General Principles For Eating

July 23, 2009 | Filed Under Small Talk 

I’ve dedicated the rest of my life to the fine art of being as fully human as possible. This year I’m focusing on the body since our body is perhaps our greatest gift, and the foundation of our existence. I think anyone who is looking to get their priorities straight will place a lot of value in taking care of their bodies.

As I’ve been exploring the body, I’ve discovered some things that I thought I’d share on this blog in case anyone else could benefit. The more I learn the more amazed I am at how much poison we literally put into our bodies simply because our food supply is based around “cheap” and “convenient”. It’s based around poison because unbridled capitalistic impulses drive corporate food companies to maximize profits while keeping food costs low. The result: we eat lots of empty calories because the driving force of our society, rather than being “quality”, is “more” and “cheaper”.

Time to make the decision to treat our bodies with more respect than “cheap” and “convenient” – I for one am willing to spend a little bit more on food to give my body exactly what it needs.

As time goes on, I’m going to flesh out this Eating Guide and try to make it as easy to use as possible. If you have any suggestions for what I can add, please do!

General Principles

- Don’t buy low-fat anything
- Don’t buy stuff with high fructose corn syrup (especially with naturally sweet things like Apple Sauce)
- Try to eat something small every 3-4 hours while you are awake and avoid eating really big meals
- Try to get all of your carbs from berries (frozen blueberries are great) and vegetables
- Don’t eat cereal for breakfast… Ever! It’s empty calories.
- Try not to add sugar to anything
- Try to drink nothing but water and unsweetened tea

Salty Snacks

- Almonds
- Walnuts
- Pecans
- Pickles

Sweet Snacks

- Yogurt (NOT low-fat, Best brand right now is YoBaby! because it is organic and only lightly sweetened)
- Berries (Blueberries are the best, and can buy them frozen)
- Unsweetened Apple Sauce
- Bannana with Almond Butter (Peanut butter is ok, but not great)
- Green Apple
- Cherry Tomatoes

Filling Snack

- Cliff Bar (i like oatmeal raisin)
- Cottage Cheese
- Hard boiled egg (can prepare 12 at a time and eat 1-2 each day)

Breakfast

- Bacon
- Eggs
- Omelettes with meat and/or veggies
- Cottage cheese with apple sauce and cinnamin

Lunch

- Salad with Tuna, Salmon, Turkey or Chicken (nothing breaded, minimal dressing)
- 4-6 hard boiled eggs + carrots/tomatoes/peppers or some veggie

Dinner

- Good sized piece of chicken or beef or salmon
- Broccoli, asparagus, or some other green veggie
- Bowl of berries for dessert

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