by Robert Lewanski
Feb. 7, 2009
1. EAT ONLY WHEN TRULY HUNGRY. Mouth waters, hunger in throat,
tongue is pink & clear. Happy & relaxed. Food digests well—no bloating
or fatigue after meals. Overeating is indulging in sensual mind
appetite—causing body illness & spiritual insensitivity.
2. PROPER ACID/ALKALINE & YIN/YANG BALANCE. Eat more raw fruits
& vegetables with some cooked foods in warm/hot weather. You can eat more
cooked grains, soups, beans, casseroles in winter, & less raw foods to keep
warm & good internal balance in cold weather.
3. EAT ONLY WHOLE NATURAL FOODS MOSTLY. Choose whole grains cooked:
wheat, brown rice, millet, oats, corn, buckwheat, barley & rye. Eat fresh
organic chemical-free vegetables & fruits, seeds & nuts. Avoid
processed & preserved foods. Use Sea Vegetables—rich in minerals & very
healthy for immunity & organs.
4. CHEW FOOD WELL. Stomachs have no teeth. Chewing well brings out
the sweet taste in foods. Meat loses flavor when chewed long—therefore not a
good choice of whole food. When sick fast 1 to 5 days, or eat only vegetables
& rice. Whole food complex carbohydrate digestion starts in the mouth with
the saliva enzyme Ptylin, which converts food into nutrients usable by body.
Chewing develops spirituality & sensitivity. Mental clarity
& good judgment improves with mastication, & leads to satisfaction
after eating, and minimizes overeating.
5. NEVER EAT IN PAIN, TIRED OR IN EMOTIONAL DISTRESS. This state
cause body enervation & impedes digestive juices, & causes indigestion
& toxins to accumulate in the organs of assimilation & elimination. Eat
when relaxed & cheerful.
Wait until you are calm to eat. Rest.
6. AVOID HOT & COLD FOOD. This suspends digestion & wastes
body energy. Eat food warm, but not too hot. Avoid iced drinks before, during
and after meals. It creates mucous & digestive problems.
7. FASTING OR CLEANSING DIET. Water fasts, Lemon Juice Cleans, raw
fruits & vegetables, & their juices are all good body cell, organ &
blood cleansers when the body requires it. Best time is Spring or Summer.
8. FOOD COMBINING. Incompatibility in foods can cause gastric
upsets in some people. Avoid raw fruits with any cooked carbs or protein. Eat
raw fruit on empty stomach, especially melons, all fruit digests quickly,(15
minutes), & if eaten with other foods, can cause gas, bloating &
indigestion. Acid raw fruits can be combined with proteins, like lemon or
pineapple with fish or nuts/seeds or nut milk
9. EAT ONLY TO 80% CAPACITY. Stop before full. Overeating causes
excess diseases—more is taken in than eliminated. Overeating brings blood to
lower digestive system, & takes blood away from the brain. Clarity is
diminished with full stomach. An alert clear mind equals success, inner
security, good health and longevity.
10. ENJOY YOUR FOOD. Eat with the spirit of thankfulness, gratitude
& enjoyment
11. THE KITCHEN IS YOUR PHARMACY.
Your daily food is your internal medicine. Choose whole foods
wisely; proper preparation of daily meals is crucial to well-being.
Most illnesses are avoided with proper nutrition. No need for
doctors if you eat healthy and well, with good insight.
12. ”BODY, EARTH, &
SPIRIT NOT TWO”
Body is not separate from Heaven & Earth.
We are ONE with Great Nature. Incorrect attitude to think we are
separate from this earth. To enhance physical sensitivity & spiritual
cultivation, eat more vegetable foods. Lessen animal foods, dairy & refined
sugar of all kinds, excessive fruits & juices.
These foods weaken our ability to feel, heal & diagnosis
other’s diseased conditions.
Eating well increases awareness that we & the earth are One
Integrated Whole. Our understanding & sensitivity will increase
dramatically, with clarity & wisdom.
13. GO OUTDOORS AFTER MEALS & NO CLOSE WORK. This practice can
improve your health & longevity dramatically. Why? Oxygen helps to digest
food. Indoor, close work, reading, tv, or computer work after meals causes poor
digestion and blood stagnation in the head, & not enough blood in the
stomach to facilitate proper food digestion. Walk at least 30 minutes after
meals and look softly into the distance. This one practice, according to Dr.
Sasaki, an eye doctor from Ann Arbor, MI, can add 20 to 30 healthy years to
your life. Even 15 minutes will help.
14. NEVER EAT A HEAVY MEAL BEFORE BED TIME. This is a big no-no if
you want health & mental clarity, & keep slim. Eating at night puts on
weight for Kapha (Water) types, & causes mental sluggishness in all people.
Night hours after 5, 6, or 7pm are for healing & rejuvenation of cells, not
for ingesting heavy proteins & other foods. Eat your last meal before
sunset if possible, or at least 3 or 4 hours before sleep. Sleeplessness is
causes mostly from overeating late or over-drinking all day.
15. EXERCISE DAILY. Our bodies were made to move each day. Walking
2-4 miles a day is good. Do yoga daily. Get a massage, perform chi gong
movements. Use light weights & squatting exercises for tone.
16. DRINK PURE LIQUIDS WHEN THIRSTY ONLY. No animal in nature
drinks when they are not thirsty. If you eat enough vegetables, grains &
fruit (whole foods), your thirst will be normal. Over-drinking is the cause of
much kidney, bladder, colon & stomach problems. Water is not an inert
substance. Water causes water-logging of entire body if taken to excess. The
man, who wrote the book on drinking more water, died of a water disease—water
on the lungs—pneumonia!
17. REST OR SLEEP WHEN FATIGUED OR EXHAUSTED. When your body is
tired, rest. When you are fatigued or exhausted, rest. When you are sleepy,
sleep & rest. Your body knows best & gives you signals daily. Heed the
signals.
18. MODERATION IN ALL THINGS. Taoist, Buddhist & Yoga teachings
all say to avoid extremes. “Extremes” cause extreme disease conditions in the
body organs, muscles & cause body/mind/spirit imbalances, leading to
suffering & illness.
19. PRACTICE LOVE, KINDNESS, FORGIVENESS, THANKFULNESS &
GRATEFULNESS AT ALL TIMES.
Live in the Now Moment as you move through your daily activities,
& all your wishes will be realized.
20. CULTIVATE YOUR SPIRIT & CLEANLINESS OF BODY & MIND
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