THE FAST OXIDIZER
EATING PLAN
By Lawrence Wilson, MD
©
May 2013, The Center For Development
Cooked Vegetables. Most adults need to eat nine to ten
cups of cooked vegetables each day. This means eating 2- 3 cups of cooked
vegetables at least three times daily. Measure the cups with cooked, not raw vegetables. Ideally, each day have at least 2
(two):
- Root vegetables (such as carrots,
onions, turnips, rutabagas or parsnips).
- Cruciferous vegetables (such as
broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage or Brussels sprouts).
- Greens (such as spinach, Swiss
chard, turnip greens, mustard greens or kale).
- Dried herbs on your food. Not only does this add flavor, but it may
add vitamins in large amounts.
Among the best are parsley, garlic,
ginger, sea salt, rosemary, basil, cilantro or coriander, thyme, and marjoram.
This
is a lot of cooked vegetables, but they are needed! Eat the cooked
vegetables first at a meal, so you wonÕt accidentally fill up on other food and
skip them.
Protein. Eat some high-quality protein twice or three times
daily. Most protein needs to be of
animal source, such as lamb, chicken, turkey, soft-cooked eggs and preferably
raw dairy products such as cheese and yogurt. Avoid all vegetarian diets and avoid raw food diets. Do not eat fish or shellfish (seafood)
except for up to 3 or 4 cans of sardines weekly. Most food from the sea is highly contaminated with mercury
and other toxic metals today.
Avoid all vegetarian diets.
Read about vegetarian diets.
Fat and oils. You must have some fat or oils with
each meal. The reasons for this are somewhat complex, and are explained in the
article on this site entitled Acetates, Fats, Alcohol
and Fast Oxidation. This need,
and the restriction of dietary sugars of all types, has to do with balancing
all of the steps in the glycolysis and citric acid energy pathways or cycles.
Carbohydrates or starches. Those in
fast oxidation need a low carbohydrate diet. Sugars and all things sweet, including fruit,
are very harmful for fast oxidizers.
Obtain most of your calories from
fats and oils, rather than from starches and sweets.
Eat
only a small amount of complex carbohydrate such as whole grains and starchy
vegetables. However, avoid all
wheat and spelt products.
Sweets and fruit. AVOID ALL sugars and all things sweet,
including fruit.
Fruit is too yin, too sugary and upsets blood sugar.
Avoid
fermented foods except for cheeses, yogurt and
kefir, as these have less toxic aldehydes in
them. Avoid all soy foods today,
as they are very hybridized and less healthful.
Meal planning. Eat at least three times daily, do not
skip meals, and keep the meals simple.
Ideally, have only one or two kinds of food per meal. With each meal, have cooked vegetables
with EITHER a protein or a starch.
Rotate your foods to have some variety in your meals. Organically
grown, high quality and preferably fresh food is best.
Water. Drink three quarts of spring water each day. Do not drink with meals, however. Drink an hour or more after meals, and up
to 10 minutes before a meal. Drink
water, preferably, not soda, coffee, tea or other beverages.
The
reasons for each of the items above are explained below. This diet will seem strict to some
people. I have found the closer
one follows the diet, the better one feels. Change over slowly if you need to, substituting healthier
foods for less healthy ones. Here
are more details about this diet.
WHAT TO EAT
1. 15% high-quality
fats and oils. Acceptable
fats are from dark meat chicken, lamb, fatty cuts of natural beef, eggs, raw
dairy products such as butter, high-fat cheese or up to 4-6 ounces of raw,
whole milk, olive oil, and a little toasted almond butter. Avoid avocado, coconut oil and palm
oil.
2. 70% cooked
vegetables. To
eat this many, you need to eat cooked vegetables three, or perhaps four times
daily. All vegetables are okay
except the following: mushrooms, artichokes, okra, summer squashes and the
nightshades (tomatoes, white and red potatoes, eggplant and all peppers - both
sweet peppers and hot peppers). A
little cayenne pepper as a spice is fine.
