Healthy Diet Rules
By Lita Lee, Ph.D.
6/28/2001
Ninety % of the foods in your standard grocery store are commercial, processed, refined or genetically
engineered. Choose healthy alternatives – organic, non-processed, unrefined whole foods. You may
think that this is inconvenient but it is not as inconvenient as going to the hospital. If you eat for life and
not for convenience, you will never see the inside of a hospital unless you have sick friend or get into an
accident. One out of two Americans dies of heart disease. One of every three men and one of every four
women get cancer. Cancer kills more children than any other disease until the age of 14. These diseases
were rare 100 years ago because commercial (processed, refined, synthetic) foods, pesticides, genetic
engineering and man-made radiation were rare or non-existent. Here is a summary of foods to avoid and
the healthy alternatives.
General Diet Rules
Eat adequate organic animal protein with every meal, except for pork and deli meats (toxic). Organic
animal protein is essential for the production of the thyroid hormone and its conversion to the active form
in the liver. Veganism leads to low thyroid function and low cholesterol which can lead to all of the
major chronic degenerative diseases (take your pick): lung problems, diabetes, cancer, heart disease,
gallbladder problems, depression, mental problems, and senility, etc. Women especially are vulnerable,
because when they have low thyroid function, they become estrogen dominant and can’t make
progesterone. So, women have five to six times more osteoporosis, gallbladder disease, diabetes, etc.,
than men. The exception is men who eat commercial (high pesticide) plants, fruits and vegetables. All
pesticides are estrogen mimics (xenoestrogens) and are carcinogenic. By organic animal protein, I mean
eggs, dairy, cheese, yogurt, chicken, turkey, lamb and beef. You can’t get organic fish but you can get
good fish, such as halibut and shrimp. By a high protein diet, I mean up to 4 ounces of organic animal
protein 3 times daily. I will list how much of one food is about 4 ounces but you should eat a varied
protein diet:
2 qrts of milk or the equivalent in organic and preferably raw cheese, yogurt, etc.
4 oz of organic beef, chicken, turkey or fish 3x/d
4 oz of lean meat 3x/d
8 eggs daily
The best vegan source of protein (as good as eggs) is the potato but you would have to eat eight cups to
get your daily allotment of protein!
Do not live on cysteine-rich meats, which include steak, hamburger, pork chops, liver, etc., because the
thyroid is turned off by cysteine as soon as you use up glycogen (stored sugar). This is why you should
eat more than one type of animal protein. Lamb is more healthy than beef, especially commercial beef
because cows are usually fed corn and soybeans so their fat is unsaturated. Most poultry are raised on
soy as well. For example, an egg from a vega-fed chicken contains 4.5 grams of fat of which 3.5 are
unsaturated.
You would be very lucky to find chickens that are allowed to eat a natural diet of bugs and fruits. Low
fat fish should be favored over high fat fish. Low fat fish includes: halibut, sole, and other white fish, red
snapper, cod, haddock and shell fish. High fat fish includes: salmon, and herring. It is very important to
eat some fruit or other carbohydrates, such as potatoes with the protein. Eating only protein without
carbohydrates can cause low blood sugar attack (due to a surge in insulin) especially from high quality
protein, such as eggs.
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ALL products containing the very toxic unsaturated oils should be avoided. These include all oils that are
liquid at room temperature except extra virgin olive oil (corn, soybean, safflower, fish, Borage, Evening
Primrose, flaxseed and canola oils). These oils are in 99% of breads and pastries, 100% of commercial
and health food store salad dressings and mayonnaises, and even pastries, cereals, chips, dips, etc. Fish
is good but not salmon because it’s so high in the toxic unsaturated oils. Seeds and nuts are not good
sources of protein and they are very high in the toxic unsaturated fatty acids. Raw seeds and nuts contain
protease inhibitors which are toxic so and must be destroyed by soaking or roasting.
ALL products containing soy (protein, beans, tofu, tempeh, soy milk, etc.) should be avoided except for
tamari (soy sauce) as a condiment. Soy contains 3 potent phyto (plant) estrogens, a toxin that causes the
blood to clot, protease inhibitors, and phytates which inhibit the absorption of important minerals such as
magnesium, zinc and calcium. Soy milk has 100 times more aluminum than cow milk and giving an
infant soy milk is equivalent to giving the infant five birth control pills daily.
