Your Rainbow shopping basket
Low carb, low protein, good oils, lots of corrective and protective colours:
Make these your food starter essentials:
Fruits and vegetables Alfalfa, apples, apricots, artichokes, asparagus tips, avocados, bamboo shoots, broccoli, blueberries, beetroot, cherries, cabbage, carrots, cranberries, currants and raisins, cauliflower, celery, chard, chives, cucumber, dates, endive, figs, grapes, green beans, kale, kelp, lemons, lychees, various types of lettuce, mangoes, melon, olives, papaya, parsnips, peppers (red, orange and yellow), peach, pears, pomegranates, raspberries, radishes, red currants, spinach, swede, turnips, watercress, yams, whole organic brown rice, pineapple, mushrooms, natural honey.
Fresh garlic and ginger, onions, leeks, spring onions.
Decaffeinated green teas, herb teas. A limited amount of soya, shoyu, tamari.
Supplements Probiotic (or kefir), vitamin D3 (if you can’t get in the sun), fish oils/krill oil, curcumin.
Pulses Lentils, chickpeas, broad beans, peas, butter beans, kidney beans.
Whole grains Oats, millet, buckwheat, and barley
Nuts Brazils, almonds, walnuts, pecans, cashews, macadamia nuts
Seeds Pumpkin, sunflower, sesame, crushed flaxseed, psyllium
Fresh fish
Red wine A glass of cabernet sauvignon/merlot per day
Extra Virgin Olive oil, walnut oil
Dried fruits, currants, raisins
Tomato puree
Herbs Fennel, basil, coriander, thyme, sorrel
Spices Turmeric, chilli, cinnamon, nutmeg
Meat If it flies, runs around in fields or swims freely and is organic.
Fruit smoothies, muesli and soups Make your own!
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