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Glycemic Index Food Chart for CANCER PATIENTS, DIABETICS & WEIGHT LOSS/CONTROL

2011-03-31T18:45:00.001-04:00

• Low Glycemic Index food (less than 55)

• Foods with GI index between 55 and 70 are considered intermediate

• High Glycemic Index food GI (more than 70)

NOTE: In order to lose weight you have to burn more calories than you consume.


Food list                                                Rating                                               Food Glycemic Index


                                                           Bakery Products

* Pound cake                                        Low                                                                        64

Danish pastry                                        Medium                                                                   59

Muffin (unsweetened)                          Medium                                                                    62

Cake, tart                                            Medium                                                                    65

Cake, angel                                        Medium                                                                     67

Croissant                                             Medium                                                                    67

Waffles                                                High                                                                         76

Doughnut                                                                  High                                                                          76

                                                                      Beverages

Soya milk                                             Low                                                                         30

Apple juice                                          Low                                                                         41

Carrot juice                                                                 Low                                                                          45

Pineapple juice                                     Low                                                                          46

Grapefruit juice                                    Low                                                                          48

Orange juice                                         Low                                                                          52

                                                                 Biscuits

Digestives                                              Medium                                                                   58

Shortbread                                            Medium                                                                   64

Water biscuits                                       Medium                                                                   65

Ryvita                                                   Medium                                                                   67

Wafer biscuits                                       High                                                                        77

** Rice cakes                                       High                                                                        77


                                                     Breads

Multi grain bread                                  Low                                                                        48

Whole grain                                         Low                                                                         50

Pita bread, white                                 Medium                                                                    57

Pizza, cheese                                      Medium                                                                    60

Hamburger bun                                  Medium                                                                     61

Rye-flour bread                                                                       Medium                                                                      64

Whole meal bread                              Medium                                                                    69

White bread                                       High                                                                          71

White rolls                                         High                                                                          73

Baguette                                            High                                                                          95

                                                              Breakfast Cereals

All-bran                                                Low                                                                   42

Porridge, no instant                               Low                                                                    49

Oat bran                                               Medium                                                              55

Muesli                                                  Medium                                                              56

Mini wheats (whole meal)                                                                  Medium                                                               57

Shredded wheat                                   Medium                                                               69

Golden graham                                     High                                                                    71

Puffed wheat                                        High                                                                    74

Weetabix                                                     High                                                                     77

Rice krispies                                        High                                                                     82

Cornflakes                                           High                                                                     83

                                                             Cereal Grains

Pearl barley                                                       Low                                                                     25

Rye                                                                               Low                                                                     34

Wheat kernels                                                  Low                                                                     41

Rice, instant                                        Low                                                                     46

Rice, parboiled                                   Low                                                                     48

Barley, cracked                                                                             Low                                                                     50

Rice, brown                                                                       Medium                                                                 55

Rice, wild                                         Medium                                                                  57

Rice, white                                       Medium                                                                  58

Barley, flakes                                   Medium                                                                   66

Taco shell                                         Medium                                                                  68

Millet                                                High                                                                       71

                                                                 Dairy Foods

Yogurt low fat (sweet)                       Low                                                                      14

Milk, chocolate                                                           Low                                                                       24

Milk, whole                                      Low                                                                        27

Milk, fat-free                                    Low                                                                        32

Milk, skimmed                                 Low                                                                        32

Milk, semi-skimmed                        Low                                                                         34

*ice-cream (low fat)                        Low                                                                         50

*ice cream                                      Medium                                                                    61

                                                                    Fruits

Cherries                                           Low                                                                         22

Grapefruit                                         Low                                                                         25

Apricots (dried)                                Low                                                                         31

Apples                                             Low                                                                          38

Pears                                               Low                                                                          38

Plums                                              Low                                                                           39

Peaches                                           Low                                                                           42

Oranges                                          Low                                                                            44

Grapes                                                         Low                                                                            46

Kiwi fruit                                        Low                                                                             53

Bananas                                          Low                                                                            54

Fruit cocktail                                  Medium                                                                        55

Mangoes                                       Medium                                                                         56

Apricots                                        Medium                                                                         57

Apricots (tinned in syrup)               Medium                                                                         64