Eat fresh fruits and drink fresh fruit juices daily - whichever kind are tolerated. The best are orange juice
and the tropical juices. Avoid grapefruit and its juice. It raises estrogen. Get pasteurized juices if raw
juices aren’t available. The best ones say “not from concentrate” which means no possibility of
fluoridated water being added. Remember that fruit juices are much healthier than vegetable juices
because they don’t contain the toxic unsaturated fatty acids listed above. When you juice a vegetable, it
concentrates these toxic unsaturated oils and you loose the protection from the fiber.
The only healthy fats are organic coconut oil, a thyroid stimulant, extra virgin olive oil and organic
butter. Make sure you read all labels to avoid the toxic unsaturated oils and margarine (partially
hydrogenated oils).
Avoid raw cruciferous vegetables (broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower). They contain a thyroid inhibitor
which must be destroyed by cooking. Raw carrots are excellent and are especially good for detoxifying
the colon.
Avoid refined carbohydrates (white flour, white rice, white pasta) and refined or artificial sugars (white
sugar, commercial syrups, corn syrup, NutraSweet, Saccharin, Splenda), soda pop, candy bars,
commercial desserts, etc. Make your own natural desserts with organic fruits, whole sugar cane or raw
honey, whole wheat flour, butter and so on.
Eat salt to taste. Salt needs will vary with one’s hormones. Organic non-iodized sea salt is a natural
diuretic and is essential for mobilizing blood sugar, thus lowering adrenalin and preventing hypertension
and hardening of the arteries. Other common symptoms of mineral deficiency include motion sickness
and tingling or numbness in the arms or legs. A hypothyroid person cannot hold sodium, which is why
they get edema. For these people, adequate salt is very necessary. Instead of eating salt, many patients
are told to avoid salt and take a diuretic plus potassium. Note that sea salt contains 48 minerals. Table
salt contains only sodium chloride. The most common causes of a salt deficiency are: not eating salt,
hypothyroidism (can’t retain sodium), and eating soy products, which inhibit mineral absorption.
Buy organic produce and organic meat and poultry and raw or organic dairy products as much as
possible. In particular, commercial animals are raised inhumanely and are given toxic hormones,
pesticides, antibiotics and other drugs and are feed unhealthy foods. Agribusiness foods (all produce vegetables and fruits) are full of pesticides (estrogenic) and very little nutrients, having been grown in
dead soil containing no nutrition. Not to mention that 25% of commercial foods are genetically
engineered and 10% of cows are given genetically engineered bovine growth hormone. There is a vast
nutritional difference between commercial and organic foods. Organic foods contain 200-400% MORE
minerals than commercial foods. Same for other nutrients, such as vitamins and enzymes. Commercial
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foods contain very little nutrition but lots of toxic pesticides which are exogenous estrogens
(xenoestrogens).
Even if you buy organic, if you use a microwave oven to defrost, reheat leftovers, or even to heat water,
you will destroy all of the nutritional value of the food. Microwaving converts the proteins into
carcinogens, neurotoxins and kidney toxins and destroys all of the vitamins and minerals in less than 30
seconds.
Avoid tap water. It contains over 500 toxins. If your water is fluoridated, you must use a Reverse
Osmosis unit, a distiller or an ion exchange unit because a carbon filter doesn’t remove fluoride, which is
a very toxic substance. It poisons over 100 enzymes in your body, causes hypothyroidism, bone disease,
cancer, seizures and premature aging. If your water is fluoridated, there is no shower filter that will
remove fluoride and when you take a shower or a bath, your body will absorb 100 times more fluoride
than drinking tap water. About the best you can do is to take short, cool showers until cities are forced
legally to stop fluoridating the water supply. Read labels and don’t buy juices that are “from the
concentrate” because these are likely to be reconstituted with fluoridated water. Buy beer from nonfluoridated cities. Dump your fluoridated toothpaste. Use your imagination!
See next page for a table summary.
Disclaimer: These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. They are
not intended to diagnose or treat, prevent, mitigate or cure any human disease.
