Diets, Recipes and Homemade Interventions

The foods on our plates can be considered medicine.  These mild remedies can help with minor imbalances.  Major imbalances correct with a LOT of foods, OR with a lesser amount of strong foods, aka herbs.   The more severe the imbalance the stronger remedy needed, and strong remedies don’t taste very good, but usually not very much is required – so they are dosed in capsules.  However, the amount of food we eat in comparison to herbs we take, makes eating the right foods and avoiding the wrong foods important.   A lot of the wrong foods can waylay our attempts to regain health.

The  Blood Type diet is NOT a diet based on an eating philosophy or theory, such as: Paleo, raw foods only, vegan, etc., but rather on actual measurements of the change of blood quality after the ingestion of specific foods.  These changes are related largely to blood type.  So for some blood types, red meat is needful, and others should be avoiding it.  According to my clients it is the most relevant and therapeutic ‘diet’ to avoid inflammatory conditions.    Having given it a try, they come back and report not only weight loss, but how their symptoms wax and wane according to their adherence to the diet.  The foods designated ‘Avoid’ actually cause inflammation (and thus impaired circulation) so should be avoided with ANY inflammatory process, especially within the digestive tract itself.

The Slow Carb Diet is a relatively new diet that focuses on eliminating grains, avoiding an insulin response which promotes deposition of fat, supporting a high metabolic rate, and redirecting food energy to muscle instead of fat.  Because it is designed to minimize insulin, it is very helpful for all blood sugar issues and circulation issues.

The Insulin Resistance Diet is also focused on avoiding an insulin rush.  Anyone with blood sugar regulation (Dysglycemia) issues will do well to incorporate these few rules.

The Keto-Genic-Like Diet is the one that must be followed by anyone with a cancer diagnosis and the reasons are in that link.

Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon is not a diet but rather presents an intelligent way to consider what you eat based on the research of Weston Price.  It promotes culturing foods and corrects ‘politically correct’ thinking regarding the consumption of fats.   (Culturing may render foods that are considered ‘inflammatory’ on the blood-type diet, as non-inflammatory.)  Especially important is the need to properly process grains to avoid ‘gluten intolerance’ or other wheat/corn sensitivities, like weight gain.

But many do not have time for serious kitchen activity because of their lifestyle, so for them I offer some handy Life Style Compensations

Whereas carbo-mania is particularly common amongst those who come to see me,
And whereas certain imbalances (cancer, dysglycemia, ADD, weight gain, high triglycerides) are exacerbated by improperly processed grains (yielding high-glycemic carbs),
And whereas I earn blank stares when I tell folks to reduce their carbs, I have posted some easy low-carb ideas for meals and substitutions.