3. About 10%
protein, mainly of animal origin. Have some flesh
protein daily. ONLY EAT ONE KIND
OF PROTEIN PER MEAL. Lamb is the
best red meat, not beef in most cases.
4. 1-4% complex
carbohydrates. These include
concentrated starches such as brown rice, millet, quinoa, amaranth and
others. However, avoid
all wheat products and limit buckwheat, as well. HAVE ONLY ONE TYPE OF STARCH PER MEAL.
5. Ideally, do not combine a heavy starch
with a heavy protein. Instead,
have a starch with vegetables, OR a protein with vegetables at each meal. You may also have just a cooked
vegetable meal.
6. 0% simple
carbohydrates. These include
fruits, fruit juices, honey, maple sugar, agave nectar, other sugars, and all
other sweets.
7. 0% chemicalized
and fast foods. This includes all artificial
sweeteners such as aspartame and others.
Also, limit stevia and other natural sweeteners. A little stevia or xylitol are okay,
but try not to sweeten your food.
8. Eat the Special Foods for health and mental development:
A. Plenty of cooked
vegetables, except avoid those mentioned above such as the nightshades.
B. Whole organic
blue corn, organic blue corn chips, and/or blue corn tortillas. You may have
up to two 7-10 ounce bags of blue corn chips weekly or a few organic blue corn
tortillas several times a week. If
you do not tolerate blue corn at first, then begin with less, as with all of
the foods recommended on this diet.
C. Lamb. Have a full portion at least once and
preferably twice each week. While
any lamb will do, lamb loin chops are the best. They can come from the supermarket, and need not be organic,
as most are quite good.
D. Sardines. Adults may eat one can every other day
or 3-4 cans weekly. Any brand is
fine.
E. Kelp, but only
NatureÕs Way or Solaray brands. An alternative is about 1 tablespoon daily of
Frontier Herbs or Monterrey Bay Herb Company kelp granules. Avoid other
brands of kelp, other sea vegetables and all fish except sardines. Salmon once a month or so, however, is
not too bad.
F. Carrot
juice. Have 10-12 ounces daily,
preferably freshly made, but you may buy it at the market if needed. You may add a small amount of greens to
your carrot juice. An alternative
once or twice weekly is 1 or 2 ounces of wheat grass juice.
G. Sea salt. Most brands
are fine. One that I like a lot is
called Hawaiian Blue Sea Salt from the San Francisco Salt Company. However, any will do.
H. Herbs and
spices. Excellent spices include ginger,
mustard, cayenne, turmeric, garlic and other mild spices. Have some daily, ideally, as spices or
condiments. Avoid table salt, which is a horrible junk
food. It is toxic, often contains
aluminum, and can raise blood pressure.
Also avoid table pepper, which is often rancid
and can cause joint problems in some people.
HOW TO EAT
With
each meal, have plenty of cooked vegetables. Add to this some fat or oil. You may have protein several times daily.
1. Cook almost all food. Raw food is too yin for most people
today, especially fast oxidizers.
Also, most people cannot absorb their minerals nearly as well from raw
or fermented vegetables because the minerals are locked in the tough vegetable
fibers. See below for other
reasons for cooking foods.
The
exception is fats and oils of all kinds, which should be eaten as raw as
possible. For example, raw dairy
products are best. Do not have
more than about 4 ounces of raw milk daily, however, as it is quite yin. Eggs must be soft, with the yolks
runny. Good methods of preparation
are soft-boiled for about 3-4 minutes (the best), poached, or lightly fried
with the yolk runny. Do not eat hard-boiled eggs. When cooking eggs, the yolks should be
eaten in a liquid or runny state and the white portion should be semi-solid for
best utilization and cleanliness.
2.
Eat slowly, chew thoroughly and always have sit-down, relaxed meals. Do not eat on the run, in your car,
standing up or while working.
3.