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DIET RULES SUMMARY
AVOID THESE FOODS
EAT THESE FOODS INSTEAD, PREFERABLY ORGANIC
Refined sugars: sucrose (white sugar) fructose, corn
syrup, sorbitol, mannitol. Avoid synthetic sugars:
NutraSweet or Aspartame (causes seizures) and
Saccharin (causes tumors).
Natural sweeteners: concentrated fruit juices, raw honey,
organic maple syrup, molasses, barley malt, organic sugar
cane (Sucanat). Limit or avoid if sugar intolerant or diabetic.
Refined or processed grains and their flours: white,
unbleached, enriched grains and their flours.
Organic whole grains and their flours. Heirloom grains are the
best: kamut, quinoa, amaranth, spelt, etc. Durham wheat
allergic people can sometimes tolerate heirloom grains.
Synthetic fats: margarine, partially hydrogenated oils,
vegetable shortening, Mocha Mix, I Can’t Believe
It’s Not Butter, Olestra (fake fat), Egg Beaters and
Other synthetic eggs.
Butter (raw, if possible), organic coconut oil and extra virgin
olive oil.
Unsaturated fatty acids (whether organic or coldpressed), such as all seed, nut, grain, bean and fish oils,
sometimes called essential fatty acids (EFAs) or omega3 and
omega-6 fatty acids. Includes soybean,
safflower, Canola, corn, fish, sesame, almond, flaxseed,
borage, and Evening Primrose oils plus oils labeled
DHA, EPA and GLA.
Butter, coconut oil and extra virgin olive oil.
Commercial, homogenized, pasteurized milk, whether
whole, non-fat. Includes Lactaid.
Organic milk (raw, if possible). Cultured cow or goat milk
products (yogurt, kefir, and buttermilk).
Processed cheeses (American, Velveeta, and Cheese
Whiz).
Organic and raw (if possible) cheeses.
Commercial nuts and seeds, especially containing oils
and sugars. Beware of Aflatoxin (carcinogenic) mold
on old peanuts.
Organic seeds and nuts. Must be soaked (6 hrs.), roasted or
sprouted to destroy protease inhibitors.
Use only as
condiment (because low in protein, high in starch and the toxic
unsaturated oils).
Soda pop: soda pop and diet sodas.
Organic juice, spritzers or, add carbonated water to organic
fruit juice.
Juices: commercial, reconstituted, containing sugar and
artificial colors and flavors.
Organic (and raw if possible) juices, especially orange juice
and tropical juices (pineapple, coconut, papaya, etc.).
Vegetable juices - any kind.
Fruit juices instead of vegetable juices.
Commercial coffee and tea including commercial decaf.
Organic coffee or Swiss water process decaf beans. Grind
your own beans. Organic teas.
Commercial meat, poultry and all deli meats and pork.
Organic beef, lamb, chicken and turkey. Also, low fat fish.
Commercial eggs.
Organic (hormone and pesticide free) eggs from free range
chickens.
Canned, microwaved, processed, fast foods (TV
dinners). Avoid fast food restaurants and all restaurants
that use microwave ovens.
Fresh organic foods first, frozen second and canned third if no
other kind available.
All soy products (soybeans, soy protein, soymilk, tofu,
tempeh).
Use only soy sauce or tamari as a condiment.
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"Disclaimer: I am a chemist and an enzyme nutritionist, not a medical doctor. I do not diagnose, prescribe for, treat
or claim to prevent, mitigate or cure any human diseases. I do not provide diagnosis, care, treatment or rehabilitation
of individuals, nor apply medical, mental health or human development principles. I do not prescribe prescription
drugs nor do I tell you to discontinue them. I provide enzymes and other dietary supplements to improve digestion
and to nourish and support normal function and structure of the body. If you suspect any disease, please consult your
physician."
Disclaimer: These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. They are not intended
to diagnose, prescribe for, treat or claim to prevent, mitigate or cure any human disease. They are intended for
nutritional support only. The FTC requires that we tell you that the results in case notes and testimonials published
here are not typical, however, they do show what some people have been able to achieve. Individuals vary, which is
why we must always consider the whole person when recommending a course of action. The third party information
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