Raisins                                          Medium                                                                          64

Pineapple                                     Medium                                                                           66

**Watermelon                              High                                                                                72

                                                                  Pasta

Spaghetti, protein enriched            Low                                                                                 27

Fettuccine                                     Low                                                                                 32

Vermicelli                                      Low                                                                                 35

Spaghetti, whole wheat                  Low                                                                                 37

Ravioli, meat filled                         Low                                                                                  39

Spaghetti, white                                                Low                                                                                 41

Macaroni                                      Low                                                                                  45

Spaghetti, dururn wheat                 Medium                                                                            65

Macaroni cheese                           Medium                                                                            64

Rice pasta, brown                         High                                                                                  92

                                                                   Root Crop

Carrots, cooked                           Low                                                                                  39

Yam                                             Low                                                                                  51

Sweet potato                                Low                                                                                  54

Potato, boiled                               Medium                                                                            56

Potato, new                                  Medium                                                                            57

Potato, tinned                               Medium                                                                             61

Beetroot                                       Medium                                                                            64

Potato, steamed                            Medium                                                                            65

Potato, mashed                                                    Medium                                                                            70

Chips                                            High                                                                                  75

Potato, micro waved                     High                                                                                  82

Potato, instant                               High                                                                                  83

**potato, baked                           High                                                                                  85

Parsnips                                                                                         High                                                                                   97


                                                     Snack Food & Sweets

Peanuts                                       Low                                                                                    15

*M&Ms (peanut)                        Low                                                                                   32

*Snickers bar                              Low                                                                                    40

*Chocolate bar, 30g                    Low                                                                                    49

Jams and marmalades                  Low                                                                                    49

*Crisps                                       Low                                                                                    54

Popcorn                                     Medium                                                                               55

Mars bar                                    Medium                                                                               64

*Table sugar (sucrose)               Medium                                                                               65

Corn chips                                 High                                                                                     74

Jelly beans                                  High                                                                                     80

Pretzels                                      High                                                                                      81

Dates                                         High                                                                                     103


                                                                  Soups

Tomato soup, tinned                              Low                                                                    38

Lentil soup, tinned                                   Low                                                                     44

Black bean soup, tinned                                                        Medium                                                               64

Green pea soup, tinned                                                             Medium                                                               66

                                                            Vegetable & Beans

Artichoke                                                                      Low                                                                    15

Asparagus                                              Low                                                                    15

Cauliflower                                             Low                                                                    15

Celery                                                    Low                                                                     15

Cucumber                                              Low                                                                     15

Eggplant                                                 Low                                                                     15

Green beans                                           Low                                                                     15

Lettuce, all varieties                                Low                                                                      15

Low-fat yogurt, artificially sweetened      Low                                                                      15

Pepper, all varieties                                Low                                                                      15

Snow peas                                             Low                                                                      15

Spinach                                                  Low                                                                      15

Young summer squash                            Low                                                                      15

Tomatoes                                                                     Low                                                                     15

Zucchini                                                 Low                                                                      15

Soya beans, boiled                                 Low                                                                      16

Peas, dried                                             Low                                                                      22

Kidney beans, boiled                             Low                                                                        29

Lentils green, boiled                                                           Low                                                                       29

Chickpeas                                             Low                                                                        33

Haricot beans, boiled                            Low                                                                        38

Black-eyed beans                                 Low                                                                        41

Chickpeas, tinned                                  Low                                                                         42

Baked beans, tinned                              Low                                                                         48

Kidney beans, tinned                             Low                                                                         52

Lentils green, tinned                               Low                                                                         52

Broad beans                                         High                                                                          79


NOTE:    * High in empty calories

NOTE:    **Low-calorie and nutritious foods

NOTE:    ***CANCER LOVES SUGAR. Be Aware.

To health & life!

gertrude@daytonmedical.com

Ballroom dancing for the young at heart

2011-02-24T23:01:00.003-05:00

$20.00 for 20 minutes Qi Gong/Massage sessions to promote health, enhance vitality & develop YOUR internal force!

2011-02-21T18:04:00.003-05:00

Monday, February, 28, 2011 from 11:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M. Dayton Medical Holistic Center is offering $20.00 for 20 minutes session of Qi Gong + Hot Stone Therapy combination.

