Appetite Training by: C. Harrison

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The functions of the human body are complicated. As long as humans have existed, most of these functions have remained a mystery. What was safe to eat was discovered by trial and error. If someone ate something that made them sick or caused death; the information was passed to everyone within that society. Cave men drew pictures on walls to indicate the things that were good or bad to eat.

Current technology has developed to where we have research that tells us far more about the composition and effects of the foods we consume. One is to be able to break down the components to determine the minerals, amino acids, vitamins, etc. We see this in the labels on most foods; but only a small portion of the information is shown. The details are too complex to explain on a small label. There is much information the food sellers do not want you to know and they spend millions of dollars every year to confuse and mislead buyers.

These studies have revealed a range of problems caused by various naturally occurring chemicals in food products. The major offender in wheat is gluten; in dairy products it is casein. Both of these degrade the lining of the intestines and reduce the ability to absorb nutrients that are needed to support the immune system and generate new cells.

The weakened immune system allows all manner of ailments to gain a foothold. Less than perfect cellular regeneration causes what we call aging. Both problems can be slowed or stopped by flooding the weakened digestive system with healthy foods and avoiding the ones that cause damage.

Cigarettes, soft drinks, artificial sweeteners, candy, cake, pie, doughnuts, acetaminophen, aspirin and other NSAIDS destroy white blood cells. If you use any of these, that could be the factor that weakens your immune system and allows you to get cancer, diabetes or some other life threatening ailment.

The premise of appetite training is that anyone can train their appetite to like different foods than those they were raised to like. It does not take extensive studies to know that this works. Think of all the people who smoke cigarettes; no one likes the taste of their first smoke. A person decides that they want to be a smoker; then they fight through the horrible taste, coughing, nausea, etc., until they can tolerate it. Why not decide that you want to be a healthy eater and try it with the knowledge that raw and lightly steamed vegetables can keep you strong and healthy. Once you have made the decision; all that remains is what to eat and why. Here are the basics of the Appetite Training system:

1. All foods contain multiple chemical compounds. Some are beneficial and some are harmful. For decades, researchers have been seeking the keys to determine where to draw the line between foods that are more positive than negative nutritionally.

2. Meat is not just beef. If it did not come from a plant, it is a meat product. Chicken, fish and shellfish are meats. As recognized by your body, cheese is a fatty form of meat. Eggs, milk and all other dairy products are meat products.

3. The average person eats far too much meat. It is high in protein and fat. Both are harmful in more than tiny amounts. Protein leeches calcium from the bones and places it in the bloodstream. It raises homocysteine levels and causes kidney and gall- stones. It is estimated that humans would be at their healthiest if the only meat they consumed was 4 ounces of poached fish every two weeks. The AT diet compromise is to eat a small amount of fish or chicken once every 2nd or 3rd day.

4. Anyone with a bad back, arthritis or any other painful condition must avoid beef and possibly all meats. You can test this by avoiding all traces of meat products for a week or more; two months is best. After this period, eat 8 ounces or more of fish and see if the pain returns or gets worse over the next 24 hours. If you cannot detect a difference, it is okay to eat fish. Next test chicken, then pork, then beef.

5.The stomach releases acidic enzymes to digest meats and alkaline enzymes to digest starches. Either enzyme digests vegetables. If you eat meat and starch at the same meal, the stomach will release both types of enzymes and they will come close to neutralizing each other. This slows digestion, which will cause the food mix to remain in the stomach several hours longer. Imagine this mix of food, acid and alkaline sitting for several hours at 98.6 degrees before going to the intestines to be absorbed for your nutritional needs.

6. It became a diet standard to eat meat and starch together so we could span more hours without getting hungry. We now know that it causes food to spoil in the stomach. By the time the mix enters the intestine, it has become toxic and as it passes through, a large part of what is absorbed by the body is toxic. The liver and kidneys are then called upon to remove the poisons. As we age, they become overloaded, function less efficiently and allow the toxins to move about the body and cause all manner of disease.

7. Milk, cheese, butter and yogurt cause osteoporosis, heart disease and cancer. The evidence against these foods has existed for over 70 years, but the dairy industry fights back with massive propaganda spending. As long as advertising can continue to fool the public, they will keep making money. The products do contain calcium, but in a form that is not well absorbed by the body. The excessive amount of protein leeches calcium from the bones; the result is a net loss of bone density. Green leafy vegetables provide the most absorbable calcium without the excess protein. Milk and cheese products also contain casein, which slowly destroys the digestive tract.

