this useful information, I need to say that you should not by buying processed synthetic man-made vitamins and mineral and nutritional supplements. Most of these products are now being made by drug companies, and most of them are being made in foreign countries like China. The main reason that you shouldn't be buying them is that they are "synthetic" man-made chemical copies of what is found naturally in nature. In other words, most of them have been chemically produced in a pharmaceutical laboratory and are not made from the natural food sources found in nature.

This is a huge problem because your body cannot effectively utilize these "synthetic" man-made versions of vitamins and minerals. In fact, many of them are not even recognized by your body as vitamins and minerals, and they are therefore rejected by your body as toxins, which is what they really are. If you are loading up every day on "synthetic" chemically-based man-made vitamins and minerals, you are actually weakening your body with chemicals that are often toxic to your system and are not able to be recognized or utilized by your body. I encourage you to stop buying these man-made products.

The best source for natural vitamins and minerals, enzymes, anti-oxidants, and phytonutrients is from live whole foods. In other words, eat an apple and some watermelon. Get your nutrition from real live fresh organic whole foods such as vegetables, greens, fruits, berries, grains, seeds, nuts, legumes and beans. These foods are loaded with vitamins and minerals and hundreds of other important nutrients.

In addition to eating these whole foods, you can also juice your vegetables and fruits in order to get a concentrated amount of natural vitamins and minerals and enzymes. However, this must be done in moderation because you don't want to overload your system with too much natural sugar found in fruits. The down side to juicing is that many people find it just too inconvenient due to the cleaning up process. People often buy a juicer and use it for several weeks or months, but soon they stop using it because it is just too much work to buy all the fresh produce, wash it, juice it, and clean up the mess afterwards day after day.

There is another "next best alternative" source for getting your natural vitamins and minerals. It's called live whole food nutritional supplements. What does that mean? Simply put, it means that they take the fresh live organic fruits & berries, greens and vegetables, and they pick them at their peak of ripeness and nutritional value, and turn them into a juice mixture. Then they dry the juice using a low-heat dehydration process that preserves the nutrients without preservatives. The final natural product is a powder that you simply mix with water (rehydrate) and drink. In this way you're able to get the full nutritional value of all of that live organic whole food produce, including all of the natural occurring vitamins, minerals, enzymes, anti-oxidants, phytonutrients, & hundreds of other nutrivitve compounds.

TAKE THESE NATURAL WHOLE FOOD NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS

Here is a brief, condensed list of some of the very best natural whole food nutritional supplements that you can (and should) be putting in your body every day. These foods are often referred to as superfoods or superjuices because they are so loaded with powerful nutritional compounds that are so good for your body's health and vitality.

1. Drink a top-quality "GREEN DRINK" every day. These should come in a powdered dehydrated form that you simply mix with water and drink. Never buy a green drink or superjuice that is in a liquid form because it has been pasteurized (which kills many of the living nutrients) and because it has had unhealthy preservatives added to it to keep it from going moldy. Always look for a dry dehydrated powder form that you mix with water.

Make sure that it is loaded with high-quality, ripe, live natural organic whole foods. These should include as many as possible of the following foods, superfoods and superjuices: Barley grass juice, wheat grass juice, alfalfa leaf juice, oat grass juice, Klamath Lake blue-green algae, spirulina, chlorella, kelp, lots of powerful greens and vegetables, lots of antioxidant rich fruits and berries such as noni-fruit, mangosteen, wolfberry-goji, acai berry, black currant, blackberry, blueberry, pomegranate, bilberry, raspberry, purple grape, elderberry, cranberry, strawberry, and apple; lots of nutrient dense seeds, nuts, and sprouts such as flax seed, oat bran, brown rice fiber, almond seed, sunflower seed, wheat sprout, quinoa sprout, amaranth sprout, pumpkin seed, chia seed, and sesame seed; many active enzymes and fulvic minerals; and a lot of resilient living probiotics.

