HEALTHY FOOD LIFESTYLE CHOICES / Shoshannah Sarah

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HEALTHY LIFESTYLE CHOICES / Shoshannah Sarah
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WATER

Drink half your weight in ounces (minimum)
Drink and shower only in pure water (a proper water and shower filter)
Drink the first liter/quart upon rising
Drink lemon with cayenne pepper
Rejuvelac may be one of your glasses
Aloe Vera Juice may be one of your glasses
Try to drink 2 glasses of water before each meal


EAT ONLY ORGANIC PRODUCE
Emphasize Greens: Cilantro/Cuzbara, Parsley, Kale, Broccoli, Spinach, Chard, Bok Choy, Mangold, Lettuce (not iceberg lettuce), Wild Greens, Dandelion, Watercress, Arugula, Mustard Greens, Purslane, Beet Greens, etc.

Seaweed: Wakame (very tasty), Hiziki, Arame, Kelp, Dulse, Nori, Bladderwrack, Sea Lettuce, Raw Laver, Kombu, etc.

Sprouts: Mung, Alfalfa, Broccoli, Sunflower, Buckwheat, Snowpea, Clover, Radish, Fenugreek, Hilba, all beans such as mung bean, lentil, etc.

Grains: Sprouted Raw Quinoa, Sprouted Raw Millet, Sprouted Amaranth, etc.

Water Vegetables are good for detox cleanse: Cucumber, Tomato, Celery, Zucchini, Bell Peppers, (Orange, Red, Yellow), Hot Peppers, etc.

Root Vegetables: Radish, Turnip, Sweet Potato, Squash, Carrots, Beets, Daikon, Fennel, etc.

Avocados are very alkalizing and contain the right kind of fat but don’t go overboard.

Cabbage, Cauliflower, Florets, Broccoli, Broccoli Sprouts, Kale, are some good examples of cruciferous vegetables that are also excellent for balancing women's hormones and thyroid (not high thyroid; contradicted with certain medications)

Sulfur: Garlic, Onion, Chives, Scallions (MSM Supplement), Ghee



USE NATURAL SOAP, LOTION, SHAMPOO, TOOTHPASTE, MAKEUP, DETERGENT, DISHWASHING LIQUID, CLEANING PRODUCTS, ALL SPRAYS, DEODORANTS

Shampoo & Conditioner: Aubrey Organics (U.S.)
Moisturizer: Dr.Alkatis (www.alkatis.com), Ecco Bella, Soignee by Hayco
Cleaning Agents: Ecover, Seventh Heaven, Earth Friendly Products
Toothpaste: Weleda, Auromere. Tooth Soap. Avoid flouride toothpaste
Mouthwash: Eccodent, Miessence
Skin: Sesame Oil, Jojoba Oil, Coconut Oil, Aloe Vera, Ecco Bella, Aubrey
Deodorant: Crystal Deodorant Stones without aluminum
Soap: Dr. Bronners or Dr. Woods castille, etc.


USE ONLY HIMALAYAN, TIBETIN or CELTIC SALT
Salt should be grey, red or pink and not white


SUGAR CHOICES:
Stevia
Xylitol
Yacon Syrup
Lo Han Kuo
Raw Matuka Honey (high glycemic)
Maple Syrup Grade B (high glycemic)
Raw Agave Nectar (machlochis)



MORNING RITUAL CHOICES

HAVE DAILY FLAXSEED:
Grind 2-3 Tablespoons of Golden or Brown Flax Seeds
Add 2-3 tblsp fresh Flax Oil
Choice: Add 3 tblsp of Coconut Oil,
If you are able, add 1 tsp of Fish Oil (molecular distillation)

You may add all or any of the following to this morning mix:
Goji Berries, Hemp Seeds, Chia Seeds, Maca powder, Bee Pollen, Sprouted Sunflower Seeds, Sprouted Sesame Seeds, Sprouted Pumpkin Seeds, Fresh Fruit, Add water if necessary. Add celtic or himalayan salt to taste