8. Drinking anything while eating dilutes stomach enzymes and hampers proper digestion. Drinking or eating cold things with your food further slows digestion because the temperature must be near 98.6 degrees for the stomach’s digestive process to work.

9. Eat fruit by itself. Most fruits pass directly through the stomach and undergo all processing in the intestines. If they are in the stomach with other foods, they will not enter the intestine as they should. They will remain in the stomach and spoil any other food there. The food becomes toxic like the mix of meats and starches. An exception occurs when some fruit is added to vegetables that are fully juiced with a high-speed blender. If broken down to the cellular level, they avoid most processing in the stomach and pass quickly to the intestines along with the fruit.

10. Deep fat fried food absorbs so much oil that it converts the food to almost 100% fat. For your health, eliminate all "fried" foods, including French fries, fried vegetables and chips from a bag at the store or at the Mexican restaurant.

11. Drink only purified water. Coffee and tea have numerous chemicals that wreak havoc on the human immune system. Caffeine is one of the less harmful of these. Tea does contain a few positive chemicals, but not enough to over come the bad ones. A small amount of rosehip or hibiscus herbal tea may not harm you.

12. Sweetened drinks are all harmful to the immune system. Artificial sweeteners are the worst. Aspartame poisoning is now quite common in people who use it daily. I suggest avoiding it totally and learning to like unsweetened foods & purified water. All sugars appear to feed cancer and lead to diabetes.

13. Drinking pure fruit juice is harmful. It takes 10 to 12 apples to make one 8-ounce glass of apple juice. That is too much sugar and too much concentrated chemicals from a fruit that is known to contain harmful compounds. Oranges are the most highly allergenic fruit and apples are a close second. They may not cause normal allergic reactions, but could cause other diseases to develop. If you do consume any fruit juices, try 2-ounce servings of pure pomegranate, cranberry or blueberry.

14. Wheat is an enemy of health for several reasons. Nearly everyone has some level of intolerance to wheat and the gluten it contains. Gluten in wheat, barley, rye, oats, spelt and Kamut enflame and destroy the digestive tract. Wheat is a major factor in allergies, high cholesterol and elevated blood pressure. Celiac disease is now believed to be 100 times more prevalent than it has been diagnosed in the past. When a tiny bit of wheat causes you to double-up in pain, you waited far too long to stop eating it. The destruction of the digestive system by gluten and casein is the primary cause of age related decline in our health. If we keep the intestines healthy and flood them with nutrients, we will stop or slow the aging process.

15. Vinegar and yeast are forms of mold. Mold is toxic for most people. I can occasionally eat a small amount of wheat without any noticeable effect, but one slice of bread can cause my nose to run. I know it is the combination of wheat and yeast. I also avoid anything containing vinegar. Most prepared mustard contains vinegar; Coleman's makes one that does not.

16. Stop using salt. In 1951, Linus Pauling wrote that Americans eat too much salt, sugar and fat. I read a reprint of the article while a freshman in college. I stopped using sugar in my tea, became careful to trim fat from any meats and never again picked up a salt shaker. All foods contain salt, so it is never necessary to add it for any reason other than taste. Once you start eating salt free foods, you soon lose the abnormal craving for it. Virtually all processed foods are loaded with salt.

17. Black pepper does not digest and has zero food value. There is no reason to eat it other than taste. It gets lodged in the folds of the intestine and slices through causing "leaky gut syndrome." The liver, kidneys and gall bladder must then process the piece of pepper by coating it. Your body will coat a grain of pepper until it becomes a gallstone or kidney stone. Excess protein will leach calcium from the bones and deposit it around the grain. The more free calcium, the quicker and thicker the deposits.

18. Consume nuts and seeds in moderation. They are high in fat and the amino acid L-arginine. Arginine competes with lysine for absorption by the body. If you don’t get two parts of lysine for each part of arginine, it will reduce the ability of the immune system to fight infections, viruses and diseases. Lysine also bonds to the same arterial receptors as cholesterol, so it is important to have enough in your blood to prevent heart disease. I suggest lysine supplements daily to reduce worry about eating foods high in arginine. I take 3000 mg every day. This was suggested by Linus Pauling decades ago, before we had such a large body of research to confirm it.