You can go to a health food store to find green drinks, but most of them taste like you're licking a lawnmower. Sadly, most people who buy them end up throwing them away after one or two tastes because they simply taste so awfully green. The secret to overcoming this problem is to find a green drink that has a lot of fruits and berries added in to the greens and vegetable juices that add an element of sweetness that makes the green drink actually taste good. I warn you, there aren't many out there, so you'll really have to look everywhere until you find one. By the way, I can make your search very easy because several months ago I found just such a superjuice green drink that has everything mentioned above, and it actually tastes great. It's called, "The Feast." Believe it or not, my small kids even love it and demand it every morning. If you would like to learn more about this amazing green drink, you can find information on it at the following website. The FEAST

2. Drink some Bragg's Organic APPLE CIDER VINEGAR every morning. In 400 B.C., Hippocrates (the father of medicine) discovered that natural, undistilled apple cider vinegar is a powerful cleansing and healing elixir - a naturally occurring antibiotic and antiseptic that fights germs, bacteria, mold, and viruses - for a healthier, stronger, longer life. The best kind to use is organic, raw, unfiltered, unpasteurized apple cider vinegar with the "mother" in it. You can find this at most health food stores. I recommend the Bragg's brand and their book, "Apple Cider Vinegar Miracle Health System: Learn these Powerful Health Qualities for a Longer, Healthier, Youthful Life!" by Paul Bragg and Patricia Bragg. They recommend mixing 1-2 teaspoons of apple cider vinegar with some raw honey or raw agave nectar in 8 ounces of water upon rising every morning.

3. Use EXTRA VIRGIN COCONUT OIL every day in your smoothies and/or cooking. Coconut oil is a very healthy oil that has many benefits for your body, including assisting in weight loss. Two more excellent oils to add to your diet are EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL and SESAME OIL.

4. Use as a sweetener RAW HONEY (unheated, unfiltered, natural, unprocessed pollen-rich). Also, you can take raw honey related superfoods such as propolis, bee pollen, and royal jelly. Honey possesses miraculous nutritional and medicinal properties. However, I caution you not to take more than one or two teaspoons a day. Too much honey may adversely affect the pancreas, liver, and adrenals and contribute to sugar-metabolism disorders.

5. I would also recommend taking GTF CHROMIUM on a daily basis. Most Americans are deficient in chromium, which is an essential co-factor of insulin that helps control & regulate insulin in your body.

6. Start using HIMALAYAN KRYSTAL SALT in your diet, in moderation. Stop using table salt immediately. It contains only sodium chloride, can cause the body to retain water which can cause swelling, edema, and cellulite; and it often has additives such as aluminum hydroxide, sodiumferrocyanide, calcium phosphate, stearic acid, and others which can be toxic. When ingested, the body recognizes table salt as a poison and accumulates water in and around the cells to protect them from this invading substance.

On the other hand, Krystal Salt contains all 72 mineral elements that the human body consists of in ideal proportions. All these minerals are in the perfect crystal matrix and ultimate ionic form (electrically charged). Krystal salt is the only antioxidant that works everywhere in the body. Once Krystal Salt is introduced into the body, a profound regeneration of the cell membranes becomes possible. If you would like more information on Himalayan Krystal Salt or Miracle Krystal Salt, simply do a Google search, find a producer of the salt, and order some, or click on this link to where I get mine: Himalayan Krystal Salt Then get rid of all table salt from your kitchen, diet, and life.

I trust this information has been helpful to you. I encourage you to incorporate these SIX SUPERFOODS into your daily diet.

Add the Keys of EXERCISE & DEEP BREATHING to Eating Healthy & Good Nutrition

Daily Quote: "Exercise helps you lose and control weight in two ways. First, by elevating your metabolism you burn more calories. Second, by building muscle - which requires more energy to maintain - you use even more calories. Exercising promotes better elimination and circulation that helps body cleansing!" - Paul Bragg

"Breathing deeply, fully and completely energizes the body, calms the nerves, fills you with peace, and helps keep you youthful." - Paul Bragg

A very important part of a healthy lifestyle is to exercise your body consistently and to practice deep breathing. These keys are in addition, of course, to good nutrition and eating healthy. Let me emphasize that the starting point to improving your health and losing unhealthy weight is to start eating healthy live organic whole food and to stop eating denatured, packaged, unhealthy dead processed man-made "foods" which are loaded with toxins, unhealthy fats, sugars, salt, and excit0-toxins. In other words, first focus on creating a healthy nutritious diet that will sustain your body and give it the nutrition it needs to function properly, and then, add healthy daily exercise and deep breathing.

A few years ago when I was trying to improve my health and lose weight, I first completely transformed my diet and eating habits. I quickly started losing weight and enjoying better health. However, my weight loss slowly came to a standstill after losing about 15 pounds. I couldn't figure out why until I realized that I wasn't exercising.

As soon as I started daily exercising, something changed in my body and I began to continue to lose more weight. I believe now that "something" was my metabolism changing from a slowed down metabolism to a higher metabolism. In other words, because I had added regular exercise to my body and routine, my metabolism sped up and adjusted itself in order to burn fat more efficiently and to stop storing fat as it had been. This one change made a huge impact on my weight loss and my personal fitness. I not only lost another 10-12 pounds, but I became more physically fit.

Regular exercise can benefit your body in many ways. First, exercise helps break up stress and tension and helps release it from the body. Stress is negative energy that wears down your body, but exercise allows it to leave the body. Second, exercise increases oxygen to the cells, which is necessary for life and vitality. Third, exercise stimulates every cell in the body in order to help eliminate toxic waste. Every cell produces its own toxic waste, and every cell needs stimulation to eliminate that toxic waste and remain healthy. Fourth, exercise increases the movement of lymph fluid in the body, which is an important factor in the process of elimination of toxins. Most people's lymphatic systems are dangerously sluggish and clogged, and moving the body through exercise helps to start moving the lymph fluid. Fifth, exercise opens the channels in the body to help the electromagnetic energy to flow freely and unhindered. This energy gives life to the body's cells, but it must not be blocked or congested in order for it to flow freely through the body to do its job of energizing the body's cells.

5-STEP EXERCISE ROUTINE FOR FITNESS & WEIGHT LOSS

I would like to share with you the 5-step exercise routine that I used to help me get over the hump and lose even more weight, as well as to become more physically fit. I encourage you to follow my example and start implementing a daily exercise routing including these 5 steps. One of the keys to my exercise routine was to include both aerobic and anaerobic exercise on a consistent daily basis.

One of the main reasons why I had gained weight was that my metabolism had slowed down. When I was younger, I could eat almost anything without gaining weight because I had a fast metabolism. However, once I got into my forties, my metabolism really slowed down and I started gaining quite a bit of weight because I was not eating the right kinds of food and I wasn't exercising. There are certain glands and organs in the body (such as the thyroid, pancreas, liver, stomach, small & large intestines, and colon) that regulate how well the body burns food for fuel and how it also converts food into stored fat. When some of these glands and organs are clogged or sluggish or not functioning properly, a person's metabolism slows down and starts converting more and more food into fat instead of fuel.

What are the two biggest reasons for a slow metabolism?

The first major cause of a slow metabolism is the amount of toxins you are putting into your body. Most of these toxins enter your body through what you eat and drink, in other words, through an unhealthy diet. These toxins include artificial food additives, chemical residues used in growing food that are transfered to your body, artificial sweeteners like aspartame and excito-toxins like MSG, prescription & non-prescription drugs, as well as toxins in the water supply such as fluoride & chlorine. These toxins cause your metabolism to slow down, which in turn causes your body to store your food energy as fat.

The second major cause of a slow metabolism is a low amount of muscle in your body and a lack of regular walking exercise. The more muscle your body has, the higher your metabolism will be. Unfortunately, most Americans have an abnormally low amount of muscles in their bodies, which means that they don't burn calories as efficiently as they could. Also, a lack of walking exercise significantly lowers a person's metabolism. The human body is designed to walk, and when a person stops walking on a daily basis, their metabolism adjusts and begins to slow down.

STEP I - Take a swift "POWER WALK" every day in the sunshine for 30-60 minutes. Your body was designed to walk. Walking every day will help make you thin and keep you thin because it gives your body the kind of exercise it needs, and because it will help to readjust your metabolism by speeding it up to burn fat more efficiently and to stop storing energy fuel as fat. The common denominator of thin, lean people all over the world is that they walk over 5 miles a day, whereas the typical American walks only one tenth of a mile a day. Remember, don't just go for a slow casual "stroll" through the park. A power walk means that you are to walk swiftly with exertion so that your heart and lungs have to work harder. If you want to, you may combine walking with some jogging. I would recommend that you use your 30-60 minutes of walking time to pray, or to meditate, or to listen to inspiring music on your iPod. After you get in the habit of taking your daily power walk, your body will crave this activity and you will look forward to it every day. It won't be a drudgery, but rather a joy and pleasure. Oh, I almost forgot. Don't do your power walk on busy streets that are filled with toxic poisonous gases from cars, buses, and trucks. Find a peaceful, quiet place like a local park where you can breathe in fresh, clean air.

STEP II - Practice DEEP BREATHING EXERCISES to increase the oxygen in your lungs and body. Most people don't breathe deeply enough to stimulate their metabolism and fat burning capabilities. You can do this throughout your day, but make sure to do this especially while you are out taking your power walk. Learn to start breathing in very deeply, from your belly, up through your lungs, filling your lungs with more and more oxygen. I'm normally a very shallow breather; however, by practicing deep breathing exercises, I have been able to increase the amount of oxygen in my lungs, which has had an effect on my whole body. I would recommend that you practice breathing deeply throughout your day. Write on a small index card the words, "Breathe deeply," and tape it in front of your desk or computer and in your car as an hourly reminder.



STEP III - LIFT SMALL WEIGHTS every other day to increase your muscle strength. Get a set of 3 pound or 5 pound weights to start out with. After several months, you can increase the weight from 3 to 5 pounds, or from 5 to 10 pounds. Develop some simple lifting routines to work your various upper body muscles. Keep a record of how many repetitions you do, and then try to increase that every day. When I first started doing this, I actually combined my small weight lifting routine with a small stepper so that I was working my lower body as well. You can find a small stepper machine at your local sporting goods store. It's a small 1 foot by 1 foot machine that you stand on and step up and down on. It has small hydraulic pumps that create resistance so that it gives you the feeling that you're climbing stairs. I recommend that you do this along with your weight lifting routine so that you're exercising both your upper and lower body. Start slowly lifting weights every other day for about 10 minutes, and then increase that time slowly until you're doing this for 20-30 minutes a day. Remember, only lift weights every other day, not every day because your muscles need time to rest and rebuild themselves. You'll be amazed at the difference 20 minutes a day of small weight lifting will do for your body.



STEP IV - Use a "REBOUNDER" for 5-10 minutes a day. A rebounder is a mini-trampoline about 4 feet in diameter, on which you gently bounce up and down. Doing this allows you to stimulate and strengthen every cell in your body simultaneously, stimulate your lymphatic system, and increase your metabolism. It is also very effective for weight loss.

STEP V - SEXERCISE daily. Enjoy the pleasure of vigorous sex with your spouse daily. Incorporate sexercise into your daily romantic workout, but don't let it become routine. Keep it creative and diversified. Various studies have shown that vigorous daily sex burns fat and improves your health. If you don't believe me, try it. It's fun, it's free, and it feels fantastic!

Checking the SOURCE of Information Is a Key to Good Nutrition & a Tip to Eating Healthy

Daily Quote: "Your health is your most valuable earthly asset; what you do with it is your responsibility." - Ted Broer

Who Said That and What Is Their Motive?

In the food, nutrition, and health arena, you really need to consider carefully the source of any research study you hear or read about. One of the important keys to good nutrition and tips to eating healthy is getting your health and nutrition information from trustworthy independent research sources. If you learn to start doing this consistently, you will be able to better navigate the seas of information that are often cluttered with misinformation, lies, distortions, and conflicting "research." You really need to learn to develop a sense of discernment in order to distinguish between what is really true and what is a lie or a marketer's scheme that is designed to confuse you and deceive you, all for the sake of greater profit share.

DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH TO PROTECT YOUR HEALTH

When reading studies promoting the virtues of manufactured foods, make sure those studies weren't paid for by the very companies marketing those products. These kinds of studies that are funded by the product manufacturer themselves, have very little value and a huge conflict of interest. For example, I wouldn't trust or believe any research about pasteurized homogenized processed milk that was funded by the dairy industry or any dairy food manufacturer. All non-independent research can be (& usually is) influenced by those who pay for the research. There's an old saying that goes something like this: "He who pays the piper, calls the tune."

ONLY TRUST TRULY INDEPENDENT RESEARCH

It is much wiser to do your own research and to look for truly independent research that has no ties to or financial connections to the products in the study. I've found that health associations, leading government officials and agencies, and even prestigious medical societies will sometimes lend their considerable weight to erroneous claims of marketers and manufacturers. In fact, the history of the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) is allegedly filled with unfortunate stories of alliances with the very industries that department was created to regulate and watch over.

There are what I call "unholy alliances" between the five most powerful players in the health arena. These greed and control alliances exist between the following "Big 5" entities: Big Pharma (pharmaceutical/drug companies), Big Government (government agencies like the FDA & others), Big Agriculture (agro-chemical companies like Monsanto), Big Food (food manufacturers and marketers), and Big Medical (doctors, medical associations, and the AMA). If I were you, I would be suspicious of any research that is funded by or conducted by any of these "Big 5" entities which are, I believe, in an unholy, greed-based, control-oriented alliance with each other to dominate the world markets for profit.

I would like to end this posting with a short article by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger. I encourage you to download and read his free Honest Food Guide.

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Dear readers,

Confused about what you're supposed to eat? That's because most
nutritional advice comes from sources that have sold their souls to the
giant food companies. Even the USDA's Food Guide Pyramid is heavily
influenced by food lobbyists, and it offers lousy nutritional advice
that's decades behind the cutting-edge nutritional principles we now
know to be true.

If you want a REAL guide to which foods you should eat, check out my
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will help you make the best choices at every meal. The "Honest Food
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Because this information will help you live a healthier lifestyle,
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The "Honest Food Guide" provides information like:

* Which common food ingredients promote diabetes
* Which foods promote mental disorders and depression
* How to avoid hydrogenated oils
* Which grocery products and foods promote outstanding health
* Why high-sodium snacks are harmful to your health
* Where to find healthy protein
* Mineral-rich supplements to add to your diet
* How MSG interferes with body function and appetite control
* What foods to add to your diet for a strong immune system
* Why breakfast cereals are often health saboteurs
* How to ensure you're getting enough healthy oils
* Why sunlight is vital for good health
* Key nutrients for good health
* How to select vegetables with a variety of nutrients
* Healing superfoods
* How to achieve clear, smooth skin
* Which carbs to eat and which to avoid
... and much more.

If you want the straight truth about which foods to consume and which foods to avoid, download the Honest Food Guide today.

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To your health,
- Mike Adams, The Health Ranger

Keys to Good Nutrition & Eating Healthy Include Avoiding Synthetic Vitamins From China

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

China is Becoming the Largest Exporter of Synthetic Vitamins

Wondering what China has to do with keys to good nutrition and eating healthy? Let me explain. With all the bad press China has been getting related to the poisoned pet food scandal and the reported cases of toxic toothpaste and food, you may be wondering what’s next.

Put on your seatbelt because it may get much worse now that China is one of the largest exporters of synthetic vitamins and many drugs. Are yo aware that over 90% of all Vitamin C sold in the U.S. is made in China and that China makes the majority of Vitamins A, B-12, and E? Since the F.D.A. does not require country-of-origin labels for any of our drugs, foods, or supplements, there is no way for consumers to know where their vitamins come from.

Americans who care about their health should beware of the source of their vitamins and drugs because they may come from unsafe sources such as China. One major problem is that China suffers from the same conflict of interest that we are seeing here in America, namely that regulators have financial interest in the industries they are supposed to be inspecting and regulating.

So, what can you do about this?

Take your health into your own hands and create for yourself a healthy lifestyle based on eating live whole foods farmed locally. The best source of vitamins, minerals, and enzymes is, and always will be, fresh organic live whole food grown in your local area. The second best source is juicing fresh organic produce. And the third best source is live whole food based nutritional supplements made from organic vegetables and fruit, such as "The Feast."

And remember, you can’t make up for a poor diet by simply adding synthetic vitamins and inorganic mineral supplements as a kind of “magic bullet” approach to health.

Health comes from living a nutritious and healthy lifestyle, which always begins with fresh whole foods that are loaded with the nutrition your body needs and can process.

References: The Seattle Times (6/2/07), Dr. Mercola

Detoxifying Your Body & Its Environment Is a Key to Eating Healthy & A Tip to Good Nutrition

Daily Quote: "Deep-cleansing your body right down to the cellular level will renew your vitality, restore your energy, reclaim your health, shed toxic fat, lengthen your life and give you a healthy glow you haven't had in years." - Dr. Don Colbert

"A man digs his own grave with his fork and knife." - Ancient Proverb

DETOXIFYING YOUR BODY & ITS ENVIRONMENT

American society today is one of the most overfed and undernourished societies in the world. And most of our health problems are caused by poor eating habits and poor nutrition. In today's posting, I will discuss the importance of detoxifying your body and its environment, which is one more key to good nutrition and eating healthy.

PRACTICAL STEPS TO DETOXIFY

Begin detoxifying your body by banishing toxic, refined, processed man-made food from your diet and your kitchen. Stop putting toxic health-destroying "foods" into your body. For a complete list of these, look over my past blogs. Avoid and eliminate all pork products and all shellfish from your diet, both of which are loaded with toxic poisons. Eliminate everything with MSG, which is an excito-toxin that makes you fat, increases your appetite, is dangerous to your health, and causes many physical health problems.

Fast once a week and make fasting a weekly health habit for you and your family. Also, consider doing a 7-30 day fast once or twice a year, which will give your body a chance to fully purge itself of toxins and heal itself.

Give yourself a daily dry brush massage after showing. Exercise every day to sweat out toxins. Take a dry sauna or infared sauna to sweat out built-up toxins.

Use an air purification system to keep your home air quality healthy. Wash sheets and towels in organic all-natural soap. Get all mercury amalgam fillings and all metal removed from your teeth.

Eliminate the following unhealthy toxic poisons from your body and its environment: antiperspirants, deodorants, sunblocks, toxic cleaning supplies, air fresheners (use organic citrus oil instead), all use of microwave ovens, using non-stick cookware (instead use stainless steel, glass, stoneware, & cast iron), fluoride toothpastes, fluorescent lighting, dry cleaning (coats your clothes with toxic chemicals), and hot tubs & steam saunas (the chlorine turns into a toxic gas).

Periodically cleanse your body from toxins with these 7 types of important cleanses: colon cleanse, liver/goll bladder cleanse, kidney/bladder cleanse, parasite cleanse, heavy metal cleanse, candida cleanse, and a whole-body cleanse.

Recommended Reading: Toxic Relief, by Dr. Don Colbert

DRINKING PLENTY OF WATER DAILY Is a Key to Eating Healthy & a Tip to Good Nutrition

"To the days of the aged, it addeth length; to the might of the strong, it addeth strength; it freshens the heart, it brings us delight; it's like drinking a goblet of morning light."

WE ALL NEED TO BE DRINKING MORE WATER EVERY DAY

Start every day with a glass of natural spring water or artesian well water, along with a squeeze of fresh lemon. Make sure to drink half of your body weight in ounces of water daily. For example, if you weigh 160 pounds, then drink 80 ounces of water per day. The best way to ensure that you are drinking enough water is to put your water serving in a large bottle and carry it with you throughout the day. By the end of the day your bottle should be empty. For some of you, this will take some getting used to, but your body will adjust and be very happy to have the extra water it needs to function properly. Drinking enough water every day is a key to eating healthy & an important tip to good nutrition and living a healthy lifestyle.

Since your body is over 70% water, drinking enough water is critical to your health. In fact, water is the key to all of your body functions including your digestion, assimilation, elimination, circulation, bones and joints, muscles, nerves, glands, and senses. Water is a vital factor in all body tissues, cells, fluids, lymph, blood, and glandular secretions. It maintains all nutritive factors, toxins, and body wastes in solution, and facilitates the transportation of nutrition and toxic wastes throughout the body. Suffice it to say, drink plenty of water daily.

Regular bowel elimination is super important to your health, and having enough water in your system is critical to proper elimination. Americans are faced with a host of physical health problems that are solely due to the fact that they are dehydrated and constipated, both of which are related to not having enough water in their system. Constipation is most often caused by dehydration and not having enough fiber in one's diet. It takes a lot of water to keep your body hydrated enough to have smooth, regular bowel movements throughout the day. When enough water (and natural food fiber) are present to establish a normal rhythm of bowel evacuation, many related physical health problems will simply vanish. Always remember that regular bowel elimination is a vital key to your health and well-being.

You need to watch out for dehydrators in your diet that cause your body to become dehydrated such as black tea, coffee, alcohol, soft drinks, and salt. Try to replace these drinks with health-promoting natural spring water or modest amounts of raw fresh-squeezed vegetable or fruit juices.

Drink only good natural spring water or artesian well water. NEVER DRINK TAP WATER! All tap water, no matter how good it might taste to you, is poisonous to your body. It is loaded with contaminants, toxins, poisons, and known carcinogenic agents including deadly fluoride and chlorine. The truth that the government and the media is not telling you is that chlorine scars your arteries and causes other physical ailments and that fluoride is one of the most poisonous and illness-causing agents you can put into your body. Don't do it! Avoid these at all costs.