FRESH DAILY JUICING:
Pick one type of Greens each day with Fruit such as apples or pears to cover the bitterness of the greens. If you have berries, add those. Other fruits are good as well. Green apples are low glycemic where red apples are not.
Choice: Add a piece of fresh ginger. If you can, add a couple of garlic cloves.
To preserve and enhance taste: Add half to whole lemon (also alkalizes), celtic salt, pinch of cayenne pepper. Cayenne Pepper is extremely beneficial. You may add cucumbers and/or celery if you have. If there is no fruit, use a lot of tomatoes instead.

BLENDING GREEN SMOOTHIES:
Greens with Fruit. Add Water, or if you have, add: Coconut Water / Rejuvelac / Freshly made Almond Milk / Flax Seed Oil. Although bananas are high-glycemic, they seem to be the best fruit choice for smoothies.

To enhance taste: Add lemon, celtic salt, ginger, garlic, pinch of cayenne pepper

You may add any or all of the following: Chlorella, Spurulina, powdered greens such as Pure Synergy or Vitamineral Greens, Maca, any sprouted seeds, Hemp seeds, Brazil nuts, Non-pasturized Almonds, Lucuma powder, Mosquite powder, Bee Pollen, Camu Camu Berry, Chia Seeds, Aloe Vera Juice.

WHEATGRASS JUICE:
Maintenance: 2 ounces
Cleanse: 2 ounces twice a day. Try to avoid drinking wheatgrass juice in the evening close to sleeping hours as it is very energizing.

ALL FRUIT MEAL
All fruit. You may add the following: Sunflower Seeds / Pumpkin Seeds / Sesame Seeds / Hemp Seeds are very nice / Chia Seeds, Lemon, Maca


LUNCH

Drink 1-3 glasses of pure water
Freshly made Almond Milk (not for cleanse)
Eat Vegetable Salad. It may include: greens, water vegetables, seaweed, different kinds of sprouts, cruciferous vegetables, root vegetables, sprouted seeds, sprouted grains, soaked nuts (not for cleanse), avocado, raw sauerkraut, bee pollen to sweeten
Topping: organic cold-pressed olive or fresh flax oil (check the date on it), lemon, fresh garlic, fresh ginger, fresh onion, celtic or himalayan salt, dulse flakes (mountainroseherbs.com), pinch of cayenne pepper. In addition, you may choose to add spices such as oregano, dill, zatar, garlic, cumin, tumeric, raw organic tehina or some other healthy creamy topping. (Nut toppings and butters are forbidden during a detox cleanse including cacao, etc.
Desert: Raw Cacao, Maca, Coconut oil/butter with healthy low glycemic sweetener. You may add Mosquite Powder, Lucuma Powder.

If you are having dessert a couple of hours after the vegetable meal or an hour or two before, you may add fresh fruit to the dessert such as Goji Berries or Powder (Goji, Pomegranate, Berry Powder, Acai, etc).

DINNER

Drink 1-3 glasses of pure water before meal
Staying Raw: Juice, Blend, Raw Vege Soup, another vege salad or Fruit meal. You can add flax crackers
Cooked Meal: Best Grain Choices are Quinoa / Millet / Kasha / Wild Rice / Amarath
Raw or cooked (raw is the better choice): Greens, Squash, Sweet Potato, Turnip, Wakame or other seaweed
Bread Choices: Sprouted Spelt, Sprouted Rye or Sprouted Wheat (least best)
Heated Oil Choices: Olive Oil, Coconut Oil
Flax Oil cannot be heated
Raw: add fresh sprouts, hemp seeds, etc
Raw Condiments: ginger, garlic, lemon, celtic salt, miso, dulse


