Loving the veggies!!!

Hi there,

 I thought I would let you know that this therapy allows you to eat as much as you want of the foods on the approved list.  Eating a piece of fruit in between meals is allowed but I have not been hungry enough to do that. 

At both lunch and dinner we are served cooked and raw organic vegetables and ideally you should have a little of both.  EVERY meal  ALWAYS has some form of potato but baked is best and offered most frequently.  It is loaded with potassium and is also a source of protein. 

One of the few vegetables that is boiled is corn on the cob which I love.  Most others must be slow cooked at low temperatures in waterless cookware.  No OIL or SALT of any kind can be used.  Certain herbs are allowed, ones that don’t cause an aromatic response which could inhibit healing.  (More about that in another post) 

For spinach I could start by slicing a layer of onions to make a bed in the bottom of the pan, then add the spinach and even a chopped tomato or two.  It is best if you experiment with different combinations of vegetables to find ways to add variety. 

These slow cooked vegetables seem to be overcooked because they are so soft and sometimes mushy but they are actually eaten as “soft bulk” which our bodies need.  The enzymes are gone but the vitamins and minerals still remain.  Enzymes are lost once any food reaches 140 degrees so cooking something “el dente” is pointless.  If you want the benefit of a foods’ enzymes then eat it raw!

 Red beets have never been my favorite and I never serve them to my family but I have eaten them several times since arriving here.  I have tried them cold with salads or hot with apple and onion.  Delicious, try them you might like them. 

P.S. You can have as much garlic as you want on anything.  Yippee!