THE METABOLISM- BALANCING PROGRAM: LUNCH
Not to be eaten any later than 1.30 p.m.
A little fruit juice or water (glucose if necessary) must be sipped before and during lunch.
If you’ve missed your morning deep breathing exercises then twenty minutes’ yogic walking in the park before lunch is a good substitute—it will relax and energise you for the rest of the day.
The lunch options can be mixed and matched in the same way as the breakfast options.
OPTION 1
Good for those with high cholesterol, although suitable for anyone. A garden salad using any variety of garden vegetables, lean meat (all the fat trimmed off), fish or poultry (peel the skin off). Have 120-240 g (4-8 oz) of meat fish or poultry.
Have also 120-240 g (4-8 oz) of a carbohydrate food, such as cooked potato, cooked brown rice, wholemeal pasta or whole-meal bread (not rice cakes), to keep the blood glucose levels normal.
You may have a dressing of cold pressed olive oil (only) with lemon juice or apple cider vinegar added. Any other herbs or spices that take your fancy may be added to the dressing. If you want to sweeten the salad dressing add crushed egg shells (crushed to a fine powder) to the vinegar. Egg shells are an excellent source of calcium in a calcium deficient world. Don’t sweeten the dressing with sugar or honey.
OPTION 2
For those with normal cholesterol levels only.
The same salad as Option 1 with the addition of 30-60 g (1-2 oz) of cheese and occasionally some processed meats such as devon, luncheon sausage, ham, corned beef or salami.
No rice cakes. No more than 60-90 g (2-3 oz) of processed meat, no more than two or three times per week. I lave only plain cheddar cheeses. The fancy ones (for example, blue vein and camembert) contain cancer-causing substances.
Three or four whole fresh fruits with 60-180 g (2-6 oz) of nuts and / or seeds and/or puffed brown rice (from the health store).
Or, a fresh fruit salad with the same amount of nuts, seeds or brown puffed rice (rice bubbles) on top. Or, stewed fruit with nuts, seeds, brown rice, milk and honey.
OPTION 4
Good for those with high cholesterol, although suitable for anyone. A vegetable soup using any variety of garden vegetables thickened with pearl barley, lentils and soya beans and one or two slices of wholemeal bread (no rice cakes) with a spread of olive oil. Make sure that soybeans are the main ingredient, they are excellent for normalising the cholesterol levels. Rice bran may be added as an additional thickener. It has an excellent cholesterol-normalising action as well. Any herbs and spices may be used.
OPTION 5
For those with normal cholesterol only.
The same soup as Option 4. with less soya beans and lentils and the addition of lean meat, fish or poultry (any variety) to it instead.
Any herb or spice that takes your fancy may be added. A thin spread of butter may be added to the wholemeal, bread if your cholesterol levels are normal. (No rice cakes.)
OPTION 6
Wholemeal bread (no rice cakes) sandwiches (one to three depending on your size, hunger and activity levels) with a lean meat, fish or poultry filling, 30-90 g (1-3 oz) of each.
Other fillings such as tahini, peanut butter, almond, cashew or hazelnut paste may be used. You can have canned or smoked fish occasionally. Unprocessed, natural cheese may be included as a filling if the cholesterol levels are normal.
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