Why Eating a Rainbow Can Lead to a Pot of Gold

I am a HUGE fan of Dr. Wycoff because he pratices Natural Health in East Lansing. I just received this e-mail from him and thought I would share.....enjoy!!

February 25, 2009
Why Eating a Rainbow Can Lead to a Pot of Gold
Are your current dietary habits leading you to a pot of gold or a pot belly? Unfortunately, most Americans consume a less-than-optimal diet, one that is disproportionately low in fruits and vegetables and high in saturated fats and refined sugars and carbohydrates. This “Standard American Diet” (or S.A.D.) has been linked to many chronic health conditions, such as obesity, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and some cancers.
Lowering the Risk of Chronic DiseaseMost of us know that fruits and vegetables play a key role in a healthy, balanced diet. Plant-based foods, in general, are naturally low in fat and provide important nutrients (called phytonutrients) and dietary fiber. Scientific research shows that diets rich in fruits and vegetables can lower the risk of chronic disease. For instance, in a meta-analysis covering 278,495 individuals followed over 11 years, increasing consumption of fruits and vegetables from three servings per day to five servings per day was associated with a 17 percent reduction in coronary heart disease. Another study of 126,000 adults found that eating just one extra serving of fruits and vegetables daily could reduce the risk of stroke by six percent.
Don’t Be S.A.D. — Be Glad!
Sadly, many Americans rely on fast food restaurants as their source of fruits and vegetables. According to Dr. David Heber, author of the book, What Color is Your Diet, the top five choices for fruits and vegetables in the United States are iceberg lettuce, tomatoes (including sauces), potatoes (mainly French fries), bananas, and oranges (mainly as juice). But iceberg lettuce, tomatoes, and French fries are typically part of an unhealthy diet (as in burgers and fries). And relying on orange juice and bananas alone won’t deliver the variety of nutrients required for good health.
A Rainbow of Nutrients
Eating a wide variety of colorful fruits and vegetables will give your body the range of valuable nutrients it needs to maintain health, such as fiber, folate, and vitamins. And the deeper the color, the better: color is indicative of natural pigments that have been linked with health-promoting benefits. For example:
Red: Tomatoes, watermelon, and pink grapefruit may contain lycopene, a phytonutrient that been linked with reduced incidence of some cancers, cardiovascular disease, and macular degeneration.
Orange/yellow: Carrots and sweet potatoes are a good source of carotenoids, phytonutrients that convert to vitamin A. Among the many biological functions of vitamin A are cellular growth and vision. Lemons, oranges, and grapefruits are a good source of vitamin C, or ascorbic acid. Vitamin C helps to form collagen in bones, cartilage, and muscle. It is also necessary for the absorption of iron.
Green: Dark, leafy greens such as spinach and kale contain lutein. In patients with retinitis pigmentosa, lutein has been shown to help improve night blindness and peripheral vision.
Blue/purple: Blueberries, grapes, raisins, and eggplant may contain anthocyanidins, which function as antioxidants to protect from cellular damage.
White: Garlic and onions are a source of allicin, a natural compound exhibiting antibacterial and antifungal properties. Bananas and potatoes contain potassium, an essential mineral that helps regulate heart function, blood pressure, and nerve and muscle activity.
Making Colorful Foods Part of Your Daily Regimen
With today’s busy schedules, moving away from fast food to a more healthful diet, i.e., one that is more simple, balanced, and colorful, can seem challenging. But the good news is, doing so is not only easy, it can also be delicious!
Here are a few tips for getting more variety and color in your diet:
Each week, try a new fruit or vegetable
Visit ethnic grocery stores
Make rainbow fruit kabobs
Try dishes that invite color, such as stir-fries, omelettes, soups, salads, wraps, and smoothies
Switch from mashed potatoes to sliced carrots, or from corn to spinach
Toss in red pepper, tomato sauce, garlic, onion, or broccoli
Add rinds of oranges or lemons to water, chicken or fish
Eat fruit salads
Try a little bit of every color at a salad bar
Let Us Help
Therapeutic lifestyle change (TLC) programs, including healthy eating, fitness, and stress reduction, are effective in helping prevent and manage many chronic health conditions.

