24. What Foods Are Included
In This diet?
To decrease cellulite or acne, moisture excess in the skin must be decreased. To decrease this cutanous moisture excess, the intake of 'dirty' protein and salt must be decreased;
1) Women with cellulite can eliminate cellulite by eating generous amounts of fruits (including avocado, tomato,
cucumber, olives, etc.), raw nuts and some fresh raw fish or egg yolk together with maximally two 'munch-food' items like chocolate, potato chips, cream cheese, etc. a day. The same treatment applies for mild acne.
2) Those who suffer from extremely severe acne might find it necessary to eliminate all prepared foods, spices, and salt from their diet in order to have a totally clean skin. They would have to rely solely upon fresh fruits (including avocado, tomato, cucumber, olives, etc.), dried fruits, raw nuts, and some fresh raw animal food only.
Because chocolate, potato chips and other 'munch foods' do not really contain many vitamins, all required nutrients have to be obtained from fruits, nuts and fresh raw animal food.
People who want to eliminate all prepared foods from their diet need to obtain all required nutrients from fruits, nuts and fresh raw animal food.
So the only question is:
Do generous amounts of fruits, dried fruits, some nuts, and fresh raw animal food combined contain all the required nutrients?
Nobody will deny that fruits contain sufficient fruit sugars and that nuts, avocado, salmon, mackerel, tuna and egg yolk contain all the essential fatty acids - yet some will say that this diet does not supply them with sufficient energy. How is that possible?
Sugars and fats are our only sources of energy. Amino acids from protein are utilized for construction purposes and not as a source of energy until they are transformed into sugar-like or fat-like molecules - so sugars and fats are the only direct sources of energy. And, no, complex sugars are not different from simple sugars. All dietary sugars (carbohydrates) must be decomposed into glucose before they can supply our brains or muscles with energy. We do not need complex sugars; we need sugars.
Fatty acids are the main source of energy for the heart and the colon.
They also stabilize blood glucose levels. Sugars supply you with fast acting energy. Fats supply you with long lasting energy. If you want the energy you absorb from fruits to last, you should make a big bowl of salad every day, containing cucumber, tomato, avocado, chives and extra virgin olive oil for example, and then take a few bites of this salad every time after you've eaten some fruit. Thus you will prevent 'unnecessary cravings' caused by too much fluctuating blood sugar levels.
Brazil nuts and raisins is also an effective combination.
You cannot possibly lack energy when sufficient fats and sugars are absorbed by the body because there are no other sources of energy (except for alcohol). You will, in fact, feel energized maintaining this diet because the food is much easier to digest.
So what is this all about?
Like an alcoholic or crack-junkie does not get what he 'needs' from food; 'prepared food junkies' feel that raw food does not give them what they 'need'. (See Part 4)
There is no way you can lack energy if you absorb sufficient sugars and fats. What you are actually experiencing are 'withdrawal symptoms'. A real 'prepared food junkie' will come up with all kind of excuses to be able to eat those prepared foods anyway.
We are all physically addicted to prepared foods especially to wheat, milk, and proteinaceous prepared foods. Prepared food products containing both wheat and milk protein are the most addictive and the food industry knows this.
Check labels; you will see that many food products contain wheat and milk protein. These proteins have been proven to contain substances that are physically addictive. (See Chapter 58) That is why you can't eat just a bit of such a food-product; you always have to have a little more - if not all.
When you begin this diet you are suddenly absorbing far less of these addictive chemicals. Some of these chemicals are extremely powerful (like some of the ones in wheat). You can experience somewhat similar feelings as drug junkies do when they go 'cold turkey':
- This diet is driving me nuts
- I 'need' some real food
- This food does not give me the energy I really need
- I can feel this food lacks something
- I don't feel well if I do not eat some bread, or drink milk, etc.
- I don't give a damn about my pimples or cellulite. I need some real food now.
- Tomorrow I will start for real, but I need to eat something different now.
If you are accustomed to consuming lots of bread, cookies, pasta, pizza, milk, yogurt, cheese, prepared meat, -fish and other prepared foods and little or no fruits, you will definitely experience withdrawal symptoms. Your body has adapted to these morphine-like molecules on a daily basis, and once you stop sedating your body that intensively, you will begin to 'notice that you have organs', and that they also are sensitive to bad foods. You will soon be able to 'feel' what foods are good for you and what foods are not.
The fact remains that you cannot possibly lack energy as long as you eat both sufficient fruits and foods containing fat.
Now, you may be ingesting too little energy anyway, because you simply don't eat enough. This may be caused by the lack of 'appetite enhancers' (opioid peptides and beta-carbolines) in this diet. So, your appetite will not be stimulated anymore, unlike before. That is why you may feel filled up by eating some fruits, without having ingested enough energy. So, if you are losing weight, and you don't want to, then you need to consume more easy to digest foods that don't easily fill you up, instead of whole fruits. Buy a juice extractor so that you don't need to ingest all that redundant fiber, but only the most valuable part; the juice. You can also make a lot of orange juice. It is also wise to add some sugar and oil to your juices, to your taste of course. Besides drinking a lot of juices, you also need to consume enough raw nuts, avocadoes and fresh raw animal food, since these are all very nutritional too.
Conclusion
If you really want to eliminate cellulite (or acne), you first need to acknowledge that we all are prepared food-junkies; otherwise it will be impossible to eliminate your cellulite or acne. Do you want to hate yourself next summer for not really having tried to get rid of your cellulite? Skip the excuses. You do not need to envy those models you see in the magazines, or yet another beautiful skin that passes you by on the beach.
Only you can control the level of perfection that reflects back at you when you look in the mirror. And it's only you who controls what enters your mouth.
It is all in your hands.
And if you are losing weight that you don't want to lose; start consuming more juices instead of whole fruits, and lots of avocadoes, raw nuts and fresh raw animal food.
and Animal Food
There is not a single nutrient that fruit and nuts do not contain, except for vitamin D, B12, and cholesterol. You name it, and it is there.
Animal food contains all the necessary nutrients except for containing far too little (or no) vitamin C and beta-carotene. Egg yolk contains very little vitamin B3.
But in combination these foods contain all the required nutrients:
Carbohydrates: Fruits contain all the carbs (sugars) you need.
Fat: Brazil nuts, egg yolk, salmon, avocado and cold pressed olive oil supply you with all the essential fatty acids (fat).
Protein: Almost all fruits contain all the essential amino acids.
(protein) Brazil nuts contain more of the scarcest amino acids than any other food. You will lack energy before you can possibly lack protein even if you eat only fruits and Brazil nuts. (See this site) You will abundantly satisfy the requirement for amino acids by also eating a tiny bit of animal food daily.
Cholesterol: A little bit of fresh raw fish or raw egg yolk contains all the clean cholesterol you need. (See Chapter 35)
Vitamin B1 ; Brazil nuts, mangosteen and durian contain most vitamin B1, but also dried plums, -figs, tamarind and egg yolk contain lots of B1.
