Living Food Vegetarian

Value of Juicing Fruits and Vegetables

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There are many reasons why juicing is becoming a very popular and an important part of a healthy diet for so many people. Juicing offers many health benefits associated with consuming vital nutrients and minerals that our bodies sorely lack with the typical diet of modern society. It is important to incorporate both fruits and vegetable juicer recipes routinely to keep a stable balance of nutrients and natural sugars. Finding new recipes is easy given the resources available online. There are also countless recipe books available in your local bookstore.

We know that eating fruits and vegetables in abundance is important to a healthy balanced diet. But the benefits of juicing these ingredients make it hard to ignore. Juicing liquefies the fruits and vegetables which allow the micro nutrients, mineral and other essential ingredients of life to be released from the solid particles. This makes it more efficient for the body to absorb them into the blood stream and redistribute to parts of the body where they are needed. It is a way of concentrating all the nutrients into a single glass of juice making it a very potent drink.

It is just as important to eat these fruits and vegetables as solids to provide your body with everything it needs. Do not think that drinking the juice will substitute for eating a healthy diet, since juicing is a way to complement a healthy lifestyle not to compensate for a bad one.

Of course healthy juicer recipes are only as good as the ingredients that go into them. You want to use fresh and organically grown fruits and vegetables to minimize the amount of toxins consumed. Produce grown without pesticides and chemical fertilizers might be more expensive but it is worth the health of your body. Try farmers markets for produce since local farm products often travel a lot less distance than typical grocery store produce. This means they are fresher and many are grown organically.

Juicing Recipes

If you can choose fresh and organic fruits and vegetables for your juicing. You’ll get the most nutritional benefits with these. If you can’t get fresh then frozen is a good option, but stay away from canned fruits and veggies when you’re juicing.

 

Pineapple Delight

1 large handful of fresh baby spinach

1/2 fresh pineapple

10 strawberries

1/2 cucumber

Juice in the order listed above. Pour over ice and drink up!

 

Virgin Bloody Mary

2 tomatoes

1 celery stalk

1 large carrot

1 cup chopped broccoli

1 cucumber

1/2 lemon – peeled

1 garlic clove

dash or two of hot sauce

Run everything through your juicer and enjoy!

 

Dr. Oz’s Green Drink

So many of you have asked us for the drink Dr. Oz swears by that we had to end with this one.  This “green drink” is high in fiber, very low-cal and extremely rich in vitamins. You can make this in a juicer or a blender. If you’re making it in a blender be sure to chop all veggies and fruit first, juice and zest the lemon and lime and discard the rest, core and peel the apple, use only the leaves of the parsley.

2 cups spinach

2 cups chopped cucumber

1 head of celery

1/2 inch of teaspoon of ginger root

1 bunch parsley

2 apples

1 lime

1/2 lemon

 

 

Internal Cleansing

Obtain a Healthier Body and Live Longer

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Our body bears a strong resemblance to a big machine. Each part has its own important function. If we don’t take care of our body just like the machine, it will deteriorate. The reason why we are still capable of thinking, walking, running and doing all kinds of outdoor activities is because our body acts as a shield. We are protected by our excretory system which helps eliminate many of the toxins inside our body. These toxins can weaken our body and can really affect our thinking ability. If our body is full of toxins and our colon could no longer hold the large amount of toxins inside our body, our immune defenses will start to weaken as well. Detox cleanses supply and aid our colon. This method ensures that our body is free from any harmful elements which can cause diseases and can make our body weak.

Each of our body parts is designed to effectively wash away toxins and impurities. However, these body parts, especially our vital organs, will not fully function if they have to spend lots of time flushing toxins from our body. Other functions of these organs are often neglected as their tasks are focused on getting rid of waste products. These can result in poor liver and kidney function. If these two organs fail to function normally, our body will no longer perform its duty in shielding the body from diseases. This will make us more prone to illness.

This is where detoxification comes in. Detoxification has several functions such as preventing more toxins from entering our body and removing impurities from our colon. As a result, our body will resume their full functions and our cells will become rejuvenated. After detoxification, you will feel revitalized as the chemical substances inside the body are already removed.

Obtaining a healthy and fit body is never impossible if we follow a balanced diet. We should include fruits and vegetables in our daily diet along with regular exercise.  Drinking plenty of water everyday also does wonders for your digestive system. You will feel its effect once your bowel movement becomes regular.  Try these best practices first before undergoing a detox cleanse process as this may improve your health and physical being.

