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"Nuts and Seeds • Sunflower seeds • Raw almonds • Tamari almonds • Raw filberts • Raw cashews • Raw walnuts • Raw pecans • Raw pumpkin seeds (or lightly baked with olive oil and salt) • Ground flaxseeds (we sprinkle flaxseeds on absolutely everything) Dried Fruits (buy in bags or from the bulk bin) • Dates • Dried pineapple • Dried banana chips • Dried cherries • Dried blueberries • fresh fruit. Keep a variety of in-season fruits in a bowl on the counter so that everyone has access to it. In the Fridge • fresh fruit. That's right, even more of it. You can never have enough!" - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.)

"Lunch: a salad or vegetable soup; fresh fruit. Dinner: cooked fresh vegetables and salad; fresh fruit. Exclude: potatoes, tomatoes, oranges and bananas. Drink only herbal teas, bottled water or diluted fresh fruit juices. After five days start on the main diet. A choice can be made from the items listed under each section. Breakfast Stewed or fresh fruit (excluding oranges). Cereal, such as muesli or Jordans Original Crunchy Oats sweetened with molasses if necessary, moistened with water, soya milk, apple juice or date juice. Rye crispbread, brown rice or barley with soy sauce." - Jan De Vries, Life Without Arthritis: The Maori Way (Get the book.)

"Keep organic fresh fruit and veggies cut up in the fridge, and make smoothies using fresh fruits such as bananas, berries, and orange juice. Detoxify Your Kitchen I recommend cleaning out your kitchen and throwing away foods containing suspicious ingredients—coloring agents, chemical additives, and preservatives (you'll know them when you can't pronounce them). Get rid of the Hamburger Helper. Besides being full of unnecessary and unhealthy ingredients, these types of foods add no nutritional value. Usually the fewer ingredients the better." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.)

"Lean meat, poultry or fish, potato or brown rice, green vegetable, other vegetables, stewed or fresh fruit. Fish, cheese or egg; salad,- fresh fruit. Raw fruit, dried fruit, nuts, celery, carrot sticks, cheese. have your medication around, two strong cups of coffee or hot cocoa, or a couple of chocolate bars, would be an effective substitute medication that would buy time until you could get to your medicine or inhaler.' Vitamins and Minerals in the Diet VITAMIN FUNCTION SOURCE A Maintains healthy skin in the linings of the lungs and intestines. Increases resistance to infection." - Dr Ron Roberts, Asthma Controlled Naturally: Techniques That Work (Get the book.)

"A sherbet can be made with amla by grinding the fresh fruit in a small amount of cold water to fully extract the juice. This is filtered, and raisins, honey, and dried draksha (black pepper, pippali long pepper, and ginger) are added. This mixture is frozen to produce a wonderful dessert that also acts as a diuretic. The unripe green fruit and the fresh ripe fruit are pickled and used as appetizers to stimulate the appetite. The largest fresh fruits are candied with sugar syrup to use as a restorative treat. The fresh fruit is thinly sliced and dried." - David Winston, RH(AHG), and Steven Maimes, Adaptogens: Herbs for Strength, Stamina, and Stress Relief (Get the book.)

"Keep some fresh fruit right up front. Check your crispers regularly so they don't become science experiments. Keep your water—whether it's seltzer, a pitcher of cool water, or serving size bottles of water—in easy reach. Fruit bowl as art. Consider making a glass bowl or pretty basket a feature of your countertop. Fill it with fresh fruits like oranges, lemons, and apples that don't need refrigeration. It will be a pleasing visual reminder of your goals and an encouragement to enjoy fruit daily. If you work in an office it will be well worth the effort to SlimDown your workplace." - Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews, Superfoods Rx Diet: Lose Weight with the Power of SuperNutrients (Get the book.)

"GREEN VEGETABLES ALL RAW VEGETABLES NON-STARCHY COOKED VEGETABLES fresh fruit BEANS / LEGUMES COOKED STARCHY VEGETABLES WHOLE GRAINS RAW NUTS AND SEEDS FAT-FREE DAIRY WILD MEAT AND FOWL EGGS FULL-FAT DAIRY / CHEESE REFINED OIL / SWEETS Take your time going through the eating phases in order. If possible try all of the recipes and pick out the ones you like the best. The phases have been designed to change your food preferences as you move through them." - Dr. Joel Fuhrman, Eat For Health: Lose Weight, Keep It Off, Look Younger, Live Longer (2 book set) (Get the book.)

