The Tao Of Health, Sex, and Longevity: A Modern Practical Guide to the Ancient Way

Favor the fresh over the stale; choose enzyme-active over enzyme-dead food; select more raw and fewer cooked foods.

Diets of denatured, overcooked foods put tremendous demands on the body’s enzyme capacity, and Dr. Howell believes that this unnecessary, unnatural, and unabated depletion of the body’s enzyme capacity is “one of the paramount causes of premature aging and early death” and the “underlying cause of almost all degenerative disease.”

On a daily basis, breathing and diet are the front-line defenses against pollution. Daily deep-breathing exercises to purify lungs and blood are especially important for those who smoke and live in big polluted cities. Among the breathing exercises presented, the Bellows is by far the most effective purifier of lungs and blood. Two or 3 minutes of

Rule: Eat only one major type of protein at a single meal. Avoid combinations such as meat and eggs, meat and milk, fish and cheese. Ensure the assimilation of the full range of vital amino acids by varying the types of concentrated proteins taken at different meals.

Food Categories I. Proteins: foods that contain 15 percent or more protein matter Concentrated proteins: meat, fish, fowl, eggs, milk, cheese Light proteins: nuts, beans, peas, soybean products, avocados, whole grains II. Carbohydrates: foods that contain 20 percent or more starch and/or sugars Starch: peanuts, bananas, potatoes, all pasta products

The best choices for combining animal proteins with other foods are nonstarch vegetables such as greens, squash, cabbage, sprouts, etc., and it’s best to consume these vegetables raw in the form of a large salad. Animal protein such as meat and eggs should be eaten only once or twice daily, but vegetable protein such as seeds and nuts may be consum

Sample Menus for One Week General Guidelines • Eat no more than one meal per day based on meat, fish, or chicken. • Eat one meal per day of exclusively raw food. • Apply the basic rules of food combining at all meals. • Except for fresh fruit in season, don’t eat snacks between meals. • Except for whole cream and butter, avoid pasteurized cow milk

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