Vitamin B2 ; Egg yolk, mackerel, durian, avocado and longan contain most, but dried plums, -apricots, cherimoya and jackfruit also contain much vitamin B2.
Vitamin B3 (niacin) ; Granadilla, tuna, salmon, mackerel and dried apricots, -dates, and -plums contain most B3.
Vitamin B5 (pantothenic acid) ; Egg yolk, watermelon, avocado, dried apricot and salmon contain most B5.
Vitamin B6 ; Salmon, walnuts, mackerel, avocado, bananas, hazelnuts and dried dates, -figs, -plums and -apricots contains most B6.
Vitamin B8 (biotin) ; Egg yolk, avocado, salmon, bananas, apples, mackerel and strawberries contain most B8.
Vitamin B9 (folic acid) ; Egg yolk, walnuts, cherries, hazelnuts, strawberries, grapes and oranges contain most B9.
Vitamin B12 ; Only animal food, like egg yolk and fish, contain B12.
Carotenes (including lutein, zeaxhantin and beta-carotene) ; Dried apricots, muskmelon and carrots contain most, but also papaya, persimmon, tree tomatoes, mango, mandarin, loquats and watermelon contain much carotenes. Vitamin A is composed of ί-carotene. Also do egg yolk, tuna and salmon contain much vitamin A.
Vitamin C ; Acerola and guava contain extremely much vitamin C (what can cause diarrhea). Black currants, papaya, kiwi, strawberries, common jujube, longan, rambutan, lemon and oranges contain much vitamin C.
Vitamin E ; Hazelnuts, Brazil nuts, walnuts, egg yolk, salmon, blueberries, avocado, mango, peach, plums, tomatoes and grapes contain the most vitamin E.
Vitamin K1 ; Egg yolk, kiwis and avocado contain most, but strawberries, plums, hazelnuts, mackerel, oranges, grapes and peach also contain K1.
Vitamin D ; Vitamin D is composed of cholesterol, requiring indirect sunlight. Fish and egg yolk also contain vitamin D.
Calcium ; Hazelnuts, dried currants, figs, egg yolk, Brazil nuts, tamarind and olives contain the most, but walnuts, raisins, oranges, kiwis and mandarins also contain much calcium.
Magnesium ; Brazil nuts, hazelnuts, walnuts, papaya, coconut and banana contain the most magnesium.
Zinc ; Brazil nuts and egg yolk contain the most zinc. (Oysters contain far too much zinc) Walnuts, hazelnuts, currants, figs, salmon, coconut and granadilla also contain much zinc.
Selenium ; Coconuts contain extremely much selenium, be careful. Brazil nuts contain quite a bit, and tuna, mackerel, salmon and egg yolk also contain selenium.
Phosphorus and Sulfur ; Proteinacous food like egg yolk and fish contain high amounts of phosphorus and sulfur.
Chloride ; Almost all fruits, but especially egg yolk, mackerel, coconut, dried dates, bananas and kiwis contain chloride.
Potassium ; All foods (including fruits) contain plenty of potassium.
Sodium ; Especially fish, egg yolk and oval kumquat, but also dried figs, -dates, coconut and muskmelon contain all the sodium you need.
Iodide ; Egg yolk, bananas and mango contain sufficient iodide. Sea-fish contains much more, especially mullet (and seaweed).
Fluoride ; Egg yolk and raisins and dried apricots, but also other fruits and fish contain fluoride.
Iron ; Fish, egg yolk, dried fruits, hazelnuts, Brazil nuts, coconut, rambutan, olives, granadilla and carissa, and almost all other fruits contain all the iron you need.
Chromium ; Brazil nuts, dates and hazelnuts, but also other fruits contain chromium.
Copper ; Brazil nuts ,dried apricots, olives and avocado in particular, but also granadilla, raisins, dried dates, salmon, bananas, kiwis and muskmelon contain copper. Edible snail (escargot) and oysters contain extremely high amounts of copper.
Cobalt ; Cobalt is absorbed through vitamin B12 in fish and egg yolk (or other animal food), but dried apricots, hazelnuts and walnuts contain cobalt too.
Manganese ; Hazelnuts, olives ,dried apricot sand other nuts contain lots of manganese. Other fruits like avocado and mango, but granadilla in particular, contain manganese too.
Molybdenum ; Egg yolk, muskmelon, papaya, coconut and apricots contain molybdenum.
Vanadium ; Especially egg yolk, and avocado, bananas, apples and plums contain vanadium.
Silicon ; Bananas, currants, mandarins, grapefruit, hazelnuts and strawberries contain silicon.
But how much of these foods contain a sufficient amount of all the nutrients?
When compared to official recommendations, the consumption of 2 kg. / 4½ lbs. of the right fruits, and 50 g. / 1Ύ oz. of food from animal origin already supplies you with all the nutrients you need. But two kilograms of these foods does not supply you with sufficient energy, so you will have to eat more fruits. Or you can add some munch foods for the extra energy and to satisfy your cravings.
Though 2 kg. / 4½ lbs. of fruits seems like a lot, a tomato-cucumber salad, 1 avocado, 1 banana and 1 liter / 1 quart fruit-shake (of different fruits) or 2 quarts fruits-hake easily adds up to 2 kg. / 4½ lbs. To absorb sufficient energy, you have to eat more.
You can also disregard these numbers, and simply submit your version of the diet to our nutrient calculator. If it appears that your diet is low in a specific nutrient, you check the list above for which foods are rich in that nutrient, and you add some of these foods to your diet. Of course you need to do this until all nutrient requirements are met.
But if I minimize my protein intake by following this diet, how can I still absorb sufficient protein?
You need little protein.
Protein is construction material. You need protein to compose cells as you need bricks to build a house. You cannot improve your house by piling up bricks in your living room; you will not be healthier or stronger by consuming too much protein.
One gram of protein contains exactly as many calories as one gram sugar. If you consume more protein than you need for construction purposes, which is always the case, the redundant protein is transformed into either fat-like or sugar-like molecules.
Protein however is not a healthy source of energy, for processing protein requires more vitamin B2, B6 and folic acid, and causes more wastes (toxic ammonium, which must be detoxified).
The human body is not very good at processing large quantities of protein because humans are omnivores - not carnivores. Consuming excessive protein is unhealthy and bad for your skin.
How much protein do I need?
No sane person will deny that mother's milk contains all the protein growing infants need. Compared to humans of other ages, infants need to compose more new cells all the time. The younger we are, the faster we grow. Yet, mothers' milk contains only 1% protein, about the same average percentage as fruits. Just as infants absorb all their required protein by drinking mothers' milk, so can adults absorb all their required protein by consuming the right fruits. (See this site)
Even by only consuming the right fruits, you will lack energy before you can possibly lack protein. Your diet is abundantly supplied with protein if you also consume a bit of animal food every once and a while.
