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THE LIFE JOURNEY: STEP THREE
The Living Food

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The Ketosis
What is Ketosis
Ketosis is a natural metabolic process that occurs when the body burns fat for energy instead of carbohydrates. This happens when the body does not have enough carbohydrates to burn for energy, so it breaks down stored fat and produces ketones as a byproduct. Ketones are chemicals that the body can use for fuel and are eliminated in urine.
What are the symptoms that Ketosis has been obtained?
1. Bad Breath: elevated levels of ketone, spcifically the keytone acetone
that exits the body in you urine and breath.
2. Weight Loss: low carb diets are highly effective for weight loss.
3. Increased blood Ketone level: One of the hallmarks of a keto diet
is a reduction in blood sugar levels and an increase in ketones.
4. Appetite suppression: normally, there is a decrease in hunger
during a low carb, keto diet.
5. Increased focus and energy: when starting a low carb diet, there
is often the effect of brain fog, feeling sick and tiredness.
However, long term keto dieters often obtain increased focus and energy.
First Seven Days in a Keto Diet
Day One:
Your body will begin absorbing all the extra protein and begin repairing
and building muscle, plus you will enjoy cooking and eating steak.
Day Two:
Depending on your previous diet, you will start craving bread, grains, sugar
or soda; but your body is beginning to adapt to a carb free diet.
Push through the cravings, because tomorrow you will enter ketosis.
Day Three:
You enter ketosis and start burning fat instead of carbs for energy.
Your muscles continue to be repaired from the extra protein.
Day Four:
You continue to adjust to eating less calories but more protein.
This means you′re maintaining muscle mass but also burring fat.
Day Five:
Chronic inflammation in you body from grains and carbs is reducing.
This means there is less pains and aches, less brain fog, but more energy.
Day Six:
Chronic inflammation continues to decrease.
You will feel good with high levels of energy all day long.
Day Seven:
All symptoms of Chronic inflammation are not gone.
You will wish you started this a long time ago.

Proportions are Very Important
Methinks, the ratio for good health is two thirds vegetables to one forth lean meat and a small amount of good fats such as avocado, coconut, and nuts but the best ratio will be discussed in detail as more research is done.
As it is understood currently, the most accurate formula for a plate of living food is as follows. First, 60 percent of the plate should be greens, vegetables, and salads. The lean meat should cover 30 percent of our plate. Then, about 8 percent should be good fats, which leaves 2 percent, which can be anything of our own choosing, as long as it is on the list of Living Food below.
Too, drinking a liquid, either water or herb tea should precede the meal.
This proportions formula can be adjusted to one′s preferences. However, if you are trying to reverse a disease, then the food specifics and amounts should be kept as close to the Living Food list and proportions as possible.

Ongoing Research
The following list has been developed from current research but continues to remain subject to change as new information is obtained through ongoing research.

Tips for Shopping
Always Read Labels
1. Check ingredient list for unwanted additives
2. Look for foods with one or two ingredients.
Check the PLU codes, those little sticker on fruits and vegetables.
1. If it is four-digit number code, it is conventionally grown product.
2. If the four-digit number is preceded with a 9, it is an organic food.
3. If the four-digit number is preceded with an 8, it is a GMO food. Avoid!
Always Buy Organic:
1. Buy only those items whose PLU code begins with a 9
2. Buy these items when it’s labeled 100% organic
3. Buy these items that are labeled GMO-free
Always avoid added Salt, Sugar, unhealthy Oils, and most Fats

The Food To Enjoy
Anti Inflammatory: Foods listed in green has high anti-inflammatory attributes.
Prebiotic: Foods listed in magenta have high prebiotic attributes.
Information Page: Foods listed blue-italic are a link to that food′s Information Page.
Some blue-italic links will direct you to a recipe.

BEVERAGES and BROTHS

  beverages, alcohol: [in moderation] red wine 1
  beverages, powdered: almond milk, coconut milk, coconut cream
  tea: [non caffeinated] herbal tea, chia, cinnamon, licorice, green tea, tea tree tea
  water: [high alkaline] sparkling, spring (pH above 7)
  broth: bone broth, vegetable broth

CONDIMENTS
  condiments: baking powder, coconut aminos, coconut flakes, horseradish sauce, mayonnaise, mustard (Dijon, spicy, stone ground, yellow)
  hot sauce: Cholula, Tabasco, etc
  sea salt: [in moderation-no white] blue, brown, pink. Adding salt to food is not necessary as most vegetables naturally have sufficient salt for humans. Like sweeteners, all salt should be eliminated when trying to cure disease.
  sweeteners:Stevia, monk fruit [and in moderation 2] raw honey (unfiltered)
  vinegar: apple cider, balsamic, coconut, red wine, white wine