19. If you have irregular thyroid function you could try adding or avoiding certain foods. Some foods that suppress thyroid function are soy, peanuts, pine nuts and cabbage. In addition to suppressing thyroid function; coffee, tea, cola and chocolate, may cause thyroid cancer. Iodine supplementation can help prevent thyroid cancer. Foods that stimulate thyroid function are avocado, coconut and saturated fat.

20. The healthiest foods are vegetables, the healthiest vegetables are sea-vegetables (like kelp, dulse & nori) and dark leafy greens (like collard greens, kale & lettuce). All can be mixed in a blender with purified water and seasonings to make a healthy drink. Many people have cured themselves of cancer and other diseases by flooding their intestines with these drinks all day long. I suggest one 8-ounce glass for healthy maintenance and three or more to cure cancer or any other disease. Green drink mixes from health food stores are a quick and easy method, but not a good as freshly juiced raw vegetables. Vita-Mix & Healthmaster 100 are blenders that juice the whole vegetable & spin at high speeds to break the foods down to their cellular level. This enables mixing some fruit with the vegetables to improve taste.

Suggested menus for getting started; you can exchange foods that disagree with you for items from the lists below.

Breakfast Snack Lunch Snack Dinner

½ cup Cream of Buckwheat*	2 or 3 peaches or a green drink	collards & asparagus 8oz ea raw or steamed 5 min	2 or 3 kiwi or a green drink	6oz perch/tilapia 8oz zucchini
½ cup millet	8oz blueberries or a green drink	kale & carrots 8oz ea raw or steamed 5 min	1 or 2 bananas or a green drink	8oz lima beans, 8oz sweet potatoes
½ cup amaranth**	2 pears or a green drink	cauliflower & yellow squash 8oz ea raw or steamed 5 min	1 or 2 mangos or a green drink	6oz mahi-mahi, 8oz peas
½ cup Quinoa***	8oz raspberries or a green drink	spinach & sugar snaps 8oz ea steamed 5 min	1 honeydew or a green drink	8oz navy beans, 8oz Romaine lettuce

There is a reason for eating only one or two items at a meal. When you eat a particular food, make a note of any nausea, pain, sinus drainage or psychological changes over the next few hours. Continue testing different items until you determine all the items causing a negative response. Stop eating the suspect foods for a few weeks and then try an item without any other foods. Another negative reaction will confirm that you should avoid that food permanently.

All weights are dry, uncooked. You may vary the portions to suit your needs, eating every two or three hours will keep you from being hungry. Eating this way will streamline your metabolism and the food will digest rapidly. The old way of eating allowed the food to sit and rot, but it kept you feeling full. All vegetables are raw or lightly steamed, organic if possible. You may season with anything other than salt and black or white pepper.

You may use FLAX SEED OIL on all items. Two tablespoons per day is the maximum, it is 100% fat. Different brands have different tastes. It is the only oil with slightly positive health benefit; olive and Canola are neutral, they have antioxidants and they are low in the worst types of fat, but all oils are 100% fat.

Fish is best if poached or steamed. You may add lemon, dill or other herbs. After cooking I sometimes use a little Coleman's no vinegar mustard. You will get small amounts of fat from the vegetables, slightly more from the fish, and pure fat from the flax, olive and Canola. Canola is the only oil I suggest heating. The others should be added after any cooking.

*Buckwheat is not related to wheat. It can function as a grain, but it is botanically a fruit in the same family as rhubarb. Cook it according to the directions, then add a tablespoon of flax oil. Optional: a little agave nectar, maple syrup or Smart Balance spread. Bananas may be combined with it also. If you insist on eating the same food for breakfast every day, it should be Pocono Organic Cream of Buckwheat.

**Occasionally you may substitute Amaranth Flakes with or without a small amount of Ezekial 4:9 sprouted grain cereal (sprouted wheat is nutritionally different from regular and used in moderation).

***Regular Quinoa (keen-wa) must be rinsed, Quinoa flakes are faster and more convenient; use when in a hurry.

More options, most fruits & vegetables on the lists could be substituted for others listed below. You may have two or more vegetables per meal.

