Lifestyle Master Program

Author(s): Ellen Livingston
Publisher: Ellen Livingston

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Lifestyle Master Program
Oils are a processed, concentrated fat (not a whole food), and therefore not a healthy choice (it's best to eat the oil in the whole-food package, such as nuts or an avocado). Other items to avoid include irritants such as salt, pepper, spices, vinegar, chocolate (or cacao), seaweeds, processed sweeteners of any kind, dehydrated foods, fermented foods, powdered "super foods", and even onion, garlic (these contain toxic allicin and mustard oil), and other very strong or bitter foods or herbs. Tea, including herbal teas, can be irritating, and stimulants such as caffeine and chocolate are also to be avoided. Stimulants and irritants over-excite the taste buds and adrenal glands, and devitalize the body.
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Any food product that comes in a sealed bottle, box, or can has been highly processed and is not a part of a healthy, natural whole-foods diet (or a healthy detox program).
And what about cooked food? Foods that are part of our healthy, natural diet can be fully enjoyed as found in nature, without any processing or combining. Cooking is perhaps the most common form of food processing. It causes tremendous damage to the food, and to our bodies when the cooked food enters them. Naturally occurring enzymes potentially helpful for digestion are destroyed at approximately 124 degrees, and vitamins, minerals, fats and proteins are damaged at slightly higher temperatures. This is bad news for our health. Not only does cooking our food insure that we will not receive sufficient nutrition; these damaged nutrients also wreak havoc. Our body cannot recognize and make use of them in their altered forms which are now toxic to our body, and so to protect us it attacks them! Over time this over-works and wears down our immune system, and leads to autoimmune and other disease conditions.
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