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Extracts from a nice book called Nourishing Traditions, covering 3 food types: What you should eat, what you can eat, and what you should not eat. Quoting below the line
Proteins:
Proteins:
Proteins:
A short, free PDF on general healthy living that I highly recommend – includes lots of basic info on diet and fitness:
https://files.catbox.moe/4symkp.pdf
1. Nourishing Traditional Foods
Should form the vast majority of your dietProteins:
- Fresh pasture-raised meat, including beef, lamb, game, chicken, turkey, duck and other fowl
- Organ meats from pastured animals
- Seafood of all types from deep sea waters
- Fresh shellfish ins eason
- Fish eggs
- Fresh eggs from pastured poultry
- Organic fermented soy products in small amounts
- Fresh butter and cream from pasture-fed cows, – preferably raw and cultured
- Lard and beef, lamb, goose and duck fat from pastured animals
- Extra virgin olive oil
- Unrefined flex seed oil in small amounts
- Coconut oil and palm oil
- Raw, whole milk and cultured dairy products, such as yoghurt, piima milk, kefir, and raw cheese, from traditional breeds of pasture fed cows and goats
- Organic whole grain products properly treated for the removal of phytates, such as sourdough and sprouted grain bread and soaked or sprouted cereal grains
- Soaked and fermented seeds and nuts
- Fresh fruits and vegetables, both raw and cooked
- Fermented vegetables
- Filtered, high-mineral water
- Lacto-fermented drinks made from grain or fruit
- Meat stocks
- Vegetable broths
- Unrefined sea salt
- Raw vinegar
- Spices in moderation
- Fresh herbs
- Naturally fermented soy sauce and fish sauce
2. Compromise Foods
Suitable for moderate consumption by healthy individualsProteins:
- Pork
- Fish from shallow waters
- Commerciall raised beef, lamb, turkey and chicken
- Barbecued or smoked meats
- Traditionally made, additive-free sausage
additive-free bacon - Battery eggs
- Tofu in very small amounts
- Unrefined peanut and sesame oils
- Raw, whole, uncultured milk from conventional dairies
- Pasteurized, culture dmilk products
- Pasteurized cheeses and melted cheeses
- Whole grains not treated for phytates, such as quick-rase breads and pasta
- Unbleached white flour
- Canned legumes
- Thin-skinned fruits and vegetables imported from long distances
- Canned tomato products
- Well-cooked, unsprayed seaweeds
- Natural sweeteners, such as honey, maple syrup rapadura, and date sugar
- Wine or unpasteurized beer in moderation with meals
- Dilated fruit juices
- Herb teas
- Commercial salt
- Pasteurized vengear
- Canned condiments without MSG
3.Newfangled Foods
To be avoided at all costs by everyoneProteins:
- PRocessed meats containing additives and preservatives, such as luncheon meat, salami and bacon
- Hydrolyzed protein and protein isolates
- Soy milk
- All highly processed vegetable oils, margarine, tub spreads and vegetable shortenings
- Fat substitutes
- Foods fried in vegetable oils
- Lowfat products
- Pasteurized, homogenzized commercial milk
- Ultrapasteurized cream and milk
- Processed cheeses
- Reduced-fat dairy products
- Bleached and “fortified” white flour products
- Commercial dry cereals
- Granolas
- Refined sugar in all forms, such as dextrose, fructose, and high fructose corn syrup
- Irradiated and genetically modified grains, fruits, and vegetables
- Most canned produts
- Chocolate
- Soda pop
- Distilled or pasteurized alcohol products
- Full strength fruit juices
- Commercial rice and oat milks
- Coffee, tea, and cocoa
A short, free PDF on general healthy living that I highly recommend – includes lots of basic info on diet and fitness:
https://files.catbox.moe/4symkp.pdf