"Ice cream alternatives are: fresh fruit sorbet, fruit smoothies, juice popsicles, juice ice cubes, tofutti products, soy delicious and rice dream Mayonnaise alternatives are; avocado, mustard, nut butter, soya yogurt, and tofu sour cream. Cheese alternatives are: ground nut butter, tofu and soya cheese. Butter alternatives are: non hydrogenated margarine (check label for dairy free), flax oil and olive oil." - Heather Caruso, Your Drug-Free Guide to Digestive Health (Get the book.)

"The reason there's little or no fresh fruit in convenience stores is simple: they aren't profitable enough. As one small greengrocer told me, "The big stores hate produce. They'd get rid of it in thirty seconds if they could. They're not even making money on it." In that light, it's clear why supermarkets want to stock the cheapest, lowest quality fruits available. Some progressive outlets make the effort to stock local produce. Even better is shopping at a farmer's market. In a Mediterranean climate, farmer's markets operate year-round, which seems to be the way humans are meant to live." - Adam Leith Gollne, The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce and Obsession (Get the book.)

"These mix well with water or juice and add a delicious hint of fresh fruit flavor to everything from yogurt and oatmeal to cereals and traditional smoothies. LIQUID GREENS AND WHOLE-FOOD MULTINUTRIENTS "Green formulas" offer combined extracts from various nutrient-rich sources such as dark green leafy vegetables, sprouts, sulfur-containing vegetables, and green tea. Liquid formulas are best. They can also include such ingredients as organic raw, uncooked aloe, which is readily absorbed by the body and is a nutritious whole-food method of delivering the nutrient-rich greens best." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.) "Eighty percent of the time eat foods that you know are going to nourish your body: fresh fruit, veggies, lean proteins, wild fish, raw nuts, seeds, yogurt, and salads. Then once in a while treat yourself with something that you know is not on your list of good things. I say this because you have to make the lifestyle doable! Try shopping the perimeter of a grocery store, as this is where the fresh produce, meats, and dairy will be. You will be avoiding most of the processed and refined products that are generally located in interior aisles of grocery stores." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.)

"Today I am vegetarian, eat fresh fruit and vegetables, and exercise by walking and using a rebounder. I have a veggie kitchen—wheat-daiiy-sugar free—and love my diet. There are so many substitutes for foods I used to crave. Also, I am free of the heaviness of overeating. I invent new recipes. My children lost a wonderful father. I refused to let them lose their mother. Many people prayed for me. I am most grateful. My last body scan revealed that I am cancer free. JOHN I developed psoriatic arthritis thirty years ago and had surgery to fuse my right wrist." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.)

"Also, make available (at home and work) large cases of fresh fruit. For dinner you can have lean meats, and Universal Marinade (see the recipes) can double as a salad dressing and a seasoning for vegetables. See www.eatwild.com for farms that produce organic produce and grass-fed animal meat." - James Dowd and Diane Stafford, The Vitamin D Cure (Get the book.) "Keep fresh fruit handy for you, your coworkers, and your family. This simple move will make people around you eat less trash food. Option 1 xh cup chopped walnuts with flax meal 1 banana dipped in walnuts 1 apple Option 2 1 boiled egg 1 banana dipped in walnuts and flax meal 1 orange Doing Dinner Right What if your spouse, kids, or partner refuses to eat this way? Then you just cook your own meals; that's what I've done since I switched to this diet. Believe me, not everyone wants to eat this healthy. Many people say, "Hey, I don't feel really bad, so why change?" - James Dowd and Diane Stafford, The Vitamin D Cure (Get the book.)

"For a snack, choose an apple or pear instead of potato chips or pretzels, or grapes instead of raisins. fresh fruit is much lower in calories than potato chips and also contains many fewer food-derived glycotoxins than potato chips, which are fried or baked in oil at high temperatures. When making egg or chicken salad, reduce the amount of the main ingredient by half, and substitute chopped celery and green pepper, shredded carrot, or radish and minced onion." - Steven V. Joyal, What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Diabetes: An Innovative Program to Prevent, Treat, and Beat This Controllable Disease (Get the book.)

