It's Time For Healthy Ice Cream

"Ice structuring protein" (ISP). Definition: "anti-freeze" food additive to keep ice cream from crystallizing if it melts and is refrozen.

ISP is a new genetically engineered (GE) food additive being added to Breyer's and Good Humor ice cream. Like all GE ingredients, there's no way to tell from the name or reading the label if the ingredient is GE or not.

This new ingredient has NOT been tested for safety. Safety results submitted to the FDA were from a different GE fish protein of a different sub-species. This is an ingredient to avoid.

It's time to consider home-made ice cream!

I bought an ice cream maker a couple weeks ago and made the vanilla ice cream from the Nourishing Traditions cookbook. It was the best vanilla ice cream my family had ever tasted. It was easy to make and it only took 30 minutes. You can even make fancy flavors by adding some of your favorite fruits, nuts or other healthy ingredients.

Now. ice cream is not a food you should eat too much of. But made with healthy ingredients, it's a treat you can enjoy occasionally.

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Healthy Desserts for the Holidays

This is the time of year of holiday gatherings, sharing, gift giving and joy. Ironically amidst all the festivities, many people experience the "holiday blues." One of the things rampant in this season that contributes to the "blues" is SUGAR!

Here are some healthy recipes to help you avoid the "holiday blues."

Of course, you still need to exercise good judgement in how much you eat. Overeating even healthy treats is going to upset your body chemistry.

Add some fruit and nuts to your holiday goodies and be sensible with the baked goods.

Explore the world of healthy eating at HealthyEatingAdvisor.com.

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RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HEALTHY EATING

What To Avoid

Sweeteners

• sugar
  
  
• brown sugar
  
  
• powdered sugar
  
  
• corn syrup
  
  
• high fructose corn syrup
  
  
• raw sugar
  
  
• turbinado sugar
  
  
• beet sugar
  
  
• buttered syrup
  
  
• caramel
  
  
• carob syrup
  
  
• dextrose, sucrose
  
  
• honey (cooked or processed)
  
  
• molasses (except blackstrap molasses)
  
  
• all artificial sweeteners, including:
  
  • aspartame
  • Equal
  • Nutrasweet
  • Sweet ‘n Low
  • Saccharin
  • Acesulfame potassium
  • Sunette
  • Mannitol
  • Sorbitol
  • Hydrogenated starch hydrosylate
  • Neotame

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Note: The recommendations for healthy eating on this blog and in Healthy Eating are recommendations for foods that are generally considered healthy overall. But everyone is a unique individual and even generally accepted healthy foods may not be what your body needs to be healthy now. Find out how to feed your unique nutritional needs.

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RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HEALTHY EATING

What To Eat

Sweeteners

• unsweetened organic fruit juice (non organic is concentrated with the pesticides used on the fruit)
  
  
• unsweetened applesauce
  
  
• rice amasake
  
  
• sucanat (dehydrated cane-juice crystals)
  
  
• date sugar
  
  
• rice-syrup powder
  
  
• brown rice syrup
  
  
• barley malt
  
  
• sorghum syrup
  
  
• stevia
  
  
• aguamiel
  
  
• organic fruit juice concentrate (non organic is concentrated with the pesticides used on the fruit)
  
  
• pure maple syrup
  
  
• blackstrap molasses
  
  
• fructose
  
  
• pure raw honey (not for children under 18 months of age)
  
  
• fructooligosaccharides (FOS)
  
  
• xylitol (sparingly)
  
  
• all sweeteners are best used sparingly or avoided

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RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HEALTHY EATING

What To Avoid

Dairy Products

• all pasteurized, ultra-pasteurized or homogenized cow’s milk products
  • milk
  • cheeses
  • sour cream
  • ice cream
  • yogurt & kefir
  
  
• soy, grain and nut
  • yogurt
  • milk

More next time...

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Healthy Eating Tips

Healthy Eating Tips is a newsletter I publish from HealthyEatingAdvisor.com.

Check out the November 2006 edition and get some tips for a healthy Thanksgiving and find out what some of our readers are asking.

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RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HEALTHY EATING

What To Eat

Dairy Products

• raw cows milk products
  • milk
  • cheeses
  • yogurt & kefir
  • ice cream (occasionally)

• raw goat’s milk
  • plain yogurt
  • cheeses

More next time...

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The Truth About Healthy Eating

Healthy eating is about more than just choosing healthy food. It's about choosing the food that's healthy for your body's needs.

