You can have a lean, fit and healthy body, you can get rid of excess fat, have clear skin, have more vitality, live without illness and the common diseases, and ultimately turn off aging. We take these things for granted until something goes wrong. Here is the guide to natural health, and when combined with nutritional fitness and exercise you will infuse your life with energy and look and feel the best you can be. We believe it is important that you to know about what you are eating and which foods work for your health and which work against your health

Leafy Green Vegetables and Fruits for Antioxidants - Leafy green vegetables provide antioxidants that build the immune system to fight off illness and dis-ease. Antioxidants are protection from harmful free radicals that can damage and reduce healthy cells and promote the cell aging process.

Antioxidants - Free radicals cause irreversible damage (oxidation) to cells like rust on a pipe. They form and grow on the damage done in your body from smoking, exhaust fumes, radiation, excessive sunlight, certain drugs, intensive exercise without proper nutrition, stress and abnormal metabolism. As free radicals build they damage your healthy cells, ultimately this speeds the cell aging process because they eave your body vulnerable to advanced aging, cancer, cardiovascular disease and degenerative diseases like arthritis.
Your body has a natural antioxidant mechanism that protects you from most cell damage. Fruits and leafy green vegetables have substances in them that act as antioxidants. Antioxidants are available as supplements such as Vitamins C and E, Selenium, Phytonutrients including beta-Carotene, lycopine and lutein free radicals

Soybeans are Natural Estrogen - Soybeans contain isoflavinoids that are actually weak estrogen. These compounds ease menopausal symptoms and reduce the risk of uterine colon and breast cancers. It also lowers LDL level cholesterol. You can get soybeans in a Soya protein powder. This powder mix is filled with amino acids that aide in memory retention, weight loss and increases muscle. Pregnant women especially should consult with their physician before taking soy products.
When the intake of calcium is low the parathyroid gland gets larger as it works extra harder to pull calcium out of the bones to regulate the body's 1% blood calcuim level.

Cancer Prevention - Last year, the American Institute for Cancer Research launched a new educational program called "The New American Plate," which calls for Americans to shift the proportions on their plates for lower weight and better health. By emphasizing how healthy proportions will look on the plate ("two-thirds or more vegetables, fruits, whole grains and beans; one-third or less animal protein") and offering recipes that emphasize the flavors, colors and textures of plant foods, the New American Plate has helped thousands of people consume a more varied and healthy diet.

Lutein - Spinach, avocado and other yellow or leafy green vegetables contain lutein which concentrates in the retina and the lens where it reduces the risk for cataracts and macular degeneration, the leading preventable cause of blindness in America, which affects 13 million people. Surprisingly, he said, lutein also slows prostate cancer cell growth. And when it is combined with lycopine, lutein demonstrates independent and additive preventive effects on prostate cancer cell growth.

Essential fatty acids (EFA's) are "good" fats necessary for producing new cell membranes. What scientists are discovering about EFA's is especially encouraging relative to the eyes. We already know that omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids, for example, have a wonderful track record for enhancing the health of the heart and balancing water in the body. Recently, researchers have learned that these fatty acids also help maintain the delicate fluid balance in the eyes.

Benefits of Uncooked Natural Foods - Avoiding cooking prevents the hazards of the microwave, of burns, of fires, of enzyme destruction, of carcinogens created by heat, the cost of cooking, the time of cooking and of cleanup, carcinogens in metal cookware such as aluminum, etc.

Low Acid Foods - Many diseases come from over acidification of the body. Meat, eggs, fish, nicotine, coffee have high acid contents. Fruits, even citrus fruits, are excellent for potassium which offsets sodium and acidification. Fruits with average levels of potassium include apricots, peaches, bananas, raisins (l/2 cup), prunes, cantaloupe, figs, dates, watermelon, and juices such as orange, grapefruit, tangerine and prunes. Fruits in general are alkaline and therefore reverse acidification.. Even citrus has a biochemical change in the body.

Kidney stones are caused by excess calcium (in animal products), excess oxalic acid (from the cooking of some vegetables, and other factors. The thin green layer between potato's brown skin and white interior when cooked causes oxalic acid, e.g. Fruitarians in general have the fewest kidney stones. If you like fried potatoes it is better to cook them in olive oil and to peel them to avoid the oxalates

Fruit has the most natural fiber for good intestinal function, those who eat lots of fruit have the least intestinal cancer, constipation, appendicitis, hemorrhoids, peritonitis; etc. Citrus fruit becomes alkaline in processing. Fruit is the least acid of all foods and therefore the food which is best for long life.

Almonds contain a high percentage of essential amino compounds and are rich in protein. Although the percentage of fat is high, it's an unsaturated oil that is readily digested and assimilated. Almonds have an alkaline effect in the body, the most complete alkaline of any other nut. They are helpful in the treatment of heartburn and peptic ulcers. It's the oil and protein in the nut, and their interaction with the gastric juices/acids.that promotes this beneficial effect.