I am currently studying the teachings on the WestonAPrice.com website. I have been impressed with many things, although I have not extensively scoured the site, and am willing to give concessions to what I agree with so far.
I also have been listening to doctors and reading articles all around in order to help my clients maintain health.
Wise words for a general thought on diet
If you live on processed foods, especially ones you did not process yourself, expect to die young. Be smart. Eat a variety of REAL food.
It is important that you know that if you eat too many red meats and/or dark fruits and vegetables (yams, carrots, dark leafy greens, blueberries, etc.), you will get kidney stones. Be smart. Eat a variety.
If you live a life of protein you are asking to have your body digest your muscles and damage your heart tissue. The man who created the atkins diet died of a heart attack. Be smart. Eat a variety.
If you eat a diet heavy in carbohydrates you will have less neurological functioning. Bummer! You will also be more likely to gain and maintain higher amounts of excess cellulite because your body thinks you are preparing for a famine and is keeping a food storage. Even worse- if you like to eat white rice and white flour do not consider yourself getting a serving a grain and know it is really sugar. Be smart. Eat a variety.
If you eat a huge amount of fats you are creating a diuretic that might just possibly dehydrate you. It's pretty hard to function when you are dehydrated. Be smart. Eat a variety.
A diet high in both raw and cooked vegetables will give your body more bioavailable nutrition to support neurological and physical functions.
Truth be told, here is a normal day in the life of our family.Breakfast:
Manna
Water
Home-made pancakes with almond/peanut butter, raw honey & frozen berries
Lunch:
Water or a smoothie
(Yes, I know that is straight sugar. We use a berry mix with brown sugar, imitation vanilla and raw milk)
Salad containing any of the following:
Diced tomatos, avocado slices, green peppers, dill pickles, dried currents/raisins/cranberries/apricots, grass fed cheese, cottage cheese, lighthouse bleu cheese dressing, ketchup (kidlets), poppyseed dressing, home-made croutons, carrots, beets, cucumbers, spinach, spring mix lettuce, baby arugala, and chunks of leftover roast or chicken. I'll add some if I think of more that we do.
Some type of complex carb like home-made bread toast, home-made macaroni (cooked noodles with melted sharp cheddar)
Dinner:
Something with a steamed or cooked vegetable that includes garlic, onion, fresh mushroom, green peppers, and other vegetables. It will contain some type of carb such as potatos, bread, pasta, etc. It will contain some type of protein like authentic Brazilian style beans, Free range chicken, grass fed beef, or super rare is wild caught fish. As I add actual dinners we make often and not just the special occasion dinners you will have a better view of what we actually eat.
The lie about fat making you fat? Yeah, it's sugar and high acid diets that make you fat.
1. Unless fruit is whole (not a smoothie, applesauce, baked, or juiced) it is straight sugar. It has properties that are high in fructose and will spike your blood sugar which then causes hyperinsulinism. Not cool. Eat Fruit whole.2. Good sugars are only in fruit. Period. However, Raw Honey/Molasses/Pure Maple Syrup are good substitutes because they have strong flavors that make you want to eat less. (try and make a no bake cheesecake with the same amount of honey as the sugar called for...it will be way too sweet). These also have tiny/trace amounts of nutrients that your body will be happy to utilize.
3. Sugars that raise your insulin levels to dangerous highs are: Stevia, Agave (high fructose cactus syrup), High Fructose Corn Syrup, Sucralose. Xylitol is simply not meant for human consumption. I could argue none of these are meant for eating.
Good Fats
1. Raw milk and Goats milk. Read WAP2. Meats of wild caught fish, free range (humanely raised) chickens, Grassfed beef. Don't forget to eat the bone marrow and make stock out of the bones and skin. This is excellent for healthy teeth.
3. Extra Virgin Olive Oil. This oil has the ability to help the different oils in your body find balance. It is pretty awesome. Don't use it for frying.
4. Unrefined Coconut oil. This is great for oil pulling (google it) and is more stable for frying the yearly doughnuts.
5. Use Lard (pig) sparingly.
5. Truly raw nuts (hard to get), avacado, the natural fats that come from grains.
6. For the record bad fats are grain raised beef, caged chicken, farm raised fish, excessive pork, soy, corn, canola, and trans fats (which can be disguised as mono-diglycerides).
Grain
The ground grain and grain berries most commonly found in grocery stores have been genetically modified to prevent insects from wanting to eat it and to make it all the same height for easy harvesting. If you are going to use this kind of grain I suggest you learn how to soak it so that the poison in it is removed.If you have the budget for it Kamut is an excellent choice as a non-genetically modified grain that is available in the US of A. I have seen rumors that there is another grain; but have as yet to look it up myself.
Grain is not inherently bad. It's actually quite good.
Being a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (LDS) I take into consideration the LDS church teachings from the Doctrine and Covenants starting in verse 7 that "strong drinks are not for the belly, but for the washing of your bodies." Later in verses 14-17 it states:
All grain is ordained for the use of man and of beasts, to be the staff of life, not only for man but for the beasts of the field, ant eh fowls of heaven, and all wild animals that run or creep on the earth;
And these hath God made for the use of man only in times of famine and excess of hunger.
All grain is good for the food of man; as also the fruit of the vine; that which yieldeth fruit, whether in the ground or above the ground--
Nevertheless, wheat for man, and corn for the ox, and oats for the horse, and rye for the fowls and for swine, and for all beasts of the field, and barley for all useful animals, and for mild drinks, as also other grain.