Food combining. THE SIMPLER THE
MEAL, THE BETTER. Mono meals are
excellent (one food at a meal).
Otherwise, eat only one type of protein per meal, or one type of starch
per meal. Do not combine heavy
protein with heavy starch.
Instead, eat one starch with cooked vegetables, OR one protein with
cooked vegetables.
4.
Eat whole foods. Do not use
smoothies, powders or blended meals.
If you have trouble chewing or swallowing, cook your food adequately and
chew it very thoroughly. Smoothies and powders are too yin. Food blended with water dilutes the digestive juices and
this is not helpful. For the same
reason, do not eat a lot of soups, as they also contain too much water, in most
cases, and this tends to dilute the digestive juices.
MORE DETAILS ON THE DIET
15% Fats And Oils. Eat about 2 tablespoons of quality fat or oil three times
daily. Those with sympathetic
dominance pattern need a little more fat.
Excellent sources of high-quality fats and oils include fatty meats such
as dark meat chicken, dark meat turkey, lamb, wild game, and fatty cuts of
beef. Other good fats are eggs,
olive oil, and raw or organic dairy products such as whole milk, butter,
full-fat yogurt or full-fat cheeses.
Somewhat
less recommended sources of fats and oils are the oils of flaxseed, hemp,
sesame or other seeds, nuts and nut butters. Some refined vegetable oil is okay, but not ideal. These are oils such as corn, safflower,
sunflower, canola or soy. Other
oily foods that can be eaten on occasion are toasted almond or other nut butters.
Avoid most tropical fats include coconut oil, palm oil and
avocado.
They are too yin. Some
health authorities believe these are healthful. However, they are all extremely yin, so they are best
avoided or eaten in small amounts only.
Avoid all krill oil, primrose oil, borage
oil, which I find are slightly toxic.
Also avoid poor quality oils
such as those found in fast-food French fries, restaurant deep-fried foods,
margarine, shortening, bacon, lard and other butter substitutes. Also avoid processed and canned meats
that often contain oxidized fats.
If you are very concerned with high
cholesterol: Cholesterol will
normalize on a nutritional balancing program in almost all cases without the
need for dietary restriction.
If
you are very afraid of cholesterol, begin with less meat, eggs and butter. Have more olive oil, flaxseed oil. and
perhaps some roasted almond butter, a little natural peanut butter, and perhaps
and a little coconut oil to obtain your fats and oils. Do not eat a lot of coconut or palm
oils, as these are very yin in Chinese medical terms.
70% cooked vegetables. Eat a variety of cooked vegetables, BUT NOT
SALADS. The body cannot absorb
enough minerals from salads, so please do not eat salads.
Fill
at least 2/3 of your plate with vegetables. You may also have a meal of just a vegetable or two, such as
a bunch of steamed carrots, or a half a head of broccoli or spinach. Fresh and organic are best, although
some frozen vegetables such as peas and green beans are acceptable, too.
Root
vegetables such as turnips, carrots, onions, garlic, and rutabaga are excellent. Cabbage, broccoli, Brussels sprouts,
bok choy, cauliflower and most green leafy vegetables are also superb.
Avoid
the nightshade family of vegetables.
These are red and white potatoes, all tomatoes, eggplant and all
peppers. These are irritating to the
body, somewhat toxic, and very yin as they are mainly fruits, not
vegetables. Anything that contains
seeds is a fruit.
Acorn and winter squash are okay in moderation. The summer varieties of squash such as
zucchini and sunburst squash are less recommended. They are too yin.
A few other vegetables such as all mushrooms, okra, cucumber, jicama,
asparagus and other salad greens such as lettuce are also not recommended. These are not as healthful for various
reasons.
Avoid
most canned vegetables, canned soups, and spoiled or old vegetables that are
not fresh. However, canned
vegetables are better than no vegetables at all.
Very few people eat anywhere near enough cooked vegetables. You will need to eat them twice or
preferably 3 or 4 times daily.
