MORNING FOODS

MORNING FOODS Midnight to Noon -- Best 7 am to 9 am
NUTS almonds apricot kernels brazil cashews, roasted carob coconut filbert hazel macadamia pecans pine nuts SWEETENERS maple syrup honey	FRUITS apples apricots avocado banana cherries dates guava mango nectarines olives papaya pears persimmons plantain plums tamarind	CITRUS FRUITS (Eat alone, best around 10:00 am) grapefruit kumquats lemons limes oranges tangerines OILS almond apricot avocado coconut cream olive walnut

At sunrise, the sun's rays first shine on the treetops. The fruits and nuts that grow on these trees are thus vitalized for nourishment as morning foods--they are energetically aligned with the body's morning nutritional needs. The nutrients available from the fruits and nuts that receive the sun's first rays are just the right nutrients for our bodies in the morning hours. Even the pH of our digestive system is correlated with these foods.

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and the almond is the most important morning food. Almonds contain protein and all essential minerals for the human body. Almond = "all world [al-mond], container of the 144 elements." When almonds are the first thing in your stomach after arising, they set the hydrochloric acid tolerance for the day, providing all-day protein digestion. When almonds are eaten first, they are efficiently digested since stomach acids are concentrated after the nightly fast. (If you leave hydrochloric acid alone in your stomach, the saliva and hydrochloric acid would become toxic.) Presoak organic raw almonds in distilled water overnight for quick germinal action. When soaked, almonds act as protein plus nitrogen.This protein helps your blood sugar stabilize throughout the rest of the day. Eat one almond per ten pounds of bodyweight, more if you want to gain weight and less if you want to lose weight.

Apples, peaches, plums, kiwi and bananas are among the morning fruits. Eating soaked prunes for breakfast provides iron, potassium, and dietary fiber. (Always soak dried fruits before eating.) In addition, kiwi fruit (or cherries, papaya, mango, peach) provides the necessary vitamin C to assimilate the iron from the prunes.

Citrus fruits do not combine well with other foods, with one exception: almonds can be eaten with oranges.

Another "fruit" choice is the avocado. If have avocado for breakfast, skip the other fruits--they don't combine well with the avocado.

"Fruits are not night foods. They should be eaten in the morning, because they are an eye-opener, a tonic, the eliminators of waste that has been produced in your body during sleep." Dr. John T. Richter

Remember that brown rice is a neutral food that can be eaten all day. One idea for breakfast is brown rice containing pine nuts and slices of avocado, olive, and umeboshi plum. Add a dash of cayenne to jazz it up and promote salivary flow.

 

The chemistry of your blood also affects how your body metabolizes foods. This is a simplified list of morning foods that are NOT beneficial for each blood type:
BLOOD TYPE:	A	AB	B	O
FOODS TO AVOID:	bananas brazil nuts cashews coconuts mangoes olives, all oranges papayas pistachios plantains tangerines tea, black	almond extract avocado bananas coconuts filberts guava mangoes olives, black oranges persimmons pomegranates prickly pear starfruit tea, black	almond extract avocado cashews cinnamon coconuts filberts olives, all persimmons pine nuts pisatchios pomegranates prickly pear starfruit	apple juice avocado brazil nuts cashews cinnamon coconuts coffee olives, all oranges pistachios plantains tangerines tea, black vanilla
"If you don't know your blood type, don't monkey around with nutrition." Adano Ley

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P ass The Butter ... please .

P ass The Butter ... please .  

           This is interesting . . .  .    

Margarine  was originally manufactured to fatten  turkeys.  When it killed the turkeys, the people who had put  all the money into the research wanted a payback so they put their  heads together to figure out what to do with this product to get  their money back.  It was a white substance with no food appeal  so they added the yellow coloring and sold it to people to use in place of butter.  How do you like it?   They have come out  with some clever new flavorings.  

   DO  YOU KNOW.. the   difference between margarine and butter? 

Read on to the end...gets very interesting!   

Both  have the same amount of calories. 

Butter  is slightly higher in saturated fats at 8  grams   compared   to 5 grams. 

Eating  margarine can increase   heart disease in women by 53%    over  eating the same amount of butter, according to a recent  Harvard  Medical Study. 

Eating   butter increases the absorption of many other nutrients in  other  foods. 

Butter  has many nutritional benefits where margarine has a few   
only  because  they are added! 

Butter  tastes much better than margarine and it can enhance the flavors of  other foods. 

Butter  has been around for centuries where margarine has been around  for less than 100 years . 

And  now, for Margarine... 

Very  high in trans fatty acids . 

Triple  risk of coronary heart disease . 
Increases  total cholesterol and LDL (this is the bad cholesterol) and  lowers HDL cholesterol, (the good cholesterol) 

Increases  the risk of cancers up to five fold.  

Lowers  quality of breast milk. 

Decreases  immune response. 

Decreases   insulin response. 

And  here's the most disturbing fact.... HERE IS THE PART THAT  IS  VERY INTERESTING! 

Margarine  is but ONE   MOLECULE away  from being PLASTIC..    

