__________________________The Physiological Diet
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This diet will
help you to get well and stay well. It is not a diet which simply
lists the foods you are to eat every day at each meal, but is a set
of eating rules which are applicable to almost any one person at any
time.
Moderation in
eating habits is essential to good health. This diet allows
considerable variety, yet follows the principles of
moderation.
You must learn
the basic rules and follow them. These basic rules are:
1. EAT ONLY WHEN HUNGRY.
Explanation:
By eating ONLY when actual hunger pangs strike you, the body has
"signaled" that it is readyto utilize food...digest, absorb and
assimilate it. If you eat entirely by force of habit, that is, at
so-called "regular meal times", the true appetite is seldom
noticeable and over-eating is the result. Do not be afraid that you
will suffer ill effects from missing a meal or two, the result will
be beneficial.
2. EAT A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF RAW FOODS
DAILY.
Explanation:
We must realize that RAW FOODS ARE ESSENTIAL TO GOOD HEALTH. They
serve the body in many ways, not the least of which is satisfying
the body's needs for essential nutrients thus eliminating the
craving for cooked foods, this being one of the major causes of
overeating and obesity.
3. EAT WHOLE FOOD WHENEVER POSSIBLE.
Explanation:
Whole food is not likely to be processed or overeaten. For example,
preference should be for whole meat not ground and baked potatoes
not mashed.
4. AVOID PROCESSED AND TAMPERED (COUNTERFEIT)
FOODS.
Such as:
Bleached
flours
Hardened fats
(oleo, margarine, shortenings, etc.)
Refined sugar
products
Foods which
are sprayed with poisons (insecticides), commercially fertilized,
animals treated with hormones (stilbesterol), and foods grown on
devitalized soils.
ALL vegetables
should be washed thoroughly. The selection of organically grown
foods, where possible, should be a primary aim of every
health-minded individual.
5. CHEW ALL FOOD THOROUGHLY.
The thorough
chewing of food is essential to good health.