Then What can I eat? GWilkerson10/21/2014 Plant Based Nutrition
If I can’t eat meat and cheese, what else is there?
Dark Leafy Greens are some of the most nutrient dense foods on the planet. Eat plenty!
There are animal products of a variety of meats, dairy products, plant sourced saturated fats, trans fats, then there is EVERYTHING ELSE! “Whole Food” means WHOLE… or minimally processed foods. Minimally processed would be chopped, blended or run through a processor. Whole grain food is desirable too. Refined foods are not whole foods. These would be any oils, ‘white’ foods’ such as white flour or white sugar, highly processed ‘foods’; or manufactured ‘foods’. I say: “If it’s not healthpromoting it’s Not food!” In “Whole: Rethinking the Science of Nutrition“, author T. Colin Campbell, PhD. sums it up perfectly: “What happens when you eat an apple? The answer is vastly more complex than you imagine. Every apple contains thousands of antioxidants whose names, beyond a few like vitamin C, are unfamiliar to us, and each of these powerful chemicals has the potential to play an important role in supporting our health. They impact thousands upon thousands of metabolic reactions inside the human body. But calculating the specific influence of each of these chemicals isn’t nearly sufficient to explain the effect of the
apple as a whole. Because almost every chemical can affect every other chemical, there is an almost infinite number of possible biological consequences. And that’s just from an apple.” There are thousands and thousands of plant-strong recipes on the web. I have some of the sites linked on this blog. For some really delicious dishes, just look for foods of other cuisines outside the U S A. Much of the world has been eating delicious and health-promoting foods for thousands of years. Well, to me, the Standard American Diet (S.A.D.) is really not that tasty once you to lose the taste for salt, fats, refined and processed un-foods. They are pretty horrid really.. as well as disease-promoting for the most part. What to consume then?
Here is Dr. Joel Furhman talking about What to Eat in this 5:43 video
Eat plenty dark leafy greens, raw and cooked, as in lightly steamed or add some to your soups before it is finished cooking. Salads are probably the best way to get your greens. Eat yellow/orange vegetables. Eat 3 or 4 fruits every day Eat a cup of beans or lentils several times a week. This can be in soups or just beans or as hummus even.
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Eat a small handful of raw nuts or seeds daily. Not too many as nuts are high in fats. Roasted nuts usually have added oils too (more fats) Consume some whole grains. These can be in bread or other foods, or you can cook them yourself. In fact, we have made bread from sprouted red Winter wheat with various items mixed in. ALSO some delectable sprouted wheat cookies! We shared some of the cookies once with the local VA clinic and my Dr. there. They loved them! No oil, no butter, no eggs, no dairy, just deliciousness. Eat a little flaxseeds daily for omega-3 fatty acid. Also raw walnuts have Omega-3, as do chia seeds and hemp hearts.
Omega-3 is good for brain function, cardiac function and immunity function. Dr. Ornish says everybody should take fish oil or eat fish every week. fish is not my recommendation, as it has PCBs, mercury, saturated fat, cholesterol and other non-health promoting stuff.
This is true HealthCare! Here is the recipe for those yummy cookies including peanut butter:
“Peanut Butter” Cookies Ingredients: 4 cups sprouted wheat berries 2 cups shredded coconut 1 cup nut butter (peanut, almond, or hazelnut butter) 1 cup water ½ cup agave nectar (or other liquid sweetener) 2½ Tablespoons coconut butter (we omitted this) 2 teaspoons baking powder 2 teaspoons butterscotch extract (optional) 2 teaspoons cinnamon ¾ teaspoons sea salt Preparation: 1. If the wheat berries are wet from being rinsed recently, lay them on a clean towel (or paper towel). Then lay another towel on top of them and press gently so they are mostly dry. 1. In a food processor with the “S” blade, blend the 4 cups of wheat berries and process until you have a smooth dough.
1. Add all other ingredients except the shredded coconut. Once you have a consistent blend, add the coconut. 1. Scoop out spoonfuls onto a cookie sheet greased with coconut butter. Bake at 225°F for 1½ to 2 hours. we didn’t have any kind of butter, only added a few almonds and cashews … no butterscotch, used vanilla extract… baked on parchment paper. Run everything throgh the Omega Juicer except the flaked coconut and water…. also only a tiny bit of Himalayan Pink instead of sea salt… subbed maple syrup for agave…. but blending a few dates for sweetener would work fine too. http://www.plant-strong-health-blog-by-gary.com/what-can-i-eat/