Foods that Heal
Beyond Prescription Drugs

Supermarket shelves are filled with healing foods and processed foods that can make your sick. If you're feeing tired, achy, less than energetic? Look at your dinner plate. Healing foods are the perfect, natural remedy for most of your ailments. Want lower blood pressure without harmful side effects of prescription drugs? Start with your food.

Tired of waking up with aches and pains from fibromyalgia? Ease your pain by eating some tasty, healing foods.

Want to make a huge change in the life of an autistic child? Cut out the gluten and follow the GFCF diet.

Arthritis and inflammation slowing you down? Eat the right foods, exercise and supplement your diet with products made from Muscadine Grapes.

Below are some easy dietary changes which will assist you in getting back to optimal health and wellness. Don’t use dangerous prescription drugs as your first line of defense. Let food healing your life. Learn to add these healing foods to your diet.

Healthy Diet to help with symptoms of Diabetes
From the Take Action Learning Center

. Choose a variety of foods, especially complex carbohydrates and fiber: whole grains, beans, vegetable, and fruit

. Some proteins are better than others. Animal proteins are least desirable as they contain so much fat. Fish, skinned poultry, beans a handful of almonds and walnuts, a bit of cheese. (That doesn’t mean sitting down with a plateful of cheese and crackers)

. Limit saturated (animal) and trans fats (partially hydrogenated vegetable oils), margarine and shortenings. Unsaturated fat from fish, nuts and avocados is good.

. Eat sweets in moderation, preferably those with xylitol or stevia. Stay away from Nutrasweet, Splenda, High Fructose corn Syrup.

. Don’t overeat at one sitting to fill up, eat often. Six small meals per day is best.

. Have some healthy snacks: fruit, popcorn without salt or butter, a handful of nuts. By spreading your calories and carbs throughout the day, you help control your blood sugar.

Most kids with autism have problems with their guts. There are only certain foods they can easily digest. One no-no is gluten. For others, go to:

http://gfcf-diet.tacanow.org/hidden-sources-of-gluten.htm

Can diet help these kids? Ask any parent with an autistic child and they will tell you once they put them on a GFCF (gluten free) food program, most seizures stopped and other symptoms are greatly reduced.p>

Alleviate symptoms of Fibromyalgia

Many people have overcome their FM symptoms by changing their lifestyle and diet. Mary Moeller, author and spokeswoman on FM, now enjoys a state of remission from her FM symptoms by making a few changes in her lifestyle including good nutrition, stretching, exercising, avoiding long sun exposure and drinking 8+ glasses of water a day.

Also, in Mary Moeller and Joe Elrod’s book, The Fibromyalgia Nutrition Guide, they suggest you avoid foods on the following list in order to overcome fatigue and feel your best.

Number one healing remedy?

Stop eating and/or drinking anything containing Nutrasweet or Aspartame, one of the most toxic substances ever invented by man. Check all labels, particularly the ones that say ‘no sugar’ or ‘light’ or ‘less sugar’. Avoiding these toxins will make a dramatic difference in the way you feel.

Supplement your diet with Muscadine Plus, made from 100% pure Muscadine Grape skins. You can find them at our Healthy Lifestyle Store.

THE DIRTY DOZEN minus ONE (AVOID THE FOLLOWING)

1. High fat dairy foods
2. White sugar and white flour
3. Fried foods - Use olive oil for stir fry
4. Food with preservatives, junk food, and salt
5. Red meat (especially salt cured, cured bacon, smoked, or nitrate cured)
6. Coffee, tea, chocolate – anything that contains caffeine
7. Any carbonated beverage (sodas)
8. Liquid with your meals
9. Alcoholic beverages
10. All forms of tobacco
11. Any artificial sweetener. Use Stevia, Xylitol or Agave to sweeten

Anti-inflammatory Food Tips

Over all, when you are choosing anti-inflammatory foods to help reduce your inflammation and pain, choose fresh foods instead of heavily processed foods. Here are some tips:

·Oatmeal served with fresh berries and walnuts, with a cup of soy milk.
·Snack on whole fruits, nuts, seeds, and fresh vegetables throughout the day instead of cookies and candy.
·Eat more fish and less fatty red meat.
·Stay away from deep fried foods and bake or stir fry your meals instead.
·Choose green, orange, and yellow vegetables for your side dishes.
·Drink plenty of water, fresh 100% fruit and vegetable juices, herbal teas and green tea.
·Muscadine Plus, one of the most powerful anti-inflammatory supplements, made from pure Muscadine grape skins

To Lower Cholesterol

. Eat half an avocado every day. I know you’ve heard ‘fats are bad’. But there are different kinds of fats. A fatty steak is not good –animal fat is one of the worse fats you can eat. However, fats from avocadoes, nuts, salmon, etc, are healthy.

. Apples are rich in flavonoids and pectin, which keep fats from being absorbed
. Carrots are great
. Garlic is the cure-all-Fresh garlic is best
. Omega 3 fatty acids: Flaxseed oil, flaxseeds can be sprinkled on soups, salads
. Salmon, mackerel and other (good fats)fatty fish. . Eat your oatmeal
. A cup of beans: navy, pinto, black beans
. Use extra virgin olive oil, another great fat
. Try Guggulu, an ancient, Ayurvedic herb

To Alleviate Constipation

. Eat at least 3 raw fruits a day
. Raw beets
. Flaxseed, 1-2 tablespoons with lot of water after lunch or dinner or sprinkle them on soups and/or salads
. Sunflower seeds
. Olive oil
. Add unprocessed bran to your cereal
. Raw spinach
. One teaspoon of black strap molasses in ½ c. of warm water during the day
. Stay away from too much dairy products, particularly cheese
. Drink one cup of Suma Root tea, an ancient remedy from the Brazilian rainforest. You can find Suma Root at Mountain Rose Herbs

. Eat 1-2 apples every day. If you don’t want a whole apple, chop it up into salads
. Add a few raw garlic cloves to salads
. Fish (not breaded and fried, but either baked or grilled)
. Cucumbers
. Cayenne Pepper
. Avocados
. Tomatoes
. Green vegetables: brussel sprouts, broccoli (Spinach is fairly high in sodium, so are carrots and celeryp>

Read the labels and avoid high sodium foods. Note: Almost any prepared frozen food is ultra high in sodium. Most canned goods are high in sodium as well. Go to your local Trader Joe’s or other health food store where you will find snacks with low or no sodium. You’ll find:

No salt Tortilla chips - crunchy, not very tasty but dip them in Hummus if you like
Rice cakes (taste great with avocado smeared on it)
Black beans
Brown rice pasta (pasta has no sodium but brown is always better than white)
Some hummus spread (check the labels for low sodium spreads) Freshly made salsa Pop corn (pop in an air popper, squirt some I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter on it or any kind of spice except salt, i.e., chili powder, onion flakes, etc.

No salt cottage cheese – 40 grams instead of the usual 250 - made by Knudsen

Dreyer’s Slow Churned Frozen Yogurt – low fat, low calorie, low sodium

Use Knorr’s no sodium bouillon to make soup or flavor meals

Light Sour Cream has only 25 grams

Low sodium tuna has 125 grams per can instead of the usual 250
Supplement your healing food program with Holistrol, nature’s best remedy to lower blood pressure and keep you within the healthy range

Before you pop those dangerous prescription drugs, use what nature has provided. Even if you are on medication, begin to change your food intake and you’ll be amazed at how much better you’ll feel.

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