Food to Eat and Avoid
Grains
Grains and Starchy Carbohydrates (organic is best, and whole grains and flours are best if soaked for six to twelve hours before cooking)
- sprouted Ezekiel-type bread
- sprouted Essene bread
- fermented whole grain sourdough bread
- sprouted whole grain cereal
- quinoa
- amaranth
- buckwheat
- millet
Food Additives
Safe to eat:
- Annatto
- Beet juice, beet powder
- Beta-carotene or carotene
- Citric acid
- Gelatin
- Herbs and spices (cloves, peppermint, ginger, etc)
- Lactic acid
- Minerals (iron, calcium carbonate, etc.)
- Natural oils and extracts (vanilla, almond, etc.)
- Natural sweeteners (raw honey, raw maple syrup, molasses, etc.)
- Pectin
- Sea salt, natural rock salt
- Sodium bicarbonate
- Sorbic acid
- Vegetable glycerin
- Vitamins (thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, folate, etc.)
- Yeast
Avoid:
- Aluminum salts
- Artificial colorings
- Artificial colors
- Artificial sweeteners (aspartame and saccharin)
- BHA
- BHT
- Bisulfite
- BVO
- Caffeine
- Carrageenan
- EDTA
- Hydrogenated vegetable oils (including margarine and shortening)
- Metabisulfite
- MSG (Monosodium glutamate)
- Natural smoke flavor
- Olestra
- Processed and refined sweeteners
- Proplyene glycol
- Propyl gallate
- Salt (with aluminum silicate added)
- Sodium beneoate
- Sodium sulfite
- Sorbitol
- Sulfur dioxide
- THBQ
Contamination during processing and packing include pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, petroleum based waxes, and other synthetic chemicals. Be cautious of those chemicals.
Sugars and Sweets
Sugar is the most common food additive and is a key ingredient in many foods including bread, barbecue sauce, canned fruit, peanut butter, etc.) U.S. and Canada ate on average of 100 pounds of sugar a year!
Natural & Safe Sweeteners (should eat in moderate)
- Barley malt
- Brown rice syrup
- Date sugar
- Fruit juice
- Molassses (blackstrap or barbados)
- Raw honey
- Sucanat
- Unrefined 100% maple syrup
- Muscavado
- Agava Nectar
Refined Sweeteners (Avoid)
- Brown sugar
- High Fructose Corn syrup
- Dextrin
- Dextrose
- Fructose
- Glucose
- Cooked Honey
- Maltodextrin
- Maple syrup
- Sucrose (white sugar)
- Turbinado
Artificial Sweeteners/Sugar substitute (Definitely AVOID)
- Aspartame (Nutrasweet)
- Mannitol
- Saccharin
- Sorbitol
Fats and Oils
Fat is not bad but important part of our diet if eat in moderation. The three essential fatty acids are linoleic, linolenic, and arachidonic. Linoleic and arachidonic acids are classified as omega-6 fatty acids. Linolenic acid is classified as omega-3 fatty acids. Omega-6 can be found fresh produce and meats. Omega-3 fatty acids is important for lowering blood pressure and can be found in fish, nuts, seeds, and leafy green vegetables (barley grass is an excellent choice!)
The Best Oil
- Coconut oil (nonhydrogenated) (can cook with it)
- Organic butter and ghee (can cook with it)
- Cold pressed extra virgin olive oil (use for salad dressing)
Oils Okay to Use Occasionally
- Vegetable oils (cold pressed)
Oils to Avoid
- Non-organic animal fats (beef tallow, lard, butter)
- Hydrogenated oils
- Margarine
- Shortening
- Vegetable oils (conventional)
Water and Beverages
How much water to drink? Drink two glasses after getting up in the morning; drink some more between meals and one glass before going to bed at night. Your body needs water to clean out the toxins!
Beverages to drink
- Fresh mineral or artesian water
- Filtered water
- Fresh squeezed, organic fruit and vegetable juices
- Herbal tea
- Raw goat or cow milk
Beverages Okay to Use Occasionally
- Soy, rice and nut milks
- Coffee substitute (Roma, Postum, etc.)
- Distilled water
Beverages to Avoid
- Bottled artesian and distilled water (if stored in plastic containers)
- Soft drinks
- Alcoholic beverages
- Coffee
- Black tea
- Chocolate milk
- Juices with additives
- Prepared mixes (including fruit flavored powders
Plant Foods
Your diet should be mostly vegetables, fruits, whole grains, legumes, nuts, and seeds. Eat them both raw and cooked. Eat them fresh, locally, and organically!
Grains
- Whole wheat
- Kamut
- Brown rice
- Corn
- Oats
- Spelt
- Barley
- Millet
- Quinoa
- Amaranth
- Buckwheat/kasha
- Rye
Legumes
- Kidney
- Garbanzo
- Pinto
- Black beans
- Black-eyed peas
- Soybeans (fermented)
- Lentils
- Spilt peas/green peas
- Green beans/wax beans
- Snow Peas
Nuts and Seeds
- Almond
- Sesame
- Pumpkin seed
- Sunflower
- Filbert/Hazelnut
- Chestnut
- Walnut
- Black walnut
- Brazil nut
- Cashew
- Pecan
- Peanuts
- Pistachio
- Macadamia
- Coconut
- Pine nut
Fruits
* All fruits are good
Vegetables
* All vegetables are good, especially dark green leaves
Plant Foods to Avoid
- Dried or dehydrated fruit that has been bleached or sulfured
- Canned fruit and vegetables
- Packaged or frozen fruit and vegetables with food additives
- White flour
- Polished white rice
Meats and Dairy
Meat (grass-fed organic is best)
- meat bone soup or stock
- liver and heart (must be organic)
- lamb
- buffalo
- elk
- venison
- beef
- goat
- veal
- jerky (with no chemicals, nitrates, or nitrites)
- beef or buffalo sausage
- beef or buffalo hot dogs
Fish (wild- or ocean-caught is best)
- fish soup or stock
- salmon
- halibut
- tuna
- cod
- scrod
- grouper
- haddock
- mahi-mahi
- pompano
- wahoo
- trout
- tilapia
- orange roughy
- sea bass
- snapper
- sardines (canned in water or olive oil only)
- herring
- sole
- whitefish
Poultry (nitrite-free, pastured and organic is best)
- poultry bone soup or stock
- chicken
- Cornish game hen
- guinea fowl
- turkey
- duck
- chicken or turkey bacon
- chicken or turkey sausage
- chicken or turkey hot dogs
Lunch Meat (nitrite-free, organic, free range, and hormone free is best)
- turkey
- chicken
- roast beef
Eggs (high omega-3/DHA or organic is best)
- chicken eggs (whole with yolk)
- duck eggs (whole with yolk)
- fish roe or caviar (must be fresh, not preserved)
Dairy (organic is best)
- homemade kefir made from raw goat’s milk
- homemade kefir made from raw cow’s milk
- raw goat’s milk hard cheeses
- raw cow’s milk hard cheeses
- goat’s milk plain whole yogurt
- organic cow’s milk yogurt or kefir
- raw cream
Resource: http://www.biblicalhealthinstitute.com/