Wheat-free pancakes*	1 cantaloupe or a green drink	Brussels sprouts & Romaine lettuce 8oz ea	3 plums or a green drink	6oz salmon 8oz yellow squash
1/2 cup oatmeal	8 oz strawberries or a green drink	carrots & kale 8oz ea	1/2 papaya or a green drink	8oz lima beans 8oz collard greens
Vans Wheat-Free Waffles	1 mango or a green drink	eggplant & snow peas 8oz ea	2 apricots or a green drink	6oz cod/pollock 8oz Swiss chard
4 oz wild rice**	8 oz blackberries or a green drink	sweet potatoes & Swiss chard-8oz ea	8oz watermelon or a green drink	8oz black beans 8oz sugar snaps

*Made with "Arrowhead Mills Wheat Free All Purpose Baking Mix"; "Ener-G Egg Replacer"; "Canola Oil"; and "Agave Nectar" (in place of honey).

**Most grocery stores have some brand of wild rice. Health food stores have it organic and in bulk. Place 4 ounces of wild rice, a small can of drained mushrooms and ¼ teaspoon of crushed tarragon in 2½ cups of purified water; makes one serving. Cook covered at a gentle boil for one hour and check for texture. Add more water if it gets too dry during the last 15 minutes. It should be tender to taste. I like it just as the water is almost gone. I usually cook it the evening before and warm it for breakfast. When it is ready to eat, add a tablespoon of flax oil. Optional: a touch of olive oil, Smart Balance, red sea salt, fennel or other herbs.

More breakfast and snack alternatives: Nature's Choice Wheat Free Cereal Bars, Nature’s Path Organic Granola Bars (“wheat free” is listed on the side panel), any wheat-free cereal without nuts, seeds or sweeteners with organic unsweetened soymilk. It is good to alternate using almond, rice and hemp milk, but do not have the same one more than once every four days. Write the date on the container with a Sharpie and use 1/3 each time. It will be gone in 8 days. It will stay fresh in the refrigerator for 12 to 15 days. Soy, almond and hemp milks are all high in arginine, but your lysine supplement should overcome it.

For the first two months, eat single foods at a meal until you determine which give you a bad reaction. If you feel nauseated after eating a food, mark it on the list, replace it and eat it only in moderation if at all. It is best to stay on this regimen as closely as possible for the first two months. Check your blood (Health Check) and other symptoms. If you are doing okay, you can start letting in a few unlisted (forbidden) items. Always avoid wheat, dairy, meats, coffee and tea. If you need salt and other unhealthy items for taste, use a little less than you really want. Continue this practice and you will soon not need any.

Try to eat a 10-10-80 mix of foods. You need to consume 10 percent of your calories from fat, 10 percent from protein and 80 percent from complex carbohydrates. Do not pay attention to food labels that list the percentage of fat on the front. That figure is based on the weight of the fat in relation to the weight of the product, including the weight of the water. Water has no calories, but it is heavy. Learn to read nutrition labels. For example, if a product has 420 total calories in a serving, the calories from fat must be less than 42 to be under 10% fat.

Starches are simple carbohydrates (carbs); these are the grains you have for breakfast, potatoes, rice, and all forms of wheat (bread, pasta, flour tortillas). It is possible to find rice pasta, but avoid all wheat products until you are well. Complex carbs are fruits and vegetables. Two fruits a day is enough. Fifteen servings of raw or lightly steamed vegetables will heal you faster than any other foods.

After 30 to 60 days, get your blood tested. If your levels are in the acceptable range, you can have some white meat chicken and turkey (boiled is best). Another 30 to 60 days with good levels and you can have lean roast beef or pork loin every two weeks (boiled is best). As long as your blood tests/symptoms remain in the acceptable range, you can cheat slightly w/other foods.

After the first two months, you can eat small servings of multiple compatible foods at lunch and dinner. Continue to rotate grains and eat fruit by itself. Do not combine starches and meats in the same meal. Do not drink anything while you are eating. Drink lots of purified water all day. Use chlorine filters on faucets and showers. 1 out of 5 people can eat a small amount of wheat every 4^th day, the others should avoid it totally. No one should consume dairy products.

