Diet & Lifestyle Guidelines

WHAT YOU EAT TODAY
WILL DICTATE THE AMOUNT OF HEALTH YOU HAVE TOMORROW

BEVERAGES
• Make water your primary beverage (half your body weight in ounces). Well or spring water with 2-5 drops of Liquid Detox/gal provides the best cellular charge of H20.
• Place 2 – 5 drops of Liquid Detox (LD) in every beverage you drink and allow it to breath for three minutes. This will assure there are no harmful toxins in your drink. Treat all beverages to assure toxins are neutralized.
• Rice milk, almond milk, and cashew milk are the best, but raw (fresh) goat milk and soy milk are acceptable to put in hot beverages, cooking or for your cereal.
• Avoid carbonated beverages, cow’s milk, alcoholic beverages and drinks with caffeine or sugar added to them –these all disrupt the normal pH of the intestines=disease.

SWEETENERS
• White sugar is as harmful to the body as most drugs. White sugar (often listed as high fructose corn syrup) is in just about every food there is! Check labels and try to avoid it. NOTE: Certain sugar replacements may be lower in fat, carbs, or glycemic content, but they generally have more chemicals than regular sugar! Artificial sweeteners of all kinds feed disease in one way or another. Check those labels! Use molasses, dark maple syrup, local honey or real cane sugar for sweeteners. Use Stevia with caution.

FOOD
• Fresh vegetables (organic if possible) should make up at least 50% of your diet; the more varieties you use, the better. Eat your vegetables raw or lightly steamed, but don’t steam them longer than 3 minutes.
• Dark green vegetables, beans, legumes, non-GMO tofu, whey, kefir and yogurt should be the primary source of protein in your diet, not meat and certainly not dairy products! A few raw nuts are good too .
• If you are going to eat meat, eat Biblically “clean” meats (a list of meats). As a rule, try to eat no more than 4 ounces of meat per meal, 3-4 times/week. Try to find range-fed animals for your meat to avoid the harmful hormones and steroids.
• It is better to eat many small meals during the day rather than one or two large meals; your largest meal should not be dinner so that you don’t go to bed on a full stomach.
• Avoid processed or manufactured foods filled with chemicals, additives or preservatives (junk food). As a rule of thumb, if you can’t pronounce something in the ingredient list or it has numbers or hyphens in it, the item is a toxic additive or preservative.
• Be sure to eat slowly, concentrate on your food and chew each bite 20 – 40 times, especially meats and proteins.
• Don’t eat unless you are hungry and never overeat (stuffed). Eating should be fun; don’t eat if you are upset.
• Look for organic. The words “All Natural” mean good marketing skills, not healthy. If an item is not certified organic, assume it has chemicals and poisons in it.
• Pray for your food while it’s in front of you.
SNACKS
• Snacks and deserts tend to be our unhealthiest foods out of habit or need. Find healthy snacks at your local health food store and keep them around so you don't eat junk. Yes, get your chocolate without the chemicals and additives. Organic yogurt, raw nuts and seeds, organic-baked chips (non-GMO), fresh fruits, carrot sticks, etc.
• If you eat nuts and seeds, try to find them raw -unsalted and unroasted; and chew them thoroughly!

COOKING & BAKING
• The best ways to cook healthy are to bake, roast, steam, boil, oven-broil, poach, stew and simmer.
• Do not microwave—ever! Avoid frying and grilling with charcoal. Propane (gas) or real wood is best for grilling.
• If eating meat, cook Well-Done! At least Medium-Well.
• Use whole grains (preferably milled at the time of use) and the suggested sweeteners to make your breads and pastries, not refined flours and white sugar.
• Use unsalted, real butter and uncooked, extra virgin olive oil for spreads and salad dressings. Organic eggs are good.
• Season with herbs, spices, lemon, garlic, onions (nature’s herbs and foods). Try Bragg’s Liquid Aminos.
• Table salt is very harmful to the body unless you use a natural, mineral-rich salt. I recommend Celtic Sea Salt, in which case you can eat all that you want with no negative consequence. It should be grey in color and comes in crystals, generally wet and needs drying. You can grind fresh over your plate with a small salt or pepper grinder.

EXERCISE, FUN & REST
• Increase your heart rate and sweat in some type of aerobic exercise for at least 20 minutes 3-4 times each week.
• If you cannot exercise from injury or disability, use the Chi Machine or a mini-trampoline at least 10-20 minutes each day. http://www.chinow.com/dehaan
• Fun is essential to health. Have fun at least one day each week. Make sure you are enjoying the outdoors as much as possible. Don’t stay in airtight buildings all the time.
• The body needs one day of rest starting each Friday PM.
• The body regenerates when asleep--every minute of sleep before midnight is worth 4 minutes sleep after midnight.

MISC
• Purify the indoor air you breathe with an Echo Quest ozone unit or an equivalent unit that re-ionizes the air and increases oxygen content. www.ecoquestintl.com
• Consider using natural cleaning products around the house and for your laundry (Botanical Gold is our favorite) www.symmetrydirect.com/cdehaan
• Use natural deodorant, toothpaste, make-up and other cosmetics to reduce your exposure to toxins—the skin absorbs everything it comes into contact with.
• Get an evaluation with your local TBA Practitioner

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