This  fact alone was enough to have me avoiding margarine for life  and anything else that is hydrogenated (this means hydrogen is  added,  changing the molecular structure of the  substance).   

You  can try this yourself: 

Purchase  a tub of margarine and leave it in your garage or shaded  area.  Within a couple of days you will note a couple of   things:

   *  no flies, not even those pesky fruit flies will go near it  (that  should tell you something)

   *  it does not rot or smell differently because it has no  nutritional  value ; nothing will grow on it. Even those teeny weeny  microorganisms  will not a find a home to grow.  Why?   Because it is nearly plastic .  Would you melt your Tupperware and  spread that  on your toast? 

Share  This With Your Friends.....(If you want to 'butter them   up')!

Chinese   Proverb:
'When  someone shares  something of value with you and you benefit from it,  you have a  moral obligation to share it with  others.

Vitamin C to the rescue

Get essential nutrients from fruits and veggies

 

Vitamin C is an essential water-soluble nutrient that must be regularly replenished. It's found in abundance in citrus fruits, rosehips, blackcurrants, cranberries, melons, mango, strawberries, kiwi fruits, peppers and more.

Hundreds of years ago, sailors suffered horribly from a disease called scurvy — until a British doctor discovered that a ration of lime juice prevented its onset (hence the nickname "Limey" for sailors of old).

Scurvy (now known to be a deficiency of vitamin C) is unlikely to occur in modern-day populations; however, possible signs of a deficiency include fatigue, easy bruising, bleeding gums, and poor wound healing. Those at greatest risk include diabetics, smokers, and athletes.

Vitamin C is an essential (meaning our body can't make it so we have to get it from our diet), water-soluble nutrient that must be regularly replenished. It's found in abundance in citrus fruits, rosehips, blackcurrants, cranberries, melons, mango, strawberries, kiwi fruit, tomatoes, asparagus, cruciferous vegetables, and peppers.

Vitamin C and the common cold

Vitamin C's ability to prevent the common cold, particularly in those individuals supplementing with a daily vitamin C tablet, is well-known. In clinical trials of people under acute physical stress, vitamin C supplementation has been shown to reduce common cold occurrence by 50 per cent.

C'ing more health benefits

Vitamin C is an antioxidant and may possess anticancer and detoxifying properties. It has also been associated with the following health benefits:

• Prevents asthma, cataracts, glaucoma, gingivitis, and the common cold
• Enhances iron absorption (important to prevent iron-deficiency anemia)
• Decreases blood levels of histamine (important for allergy and hay fever prevention and treatment)
• Reduces oxidation of LDL cholesterol (the bad type)
• Aids in the synthesis of collagen
• Heals wounds and burns

So, whether you're a Limey or a landlubber, get your vitamin C by eating a rainbow of fruits and vegetables daily.

Fitness level vs. body weight

In the quest for a longer life, a new study suggests fit is where it is at - even if you are fat. According to recent findings in the "Journal of the American Medical Association," it was noted that overweight and obese seniors who were physically fit outlived their contemporaries, even thin ones who were not physically fit.

Although I don't consider myself a senior as yet, I can easily relate to this phenomenon because, although small in stature, I do not participate in daily, weekly or even monthly scheduled exercise.

Except for my running around the office, I have long abandoned the three-mile beach walk and bicycle ride alongside my jogging spouse daily at 5:30 a.m. And, yes I was once very overweight.

I admit I need to be engaged in an exercise program doing something I like, regardless of my weight, because keeping active and remaining fit are known to prolong our lives and can even help prevent or delay illness or disabilities as we grow older.

I'm the only one who can make this happen; I need to stop making excuses.
Adequate fitness is achieved with only 30 minutes of moderate exercise each day, such as brisk walking, gardening, dancing etc., regardless of your weight.

I should be able to find 30 minutes in my day to do something good for my health and you should, too!

In a recent study researchers looked at the relationship between body fat, fitness and longevity and women aged 60 and older who took part in an Aerobics Longitudinal Study. Among overweight people in the study, 23 percent were classified as unfit as were 53 percent of people that were obese.

A professor at the University of South Carolina School of Public Health, Steven Blair, led the team for the study that looked at the relationship between body fat, fitness and longevity in more than 2,000 men and woman age 60 and older. It was noted that over 12 years of follow- up, 450 people died.

"You really can't tell if a person is fit by looking at them," he said. The individuals who died were older, tended to have lower fitness levels and greater risks for cardiovascular disease.

Numerous studies have provided evidence that physical fitness is associated with lower mortality risk, however if you have an increased body-mass index indicating obesity (associated with excess risk of mortality), this relationship is significantly diminished in individuals who demonstrate good physical fitness and exercise.

The benefits of being physically active extend throughout our lives and can improve many health conditions as well as lower risk for falls and developing heart disease and diabetes, helping you to live on your own longer.

Don't wait for the New Year to make your resolution. Join me now as I plan to make being fit a part of my everyday life.

It will be a slow start, but gradually I will reach the required 30 minutes of activity even if it is broken up throughout my busy day. You can too!