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Dr. Fuhrman’s Food Pyramid Dr. Fuhrman’s food pyramid is based on the principles of high nutrient eating as illustrated by his Health Equation: Health = Nutrients / Calories (H = N / C). Low-calorie, nutrient dense foods are at the base of the pyramid, and high-calorie, nutrient poor foods are at the top. As nutrient density decreases, the quantity [...] Read the Full Story
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Replant the root of the vegetables you eat to save money

03 May 2012 admin

Spring is a great time of year to try and use the vegetables you eat and use to create new plants.

Think of how often times you just throw away the root of a plant before you eat it. Leeks always come with some roots in them. Celery does not have roots but the base can be used to restart the plants growth.

Have fun with this and leave a comment and tell us what vegetables you have been successful regrowing.

This is an example of the base of the celery stalk cut off and put into water.
This new growth took about a week to grow.

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This is an example of the bottom of a leek that already has roots that was planted. This is an example of one week after I planted it.

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I also put this full leek in a small amount of water in vase and within one week got double the growth.

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Benefits of Avocados

23 April 2012 admin

Here are some avocado facts:

  • They are a fruit not a vegetable
  • Sodium and cholesterol free
  • Have 5 grams of good fat
  • California produces about 90% of the nation’s avocado crop
  • San Diego County is the Avocado Capital of the U.S., producing 60% of all the avocados grown in California.
  • California avocados rank among the lowest of all fruits and vegetables for pesticide use

 

Eye Health
Avocados have more of the carotenoid lutein than any other commonly consumed fruit. Lutein protects against macular degeneration and cataracts, two disabling age-related eye diseases.

Liver Health
Avocados are another great food for your liver (read why below). They were once a luxury food reserved for the tables of royalty, but now California avocados are enjoyed around the world by people from all walks of life.

Why they are good for your liver?

Glutathione Source
Avocados are an excellent source of glutathione, an important antioxidant that researchers say is important in preventing aging, cancer, and heart disease.

Glutathione is made up of amino acids that function as antioxidants and are very supportive to the liver. Glutathione levels decrease with age therefore it is beneficial to get natural sources of glutathione when possible.

Prostate Cancer Prevention
Avocados have been shown to inhibit the growth of prostate cancer.

Oral Cancer Defense
Research has shown that certain compounds in avocados are able to seek out pre-cancerous and cancerous oral cancer cells and destroy them without harming healthy cells.

Breast Cancer Protection
Avocado, like olive oil, is high in oleic acid, which has been shown to prevent breast cancer in numerous studies.

Lower Cholesterol
Avocados are high in beta-sitosterol, a compound that has been shown to lower cholesterol levels. In one study, 45 volunteers experienced an average drop in cholesterol of 17% after eating avocados for only one week.

Heart Health
One cup of avocado has 23% of the recommended daily value of folate. Studies show that people who eat diets rich in folate have a much lower incidence of heart disease than those who don’t. The vitamin E, monounsaturated fats, and glutathione in avocado are also great for your heart.

Stroke Prevention
The high levels of folate in avocado are also protective against strokes. People who eat diets rich in folate have a much lower risk of stroke than those who don’t.

Better Nutrient Absorption Research has found that certain nutrients are absorbed better when eaten with avocado. In one study, when participants ate a salad containing avocados, they absorbed five times the amount of carotenoids (a group of nutrients that includes lycopene and beta carotene) than those who didn’t include avocados.

Researchers at Ohio State University discovered that when avocado was added to salsa, study participants absorbed four and a half times the amount of lycopene from the tomatoes.

It is believed that the healthy fats in the avocado help the body to absorb more lycopene.

Getting more lycopene is important because it has been found to play a big role in the prevention of cancer, inflammatory diseases, and age-related illnesses such as cataracts.

Vitamin E Powerhouse
Avocados are the best fruit source of vitamin E, an essential vitamin that protects against many diseases and helps maintains overall health.


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Dr. Fuhrman’s Food Pyramid

14 April 2012 admin

Dr. Fuhrman’s food pyramid is based on the principles of high nutrient eating as illustrated by his Health Equation: Health = Nutrients / Calories (H = N / C). Low-calorie, nutrient dense foods are at the base of the pyramid, and high-calorie, nutrient poor foods are at the top. As nutrient density decreases, the quantity of room in the diet decreases.

Nutritional science in the last twenty years has demonstrated that colorful plant foods contain a huge assortment of protective compounds, mostly of which still remain unnamed. Only by eating an assortment of nutrient-rich natural foods can we access these protective compounds and prevent the common diseases that afflict Americans. Our modern, low-nutrient eating style has led to an overweight population, the majority of whom develop diseases of nutritional ignorance, causing our medical costs to spiral out of control.

The base of the pyramid – the foundation of the diet, foods consumed in the highest quantity – should be the foods with the highest ratios of nutrients to calories – these are vegetables. Ninety percent of the daily diet should be made up of nutrient rich plant foods, whose calories are accompanied by health-promoting phytochemicals: green and other non-starchy vegetables; fresh fruits; beans and legumes; raw nuts, seeds, and avocados; starchy vegetables; and whole grains.

If desired, the remaining 10% of the diet can contain small amounts of foods with lower nutrient to calorie ratios, such as animal products, sweets, and processed foods, as shown toward the top of the pyramid. By keeping these low nutrient foods to a minimum and striving to eat at least 90% of calories from the unrefined plant foods that comprise the base of the pyramid each day, you construct a health-promoting, disease-preventing diet. Those that strive to follow this high nutrient eating style are considered nutritarians.

Eat To Live meals consist of the following:

 

UNLIMITED

Eat as much as you want:

all raw vegetables (goal 1 lb. daily)

cooked green and non-green nutrient-rich vegetables (goal 1 lb. daily;

non-green nutrient-rich vegetables are eggplant, mushrooms, peppers,

onions, tomatoes, carrots, cauliflower)

beans, legumes, bean sprouts, and tofu (1 cup daily)

fresh fruits (at least 4 daily)

 

LIMITED

cooked starchy vegetables or whole grains:

butternut and acorn squash, corn, white potatoes, rice, sweet

potatoes, bread, cereal (not more than one serving, or 1 cup per day)

raw nuts and seeds (1 oz. max per day)

avocado (2 oz. max per day)

dried fruit (2 tablespoons max. per day)

ground flax-seeds (1 tablespoon max. per day)

 

OFF-LIMITS

dairy products

animal products

between-meal snacks

fruit juice

oils

 

the information above is from Eat to Live, by Dr. Joel Fuhrman (Oct. 2010) p. 216

To learn more please visit Dr. Fuhrman’s site or read his Book Eat To Live or Super Immunity


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