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.

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.

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.

Adding salt to food is not necessary as most vegetables naturally have sufficient salt for human needs. Like sweeteners, all salt should be eliminated when trying to cure disease.

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.

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.

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.

All eggs and most all meat, with few exceptions, should be eliminated when using the Living Food diet for curing disease. Otherwise, these foods should be extremely limited from the Living Food diet.

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.