"You can just as easily satisfy your kids' sweet tooth with trail mix or fresh fruit. Remember, your children's palates develop early, even before birth. If you introduce your family to healthful, nourishing foods from the beginning, your children will be much likelier to choose those same foods on their own, even when you're not around. For ideas on quick school-day snacks, refer to the recipes section on page 221." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.)

"Use the nutrient density chart below to help you focus your food consumption so you eat larger amounts of raw and cooked vegetables and fresh fruit and less animal products, baked goods, oils and prepared sweets. Whether using the MANDI points or not, as you progress through the four phases of this book, keep the nutrient density chart in your mind. You can even keep it out for an easy, visual reminder of your goals." - Dr. Joel Fuhrman, Eat For Health: Lose Weight, Keep It Off, Look Younger, Live Longer (2 book set) (Get the book.)

"To give an idea of the scarcity of fresh fruit on the Pacific coast at that time, apples from Oregon were sold in San Francisco in 1850 for $5.00 apiece. That year, the average monthly wage for an unskilled laborer in California was $4.20. Calculating based on the nominal GDP per capita, $5.00 from 1850 equals $1,911.75 current dollars—not far off from the average monthly wage of an entry-level worker today. (According to a 2001 study, half of all American farm workers earn less than $625 per month." - Adam Leith Gollne, The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce and Obsession (Get the book.)

"She had no packaged or processed foods; everything required preparation except the fresh fruit. Panchita still cooked on a wood-burning fogdn, the traditional Chorotega clay oven that looks a bit like a wide-mouthed volcano atop a wooden platform. Elizabeth and I silently watched as Panchita prepared the food. She moved slowly and deliberately, heating up beans and seasoning them with garlic and onions. From an earthen pot she scooped out grayish corn that had been soaking in lime overnight, rinsed the kernels and ground them with a hand crank into dough." - Dan Buettner, The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest (Get the book.)

"The frozen people," as makers of concentrate were known, played a decisive role in lessening the appeal of fresh fruit. They made it easier to whip together some frozen OJ than to squeeze our own. The reason concentrate is always so reassuringly familiar is that it's boiled down, divided into basic components, reconfigured, artificially flavored, and, finally, frozen into cardboard containers. Now we're too busy for that, so we drink Tropicana, thinking it's as good as freshly squeezed." - Adam Leith Gollne, The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce and Obsession (Get the book.)

"Dried fruits, because they contain less water, tend to have an energy density four times that of their fresh fruit counterparts. Grapes, for example, have an energy density (calories divided by weight in grams) of 0.7, while raisins have an energy density of 3.0. Fat also increases the energy density of food. To lower the energy density of foods like soups, sandwiches, or casseroles, substitute fruits and vegetables when possible for higher energy-density ingredients (like high-fat cheese, cooking fat, or sausage)." - Elaine Magee, Food Synergy: Unleash Hundreds of Powerful Healing Food Combinations to Fight Disease and Live Well (Get the book.)

"And whether at home or in a restaurant, both you and your kids should have fresh fruit as dessert. As kids grow older and become more influenced by their peers, they'll be tempted by all the junk foods that are unfortunately the dietary norm in our society. So that they can resist the peer pressure they'll inevitably encounter, your kids need to know why they eat healthful, nourishing foods. You should also start your child's school day off with a healthful breakfast. "It doesn't have to be elaborate," Dr. Lawrence Rosen emphasizes." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.) "In the Fridge • fresh fruit. That's right, even more of it. You can never have enough! • Organic eggs. Buy farm-fresh, local eggs from free-range hens that have been out of a cage all day and have been fed only organic vegetarian feed. A good brand to try is Wild Oats organic cage-free eggs (www.wildoats.com). Natural Sweeteners Stay away from foods high in artificial sweeteners and high fructose corn syrup. Your family will all love these healthy alternatives. • Agave nectar • Stevia • Maple syrup, Grade B • Evaporated cane juice • Lundberg's Sweet Dreams brown rice syrup (www." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.)