We will offer for $20.00 Qi Gong + Massage 20 minute sessions, ONCE A MONTH, for THE NEXT three MONTHS, to introduce you to progressive approaches of Oriental Medicine that treat illnesses by manipulating bodily energies /Chakras with Qi Gong and Hot Stone Therapy. Physical & emotional trauma creates energy blocks, key factors of disease & physical ailment.

HIT ME UP to schedule a $20.00 per SESSION via email at gertrude@daytonmedical.com or via phone at 305-931-8484

Experience vital body energy freedom on us!

* one $20.00 per session per person.

HealthQuest Integrative Medicine Center also known as Dayton Medical Center is proud to introduce Master Klodi Lemoine who will provide the following services & therapies…

2011-01-28T19:59:00.001-05:00

Chi kung
Chi kung is the art of developing vital energy particularly for health, vitality, mind expansion and spiritual cultivation.

What are the benefits of practicing chi kung?

There are many wonderful benefits derived from practicing chi kung, and they may be generalized into the following five categories:

1. Curing illness and promoting health.

2. Enhancing vitality and developing internal force.

3. Promoting youthfulness and longevity.

4. Expanding the mind and the intellect.

5. Spiritual cultivation.

Many chi kung types focus on only one or two of the above categories, but a few cover all the five. For example, most types of medical chi kung aim mainly at curing illness, virtually all sexual types of chi kung emphasize solely on youthfulness, whereas Shaolin Cosmos Chi Kung touches on all the above five categories of benefits.

What kinds of illness can practicing chi kung overcome?

According to Chinese medical thought, practicing chi kung can cure as well as prevent all kinds of illness, including diseases like asthma, diabetes, hypertension and cancer which are generally considered "incurable" by conventional medicine. Practicing chi kung is also very effective for overcoming psychological problems.

Is chi kung the same as qigong?

Yes, they are the same. "Chi kung" is the usual English spelling, whereas "qigong" is the Romanized Chinese spelling. In Romanized Chinese, q is pronounced like the English ch'; and o like the English u. Hence, both "chi kung" and qigong" should be pronounced like the English "ch'i gung".

Are there many types of chi kung?

Some people divide chi kung into two types: quiescent and dynamic, or internal and external. Some into three types: quiescent, dynamic, and quiescent- cum-dynamic. Others into four types: standing, sitting, lying down, and moving. Still others into five types: Buddhist, Taoist, Confucian, medical, and martial. Some add populace chi kung to the five to make six types. There are various schools of chi kung, such as Shaolin Cosmos Chi Kung, Shaolin Damo Chi Kung, Taiji Eighteen Steps Chi Kung, Flying Crane Chi Kung, Fragrance Chi Kung and so on. Sometimes, people may refer to different chi kung techniques as different types of chi kung, in which case there are thousands of them. Hence, it is understandable that there are also different levels of attainment in the various types of chi kung.

Hot & Cold Geo Thermo Therapy, for body, mind and soul

HealthQuest Integrative Medicine Center now offers “Hot Stone” therapy to penetrate deeply congested muscles. It is the use of Mother Earth’s stones to transmit the required temperatures and induce the desired physiologic response in the body. Upon the application of the hot stones, the temperature difference raises from 98.6 degree to 137 degree (the top recommended temperature)

Hot stones short term application – less than 5 minutes

• Increase blood flow by vasodilatation which increases red and white blood cell motility

• Activates sympathetic nervous system

• Peripheral blood vessels dilate

• Internal blood vessel constrict

• Blood is brought away from the core of the body towards the skin’s periphery

• Hyperemia occurs

• Muscles relax

• Decrease in cardiac activity

• Basal metabolic rate and thyroid function are decreased

Hot stones long term application – more than 5 minutes

• Parasympathetic Nervous System activated

• Metabolic rate increases

• Hyperemia occurs bringing fresh nutrition

• Vasoconstriction

• Breathing slows

• Sedates nerves and is a temporary analgesic

• Sweating occurs

• Soften and relax muscles for deeper penetration during massage

• Chakras: dilates inducing feelings of well-being and nurturing allowing for easier and faster emotional release

• Has sedative effect on nervous system

• Lowers blood pressure by increasing heart rate, BUT, decreasing force

• Stones placed over the chest will cause an increase in respiration and promote expiration

• Stones placed in stomach or Solar Plexus are post meal slow digestion be decreasing gastric secretion

• Pre-meal would increase gastric secretions thereby speeding digestion

• Stones placed over intestine/pelvis region would decrease peristalsis

• Restore healthy body tone by increasing blood flow which brings fresh nutrients to the cells of the body.