FOOD TRANSIT TIMES
Eating or Drinking after Water 0-15 minutes
Eating or Drinking after Rejuvelac 10-15 minutes
Eating or Drinking after Juicing 15-30 minutes
Eating or Drinking after Blending 30 minutes
Eating after Wheatgrass juice 1 hour
Juicing after Wheatgrass 40 minutes - 1 hour
Drinking or eating a different food type after a Vegetable or Fruit meal 1-2 hours
Drinking or eating a different food type after Dense Protein: sprouted Seeds, Grains, and Bread 2-3 hours. Non sprouted grains, seeds, bread 3 or more hours
Drinking after Fish 4 hours
Drinking after Meat 4-8 hours


FOOD COMBINING PRINCIPLES
Drink BEFORE meals and inbetween meals (wait a "sufficient" time after eating)
Do not mix fruit with vegetables except green apple. Lemon, avocado and tomato would be with the vegetable category
You may mix fruit with greens / veges if you are juicing and some blending too.
Eat all melons alone
If you are eating protein in the non-raw category such as fish, eggs, poultry or red meat, do not mix with carbohydrates such as bread, potatoes, grains (except brown rice). Rather eat protein with veges or carbs with veges in a particular meal
Veges with seeds or nuts are fine
Fruit with seeds are fine
Never eat fruit after a meal.


CLEANSING FOODS
All Organic fresh Fruits and Vegetables including Seaweed
Organic Sprouts, Sprouted Legumes
Organic Sprouted (soaked) Seeds
Organic Seed sauces, Seed Cheese, Seed Balls
Organic Hemp Seeds, Chia Seeds
Organic Sprouted grains
Organic Rejuvelac, Sauerkraut
Organic Buckwheat, Sunflower Greens
Organic Essene /Flax Seed/Vegetable Crackers
Organic Freshly made wheatgrass juice
Organic freshly made vegetable juices
Organic Gazpacho (cold soup)
Organic Borscht (cold soup)
Organic Fruit soup, raw Vegetable Soup
Organic Avocado (in moderation)

Superfoods and Supplements for Longevity
Wheatgrass Juice, Green Powders such as Pure Synergy Powder or Vita-Mineral Powder, Chlorella, Spirulina, Blue Green Algae / Crystal Manna, Marine Phytoplankton, Green Barley, Kelp, Dulse Flakes, Kombu, Wakame, Cayenne Pepper, Tumeric / Curcumin Powder, Aloe Vera Juice, Bee Pollen, Hemp Seeds, Chia Seeds, Freshly Ground Flax Seeds, Flax Seed Oil (Fresh Only), Acai Juice or Powder, Goji Berries, Camu Camu Berry Powder, Coconut Oil, Raw Maca Powder, Mosquite Powder, Noni Juice / Powder, Yacon, Lucuma Powder, Mangosteen Powder, Pomegranate (Fresh or Powdered), Raw Cacao (on special occasions), Green Tea, Essiac Tea, Ginger, Supplements other than the most obvious ones: Daily Probiotics (Rejuvelac and Raw Sauerkraut are natural Probiotics), Daily Digestive Enzymes, Zeolite or Xymogen Chelex, Dr. Clark’s Parasite Formula, Ginseng, Dim, Ubiquinol (CoQ10), Melatonin, Resveratrol. MSM, Del-Immune 5, Magnesium (Natural Vitality Calm), Trace Mineral Drops, Oxy-E, Oxy DHQ, Mushroom Supplements: Shitake, Maitake D-Fraction, Reishi, Cordyceps, AHCC / MG-3, etc. Separate Vitamin intake from Mineral Intake and do not take supplements when on a cleanse. Many raw foodists only believe in whole food supplements.

