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Eat only the following organically grown foods for 21 days
Steamed vegetables:
Eat a variety of any and all vegetables that you tolerate. Avoid tomatoes,
potatoes, eggplant and bell peppers. Yams, sweet potatoes, and squash are allowed. The primary reason for using steamed vegetables
is that steaming improves the utilization or the availability of the food substances and it reduces the irritating residue
in the gut, allowing it to restore itself.
Nuts
Any nut that you can tolerate except peanuts (actually a legume).
Legumes
Eat a variety of any legumes you are able to tolerate: split peas, lentils,
kidney beans, pinto beans, soybeans, mung beans, garbanzo beans, aduki & azuki beans.
Grains
Eat one to two cups of cooked grains per day of those you tolerate.
Allowed grains are: millet, basmati or brown rice, quinoa, barley, buckwheat,
oatmeal, and amaranth. Other grain foods that may be eaten are rice crisps and wasa crackers. In general, plan meals so that
bread is not required (rice and beans instead of tacos, celery and nut butter or a chicken salad instead of a sandwich).
Fish
Deep sea fish is preferred (salmon, halibut, cod, sardines, tuna, mackerel
- no shellfish or swordfish). The fish should be poached, baked, steamed, or broiled.
Chicken/Turkey
Eat only white meat and do not eat the skin. The chicken should be baked,
broiled, or steamed. Free-range or organic chicken is preferable.
Fruit
Eat 1 or 2 pieces of practically any fruit except citrus. Apples, pears,
bananas, U.S. grapes, peaches, apricots, mangos, papayas are all acceptable. If possible, bake the fruit for easier digestion.
Sweeteners
Very small amounts of maple syrup, rice syrup, barley syrup and honey may
be used.
Absolutely no sugar, Nutrasweet, or any other sweetener is allowed. Often
sugar cravings can be avoided by eating protein with each meal.
Butter/Oils
For butter, mix together 1 pound of butter and 1 cup of extra virgin olive
oil (from a new dark jar). Whip at room temperature and store in the refrigerator. Provides the benefits and taste of butter
and essential fatty acids. Use extra virgin olive oil for all other situations requiring oil.
Herbal teas and good water to drink
Drink 8 to 10 glasses of clean water every day. Drink 2 to 4 cups
of herbal tea, sipped slowly in the evening.
For the time-being, avoid the following foods:
Dairy products (milk, cheese, yogurt, kefir). Eggs. Fried foods.
Processed foods. Wheat products (breads, muffins, doughnuts, etc.). Corn products (chips, tacos, enchiladas). All caffeinated
products. If necessary, wean down with green tea. Alcohol of all kinds. Potatoes, tomatoes, eggplant, green
and red bell peppers. Citrus (grapefruit, oranges, lime, lemon). Peanuts and peanut butter (substitute almond
butter if necessary). Meat - red meat and especially pork and pork products. Sugar, Nutrasweet, and all sweeteners
(except maple syrup and honey)
Week Menu
The biggest change in many diets is in breakfast. Experiment with having
"dinner" in the morning, either prepared the night before or made fresh.
B-Oatmeal (add sunflower or flax, dried fruit), L-chicken salad, fruit,
D-rice and beans.
B-Protein smoothie (banana, protein powder, other fruit), L-leftover rice
and beans, D-baked salmon and salad.
B-alternative grain cereal with soy milk, Snack-almonds, L-california rolls/sushi,
D-bean soup.
B-rice and lentils, L-buckwheat soba, D-Indian curry over rice with steamed
vegetables.
B-almond butter on rice toast, L- soy cheese on rice crackers, D-chicken
with sweet potatoes.
B-spaghetti squash with raisins, maple syrup, and cinnamon. L-split pea
soup D-Stir fry.
B-barley soup L-chicken with steamed vegetables D-Thai take out with baked
apples (cinnamon and maple syrup) for dessert.
A change in diet means a opening a whole new world. In reexamining our
food, we reexamine our past and our present. Unconscious habits, learned early in childhood, become conscious. An unexamined
plate is not worth eating.
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