"Pour the mixture into a cake pan and combine with the fresh fruit. Allow to cool and then cover and chill in the refrigerator for 2 hours. Cut into slices and top with fruit puree and toasted nuts, if desired. Baked Apples with Strawberries 4 Granny Smith or Macintosh apples (preferably organic) 1 cup water 2 tablespoon honey Vi teaspoon cinnamon Sprinkle of ground cloves Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Core the apples and place them standing up in a baking dish. In a saucepan, combine the remaining ingredients. Heat the mixture over medium heat for 2 to 3 minutes." - Jay Gordon, The ADD and ADHD Cure: The Natural Way to Treat Hyperactivity and Refocus Your Child (Get the book.) "SMOOTHIES As you read these recipes, you'll see that you can really do whatever you like. Buy fresh fruit that is currently in season. Wash, chop up, and package the fruit in small snack bags and freeze. In the frozen foods section of your market, there are many frozen fruits available if you want the added convenience. The frozen fruits thicken the smoothie and make it very tasty. Adding ice cubes also helps thicken smoothies." - Jay Gordon, The ADD and ADHD Cure: The Natural Way to Treat Hyperactivity and Refocus Your Child (Get the book.) "For variety, add diced fresh fruit, such as berries, peaches, or pineapple. Fruit smoothies can also be poured into the molds and served frozen. Baked Orange Slices x/i cup orange juice x/i cup apple juice 2 tablespoons honey XA cup raisins Dash of cinnamon Dash of nutmeg 2 or 3 oranges Set the oven to broil. Mix the orange juice, apple juice, honey, raisins, cinnamon, and nutmeg in a saucepan. Simmer uncovered over low heat until the honey is melted about 3 minutes. Remove from the heat and set aside. Peel the oranges and slice them into quarters." - Jay Gordon, The ADD and ADHD Cure: The Natural Way to Treat Hyperactivity and Refocus Your Child (Get the book.)

"According to the Chilean fresh fruit Association, fruit exports are a major strategic area in the country's development. Other countries vie to specialize in fruits that thrive in their climes. China sells far more apples than any other country; the United States is a distant second. Turkey sells the most cherries, with the United States again in second place. Belgium is number one in pear exports. India, the birthplace of bananas and mangoes, is the export leader in both those fruits, with their market position set to expand now that the United States is importing Alphonsos." - Adam Leith Gollne, The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce and Obsession (Get the book.)

"Fruits You should always keep a good supply of fresh fruit on hand. It is the ultimate "convenience" food. Try to eat a variety of fruits: apples, apricots, bananas, blueberries, cherries, Clementines, dates, figs, grapefruit, grapes, kiwis, kumquats, mangoes, melons, nectarines, oranges, papayas, peaches, pears, persimmons, pineapples, plums, pomegranates, raspberries, strawberries, and tangerines. Try some exotic fruits to add variety and interest to your diet." - Dr. Joel Fuhrman, Eat For Health: Lose Weight, Keep It Off, Look Younger, Live Longer (2 book set) (Get the book.)

"Fish, cheese or egg; salad,- fresh fruit. Raw fruit, dried fruit, nuts, celery, carrot sticks, cheese. have your medication around, two strong cups of coffee or hot cocoa, or a couple of chocolate bars, would be an effective substitute medication that would buy time until you could get to your medicine or inhaler.' Vitamins and Minerals in the Diet VITAMIN FUNCTION SOURCE A Maintains healthy skin in the linings of the lungs and intestines. Increases resistance to infection. Improves night vision." - Dr Ron Roberts, Asthma Controlled Naturally: Techniques That Work (Get the book.)

"The idea to preserve the fresh fruit by drying in the sun probably began in the Caspian Sea region. In California in the mid-nineteenth century, Louis Pellier planted plum tree cuttings from France. Plums aka "Prunes" (Prunus domestica) MONKEY BUSINESS Where Are Plums Grown? Nearly one hundred percent of plums grown in the United States and seventy percent of the world's supply are from California. Why Should I Eat Plums? Plums are a rich source of fiber and contain important nutrients such as potassium, vitamin K, and minerals such as iron." - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.)

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