Guidelines

Getting Started on The UnDiet

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Choose your UnDiet plan based on your eating habits, how much you like to cook, and your own personal food choices. Each plan (except Protein Binge) allows for deviations while still maintaining the fundamentals that will keep you on track. Obviously the closer you stay to the track the healthier you’ll be and the quicker you’ll lose all those unwanted pounds. But it’s much better to be happy with what you’re eating and be able to easily incorporate the plan you choose into your daily schedule. So start where you feel the most comfortable and phase into each successive stage or plan when you feel ready.

Start the first day of the rest of your life by going through your refrigerator, cupboards, and all your secret stashes looking for Forbidden Foods . Throw them away. You don’t need them sitting there in your cupboard calling your name.

Or if you’re like me and hate to waste anything, cook up a storm and invite a bunch of friends over for a Backwards Potluck. It’s “backwards” because instead of everybody bringing a dish and ending up with a hodgepodge buffet, you’re providing the hodgepodge and sending your guests home with the leftovers. I don’t call it a dinner party because none of the food “matches” – there could be a Mexican casserole, Italian pasta, lots of desserts … Then package up all the leftovers and give them to your guests as they depart at the end of the evening.

Even after the “backwards potluck” I still had lots of forbidden food around, so I cooked up another storm and delivered meals to some single parent families in my church and neighborhood with a little note of encouragement for the great job they were doing. Oh well, that’s what I did because I love to cook and hate to waste, you may just want to throw it all away, or donate it uncooked to a local food bank or a family who could use it.

Make sure to print out and read  through Forbidden Foods and the Food Pyramid.

Several book titles are mentioned throughout these pages. They are each linked directly to the site where you can order them. If you choose to order them now, do so, then return to this site using the “Back” arrow of your browser to continue gathering UnDiet information. If you don’t choose to order these books now, there’s a series of Book Review pages towards the end of this site, which is also listed in the Home Page table of contents.

I’ve given each UnDiet Plan it’s own page to make it easier to access and print out. I’ve written each plan out as it’s own entity which means that certain sections may be repeated for each plan. I did this because I think it’s irritating to be following a plan and have it say something like “follow previous plan steps 1-3, then …” I’d much rather have each plan spelled out in it’s entirety. Since many of you may be reading through each plan though, I’ve marked in bold the information that is new to make it easier to skim.

You’ll find links throughout these pages which will lead you to more information about the linked item. It’s not necessary to follow these links to achieve success with the UnDiet. The information is there for those who want to know “why?” If you’re the studious type I’ll be continually expanding this background information, so go ahead and bookmark this site and check back every now and then. Remember when you follow a link other than “Next Step”, use your browser’s “back” arrow to return to the page you were on.

Guidelines UnDiet Eating Plans

Protein Blast

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If you or a loved one are balking at the idea of dieting, or maybe you just don’t want to throw away all that meat and cheese in your refrigerator before starting your diet, then the UnDiet Protein Blast is just the thing for you. You’ll lose around a pound a day (sometimes more, sometimes less) on the Protein Blast. Even if you’re not interested in doing a full-on Protein Blast, it’s good  to know how to use proteins to your best advantage as there’s bound to be times when you don’t have control over your food choices (dining out, on a cruise, at a dinner party) and following the Protein Blast guidelines will often be your best choice to stay on track.

Eliminate All Complex Carbohydrates

Eliminate: grains starchy vegetables such as potatoes, corn, cooked carrots, peas, cooked beets

Separate Starches from Proteins

If I had to choose between a dish that contained rice and chicken and a dish that contained chicken and veggies, I’d choose the chicken and veggies. It’s a healthier choice and one that will continue to move me towards my weight goal.

Eliminate Sugars

You don’t want to have any sugar, even unrefined sugar on the Protein Blast and you want to limit your consumption of Nutrasweet. So even if  you don’t plan to use Protein Blast as your plan of choice you should read through it to be armed against the unforeseen.

First 7-14 Days

Try not to stay on Protein Blast any longer than two weeks. After one month many people stop losing weight. Eliminate all complex carbohydrates such as grains and beans, Fruits, starches (potatoes, carrots, beets, corn, sweet potatoes, yams, and popcorn), caffeine, and all sugars  (honey, white sugar, brown sugar, corn syrup, fructose, date sugar, maple syrup, Nutrasweet, aspartame …) from your diet. Limit your vegetables to 10-20 grams of carbohydrates a day. Get yourself a Carbohydrate Counter as it is extremely important that you limit your carbs to 10-20 grams. What does that leave on the menu? Dairy, fats, meats. Don’t worry about the calories you’re consuming, DON’T COUNT THEM, EAT THEM! Don’t be afraid, Protein Blast really does work. For full documentation of a high-protein program check out Lose The Belly Fat. Protein Blast is the only plan that must be followed to the letter. Small deviations like drinking regular coffee instead of decaf, eating just a little bit of sugar … will sabatouge your metabolic response to the Proteins and fats you’re eating and you will not lose weight.