When compared to official recommendations, the consumption of 2 kg. / 4½ lbs. of different fruits and some animal food supplies you with all the nutrients you need. For ideal fruit combinations, see
Chapter 40.
All nutrients?
All nutrients - except for one. (See next chapter)
National institutions formerly recommended 800 mg. calcium daily, maximally. Now they say we need about 1,500 mg.
How much do we actually need?
Children need more calcium than adults (per kg bodyweight), to grow strong bones. But healthy children always seem to be perfectly able to absorb all the calcium they need to grow strong bones - no matter on what diet or in whatever country.
Of course human milk contains all the calcium human babies need; in babies that are extensively breastfed the bone mass increases incredibly fast. Logically, adults don't need as much calcium (per kg bodyweight), because they need only to maintain the calcium in their bones. So, if calcium contents of foods for adults are about as high as in mother's milk (in percentage), there is no doubt about that it contains all the calcium adults need.
Surprise!
Consuming lots of fruits, some nuts and a little bit of fish or egg yolks, the average calcium content is about as high as in human milk; The amount of calcium (in mg per 100 g) in some natural foods:
226 Hazelnuts
140 Egg yolk
132 Brazil nuts
96 Olives, green
87 Walnuts
54 Figs
44 Black berries
42 Orange
40 Raspberries
38 Kiwi
33 Mandarin
32 Human milk
20 Coconut
18 Grapes
16 Apricot
16 Pineapple
14 Plum
13 Salmon
12 Mackerel
12 Mango
11 Watermelon
10 Avocado
9 Banana
6 Muskmelon
So, consuming such natural foods only, you will be abundantly absorbing all required calcium.
But why are we advised to consume dairy products or take calcium supplements then?
Because consuming extra calcium is claimed to protect you against osteoporosis.
But is this true?
The short term (a number of years) effects of extra calcium on bones have indeed appeared to be beneficial; extra calcium enhances bone strength, but how about the eventual (lifetime) effects of extra calcium on bone health?
Is consuming cow's milk all your life protective against osteoporosis?
No it is not; In countries where since over a century the people have been consuming lots of milk, the average bone-mass is highest, but in these exact same countries osteoporosis / hip-fracture incidence is highest too. In countries were people traditionally consume hardly any milk at all, the average bone mass is lower, while in these countries the osteoporosis / hip-fracture incidence is the lowest!
For example:
- In countries like the USA, the UK, Australia, Switzerland, Italy, and Northern Europe the most milk is consumed; from 230 up to 370 kg milk per cap per year. In these countries the average bone mass is greatest, but is also osteoporosis incidence the highest. [51]
- Bone-mineral density (BMD) in Polish children is lower than US children [52], and so is milk consumption (22%
less) and Polish osteoporosis incidence [53].
- The Japanese averagely consume much less milk, about 68 kg milk per year. Both the average BMD and osteoporosis incidence in Japan is lower. [54] This is not due to genetic differences; America-born Japanese women have BMD values equivalent to those of whites. [55]
- Chinese averagely consume only 8 kg milk per year and their BMD is therefore lower. [56] Hip-fracture incidence in Chinese women is only 1/6 that of women in the USA [57], while in the US the average consumption is 254 kg. (67 gal.) milk / cap / year!
Their lower BMD is not due to genetic differences; Chinese who immigrated to Denmark more than 12 years ago have a similar BMD to that of the Danish. [58]
- In Gambia averagely 17 kg milk per year is consumed. Both average BMD and osteoporosis incidence are very low in Gambia. [59] And again, this is not 'genetic' since there are no significant differences in BMD and bone turnover in Gambian and Caucasian children living in the UK. [60]
Obviously, consuming more milk does increase your bone mass, but eventually you then will be more likely to get osteoporosis!
Consuming loads of fruits, some nuts and a little bit of animal food daily, you will be absorbing all the calcium you need to grow strong bones and to keep them healthy when you're older.
For much more information about this subject, see
28. Nutrients in Natural Foods
You will absorb all nutrients you need by consuming fruit, nuts and some animal food.
Do you know why this makes so much sense?
Because millions of years ago we ate only raw foods and we only ate those raw foods that can be digested very well.
Grains are grasses and vegetables are leaves. Grains and most vegetables (like cabbage, etc.) contain several substances that inhibit digestion and uptake of nutrients when consumed raw.
That is why animals that eat grasses and leaves have specialized digestive systems for the digesting of those foods. Pigeons, for example, have a crop to pre-digest grains and cows have four stomachs. We don't. We are omnivores - specialized in consuming both nutritious and easy-to-digest animal / plant foods.
Fruit contains generous amounts of sugars and animal food contains cholesterol. We became intelligent humans - thanks to this combination of animal foods and fruits; cholesterol is an essential element in the construction of brain cells, and sugars are the main source of energy for these brain cells.
But why is it so logical that the combination of fruits and animal food contains all the nutrients we need?
Because all animals are adapted to - and depend solely upon - the foods they naturally eat.
Because humans, by nature, eat fruit and some fresh raw animal food, and so these contain all the nutrients we need.
Vitamins are co-enzymes; vitamins help enzymes do their job. These enzymes cannot function without vitamins, and your body cannot live.
Animals can compose all the enzymes and co-enzymes they need, but lose the ability to compose specific co-enzymes if these are also present in abundance in the food they naturally eat.
In nature, survival is all about specialization and efficiency.
Only the best-organized, best-adapted and / or most specialized organisms survive. For efficiency purposes we have lost the ability to compose the specific co-enzymes that are amply present in our natural foods, and these co-enzymes are called vitamins. To the extent that these vitamins are present in our natural foods - to that extent - the human body cannot compose that specific vitamin any more.
That is why animals, like humans, which (by nature) consume lots of fruit, cannot compose vitamin C. All animals that do not eat fruit compose their own vitamin C.
By definition: humans and other animals absorb all the vitamins they need as long as they consume their natural foods.
But vitamins in food are not entirely absorbed, are they?
That's correct. And there is a very good reason for that: the body absorbs as much as it needs. It tries very hard not to absorb too much vitamins, because nature is about efficiency, and sometimes too much is even harmful;
- Too much vitamin A is cancerous. [61] (and also accelerates shedding, and thus aging of the skin)
- Too much ί-carotene increases lung cancer risk in smokers. [62]
- Too much vitamin C decreases vitamin B12 level [63] and can increase activation of mutagenic HCA from food. [64] Vitamin C can enhance growth of tumors, [65] and increases pro-oxidative free iron. [66]
- Too much vitamin D can cause arteriosclerosis and bone-deformations. [67]
- Excessive vitamin E can cause bleeding in the brain [68] and impair immune system reactivity, which can cause cancer or arthritis. [69] Very often in skin cancer (and sometimes in breast cancer [70]) the skin cells contain more vitamin E, unbalancing the antioxidant status, and increasing susceptibility to oxidative radicals. [71]
One has to strongly question the high level of vitamin C and E in so many skin-care products.
