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 ß-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. / 1¾ 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 ß-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 contain 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.