Some of my Favorite Testimonies so far

1. I have a friend with MS and she came last Tuesday for a detox. She said she could feel it pulling stuff out of her feet right away. (keep in mind with her MS, that she has had for 15 years, that she is ALWAYS in pain with her feet) She then got up from having the treatment done and said her feet and calves felt better (still pain but not as much). On Friday she called me to tell me she was not having as much pain in her feet like normal and she loved the foot bath!!

2. I had so much fun meeting so many people over the last weekend. One of them was a nice gentleman named Jim. Jim did not tell me of any prior pain before getting into the foot bath but before he was done he was lifting his arm up and moving it around......he had said that his arm/shoulder area had been giving him major pain over the last few weeks and we was getting ready to go to the doctor on Monday for it. However, he said his pain was much better!! I was excited to hear that.

3. My friend, Maribeth, said she was able to sleep on Saturday night because she did not cough as much from having the foot bath done...she had coughed and coughed on Thursday and Friday nights and did not sleep well.

4. I was able to Detox a man in his 60's over the weekend and he had not had a BM in a few days! I was just told today that after his detox bath on Sunday he drove home and had a major BM and it cleaned him out!! Sorry for the mess of that BM but I am so excited he was able to finally have a BM!

Great Weekend!

I have been able to help 28 people this weekend! How exciting. If you were one of those special people I helped this weekend can you please post a comment? Let me know how you are feeling!! Thanks!

Ken's Feet

I have never seen a detox this dark before. He also has a lot of stuff because he was dealing with a cold. Also, he is a Firefighter so just imgaine what he breaths in... It is funny that I have been doing so many of these that I can now ask if you have a cold or had one because of the phlegm stuff coming out..this detox amazes me more and more each one I do for someone! Ken also deals with Restless Leg Syndrom and see that red/orange stuff around his feet? I hope it helps him.

Testimonies

1. I was able to Detox my 90 year old grandma twice over the weekend. I told her the instructions say to only do it once every 3 days...however she insisted and how to agrue with a 90 year old?? Especially your grandma..LOL On Friday night I arrive to her house and she was complaining of having Bronchitis in her chest. I could really hear her coughing and wheezing...so I gave her a treatment..she loved it and was laughing at the thought of this machine pulling stuff from her feet. She had explained to me that on Thursday night she had coughed and coughed all night in bed..I listen most of the night for her coughing after we had gone to bed..I rarely heard her cough all night! She woke up and said "that treatment helped me and I want you to do it again." I told her the 3 day rule so I waited and did it today (Sunday). She loves it and wanted all my family to try it. She is adorable and it makes me feel good I could help her.

2. I had a friend come over on Thursday night. She said she had a headache for the last 2 days. When she was finished with her detox she said "you are not going to believe this but my headache is gone" She later e-mailed me thanking me for helping her headache to go away and that her sinus infection was much better too!!

3. I detoxed another friend on Wednesday. She called me on Friday thanking me for helping her sleep better the last 2 nights and not to wake up numb feeling in her hand. I am so excited to be helping all these people feel so much better!!!

Detoxing my Family

Here are Jim's feet. You can see the clear one is the beginning of the detox and the black and brownish colors are the end of the detox. He really wanted some joint stuff to come out and he was happy to see all the orange/red toxins out.

I had a fun day today. Today is day one of owning my first ever Detox Machine. I had a friend come over. S loved having her feet done! She brought her 2 kids who loved playing with my boys. S was cute she took pictures of her detox and sent it to all her friends! She was excited that those nasty toxins were coming out of her body.

Landon wanted to go next. So here he is in the blue shirt and his brown water. Of course I was wondering how much toxins he had in him for being 4 1/2. I wonder if we pulled some toxins out from when his birth mom smoked while being pregnant with him and around him for the first 2 months of his life before he arrived to us.