"Nutrition, Hmm...
How Can I Eat Healthy?"

Here I am with my Mother-in-law. I was teaching her how to make fresh, non-pasteurized kimchi, loaded with beneficial bacteria. We just finished chopping lots of fresh vegees including two large heads of Chinese napa cabbage. We had so much fun! Yes, raw fermented kimchi is a real nutritional powerhouse.

Some of the following nourishing traditional foods need to be "dusted off" and reinstated to the kitchen tables. Yes, let's give more attention to these traditional foods that are very important, often neglected, and sometimes unfortunately ridiculed.

I will share some of the timeless real whole foods with super nutrition that I have incorporated into my family's diet. They are yummy, extremely nutritious and help keep the body strong and able bodied.

What follows are traditional foods that are highly nourishing whole foods, however, eat those real foods that make you feel better and avoid those foods that don't make you feel so good - or foods you are allergic to. I don't know if there will ever be a test that tells you exactly what portions of various foods you should eat. It seems to be a bit of a trial and error process, not an exact science. But, I do believe our bodies will tell us which foods are best suited for our specific body and metabolic types. Also, keep in mind that nutritional requirements vary at different times in a person's life.

• Lots of raw fruits and vegetables; fresh, local and organic if possible


• Eat vegetables lightly cooked or steamed with butter, olive oil and many times non-hydrogentated, flavorful coconut oil depending on my tastes and the vegetable served.
  
  
  
• Use whole, unprocessed and non-irradiated foods as much as possible




• Try to make nourishing bone broth soups, even fish broth soups. Miso soup comes to mind. Yummy, and so great for you! Yes, bring out the stock pot!




• Eat wild fish (not farm raised) and shellfish from clean waters



• Love making highly nutritious whole grain homemade bread using soaked grains in which antinutrients have been neutralized and vitamins and minerals have been increased.


• Purchase fabulous sprouted grain breads from the natural foods store. Cinnamon Raisin English Muffins from Food For Life are delicious. I love Alvarado St. Sprouted Sourdough Bread for sandwiches. Yes, both 100% whole wheat flour and bread are rich in nutrients.






• Make homemade unrefined whole grain granola cereal in which I soak the nuts to neutralize phytic acid, enzyme inhibitors and other non-nutrients.




• Try to have in the refrigerator live enzyme and probiotic rich homemade fermented vegetables. Sauerkraut and kimchi are my favorites. Got to try to keep that friendly bacteria count up!



• I love using the renowned Celtic Sea Salt, an unprocessed whole salt with exquisite taste and high amounts of natural minerals and trace elements included - with no funky additives. Yes, native diets included some salt. I share why I do not use processed table salt here.




• I also use various palate pleasing and food enhancing herbs and spices - helps to get those digestive juices flowing. You can buy top quality herbs and spices at Mountain Rose Herbs.









• Try to make my own salad dressing using Bragg's Raw Apple Cider Vinegar, non-pasteurized, with the 'mother' of apple cider vinegar which occurs naturally as connected strand-like chains of protein enzyme molecules and is very highly regarded nutritionally throughout history, along with extra virgin olive oil.







• Look for meat and eggs from pasture-fed animals



















• I really watch the refined sugar intake and don't overdo natural sweeteners. Stevia is a favorite of mine. Great in smoothies!



• Full fat milk products from pasture-fed cows. No low-fat milk in our family. I consume raw milk if I can access a great source. If I cannot access raw milk, I buy the pasteurized organic - begrudgingly.

  My how I miss the days when my mother bought Alta Dena fresh raw milk, with the delicious cream on top, from our local health food store in California. Yes, raw milk is superior in flavor and nutrition. It has nourished man for thousands of years. The physiques of the 100% full fat raw milk drinkers were magnificent, as Dr. Weston Price observed in his studies.

  Let's get these awesome raw milk vending machines in the United States of America too.

  Please click here to find your closest source for real raw milk. Each state has different laws which affect the availability of raw milk.



















• Love to eat whole yogurt, kefir, succulent butter, whole raw cheese (that's a little more of tough one to find) and sour cream. (Cheeses that are imported that say "fresh milk" or "milk" on the label are raw.)



• I try to only use the traditionally used vegetable oils - extra virgin olive oil, expeller-expressed sesame oil, and expeller-expressed flax oil.



• The non-hydrogenated, immune system enhancing tropical oils are good to eat, such as the palm oil, palm kernel oil and pure, extra virgin, cold-pressed coconut oil. I absolutely love coconut oil! The Nutiva Coconut Oil is an excellent and well priced coconut oil





• I even occasionally use non-hydrogenated, trans fat free, lard - ouch - now I am really getting political. Well, did you know the best cooks in the world use lard which is a traditional American cooking fat?

My friends' mother married at 16-years-old, had her first child at 17, and went on to have 14 children. Her last child was born when she was 43-years-old, and she had one set of twins. She lived on a farm and her diet consisted of lots of pig lard - always tubs of non-hydrogenated lard were around for cooking, even breakfast eggs were cooked in lard. Her chickens and cows were pasture-fed and healthy. She drank non-pasteurized fresh raw milk. She made lots of homemade bread, ate lots of non-pasteurized naturally fermented homemade sauerkraut and lived to be 90-years-old. Her husband lived to be 99-years-old. She did have one vice, chocolate on mashed potatoes!

• Try to take my Cod Liver Oil superfood that is rich in omega-3 fats and vitamins A and D. I get my kids to consume it too, though that is a tougher challenge.

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