• Do you have a fast metabolism or a slow metabolism?
• Is your body chemistry balanced, or do you have vitamin and mineral imbalances?
• Do you have tendencies to food allergies? Are your food allergies related to too much copper or is it a histamine reaction?
• Do you have an overactive or an underactive thyroid gland?

There are different foods that you should eat and different foods that you should avoid for each of these situations.

For example, if you have food allergies related to too much copper in your tissues, you may crave high copper foods like chocolate, crab, almonds, lobster, shrimp, peanut butter and trout. But these are foods that will aggravate your condition and you should avoid them.

If you have food allergies related to histamine, it may cause respiratory-type allergic reactions. You should avoid foods like apples, blueberries, strawberries, green beans, sweet potatoes, black tea and chocolate.

(Note: these food lists are not complete.)

How do you find out this information about yourself?

What You Need to Know About Codex Alimentarius

This video is the best explanation I've seen and heard about Codex Alimentarius. It's a little long, but I recommend you take the time and watch it to the end.

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Healthy Sleeping

Ever have trouble falling asleep at night?

Don't reach for the sleeping pills!

Try a cup of chamomile tea about a half hour before bed.

It's caffeine free. It has a mild pleasant taste. You can drink it plain or add a squeeze of lemon and/or a few drops of stevia.

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RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HEALTHY EATING

What To Avoid

Beverages

• tap water
  
  
• alcohol
  
  
• caffeinated beverages
  • coffee
  • tea
  • some herbal teas
  
  
• carbonated beverages
  • soda
  • diet drinks
  
  
• fruit drinks (not 100% juice)
  
  
• juices, sweetened
  
  
• breakfast drinks

Learn more about healthy eating here.

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RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HEALTHY EATING

What To Eat

Beverages

• pure water
  • filtered
  • reverse osmosis
  
  
• tea
  • herbal, caffeine free
  • green tea
  
  
• juices
  • fresh vegetable
  • fresh fruit - dilute 50-50 with good pure water
  • bottled organic juices
  • no sweeteners
  • no additives
  
  
• frozen organic juices
  • no sweeteners
  • no additives

Next time... Beverages to avoid.

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Papay Mango Custard

1 cup fresh papaya chunks
1 cup frozen mango chunks

Blend till creamy. If necessary, add water by the tablespoon to get it to blend. Serve immediately or chill.

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RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HEALTHY EATING

What To Avoid

Fats and Oils

• hydrogenated and partially hydrogenated oils
  
  • hardened oils
  • margarine
  
  
• cottonseed oil
  
  
• canola oil
  
  
• soybean oil
  
  
• refined processed oils
  
  
• saturated fats
  
  • shortening
  • palm kernel oil

More next time...

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RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HEALTHY EATING

What To Eat

Fats and Oils

• extra virgin olive oil
  
  
• raw organic flax seed oil
  
  
• cold pressed or expeller pressed oils
  • coconut oil
  • sesame oil
  • sunflower oil
  
  
• butter

Next time ... Fats and Oils to Avoid

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RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HEALTHY EATING

What To Avoid

Fish

• fresh-water fish
  • rainbow trout
  • lake trout
  • catfish
  • smelt
  • mullet
  • carp
  • pike
  • bass
  • lake perch
  • bream
  
  
• canned in oil or broth
  
  
• shell fish
  
  
• raw fish
  
  
• salted fish
  
  
• fried fish
  
  
• herring
  
  
• anchovies
  
  
• farmed fish

Next time ... Fats and Oils

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RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HEALTHY EATING

What To Eat

Fish

• deep ocean fish
  
  • salmon
    
  • sardines
    
  • mackerel
    
  • sea trout
    
  • red snapper
    
  • halibut
    
  • ocean perch
    
  • sole
    
  • albacore tuna
    
  • cod
    
  • flounder
    
  • swordfish
    
  • haddock
    
  • whiting

• tuna (infrequently)
  
  • packed in water
    
  • no broth
    
  • no chemical additives

Fish to Avoid next time ...

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Papaya Mango Smoothie

Here's a great tasting smoothie that's sure to be a hit with your family. Kids love it!

1 cup cashew milk or whole raw milk
1 ripe banana
1/2 - 1 cup papaya chunks
1/2 - 1 cup frozen mango chunks

To make cashew milk, soak 1/2 cup of raw cashews in 1 cup water at room temperature for 7 hours.

Place all ingredients in a blender or Vita Mix on high speed until creamy smooth. Enjoy with breakfast or as a between meal snack.

This is a great snack for children and adults alike instead of milkshakes, sodas, energy drinks, slurpies or other high sugar, processed beverages.