But how do I know whether I absorb the right amount of vitamins?
Nobody knows, but your body always knows - perfectly.
Vitamin supplements are extremely concentrated, which makes it impossible for your body to sufficiently decrease its vitamin absorption rate to prevent uptake of too much vitamins.
All you have to do is to offer your body sufficient fruits and fresh raw animal food so it can absorb exactly as much of the vitamins as it needs.
Listen to your body, and you will know what fruits or fresh raw animal food it needs. Buy a variety of fruits and taste them all; then you know which one your body prefers at that moment. Having eaten one kind of fruit, and needing more, your body may feel like eating another kind of fruit instead of the same one.
If you are not feeling well (or have a headache, for example), don't run first to the bathroom cupboard for a pill. Instead - ask yourself whether you have absorbed aIl the essential nutrients. Did you consume sufficient clean fat? Cholesterol? Sugars? Did you have the opportunity to try different fruits?
Did you get sufficient fresh air? Sleep? Daylight? Or did you experience stress today?
Try to answer all these questions and fulfill all these requirements before you start considering medication. Don't try to fool yourself by saying "but this is homeopathic", or "this is only a very low dose". Medicines are drugs, no matter their origin or dosage. If you feel bad, there is a cause. No drug or medicine is designed to take away the cause; they are designed to relieve the symptoms. They are designed to make a shift in the metabolism of neurotransmitters, hormones etc., to attack the symptoms.
There is no drug or medication without side effects because all of these substances are involved in the regulation of multiple processes. There are many occasions when medicine is the only remaining option, and the only action that can save you. But that does not mean you should not be extremely careful about taking drugs / medicines. Chemotherapy includes the use of aggressive drugs, which can save you life if you have an aggressive type of cancer, but that does not mean that chemotherapy can take away the cause, and it does not mean at all that chemotherapy is healthy.
Basically, using drugs is like applying chemotherapy; you only do it when there is no other option left.
Minerals are elements and animals cannot compose elements.
Animals can absorb elements from the air they breathe (oxygen), the water they drink, and the food they eat. The body composes new cells (and enzymes and co-enzymes) from these elements. Our bodies are fully equipped to absorb all the required minerals from our natural food because the body can never compose its own minerals. These foods always contain a higher quantity of minerals than required because the body has no problem with decreasing its absorption rate.
The absorption rate of minerals depends on the amount of minerals the food contains. If the food contains less minerals, the absorption rate is high. If food contains a higher mineral content, then the absorption rate is lower. It sounds very logical, doesn't it?
But guess what?
'Experts' have decided that this mechanism is a 'mistake'. They decided that more minerals must be recommended to compensate for the fact that the average absorption rate of minerals is low. (!)
You can ask yourself: Are these people just plain stupid or are they criminal?
Nature did not make a mistake; there is a reason why mineral absorption rate decreases when our food contains an over- supply of minerals. The reason is that too much of any mineral causes damage to the body;
- Too much of metals like iron, copper, cobalt, manganese and zinc is pro-oxidative [72], damaging nutrients, arteries [73] messenger-substances, cell-DNA [74] and enzymes [75], increasing heart attack risk, and possibly causing diabetes [76], colon cancer [77] Parkinson's disease, [78] and infertility. [79] The body, for example, decreases its iron level when weak or sick, to protect itself against viruses that need iron to grow. Unfortunately, most physicians think this requires supplementary iron; they often call it anemia.
- Too much of one mineral decreases the levels of other minerals / trace elements in the body. [80]
- Excess selenium is known to be toxic and can even cause cancer. [81] Selenium-compounds can react upon glutathion (an antioxidant), creating aggressive peroxides and oxygen radicals. [82]
- Too much calcium causes arthritis, muscle cramps, tingling sensation in fingers or legs and fibromyalgia. (and osteoporosis)
- Too much iodide and bromine are pro-oxidative, too, [83] and can increase thyroid activity. [84]
- Too much fluoride is toxic and increases hip-fracture risk. [85]
Unfortunately, official recommendations are always far too high - "just to make sure you get enough".
We know that an excessive amount of minerals or anti-oxidants can be extremely harmful, but the effects are not usually visible on the outside. If obesity weren't such an outside visible sign of too many calories, it would probably be 'officially recommended' that we consume 10,000 calories/ day - "just to make sure you get enough".
Minerals cannot be decomposed, and are only slowly excreted (like antioxidants). In the meantime they can harm your body.
To absorb the right amount of minerals and anti-oxidants you need only to consume as much natural foods (fruits and a little fresh raw animal food) as possible, and as little unnatural foods (prepared foods, dairy products, soy, grains, and vegetables) as you can. (See next chapter)
And, of course .. no supplements.
One might wonder, is it some kind of ridiculous birth-control program to advise supplementary zinc, iron, manganese, cobalt etc. to pregnant women? (instead of advising them to consume lots of fruits)
Beans and Grains?
We are always told that vegetables and grains are essential in a balanced diet because of the nutrients and fiber they contain.
However, fruits contain every single vitamin, mineral and trace element that beans, vegetables, and grains have. You name it - it's in those fruits.
And yes, fruits contain less fiber, on the average, than grains and beans, but nobody can deny that when you eat lots of fruits, you do absorb sufficient fiber.
But what if I'm constipated?
Constipation is not caused by a lack of fiber. Fruit contains, on the
average, only 2% fiber, with watermelon containing only 0.2% fiber - in contrast with chick peas (21%) and white beans (17%). But your bowels will definitely move when you eat only watermelon. Oil and butter contain no fiber at all, and yet you know what would happen if you drank a cup of oil or ate a pound of butter! No, constipation is not due to a lack of fiber, but is caused by the anesthetizing effects of beta-carbolines and opioid peptides - especially in wheat products (bread, crackers, pizza, pasta, pastries, etc.) - and in proteinaceous prepared foods (meat, fish, cheese, grains or beans that are heated in any way). All of these foods cause constipation. (See appendix A)
Bad Substances
Moreover, grains, beans, and most vegetables have to be cooked, steamed, or h
eated in some manner before consumption. The heating originates new substances - like mutagenic HCA and N-nitroso compounds and neurotransmitter-impairing beta-carbolines while these beta-carbolines are also constipating agents.
Why do grains, beans and most vegetables have to be cooked/heated before consumption?
Because we cannot digest these properly when consumed raw; Fruit bearing trees multiply by the means of their fruits, which contain seeds. To spread their seeds, these fruits are filled with sugars and other nutrients to make them as attractive for consumption as possible. The seeds are mostly indigestible and leave the body with the feces.
Grains, beans and most vegetables, on the other hand, contain all kind of substances that work against human consumption. We have to destroy these substances by heat because humans are not specialized in digesting plants (we do not have a crop or four stomachs, etc.) Unfortunately, not all these substances are entirely destroyed by heat, which is why consuming grains, beans, and most vegetables can cause severe pains and gas in the digestive tract.
