Healthy Shopping and Cooking
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Healthy Shopping TipsMake sure you shop around the periphery of the grocery - that is where all the fresh foods are sold. Frozen is next best and avoid canned whenever possible, especially for vegetables. Use organic foods whenever possible to reduce the amount of toxins coming into your body from pesticides.
Healthy Cooking TipsDo not use aluminum, Teflon or iron to cook in. Use stainless steel or glass (Corning or Pyrex). Use a variety of spices instead of salt. If you do use salt, use Vega Salt, Mrs. Dash or Sea Salt. Always serve fresh vegetables. Use low fat dressings for a dip or dressing. Use a variety of fluids for cooking, lemon juice, lime juice, tomato sauce, olive oil, macanamia nut oil, canola oil, salad dressings.
Rotate your diet!
Our body becomes sensitive to foods we eat all the time. Don't eat the same food daily. Rotate food every four days. Example: Fruit - Day 1 apples, day 2 orange, day 3 berries, day 4 bananas, day 5 have another apple.
Eat foods compatible with your body. Find out which ones are by an Alcat food sensitivity test and a blood type diet list.
Healthy Carbohydrates? Fruit, vegetables, grains and beans and potatoes are all carbohydrates. How much fiber each carbohydrate makes the difference between a good carb and a bad carb. Folks with diabetes, hypoglycemia, hypoinsulemia, and weight control issues need to limit the amount of carbs. Count your fiber grams. Eat foods allowing you 25 grams of fiber daily. Block cravings with protein to maintain challenged blood sugar levels.
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Fish & ToxinsMM - Highest in mercury; children and women who are pregnant, nursing or of childbearing age should avoid.
M - Moderate mercury; children and women whom are pregnant, nursing or of childbearing age should limit to once a month.
Besides mercury, toxins can include PCB's, dioxins, and pesticides.
Smart Shopper's Fish Picks from Green Guide: www.thegreenguide.com
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Yes Fish
- Low mercury, not over-fished, or farmed destructively
- Abalone (farmed)
- Anchovies
- Catfish (US farmed)
- Caviar (US or French farmed)
- Clams (farmed)
- Crawfish
- Herring
- Hoki
- Rainbow Trout (farmed)
- Salmon (wild and Alaskan and Californian)
- Squid (Pacific)
- Striped bass (farmed)
- Sturgeon (farmed)
| Sometimes Fish
- Recovering populations and/or moderate mercury (once a month)
- Artic char
- Blue crab (gulf coast ) - M
- Blue Mussel M
- King crab (Alaskan)
- Snow crab
- Cod (Pacific)
- Flounder (Pacific)
- Halibut (Alaskan) - M
- Mahi-mahi - M
- Eastern Oyster - M
- Pollock - M
- Sablefish/black cod - M
- Sanddabs
- Scallops
- Sole (Pacific)
- Tilapia
- Tuna (canned light) - M
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