Frequently Asked Questions

1. What are the best dietary approaches to avoid high blood sugar levels?

The most significant tip in optimal dietary approach is to avoid high intake of fats that include good fats from nuts, avocados and olives. The last two items could be hard to avoid, because many people like avocados olives.

Excess fat levels in the blood stream slow down the transport of glucose into the cells for proper cellular metabolism. This will lead to a rise in blood glucose, and if left untreated may lead to insulin resistant conditions and other metabolic dysfunctions.

2. I love to eat pizza, Thai, Chinese and Italian food with lots of taste. How can raw food come close to these delicious foods and not be boring?

Be sure to attend one of Farideh's nutrition classes. She demonstrates her vital and raw tasty recipes. There are a few basic secrets as to how to make any raw food recipe as delicious.

3. I have been told low-cholesterol food is not good for you. Can you explain why?

Generally, a higher cholesterol level may not be dangerous as long as your LDL and HDL numbers are within the optimum range.

Low cholesterol may indicate that liver needs attention. Liver uses cholesterol to modulate hormonal activity. So low cholesterol may lead to various unhealthy conditions such as hormonal imbalance and depression. Some medical authorities believe low cholesterol could also be linked to stroke.

4. I have been told not to eat fruits because of my out-of-control candida. If I eat fruits, is it not going to make my candida worse?

Not really. Excess fats are the primary source of candida. In the presence of high fat in the blood, the blood sugar also increases. Now excess fat prohibits insulin from being escorted into the blood to metabolize the excess sugar.

Excess fat coats the blood vessels, the cells, insulin receptor's sites, the sugar molecules as well as insulin itself so that metabolic activity is hindered. Should the fat level stay high due to imbalanced nutrition, candida organism will feed on sugar in the blood. The cells are depleted of sugar, and thus there will be lack of cellular vitality, and one feels fatigued and low energy.

To reverse this process, you have to cut the fats to a minimum, then the insulin resistance will have a change to be reversed. So in dealing with candida, you must limit your intake of nuts, avocados, and seeds. Instead, incorporate more green leafy vegetables, celery, and other vegetables and fruits.

5. What is wrong with high-protein diets?

High-protein diets tax the liver and kidneys, and put heavy burden on the lymphatic system. It contributes to acidity in the tissue, which further imbalances the cellular PH.

When cellular PH is imbalanced, the cell membrane will become rigid versus a preamble state. Cellular membrane then looses voltage, which will disable the cellular vitality. Thus, nutrients, oxygen and water cannot enter the cells, and waste and carbon dioxide cannot leave the cells. What you get is cellular stagnation, which is the beginning of dis-ease.

6. What is the best food for a healthy gallbladder?

The best food for a healthy gallbladder are beets, lemon, green leafy vegetable or their juices like romaine lettuce, celery and granny apple. Bitter greens such as arugula and dandelion also benefit gallbladder.

Beets are best to be raw grated form used along with green salad. They help stimulate gallbladder secretion of bile thus improve fat digestion.

7. Can you explain the preference of thermogram to mammogram?

Some studies have found that mammograms given to women when a lump has already been found (diagnostic mammograms) are not particularly trustworthy.

Computerized Regulatory Thermography (CRT) is a safer and more effective tool for breast screening. Some radiation experts believe X-rays were the leading cause of cancer in the 20th century. In fact, a study found that women between 40 and 49 who regularly have mammograms are twice as likely to die from breast cancer as women who are not screened.

8. Is it true that living foods cause "damp condition?" How do I get around it? I like raw food for better digestion and its detox effects.

Damp condition is a term used in Chinese medicinal healing. Although transitioning to raw food is recommended for some individuals, one can actually choose variety of foods that can be drying, such as ginger, bitter herbs, watercress, celery and dandelion. You can actually shift excess damp by eliminating lymphatic congestion as you use drying plant-based food.

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