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"Add wheat bran, wheat germ, or berries to cereals and pancake, waffle, or muffin batters. þ Substitute whole-wheat flour for white flour in baking. And choose whole-wheat or other whole-grain breads and crackers. þ Check labels—look for the words "whole-wheat" in the ingredients; if "wheat flour" or "enriched wheat flour" is listed, it's not whole-wheat bread. Tame your sugar impulses. The average American eats about 100 pounds of sugar a year. Besides causing tooth decay, sugar is a problem because it provides "empty" calories." - Michael F. Jacobson, Ph.D., Lisa Y. Lefferts and Anne Witte Garland, Safe Food: Eating Wisely In A Risky World (Get the book.) "Add wheat bran, wheat germ, or berries to cereals and pancake, waffle, or muffin batters. • Substitute whole-wheat flour for white flour in baking. And choose whole-wheat or other whole-grain breads and crackers. • Check labels—look for the words "whole-wheat" in the ingredients; if "wheat flour" or "enriched wheat flour" is listed, it's not whole-wheat bread. Tame your sugar impulses. The average American eats about 100 pounds of sugar a year. Besides causing tooth decay, sugar is a problem because it provides "empty" calories." - Michael F. Jacobson, Ph.D., Lisa Y. Lefferts and Anne Witte Garland, Safe Food: Eating Wisely in a Risky World (Get the book.)

"Avoid wheat bread and wheat-based products; try sprouted grain or gluten-free breads. Food for Life has a great line of these products. Try some of the less familiar but highly nourishing whole grains such as millet, buckwheat, teff, quinoa, amaranth, spelt, bulgur wheat, and barley. These are all available, often in bulk form, through natural food stores. You'll want to "go organic" with these foods, as well as others, whenever possible." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.)

"For example, the ingredients list from a loaf of bread that states on the label, 'ALL NATURAL INGREDIENTS,' and 'NO ARTIFICIAL PRESERVATIVES ADDED,' reads as follows: Enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, malted barley, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin), water, high fructose corn syrup, yeast, wheat bran, vital wheat gluten, butter." - Dr. Joel Fuhrman, Eat For Health: Lose Weight, Keep It Off, Look Younger, Live Longer (2 book set) (Get the book.)

"Sitosterols, a type of phytosterol, are found in all plant foods, particularly wheat germ, soybeans, corn oil, peanuts, wheat bran, and rye. Other foods that contain high levels of sitosterol are avocados, grape leaves, olive oil, corn oil, lentils, and even baking chocolate. Nuts such as macadamia nuts, peanuts, hazelnuts, walnuts, pecans, and almonds are also good sources of phytosterols. wheat germ and sesame seeds contain the highest amounts of phytosterols (400 mg/100 gm of nuts), and pistachios and sunflower kernels have the next highest (280 mg/100 gm of nuts)." - Phuli Cohan, The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow (Get the book.)

"Enriched wheat flour is white flour. The bran and the germ portion of the whole wheat, which are rich in vitamins and minerals, have been refined out. To compensate for refining out approximately 20 nutrients, they add back four. Use only whole wheat flour, it must have the word whole on the label. • High fructose corn syrup is a concentrated form of sugar derived from corn. • Dough conditioners, in general, can cause mineral deficiencies, and ammonium sulfate in particular may cause mouth ulcers, nausea, and kidney and liver problems. • Brown sugar is merely white sugar with molasses added." - Dr. Joel Fuhrman, Eat For Health: Lose Weight, Keep It Off, Look Younger, Live Longer (2 book set) (Get the book.)

"Sitosterols, a type of phytosterol, are found in all plant foods, particularly wheat germ, soybeans, corn oil, peanuts, wheat bran, and rye. Other foods that contain high levels of sitosterol are avocados, grape leaves, olive oil, corn oil, lentils, and even baking chocolate. Nuts such as macadamia nuts, peanuts, hazelnuts, walnuts, pecans, and almonds are also good sources of phytosterols. wheat germ and sesame seeds contain the highest amounts of phytosterols (400 mg/100 gm of nuts), and pistachios and sunflower kernels have the next highest (280 mg/100 gm of nuts)." - Phuli Cohan, The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow (Get the book.)

"And just as she was about to stoop upon him, and he was in fear of death, he espied a heap of winnowed wheat on the floor of a barn, and he dropped among the wheat, and turned himself into one of the grains. Then she transformed herself into a high-crested black hen, and went to the wheat and scratched it with her feet, and found him out and swallowed him. And, as the story says, she bore him nine months, and when she was delivered of him, she could not find it in her heart to kill him, by reason of his beauty." - Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces Joseph Campbell (Get the book.)

