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| consumption. On the other hand, someone who eats plenty of summer fruits, which usually contain high amounts of water, will not need to drink as much. The best advice is to learn to be aware of your body's needs. Drink before you become thirsty. |
| Choose Foods According to the Season |
| Choose foods that are in season. Eat more raw foods and fresh fruits in the warmer months (during the spring, summer, and early fall) such as fresh salad greens, apricots, peaches, plums, cherries, and nectarines. During the colder months of fall and winter, cat more cooked foods, root vegetables, apples, and pears, as well as cooked greens like kale, brussels sprouts, and collard greens. After the first frost, these foods take on a whole new wonderful taste. Nature prepares certain foods to be ready at the exact time that we need them. It is no accident that citrus fruit ripens in the winter; that root vegetables drop their leaves, returning the energy into the roots at just the right rime for them to be dug up for food; or that nuts that fall from the trees in autumn give us the important fatty acids that prepare us for the cold winter months. |
| Learn to optimize seasonal eating for healing too. For example, during the summer months, try a morning watermelon kidney flush. This is done by eating nothing bur fresh watermelon for breakfast for three to seven days. |
| Other seasonal cleansing programs include fall programs, such as pears/apples/beets for the liver and gallbladder and grapes for blood detoxification, and winter programs, such as cirrus cleanses, designed to detoxify the liver and gallbladder. Cleanses such as these should be supervised or guided by a nutritionist or health professional. |
| Good Digestion Begins in the Mouth |
| Chew your food well and eat slowly. Food should not be swallowed until it is crushed and softened in the mouth. After being blended with saliva and swallowed, it enters the stomach prepared to mix with the many gastric juices that allow it to be broken down and assimilated as nourishment throughout the body. Antacids interfere with the digestive process. Those who lack the gastric juices needed for good digestion should take bitter herbs rather than |
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