Hi Steve,

I recently heard you speak, and was fascinated by some of your thoughts on diet, lifestyle, and how they impact our health.

However, reading through some of the material on your website, it strikes me that to completely to commit to the diet/lifestyle changes you suggest might be beyond many people in this day and age. Sourcing particular health foods, different preparation of food (ie. soaking wholegrains for 24 hours), and avoiding some substances (especially in social gatherings where there might not be viable alternatives) all present difficulties for some people.

My question is this - in light of the above points, is there some type of 'Acuff-lite' or for want of a better description, maybe a basic '10 Commandments' you could recommend to an average-Joe - some key guidelines that will improve their health without having to radically alter their lifestyle?

Even something as simple as the best handful of foods to add to your diet, and the best hadnful to remove?

Ill take a stab at this well there are a few things...
1. No soft drinks or any artificial sugar even in coffee. (1 coffee a day)
2. Anything artificial foods
3. Salt, there are over 400 types of salt and guess what you need salt, dont believe any thing about salt being bad for you because you are made of salt... we are 70% water just like the earth and 10% is salt water. Replace all your salts with sea salt, Himalayan or Celtic or any good rock salt.
4. get sun every day, yes sun is good for you. no sun block (Google sun scam).
5. Be active don't sit all day. go for a walk at least 45 mins to 1 hour
6. no deep fried, only good oil's cold pressed and raw.
7. Less meat... beans are just as good for protein
8. load up on pro-biotic s and good bacteria I make a sauerkraut which tastes awesome
9. No white anything ie bread's or pasta or rice
10. eat heaps of fruit and juices plus veg
Im sure there is more but just a few things to get you started...


Everything in moderation once or twice a week.

Oh yes clean up your insides with salt water(1 L real water with 2 level tea spoons of salt) you can do it for a few days in a row or once a week should be fine if you are a heavy meat eater and or colonics which i wont do.

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The thought behind my guidelines is that they should be a compass. They show the direction, but everyone calls his own shots for the details. Those with illness do well to follow the whole program. You got a lot right with your list, but here are my comments:

1. One cup of coffee is too much, as that is about 100 mg caffeine, an addictive dose. If you can't live without it, there is an addiction problem.

2. There is no proof that salt does any harm and the body would get weak from cutting out salt completely.

3. Fry in organic coconut oil or a mixture of coconut and olive oil which will not go off from the heat of the pan.

4. Beans give good protein, but not quite the same as meat.

5. There is no proof that taking probiotic supplements builds up the intestinal bacteria culture. What we really need are the pickled foods such as sauerkraut.

6. Don't eat lots of fruit and don't drink fruit juice at all.

7. Don't take everything in moderation. MSG and aspartame are toxic in the smallest amounts. The less, the better of such stuff.

Cheers!