New 'disorders' have been 'invented', like "a spastic colon", or "Irritable Bowel Syndrome", etc. because we don't want to admit that we shouldn't eat foods that aren't 'designed' to be consumed by humans; these 'disorders' are only about eating the wrong foods.
Some of the digestion-inhibiting substances:
- Grains and beans contai
n excessive fiber (six times more fiber than fruits), inhibiting the absorption of clean cholesterol. [86]
- Grains and beans contain phytic acid, which inhibits
absorption of protein, minerals, and trace elements.
- Grains contain many o
ther digestion-inhibitors, like pentosanes, lectins, arabinoxilanes, alkylresorcines, and cyanogenic glycosides.
- Beans (and currant
s) contain 4 to 140 times more lignin (indigestible aromatic alcohol polymers), than fruit does, on the average. Lignins easily bind to healthy cholesterol [87] and minerals. [88]
- Soybeans contain many different substances inhibiting
digestion, like phytic acid, lots of polyurones, arabinoxylanes (special pentosanes), toxic lectins and mutagenic [89] phyto-estrogens. Phyto-estrogens can also impair sex-hormone metabolism. [90] (See this site)
- Vegetables contain more pentosanes and hexosanes
than fruits. These special carbohydrates are only partially decomposed by bacteria in the colon, and inhibit digestion.
Brussels sprouts, beets, parsley, celeriac, kale, broccoli, and peas contain most of these substances.
- Some vegetables contain a substantial quantity of oxalic
acid, which binds to minerals easily. Mangold, rhubarb, spinach, purslane, bamboo shoots, and beets contain most of these special carbohydrates.
- Some vegetables (like onions) contain mutagenic [91]
flavonoids or dialkyloligosulphides (like garlic), which
inhibit iodide absorption.
- Mushrooms easily absorb harmful cadmium and arsenic, and contain alkaloids, which inhibit digestion and cause gripes.
- Lamb's lettuce contains caffeic acid, which easily binds
nutrients.
- Rhubarb can contain mutagenic emodine.
Not all of those substances are entirely destroyed by heat;
- Many toxin
s, like oxalic acid, glycosides, glycoalkaloids, aflatoxins, sterigmatocystine and quercetine are not destroyed by heat. Saponines, fiber, phytic acid [92] and tannins are only partly destroyed.
- 5 to 20% of enzyme-inhibitors in soy are not destroyed throughout the preparation process, can cause cramps and can increase CCK (cholecystokinine) secretion, which can be harmful to the pancreas. [93]
- Heat does not usually destroy the substances in plants that inhibit protein digestion. [94]
Due to the over-use of phosphate fertilizers, most vegetables contain a great deal of nitrate, and, sometimes, nitrite as well (in lettuce, white cabbage, and the juices of carrots and beets, and a little bit in strawberries). [95] Nitrate absorption can impair thyroid functioning [96] and decrease fertility. [97] Heating doesn't destroy nitrate, but even originates cancerous N-nitroso compounds. [98] Therefore, indirectly, nitrate can cause cancer. [99]
Average and highest (between brackets) nitrate contents in mg / 100 g. (3½ oz.) edible food. (From: Souci, S.W., et al, Food Composition and Nutrition Tables. Medpharm Scientific Publishers, Stuttgart, 1994)
615 (898) Purslane
487 (704) Mangold
259 (496) Radish
245 (463) Cress
223 (527) Celery
220 (453) Radishes
219 (661) Lettuce
219 (433) Lamb's lettuce
215 (545) Rhubarb
212 (564) Parsley
195 (536) Beets
192 (438) Kohlrabi
166 (670) Spinach
127 (420) Fennel leaves
112 (261) Chinese leaves
106 (259) Endive
101 (174) Kale
098 (364) Celery root
071 (127) Broccoli
068 (100) Pumpkin
066 (070) Asparagus
051 (448) Leek
050 (110) Carrot
048 (165) Savoy cabbage
042 (103) Cauliflower
040 (323) White cabbage
031 (040) Viper's grass
028 (268) Red cabbage
025 (110) French beans
023 (084) Carrot juice
020 (225) Onion
020 (030) Eggplant
019 (056) Cucumber
015 (021) Chicory
012 (062) Brussels sprouts
012 (035) Green peppers
008 (100) Potato
005 (017) Tomato
32. Harmful Substances in Our Foods
To check whether your diet is a healthy one, you need to know whether it supplies you with all the required nutrients. In addition, they need to contain as few health-endangering substances. So what kind of harmful substances (besides the ones discussed in the previous chapter) are there in our foods?
- molds
- additives
- hormone (and antibiotic) residues
- toxins
- oxysterols
- bacteria
- parasites
Many do not know it, but almost everyone eats foods containing toxins, bacteria, and (very often) molds on a daily basis.
Molds
Some of the food that is stored in anyone's refrigerator or kitchen cupboard contains molds. Meat-products and cheese are especially
susceptible to molds.
You eat the food without knowing it. Afterwards, your stomach or bowels might hurt, you might feel nausea, sweat during the night, or not sleep well but you don't know why. Luckily, your body is capable of coping with molds, and destroying them. You may only notice because your bowels are moving too much, or because you're gassy.
If you are eating fresh food, like fruits, you can easily see whether it contains a mold. If it's not visible, you will definitely taste it. If prepared food contains molds, it is much harder to notice because of all the spices, additives and anesthetic substances.
Aflatoxins are toxins produced by molds (in grains and nuts, for example). And because cows are fed grains, these aflatoxins also end
up in milk and meat.
You should buy unshelled nuts and shell them by hand to prevent consumption of aflatoxins from Brazil nuts (and other nuts) because aflatoxins can easily spread in shelled nuts stored in large quantities.
Additives
Prepared foods contain additives to make them last longer and to give them a certain, taste, color or flavor.
Most additives are not very harmful, but some are.
'Taste enhancers', for example, are mostly dehydrated protein, containing lots of physical addictive beta-carbolines. These do not
really 'enhance taste', but actually stimulate your appetite, and you end up eating more than you should. They impair neurotransmitter metabolism and cause obesity. (See part 4)
To prevent your intake of additives, consume, instead, abundant amounts of fruit and some fresh raw animal food. When you want to
eat cooked food, please prepare it yourself from fresh ingredients so you know what is in it. If you do buy prepared foods, only buy the highest quality with the purest ingredients, the least protein, and in the smallest packages - as a special treat.
In general, foods that can be maintained the longest - contain the most preservatives.
Pesticides
Plant foods contain residues from pesticides in the same way as animal food contains hormone / antibiotic residues and accumulated trans-fatty acids, oxysterols, heterocyclic amines and God knows what else, depending on what feedings the animals receive. Grains, in particular, contain high levels of pesticide residues.