Toppings. If you donÕt like plain vegetables, add
toppings for flavor. These can
include butter, cream, whipped cream, salt, garlic, cayenne or mustard powder,
soy sauce, salad dressings, almond sauce (almond butter and a little water
mixed together), pesto sauce, or chili sauce.
Read
How To Add More Vegetables To Your Diet for many
other vegetable suggestions.
About 10% protein, mainly of animal origin.
Natural, hormone-free meats are best.
Have 4-5 ounces of protein twice daily, and less for children depending
on their size (see babies and children sections below). The best protein foods are:
Red meats: Lamb is
generally best. Have it twice
weekly in most cases. Wild game
and lamb contain some omega-3 oils, as well. Lamb from the supermarket is usually fine. Cook all meats lightly only. Meats should not be cooked for more
than about 45 minutes at the most, and much less in most cases.
Poultry: Naturally-raised
or Foster Farms chicken, turkey and some duck if available. Natural chicken and turkey sausage are
also okay, but not as good as fresh meat.
Turkey or beef jerky are also okay for snack food if it is not laced
with chemicals. Do not cook
chicken for more than 1.5 hours for a whole chicken, and less for chicken parts.
Bone broth: This is
optional. Make this by cooking or
simmering bones only in some water, overnight or even for a few days. It is tasty and very good for the bones
and to obtain minerals.
Eggs: Eat healthy eggs
from the store or from a farm, up to about 8 per week or perhaps a few more in
some cases. Always cook eggs
lightly so the yolks are runny.
Soft boiled are best, or they can be poached, or even fried lightly, but
always with the yolk runny.
Raw Dairy: An
excellent food for most people is some raw goat milk, raw goat cheese, or raw
goat yogurt. CowÕs dairy is not
quite as good, although raw cream and butter are excellent. You may also have some raw kefir and
full-fat raw yogurt. If you cannot
find raw dairy, organic dairy products are the next best. Avoid most commercial dairy products,
if possible.
Fish and seafood:
Sardines
are an excellent food. They are a
rich source of omega-3 fatty acids, vitamin D, calcium, RNA and DANA, and the
nerves, and skin are helpful for most people. Also, they are so small that mercury does not accumulate in
them to any great extent. If one
eats 3 or 4 cans of sardines weekly, no additional supplemental omega-3 fatty
acids or vitamin D should be needed.
All
other fish, sadly, along with seafood, are not recommended, as they are all
contaminated with mercury today.
Shellfish and other ÔseafoodÕ is terribly contaminated with toxic metals
today, such as shrimp, crab, lobster, scallops, oysters, octopus, calamari, eel
and others.
Less desirable protein foods, but okay once or twice weekly
ONLY.
1.Other small fish.
In addition to several cans of sardines, which are highly
recommended, once or twice weekly you may have very small fish such as
anchovies, herring, smelt and sole.
Wild caught may be more healthful, but not necessarily.
2. Beef.
Once a week you may have a meal with naturally-raised beef. Almost all beef is quite hybridized
today. For this reason, it is not
quite as good a food.
3.
Dried beans. Twice weekly you may have dried beans
that are well-cooked. Lentils are
among the best. Others include
cannellini beans, pintos, black beans, split peas, black-eyed peas, kidney
beans and others. These foods are
much more yin, and they are low in etheric energy, an energy that is helpful
for most people. Also, they can be
slightly toxic in subtle ways.
4. Soy products. Once a week you may
have a small amount of tofu or tempeh.
However, these are lower quality proteins. Avoid all other soy products such as soy milk, protein powders,
Hamburger Helper, and Òtextured vegetable proteinÓ.
5. Peanuts and peanut butter. Even natural peanut butter may contain
some aflatoxin, and for this reason peanut products are not recommended. Peanuts are also beans that are more
yin and slightly toxic.
