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The subject of diet requires careful attention. When your Doctor says that you must have proper nutrition, you may be thinking of three meals a day and the four major food groups; meats, fruits, vegetables and grains, but they are really referring to minerals, vitamins, and whole foods. These are the raw materials your body continuously requires for building and maintaining the cells in your body. Some of these nutrients are found in all foods, but can be depleted through improper cooking and processing. Others can only be obtained from certain fresh vegetables, fruits and parts of meat we rarely eat. 

 

In order to have a balanced diet, most people must restrict themselves from common convenience foods popular in our culture. Here are the foods which should be greatly reduced on a daily basis.

• White refined sugar and white refined flour.
• Alcoholic beverages, coffee, tea and cola drinks.
• Artificially flavored products with added preservatives.
• Junk foods, candy and empty calorie foods.
• Foods high in saturated fat and fried foods, including fast foods.
• Pre-prepared foods, low in nutritional value.
• All tobacco products

As a general guideline the following is what to do for better nutrition.

• Eat more raw foods. Cooking and canning destroys much of the nutrition in foods that can be eaten raw. With the exception of canned tomatoes - which can help prevent prostate cancer - fresh or frozen fruits and vegetables always have more natural vitamins and minerals that canned vegetables do. Steam vegetables rather than boiling if necessary.
• Select organically grown food when possible. They have lower amounts of toxic elements than foods that are not grown organically.
• Eat whole foods. Much of the nutrition available to us in fruits and vegetables can be found in the skin, so don't peel it off and throw it away, unless it has been waxed or dyed.
• Stay hydrated! drink eight to ten 8-ounce/1 cup glasses of water a day.
• Consume 25-30 grams of fiber per day (about 3 servings). Whole-grain breads and cereals, beans nuts and some fruits and vegetables are good sources of fiber. High-fiber diets can help prevent digestive disorders, heart disease and colon cancer.

Water Intake
Nutritional Supplements
Hormone Balancing