Refrigerate This. Room Temp That.

Refrigerate -
Apples
Beans
Berries
Broccoli
Carrots
Celery
Cherries
Eggplant
Grapes
Jalapeños
Leafy greens
Zucchini

Room Temp -
Avocados
Bananas
Garlic
Melons
Peaches
Pineapple
Apricot
Citrus
Kiwi
Onions
Pears

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Liver Cleansing Foods

The liver is a very important organ.  Its main job is to filter the blood from the digestive tract before passing it to the rest of the body.  The liver also detoxifies chemicals and metabolizes drugs.  The liver secrets bile that ends up back in the intestines. 

There's a lot we can do to help cleanse the liver and avoid any difficulty.

Here's a list of foods that can help cleanse the liver.

Broccoli

Walnuts

Lemons

Avocado

Garlic

Beets

Leafy green vegetables  

Best Foods for Stronger Bones

We have 206 bones.  That's a lot of bones!
And nature made it easy for us to make our bones stronger - just by eating food!

Broccoli
Almonds
Spinach
Bok choy
Kale
Mustard seeds
Flax seeds
Sesame seeds

The foods above are excellent in strengthening the bones.

Eat up!

Cancer Killing Foods

It's really that simple -
To stay healthy, we need to eat healthy.
To fight an illness, we need to introduce or in some cases reintroduce certain foods that contain properties and nutrients that can actually help fight cancer and prevent it.

The following are the best foods that help with killing cancer -

Broccoli
Tomatoes
Grapefruit
Kale
Eggplant
Garlic
Turmeric
Wheatgrass
Ginger
Berries
Walnuts
Cauliflower

Green Up Your Insides

Green up your insides with the following list of green vegetables.

Greening It Up Is Cleaning It Up!

Vegetables have the best nutritional value such as - potassium, iron, calcium, fiber, folic acid, and vitamins A, C, E.

Best to include at least one at least once a day - to start :)

Celery
Brussels Sprouts
Kiwi
Green apples
Cucumbers
Avocado
Arugula
Asparagus
Green grapes
Green pears
Green beans
Cabbage
Broccoli
Broccoli rabe
Kale
Limes
Artichokes
Honeydew melons
Bok choy
Artichokes
Spinach
Avocado
Turnip greens
Collard greens
Chard

Pitta Pacifying Diet

Is your pitta out of balance?
Here's what you can do to pacify Pitta.

Favor the following foods -

General - Food not too hot.  Cool or luke warm drinks according to preference.  Sweet, bitter and astringent tastes.

Grains - wheat, rice, barley, oats.

Beans - yellow mung daal, small kidney beans, soy bean products

Vegetables - asparagus, artichokes, white pumpkin, okra (lady fingers), zucchini, spinach, chard, kale, chicory (bitter vegetable), cauliflower, broccoli, cabbage, green beans, celery, potatoes, peas, green sweet pepper, green papaya, sprouts, lettuce, daikon (white carrot), tender eggplant.

Dairy - ghee, milk, butter, sweet buttermilk, sweet lassi, cream, cream cheese

Sweeteners - white or semi-refined sugar, honey in small amounts when person is not afflicted with heat.

Oils - coconut, olive, sunflower

Spices & condiments - coriander, cumin, ginger (in small amounts), turmeric, saffron, fennel, cinnamon, cardamom, lemon juice

Fruits - grapes, pomegranate, cashew, banana, avocado, mango, coconut, melons, apples, pears, raisins, dates figs, apricot, sweet orange, sweet pineapple, persimmon, papaya (small amounts), kiwi fruit.

Avoid or reduce the following -

General - pungent, sour and salty tastes

Grains - millet, corn, buckwheat, rye.

Beans - adzuki beans

Vegetables - tomatoes, beet root, carrots, radish, hot peppers, raw onions.

Dairy - sour milk products, yogurt, cheese (especially old and salty), salty butter, quark, sour cream.

Sweeteners - molasses, brown sugar.

Oils - almond, corn, safflower, sesame.

Nuts - all (except coconut)

Seeds - all except sunflower and pumpkin

Spices & condiments - chili pepper, cayenne, black pepper, mustard seeds, cloves, celery seeds fenugreek

Fruits - papaya, grapefruit, olive, sour orange, peach, sour grape, sour pineapple, berries, cranberries, prunes

Foods That Contain Calcium

Another great find. 

Protein in Plant Foods

Interesting find.