Luckily, fruits can be peeled, and you should always do so.
Most vegetables, unfortunately, contain nitrate residue due to over-fertilization. Nitrate supports the creation of cancerous N-nitroso
compounds when vegetables are cooked. (See this site)
Hormones & Antibiotics, Bac
teria, Toxins, and Cholesterol Hormone / antibiotics residues, bacteria, toxins and cholesterol are discussed in chapter 33-36 respectively.
33. Hormones & Antibiotic Residues
Hormones- and antibiotics residues
The animal food we eat contains residues of hormones and antibiotics that are fed to the animals to 'prevent' disease and accelerate their growth process. Heating does not destroy thesechemicals; it just changes their molecular structure. These animals are also supplemented with other growth enhancers, like zinc and copper, while excess minerals are pro-oxidative.
And, yes, fish from hatcheries also contain such residues since it was
discovered that fish can be given these chemicals orally.
To prevent your intake of such residues: The salmon you can buy in regular shops generally originates from hatcheries. Tuna is not. And in traditional Japanese-run sushi restaurants the fish probably is also wild fish, since serving only top-quality fish is a matter of honor for traditional sushi chefs.
Of course, if you are fortunate enough to have the space, you can keep your own hens and feed them raw grains, etc. or you can buy 'organic' eggs from someone you definitely trust.
Growth Hormones and Growth Factors
Mothers' milk of all mammals contains many different growth hormones and growth factors to stimulate optimal development of the newly born. (See
These hormones speed up growth and development of specific organs and nerves, and induce production and secretion of hormones and neurotransmitters in the brain. These substances are essential for
perfect development of the child up to the age of two years.
However, in our society nursing babies are not the only ones who consume mothers' milk; older children and adults also consume mothers' milk from cows, goats, sheep, donkeys, and horses. All of this milk contains those same hormones and factors activating the growth of cells.
In normal cells this is not really a problem. This growth stimulating effect is compensated for by the secretion of extra growth-inhibitors. But when the DNA in healthy cells has been damaged, threatening the production of such growth inhibitors, the growth stimulators in milk cause these mutated cells to grow, originating malign tumors.
A large number of scientific investigations have revealed that consuming milk increases the risk of prostate cancer, [100] breast cancer, [101] and lung cancer in men. [102]
Unfortunately, all prepared foods contain toxins.
Toxins in general have mutagenic properties in the sense that they can damage cell-DNA, causing mutations.
Foods that have been heated in any way contain physically addictive
beta-carbolines and mutagenic heterocyclic amines (HCA) the same poisonous products as in cigarette smoke. (See www.13.waisays.com/cigarette.htm)
How come?
When food is heated, part of the protein and carbohydrates react with
one another and new chemicals are formed - like beta-carbolines and other HCA. (See www.13.waisays.com/cooking.htm) This is called the Maillard reaction.
The more the food is heated and the more protein it contains, the more mutagenic HCA originate.
Red meat is rich - not only in protein - but also in creatine, a special type of muscle-energy. Creatine in red meat further increases the formation of HCA due to heat. [103]
That is why 100 grams / Ό lb. grilled red meat contains as much of specific mutagenic HCA as 800 to 1050 cigarettes. [104] (See
What can these toxins do?
- They can cause cancer by damaging cell DNA. (See
www.13.waisays.com/cancer.htm)
- They can kill brain receptors, causing P
arkinson's, Alzheimer's, and schizophrenia. (See www.13.waisays.com/brain.htm)
- They can give inciting (like cocaine), oppressing (like morphine), and appetite stimulating messages to brain-
receptors, causing ADHD (See www.13.waisays.com/ADHD.htm) and obesity. (See part 4)
All prepared foods contain such toxins.
Fruits, raw nuts and organic fresh raw fish and -egg yolk do not.
Besides the HCA that originate from protein, heat also partially converts other nutrients like fatty acids and cholesterol into toxins.
For example: due to the influence of heat, fatty acids are damaged. Some of these damaged fatty acids are called trans-fatty acids. These
trans-fatty acids can cause vascular diseases [105] and increase breast cancer risk. [106]
Every product that contains fat that has been heated in any way will contain such damaged fatty acids.
Even human adipose tissue holds such artificial trans-fatty acids because it is in so much of our food. [107] Cookies, bread and pastries for example, and especially french fries that are fried in recycled fat, and margarine, [107] which is intensively processed.
The average American's adipose tissue contains about 4.7% artificial
trans-fatty acids. In the Dutch the average is about 2.4%. [108]
For further information on the harmful effect of heat on cholesterol,
see Chapter 35.
Some of our food contains toxins even before it is processed. Most farms and hatcheries feed their animals commercial feed, which is not raw and contains recycled wastes. The animals take in toxins from these feedings and pass it on to us.
Sugars are the main source of energy for the brain. Cholesterol is a brain-specific main constructive component; 10 to 20% of the brain
is composed of cholesterol. Essential substances like the sex hormones and vitamin D are also composed of cholesterol.
Humans have evolved into intelligent beings thanks to the combination of sugars from fruits and cholesterol from animal food. When the body disposes of too little cholesterol, this is bad for the liver and the brain; [109] low cholesterol is a sign of malnutrition.
Adequate cholesterol is so essential that your body warns you with
depressions if your cholesterol level is too low. The lower the cholesterol level, the deeper the depression (and the more aggressive). [110] Numerous scientific investigations have shown that the cholesterol level was clearly lower in people who attempted or succeeded in committing suicide. [111]
Serotonin is a neurotransm
itter that enables feelings of happiness. (Prozac is based on the action of serotonin) Cholesterol-products (like the hormones progesterone, estradiol and testosterone) increase serotonin-receptor activity; [112] a low cholesterol level, therefore, decreases serotonin-receptor activity. [113]
Some say we do not need dietary cholesterol because the body produces its own cholesterol. But our body only produces part of the
required cholesterol, like it produces part of the essential vitamins B3, and B5. Like the food needs to supply us with sufficient vitamins B3, and B5, it also needs to supply us with sufficient cholesterol.
We know that these vitamins produced by the body are not harmful; we should also be certain that this natural cholesterol is healthy and essential.
If we would not need dietary cholesterol, our cholesterol would never be low, and cause depressions and/or aggression.
Consuming large amounts of clean cholesterol is not dangerous,
either; natural cholesterol can be transformed into bile acids, which are essential for fat-digestion. If our food contains large amounts of cholesterol, the body simply reabsorbs less of these bile acids, and produces less new cholesterol - all depending upon the body's need for cholesterol.
It is not a health problem to consume a number of egg yolks daily [114] unless.......
unless damaged cholesterol is absorbed.