Beverages

The best beverage choice is plain, filtered water. While it’s not necessary to use filtered water to succeed with the Protein Blast, I suggest it here to give you a head start on the detoxification process that you’ll begin with the next stage of the UnDiet. You can also enjoy herbal teas, decafblack tea and decaf coffee (hot or cold). You may use whipping cream, in your tea or coffee, but not half and half or milk, and not more than six tablespoons of cream per day. Since I’m not crazy about the taste of plain water I usually keep a pitcher of tea such as Celestial Seasonings Red Zinger teas or Good Earth Caffeine Free Tea. Make sure to subtract the carbohydrates in your beverages (if any) from your daily carb allowance.

Day 8 or 15 through to your goal weight

Switch to the Basic UnDiet Plan or if you or your family need to ease into healthy foods like whole grains and pastas, you could go to the UnDiet Family Plan.

Recipes

Related Links

Sugarless Shoppe – sugar-free products with the diabetic in mind. Excellent selection, good prices.
The Grain & Salt Society – finally a source for grain-sweetened chocolate chips! Wide variety of other hard to find ingredients.
Nature’s Flavors – large selection of high quality, natural, and organic baking ingredients.

More Protein Blast information and recipes

The Atkins Diet – info on low carb, high protein diet, also link to Atkins products
Atkins Diet Revolution – what types of eating challenges this diet helps to overcome
Atkins Diet – book reviews, order books at discount prices

Step By Step

If you’d like help getting started with the UnDiet you’ll recieve an e-mail every week with a new UnDiet step, which will also provide you with tips, recipes utilizing that week’s step, and encouragement to keep on following through with previous steps. There’s no charge to give the Step-By-Step E-Mail Program a try. When you request one month of FREE UnDiet Steps you’ll also be added to the UnDiet Update list which will notify you when new recipes and info are added to this site.

Dessert Fruit Kid Friendly Recipes

Individual Apple Pies

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Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Place sliced apples in a (well buttered) pie tin.

Sprinkle with a handful of unrefined sugar or any UnDiet-approved sweetener and (cinnamon, apple pie spice, pumpkin pie spice …).

Bake for 20-30 minutes until apples are soft. Roughly mash with a potato masher or fork right in the pie tin.

Scoop out the middle of one or more whole wheat bagels. Toast and butter. Or use thick slices of whole grain bread, or English muffins. You could also use whole wheat pitas or whole wheat tortillas. Heat and butter the inside of the pitas before stuffing with the cooked apples. Heat and butter the tortilla before rolling up around the cooked apples.

Pile the apple mixture on top of your bread of choice.

Tips

Healthy Beverages – What to Drink?

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In an Internet culture where link posting is pitifully indiscriminate The UnDiet wants you to know that the links on this page are carefully researched and only posted if deemed to be helpful or otherwise of interest to you, the discerning UnDieter. We routinely decline to trade links with sites seeking to post their links when we find that their site does not meet our specific requirements.

Celestial Seasoningshas a large variety of herbal teas including roasted grains, chai teas & fruit flavored teas.

Cafe Altura Organic Coffee is grown on small family farms, hand-picked, washed in rainwater and dried in the sun. You can’t get much more natural than that!

Fruit Blooms has a nice selection of organic drink mixes. They are not sugar-free but many parents prefer these types of drinks to chemically sweetened drinks.

Rice Dream is a great resource for non-dairy, soy-free milks.

Silk Soy Milk beverages are the Cadillac of soy milks. If you want to move your family to soy milk this is the way to go.

Internal Cleansing

Body Cleanse – Isagenix Super Juice

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What’s In Your Internal Body Cleansing Super Juice?

Everywhere you turn there’s a new super juice body cleanse on the market.  Even popular juices are jumping on the bandwagon by adding a sprinkle of healthy ingredients to their regular products. This is reminiscent of the practice of adding nutritious ingredients to white bread, when what really needs to happen is to use nutritious ingredients in the first place.  Adding Vitamin B to white flour doesn’t make it healthy any more than adding acacia to a sugar-laden, chemical filled juice makes it healthy. Many other products have nutritious ingredients in them. With so many colon cleanse products to choose from, how do you know which to choose to cleanse smart?