Massage:

Swedish massage

One of the most commonly taught and well-known massage techniques, Swedish massage is a vigorous system of treatment designed to energize the body by stimulating circulation.

Five basic strokes, all flowing toward the heart, are used to manipulate the soft tissues of the body. Therapists use a combination of kneading, rolling, vibration, percussive and tapping movements, with the application of oil, to reduce friction on the skin.

The many benefits of Swedish massage may include generalized relaxation, dissolution of scar tissue adhesions and improved circulation, which may speed healing and reduce swelling from injury.

Shiatsu massage

The Japanese shiatsu massage is a way of relaxation, but in its main theory shiatsu is a holistic bodywork. Shiatsu massage uses acupressure techniques which are applied with hands, thumbs, elbows and knees. The acupressure technique has its roots from the acupuncture therapy and Traditional Chinese Medicine. The difference between acupuncture and acupressure is that in the first case the practitioner uses very thin needles but in the case of acupressure the therapist uses deep tissue pressure on the twelve body meridians.

Shiatsu has a direct effect on the meridians which in consequence help to unblock the meridian points where the chi is blocked and causes health problems. The oriental medicine philosophy says that the main cause of disease is in the unbalanced chi in the body. Shiatsu massage is used to reach the harmony of chi in the human body.

Shiatsu Acupressure

Shiatsu acupressure massage uses merely the same points as acupuncture. The basic acupressure healing techniques are applied on the twelve body meridians. Along to these energy meridians are situated the acupressure points. The pressure on the points is made slowly and soft but deep and the patient may feel a little pain. The therapist uses all his body to create the pressure on the meridians. To apply shiatsu the patient has to change his positions lying on the back, on his stomach and on the two sides. This gives to the therapist the possibility to work-out each energetic point of the meridians.

Tui Na (tuina) - Chinese Bodywork Massage Therapy

Tuina (Tui Na) is an Oriental Bodywork Therapy that has been used in China for 2,000 years. Tuina (Tui Na) uses the traditional Chinese medical theory of the flow of Chi through the meridians as its basic therapeutic orientation. Through the application of massage and manipulation techniques Tuina (Tui Na) seeks to establish a more harmonious flow of Chi through the system of channels and collaterals, allowing the body the naturally heal itself.

Tuina (Tui Na) methods include the use of hand techniques to massage the soft tissue (muscles and tendons) of the body, acupressure techniques to directly affect the flow of Chi, and manipulation techniques to realign the musculoskeletal and ligamentous relationships (bone-setting). External herbal poultices, compresses, liniments, and salves are also used to enhance the other therapeutic methods.

Tuina (Tui Na) has a variety of different systems that emphasize particular aspects of these therapeutic principles. The main schools in China include the rolling method school which emphasizes soft tissue techniques and specializes in joint injuries and muscle sprains, the one finger pushing method school which emphasizes techniques for acupressure and the treatment of internal diseases, and Nei Gung method school which emphasizes the use of Nei Gong Chi energy generation exercises and specific massage methods for revitalizing depleted energy systems, and the bone setting method school which emphasizes manipulation methods to realign the musculoskeletal and ligamentous relationships and specializes in joint injuries and nerve pain.

Aromatherapy

Aromatherapy is the practice of using the natural oils extracted from flowers, bark, stems, leaves, roots or other parts of a plant to enhance psychological and physical well-being.

The inhaled aroma from these "essential" oils is widely believed to stimulate brain function. Essential oils can also be absorbed through the skin, where they travel through the bloodstream and can promote whole-body healing.

A form of alternative medicine, aromatherapy is gaining momentum. It is used for a variety of applications, including pain relief, mood enhancement and increased cognitive function. There are a wide number of essential oils available, each with its own healing properties.