FLOURS and POWDERS
  flour, grains: sprouted grain flours 3
  flour, nuts: almond, coconut, pecan and walnut
  flour, roots: arrowroot (cassava)
  powder, super foods: acai powder, acacia powder, baobab powder, barley grass, blueberry powder, cacao ([cocoa] nibs or powder), camu camu powder, elderberry powder gogi berry powder, green banana flour, greens powder, hemp protein powder maca [raw] powder, maqui berry powder, matcha power, moringa powder, pomegranate powder, red beet powder, wheat grass
  powder, mixes: golden milk

FRUITS
  fruits: avocado, red apple peels, prickly pear
  fruits: [in moderation] apple, apricot, banana, raw green, cantaloupe, camu-camu, currents, figs, grapes, gooseberry, kiwi, papaya, pears, persimmon, pineapple, pomegranate, raisin, watermelon
  fruits, berries: [dried or raw] blackberries, blueberries, cranberries, goji berries, raspberries, strawberries, tomatoes, wild blueberries (true berries, compound fruit, epigynous fruit)
  fruits, citrus: [in moderation] grapefruit, kumquat, lemon, lime, orange, tangerine
  fruits, stone fruit (drupes): [in moderation, dried or raw] apricot, cherry, date, mango, nectarine, peach, plum
  olives: [rinse to remove salt] black olives only, Nicoise

GRAINS and CEREALS
  grains: [in moderation 3 sprouted] amaranth, barley, buckwheat, bulgur, farro, kamut, oats, quinoa, spelt, teff 4

HERBS and SPICES
  herbs [dried or fresh]: allspice, basil, bay leaf, black pepper, capers, cardamon, caraway seed, cayenne pepper, celery seed, chili pepper, chives, cilantro, cinnamon, coriander seed, cloves, cumin, curry, dill, fennel, garlic, ginger, mint, mustard, nutmeg, onion (granulated, powder) oregano, paprika, parsley, peppermint, red pepper flakes rosemary, sage, tarragon, thyme, turmeric, vanilla (extract)
  spice mixes: Garam Masala, Mrs Dash, TWS

LEGUMES
  legumes: 3 [sprouted only] lentil and mung beans 4

MEAT and EGGS 5
  eggs: [omega 3, organic, pasture raised, not cage-free] eggs
  meat, fish: [wild caught with omega-3] anchovies, Arctic char, Atlantic mackerel, black cod (sablefish), grouper, haddock, mahi mahi, Pacific halibut, rainbow trout, red snapper, rockfish, salmon, sardines, shad, shrimp, tuna (yellowfin and skipjack)
  meat, fowl: [organic, range or pasture raised, wild] chicken (bone broth, breast, liver), duck, quail, pheasant, turkey
  meat, mammals: [organic, grass fed, range fed] beef (bone broth, flank, sirloin), bison, lamb, goat
  meat, game: [wild] caribou, bison, elk, venison and most other game

MUSHROOMS
  mushrooms: [edible fungi] Cremini, Cordyceps, King′s Trumpet, Lion′s Mane, Maitake, Portobello, Oyster, Reishi, Shitake, Turkey Tail, White Button;

NUTS and SEEDS
  nuts: almond, beech nuts, Brazil nut, coconut, coquito, chestnuts, gingko, hazelnuts, hickory, Macadamia, pecans, pignoli, pine nut, pistachio, and walnuts
  nut butter-spreads: almond, walnut
  seeds: [preferably sprouted with omega-6 3] chia (ground, whole), flax (ground, whole), hemp (hearts, hulled), pumpkin, sesame
  seed butter-spreads: sesame (tahini), sunflower

OILS [extra virgin, mechanically extracted and unrefined]
  oils, essential: [non-solvent extraction method]; bergamot, clove, eucalyptus, frankincense, ginger, lavender, myrrh, oregano, peppermint, rose rosemary, tea tree oil,thyme, yarrow
  oils, nut: almond, Macadamia, walnut, coconut, flaxseed, grape seed, sesame
  oils, seed: black seed (nigella sativa), coconut, flaxseed, grapeseed, sesame
  oils, vegetable: avocado, olive

VEGETABLES
  vegetable, allium [Latin: garlic]: all incluing chives, garlic, leeks, onions 6 (green, raw, red, sweet, yellow), scallions, shallots
  vegetable, cruciferous [cooked only]: bok choy, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage (green and red), cauliflower, collard greens, daikon, kale, horseradish, kohlrabi, maca, mizuna, mustard greens, radish, raspini, rutabaga, turnips, turnip greens, wasabi, watercress
  vegetable, fresh: artichoke, asparagus, celery, cucumber, dill, endive, eggplant, fennel bulb, Jerusalem artichoke, raw, jicama, mint (leaves), pumpkin, red chili (seeded), rhubarb, squash (acorn, butternut, spaghetti, summer, yellow), zucchini, water chestnuts
  vegetable, lettuce: arugula, butter head, red leaf, romaine
  vegetables, leafy: all including beet greens, celery leaf, chard (green, rainbow, red), chickweed, cilantro (coriander), dandelion greens, mustard greens, parsley (flat-leaf, wrinkle-leaf), plantain, red clover, rutabaga, spinach, turnip greens, watercress
  vegetables, seeded peppers: bell (orange, green, red, yellow), chili (chipotle, jalapeño, poblano, red, serrano)
  vegetables, root: arrowroot, beet, brudock root, carrot, celery, cassava, chicory (raw) garlic, ginger, jicama, Konjac root (elephant yam) onion, parsnip, parsley root, radish, rutabaga, sunchokes, sweet potato, tumeric, turnip, yacon root, and yam
  vegetable, juices: [fresh blended or from broth]