When you’re ready to cleanse your body, look to see where you’re getting the most bang for your buck. Isagenix unique Cleanse For Life drink isn’t a one-trick-pony. Cleanse For Life is a complex blend of ingredients that support the body’s entire cleansing process (not just the colon), while nourishing you with essential nutrients as you’re cleansing your body.

Here’s how Cleanse For Life can support your overall health:

  • Provides antioxidant support*
  • Helps detoxify the body*
  • May support vitamin absorption*
  • Clinically shown to help with weight loss**
  • Supports liver health*
  • Helps balance immune system *
  • Supports heart health*
  • Helps protect body from toxins in the environment*
  • Helps improve performance under stress *

Drink one to two ounces of Cleanse For Life once or twice daily to keep on top of daily intake of toxins or to replace a meal to support weight loss or do a deep cleanse and get started on the road to better health and weight loss by choosing either the Isagenix Cleanse for Life 9 Day or 30 Day Programs.

* These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration.

** As part of the Isagenix Cleansing and Fat Burning System.

Beverages High Protein Starches Vegetarian

More Recipes for Losing Weight – Creamy Rice Soup

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Here’s another one of our UnDiet recipes for losing weight that also works for a vegetarian losing weight and adheres to the principles of food combining. Call it a three-fer!

I love Trader Joes! They are my go-to source for quick and easy meals. A few choice purchases and I have the makings for several entirely different meals. I recently picked up a small tub of their Parmesan Artichoke Dip which has a cream cheese base. I spread it on top of a toasted piece of their whole wheat naan bread, then added some thinly sliced fresh tomatoes. Delicious! Then I had some dental work and couldn’t chew for a few days. I didn’t want the artichoke dip to go to waste so I mixed up this Creamy Rice Soup and I was in heaven!

Remember that I put amounts in my recipes to make it easier to give my readers an idea of what I’m doing, but there is no need to use exact measurements. A large spoonful can serve as a 1/4 cup measure, a coffee mug (which is usually what I use to serve soup in) holds about 1 & 1/2 cups, etc.

This is not a chicken and rice soup recipe though because that would be a bad food combination. See the notes at the end of the post.

Stir together and heat until very hot:
2 cups broth (I used french onion broth but any vegetable broth will do)
1/2 cup cooked brown rice or brown rice pilaf

Alternatively you could use 2 cups of leftover whole grain pasta or shirataki noodles.

Remove rice from heat and stir in 1/4 cup each of Trader Joes Artichoke Parmesan Dip and diced soy cheese. Grab a spoon and I guarantee you’ll be in heaven too!

You can also add more rice so that you have a stew rather than a soup.

If you are not a vegetarian losing weight you might be tempted to stir in some cooked chicken or turkey for a very hearty soup but it’s not a good idea when practicing food combining to mix a grain (the rice) with a protein (chicken or turkey).

I hope you’ll enjoy these recipes for losing weight for dinner tonight! And if you want to be prepared for those nights when you’re not up to cooking, pick up one or more of the delish brown rice mixes below.

 

 

Dessert Recipes

Sugar Free Sweetened Condensed Milk

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I haven’t been able to find sugar free sweetened condensed milk in any store so I was ecstatic to come across this recipe for an easy way to make it.

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 cup cold water
  • 1 1/3 cups powdered milk
  • 3/4 cup Splenda granular
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla

Stir milk powder into cold water until dissolved.

Microwave 1 minute or until steaming. Stir in sugar and vanilla.

Cover and chill in the refrigerator.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 1 cup 219g

Recipe makes 1 & 1/3 cups)

The Splenda granular is not included in the calculations below:
Calories 643
Calories from Fat 307 (47%)
Amount Per Serving %DV
Total Fat 34.2g 52%
Saturated Fat 21.4g 107%
Monounsaturated Fat 10.1g
Polyunsaturated Fat 0.9g
Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 124mg 41%
Sodium 476mg 19%
Potassium 1706mg 48%
Total Carbohydrate 49.6g 16%
Dietary Fiber 0.0g 0%
Sugars 49.6g
Protein 33.7g 67%

Dessert Kid Friendly Recipes

Quick Fudge

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Next time you’re hankering for a quick fix of chocolately deliciousness, this microwave fudge will have you in rapturous ecstasy.

Melt in microwave or over double-boiler:

  • 12-oz bag grain-sweetened chocolate chips
  • 8 oz grain-sweetened peanut butter chips (or additional chocolate chips)
  • 1 can SF sweetened condensed milk or ?cups from recipe

Stir in:

  • 2 cups or 4 handfuls toasted nuts
  • 1 cup or 2 handfuls raisins or other dried fruit (optional)

Press into lined pan and place in fridge until semi-hardened. Cut into squares and allow to fully harden.