The Food Pyramid – Old and BRAND NEW!
The Food Pyramid was established by the United States Department of Agriculture, (USDA) in order to help people eat the variety of foods they require to stay healthy. The USDA replaced the old food pyramid in 2005 with a new one. By their own admission, a new food pyramid was needed to “…stop the alarming increase in obesity among our youth” – quite an admission of failure of the old pyramid! While the new pyramid is a significant improvement, it does not take into account individual variances like blood type, allergies, individual nutrient needs and how meals are cooked. There is still a great emphasis on dairy and grains – which have a bad effect on most people’s health and aging. An easy formula to design your diet
The Perfect Daily Diet
Eating according to these 10 principles forms the basis of optimal health and a long, disease-free life. Use it in conjunction with your blood type to formulate the ideal way of eating for your body.
You will notice that this is quite different from the way we have been taught to eat, both by convention and particularly in comparison to the USDA food pyramid.
1. One heaped tablespoon of either ground seeds or cold pressed seed oil, or nuts, or 1000mg salmon oil.
2. At least two servings a day of protein, including vegetable sources. Beans, lentils, quinoa, or “seed” vegetables (broccoli, peas, beans); or fish, lean meat, eggs, or chicken.
3. At least three servings of fresh fruit (such as apples, pears, bananas, berries, melons or citrus fruit), eaten between meals as a snack (with nuts from 1 to stabilize blood sugar level.).
4. At least four servings of root vegetables and/or whole grains (such as sweet potatoes, yams, butternut, pumpkin; brown rice, oats, quinoa). Try to limit intake of grains – see chapter 7 for more information.
5. At least five servings of dark green, leafy and colored
vegetables (such as watercress, spinach, dark and red lettuces
(avoid iceberg – it is very low in nutrition and difficult to
digest), broccoli, green beans, peas, peppers, carrots, beetroot,
cabbage, onions, tomatoes). (Juicing assists in achieving this
intake.)
6. Drink at least six glasses of pure water, or herbal and fruit
teas.
7. Eat whole, organic, raw food as much as possible.
8. Supplement with at least a high-strength multivitamin and mineral supplement and 1000mg of Vitamin C daily.
9. Avoid fried, burnt and browned food, and altered oils or fats.
10. Avoid any form of sugar and also white, refined or processed food with chemical additives, and minimize intake of coffee, tea and alcohol - have no more than one unit of alcohol a day (e.g. a glass of wine, half a pint of beer or a tot of spirit).