Polarity Diet
(This is an excerpt from a University Of Metaphysical Sciences course at www.umsonline.org, please feel free to visit the school website)
The polarity diet is designed to alkalize the body. A great cleansing tool, it eliminates unnecessary acid-forming foods and replaces them with wholesome alternatives. It should be done at least a week at a time for maximum results. It is not meant to be used indefinitely for weight loss, although weight loss may occur. It is a great way to eliminate allergens and toxins and discover new health building ways to relate to food. Most of the blocks you will have in following this diet will be psychological. Unhealthy patterns can be identified and processed if desired. Try not to identify too personally with cravings or other distractions. They are not your higher self. “A fast for the ego and a feast for the spirit.”(Burger, p.349)
Mostly you will be thrilled with the amount of energy and “joie de vivre” you access when you give up your regular dietary habits. There is no dairy, soy, wheat, caffeine, fried food, starchy vegetables or anything canned, frozen or otherwise not freshly prepared on this diet. Fresh fruits and vegetables, raw, steamed or baked are the basis of your polarity diet. Make yourself a delicious fresh raw salad, use olive oil and lemon for a wonderful refreshing alternative to heavier dressings. Fresh herbs and spices can be added for variety and flavor. Soups can be made combining as many yummy ingredients as you can imagine. Use your imagination and you will not be bored for a minute with this diet.
Start your day with your polarity cleansing tea and a liver flush cocktail. You will wait at least two hours before taking your lunch of fresh fruits and/or vegetables. A fresh salad can be taken for lunch. It should include grated carrot and beet which are good for digestion and elimination. Steamed veggies, vegetable soup or baked veggies make dinner. Up to 4 soaked almonds may be added twice daily.
Sprouts:
Unless you have a great local source of fresh sprouts, before you start this diet at home you will want to familiarize yourself with sprouting nuts and seeds. Basically all you will need is a glass jar and a screen over it for rinsing, available at any health food store. You will soak your beans and seeds overnight, and rinse them in the morning. Then rinse twice a day they will be ready in a few days. Get these started a few days in advance and you will be glad you did.
Liver Flush Cocktail:
In the blender;
3-4 Tablespoons cold pressed olive or almond oil
the juice of one peeled organic lemon
the juice of one organic grapefruit
1or 2 medium size cloves of garlic
1 inch long piece of fresh ginger root
this is a great eye-opener, you will be surprised how much you will like it!
blend in blender, this is your morning meal.
Make sure to follow with Polarity Cleansing Tea:
add to boiling water equal amounts of ginger root
anise or fennel seed
fenugreek seed
flax seed and twice as much licorice root.
Simmer for twenty minutes, remove from heat and add peppermint. Serve with lemon and fresh ginger juice. At least 8 ounces should be taken with liver flush and as much as needed throughout the day.
Alkaline Foods:
Fruits: apple, blackberry, cantaloupe, cherry, fig, grapefruit, huckleberry, kumquat, lemon, lime, mango, nectarine, orange, papaya, pear, peach, pineapple, pomegranate, raspberry, strawberry, tangerine, watermelon.
Vegetables; beets and greens, broccoli, burdock, cabbage(all), carrot, cauliflower, celery, chives, collards, cucumber, eggplant, endive, escarole, fennel, green beans, kale, kelp, kohlrabi, leeks, lettuce, mustard greens, okra, onion, parsley, peas (fresh only), peppers, rutabaga, spinach, summer squash, Swiss chard, tomato, turnip and greens, watercress, zucchini.
Young Greens: buckwheat, barley, sunflower, wheat.
Grains (sprouted only): amaranth, buckwheat, millet, quinoa.
Nuts and Seeds (sprouted only): alfalfa, almonds, fenugreek, radish, red clover, sunflower.
Beans (sprouted only): aduki, mung.
Oils: Flax oil, olive oil, almond oil.
Allergens:
Another most important aspect of the diet is coming off it gently. If you do so it will give you a chance to discover which foods you are allergic to. The following is the suggested transitional diet to do your allergy testing: