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Health begins with good nutrition, but how are we to decide what is
good and what is not in the face of so much consumer health advice? The
first thing to remember is that each of us is unique, with unique
nutritional needs. A lifestyle and diet that benefits one person may
not necessarily benefit another; there is no such thing as a single
correct diet. But is there a universal guideline we can adhere to?
Perhaps one: wholefoods - in as close to their natural state as
possible. Having undergone minimal if any, processing, wholefoods are
without exception, more nutritious than refined foods.
We are not able to improve the quality of food by exposing it to a
process. We don't have any processes that can add life to anything; we
can only take life out of things. The fewer steps the original food
type has gone through, the more nutrition remains.. After all, we
evolved in harmony with our environment, where the process of eating
and digesting became compatible with available food, which consisted of
specific balanced combinations of nutrients. The process of refining
and processing food changes the balance of nutrients, and thereby
compromises its nutritional value. The following recommended diet
is intended only as a guideline. Above all, learn to listen to your
body's response to the different foods you eat, and develop your own
healthy nutritional plan! Breakfast: - Rice cakes/Rye Vita with cottage cheese/avocado OR
- Freshly cut seasonal fruit OR
- Oats (preferably rolled) OR
- Mealie-meal porridge OR
- Maltabella (preferably stone-ground) OR
- Millet porridge (cook on stove for about 40 minutes in a stainless
steel cooking pot with water and salt)
Add the following to cooked, cooled porridge: - A drop of honey, half a teaspoon of unsalted butter and one teaspoon of
each of the following:
- Raw sunflower seeds
- Raw sesame seeds
- Raw linseeds
- Raw almonds (chopped)
- Raw pumpkinseeds (crushed or ground in coffee grinder).
This seed/nut mixture should be added to a fruit salad or to cottage cheese spread on rice cakes) Did you know? Snacks or light meals: - Rice cakes and/or Rye Vita biscuits with any of the following:
- Avocado pear, feta cheese, tomato, sardines, cucumber, tuna, Marmite or honey OR
- Fresh fruit: eat fruit by itself or in-between meals OR
- Figs and cashews/macadamias/pecans/un-sulphured dried fruit/dates/almonds
Lunch and supper: - VEGETARIAN: fresh tofu, soya mince and frozen soya products
- FISH: Steamed, grilled or baked - not fried! Served with lemon butter and herbal salt
- LAMB: stewed, grilled or baked - not fried!
- FREE RANGE CHICKEN : - baked, grilled, steamed or stir-fried
Serve
any of the above with brown rice, or Basmati Rice, lentils, barley or
dried beans (cook well on stove in a stainless steel cooking pot with
water and salt). Fresh vegetables should be eaten at least twice a
day.. All vegetables should be steamed, baked, grilled or served raw -
not fried! Flavour with herbs, and/or A Vogel's Plantaforce, Herbamare
or Kelpamare. SOUPS can be made with any of the above Recommended dairy products: - Cottage cheese
- Feta cheese
- Unsalted butter
- Maas
- Organic milk in moderation
For salad dressing: - Cold pressed oil (preferably virgin olive oil) mixed with:
- Fresh lemon juice
- Garlic
- Ground black pepper
- Herbamare
- Kelpamare
Summary
Healthy tips: Use
honey sparingly. Have no more than two cups of the following teas a day
- Rooibos, fennel, fruit, chamomile, peppermint, green. Remember to
drink water and avoid drinking fruit juices; rather eat fresh fruit. Avoid all: Processed
and refined wheat products, pork, cold meats, beef, battery eggs, milk,
yoghurt, yellow cheese, alcohol, coffee, tea, sugar, processed fruit
juices, reheated foods, fried foods, microwaved foods and homogenised
milk. Do have: - Raw honey
- Rye bread
- Soya milk/rice milk/oat milk
- Water
- Carob
- Bambu
- Popcorn
Instead of: - Brown/white sugar
- Whole wheat/white bread
- Cow's milk
- Fruit juices/carbonated fizzy drinks
- Chocolate
- Coffee
- Potato crisps
Always drink:
2 litres of water a day to ensure the complete hydration of every cell in your body. For more information please contact:
SA Natural Products (Pty) Ltd
P O Box 2
Botha's Hill
KZN
3660 Customer Care lines:
Tel: 031 783 8000
Fax: 031 783 8080
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