"There is less than half the protein in today's wheat as in the wheat our grandparents ate. • Much of our soil is so depleted that our farm crops depend entirely on the chemical fertilizers they are fed to grow. That means that most of the food we eat is devoid of virtually all the trace minerals we need for survival. • And on and on. When you think about it, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out what's happened. We've exchanged quality for quantity." - Jon Barron, Lessons from The Miracle Doctors: A Step-by-Step Guide to Optimum Health and Relief from Catastrophic Illness (Get the book.)

"ADD OAT BRAN, wheat BRAN AND WHEATGERM to baked goods, cookies, etc.; whole grain cereals, casseroles, loafs, etc. • SNACK ON SUN-DRIED FRUIT, such as apricots, dates, prunes, raisins, etc., which are concentrated sources of nutrients and fiber. • INSTEAD OF DRINKING JUICE, eat the fruit: orange, grapefruit, etc. ; and vegetables: tomato, carrot, etc. - UC Berkeley Wellness Letter ( Most Common Food Allergies • CEREALS: Buckwheat, Corn, Oats, Rye, Wheat • MILK: Butter, Cheese, Cottage Cheese, Ice Cream, Milk, etc." - Patricia Bragg and Paul C. Bragg, The Miracle of Fasting: Proven Throughout History for Physical, Mental & Spiritual Rejuvenation (Get the book.)

"Smear nut butter on wheat crackers for a snack. S Use nut butter and a less-sugar jam for an even healthier PB&J. amounts, phytosterols seem to offer three important protective qualities: They may reduce blood cholesterol, enhance the immune system, and decrease the risk of certain cancers. But before you stock up on margarine, consider this: As a group, nuts and seeds are a rich source of phytosterols, too. A recent analysis of 27 nut and seed products found that sesame seeds, wheat germ, pistachio nuts, and sunflower seeds have the highest concentration of phytosterols." - Elaine Magee, Food Synergy: Unleash Hundreds of Powerful Healing Food Combinations to Fight Disease and Live Well (Get the book.)

"Battered and breaded with water, enriched bleached wheat flour (niacin, iron, thiamine, mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), yellow corn flour, bleached wheat flour, modified corn starch, salt, leavening (baking soda, sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate, calcium lactate), spices, wheat starch, dried whey, corn starch. Batter set in vegetable shortening." - Michele Simon, Appetite for Profit: How the Food Industry Undermines Our Health and How to Fight Back (Get the book.)

"For example, refined wheat flour has only 5% of the vitamin E as whole wheat flour. It is reasonable as well to suspect chronic latent magnesium deficiency in anyone eating white bread and white rice and other heavily processed foods. Folate Vitamin B12 Selenium Copper Iron Potassium Zinc Fiber Niacin Riboflavin Magnesium Vitamin B6 Vitamin E I Refined Flour I Whole Wheat 0% 20% 40% 60% 100% Harvard University People who regularly eat whole grains develop cancer less often than those who don't." - Mark Sircus, Transdermal Magnesium Therapy (Get the book.)

"Because GliSODin contains wheat protein, do not use this supplement if you are allergic to wheat gluten. Green Tea Green tea contains potent antioxidant and polyphenol compounds called catechins, which have been shown to enhance energy in human clinical trials, help balance glucose levels, and protect against the development of atherosclerosis. Study results suggest that the polyphenols in green tea may interfere with the absorption of cholesterol in the intestinal tract and promote its elimination from the body." - 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.)

"Their new Naturals Collection, which is drawing national interest, is made with double-sided, melamine-laminated wheat board, an industrial grade particleboard. Because it is made with wheat straw, wheat board is an annually renewable product and helps to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. Cabinet interiors in standard maple plywood also come with FSC-certified CollinsWood particleboard and plywood. Here's the irony: all this great kitchen cabinetry comes from a company whose president is a retired U.S. Army colonel, Rick Fields. Visit them at www.neilkelly.com." - David Steinman, Safe Trip to Eden: Ten Steps to Save Planet Earth from the Global Warming Meltdown (Get the book.)

"A recent analysis of 27 nut and seed products found that sesame seeds, wheat germ, pistachio nuts, and sunflower seeds have the highest concentration of phytosterols. Per 100-gram serving, sesame seeds and wheat germ contain more than 400 milligrams of phytosterols; pistachios have 279 milligrams, and sunflower seed kernels have 270 milligrams. Brazil nuts and English walnuts followed with around 100 milligrams. Want to know what effect nuts have on cholesterol? Well, so did a team of South African researchers from North-West University in Potchefstroom." - Elaine Magee, Food Synergy: Unleash Hundreds of Powerful Healing Food Combinations to Fight Disease and Live Well (Get the book.)

