The Keys to Health and Healing

I absolutely believe that nutrition and positive thinking are the cornerstones of all healing.
I follow the following dietary guidelines adopted from the Weston A. Price Foundation (of course altered to suit my salicylate intolerance and the fact that I don't consume any alcohol) I believe there are many people who have been lied to and let down by the pharmaceutical companies who want us to believe we are in a constant state of disrepair and need drugs to make us "better" (with all of their nasty side effects) of course Western Medicine has its place (like saving my life from meningococcal) but people really need to wake up and stop consuming toxic vegetable oils, processed and packaged foods, sugar, flour and rubbish that basically destroys them completely. Let's take a leaf out of the non-industrialised, isolated people who are amazingly healthy, happy and live long lives without many of today's diseases such as diabetes, obesity, various cancers, digestive disorders, intolerance's and the extreme unhappiness that comes with all of these things.

1. Eat whole, natural foods.
2. Eat only foods that will spoil, but eat them before they do.
3. Eat naturally-raised meat including fish, seafood, poultry, beef, lamb, game, organ meats and eggs.
4. Eat whole, naturally-produced milk products from pasture-fed cows, preferably raw and/or fermented, such as whole yogurt, cultured butter, whole cheeses and fresh and sour cream.
5. Use only traditional fats and oils including butter and other animal fats, extra virgin olive oil, expeller expressed sesame and flax oil and the tropical oils—coconut and palm (If you are salicylate intolerant use only butter from pasture fed cows, you can churn your own from fresh organic cream in the Thermomix, animal fats or ghee!, absolutely avoid toxic, free-radical producing vegetable oils and margarine)
6. Eat fresh fruits and vegetables, preferably organic, in salads and soups, or lightly steamed or stir fried
7. Use whole grains that have been prepared by soaking, sprouting or sour leavening to neutralize phytic acid and other anti-nutrients.
8. Prepare homemade meat stocks from the bones of chicken, beef, lamb or fish and use liberally in soups and sauces.
9. Use filtered water for cooking and drinking.
10. Use unrefined Celtic sea salt
11. Cook only in stainless steel, cast iron, glass or good quality enamel.
12. Use only natural supplements where there is a clear deficiency.
13. Get plenty of sleep, exercise and natural light.
14. Think positive thoughts and minimize stress.
15. Practice forgiveness.

http://www.westonaprice.org/basics/dietary-guidelines