Dr. Wallach's Good Food/bad food Overview

Dr. Joel Wallach is an EXPERT in medical nutrition and recommends the Good Food/Bad Food list to everyone. There are exceptions for diabetics regarding fruit/sugar. You must clean up your diet for good health and to absorb nutrients.

As a bonus, here are the foods that are GOOD for you, as recommended by Dr. Joel Wallach and Dr. Peter Glidden:

Proteins

• Eggs
      TO COOK EGGS YOU MAY: 
  • Poach; This is his number one choice because the water never reaches a temperature greater than 212 degrees.
  • Scramble with butter over very low heat and only until they are just setting up. If you can hear them cooking it’s too hot.
  • Soft boil with the yolk still runny. Some call them “2 minute eggs”. (Hard-boiled egg yolks with a greenish coating have had their cholesterol degraded.)
  • Raw Eggs are good BUT you must increase your Biotin.
• Fish
• Chicken
• Pork
• Lamb
• Beef—rare/medium rare
• Mixed, Salted Nuts—no peanuts
• Beans

Grain Carbohydrates

Any carbohydrate (except oatmeal) that is “Gluten Free” is OK.

• Rice
• Millet
• Couscous (made from pearl millet only).
• Quinoa  (Though Quinoa is gluten free it is a difficult grain to digest if it is not cooked thoroughly. So it is advised to limit its consumption, especially when beginning your supplement program and while the digestive system is repairing.) 
• Corn (GMO Free)

Vegetables & Fruits

• Veggies
• Fruit

Dairy

• Dairy (Sensitivity to dairy may only be in the type of dairy or the quantity consumed. For example drinking milk may cause digestive distress, where as cheese may not be a problem. Also, once the digestive track has been repaired through proper supplementation and the elimination of the Bad Foods, many people are able to add dairy back into their regular diet. If eating dairy causes digestion problems consider adding enzymes and probiotics along with the 90 Essential Nutrients)

Salt

• Salt your food to taste. To properly digest your food you need stomach acid and salt helps in the creation of stomach acid.

Fats 

• Nut Butters—no extra sugar (Dr. Wallach does not recommend eating Peanut Butter due to a type of mold found in peanuts called Aflatoxin that is considered a human carcinogen. If you enjoy eating Peanut Butter find a brand that tests their batches for its presence before jarring.)
• Lard (yes, lard!)
• Use Butter – Margarine is simply oil in a solid state. If you cook with butter, make sure the heat is low enough that the butter doesn’t turn brown in the pan.

Beverages

• 4-8, 8oz glasses of filtered water each day. Avoid soft plastic bottles.
• Coffee
• Tea
• Green tea
• Red wine

ORAC (Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity)

20,000 ORAC points or more of anti-oxidants daily. 

Foods high in ORAC – Blue berries, cinnamon, walnuts, curry, dark skinned fruits, unprocessed cocoa powder, acai berry, green tea, red wine (research for more foods high in ORAC).

 I found The Big Book of Gluten - Free Cooking by Gigi Stewart to have some excellent easy to make recipes. I  especially like the authors Introductory remarks and information about  gluten and how going gluten - free  is VERY doable. 

 This gluten-free cookbook combines the convenience of simple  recipes  with gluten-free cooking tips so you can make healthy family  meals fast  and fuss-free.