6. Protein powders and drinks. These are not recommended. Whole protein foods are preferable to
powders and liquids. The reasons
are that the powders and smoothies are: 1) bad food combinations, 2) too much
liquid, which dilutes the stomach juices and is hard on the intestines, 3) too
yin (broken apart, raw and liquidy are all yin qualities), 4) generally contain
less nutrition than the whole food, and 5) are eaten in a hurry, rather than
cooked, eaten warmed, and chewed thoroughly for proper absorption.
Protein Foods To
Avoid:
1. All medium-sized and especially all large fish. Fish such as tuna, shark, ahi, mahi
mahi, halibut, game fish and even salmon, except on occasion, are too high in
mercury to be eaten.
2. All shellfish. These are too
high in toxic metals in almost all areas of the world, as they are caught close
to shore.
3. All pork, ham, bacon, pork rinds, pig intestine used in
sausage, and other pig products. These often contain parasite eggs, no
matter how well cooked they are.
4. Most processed meats. These include most hot dogs, bologna,
salami and sausages. Most contain
toxic chemical additives and are often not fresh enough. 100% natural processed meats with no
additives are okay, though not ideal, but only if made without any pig
products. Note that pig intestines
are usually used to make all types of sausages and some hot dogs.
5. Nuts
and seeds. Nuts and seeds are not recommended foods because they are quite
yin, more difficult to digest for most people, hard on the intestinal tract,
and slightly toxic. An exception
is roasted or toasted almond butter, which is helpful for many people and may
be eaten in moderation. Nut and
seed butters are slightly more yin
than the whole food, but much more digestible than the whole nuts and seeds,
providing they are fresh.
Read
the article entitled Proteins for more on this
subject.
1-4% complex carbohydrates. These may include organic blue corn or organic yellow
corn tortillas or tortilla chips, brown rice or even a little white Basmati
rice, quinoa, millet, and perhaps some oats, rye, barley, kamut and
amaranth. Buckwheat is slightly
toxic and best avoided.
Some
people should avoid all gluten-containing grains such as rye, oats and barley,
at least until their digestion improves.
Pasta
or noodles can be eaten that are made from rice, corn or quinoa. Starch from vegetables such as carrots
or sweet potatoes are fine. Do not
eat much sweet potato or yams, as they are too starchy.
Avoid
all wheat products, including organic whole wheat, flour products and all
prepared foods made with wheat.
Wheat is too hybridized today and not a quality food any more. It is irritating to the intestines and
has a lower protein content and a high content of glutamic acid, which is
irritating.
0%,
or close to it, simple carbohydrates.
These include fruits, fruit juices, sugars, honey, maple sugar and other
sweets. Fruit,
unfortunately, causes many problems today. Reasons for this are that it is 1) extremely yin in Chinese
medical terminology, 2) too high in sugar so it upsets the blood sugar, 3)
contains fruit acids that upset the digestion, 4) favors the growth of candida
albicans and other yeasts and fungi in the body, 5) often sprayed with
pesticides even if labeled organic, and 6) the mineral balance in fruit seems
to be less desirable today for some reason.
Most of our clients
feel much better avoiding all fruit. You may have a few berries or an apple
occasionally, but fruit is not really permitted with this program. I know this is different from many
other dietary programs, but it works extremely well.
Also Avoid
all foods in which one of the first four ingredients is sugar, honey, dextrose,
glucose, fructose, corn syrup, rice bran syrup, honey, agave nectar, maple
syrup, maltose chocolate or malt sweetener. Also avoid candy, cookies, cakes, pastries, ice cream, soda pop
and other sweet prepared foods.
These cause wide fluctuations in blood sugar and insulin levels.
Artificial sweeteners. Try not to substitute Nutrasweet,
aspartame, Equal, Splenda, saccharin or other artificial or non-caloric
sweeteners. If you must use a
sweetener, use a very small amount of xylitol, mannitol or stevia. DO NOT USE A LOT OF ANY OF THESE
SWEETENERS, HOWEVER. Weaning
yourself off sweets and sweeteners may take some time or effort, but is well
worth it. Learn to eat food
without the need for sweeteners of any kind.