For more healthy dessert recipes, visit Healthy Eating Advisor.

Pesticides in Produce

Do you buy organic food? If not, you could be including a hefty serving of harmful pesticides in each bite.

The Environmental Working Group has a handy little pocket guide that you can carry with you when you shop. It lists the produce highest and lowest in pesticides. This will help you choose cleaner safer fruits and vegetables.

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A Really Healthy Chocolate Beverage

A natural chocolate beverage jam packed with the health-giving benefits of ganoderma mushroom. This is a chocolate beverage that you can feel good giving to your kids. Not like the other chocolate beverages on the market that claim to be healthy, but are full of harmful chemicals. There are no harmful chemicals in this product. And it passes the taste test too!

Check it out now and get 2 for the price of one.

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RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HEALTHY EATING

What To Avoid

Meat and Poultry

• more than 4 ounces at a meal
  
  
• animals fed
  • hormones
  • antibiotics
  
  
• pork
  
  
• processed meats
  • luncheon meats
  • hot dogs
  • sausages
  • bacon
  • smoked meats
  
  
• pickled meats
  
  
• organ meats

Next time ... Fish.

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RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HEALTHY EATING

What To Eat

Meat and Poultry

• 1 - 4 ounce servings
  
  
• from animals that are
  • organically grain fed
  • chemical free
  • antibiotic free
  
  
• poultry
  • chicken
  • turkey
  
  
• once a week or less
  • lean lamb
  • lean beef
  
  
• wild game

Meat and Poultry to Avoid next time ...

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Can Coffee Be Healthy?

If you mean REALLY healthy with healing properties ...

There is one kind.

Now, mind you, I'm not one to recommend coffee. I've even recommended that my patients stop drinking coffee.

However, this one is different. It's ganoderma coffee, made with the ganoderma mushroom. Ganoderma

• Enhances and helps regulate healthy immune and endocrine systems
  
• Supports healthy circulation
  
• Helps eliminate harmful free radicals
  
• Supports normal, healthy DNA synthesis and the activity and production of macrophages in healthy bodies
  
• Assists in normalizing T and B lymphocytes, which are known to restrain the spread of sick cells
  
• Offers temporary relief from pain
  
• Supports normal levels of liver detoxification
  
• Helps support healthy kidney functioning

Learn more...

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RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HEALTHY EATING

What To Avoid

Eggs

• from chickens that have been fed
  • hormones
  • antibiotics
  
  
• unrefrigerated
  
  
• raw
  
  
• prepared by
  • frying
  • pickling

Next time Meat and Poultry...

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RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HEALTHY EATING

What To Eat

Eggs

• from chickens that are
  • hormone free
  • antibiotic free
  • fed all natural feed
  
  
• refrigerated
  
  
• prepared by
  • poaching
  • soft boiling
  • hard boiling

Eggs to avoid next time...

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RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HEALTHY EATING

What To Avoid

Soups

• canned with
  • MSG
  • sweetener
  • chemical additives
  
  
• dried with
  • MSG
  • sweetener
  • chemical additives
  
  
• bouillon cubes

Next time ... the healthy way to eat eggs.

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RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HEALTHY EATING

What To Eat

Soups

• home made with
  • fresh vegetables
  • grains
  • legumes
  
  
• canned (infrequently) without
  • sweetener
  • chemical additives

Soups to avoid next time...

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RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HEALTHY EATING

What To Avoid

Nuts and Seeds (refrigerate)

• roasted
  • nuts
  • seeds
  
  
• dry roasted
  • nuts
  • seeds
  
  
• peanuts
  
  
• peanut butter

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RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HEALTHY EATING

What To Eat

Nuts and Seeds (refrigerate)

• raw nuts
  
  • almonds
  • filberts
  • pine nuts
  • cashews (sparingly)
  
  
• raw seeds
  
  • sunflower seeds
  • pumpkin seeds
  • sesame seeds
  
  
• raw nut butters
  
  • almond
  • sunflower
  • cashew (sparingly)
  • sesame or tahini

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Organic Milk

I recently saw an ad for organic milk:

"Produced with no antibiotics, hormones or chemicals, our delicious milk is certified organic, then ultra-pasteurized for purity, longer shelf life and your total confidence. It's the wholesome excellence you demand - with a great taste you'll crave."


Sound healthy?


Maybe, if you don't know a couple key facts:

• Ultra-pasteurized kills the enzymes available in fresh, raw milk, that allow your body to benefit from the nutrients, thus eliminating the benefit of wholesome milk.
  