SEA VEGETABLES
  microalgae: blue green algae, chlorella algae, marine phytoplankton, spirulina
  seaweed: [unprocessed dried marine algae] Atlantic dulse and others (flakes or veggy strips)

SUPPLEMENTS
  supplement all: [organic, cold pressed and/or whole food based]
  supplement oils: [omega 3] fish, krill
  supplements: primary grapefruit seed extract, grape seed extract, plant enzymes, raspberry keytones, wellness formula
  supplements: secondary bilberry, bromeliad, CoQ10, citrus bioflavonoids, curcumin and etc.
  supplements: types amino acids, anti inflammatory, antioxidants, bioactive compounds, enzymes, essential nutrients, fatty acids, fiber, phytonutrients, prebiotics, probiotics, minerals, vitamin

CLEAN FIFTEEN (Non Organics are Normally Safe)
  Avacados, Asparagus, Broccoli,
  Cabbages, Cantaloupes, Cauliflower,
  Eggplants, Honeydew Mellon, Kiwis,
  Mushrooms, Onions, Pineapples
Three others not included because they are on inflammatory list are, Sweet Corn, Papayas, Sweet Peas.
List last revised: 20 January 2021 7

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Purines are found in high concentration in meat and meat products, especially internal organs such as liver and kidney. In general, plant-based diets are low in purines. Examples of high-purine sources include: sweetbreads, anchovies, sardines, liver, beef kidneys, brains, meat extracts (e.g., Oxo, Bovril), herring, mackerel, scallops, game meats, beer (from the yeast) and gravy. Some legumes, including lentils and black eye peas, are considered to be high purine plants. Foods and supplements containing spirulina can be exceptionally high in purines.
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Born in 460 BCE, Hippocrates, considered to one of the most outstanding figures in the history of medicine, made the statement Everything in excess is opposed to nature. Thus, an occasional meal with oily fish or other lean meat, is acceptable to my health goals. Ask anyone who has ever invited me over for a meal and then inquired of me as to what foods I do not like or can not have. My answer has always been When it comes to food, there is only thing I dislike... not getting it. However, I now see a time when I will no longer use that answer as I continue to eliminate more and more foods which I deem as non Living Food.
Alcohol, however, is entirely different. If a person is fighting a disease, then it is necessary to completely abstain from all forms of alcoholic drinks because when consumed they immediately change into sugar.
2  
Only monk fruit and stevia have a zero glycemic index score, which means that eating monk fruit or stevia will not raise your blood sugar. Molasses had a glycemic index of 60. Raw Honey has a glycemic index of 58. Caution should be taken when eating any commonly used sweeteners as all are inflammatory and can aid in causing chronic inflammation. Never should someone who wants to reverse disease eat any type of sweetener, including honey, maple syrup and molasses.
3  
Grains, Legumes, (some) Nuts, (most) Seeds and other plants have antinutrients, which prevent the person eating these plant from gaining access to the nutrition in them. Also, these same plants because of these antinutrients are inflammatory when eaten. Sprouting removes some of the antinutrients from these plants but not all. Consuming any of these plants should be extremely limited, especially when trying to cure disease, including obesity.
Remember, grains, nuts, seeds and grasses are or can be inflammatory. The root cause of modern disease is chronic inflammation (CI), which if removed, will allow the body to heal itself of the diseases. Anyone with auto-immune diseases, cancer, diabetes, heart disease and obesity must avoid inflammatory foods entirely in order to halt and reverse them.
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Please read the Methinks On the Whole Grains Hoax about preparing grains, legumes, nuts and seed by sprouting prior to eating. Grains, legumes, and peanuts (methinks, even if they are sprouted) are included in the foods which cause chronic inflammation in the body.
5  
All eggs and most all meat, with few exceptions, should be eliminated when using the Living Food diet for curing disease. Otherwise, eating these foods should be limited from the Living Food diet.
6  
The substance which makes you cry, called syn-Propanethial S-oxide, exhibit medicinal qualities, even helping to enhance the immune system. The yellow onion has the highest content of sys-Propanethial S-oxide.
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For a list of food causing chronic inflammation, and to avoid, see Food to Avoid. Also, printable version of these lists are available at the Downloadable Files section.

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