OUR PERSONAL CHANGE OF DIET

Changing our household diet has been instrumental to our better health. Our family kitchen no longer contains the following (or if possible in moderation):

• Sodas of any kind
• White Breads, Regular Pastas, Bleached flour
• Processed or packaged foods like Frozen TV Dinners, Instant Cook Meals (Rice, Puddings, Cakes), or Canned anything (even veggies)
• Food products containing HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP as its main or first ingredients.
• Food products containing PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED OILS as its main or first or even last ingredient.

We have, however, added a good and nutritious set of ingredients that are more beneficial to our health:

• Sea salt - has replaced common iodized salt
• Organic Sugar - replacing regular, bleached sugar
• Water - has replaced sugary drinks
• Honey - has also replaced bleached sugar for sweetening tea
• Natural & free-roaming eggs
• Natural and hormone-free red meats
• Brown Rice - replaced white, bleached rice
• Organic unbleached flour - has replaced white flour for baking
• Organic Milk - has replaced genetically modified & hormone-laden milk
• Organic & reg. Veggies (fresh & frozen) - replacing all sodium-laden cans (fresh veggies: scrubbed with vegetable brush)
• Organic and non-organic fruits - replacing most snacks and deserts (washed thoroughly to remove any traces of pesticide)

Note: We also do not fry meats, poultry, or anything for that matter...unless its plantains (which my hubby loves!) but we make them about twice a year or so, and even then we get them from his dad's backyard (organic) and we do not deep-fry them, we merely use 1/2 inch of oil in the pan and drain within paper towels to absorb remaining grease. They're the best!!! 

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We can get all the nutrients our bodies need if we consumed less fat and less processed foods and more fruits and vegetables.  I agree!  Regular Pasta, White Bread, and Desserts offer practically no nutritional value, just an incredible amount of sugar to our nutrient-starved bodies and brains. Then we wonder why we are  "so tired all the time!"  Why we just  "can't seem to think right!"  or the usual  "can't remember anything!"

To maintain a healthy lifestyle please add fruits and vegetables to your everyday meals. You're not only adding nutrition and antioxidants, but vitamins and minerals as well! 

Your eyes, brain, heart and overall body will thank you!

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This list includes some of my favorite veggies containing some or all of the following: protein, fiber, beta carotene, Vitamin C, B-vitamins, folate, calcium, zinc, iron, and health-building substances called phytonutrients are:

• SPINACH
• BEANS (kidney & black)
• CHICK PEAS
• BROCCOLI
• TOMATOES
• BEET GREENS
• ARTICHOKES

The TOP Fiber-Filled Veggies are:

• ARTICHOKES
• BEANS
• LENTILS
• CHICK PEAS
• PUMPKIN
• PEAS
• SWEET POTATOES

Find out more at Dr. Sears.com

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