| 1. Eat protein at every meal, including breakfast.2. | | | | the "studies" say, you lose no health benefits by |
| Eliminate wheat- and flour-based products for the | | | | giving up alcohol (including wine). There is nothing |
| time being. And yes, that definitely includes bread | | | | essential in alcohol that you can't get in fruits and |
| and pasta.3. Eat unprocessed foods. Ninety | | | | vegetables without all the bad side effects that |
| percent of what you eat should be a combination | | | | go along with it.8. Stop using vegetable oils such |
| of (in this order of importance) raw vegetables, | | | | as sunflower, safflower and corn. The |
| steamed vegetables, whole grain, lean protein, and | | | | supermarket kind is highly refined, and it oxidizes |
| maybe a few fruits if necessary.4. Reduce starch | | | | easily when heated, contributing to arterial plaque. |
| to one portion a day, and don't eat that portion | | | | Use olive oil instead, and apply it to food after the |
| during your evening meal. Best choices are beans, | | | | food is cooked when possible.9. Watch which |
| sweet potatoes, and oatmeal.5. Don't overdo fruit: | | | | types of fat you're eating. The amount of fat |
| one a day maximum, and only the low-sugar, | | | | you eat is probably less important than the kind |
| high-fiber variety. Apples, pears, plums and berries | | | | of fat you eat. The worst are fried foods, |
| all are good choices. For now, fruit should be | | | | margarine and foods that contain hydrogenized or |
| eaten alone or with something light, like low fat | | | | partially hydrogenized oils. The best is omega-3, |
| nuts. Lose the fruit juice completely.6. Reduce or | | | | found in fish and flaxseed oil.10. Obsessively drink |
| eliminate dairy for the time being, especially cow's | | | | water: At least 8 ounces for every 20 pounds of |
| milk. Exceptions: reasonable amounts of low sugar, | | | | bodyweight you're now carrying around, each day. |
| fat free yogurt.7. Lose the booze. Despite what | | | | Every day. No excuses.For a ton of f. |