NontoxicLifestyle: Are you eating for Health, vitality & longevity?

Are you eating for Health, vitality & longevity? Find out if what you’re eating is promoting disease and faster aging, See video below.

If what you have heard in the video above has compelled you into choosing vegetarian next, a vegetarian thought will help guide you plus these tips below

5 Tips for healthy vegetarian eating

Choose a variety of foods, including whole grains, vegetables, fruits, legumes, nuts, seeds and if you desire some eggs, choose organic local eggs.
Choose whole, unrefined foods often and limit highly sweetened, fatty, and heavily refined foods.
Choose a variety of fruits and vegetables such as pineapple, carrot, oranges, spinach, kale, tomatoes, bananas, lemons, watermelon, bitter and sweet grapes, blueberry, goji berry, green and red pepper etc. especially those high in iron, zinc, vitamin B (B12).
Research shows that eating seeds and the EFA’s they contain can elevate mood, improve brain function and development, and build a healthy circulatory system and help balance your hormone. Eat nuts and seeds like almonds, sunflower seed, sesame seed, chia seed, hemp seed, flax seed, and pumpkin seeds.

Chia seeds is a good source of omega 3 to omega 6 ratio at slightly more 6 than 3, ALA, anti-inflammatory, laxative, soothing for the digestive tract calcium, copper, manganese, phosphorus, zinc, protein, fiber.

Flax seeds (aka linseed) is high in lignans, a phytoestrogen that have been called natural cancer-protective compounds, anti-inflammatory, laxative, soothing for the digestive tract, 3 to 1 ratio of omega 3 to omega 6, folate, B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, copper, iron, magnesium, manganese, phosphorus, potassium, selenium, zinc, lecithin, all 8 essential amino acids, protein, fiber, grind just before use. One heaping tablespoon provides 2 grams of ALA, which meets your daily omega 3 fatty acid requirement.

Hemp seeds provide omega 6 to omega 3, ALA, GLA, excellent amounts of protein, fiber.

Pumpkin seeds is an excellent source of zinc, folate, B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, vitamin E, copper, iron, magnesium, manganese, phosphorus, potassium, selenium, zinc, omega 6, protein, fiber.

Sesame seeds provide a good amount of folate, B1, B2, B3, B6, calcium, copper, iron, magnesium, manganese, potassium, zinc, omega 6, linoleic acid, protein, fiber.

Sunflower seeds is rich in potassium, folate, B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, vitamin E, copper, iron, magnesium, manganese, phosphorus, potassium, selenium, zinc, calcium, omega 6, LA, protein, fiber.

Edible seeds are best if soaked before eating and can be put into smoothies, ground and sprinkled over salads, mixed in raw recipes, or blended with citrus juice to make a super healthy salad dressing.

Vegetarians may need more iron and zinc to maintain optimal health and kick fatigue away. Vegans should increase their intake of plant foods that are rich in iron as needed. Beets juice, Aloe-vera gel and blackstrap molasses is a healthful sweetener that contains significant amounts of a variety of minerals that promote your health. Black strap molasses provides an excellent source for B6 vitamins, selenium proteins, iron, manganese and copper. It is a very good source of iron, calcium, potassium and magnesium.

Get early morning sunlight for vitamin D.

Get regular 45 minutes exercise like sprint walking, running, jogging, little weight lifting, swimming in chlorine free water, yoga, gymnastics, dancing etc.

If you need more motivation to get going the vegan way read the story below:

Annette Larkins is a woman who lives to thrive not just to survive; she is much older, age 70years old but you’d never know it by looking at her! Larkins credits the raw, vegan diet she has followed for the past 27 years for her youthful appearance and clean bill of health.

She notes that people who are skeptical of her diet often assume she can thank good genes for her health and vitality. But it seems she is thriving not because of good genes, but because of her choice of diet in spite of bad genes. Both her mother and grandmother died of breast cancer before age 50, and diabetes runs rampant in her family tree.

Larkins notes:”Your genes and your family disease history are like a loaded gun. Your lifestyle choices dictate whether you pull the trigger or not. Not everybody has to be where I am, but it is of the utmost importance that we make improvements, because hospitals are filled with people that are digging their graves with their forks.”

Larkins’ diet consists of raw fruit, vegetables, sprouted beans, nuts, and seeds, many of which she grows in her own back yard. Check out the video below to learn more about this fascinating and inspiring woman!