• The ultra-pasteurization process may cause the formation of processed free glutamic acid, which has the same effect on the body as MSG. In other words, this is a source of hidden MSG.

Learn more about the harmful effects of free glutamates and MSG in FOOD ADDITIVES: A Shopper's Guide...

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RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HEALTHY EATING

What To Avoid

Legumes

• canned beans prepared with
  
  • animal fat
    
  • sweetener
    
  • chemical additives
  
  
• pork and beans
  
  
• soy products
  
  • soy milk
    
  • soybeans
    
  • tofu
    
  • soy protein

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Answer to Produce Quiz

Answer: The sticker on the produce has four or five numbers starting with a 3,4,8 or 9. If the number starts with an 8, the produce has been genetically engineered.

Find out what the other numbers mean in FOOD ADDITIVES: A Shopper's Guide...

Produce Quiz

How can you tell if the produce you buy in the grocery store is genetically engineered?

Answer tomorrow, or find it here.

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RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HEALTHY EATING

What To Eat

Legumes

• dry
  
  • beans
    
  • peas
    
  • lentils
    
  • chickpeas
  
  
• canned legumes prepared without
  
  • animal products
    
  • chemical additives
  
  
• soy products (infrequently, if at all)
  
  • natto
    
  • tempeh
    
  • miso

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RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HEALTHY EATING

What To Avoid

Grains

• all grain products with
  
  • white flour
    
  • unbleached flour
    
  • enriched flour
    
  • sweeteners
    
  • chemical additives
  
  
• refined and processed grains
  
  • white rice
    
  • quick oats
    
  • instant oatmeal
    
  • instant cereals
  
  
• refined and processed grain products
  
  • white bread
    
  • wheat bread (if it’s not "whole" wheat)
    
  • soft breads
    
  • muffins
    
  • crackers
    
  • cookies
    
  • pastries
    
  • baked goods
    
  • breakfast cereals
  
  
• pasta made from
  
  • white flour
    
  • semolina flour
    
  • enriched flour
    
  • other processed grains

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Genetically Engineered Ingredients in Your Food

Corn and soy are two of the most common crops that are genetically engineered in the USA. Genetically engineered ingredients (GMO) are not required to be listed on the label. So, if you buy packaged foods that contain corn or soy and are not organically grown, there is a high likelihood that they contain GMOs.

Learn more about genetically modified ingredients in your food.

Seeds of Deception

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RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HEALTHY EATING

What To Eat

Grains

• all whole grain products should be free of
  
  • sugar
    
  • chemical additives
    
  • preservatives
  
  
  
• whole grains
  
  • amaranth
    
  • barley
    
  • brown basmati rice
    
  • brown rice
    
  • buckwheat
    
  • bulgur
    
  • millet
    
  • oats and oatmeal
    
  • quinoa
    
  • rye
    
  • wheat
    
  • wild rice
  
  
  
• whole grain products
  
  • bread
    
  • muffins
    
  • tortillas
    
  • cereals (unsweetened)
    
  • pasta
    
  • crackers
  
  
  
• sprouted grain products
  
  • bread
    
  • muffins
    
  • tortillas
  
  
  
• corn tortillas made with
  
  • corn only
    
  • corn, lime and water

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Healthy Recipe

Grapefruit Berry Fruit Salad

Oro Blanco grapefruit is very sweet and is my very favorite variety of grapefruit.

Peel the skin off an Oro Blanco grapefruit and section it. Cut the sections into halves or thirds. Get some fresh berries - blueberries, raspberries, marionberries or blackberries. Wash them, mix with the grapefruit sectons and chill. Enjoy as a snack any time.

This is a sweet, low glycemic, satisfying treat.

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RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HEALTHY EATING

What To Avoid

Vegetables

• canned
  
  
• frozen with
  
  • preservatives
    
  • other additives
  
  
• fried
  
  
• overcooked

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RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HEALTHY EATING

What To Eat

Vegetables

• fresh
  
  • raw
    
  • lightly steamed
    
  • baked
    
  • broiled
  
  
• frozen without
  
  • preservatives
    
  • other additives
  
  
• sprouts
  
  • alfalfa
    
  • lentil
    
  • mung
    
  • sunflower

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RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HEALTHY EATING

What To Avoid

Fruit

• canned in
  
  • light syrup
    
  • heavy syrup
  
  
• dried with
  
  • sulfur dioxide
    
  • sweeteners
    
  • preservatives
  
  
• frozen with
  
  • preservatives
    
  • sweeteners

Next time, I'll cover the recommendations for what vegetables to eat.

