overwhelming changes

I want to get HEALTHY so bad and I recently got in touch with a doctor of Chinese Medicine – he said he can only treat me if I do the following:

DIET CHANGES

1. NO dairy
2. NO meat
3. NO processed foods
4. NO white flour
5. NO sugar
6. NO soy
7. NO coffee
8. NO alcohol for 3 months (occasional wine & beer acceptable after that)
9. NO salt for 3 months
10. NO fish

Diet should consist of :

50% whole grains: millet, buckwheat, spelt, oatmeal, whole grain rice, barley,  and any  flour from these grains as well as dark grain breads.

40% vegetables

10% nuts, almonds, pumpkin and sunflower seeds, flax, sesame, poppy seeds, legumes, peas, beans, mushrooms, fruit, butter, oils, sea salt, herbs and spices

PERSONAL CARE & HOUSEHOLD CHANGES

1. NO aluminum product for cooking/ baking
2. NO microwave use
3. NO chemical cleaning products
4. NO antiperspirants, deodorants, perfumes,
5. Natural shampoos, soap and toothpaste (no fluoride)

+ Big Lifestyle Alterations

• bedtime at 9pm (9:30 summer hours) no more than 8 hrs. (crucial sleep time 9:30-11 pm). This honours the body’s natural biological clock.
• supper no later than 6pm. no grains/ breads in the last meal of the day
• stress free lifestyle
• moderate regular exercise
• emotional stability, therapy

Can you say WOW – what’s a girl to do….?

He also recommended these books:

1. “Food for Life” – Neal Barnard, (President of Physicians Committee
for Responsible Medicine.

2. “Mad Cowboy. Plain Truth from the Cattle Rancher Who Won’t Eat Meat” –
Howard F. Lyman & Glen Mercer

3. “The Five-Elements Wellness Plan: A Chinese System for Perfect Health” –
Barbara Temelie

4. “Love & Survival” – Dean Ornish