See: www.preventivecare.com, for a book that details most of the research studies behind this program.

Fruits (alphabetical) Vegetables (alphabetical)

apple
apricot
banana
blackberry
blueberry
cantaloupe
cherry
cranberry
date
fig
grapefruit
grape
honeydew melon
kiwi
lemon
lime
mango
nectarine
orange
papaya
peach
pear
pineapple
plum
prune
raisin
raspberry
rhubarb
strawberry
tangerine
tomato
watermelon

asparagus*
bamboo shoots*
beets*
broccoli*
Brussels sprouts
cabbage*
carrots*
cauliflower*
cilantro
celery*
chard*
collards*
corn
cucumber*
dandelion greens*
eggplant*
endive*
green beans (string beans)
kale*
kohlrabi*
lettuce*: Romaine, loose-leaf, iceberg
peas
pumpkin*
radishes*
seaweed*
snow peas*
spinach*
squash*
sugar snaps*
sweet potato
turnips*
water chestnut*
zucchini*
* vegetables that may be eaten raw

Fish in order of health benefit* Legumes**

redfish / whitefish
cod / pollock / bluefish
mahi-mahi
orange roughy
perch / tilapia
salmon
haddock
sea bass
halibut
sole / flounder
trout
catfish
tuna
swordfish
sardine

Anasazi beans
black beans
black-eyed peas
Chinese long beans
kidney beans
red beans
scarlet runner beans
navy beans
garbanzo beans (chickpeas)
lentils
lima beans
soy beans (high in protein and fat)
wax beans, purple and yellow
Great Northern beans

*Some fish may be eaten raw, but most should be poached or steamed. Avoid all shellfish as they are high in cadmium, mercury and dioxin.

**Most legumes should be cooked unless they are sprouted. There are opposing schools of thought as to whether the sprouts should be cooked or raw. Do your own research and decide in which camp you feel comfortable.

Ranking of the healthiest vegetables based on nutrients, fiber, antioxidants and amino acid balance.
Most may be eaten raw or lightly steamed.

Vegetable Score

Sea vegetables(seaweed)   100
Red peppers                99 Yellow peppers             98
Kale                       97
Collard greens             96 Broccoli                   95 Romaine lettuce            94
Sweet potato               93 Swiss chard                92 Spinach                    91 Carrots                    90 Brussels sprouts           89 Yellow squash             88 Mustard greens             87 Cauliflower                86 Asparagus                  85 Celery                     84 Dandelion greens           83
Snow peas                  82
Parsley                    81
High lysine corn           80 Green bell peppers         79 Eggplant                   78

Vegetable Score

Green peas                 77 Kohlrabi                   60 Garlic                     58
Okra                       56 Green beans                54 Beets                      52 Iceberg lettuce            50 Alfalfa sprouts            48 Endive                     46 Parsnips                   44 Rutabaga                   42 Artichoke                  40 Turnips                    38 Cucumber                   36 Radishes                   34 Bamboo shoots              32 Avocado                    30 Mushrooms                  25 Potato                     20 Cabbage                    15
Corn                       05 Onion                      02

Notes: Kelp and other sea vegetables have moved to the top of the list. They have a wider variety of minerals than any other food. They also contain iodine, vitamin K, magnesium, iron, calcium, folate, riboflavin, pantothenic acid, and lignans, which provide an array of health benefits. See more about sea vegetables at the links below.

The descending order indicates the level of minor problems with most vegetables: goitrogens (listed above) which only affect those with under-active thyroid problems, oxalic acid in Swiss chard & spinach which may be slightly negative nutritionally in high amounts, arginine in onions, corn & cabbage which blocks the absorption of lysine (lysine improves nutrient absorption, boosts the immune system & blocks cholesterol from attaching to arterial cells). Taking 2 or 3 grams per day as a supplement should overcome a diet high in arginine containing foods.

Other useful supplements are: Digestive enzymes, a multi B vitamin, & (for natural cholesterol reduction) Red Yeast Rice and Co Q10 .

Asthma & Allergy Foundation of America:

http://www.aafa.org/display.cfm?id=9&sub=20&cont=519
What's Wrong With Wheat:
http://www.foodallergyinitiative.org/section_home.cfm?section_id=3&sub_section_id=5