0% chemicalized, ÒjunkÓ foods and ÒfastÓ
foods. These are of much poorer nutritional quality, in general, and
are often irritating or toxic for the body. They make up the bulk of most restaurant food, and occupy
the middle isles of the supermarkets.
They cost more for what you get, and will ruin your health.
The
most common of these are white flour products such as breads, pastries, donuts,
bagels, pretzels, cup cakes, cakes, ice creams (unless very simple with very
little sugar or chemicals), other baked goods, Kool-aid, soda pop, beer, wine, hard liquors, sweet coffees,
sports drinks like Gatorade and Recharge, candy bars, health food bars,
chocolates and similar items.
Beverages. Adults need to drink about 3 quarts of
preferably spring water daily. A
second-best option is carbon-filtered tap water. Do not buy fancy water filters containing KDF media and
others. These damage the
water. The best is carbon-only
filtration, even though it does not remove most toxic substances from the
water.
Buying
spring water in plastic jugs at the supermarket is perfectly safe, in my long
experience with water. Another
option is to have spring water delivered to your home in recycled plastic
containers. A third option is to
find a spring nearby where you can fill up your own containers, often at no
charge. Go to http://www.findaspring.com to locate a
healthful spring or other water source near where you live.
Avoid
reverse
osmosis water. This is
extremely important. It does
not seem to hydrate the body well enough.
Also, it is too yin, it does not provide any minerals, and it seems to
cause mild plastic poisoning because the water is forced through a plastic
membrane. This is much worse, in
my experience, than drinking out of plastic jugs and bottles.
Well
water and plain tap water are often contaminated with various chemicals,
although some of it is okay. I
would always filter it with carbon, however, even if tests indicate it is
safe.
Avoid alkaline waters.
Alkaline water makes the body too yin, often contains toxins
found in tap water, and the water is usually passed over platinum plates, which
makes the water even more toxic.
Also avoid most ÒdesignerÓ waters, which are not worth the money and are
often made with reverse osmosis water or other types that we donÕt find are
good for the body. For much more
on water, read Water For Drinking.
Mild
teas and up to one cup of coffee daily are okay, but coffee is not
recommended. Also, up to 4 ounces
of raw or organic milk daily for adults and most children is okay if they are
not sensitive to it.
Carrot juice. Ten to
twelve ounces of carrot juice or 1-2 ounces of wheat grass juice are excellent
for almost everyone.
Preferably, make carrot juice freshly at home. However, it can also be bought at the health store or other
outlet. Any type of carrot juicing
machine will work. Do not use a
Vita-Mix or other blender, however.
It does not do the same job.
If you are very sensitive to the sugar in the carrot juice, make your
juice, drink half of it immediately, and save the rest in the refrigerator to
drink in a few hours.
DO
NOT DRINK WATER OR OTHER BEVERAGES WITH MEALS. Drink only enough with meals to take your supplements. Drink one hour after meals, or up to
about 15 minutes before meals. An
excellent idea is to drink about 1 quart or 1 liter of water upon arising,
before breakfast. You may drink
some of this while in the sauna, for example.
OTHER ASPECTS OF THE DIET
Cooking Utensils and Methods. For cooking use glass, enamel,
stainless steel, non-stick or coated aluminum. Using a food steamer is fabulous for those who want easily
prepared, healthful meals. Crock
pots may be used for vegetables, but donÕt cook meats for hours. Baking is less recommended than
steaming, stir-frying or crock-pots because of the higher temperature, although
a baked chicken now and then is fine.
Frying and barbequing are okay as a change, but not as good due to the
high heat.
If
you cannot shop more than once a week, place your vegetables in the bottom of
the refrigerator. A simple,
inexpensive device called the Fridge
Freshener will keep vegetables and meats fresh much longer. To order, call 1-877-877-0747
or go to www.naturesalternatives.com.