"Wheat served in this way is very calming to the nerves. Buckwheat Cream There are two ways to make buckwheat cream: by using buckwheat flour or by using whole buckwheat groats that are then ground in a flour mill. 1) Heat 1 teaspoon of corn oil in a skillet without burning it. Keeping the flame low, add the flour, stirring constantly and rapidly with a wooden spoon so that the flour will not burn. After the flour is brown, allow it to cool. Add 4 cups of water and heat over a high flame, stirring until it reaches the boiling point." - Michael Tierra, The Way of Herbs (Get the book.)

"Sources of insoluble fiber are any whole grains—whole-wheat bread, barley, couscous, brown rice, whole-grain cereal, and wheat bran—as well as seeds, carrots, cucumbers, zucchini, celery, and tomatoes. Belly Blaster 4; Lignans Benefit to your body: estrogen binder / EAT 2-3 TABLESPOONS PER DAY. Ground or milled flaxseed, sesame seeds, and flaxseed oil are part of a food group called lignans. The friendly bacteria in our intestines convert plant lignans into a substance that has a weak estrogen-like activity." - C. W. Randolph, M.D., From Belly Fat to Belly FLAT: How Your Hormones Are Adding Inches to Your Waistline and Subtracting Years from Your Life (Get the book.)

"Total Carbohydrate 30OQ 375g Dietary Fiber 25q 30g i Organic whole oat flour, organic whole wheat flour, organic wheat bran. orgarTB evaporated cane juice, organic oat bran, organic yellow cornmeal, organic brown ri = barley malt extract, sea salt, organic whole wheat sprouts provides 220 milligrams of sodium, it's too salty! This is okay if it's supposed to be a salty food, but certainly not if it's breakfast cereal! In addition to that general rule, follow these pointers. • Try not to buy packaged foods that include trans fat (partially hydro-genated oil) on the list of ingredients." - David L. Katz, Catherine S. Katz, Dr. David Katz's Flavor-Full Diet: Use Your Tastebuds to Lose Pounds and Inches with this Scientifically Proven Plan (Get the book.)

"Flaxseed, in particular, contains 100 to 800 times more plant lignans than its closest competitors, wheat bran, rye, buckwheat, millet, soybeans, and oats. Once consumed, lignans found in flaxseed are converted by bacterial action in the colon to mammalian lignans (enterolactone and enterodiol). They are then absorbed through the intestinal mucous membrane into the bloodstream. The mammalian lignans bind with estrogen receptors on cells throughout the body, reducing the effect of women's estrogen hormones by blocking the receptors the hormones activate." - Freedom Press, Natural Cancer Cures: The Definitive Guide to Using Dietary Supplements to Fight and Prevent Cancer (Get the book.)

"Flour products, including muffins, scones, Danish pastries, bagels, doughnuts, Pop-Tarts, cinnamon rolls, and white or wheat toast or buns 4. Processed or refined flour crackers or tortilla chips of any kind, including Doritos, Goldfish, Triscuits, potato chips, Frito-Lays, saltines, and wheat Thins 5. Rice cakes 6. Commercial cereals 7. Table salt 8. Tortillas (wheat or corn) 9. Sugar or artificial sweeteners such as Aspartame (Nutrasweet) and Splenda (Sucralose) 10." - Timothy Brantley, The Cure: Heal Your Body, Save Your Life (Get the book.)

"There is less than half the protein in today's wheat as in the wheat our grandparents ate. • Much of our soil is so depleted that our farm crops depend entirely on the chemical fertilizers they are fed to grow. That means that most of the food we eat is devoid of virtually all the trace minerals we need for survival. • And on and on. When you think about it, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out what's happened. We've exchanged quality for quantity." - Jon Barron, Lessons from The Miracle Doctors: A Step-by-Step Guide to Optimum Health and Relief from Catastrophic Illness (Get the book.)

"You can also eat cereals that do not contain added sugar and oil— old-fashioned oats, for instance (not the quick-cooking variety), shredded wheat, and brand names like Grape-Nuts. Breads should be whole grain, and should not contain added oil. Whole-grain pastas are allowed—those made from whole wheat, brown rice, spelt, and quinoa. (Be careful about restaurant pasta. It is often egg-based and made from white flour, and there may well be oil lurking in the marinara sauce.) 4. Fruit. Fruits of all varieties are permitted." - Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., M.D., Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease (Get the book.)

"Bread: This means white, wheat, oat, whole, multigrain, or otherwise. If it's bread, it counts. 3. Pasta: All pasta counts, regardless of composition—seminole wheat, wholegrain, flax, egg noodles, rice noodles, and spinach. 4. Meat/Fish: This includes beef, pork, poultry, game meat, organ meat, and seafood of any kind (including shellfish). I also include cottage cheese. Don't forget processed meat—bacon, sausage, smoked meats, cured meats, most lunch meats, and commercial jerky. Processed meats contain lots of salt, so answer yes to the salt question if you eat processed meats. 5." - James Dowd and Diane Stafford, The Vitamin D Cure (Get the book.)

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