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Using refined table sugar |
Sweeten drinks with natural or organic honey or fructose. Sweeten cereals with home-made date jam, or fructose or honey to taste or, wherever practical, dried fruit such as raisins, sultanas or chopped dates and/or banana. |
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Using margarine and common cooking oils |
Most margarines and common oils are hydrogenated. Use natural cold pressed oils that are also cold processed. Or use fresh cream in recipes instead of oil. Use butter sparingly. |
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Using white rice or white flour products |
Use brown rice and wholegrain products such as whole wheat flour. Use stone-milled, unrefined grains for porridges. Use whole food cereals such as muesli, granola and seed mixes. |
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Using refined, preserved, sugary, junk foods |
Become whole food-aware and make every effort to find a stockist who carries a wide range of whole foods. If it is true that you are what you eat, then you owe it to yourself to eat only the very best. You will find a vast selection of whole food recipes at www.natureschoice.co.za |
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Using fried foods |
Bake, grill, boil your food. Do anything but fry your food - especially in hydrogenated oils. Oils used more than once for frying (as in popcorn vending machines - take a peep inside the frying pot) are especially suspect. |
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Cooking at high temperatures |
Learn to cook everything at the lowest temperature possible. Heat destroys the nutrients in food. |
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Using butter or margarine on bread |
Use mashed avocado, or whipped cream, and/or a natural, preservative-free spread. |
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Using sugary jams and preserves |
The sugar concentration in these products is far too high. Use Date Jam or malted date jam, or home-made jams that have been sweetened with fructose or honey. |
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Using fried chips or fried potatoes |
Par-boil cut chips or potatoes, rub them out fairly liberally with a little cream or natural oil, place them in a non-stick pan, and oven-bake them at 180°C until they are golden brown. Delicious. |
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Using aluminium pots |
Use glassware pots, pans and baking dishes - wherever possible |
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Lying down or relaxing after meals |
Get into the habit of taking a short brisk walk after every meal. This is a great aid to digestion and to overall vitality. |
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Taking liquids together with meals |
Take Liquids at least 30 minutes before meals or 3 hours after meals. Liquids taken together with your meal will dilute your digestive enzymes and thus hinder digestion. |
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Three meals a day |
If you are one who is not involved in heavy manual work, you will benefit greatly by following a two-meal a day plan. Those who are ill should try this - you will be amazed. In any case, we should always have a very light meal at night - such as fruit and homemade whole wheat zwieback, or fruit and homemade popcorn (with salt and a little cold processed sesame oil). Those who suffer from insomnia will find improvement if they dispense with the evening meal, or if they eat only very lightly in the evening. |
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Boiling Vegetables |
Why leave much of the nutrition in the water? Rather steam your vegetables (vegetable steamers are inexpensive) or bake them in the oven (roast them). |
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Frozen Vegetables |
Fresh vegetables |
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Canned Fruit |
Fresh Fruit |
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Peanut Butter produced from fried nuts and hydrogenated fats etc. |
Nature's Choice manufactures a unique, bio-friendly peanut butter that is produced from selected nuts that have been slowly baked at low temperature in a special convection oven. Delicious and all-natural. |
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Spending lunch-time indoors |
Make a point of getting outdoors at lunch-time. Get away from your work environment and think about anything but work. |
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Sleeping with your windows closed |
To repeat: Fresh air is as important to your body as petrol is to your car. Sleeping with closed windows is a form of slow suffocation and a terrible stumbling block to those who desire optimal wellness. Install burglar bars and/or fly screens in your windows if you must. |
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This feature should be considered in conjunction with A Simple Program For Vibrant Living, Super-Foods - For Super Good Health. and Simple Treatments To Save Life And Money. |
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