SEQUENTIAL EATING. PROPER FOOD COMBINING. LIQUID VEGETABLES- THE HEALTHIEST WAY. SPINACH, CARROT AND SWEET POTATO SOUP .

SEQUENTIAL EATING

PROPER FOOD COMBINING

LIQUID VEGETABLES- THE HEALTHIEST WAY
SPINACH, CARROT AND  SWEET POTATO SOUP 

When the quality of food consumed is better, great  things will happen to the body and the mind. 

The amazing intelligence  present  in every cell of the body and the  wisdom of the body in its operation, will immediately  manifest (shows). 

My regular readers  will be able to recall my earlier post on EATING FRUITS- BEFORE OR AFTER MEALS?  where I have posted excerpts from Dr Stanley-link here   

“Graying hair, balding, nervous outbursts, and dark circles under the eyes will not occur if you eat fruit on an empty stomach.”

Dr Stanley said, 
“In my opinion and experience as a nutritional consultant in Natural Hygiene (I began studying nutrition in 1936), sequential eating represents the most advanced approach to understanding proper food combining.
After testing and retesting the concept on myself thousands of times, as well as on others, including the experience of Dr. Cursio, his family, his patients, as well as other Hygienic doctors - Dr. John Mega, Dr. Marvin Telmar, Dr. Anthony Penepent, etc.

FOOD COMBINING

Example- generally fruits takes 15mins-30 mins to digest and  meat takes about 3-4 hours to digest.

Any quick digesting foods must wait till the slowest digesting foods leave the stomach before they too can leave - a process which can take up to 6 or 8 hours. 

While waiting, the faster digested foods like fruits, vegetables and some of the starches undergo some decomposition and fermentation. This produces gas, acid and even alcohol along with indigestion. .....

SEQUENTIAL EATING REFERENCES
  ...... Grutzner fed rats morsels of food of 3 different colors. First the black, then the white second, and third the red color. Shortly after, the animals were sacrificed, the stomach frozen and then cut in sections. The different colored food was found to be in layers.

...Dr Stanley said, a famous case written during the American Civil War, where a soldier received a gunshot wound which caused a large visible opening to appear in his stomach. His digestion was studied for a period of time by several doctors present, and they observed that his food digested in different.

layers.

BASIC RULE - WATERY FOODS FIRST
To simplify this concept of sequential or layered eating, the basic rule is:
Eat the most watery food first .....

BAD FOOD COMBINATIONS TO AVOID- see examples at end of post

He also advised to really chew all foods properly before swallowing- thus, less energy will be use in digesting process....... eating less food varieties at the same meal, also makes it easier to digest them. When there is more food variety, people tend to overeat. 

He added, conservation of energy in the digestive process is the key to all healing. What he meant is that, our energy must be spent on keeping healthy, not in digesting food. (Success in healing is measured in terms of energy available. This was known by the early masters of Natural Hygiene).

My mind now seriously thinking again of what he said. So, to be at best of health and to heal diseases, is mainly through eating healthy foods of the highest nutritional value, which is “super foods”.  I don’t think I will eat that chicken burger (filling) anymore- they have been manufactured a year ago, definitely this is not a super foodie. It is junk, I guess the “life force” is gone a long time ago.

Excerpts of what Dr Herbert said on “A BETTER NUTRITIONAL PROGRAM’:

HIGH QUALITY NUTRITION-

To summarize: the quality of food is higher, when it is closer to it’s natural state, in its raw, unfired (raw) form.

In this form, all the enzymes are found intact. The amino acids are in their finest form. The minerals, vitamins, trace elements, carbohydrates and "life force" are present. The life force, in turn is capable of reproducing healthy tissues. 

When the quality of food consumed is better, great  things will happen to the body and the mind. The amazing intelligence present in every cell of the body and the wisdom of the body in its operation, will immediately  manifest ( will be seen). 

Dr Stanley summarized that, when food that goes into the body is of higher quality than the existing/ present  body tissues, the body begins to discard the lower grade materials and tissues and take the more superior materials. The body now has new and healthier tissues.

HEALING BY NATURE

BY nature our body is very selective and always aim to improve towards better health. The body always tries to produce health and always will, unless our interference is too great. Only then do we fail to recover and degenerate further into disease.

The self-curing nature such as on colds, fevers, cuts, swellings, injuries, etc. are examples of how the body tends towards being healthy always - unless we do something to stop the process.

Finally, he advised those who wants to practice a better diet, to be consistent. Don’t quit after a few days, with excuses like-“old diet is better, the new one makes me feel sick”. 

It is true about feeling weak or may be feeling sick. but he needs to give his body a chance to adjust and complete its first phase of action - recuperation. If he had waited a while longer, he would have begun to feel better than before he started

THE IMPORTANCE OF BLENDED SALADS

Liquified vegetables by blending makes:
1 -  The absorption and assimilation of its vitamins, minerals proteins etc. will increased to approximately 5 times  more, as compared to eating and chewing the salad.
2 - The blended salad will digest and leaves the stomach in 15 to 20 mins, as compared to 30 to 60 minutes for a tossed salad eaten whole.. Etc.

RECIPE

SPINACH, CARROT AND SWEET POTATO SOUP –BLENDED FOR A MORE SUPERIOR VALUE

Ingredients:

2 cloves garlic- slice

3 shallots- slice

3 cups finely chopped spinach

½ cup baby carrots- very thin slices

1 small sweet potato – very thin slices

4 cups chicken stock (1+3)

Salt and pepper to taste.

Olive oil for sauté

Cooking technique:

Heat olive oil in a pan and saute garlic and shallots until golden brown. Add in 1 cup chicken stock and sweet potatoes. When the sweet potatoes are half cooked, add in spinach and carrots. 

Cover with lid and put off fire when sweet potato is cooked. Spinach will be cooked al dente.

Leave to cool. Next, pulse it in a blender, until done.

When ready to serve- heat up the remaining 3 cups of chicken stock, add in salt and pepper. 

When stock boils, add in blended veggies for 2 minutes only. Put off fire. Serves hot.

NOTE:

BAD FOOD COMBINATIONS TO AVOID- 

According to Dr Stanley, here are some examples of bad food combinations to avoid. This is very interesting and after reading many times and thinking deeply on this, I am eager to follow his advice at best. Some examples are:

1. Mixing dried sweet fruit, honey, maple syrup or bananas with nuts or seeds
2. Mixing starch foods with fresh or acid foods or fruits
3. Mixing dried sweet fruits with acid fruits.
4. Never eat dried sweet fruits with or after concentrated proteins
5. Eating raw, fresh or dried fruits after any cooked food
6. Avoid drinking beverages or even water during or after meals