To schedule a massage session, or if you need to open your Chakras to fill with energy your body or if you wish to participate in our weekly Chi Kung classes please contact us at 305-931-8484 or email gertrude@daytonmedical.com

Namaste!

Gertrude

Overview of Mental and Emotional Complaints of Hormone Deficiencies

2011-01-06T16:12:00.000-05:00

Mental & Emotional Complaints of Growth Hormone Deficiencies

Adult Growth Hormone Deficiency

Quality of Life

• Poor quality of life; feels unwell

Mood

• Lack of inner peace

• Chronic anxiety, without any reason

• Tendency to be depressed

Social Behavior

• Lack of self-control; excessive emotional reactions

• Melodramatic, histrionic

• Outbursts of panic and anxiety

• Sharp verbal retorts

• Tendency to social isolation

• Impaired social status (lower professional position, lower income, generally living without partners, alone or still at parent’s home, poor social integration)

Adult Melatonin Deficiency

Sleep Poor sleep:

• A superficial, anxious, agitated sleep with a lot of anxious thinking

• Easily waking up during the night

• Difficulties to fall asleep and fall back asleep

• Poor dreaming

Hypothyroidism

Behavior

• Slowness

• Apathy (lack of interest, initiative)

Mood

• Morning depression

Memory

• Slow thinking reaction

• Easily distracted

• Poor concentration, poor attention

• Poor memory

• Poor school performance

Pregnenolone deficiency ~ Indirect complaints: mainly adrenal cortex & sex hormones

Memory • Poor memory (direct complaint)

Vision • Poor color vision (direct complaint)

DHEA (and Androstenedione) Deficiency

Men

• Low sexual desire

• Erectile dysfunction

Women

• Low sexual desire

• Low sexual satisfaction

Cortisol Deficiency

Stress

• Poor resistance to stress, great difficultly to function well in stressful situations or even react to them, paralyzed in stressful situations, experiencing stress as being too much, as an unfair event

• Excessive sensitivity to human suffering

• Excessive compassion for the pain of others

Character

• Irritability

• Negativism (experiencing reality as being more negative than it really is for others)

• Feeling of being a victim

• Paranoid-like reactions: accusatory behavior

• Quarrelsome

Behavior

• Excessive emotions: outbursts of anger or anxiety, panic attacks

• Easy screaming or yelling

• Sharp verbal retorts, use of strong, dramatized words

Aldosterone Deficiency ~ When standing up or sitting down

Concentration

• Drowsiness, zombie-like feeling

• Easily distracted, absent minded

• Day dreaming

• Difficulty focusing on tasks

• Feels better in head when laying flat on bed

• Or moving all the time

Vision

• Troubled vision with difficulty to focus on objects and tasks when standing

If you feel changes in vitality, mood, stress, emotions, sleep, muscles, you may have a hormone deficiency.
If you feel that you are craving certain foods or are constantly fatigued, depressed, restless, nervous, ill at ease, indecisive, or feel a lack of authority or submissive you may also be experiencing a hormone deficiency...

There are also physical signs of hormone deficiencies...

Call 305-931-8483 or contact me at gertrude@daytonmedical.com

Slow Down The Signs of Aging!

2010-12-03T16:31:00.000-05:00

This blog is for Karen and for whomever wishes to follow diet modifications that may reverse Aging. If you scroll down, you will find older blogs that provide further nutritional information & recipes. For those that are not following my blog but wish to do so, please find the address below so that you can have additional recipes: http://daytonmedical4yourhealth.blogspot.com/

• Eat a diet that is rich in raw fruits and vegetables and their juices. 50% of your diet should be composed of raw foods.
• Increase the amount of gel-forming fiber in your diet. Increase your intake of flaxseeds. Oat and rice bran, pectins, which are found in fruits and vegetables.
• Try to add black currant juice to your diet. This juice is rich in bioflavonoids, has been shown to promote longevity.
• Eat more cabbage, yogurt and olive oil, all of which have been shown to increase longevity.
• Add thyme and lavender to dishes. These herbs slow down the aging process.
• Reduce your consumption of refined foods.
• Avoid refined sugar and its products.
• Reduce your intake of saturated fats, cholesterol and animal proteins.
• Make one or two days a week vegetarian
• Select only cold-processed or expeller-pressed vegetable oils, and increase your intake of fish oils.
• Choose nutritious snacks such as nets, seeds, nut or seed butters, raw vegetable sticks, whole grain crackers, popcorn without butter and fresh fruit.
• Reduce caffeine by eliminating or limiting your coffee consumption, black tea and chocolate.
• Avoid alcohol.
• Avoid processed foods as much as possible.