TRANSITIONAL & MAINTAINANCE FOODS
Almond Milk, Most any Seed or Nut Milk (homemade)
Quinoa, Millet, Kasha, Wild Rice, Teff, Amaranth
Oatmeal, Brown Rice (wild rice is a much better choice)
Cooked Beans (sprout first by soaking overnight; sprouted beans eaten raw is a superior choice)
Baked or Steamed Sweet Potato, Yam, Squash, Pumpkin
Vegetable Soup
Lightly Steamed Vegetables
Avocado (a small amount is acceptable when on a raw foods cleanse)
Soaked or Ground Nuts
Dried Fruit (soaked and non-sulphur)
Nut Cheese Spread (non-dairy)
Nut Butters: Almond, Tehina, Hazelnut, Cashew, Pecan
Organic Corn non GMO
Oils (Such as Olive Oil)
In truth, the more you stick to organic raw veges and fruits, the better.

PRODUCTS TO PURCHASE
Coffee Grinder (not for coffee)
High Speed Blender: Vitamix or Blendtec
Slow Moving Juicer (not centrifugal type)
Good Cutting Knife
Food Processor with S Blade
Excalibur Dehydrator
Sprouter or Sprouting Jar / Bag (you may also buy your sprouts from the store)
Cheese Cloth

STAY AWAY FROM
*Impure Water. Bottled water is not regulated and in a similar category
*Iodized Salt (including iodized or refined sea salt). Use Celtic, Himalayan or Tibetan Crystal Salt which is healthy and packed with minerals.
*All White Flour
*All White Grains
*Sugar including Brown Sugar
*Chemical Fake Sugars (especially)
*Meat including chicken (better choice is organic and not grain fed)
*Carbonated drinks, all kinds of soda, soft drinks, commercial juice
*Caffeinated and non-caffeinated Coffee, Caffeine, Tea. Herbal Tea is good.
*Cake, Cookies and high sugar carbs
*Tobacco and Drugs.
Pond Fish / Non-Ocean Fish, High Mercury Fish, Canned Tuna. If fish is desired, do not eat frequently and eat fish only from the ocean such as wild salmon. You can receive your protein and omega 3 from live enzymes and aminos.
Dairy (better choice is organic raw goat’s yogurt, kefir/quark especially for Budwig Diet; Ghee butter). When you blend in flax seed oil, the dairy becomes water soluble and is good for preventing and overcoming disease.
Eggs (Organic Raw okay)
Alcohol (except red dry wine. Try to get without sulfites if you can)
GMO Soy such as Tofu, Tempeh, Soy Milk. Miso is good and fine and not GMO.
All Pesticides (On Food, Cleaning, Personal Products)
Corn, Safflower, Vegetable, Sunflower, Canola Oils, etc. Good oils: Fresh Organic Flax Oil (uncooked only), Organic Olive Oil, Coconut Oil. Some say Sesame Oil.


TOP SUPER FOODS: BENEFITS

GOJI BERRY / WOLFBERRY:
Fortifies the immune system (polysaccharides), supports adrenal glands, enhanced stamina, strength, longevity and sexual energy, anti-inflammatory, increases alkalinity and vitality, liver protection, improves eyesight (zeaxanthin and lutein), improves blood quality, anti-aging compounds, complete protein source, 19 different amino acids, all 8 essential amino acids, 21 or more trace minerals as well as B1. B2 ,B6 and Vitamin E, 2-4 times the amount of antioxidants found in blueberries, naturally stimulates the body to produce more natural growth hormone being a rich source of L-glutamine and L-arginine, rich in beta-carotene, rich in germanium (cancer fighting properties), supports brain and neurological health, regulates blood sugar, calming effect on digestion

CACAO NUT / RAW CHOCOLATE :
Contains the highest concentration of antioxidants of any food in the world, number one source of magnesium which: supports the heart, increases brainpower, moves the bowels, relaxes menstrual cramping, relaxes muscles, increases flexibility, helps build strong bones and increases alkalinity, increases brain blood flow, enhances brain function among older adults and those cognitively impaired, helps with fatigue and sleep deprivation, rich in: Iron (keeping blood healthy and fighting back anemia), Chromium (balances blood sugar), Manganese, Zinc, Copper, Vitamin C, essential omega 6 fatty acids, Phenylethylamine (Pea's are a class of chemicals that we produce when we fall in love, Anandamide (endorphin produced after exercise and only found in Cacao), Tryptophan (critical to the production of Serotonin), Serotonin, Fiber, Cacao is a poor source of caffeine(1% Theobromine), heart healthy.

