THE LIVING FOODS DIET

A diet of live, uncooked foods is one that serves the human body the best.  We need to understand that what we put in our mouths will either produce life or death.  Our body needs live living enzymes to preform it's altimate best and to produce in us, vibrant health and an abundance of energy. Cooked foods will not do this for us as heat destroys live enzymes.

If you have plaque build-up in your arteries, eat a raw food diet and you will have no more plaque.  If you have high cholesterol, eliminate all animal products ( meat, dairy, eggs)  and you will no longer have this problem.If you have any disease anywhere in the body, adopt this lifestyle and you will not longer have disease. 

If we would heed our Creator and eat the foods listed in Gensis 1:29 we would see a vast reduction in deadly and chronic disease.

Breakfast
Upon rising, have fresh fruit or herbal tea and then fruit. Many people have fresh vegetable juice for breakfast ( carrot juice and apple or carrot and greens or just greens). A breakfast smoothie is also a good idea; In blender combine fresh fruit, a small handful raw almonds, almond or rice milk and a tablespoon flax seeds.

Mid-Morning
Drink an eight—ounce glass of fresh vegetable juice (2/3 carrots and 1/3 greens),if fresh juice is not available, the next best choice is a piece of juicy, fresh fruit. 

Lunch
 A large raw salad with lots of veggies, you can add raw nuts. This also is an all-raw meal, as cooked food is limited to the evening meal.

Mid-Afternoon
Drink an eight-ounce glass of carrot/vegetable juice. If juice is not available, some carrot or celery sticks are second best

Dinner

 A LARGE green salad comprised of leaf lettuce (never head lettuce as it has very little nutritional value) along with a variety of vegetables. After the salad comes the only cooked food of the day, the 15% cooked food portion recommended on the living food diet. This could be steamed veggies, a veggie sandwich on whole grain bread, baked sweet potato, squash, etc. (if desired, Lunch and Supper can be switched, but only one meal should contain cooked food on any given day.)

Evening
If desired, a piece of juicy, fresh fruit or a glass of freshly extracted apple or pear juice may be consumed.
Juicing is an essential part of a living food diet as it provides an abundance of live enzymes essential for health and digestion. and, while we do recommend purchasing a high-quality juicer such as the Green Star Juicer or the Champion Juicer this is an initial investment spread out over several years as you continue your healthy lifestyle.

In the end, the Standard American Diet becomes the costlier lifestyle because the real cost is to your health.

One of the most common excuses for not eating healthy is it costs too much to buy all that “special” food. On a Living food diet, the food is the same as you buy in any supermarket. Even organic vegetables are becoming mainstream. Its simply a matter of choosing what’s healthy over what’s not.
The same principle applies to eating out. These days, most restaurants accommodate customers on a vegetarian lifestyle. You can order a large dinner salad without meat, add a plain baked potato, a side vegetable and bottled water, and in most cases you’ll spend less than if you  ordered that full rack of ribs. Depending on where you live, you may even find a vegetarian or vegan restaurant.

We follow a ratio of 85% raw and 15% cooked food each day, with the cooked food usually coming only at the end of the evening meal

The 85% Portion
This is an abundance of God’s natural foods, uncooked (raw) and unprocessed. The dense living nutrients found in raw foods and their juices are what feed and satisfy our cells’ nutritional needs, so that a person no longer needs to struggle with uncontrollable hunger. These live foods are also what produce abundant energy and vibrant health. The following are items from each category that fit into the 85% portion of each day’s food intake:

Beverages: Freshly extracted vegetable juices, herbal teas and remineralized distilled water. 

Dairy Alternatives: Fresh almond milk, creamy banana milk, as well as frozen banana, strawberry, or blueberry “fruit creams”.

Fruit: All fresh, as well as unsulphered organic dried fruit (Limit fruit to no more than 15% of daily food intake.)

 Grains: Soaked oats, raw muesli, dehydrated granola, dehydrated crackers.

 Beans: Green beans, peas, sprouted garbanzos, sprouted lentils, and sprouted mung.

 Nuts and Seeds: Raw almonds, sunflower seeds, macadamia nuts, walnuts, raw almond butter or tahini (Consume sparingly.)

Oils and Fats: Extra virgin olive oil, Udo’s Choice Perfected Oil Blend, flaxseed oil (the oil of choice for people with cancer, except men with prostate cancer; who may he better served meeting the essential fat needs through freshly ground flaxseed), and avocados

Seasonings: Fresh or dehydrated herbs, garlic, sweet onions, parsley, and sal. 

Soups: Raw soups.

Sweets: Fruit smoothies, raw fruit pies with nut/date crusts, date-nut squares, etc.

Vegetables: All raw vegetables

You are on your way to vibrant health!

The 15% Portion
The following foods make up the 15% portion of the living foods diet. These cooked foods follow the raw salad at the evening meal. This cooked food portion can be very delicious and actually proves beneficial for those trying to maintain body weight.

Beverages: Caffeine-free herb teas and cereal-based coffee-like beverages along with bottled organic juices.

Beans: Lima, adzuki, black, kidney, navy, pinto, red, and white.

Dairy: Non-dairy cheese and rice milk (Use sparingly.)

Fruit: Stewed and unsweetened frozen fruits.

Grains: Whole-grain cereals, breads, muffins, pasta, brown rice, millet, etc.

 Oils: Mayonnaise made from cold-pressed oils.

Seasonings: Same as the 85% portion, plus unrefined sea salt (Use sparingly.)

Soups: Soups made from scratch without fat, dairy, or table salt. 

Sweeteners: Raw, unfiltered honey, rice syrup, unsulphured molasses, stevia, carob, pure maple syrup, date sugar (Use very sparingly.)

Vegetables: Steamed or wok-cooked fresh or frozen vegetables., baked white or sweet potatoes, squash, etc.

While this list at first appears limiting, there are hundreds, if not thousands, of exciting recipes that meet these criteria.

Foods to Avoid
These foods create most of the physical problems we experience,  are NOT part of a living food diet. They should he eliminated from the diet as quickly as possible.

Beverages: Alcohol, coffee, tea, cocoa, carbonated beverages and soft chinks, all artificial fruit drinks, including sports drinks, and all commercial juices containing preservatives, refined salt, and sweeteners.

Dairy: All milk, cheese, eggs, ice cream, whipped toppings. and non—dairy creamers.

Fruit: Canned and sweetened fruits, along with non—organic dried fruits.

Grains: Refined, bleached flour products, cold breakfast cereals, and white  rice.

Meats: Beef, pork, chicken, turkey, hamburgers, hot dogs. bacon, sausage, etc. (All meats are harmful to the body and a contributing cause of most physical problems.)

Nuts & Seeds: All roasted and/or salted seeds and nuts. (Peanuts are not a nut but a legume, and very difficult to digest.)

Oils: All lard, margarine, shortenings, and anything containing hydrogenated and partially hydrogenated oils.

Seasonings: Refined table salt, black pepper, and any seasonings containing them.

Soups: All canned, packaged, or creamed soups containing dairy products.

Sweets: All refined white or brown sugar, sugar syrups, chocolate, candy, guns, cookies, donuts, cakes, pies, or other products containing refined sugars or artificial sweeteners.

Vegetables: All canned vegetables with added preservatives, or vegetables fried in oil.