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Dr. Sheel Tangri
NUTRITIONAL NUGGETS TO IMPROVE YOUR HEALTH
- Leave a big glass of water by your bedside and drink it
when you wake up.
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Every morning on an empty stomach, drink
a cup of warm to hot water with the juice of half a fresh lemon squeezed
in it. Try to not eat or drink anything for the next 20-30 minutes. This
assists in cleaning out the liver and digestive tract in preparation for
a new day of work.
- Make sure that you eat breakfast.
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On most mornings try to only have fruit
for breakfast or at least until 10a.m. You can have as much as you want
to feel satisfied, but try to only stick to one or two types of fruit
for that day. You may want to have an egg, some granola or trail mix, or
some yoghurt in the mid morning around 10:30.
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Learn about food combining and practice
it if you choose to eat the mainstream foods such as meats, breads,
dairy, and vegetables. Your body will work more efficiently when you
follow these principles.
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Learn about Raw Food or Living Foods
diets as this method of eating is the most powerful and sensible I have
studied and observed.
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Try to buy as much of your food
organically grown and your meats too. Many of the chemical pesticides,
fertilizers, antibiotics and hormones that are used in raising our crops
and animals end up in our bodies contributing to health problems. It may
be more expensive but you are worth it. If more people make this
conscious change, supply and demand will bring the price down until it
is the norm.
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Eat when you are hungry, don’t eat when
you aren’t, and don’t overstuff yourself.
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Chew your food and don’t eat if you are
stressed and hurried. Also, eat sitting down.
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Do not use regular iodized table salt.
Use Celtic or Himalayan Sea Salts.
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Try to drink 2-3 litres of clean water a
day.
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Take a good multivitamin, a good
multimineral, and a vitamin C-about 600-1000 mg per day. Ask for help at
a health food store or consult a Naturopathic Doctor as to which vitamin
and mineral supplement is suited for you. Especially get your kids
taking good vitamins and minerals. Always take them with a meal as
vitamins are not a replacement for food.
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Use olive oil, flaxseed oil, or hemp oil
in your diet. Vegetable or plant oils are healthy for you in moderate
doses. They help the function of your hormone system.
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The ingestion of alcohol, meats (which
have antibiotics in them), medicinal antibiotics, and vaccinations can
kill off some of the healthy or friendly bacteria that live in the small
and large intestine. Unfavourable bacteria start to outnumber the
friendly bacteria and many problems can result. It is a good practice to
go to a health food store and purchase some Acidophilus (for the small
intestine) and Bifidus (for the large intestine). Ask the employee for
help as there are different types and they can guide you. Take the
dosage as that brand recommends for 2-3 weeks or until the bottle is
finished. That’s all. Try to do this about every four months to keep
your system up to par.
Eliminate from your diet as much as possible:
- White sugar, (candies, chocolates, pastries, etc.)
- White flour, pastries, cookies, etc
- Nicotine (including chewing tobacco)
- Pop drinks
- Coffee (decaf included) and caffeine teas.
- Alcohol
The reason to eliminate these foods is
not just that they are “dead” foods (no life or vibration in them), but
because they throw off your very crucial acid-base balance. Your blood
is like a swimming pool and your kidneys are like the pool boy that
constantly checks to see if the water (or your blood) is in the right
concentration or pH range. If it is too acidic or too alkaline he will
add certain chemicals to bring the pool back to balance. When we eat the
above foods they make our blood acidic and to balance out the blood the
body takes calcium from our body to do it. This is not good for obvious
reasons. It will also stress out the kidneys (the pool boy) leading to
future problems.
Minimize your animal protein intake or have very small portions. Animal
foods (cheeses, meats, eggs, fish and seafood) also make the body
acidic. The body does not need large amounts of protein to function
well, and most nuts, grains, soy products, and other legumes can provide
plenty of protein.
Dairy products seem to cause a lot of mucous production in people, which
is the bodies’ outright way of saying “get this out of me!” Anyone with
any kind of digestive problems (including flatulence and burping), any
skin conditions, any lung problems, any joint aches, any learning and
concentration problems, or any problems battling with frequent colds or
headaches should severely restrict or eliminate dairy from their diet.
Soy milk, tofu, soy cheeses, veggie burgers and veggie deli slices are
becoming more and more available and provide an excellent source of
calcium and other vitamins and minerals.
AVOID ANYTHING WITH NUTRASWEET OR ASPARTAME IN IT INCLUDING POP DRINKS.
IT KILLS YOUR BRAIN AND NERVOUS SYSTEM AND WILL BE LINKED ONE DAY TO
SOME ALZHEIMER AND MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS DIAGNOSES.
AVOID ANYTHING THAT HAS THE WORDS ‘HYDROGENATED’ OR ‘PARTIALLY
HYDROGENATED’ IN THE INGREDIENTS. They have a long half life and
stay in the body for months if not years!
Avoid chewing gum as it confuses your body into thinking it is eating,
which tires the digestive system. Later when you eat, the system is
tired and inefficient. On top of that, most gums are now made with
artificial sweeteners!
These are recommendations and not meant to replace any medical or other
health recommendations from a qualified health practitioner. Any changes
or concerns to one’s diet are done entirely at their own risk.
Please
consult with Dr. Tangri first if you have any questions or concerns.
Consult Acid and Alkalizing Chart and Food Combination Charts
click on chart to view an enlarged image
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Acid and Alkalizing Chart
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Food Combination Chart
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Food Combining Simplified
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