Fresh
meats are much tastier than most frozen meats. However, to keep meats in the freezer, divide meats into
meal-size portions. Then place the
fresh meats in plastic bags in the freezer. However, try to eat meats quickly, rather than leave them in
the freezer for weeks or months.
Defrosting meat is often unnecessary, provided it is not too thick. It will cook rapidly if sliced thin, or
if is naturally not more than about 1 inch thick.
Avoid
exposed aluminum cookware and microwave ovens. Microwave ovens seem to damage
the food more than standard cooking methods. Making the simple effort to nurture yourself by preparing
healthy meals is often important for healing and maintaining health.
Eating Habits. Eat regular, relaxed, sit-down
meals. If possible, eat only one
or two foods at each meal. This
simplifies digestion greatly. Eat
slowly and consciously, and chew thoroughly. Chewing each mouthful at least 15-20 times will assure
better digestion.
Keep
the conversation pleasant during meals.
Do not criticize children or discuss very negative topics at meal
times. Make your meals a pleasant
activity.
Stop
eating before you feel stuffed.
Also, sit for at least ten minutes after you finish eating, or if
possible, take a short nap or siesta after eating.
Avoid
eating in the car, while standing up, while on the phone or while rushing
around. These habits impair
digestion and reduce the value of the food. Also, avoid drinking most liquids with meals, as this tends
to dilute the digestive juices.
Drink up to 15 minutes before meals and one hour or more after meals.
Meal Suggestions. Mainly cooked vegetables are the staple
of this diet. These supply
hundreds of nutrients no longer found in our food in large quantities. Have at least 2 tablespoons of fat or
oil with each meal. You may have a
protein twice daily, or even three times in some cases. If you are hypoglycemic and must eat
often, have four or up to six small meals daily.
Strictly avoid vegetarian or semi-vegetarian diets. Vegetarian diets are all too yin, and
are missing or low in vital nutrients such as zinc, carnitine, taurine,
alpha-lipoic acid, some B-complex vitamins in many cases, and others. Have animal flesh protein daily. The only exception is people with
cancer. Cancer patients should
strictly avoid all red meats and eggs until they are healing well, mainly due
to the higher iron content of these foods.
Ideally,
rotate your foods so you do not have the same food every day or at least every
other day.
Snacks. If your blood sugar is unstable, have a
snack or preferably a small meal in between your main meals that contains some
fat and perhaps a little protein.
Examples are a soft-boiled egg or two, beef or turkey jerky if it is not
full of chemicals, some raw goat cheese, or a little roasted almond butters on
a few rice crackers. If blood
sugar is very unstable, you may need five or six small meals per day for a few
months or so, until your health improves.
Eating Out. Eating in restaurants is not
recommended, although an occasional treat is fine. If you will not cook at home, however, then it is possible
to eat well in restaurants provided you do it correctly.
The
best restaurants are those that offer plenty of cooked vegetables such as
ethnic Chinese, East Indian, and Thai restaurants. Some are not clean, but others are acceptable.
Problems
with eating out are: 1) limited food choices, 2) cleanliness and food safety
problems, 3) low food quality, 4) hidden chemical additives, and 5) noisy or
distracting environments that are not ideal for digestion.
For
example, Mexican restaurants usually serve too many carbohydrates and not
nearly enough cooked vegetables.
Italian food restaurants may be okay, but offer too much wheat and
salads, and not enough cooked vegetables.
AVOID
the standard fast-food restaurants, and most chain restaurants. They often cut corners, and serve too
many chemicals and junk foods, and the overall food quality is quite poor.
When eating out: Sit in a quiet
area away from noisy tables and blaring televisions or music. Ask that music be turned down. Always ask for exactly what you want. Most good restaurants will be happy to
comply. For example, ask for
double or triple orders of cooked vegetables. If bread is served, ask that it be taken away. Ideally, bring your own water if you
need it, or skip drinking water altogether. Bring your supplements along.
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