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Is it good to eat raw food and if so, what percentage of your food should be raw? Are supplements necessary and if so, which ones? Do we need animal food? These questions are answered in the E-book "The Seven secrets of a Good Diet". The first 500 subscribers to our mailing list can get a free download of this E-book

From "The Seven secrets of a Good Diet" by Annet van Dorsser MSc

Secret 4

A good diet consists of natural plant foods.

A good diet consists of natural -whole plant- foods, like fresh fruits, vegetables (especially greens), nuts, seeds, grains and beans. Ive tried everything myself and have come to the conclusion that a big part of it should be consumed raw. Fresh plant food contains lots of energy that is ready for use. Traditional diets consisted mainly of raw plant food and weeds. How much food you want to cook or bake depends on your own constitution, the place where you live, the season, and your condition. Raw foods are best to cleanse the body. Cooked foods to warm the body.

There is a lot of confusion about animal protein. No one physically needs animal protein. This has been proven throughout history. In poor countries, many spiritual traditions and traditional diets, people lived on plant food and were very healthy. Scientific research finds more and more evidence that animal protein is the cause of many modern diseases. For instance, colon cancer is rarely found among vegans, occurs a little more often among vegetarians and is rampant among people who eat a lot a red meat. (Effect of different diets on faecal markers related to colorectal cancer risk. Studies with vegetarians and urolithiasis patients, dr. A. van Faassen, 1996). The amount of animal protein western people consume has risen enormously over the past hundred years with many negative effects on our health.

The same is true for milk products. In traditional cultures people used a little fresh milk, not polluted with hormones, antibiotics, heavy metals and other chemicals. Not the huge amounts we use nowadays. There was a story on Dutch television, that in gallon of our processed milk there is 1 thimble of pus, from all the infections cows have in their nipples? Scientific research has proven that certain forms of cancer, like breast cancer, are found much more often among people that use a lot of dairy. It you are interested in this subject, you can find more information at: www.pcrm.org/health/Info_on_Veg_Diets/dairy.html. Organic food is always better than non-organic, since it contains more minerals and vitamins and less chemicals.

Its good to have all different tastes in your diet on a regular basis. These different tastes are: sweet, sour, pungent, bitter and salt. The main part of your food should be naturally sweet, which means sweet like carrots, squash or well cooked rice, not the pungent sweetness of sugar.

Try to have all colors on your plate regularly. It not only looks nice, in this way you will get all the necessary anti-oxidants automatically. Anti-oxidants are comparable to the pigments in your food.

From Seven Secrets of a Good Diet by Annet van Dorsser MSc. For a free download of the complete E-book Seven Secrets of a Good Diet go to www.TheBestNaturalDiet.com

Annet van Dorsser MSC has over 30 years of experience in psychology, acupuncture and nutrition. She works with patients on a daily basis and wrote many books, articles and E-books on these subjects. She is the director of the European Institute for Spiritual Psychology and European Institute for Nutrition.

For more information, visit the following websites:

http://www.SpiritualPsychology.eu/

http://www.TheBestNaturalDiet.com/

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