NUTRIENTS needed for Anti-Aging

• Vitamin C and E and the mineral selenium are antioxidants that protect the cells from free-radical damage, thus preventing premature aging. Antioxidants gobble up the free radicals before they get to your cells.
• Beta-carotene and other carotenoids (over 500 have been identified) are antioxidants that are converted by the body to vitamin A as needed. These are some of the most powerful interceptors known to protect the body from a particular free-radical bad guy called singlet oxygen. The carotenoids are also very helpful preventing shrinkage of thymus gland, and thus strengthening the immune system.
• Bioflavonoids prevent free-radical damage. Like the carotenoids, these nutrients, which are found in plants are considered antioxidants.
• Methionine and cysteine are sulfur-containing amino acids that may promote longevity. Sulfur is abundant in beans, fish, liver, eggs, brewer’s yeast, cabbage and nuts.

BENEFICIAL JUICES

• Sources of vitamin C: kale, parsley, green pepper and broccoli
• Sources of vitamin E: spinach, asparagus, and carrot
• Sources of selenium: red Swiss chard, turnip, garlic and orange
• Sources of carotene and carotenoids: carrot, kale, parsley and spinach
• Sources of bioflavonoids: apricot, black currant, blackberry, broccoli, cabbage, cantaloupe, cherry, grape, grapefruit, lemon, orange, papaya, parsley, plum, prune, sweet pepper and tomato.

NOTICE: a food sensitivity/allergy test should be performed prior to attempting the recipes below in order to avoid taxing the immune system and possible allergic reactions.

Juices for Anti-Aging--------------------------------------------------

Dayton Medical Spa Express

• Small handful parsley
• Handful spinach
• 4-5 carrots, greens removed
• ½ apple, seeded
-----------------------------> bunch up parsley and spinach and push through hopper with carrots and apple!

Fresh Complexion a la Dayton

• 2 slices pineapple with skin
• ½ cucumber
• ½ apple, seeded
-------------------------------------> bunch pineapple through hopper with cucumber and apple

Youth Garden Special
• 3 broccoli floweret
• 1 garlic clove
• 4-5 carrots or 2 tomatoes
• 2 stalks celery
• ½ green pepper
---------------------------------> push broccoli and garlic through hopper with carrots or tomatoes. Follow with celery and green pepper.

If you wish to have additional recipes, keep on requesting via email gertrude@daytonmedical.com or hit me up with a comment!

To health & youthful looks!

SAD (Standard American Diet) & Aging

2010-12-01T18:43:00.000-05:00

Aging is not a disease and the good news is that premature aging doesn’t have to happen. There is no instant magic bullet but if we introduce certain nutrients in our bodies, we can help slow down the onset of visible signs of aging. With the proper nutrition we can prevent many disorders and we may be able to extend our life expectancy.

The Standard American Diet (SAD) accounts for the 5 leading causes of disease in America. SAD, sadly also contributes to accelerated aging more than any other single factor. SAD is high in refined carbohydrates, cholesterol, saturated fats, and processed foods. SAD is low in vegetables, fruits, whole grains, legumes, seeds and nuts—all of which provide dietary fiber and most of anti-aging vitamins and minerals. In addition to the SAD’s overload of foods that compromise the body and insufficient quantities of foods that feed the body, the SAD diet also harms us by increasing the number of substances that are known as free radicals.

Free radicals are produced within our bodies but are also obtained from the environment, and are ingested with our food. In our food supply, free radicals come from pesticides, fried, barbecued, and charbroiled foods. We find free radicals in alcohol, coffee, and additives. Free radicals are highly reactive molecules that damage cells. Cell damaging process leads to many disorders and contributes to aging. Free radicals need to be detoxified with anti-aging nutrients like Vitamins C and E, beta-carotene and the mineral selenium, found primarily in fruits and vegetables—foods that are in scarce supply in the Standard American Diet (SAD).