What Does REST Have to Do With Keys to Eating Healthy & Tips to Good Nutritioin?

Daily Quote: "A good laugh, a walk, and a long sleep are the best cures in the doctor's book." - Paul Bragg

You're probably wondering what in the world REST has to do with the keys to eating healthy and good nutrition. Right? Let me explain.

ONCE A WEEK GIVE YOUR BODY THE REST IT NEEDS TO REJUVENATE ITSELF

I strongly recommend you give your body the Sabbath day of rest that your Creator designed for your rejuvenation. The Sabbath day begins at sundown on Friday and continues until sundown on Saturday. Resting during this time period promotes the optimal rejuvenation of your body's cells. Each week a lunar cycle occurs starting at sundown Friday and ending at sundown Saturday. This is the optimum time for your body to rest, recharge, and rejuvenate. Use this special day to spend quality time with God your Creator, as well as with your family and friends. Make it a special day to focus on God and His goodness and to fellowship with other people. Refrain from all of the everyday activities that you're used to like working, cleaning, shopping, banking, doing errands, etc. Instead, use the time for prayer, for worship, for meditation, for reading, for Bible study, for fellowship, for taking a walk, for some fun and recreation with your family, for taking a nap, for laughing, for some unhurried romantic time, for enjoying God's blessing of sex with your spouse, for taking a bath, for calling an old friend, for playing a board game with your family, for listening to music, for etc.

GIVE YOUR BODY A FULL 8 HOURS OF SLEEP EVERY NIGHT

Without proper rest, the cells of your body aren't given the chance to recharge and rejuvenate themselves. Cells that are tired are not able to efficiently eliminate toxins. Most healing takes place during times of rest, and yet most people do not get enough rest, and the rest they do get is often not deep or full.

TRY TO SLEEP BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 10 PM AND 6 AM

Going to bed by 10 pm and waking up around 6 pm seems to allow the body to rest the deepest, rejuvenate its cells the most, and provide the body with the most energy throughout the day. In addition, hormones that heal the body are released only from 10 pm - 2 am, and they are only released when the body is enjoying deep sleep.

Many people are in the habit of going to bed very late (around 1 or 2 am) and then trying to make up for it by sleeping in until 8 or 9 am. Even though they may be getting the same number of hours of sleep (8) as someone who goes to bed at 10 pm, the quality of the sleep is not the same. Generally, our bodies were designed to sleep while it is dark outside and to arise when it gets light. The best, deepest, most valuable sleep takes place between 9 or 10 pm and 6 am. If you give your body eight hours of rest during this critical rest period, I promise that you'll really feel the difference after just a few good nights of sleep. You will have a lot more energy and focus throughout your day.

One more note about sleep. Some research has shown that women actually need more sleep than men. In fact, sleep researchers recommend that women try to get 9 hours of sleep, as opposed to only 8 hours of sleep for men.

FAST ONCE A WEEK ON NATURAL SPRING WATER

It's also very important to fast once a week on water in order to give your body time to rest and heal itself. Fasting from food for a day gives your whole digestive system time to rest while your other eliminative organs can focus unhindered on cleansing your body of toxins and eliminating toxic residues in your cells and system. I will share much more on this very important health point in a future posting. However, I strongly encourage you to pick one day a week and refrain from eating any food, while drinking plenty of natural spring water to assist in the purging and cleansing of toxins.

WHEN POSSIBLE TAKE A 30-MINUTE "SIESTA" OR NAP AFTER LUNCH

If you have this luxury, take advantage of part of your lunch break to rest your body and mind by taking a short nap. You'll be amazed at how much energy you'll have afterwards. If you only have 10 or 15 minutes for this, make it a "power nap."

LEARN HOW TO MANAGE STRESS AND TAKE BETTER CARE OF YOUR BODY

We all are exposed to the pressures of life and the daily stress that seems to come from every direction at times. Learn how to be a good manager of the stress in your life by taking better care of your body. All of the recommendations in this posting will help you to better manage your stress. In fact, I need to include daily exercise as an important part of reducing stress in your body and mind. By simply going for a 15-30 minute vigorous daily walk, you can help relieve a lot of built up stress.

