Food To Eat In A Day. Plus Book list :)

 I am reading yet another book!!! I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE books!!! My poor husband, every time we move he is reminded just how much I do love them. LOL. Anyways, this is a great book so far. I recommend getting yourself a copy.

  In here he gives a list of food to eat every day and how much. There is an app I believe that you can download to get the list also. In the book he goes into what each of the benefits are to eating each of the foods. I will not go into all of that. However, here is the list to eat every day. Plus my added one. :)

 Green Juice 1 (This is my added one) You can make your own or you can purchase a powder. I like Organifi. Just click on the high lighted Organifi to purchase. My husband likes the one at Walmart in their vitamin isle.

Beans 3

Berries 1

Other Fruit 3

Cruciferous Veggies 1 (things like Kale, Broccoli)

Greens 2

Other Veggies 2

Flaxseed 1 (I also think that chia would work also for your Omegas)

Nut 1

Spices 1

Whole Grains 3

Beverages 5 (Water, Tea, Etc.)

Exercise 1 (45 minutes for hard exercise 90 for slow)

 

 With this info here is what my day will look like and I get them in.

Wake up drink 32oz of water. As well as my Organifi. (The Organifi has the Spices he talks about in his book)

One can exercise at this time if you are a morning person. 20 oz of water after you exercise if you are exercising at this time. If not get dressed and drink Water or Herbal Tea before Breakfast.

Breakfast: Steel Cut Oats, Blueberries, Ground Flaxseed, slivered Almonds, (Just a few on top for the crunch because there is also some at dinner so just a few)

Snack: Celery and or Cucumber and Apple chopped and put together like a salad.

Lunch: Black Beans, Rice, Corn, Tomatoes, Mushrooms, on some Kale and Spinach, For the "Dressing" I use Salsa, Lime and two Tbsp smashed Avocado. This is usually saucy enough for me but you can also use some green enchilada sauce. YUMMY

Snack: Vegan Protein Powder and a Banana or other fruit

20-32 oz Water 10-15 Minutes before Dinner

Dinner: Vegan Lasagna with Veggies, Tomato Sauce, and a Cashew Crumble for the topping,  with Simple Salad,

Desert: Baked Fruit something (Tonight I might do a pineapple, cherry, cake out of my China Study Cook Book)

If you are a night person Exercise sometime before bed drinking 20oz of water 10-15 minutes before exercising, and then again during and or after exercising.

I know that this sounds like a lot but I am comforted in knowing that my body knows how to use all of the food and that there is nothing crazy or artificial in any of the food. :)

A note about water and food. You will notice that I have not included liquid with any of the meals, that is because when you drink water, or other liquids, with your food it waters down your stomach acid. It is important for the proper digestion of your food that you do not consume liquid with your food. I know that there are times when you are eating say potatoes that the food gets stuck. Ouch!!! This is really the only time that you should drink and only enough to help it down. This shouldn't really happen if you are eating slow enough and chewing enough but time times it still happens. Silly me.

I hope that this post will help others as the info has helped me.

Books that I recommend others read are the following if you are interested in some of the books that keep me on this way of eating.

The China Study (This is my #1 Book!!!)  by T. Colin Campbell

How Not To Die by Michael Greger

Starch Solution by John A. McDougall

Discovering the Word of Wisdom by Jane Birch

W.O.W diet by Michelle Snow

Forks over Knives by Alona Pulde

These are just a few of the books that I recommend. If you can only choose one book it should be The China Study. I can not say enough about this book!!! He gives all of the science behind the reasons that we should eat a plant based diet. He is the scientist he did the studying as well as the experimenting. This man knows what he is talking about!!!

 I am always telling my husband that the Scriptures are my first must reads, right after that is this book simply that because without your health you don't really have anything. Our bodies are a gift and all of the books listed under this book have gotten some of their info from The China Study.

I hope that you all have a wonderful day!!!

  Much Love, Emily Bryar