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The Fuel you put in your body will make you sick or well.

When I say DIET I don't mean some spartan regime so that you can lose some fat. I mean the food you eat to stay well and healthy for the rest of your life. There are so many crazy diets out there that it boggles the mind... and the weight loss pills! Amazing!

I have found out my metabolic type, which is one of the more popular diet modes right now. I found out I was a mixed type, which is a blessing. I can eat anything healthy and it will do me good. I skip processed food usually, skip liquor, caffeine, most soy products, grains and starchy vegetables most of the time. So that leaves a little chicken and fish, eggs, lots of veggies, some beans and nuts, light on the fruits, as much as possible raw foods, at least one with every meal.

I was a vegan last year but now I have added in some more protein because I couldn't seem to gain weight on the vegan diet. I'm not looking to food for excitement or gratification. I want good fuel for my engine with minimal prep time. I want my food to taste good but food is a pretty minimal stimulus in my life. Sure, I get tempted when someone eats ice-cream in front of me but I know how sick I would feel if I ate one of those cones. Do you remember the cones we had as kids? The ones they give you now would have satisfied my whole family.

I try to stay out of the market as much as possible. Then I heed that advice about going around the edge of the market where all the real food is, and avoiding the middle which is full of processed junk. I also am lucky enough to live alone so I don't have to worry about satisfying anyone else's dietary needs. I know how hard that can be from the visits to my family.

I avoid the three whites - milk, white flour and sugar. That's a good tip. They all make you sick. You can find backup for all these preferences on Dr Mercola's site. He has all the references and scientific information that you need to prove anything to anyone. He's on the Resources page. I don't bother much about proving anything to people. They either will want to try something or not and if they try it they will find out for themselves.

I eat the good fats with a good balance of omega 3 and omega 6; fish oil, mac-nut oil, hemp oil. I also eat butter occasionally but never eat margerine or highly processed oils.

One of the most important things to remember is that we are all tubes and the food has to move through freely without getting stuck. So many people have poor elimination habits for years and are being poisoned by their waste products. Extra magnesium takes care of that problem. Dr Linus Pauling said that minerals were the basic necessities of life, not vitamins, and most Americans don't get enough for vibrant health. I really agree with that. I'm looking into some angstrom liquid minerals. I will test them out and tell you what happens.

I'm thinking that everyone must know all this stuff already. But when I do hit the market and see some people's carts then I realize it must not be general knowledge. I must say I wasn't surprised when that low-fat craze turned Americans obese in the last five years. It's not fat that makes you fat, it's starchy and sugary processed carbohydrates.

I'm also not saying I'm the expert here. I'm just synthesizing what has worked for me out of all the hundreds of things I have tried. My mother calls me gullible. I think I'm an optimist. But I do know that there are some wonderfully healthy old people amongst the generally sick and I'm determined to be one of them. At present I am not too addicted, I am underweight and healthier than most people my age. I'm also not obsessive about diet. If I go to someone's house I eat what they are serving, no matter what it is. But if my stay with people on the Average American Diet is more than three days, I get sugar addicted again and it takes me a week to recover.

Food addictions and allergies are two sides of the same coin. What we are allergic to we are addicted to. Sugar was my addiction since I was a child and, while I have it under control for the most part, I am aware it could sneak back into my life anytime if I let it. I wish all the poor people who are addicted to sugar and carbohydrates could realize that it is as severe an addiction as alcoholism, then perhaps they would take it more seriously.

I have taken all kinds of supplements since the 70's. I'm still not sure if they are helping or not. But it's like insurance, and aren't some of those ads convincing? Some of that pseudo-science miraculous malarkey just gets me salivating. I can't wait to reach for my checkbook. I have actually sworn off all superfluous supplements since I took the Yuen healing class. Dr Yuen used to take 40 vitamin and herb pills a day and now he realizes he doesn't need most of them.

I have been taking wheatgrass off and on for years and I really believe that is good for me. My first online business was the wheatgrass sprouter site. Wheatgrass juice has saved and improved many lives, I know that personally. That's because it is a whole food, not an herb or a drug.

There's a really good test I do if I am uncertain whether to eat something. I ask my Inner Wisdom if this would benefit my wellness or not, if it would make me stronger or weaker. The answer is usually quick and clear, although sometimes not what I want to hear. I find that eating for my taste buds sake is too expensive in terms of my health. I do it as little as possible and I know when I'm doing it. I even talk to my taste buds once in a while, and tell them why I can't give them what they want and see if they'll settle for something else. That part of me is so young it can't even understand living to a ripe old age.

So, that's it for now on the subject of diet. You'll find lots of links on the Resources page to explore further.

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