Damaged Cholesterol
Due to the influence of heat, about 30% of natural cholesterol oxidizes into oxy-cholesterols. About 6% of this oxy-cholesterol is absorbed into the body. [115]
Organic raw egg yolk contains only natural clean cholesterol, but when the egg is poached, fried, baked, cooked etc., part of this cholesterol is damaged oxidized into unnatural
oxy-cholesterols. In the process of composing cholesterol, the body also creates some harmless oxy-cholesterols. These natural oxy-cholesterols are also recognized by the body and inhibit synthesis of new cholesterol. [116]
Most of the strange unnatural oxy-cholesterols, however, do not inhibit cholesterol synthesis. Some of these unnatural oxy-cholesterols also block transformation of cholesterol into bile acids. [117]
These two
actions of the unnatural oxy-cholesterols thereby increase the over-all level of oxy-cholesterols and cholesterol (both the natural and unnatural ones), [118] causing vascular disease. [119]
So, yes, consuming eggs can cause vascular disease, but only if they
are cooked, baked, or dehydrated etc.
There is much damaged cholesterol [120] and trans-fats [121] in arteriosclerotic plaque. Some of these cause direct harm to the
arteries. [122]
Cancer
The body also composes specific natural oxy-cholesterols [123] t
o regulate cell-growth. Such specific oxy-cholesterols can both stimulate and inhibit growth of cancer cells. [124]
Absorbing oxy-cholesterols from prepared food can unbalance this regulation of cell growth, and can, therefore, cause cancer. [125]
Fighting Oxy-cholesterols
Doctors warn against high cholesterol, but they 'forget' to tell you that only oxy-cholesterols from prepared foods are dangerous. They also 'forget' to tell you that natural cholesterol is an essential nutrient one that is required to feel well and sleep well. In nature, animals that have just given birth eat their own placenta to reabsorb all the cholesterol it contains. Humans don't do that (anymore), and are also told to watch out for cholesterol in foods. This is why so many women suffer from post-natal depression or just feel really tired up to years after having given birth.
What we need is clean cholesterol. Clean natural cholesterol is essential and causes neither vascular disease nor cancer. Lowering the clean cholesterol level, therefore, does not make sense. What does make sense is limiting the intake of oxy-cholesterols. Foods containing the most oxy-cholesterols are foods that by nature contain most cholesterol and have been heated (and/or frozen) a number of times, like food products containing eggs [126] - especially products containing dried egg or cheese, powdered milk, products containing meat and / or intestines. [127]
Even fresh animal food (like eggs and meat) that has been heated only once contains harmful oxy-cholesterols.
Clean Cholesterol
To prevent the intake of oxy-cholesterols, you must stop eating cooked and/or frozen animal food.
Natural cholesterol is essential; you need to consume some fresh raw
animal food regularly to absorb sufficient natural clean cholesterol. Organic fresh raw egg yolk and organic raw fish are the richest sources.
Why does it have to be 'organic'?
Becaus
e 'normally' the hens and fish are fed recycled feedings containing animal residues and oxy-cholesterols. They should be fed only natural foods (for example, hens should eat raw grains, grass and little insects and worms).
Unfortunately, organic eggs are more expensive, and don't sell that well. That is why the turnover of organic eggs is less great, and, on the average, organic eggs are less fresh
Cholesterol-lowering Drugs
If you could have convinced people that many computer systems would collapse as we reached the year 2000, you could have made big bucks as a computer consultant. They did.
And if you can convince people that cholesterol is dangerous, you can sell these people drugs, margarine, and other food products that 'are supposed to lower cholesterol'. When some of these people will subsequently
become depressed or start to overeat (due to a lack of clean cholesterol), you can also sell them anti-depressants and appetite-suppressants. And so they do.
It isn't that scientists don't know. They do. Unfortunately, most scientific investigations are not initiated to reveal truth, but 'to explore new pharmaceutic opportunities'. Pharmaceutical companies are not there to make you healthy, but to make money. And those studies that reveal information that does not support sales - generally do not reach the general public.
This deceit becomes even more malicious considering the fact that diet products, in particular, contain harmful trans-fatty acids, and that 'cholesterol-lowering drugs' can cause severe 'side-effects' and not just because the body is deprived of essential cholesterol.
Some of these products increase pancreas cancer. [128] Clofibrate
caused liver-tumors in tests. [129] In some products cholesterol is artificially transformed into coprostanol, [130] (a natural process in the body), but this extra coprostanol can cause cancer. [131] In another procedure to create low-cholesterol products, cholesterol is transformed into ......oxy-cholesterols !!! [132]
36. About Bacteria; Raw is Not Dangerous
There are bacteria on everything you touch and almost all foods contain bacteria.
The bodies of animals and humans are perfectly capable of destroying bacteria that enter unless:
- these are strange bacteria
- the body is not well trained to fight bacteria
- a particular food-item contains far too many bacteria.
To protect yourself against hostile bacteria, you have to make sure to buy fresh food at a reputable store, and to train your body to fight hostile bacteria.
How could we ever believe that bacteria in fresh raw foods are dangerous? Cheetahs sometimes store their prey for days in a tree before eating it - without dropping dead afterwards. Scavengers like
hyenas and vultures are specialized in consuming second-hand meat.
Most apes eat insects, which also carry bacteria, and the fox steals
and eats raw eggs, etc. etc.
But maybe we are different from other mammals?
Though we like to think so, biochemically, we are not fundamentally
different.
For million of years the only food we ate was raw food. Humans didn't begin to use fire to heat food until about 0.5 million years ago.
Today we hardly ever consume raw foods, the elderly, in particular, are advised not to consume raw foods.
Your defense system adapts its force to the amount of bacteria it has
to fight. If you eat very little raw food, you will absorbing very little bacteria, which results in a low-security defense system; if you then eat something bad in the wrong restaurant, or at home, you can become seriously ill, or even die.
You must eat raw foods to be able to fight bacteria. It's criminal to advise the elderly to consume only sterile fo
ods - increasing their fatal poisoning risk.
Having an untrained defense system can easily be lethal: During the conquest of South America the majority of 50 million natives died of contagious 'white man' diseases because their immune systems weren't trained to fight these strange bacteria / viruses. [133]
If you eat raw foods daily, the occasional consumption of bad food
will give you the runs (at the worst). All fresh natural foods contain
sufficient b
acteria to train your defense system. This training is a matter of days, or two weeks, at the most. If you have never eaten raw foods, start carefully and slowly increase the amounts.
Don't eat deteriorated food that has been laying in the store or your fridge for a long period. Absorbing far too many bacteria regularly in this way can eventually cause arthritis, [134] stomach and / or colon cancer. [135] Always make sure the food is fresh.
Antibiotics
Many people think they are protected against bacteria by antibiotics.
Unfortunately, antibiotics hardly work any more [136] because we have used antibiotics too much, making the bacteria resistant to them. [137] Antibiotics (at best) weaken both bacteria and your defense system, too - increasing the risk of poisoning [138] and of becoming ill again. [139] Some antibiotics (like streptonigrin) increase radical oxygen release to fight the bacteria, which of course damages human cells too.
