Food As Medicine

Whew! I got caught up in a time warp and thought I'd *never* get back, but it spit me out yesterday and here I am. (Lame excuses should at least be entertaining, right?) 

What really happened is that I got stuck in the Slime Pit of Grumpiness and, since I couldn't string two cheerful (let alone humorous) words together, I wallowed.  But female issues have subsided and life is good again. (That, and fall is in the air. Can winter be far behind?)   :-)

A couple weeks ago I got to see a lady who does muscle testing and body reading and all kinds of interesting stuff. But the best part was that she uses Food as Medicine. Is that not the coolest thing ever?? *Exactly* what I've been looking for! 

I spent three hours with her, and she sent me home with a personalized "prescription." Here's what it looks like:

Kohlrabi - 3 slices daily x 3 weeks
Rosehip petals - 1/2 tsp/qt (drinking) water, 4 times/week x 2 months
Lemon juice (fresh) - 2 tsp/qt (drinking) water, 3 times/week x 2 months
Buckwheat kashi - once weekly
Millet - once weekly
Morning:  
 - 30 grams of protein within 30 minutes of waking up. Then:
 - 2 egg yolks
 - 1 tsp raw honey
11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.:
[The body's energy is especially strong in a different system of the body every two hours. Hence, the timetable - nourishing specific systems with specific foods.]
 - A-F Beta Food, 2 tablets, for 2 months
 - Filberts, 3, for 2 months
 - Parlsey, 3 capsules, for 3 weeks, then switch to 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.
 - Apricots, 2, for 2 months
 - Prunes, 3, for 2 months
 - Black beans, 1 cup, Tues, Thurs, Sun, for 2 months [Turns out the body works on a different system each day of the week, as well. Cool, huh?]
3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.:
 - Pecans - 4 halves
 - Raw honey, 2 tsp
 - Primal Force Ultra Greens, 2 tsp [I had been using this already, mixed with applesauce]
 - Just Barley, 1 capsule [Ditto, this one.]
5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.:
 - Heavy Metal Detox, 3 capsules
 - Filberts, 2, x 1 month
 - Vitamin B6, 1 capsule [Ditto this one, too.]
 - Magnesium Oratate, 3 capsules
 - 1/2 cup green beans, 1 small zucchini, 1/8 tsp. paprika, 3 times/week x 1 month
 - Pumpkin seeds, 2 tsp x 2 months (begin in 3 weeks)
9:00 p.m. (bedtime):
 - Sea Cure (hydrolyzed fish protein), 4, x 1 month
 - CoQ10, 2, x 2 months
 - Evening Primrose Oil, 1
Exercises for balancing and de-toxing:
Knee squeeze x 2 min. daily
Salt glow - 4 tbsp olive oil mixed with 2 tbsp sea salt; rubbed over body once a week x 2 months
Figure eights with right ankle over left, 12 times
Figure eights with left wrist over right, 12 times
Hold points on head [as demonstrated].

How's that for a regimen? I confess, the hardest part is eating meals in addition to all this stuff. I do okay for breakfast, and usually have a salad bar for a late lunch, but supper often falls by the way-side because nothing sounds good. 

Next post: Muscle Testing (maybe. Unless something else jumps to the head of the line. Like the fact that meat tastes gross.)