In conclusion, there are many important ways for you to give your body the rest it needs to rejuvenate itself. It all begins with you learning to VALUE REST and what it can do for your body and mind. Remember, God designed your body to rest deeply every night for 8 hours between 10 pm and 6 am, and He designed a special day of the week (the Sabbath) for your body to rest from all work and all of your normal everyday activities. If you cooperate with your Creator in these two ways, you will be wise and you will reap the incredible health benefits He has waiting for you. Just do it.

8 Deceptions of Food Manufacturers' Ingredients Lists - Keys to Good Nutrition & Eating Healthy

Daily Quote: "Man is fully responsible for his nature and his choices." - Jean Paul Sartre

Today we'll discuss some keys to eating healthy based on 8 deceptions of food manufacturers regarding the ingredients lists they put on their products. These tips to good nutrition should help expose the lies and help you search for the truth.

You would think that the ingredients list on food products are designed to inform consumers about what’s in the product. Surprise! The opposite is actually true. Food manufacturers are using the ingredients list to deceive consumers into thinking that their products are healthier than they really are. Keep in mind that ingredients are listed in order of their proportion in the food, with the biggest ingredients listed first.

Here are 8 deceptions or “tricks of the trade” food manufacturers use to deceive consumers.

First, they distribute sugars among many ingredients so that sugars don’t appear in the top three. For instance, they may use a combination of high-fructose corn syrup, brown sugar, sucrose, dextrose, corn syrup solids, etc. to make sure that none of these appear in the top three ingredients. This fools and misinforms consumers about the total content of sugar in the product.

Another trick is to “pad” the end of the list with miniscule amounts of healthy-sounding berries, herbs, or superfoods such as goji berries, blueberries, spirulina, or green tea. The truth is there just isn’t enough of these ingredients in the food to have any effect on your health, and yet they advertise these ingredients on the front to make consumers think they’re getting healthy food.

Thirdly, they hide dangerous ingredients behind innocent-sounding names that trick consumers into thinking they are safe. For example, “yeast extract” sounds perfectly safe, but it’s actually a trick used to hide MSG (monosodium glutamate), a chemical taste enhancer (excito-toxin) that has many associated health risks. Another example is sodium nitrite which is a highly carcinogenic ingredient documented to cause brain tumors and cancer.

Fourth, don’t be fooled by product food names. Be on your guard because food names can include words that describe ingredients not even found in the product. For example, a “cheese” cracker may not contain any cheese, and a “guacamole” dip may have no avacado in it. Absurd!

Fifth, be aware that ingredients lists don’t include contaminants. Manufacturers are not required to list chemical contaminants, heavy metals, pesticides, or other toxic substances found in the food, even though they are there.

Sixth, food producers manipulate the food “serving size” in order to make it appear that their products are devoid of harmful ingredients such as trans fatty acids. The FDA created a loophole for reporting trans fatty acids on the label: any food with 0.5 grams or less of trans fatty acids “per serving” is allowed to claim “zero” on the label. Exploiting this loophole, unscrupulous companies arbitrarily reduce the serving sizes to ridiculous levels, just enough to lower the trans fats to 0.5 grams per serving. Then, in bold letters on the front of the box, they declare, “ZERO Trans Fats!” In truth, the product may be loaded with trans fats found in hydrogenated oils. This trick is also used to deceive consumers by reducing the number of calories, carbohydrates, or grams of sugar they put on the label.

Seventh, don’t be fooled by the word “wheat” because all flour derived from wheat can be labeled “wheat flour”, even if it’s processed, bleached, and stripped of its nutrition. Only “100% whole grain wheat flour” is a healthy form of flour (make sure it’s not genetically modified).

Finally, don’t be fooled into thinking that “brown” products are always healthier than “white” products. For example, brown sugar is just white sugar with brown coloring and added flavoring; brown eggs are no more healthy than white eggs; and brown bread may be no healthier than white bread because it is often made from white processed flour with brown coloring added.

In conclusion, you’ve got to be on your guard and be smarter than the food manufacturers and their deceptive schemes. Remember that ingredients are listed in order of their proportion in the product, which means the top three ingredients are what you’re primarily eating and matter more than anything else. Stick with ingredients you recognize and can pronounce, and don’t be fooled by healthy-sounding herbs and berries that appear near the end of the list.

Source of this information: NewsTarget.com, Mike Adams (7/10/07)

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