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RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HEALTHY EATING

What To Eat

Fruit

• fresh
  
  
• dried without
  
  • sulfur
    
  • preservatives
    
  • additives
    
  • sweeteners
  
  
• frozen without
  
  • preservatives
    
  • additives
    
  • sweeteners
  
  
• canned in it's own juice (infrequently)
  

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And remember my "80-20 Rule." If you're good 80% of the time, you can give yourself an occasional "treat."

If you're under the care of a doctor, check with your doctor first before you decide to use the "80-20 Rule." You may have to "be good" 100% of the time for a period of time until you're healthy enough to enjoy a "treat."

So, get your car in gear and let's travel to our first stop on the road to healthy eating - What To Eat and What To Avoid...

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To truly attain a state of real health, you have to feed your body the right kind of fuel. Here are three keys to healthy eating:

1. Eat the right kind of foods to

• supply your body with healthy proteins, carbohydrates and fats
• get the vitamins and minerals your body needs

2. Eliminate or minimize the use of foods

• that have been sprayed with pesticides
• that contain food additives
• that have been highly processed
• that have been irradiated or have irradiated ingredients

3. Drink plenty of "good" water.

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If you don't take care of your car and it breaks down beyond repair, you can buy a new car. If you don't take care of your body and it breaks down and gets sick or diseased, you can't get a new body.

However, the good news is that, up to a point, your body is very forgiving. If you abuse your body and it gets sick or diseased, it will give you a second, a third or even more chances to care for it properly. And with the proper care, your body can return to a state of health. But you never know when you've used up all your chances. So why take the risk!

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Eating nourishes your body and gives it the proper fuel so you can function optimally.

When you drive a car, you put gasoline in the gas tank. If you put water or soda in the gas tank, your car wouldn't run. Your body needs the same kind of attention you give your car. It needs the proper fuel to run efficiently.

Discover what HEALTHY EATING can do for you.

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WHAT IS HEALTHY EATING

Health is not just the absence of disease. It is a state of well being in body, mind and spirit. If you are truly healthy, you will feel vibrantly alive, full of energy and have a zest for life.

You are unique. There is no one way of eating that is right for everyone. But there are certain foods that are generally healthy and certain foods that are generally unhealthy. This book will help you find what is healthy for you.

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Stay Healthy With These Immune Boosting Foods

The best way to keep your immune system strong is to eat plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables, including several immune boosting foods every day. Eat at least 50% raw. Don’t overcook your cooked food, it destroys the immune enhancing properties. Buy organic or pesticide-free foods and season with immune boosting herbs and spices.

Here are 11 immune-boosting foods to keep your immune system working for you:

• Garlic is antibacterial, antiviral and antifungal and increases immune function. It’s also a good source of selenium, an important trace element, and sulfur, which is important for healthy liver function.
  
• Onions are also a good source of sulfur and contain the same properties as garlic
  
• Cruciferous vegetables including broccoli, brussel sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, are good sources of betacarotene and help protect against free-radical damage. They also contain vitamin C and calcium.
  
• Spinach and other leafy greens also contain beta carotene, the precursor to vitamin A, vitamin C and calcium.
  
• Orange vegetables, like sweet potatoes, carrots, pumpkin and squash are a good source of vitamin A
  
• Raisins, kiwi fruit, blueberries and oranges are good sources of vitamin C. To increase the amount of vitamin C from your oranges, thinly peel the skin off with a knife, leaving the white bioflavonoid rich inner peel.
  
• Chinese cabbage is a good source of vitamin A
  California avocados are rich in vitamin A and potassium and also contain folic acid and magnesium.
  
• Shiitake and maitake mushrooms increase the body’s production of white blood cells, which are part of the immune system
  
• Ginger helps the body fight off infection and has traditionally been used in treating colds and flu
  
• Turmeric enhances the immune system and has a detoxifying effect
  
• Horseradish contains oils that have demonstrated antibiotic properties and has been effective against infections
  

If you find it just too difficult to include an abundance of fresh whole immune boosting foods, or would just like to add a little extra antioxidant protection, I recommend Greens First which is an antioxidant rich whole food powder that contains the equivalent of 10 servings of fruits and vegetables in one scoop. It tastes so good that it’s guaranteed you’ll love the taste or your money back.

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Christine H. Farlow is the Your Personal Online Healthy Eating Coach. For more healthy eating information, visit HealthyEatingAdvisor.com.