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LUNCH. A lunch should be just enough to satisfy your appetite, but not to much

so that you get sleepy afterwards. Especially when you eat a warm lunch.

I would not recommend this for people who are working.

I prefer I light lunch of two slices of wholemeal toast with avocado,

slices of tomato and sweet & saur cucumber on top. This is my favorite.

Of course you can also vary this,instead of avocado use salmon or ham as base. If you have time during lunch, make a fresh salade of carrot,celery,

beatroot,capsicum,alfalfa sprouts, union and lettuce. Sprinkle some olive oil

and lemon juice on top. Ad salt and pepper to taste.

It is best to eat your salade first, your digestive system would like this

better as it takes less time for your digestive system to digest salade

than other food. It is best to start your breakfast, lunch and dinner with

some fresh fruit, because fruit takes only fifteen to twenty minutes to

digest.It is not good practisch to finish of a dinner that contains meat

or chicken with fruit. The fruit has to wait till other food is digested

and in the mean time start a rotting process in your stomach which causes

a bad smell when you go to the toilet.Harvey Diamond in his book'Fit for

Life', suggest to eat only fruit in the morning for breakfast. I like to finish my lunch with yogurt.Preferable use plain organic yogurt.

Yogurt has a lot of health benefits. Yogurt that contains live cultures

promote a longer life. The bacteria strenghen our immune system, help ulcers

cure more quickly and protect women aganst yeast infection.It keeps the

vagina's natural bacterial environment in balance, making it harder for

the yeast funges to thrive.Yogurt also has a higher calcium content than milk.

Don't mix fruit through your yogurt,as it is not so good for your digestive system.

In a study of the eating habits and health of 5,996 women and men

by researchers at Rush University Medical centre in Chicago, levels of homocysteine-a compound in the blood that's been linked with heart attacks-

were 6.4 times lower for people who ate yogurt more than 15 times a month

than for people who avoided yogurt. DINNER

Nearly every day,researchers announce more exciting discoveries that show

how the foods we eat help fight disease.There is now no doubt that Mother

Nature's most delicious foods-from apples and broccoli to yogurt and zucchini-

can be your best medicine for cutting cholesterol,losing weight,preventing

cancer,beating allergies,reversing heart disease and managing scores of

other conditions.

Thanks to the constant stream of new studies, we now know that it's the

remarkable microscopic substances in plants called phytonutrients, that act

in any number of ways to help us prevent illness and achieve optimal health.

Quercetin,lycopene,resveratrol,ellagic acid,sulphoraphane,alpha-and beta-

carotene..,these are just a few of the powerful phytonutrients.

Some stimulate your body's immune cells and infection fighting enzymes,

preventing colds and flu and combating environmental toxins.

Others help to balance hormone levels, thus reducing the risk of hormone

related conditions, such as symptoms of menopause and breast and prostate cancer.And still other phytonutrients function as antioxidants, neutralizing

the harmful free radicals that are believed to play a role in the onset of

so many degenerative diseases.

Today more than 9,000 phytonutriens have been documented and this is just

the tip of the iceburg. These discoveries have changed everything we thought

we knew about foods!

One of the most exciting discoveries is that some foods can literally stop

the chemical changes that can lead to ancer.Watercres,for example,has been

found to block some of the harmful effects of cigarette smoke.

And strawberries and other berries that contain ellagic acid, have been shown

to block the harmful effects of cancer-causing chemicals in the body.

Scientists have also discovered ways to make the food that we eat even more

powerful.You may know for instance, that beta-carotene is good for your heart.

But scientists have learned that your body can't readily absorb beta-carotene

unless you eat it with a little fat.That's why a drizzle of olive oil on

cooked carrots or broccoli or a dab of yogurt on fresh fruit can fastly

increase their healing powers. .

Healthy Eating Guidelines for Lunch & Dinner

By: Adrian Joele

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