Eating Right According to Our Personal Chemistry

We received a valuable e-mail from a friend who has been a lifelong proponent and researcher of good health options. As is stated in the following, we have to take into consideration our unique chemistry when choosing a diet that is right for us. We wanted to share this with you because there is a lot of good information that may be of value to you on your journey. (KJ)

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“The recommended diet and supplements I used to detoxify and regain my health were based on a simple blood test called “the red blood cell fatty acid test” offered through my doctor by Body Bio Lab (address/website below).  The test determines how one’s body is absorbing everything one eats, resulting in a recommended diet and supplement protocol to optimize anyone’s state of health.  The diet I was prescribed obviously applied specifically to me.  However, many of the dietary recommendations and cautions I became aware of apply to everyone.  What I learned may add to your journey the elements of detoxification and dietary protections from toxicity,–so helpful and necessary as we age in a society bombarding us with misguided mainstream medicine, polluted land, water and food.  How can we journey through all this and remain healthy?  I’m a believer, as you are, that we can find our way.  As you are doing, I’m continually adjusting, learning and exploring, at the same time maintaining a dietary base that I know is sound.  By the way, the Mercola website is a part of all this for me too – my doctor recommended it several years ago.

 

My comments are based upon an evolving and completely altered view of diet which I gained over the past 9 years after suffering from disabling mercury poisoning (diagnosed in 2001) and slowly recovering over the past 8-9 years.  I eat completely differently now than I did 10 years ago!  And the mercury is gone, I feel much healthier, my brain is working again, I have energy, etc.

 

 I’d like to offer a couple of useful medical ideas to protect you on your journey:

Assessing your Toxic Exposure

To assess your levels of toxic elements (if any) and other elements (minerals), get a hair analysis, prescribed by your doctor, through:

, 3755 Illinois Avenue St. Charles, IL 60174-2420, 1(800).323.2784 inquiries@doctorsdata.com – Highly regarded laboratory providing Hair Analysis (through an MD) to determine exposure to mercury and other toxic elements. Takes Medicare, other plans.Doctor’s Data Laboratories

Individualized Nutritional Supplement Assessment

To find out what supplements your body needs, the lab that developed my nutritional protocols now offers individualized supplement assessment on their website:: 

Body Bio Laboratories, 45 Reese Road, Millville, NJ 08332; custserv@bodybio.net 1(888) 320-8338. Using the results of a simple blood test prescribed by your doctor, you can order a chemistry and nutrient research report listing the nutritional supplements your body requires, $40.  Order online at:  http://www.bodybio.com/BodyBioReport.aspx?Test=Yes

For the raw food path you’re following, here a few of my original recipes–beverages, shakes and dressings:

Nightshade-free “V-8” Juice

Blend at high speed:

1/4 cup cranberry juice

1 cup water

1 stalk celery

1 chopped carrot

1 small garlic clove

1 tsp whole fresh ginger

1/4 tsp turmeric

Ginger Lemonade

Blend at high speed:

Juice of 2-3 lemons (strain seeds out)

1-2 cups water

1 tsp. chopped fresh ginger

3/4 tsp Stevia

Grapefruit Ginger Ale

Blend at high speed:

Juice of 1 grapefruit (strain seeds out)

1 tsp fresh ginger

1 cup of water

1/4 tsp cinnamon 

High Protein Shake

A fantastic high-protein sweet shake can be Vitamix blended using:

–unsweetened cranberry juice (~1/2 cup)

–raw tahini or almond butter (~1/2 cup)

–peeled raw ginger (about a tablespoon)

–organic unsweetened yogurt (~1/4-1/2 cup)

–filtered water to achieve appropriate consistency

–Stevia to taste

If you can get ahold of it, add Vitol Egg Protein, a natural detoxifier also containing bee pollen and bromelain, to your desserts and sweet shakes.  You can order it through your natural food store), though lately the manufacturer has been out.

Unsweetened, High-Protein Shakes

 Experiment with unsweetened shakes–too many sweet shakes can raise blood sugar levels for some:

• Try making shakes with a lot less sugar – even fruit sugar isn’t necessary.  Examples:

–Blend an organic egg, Flax seeds, sunflower seeds, or walnuts, tahini, olive oil, unsweetened cranberry juice, raw spinach, some water

• Experiment with nut, egg, oil vegetable combinations until you come up with the best tasting combination.  From what I learned (the hard way), we do need this protein infusion, along with vegetables and healthy fats, at least once a day to keep our brain and nervous system healthy.

 

Cranberry “Vinaigrette” Dressing

High in protein and healthy fats.  

Makes ~3 cups sauce or dressing.

Blend in high-speed blender:

1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil

1/3 cup unsweetened cranberry juice

1/4 cup half and half (optional)

3/4 cup water

Juice of 3 limes (strained to eliminate seeds)

2 heaping TBSP tahini (ground sesame seeds)

3 TBSP sour cream (optional)

3 tsp savory (or favorite spices)

2-3 cloves fresh, chopped garlic

1 tsp whole, fresh ginger

Salt to taste

Dash of Stevia* (or favorite sweetener)

Adjust ingredients to balance tangy, salty, sweet and oily tastes.  Adjust liquids for desired thickness.  Add to salad, vegetable or meat dishes.

 

Detox and Protection from Toxicity

If you are going to occasionally depart from the raw food path, try this info from Body Bio Lab and my alternative OMD.

The best detox (or toxicity protection) for body, brain, nervous system and organs involves the following three components in every meal:

1)  An animal protein free of hormones and antibiotics – I often choose organic eggs, Rocky chicken or Diestel  turkey.  The turkey and chicken are cooked of course.  

2)  Vegetables, raw, steamed or sauteed

3)  Healthy fats, which include (and are limited to):

–Extra virgin olive oil, never cooked (absolutely no canola oil as it contains very-long-chain fatty acids found in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients!)

–Flax/sunflower oil combination with Omega 6:Omega 3, 4-to-1 ratio–never cooked

–Omega Nutrition coconut oil for sautees (contains medium- and short-chain fatty acids necessary for brain health)

–Organic butter (contains arachadonic acid necessary for brain health)

4)  My doctor and the lab also recommended avoiding soy, mustard, canola, peanut.  All contain very-long-chain fatty acids, terrible for the brain and immune system for reasons described in the test results.”

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