I have no set daily menu, but just make sure whatever I have on hand conforms to the list below.
Marla's "yes" List
Meats
All meats should not have received antibiotics, hormones, herbicides and/or pesticides, coloring or preservatives.
Beef, Bison which have been grassfed and grass finished--free ranged, fed no grains--grains are not their natural foods and increases their likelihood of higher e-coli content as well as changing their natural omega-3 and omega-6 ratios. Grassfed and grass finished animals also contain CLA.
Chicken, duck, goose, turkey which have been pastured, have access to grass and bugs, etc.
Eggs - from pastured, free-ranged poultry/fowl.
Lamb - pastured
Goats - pastured/allowed to browse
Pork - pastured, allowed to root for food
Fish - Wild caught
Shell fish - Yes, heh.
Veggies
Any that are organically or biodynamically grown prepared either cooked or raw is okay.
Tubers
Potatoes, etc. -- organic also.
Legumes
Any that are organically or biodynamically grown except I don't eat much soy beans. Lots of prepackaged foods contain soy or some form of it.
The proper way to prepare legumes is to soak them overnight before cooking to deactiviate phytates. Phytates inhibit mineral absorption in digestion and are thought to interfere with enzyme function.
Grains
All grains should be presoaked before cooking to deactivate phytates.
Brown rice
All types of whole grains--i.e. wheat, rye, spelt, barley, buckwheat, etc.
All grains should be organic or biodynamically grown.
Nuts and Seeds
All nuts should be soaked before eating to deactivate enzyme inhibitors. This includes sesame seeds (although sesame seeds need only a short soaking like maybe 2 hours or so, otherwise they get bitter).
All types should be organic. If can�t find organic, then buy them in their shells. The oils in nuts can go rancid quickly once they have been shelled.
Breads--preferrably whole grains, not bleached or enriched.
Sprouted breads/organic
Sourdough breads/organic
Noodles and Pastas
Any organic whole grains without all those other additives. I.e. I like angel-hair spelt
noodles. Ingredients on the package says: spelt, water, and salt. No complicated ingredients to gum you up. Organic rice noodles and mung bean noodles are fine, too.
Fruits
Any that are grown organically or biodynamically.
As a compromise, I'll occasionally eat fruits not organic "if" they have thick skins that you can peel of like oranges, grapefruit, and bananas. But not fruits with thin skins like grapes. Chemicals go through thin skins easily, so must be organic if the fruit has a thin skin or the skin is normally eaten.
Oils
~ Cooking
organic butter
organic palm oil
organic coconut oil
pork fat
These oils are good for cooking because they are stable and not as easily damaged with the heat in cooking.
~ Raw oils for salads and to mix in shakes
Olive oil - extra virgin, organic, cold pressed
flaxseed - cold pressed. Never cook flaxseed oil because it becomes damaged easily and then actually becomes harmful to your health at that point.
Dairy
Milk- full fat, cow or goat, raw, unpasteurized from pastured animals. Same qualifications as meat animals. Unhomogenized.
Cheese - cow, goat, sheep, raw, unpasteurized. I prefer Manchego, gouda, feta, cheddar, and Emmentaller (although Emmentaller isn't raw, I like it, heh).
Yogurt - full fat, plain from same source as milk.
Kefir - homemade from full fat and same source as milk.
Butter - raw, unpasteurized from same qualifications as meat animals.
Spices
Any that are organically or biodynamically grown.
Seaweeds are believed to be good sources of micro-minerals and natural chelators. I like to buy my seaweed bulk from Larch Hansen from Maine. Check out his Circle of Friends website. He has a good variety of different seaweeds. Seaweeds can also be used in hot tub soaks.
Water
Bottled (I use distilled or spring water by Arrowhead and also bottled mineral water by Gerolsteiner).
Sugar
Rapadura
Unrefined sugar
Raw honey (I use only dark honeys because they have a higher mineral content).
Stevia
Salt
Sea salt - sundried like Celtic or Pacific Salt
Himalayan salt
Miscellaneous
Coffee, tea okay if organic.
Organic dates are okay and yummy
organic chocolates and carob in reasonable amounts.
homemade fermented veggies are good sources of probiotics like kraut and kim chi
If you choose to use supplements, I don't use any with amino acid chelates. So far, I only use the ones that are citric acid chelated or brewer's yeast chelated. Occasionally I use Cod Liver Oil.
*Note on white/refined sugar. White sugar has been separated from its minerals.
Sugar cannot be stored or used in the body without minerals, so sugar stripped of its natural minerals will draw from your stores and increase your mineral needs. Many vitamins and trace elements, including vitamin C, the B complex of vitamins, calcium, potassium, magnesium, zinc, chromium, manganese, and phosphorus, are involved in glucose metabolism and the activities of the endocrine glands.
Familiarize yourself with the various organ functions to help you make good food choices. Understanding the various needs of the organs for proper function makes it clear which foods are most helpful and healing to the body.
Lose the microwave -- info on that is controversial, but certainly thought provoking.
Marla's "no" List
No meats which have been given antibiotics, hormones, pesticides, or herbicides.
No beef and/or bison fed grains. (Some grains are okay for chickens).
No caged chickens (or fowl) raised in artificial lighting.
No farmed fish since they are given antibiotics and hormones, plus some are now being genetically engineered.
No pork that has been raised in confined small spaces.
No veal.
No veggies that are genetically engineered or sprayed with chemical fertilizers, pesticides, and/or herbicides.
No soy. It's commonly genetically engineered plus it has phytates that are not properly neutralized and has too many estrogen-like compounds. See www.westonaprice.org Soy Alert. More recently I have been eating some soy in small amounts like at restaurants such as edamame and soy bacon (although I prefer real pork bacon and would use that if I made the dish at home, but that�s what they use at the restaurant where I go, heh).
No. grains that are not organic or biodynamic, sprayed with all the same evils as the other
stuff, heh.
No thin-skinned fruits that are chemically sprayed.
Don't use any other refined oils like corn oil, vegetable oil, etc. No hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated oils or Olestra. No transfats.
No margarine. No substitute butter.
No dairy that doesn't meet the requirements that the meat animals must meet on the "yes" list for meats.
No chemically sprayed spices. It's likely that if the products isn't advertised as organic, then it's not. UNLESS you personally know the person/farmer who grew it and you can inquire as to quality.
No government tap water. Heh. I use bottled water for drinking and cooking.
No white table sugar. (This is very important with immune suppression.)
No fake honey. If you read the ingredients in some honey packets like you get at places like Kentucky Fried Chicken, you'll notice that their honey isn't really honey, but sugar made to pour and look like honey.
No table salt which has been stripped of its minerals like the white sugar.
No prepackaged junk foods even if they say they're organic cuz likely they've got lots of additives like colors, preservatives, and flavor enhancers. A few don't, but most do. Check first.
No fast foods unless you make them yourself -- i.e. your own hamburger and freedom fries, heh.