Wednesday, June 30, 2010

More vegetables and fruits intake will definitely be health-encouraging...

How balanced is our balanced diet?

Our blood circulation must be good, our lymph circulation must be good too....

Acidosis & toxemia, these are the 2 culprits found in our body to be causing us illnesses. Thus comes the tao/skill of eating...














To maintain health, the diet should consist of 60% alkaline forming foods and 40% acid forming foods. To restore health, the diet should consist of 80% alkaline forming foods and 20% acid forming foods.

Generally, alkaline forming foods include: most fruits, green vegetables, peas, beans, lentils, spices, herbs and seasonings, and seeds and nuts.

Generally, acid forming foods include: meat, fish, poultry, eggs, grains, and legumes.

Another alkaline/acidic chart from the health department... for your reference...

Figs
30.0 Potatoes 2.0
Soy Beans 12.0 Pineapple 2.0
Lima Beans 12.0 Cabbage 1.8
Apricots 9.5 Grapefruit 1.7
Spinach 8.0 Tomatoes 1.7
Turnip/Beettops 8.0 Peaches 1.5
Raisins 7.0 Apples 1.0
Almonds 3.6 Grapes 1.0
Carrots 3.5 Bananas 1.0
Dates 3.0 Watermelon 1.0
Celery 2.5 Millet 0.5
Cucumber 2.5 Brazil nuts 0.5
Cantaloupe 2.5 Coconuts 0.5
Lettuce 2.2 Buckwheat 0.5
Watercress 2.0
Neutral (near/neutral) Ash Foods
milk Vegetable oils
Butter White sugar
Acid-Forming Foods
Oysters 5.0 Rice 2.5
Veal 3.5 W.Wheat/Rye bread 2.5
Most Fish 3.5 Most nuts (X-almond/brazil nut) 2.0
Organ meats 3.0 Natural Cheese 1.5
Liver 3.0 Lentils 1.5
Chicken 3.0 Peanuts 1.0
Fowl 3.0 Eggs 3.0
Most Grains 3.0

Most grains are acid-forming, except millet and buckwheat, which are considered to be alkaline. Sprouted seeds and grains become more alkaline in the process of sprouting.

All vegetable and fruit juices are highly alkaline. The most alkali-forming juices are: fig juice, green juices of all green vegetables and tops, carrots, beet, celery, pineapple and citrus juices. Vegetable broth is an extremely alkalizing drink.


Listed alkaline versus acid foods from 'Energize for life'... thus tofu is alkaline...

Alkaline Foods
Acid Foods

Alkaline Vegetables

Asparagus
Artichokes
Cabbage
Lettuce
Onion
Cauliflower
Radish
Swede
Lambs Lettuce
Peas
Courgette
Red Cabbage
Leeks
Watercress
Spinach
Turnip
Chives
Carrot
Green Beans
Beetroot
Garlic
Celery
Grasses (wheat, straw, barley, dog, kamut etc.)
Cucumber
Broccoli
Kale
Brussels Sprouts

Fruits

Lemon
Lime
Avocado
Tomato
Grapefruit
Watermelon (is neutral)
Rhubarb

Meats

Pork
Lamb
Beef
Chicken
Turkey
Crustaceans
Other Seafood (apart from occasional oily fish such as salmon)


Dairy Products

Milk
Eggs
Cheese
Cream
Yogurt
Ice Cream


Drinks

'Green Drinks'
Fresh vegetable juice
Pure water (distilled or ionised)
Lemon water (pure water + fresh lemon or lime).
Herbal Tea
Vegetable broth
Non-sweetened Soy Milk
Almond Milk


Others

Vinegar
White Pasta
White Bread
Wholemeal Bread
Biscuits
Soy Sauce
Tamari
Condiments (Tomato Sauce, Mayonnaise etc.)
Artificial Sweeteners
Honey

Drinks

Fizzy Drinks
Coffee
Tea
Beers
Spirits
Fruit Juice
Dairy Smoothies
Milk
Traditional Tea

Seeds, Nuts & Grains

Almonds
Pumpkin
Sunflower
Sesame
Flax
Buckwheat Groats
Spelt
Lentils
Cumin Seeds
Any sprouted seed

Convenience Foods

Sweets
Chocolate
Microwave Meals
Tinned Foods
Powdered Soups
Instant Meals
Fast Food

Fats & Oils

Saturated Fats
Hydrogenated Oils
Margarine (worse than Butter)
Corn Oil
Vegetable Oil
Sunflower Oil

Fats & Oils

Flax
Hemp
Avocado
Olive
Evening Primrose
Borage
Coconut Oil
Oil Blends (such as Udo's Choice)

Others

Sprouts (soy, alfalfa, mung bean, wheat, little radish , chickpea, broccoli etc)
Bragg Liquid Aminos (Soy Sauce Alternative)
Hummus
Tahini

Fruits

All fruits aside from those listed in the alkaline column.

Seeds & Nuts

Peanuts
Cashew Nuts
Pistachio Nuts

General Guidance:

Stick to salads, fresh, alkaline vegetables and healthy nuts and oils. Try to consume plenty of raw foods and at least 2-3 litres of clean, pure water daily (ideally enhanced with pH drops).

General Guidance:

Steer clear of fatty meats, dairy, cheese, sweets, chocolates, alcohol and tobacco. Packaged foods are often full of hidden offenders and microwave meals are full of sugars and salts. Over cooking also removes all of the nutrition from a meal!

Healthy protein dish refers to tofu which is much better than red meats... Health conscious people eat more tofu than meats...



Tofu is a bean product rich in protein. Too much protein is not healthy too. So, if we have tofu, we cut down on meats...





Black or femented brown beans on top of tofu is real nutritious.... beans on top of beans...

Ice cream made from soya beans....delicious enough to melt in our mouths...

Beans tossed into ice... and ice-creams, deliciously blended as an dessert...


Soya milk drinks... nutritious and easy to make...

More delicious cooking of beans....












Bean dishes.. toss them as salads, stew them or just cook them...





Beans of all kinds... people tend to be so forgetful... only by sight then it is remembered...




Delicious crunchy greens...nutritious... don't miss out...

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Beans.... green...

Beans... these photos remind us the many different types of beans and how long we haven't really eaten them...


Post 1181... Give me 5! 5 x 5, 5 color beans cooked in 5 different ways...





















































Healthy, nutritious and delicious beans of different colors give us much protein and nutrients. They can be deliciously cooked and served..
[1] as salads with other vegetables
[2] as cooked beans/stew
[3] as desserts with coconut milk[iced kacang or ice-cream]
[4] as fermented beans
[5] as processed bean drinks/powder form

Thus there is no excuse that these beans cannot be easily blend into our daily food... They can be prepared as the above and most people will like it as much as my kids at home... One form or other, beans can be so deliciously eaten... yummy..

Romancing with colors in food, different colors give different nutrients and protection...




















Health awareness should be emphasized on coloring our diet to provide more variety of nutrients and protection. Best of all, most fruits and vegetables are alkaline in nature that will control our level of acidosis in the body. It will also flush out toxemia in our body.

A great idea for a great healthier diet will be daily consuming:
5 types of cereals
5 types of nuts
5 different color beans
5 different color fruits
5 different color vegetables

Not too much but a little of everything. Deficiency is born out of 'neglect balancing of food'....

Plums, blueberries.....antioxidant protection....

Oranges, lemon, carrots..... promotes calcium absorption...

Red apples, tomatoes....Increased bone formation....

Brocolli, parsley, asparagus... increases calcium absorption...