MACA (Peruvian root):
Known as a libido enhancer, Maca balances and stabalizes the body's glandular-hormonal system, nervous system, cardiovascular system, and musculature. Maca helps to deal with all kinds of stresses by increasing blood oxygen content. Maca lowers depression and increases energy and vitality. Maca boosts immunity. Helps produce more breast milk, helps eliminate thyroid problems, improves prostate health, It improves on the following: Anemia, Chronic Fatigue, Depression, Infertility and Sterility, Lack of Libido, Malnutrition, Menopausal Symptoms, Mentrual Discomfort and Disorders, Poor Memory, Stomach Cancer, Stress tension, Tuberculosis.

BEE POLLEN:
Alkalizing and one of the most complete foods found in nature, high antioxidant levels defense shieldand helps increase longevity by neutralizing free radicals, potent aphrodisiac and feritility-imporiving properties, can reduce prostate problems as it rejuvenates sexual organs, increases strength, endurance, energy and speed. Provides a quicker recovery from exercise, returns heart rate to normal, improves endurance for repeat exertion, increases muscle growth and definition, reduces the production of histamine which neutralizes many allergies, lots of B vitamins which builds up our stress-defense shield, increases longeivty, helps clear acne and assists in reversing sging and wrinkling. Helps relieve type 2 diabetes symptoms by restoring mineral and metabolic deficiencies. Helps with anemia, constipation, colitis, sinusitis, asthma and bronchitis. Pollen is a source of 18 vitamins including nearly all B Vitamins except B12 as well as C, D and E; rutin,;carotenes; all essential 22 amino acids,14 fatty acids, 11 different major enzymes all of which aid in digestion; 25% protein, easy to assimilate.

COCONUT (seed):
Immune enhancing and strong antioxidant properties, improves digestion and absorption of fat-soluble vitamins and amino acids, contains healthy antiviral (lauric acid), antifunga, and antimicrobial, saturated fatty acids help to naturally fight off viruses, bacteria and fungal overgrowth, improves the utilization of blood sugar and lessens symptoms of hypoglycemia, consists of 90+% of raw saturated fat - a rare and important building block of every cell in the human body. Coconut oil is in the form of medium-chain fatty acids which support the immune system, the thyroid gland, the nervous system, the skin, and provide fast energy, helps regulate and support healthy hormone production, nutritional precursor to the anti-aging hormone compound known as pregnenolone, increases the speed of the thyroid allowing the body to drop excess weight and accumulated toxins, increases metabolism and helps with weight loss due to medium chain saturated fatty acids, supports cardiovascular health, supports healthy cholesterol formation in the liver. An excellent nutrition source for infants, great for rehydration, great for improving muscle size and general physical growth in children, cooling effects on the body, soothes and prevents skin eruptions and rashes, calms urinary tract infections, protects teeth, normalizes oral PH, helps alleviate the pain of kidney and urethral stones, used as blood plasma substitute.

HEMPSEED:
One of the most nutritious food sources on the planet, 35% protein, contains all essential amino acis and essential fatty acids necessay to maintain healthy human life. Hempseed is a good source of brain building. Hempseed contains GLA which balances out the hormones and can positively improve pre-menstrual syndrome as well as mood swings. Hemp seed is an excellent source of major and trace minerals, delivers 18 amino acids, high content of arginine and histidine which are important for growth during childhood, contains methione and cysteine which helps the liver and nervous system to detoxify poisons. Helps improve the immune system, physical strength, flexibility, agility, complexion, hair luster, speed of healing and the functionality of the liver and pancreas.


ALOE (leaf):
To be continued!

Any difference in opinion or additional information is welcome.