Clearly, a different diet is needed if we are to reverse or slow down the Aging process!
■Raw foods have an enormous potential for improving not only a person’s appearance but also the quality of his/her life. Approximately, 2 weeks of raw foods may make a person look years younger; with firmer flesh, softer facial lines with skin, eyes and hair that glow with vibrant health! 2 years on a raw food diet can completely transform a person and often can restore health.

■Eat a diet that is rich in raw fruits and vegetables. Ideally, 50% of YOUR DIET should be composed of raw foods.

■If you are not sensitive or allergic to thyme and lavender, you should add them to dishes as these herbs have been known to slow down the aging process.

■Reduce your consumption of refined foods such as white flour and its products. FORGET about sourdough bread, the morning donut, and white-flour pastas.

■Avoid refined sugar and its products. NO chocolate chip cookies, frozen yogurt and candy bars.

■Reduce your intake of saturated fats, cholesterol and animal proteins.

■BUTTER is BETTER than margarine. Margarine has been linked to cancer. RULE OF THUMB: generally, 4 tablespoons of saturated fats PER DAY.

■Make one or two days a week vegetarian days.

■Select only cold-processed or expeller-pressed vegetable oils. Increase your intake of FISH OILS.

■Choose nutritious snacks such as vegetable sticks and fresh fruits—preferably organic!

■Significantly reduce or eliminate alcohol.

■Avoid all processed foods as much as possible.

■Detoxify your body and make it a lifestyle!

I can send you a list of nutrients that will help YOU keep a healthier, younger looking self. HIT ME UP with an email at gertrude@daytonmedical.com

NOTE: a food sensitivity/allergy test should be performed to avoid taxing your immune system.

Happy Hanukah!

Detoxification Juices

2010-11-20T01:27:00.000-05:00

At Dayton Medical Center, we are certain you will enjoy all the great benefits of juicing and we are happy to provide you some recipes that are not only nutritional but delicious.

All the juice recipes provided below are approximations. Recipes vary depending on the size glass you are using, the ripeness and size of the fruits and vegetables and your personal tastes.

Experiment by using more or less of the ingredients in the recipes or create your own recipes using your favorite fruits and vegetables

Depending on the juicer machine that you use, you will have juice and pulp. You may save small amounts of pulp and using it in many healthy ways. Please keep fruit and vegetable pulp separate so that you may be able to use the fruit pulp for smoothies, muffins, Pies, cobblers and breads. Use the vegetable pulp for meat loaf, quiche, casseroles, lasagna, soups and stews.

Juicing Tips

• Always serve juice immediately for maximum vitamin potency.
• When juicing a mix of fruits or vegetables, juice the softer item first then follow up with a firmer one. For example: juice tomato first then celery; juice papaya then apple.
• Use apples to sweeten vegetable juices
• Carrots’ sweet taste blends well with fruit juices

Citrus Tips

• Orange and grapefruit peel is bitter in taste and should be removed. When peeling leave the pith on (white soft layer between peel and fruit) and juice it to get all the vitamins.
• Lemon and lime are used to flavor dishes and the peel may be left on for more flavor when juicing. (keep the pulp and add it to spice up Caribbean and South of the border style dishes as well as lemon or lime bars, cookies and pies.

Health Tips

• Drinking juice before meals can help to curb appetite
• Adding vegetable and fruit pulp to cooked dishes helps aide the digestive track, as well as providing additional vitamins and minerals.

Vitamin and Mineral Health

We are going to provide some (not all) of the contents of fruits and vegetables so that you may identify the properties for your health needs.

Apple—boron, cellulose and pectin
Cherry—calcium, vitamin C, iron and potassium
Cranberry—antibiotic and anti-viral elements
Orange—natural aspirin and boron
Papaya—vitamin A and potassium
Peach—boron, antioxidant, vitamin C and beta carotene
Pineapple—bromelain, manganese, vitamin C
Prune—sorbitol, natural aspirin (sorbitol is a natural laxative)
Beet—folic acid, iron, calcium and potassium
Broccoli—beta carotene, vitamin C, calcium, iron, folic acid and chromium
Cabbage—antioxidant, calcium and potassium
Carrot—beta carotene, vitamin A, C pectin, fluorine and potassium
Kale—antioxidant, calcium iron, vitamin A and C
Parsley—antioxidant, folic acid, iron, vitamin A and C
Tomato—beta carotene, and vitamin C
Spinach—antioxidant, potassium, iron, calcium and vitamin C

To your health!