Antibiotics also kill bacteria in the colon. This can cause sleeplessness [140] because some of these bacteria produce a substance that induces sleep (which they call "factor S"). [141] The use of antibiotics and laxatives can destroy those specific bacteria - causing sleeplessness.
A perfect functioning colon is essential in providing all your organs with the substances they need, and to protect our body against bad substances, bacteria and viruses. If something in your colon is not
functioning very well, your entire body is in danger. Using laxatives, you weaken your colon.
It is only by having an untrained defense system or by eating deteriorated foods that contain an extremely high level of bacteria that you will get immediate ill effects from raw food. (Food allergies can also elicit these results of course)
If the food has been prepared in any way, it is very hard to tell whether it is still edible, because of the spices, additives, taste enhancers and originated anesthetic substances. But if fresh fish isn't that fresh anymore, the smell definitely tells you. If fruit is rotten, you can see it. If egg yolk isn't that fresh, it's also very easy to tell. If the egg is rotten, the smell will definitely make you run away. And if Brazil nuts are rancid, you can tell by the color and taste. (The nut will be yellowish instead of ivory white; see Chapter 44)
Probably everyone knows that raw fish and meat can contain parasites, while hardly anyone knows that all prepared foods always contain mutagenics, carcinogenics, and neurotransmitter-impairing chemicals.
The risk of absorbing such chemicals from prepared food is 100%
whereas the risk of absorbing parasites from raw foods is almost negligible. Furthermore, these parasites can be easily detected;
In the main there are two kinds of parasites to look out for in raw
fish: flukes and nematodes.
Flukes are too big to remain unnoticed. They also are extremely rare.
Nematodes look like big, but short human hair (25-150 mm long, 2
mm in diameter). They lie perpendicular to the fishes' muscle striations (the pattern of striae in the flesh) and have a white translucent sheen. Any merchant - who wants to make sure his customers will not get ill - can detect them using ultrasound. There has been only one case ever of someone who had absorbed nematodes from sashimi.
The risk of absorbing parasites that can cause ill effects is extremely
small; less than 40 US citizens get ill each year by consuming fish containing parasites. In comparison: every year thousands of US citizens are bitten by snakes. But does that justify killing all snakes?
Of course not. We only need to be careful. Still unbelievably - the Food and Drug Administration in the USA forbids the consumption of raw fish!!!
Unfortunately, the FDA considers it no risk for the American public to be exposed to mutagenic chemicals in prepared food every single day, but has forbidden the sale of fish "that is intended to be consumed in its raw form" that has not been frozen first, except for tuna which contains no parasites.
Freezing, however, also fosters the origination of mutagenic chemicals and 'dirty' protein, but to a far lesser extend than cooking, frying, steaming etc. Still ..
Luckily, the FDA has no jurisdiction over the retail operation in general; "the serving of sushi does not fall under their purview".
Sushi-chefs work under strict hygienic conditions, and in sushi restaurants the raw fish is bought, cut and consumed every single day. You can safely consume fresh raw fish that has not been in the freezer in a Japanese restaurant in the USA. To be absolutely sure that the fish hasn't been in the freezer, you should go to a Japanese restaurant that is frequented by Japanese customers. Among the Japanese, the serving of top-quality fresh fish is a matter of h
onor. According to FDA-regulations, tuna that is intended to be consumed raw does not have to be frozen first because they cannot contain parasites.
If you like to eat raw tuna, and you want to purchase it in a regular fish market again - be sure the fish has not been in the freezer.
You should go to a high quality market for high quality fresh raw tuna, where they are accustomed to people eating raw fish, and where you can build a customer-relationship with a reliable manager / shopkeeper.
(See Chapter 45 about consuming fresh raw fish)
This Diet is Much Healthier
Nutrients
Cellulite is caused by nothing but the food you eat. You need to realize that to eliminate cellulite / acne, you must change your diet drastically. You must start eating lots of fruits daily and some and some fresh raw animal food regularly.
Most of us will need to eat munch-foods daily, in addition, to be able
to maintain such a diet. It doesn't matter whether those munch-foods
contain any valuable nutrients. When you have begun eating 2 kg / 4½ lbs. of different fruits and
some animal food on a daily basis, your diet will even meet official nutrient recommendations (except regarding official calcium recommendations; see chapter 27).
The less prepared foods you eat, and therefore the more fruits, the more abundantly this diet will supply you with all the required nutrients.
Harmful Substances
- The more raw, and less prepared foods are consumed, the less harmful oxy-cholesterols are absorbed.
- The more fruits, and the less prepa
red food you eat, the less mutagenic, carcinogenic and neurotransmitter- metabolism-impairing chemicals you will absorb.
- The more fruits you eat, and the less prepared foods, the less
trans-fatty acids and additives you will absorb.
- You will absorb sufficient bacteria to train your defense system
by consuming fresh raw foods. This will protect you against bacterial poisoning if you accidentally consume something really contaminated.
- Be sure to peel all your fruits (including tomatoes and cucumbers)
to minimize intake of pesticides. Your intake of pesticides and nitrate will already be much lower when you are eating peeled fruits instead of grains and vegetables.
- Prepared (cooked and/or frozen) animal food should be eliminated
from your diet first. You will probably eat less animal food when it is raw so you will be absorbing less hormone and antibiotic residues.
- You will not be consuming the hormones and growth factors in milk that cause cancer. You will not be absorbing excessive calcium, and (if you do not take supplementary calcium) you will very likely not get osteoporosis. You will not be bothered by excessive mucus or suppressed respiration due to the opioid peptides in milk.
- How many molds you will absorb will depend upon your powers of observation.
- It depends on the supplier you select and on the freshness of the fish / eggs you buy and eat whether your chance of becoming ill from parasites is negligent or non-existent. And no, it's not expensive. Meat and meat products are much more expensive than 50 grams / 2 ounces of fresh fish or 2 organic egg yolks daily.
That's all you need - besides that big bowl of fruit, of course.
Note;
The animals we eat are not fed natural foods.
We consider it to be normal that animals don't eat their natural foods because we do not eat natural foods ourselves.
The problem, however, is that we eat those animals. We consume all
the bad substances that have accumulated in their flesh.
These animals are fed everything that cannot be consumed by humans, but is not thrown away because it is cheaper to feed it to animals. We feed them deteriorated wastes, expired food products from all the supermarkets and wholesale markets, and even residues from diseased animals. Just think about it: herbivores that are forced to eat animals that have died due to 'who knows what?'
We simply do not know how many other harmful substances like trans-fatty acids and oxy-cholesterols accumulate in their flesh. But we do know that they can carry diseases like Mad Cows' Disease.
If we all would eat more fruits and less animal foods we all could demand and easily afford organic animal food, erasing the horrendous practice of feeding trash and animal waste to animals who aren't carnivores, and who suffer needlessly.
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