Berry Berry Tin Tin

1 watermelon wedge (rind optional)
Bunch of grapes
1 orange (peeled)
1 cup of raspberries
1 cup blueberries

AM Tonic

1 grapefruit (peeled)
2 carrots
½” piece ginger
5 prunes

Sun Greets

2 small green apples
1 small pear
6 prunes

Pepper Final

2 stalks celery
4 radishes
2 tomatoes
½ jalapeno pepper

Cleansing Remedy

¼ small head cabbage
2 carrots
1” piece ginger

Pineapple Wheatgrass

1 pineapple spear
Handful of wheatgrass
Handful of spinach

Veggie Kick

2 tomatoes
1” piece of horseradish
2 mushrooms
2 carrots

Sweet Cucumber Dayton Medical's Spa Cocktail

1 small pear
1 pineapple spear
1 small yellow pepper
1 english cucumber
1 lemon unpeeled

Clear Shock

½” piece of horseradish
20 mint leaves
1 carrot
1 orange (peeled)
1 apple

Iron Man

1 cup parsley
1 small green apple
4 broccoli floret
3 stalks celery
½ lemon (unpeeled)

Hot Tomato

3 tomatoes
½ green pepper
½ jalapeno

Vegetable Garden

1 small tomato
1 carrot
1 small red pepper
1 sweet potato
2 stalks celery

K-Boost

1 parsnip
1 carrot
1 endive

Craving Matador

1 stalk celery
1 medium tomato
4 asparagus (remove fibrous end)
1 orange (peeled)
½ leak (white only)

Sweet Dreams

¼ cantaloupe (rind removed)
½ cucumber
Handful of wheatgrass

Gertie’s Action Juice

½ cup pomegranate (seeds only)
1 cup blueberries
1 small bunch grapes

Karl’s Squeeze

1 tangerine (peel optional)
1 passion fruit
½ grapefruit (peeled)

Florida Delicious

1 wedge cantaloupe (rind removed)
6 strawberries
1” piece ginger

Mid Summer Fresh

1 star fruit
1 tangerine (peel optional)
½ mango (pitted)

G's Dazzle

1 cup raspberries
½ lemon (unpeeled)
1 pineapple spear
Sparkling mineral water to top of pitcher

Serve over ice, garnish with sprig of mint and an additional ½ cup of raspberries

Beet sexy

2 beets
¼ bulb fennel
1/3 cup parsley

Pomegranate Punch

1 pineapple wedge
1 pomegranate (seeds only)
1 orange (peeled)

Pomes 4 u

¼ pomegranate (seeds only)
¾ cup blueberries
¾ cup raspberries
1 green apple
1 red apple

You may serve over sparkling water and ice

Jack and ginger

½ yam
2 tomatoes
1 carrot
1 clove garlic
1” piece ginger

Yum Barb

½” piece aloe vera leaf (skin removed)
1 large papaya (peeled and seeded)
1” piece ginger
1 apple

Boot me up

1 small red apple
1 lemon (unpeeled)
½ mango (pitted)
10 strawberries
1 small pear

Bluefields Illusions

½ small papaya (peeled and seeded)
6 strawberries
½ mango (pitted)
1 kiwi (peel optional)

Melon twist

1 watermelon wedge (ring removed)
1 honey dew wedge (rind removed)
1 cantaloupe wedge (rind removed)

Juice each separately and pour into shooter glasses

Dayton’s Heart

1 zucchini
2 large broccoli florette
1 clove garlic
2 tomatoes

*** NOTE: The above FRUIT juices are NOT for diabetics.
*** NOTE: You may be allergic/sensitive to some ingredients in the above list. Act with caution.

*** NOTE: Vegetable juices are generally good for cancer.

gertrude@daytonmedical.com