by Chet Day

If you like your health information quick and simple, you're at the right place. Below I summarize the program I practice to maintain the superior health I enjoy. By following as many of the recommendations as you can, your health will improve accordingly.

Based on the tenets as defined by 19th and 20th century health reformers like Sylvester Graham, Russell Thrall, John Tilden, and Herbert M. Shelton, as well as the work of Weston Price, Norman Walker, Stanley S. Bass, Bernarr Zovluck, Robert Sniadach, V. V. Vetrano, T.C. Fry, George Malkmus, and many others, the Health & Beyond Living to the Max Program offers you a simple, common sense, and workable method of attaining superior health.

By following the program, most people can achieve a gratifying sense of physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being.

In one quick list, you build and then maintain superior health if you consistently...

• Eat moderately of a predominantly living foods and plant-based diet and avoid packaged and junk food;

• Exercise for at least twenty minutes every day, alternating between gentle aerobics and weight-training;
  
• Enjoy at least 10 minutes of direct sunshine every day on as much of your body as possible;
  
• Drink a total of approximately 64 ounces of both purified water and freshly extracted carrot and vegetable juices every day;
  
• Have two or three tablespoons of AIM Barleygreen every day;
  
• Have at least one tablespoon every day of a good, organic, cold-pressed flaxseed or blended oil like Udo's Choice Perfected Oil Blend to get essential fatty acids;
  
• Snack on living foods like Pulse instead of junk foods;
  
• If you feel your body needs animal products, then eat no more than 5-7% of your diet from minimally processed and "clean" animal foods like raw cheese, fresh yogurt, eggs from range-fed chickens, and/or deep water fish;
  
• Breathe the purest air possible;
  
• Meditate or pray for at least 15 minutes every day;
  
• Laugh and spend time with friends, family, or strangers whose company you enjoy;
  
• Remove as much stress from your life as you can;
  
• Replace the toxic cleansers and cleaners in your home with non-toxic products.

Is it possible to do all the above, you might ask? Well, in our hectic lives, you have to work at it, no question. But even if you only make gradual improvements, you will notice improved health and attitude. Okay, now more details for those who want specifics.

In General

Don't

• put drugs or laxatives into your body
  
• put over-the-counter products into your body
  
• put a huge variety of supplements into your body

 
Food

Healthy Things to Do

• Chew thoroughly
  
• Eat only when hungry
  
• Eat only when relaxed
  
• Eat mostly uncooked food
  
• Avoid produce that is wilted
  
• Eat foods at room temperature
  
• Make your meals look attractive
  
• Snack on healthy foods like Pulse
  
• Eat raw food before cooked food
  
• Eat mainly fruits, nuts, vegetables, legumes, brown rice, and grains
  
• Supplement your diet with at least two tablespoons of AIM BarleyGreen every day
  
• Eat lightly poached fish or lightly poached eggs if you feel you must have animal foods
  
• Eat foods in their whole form, including skins if the produce was organically grown and the skin generally edible, like apples.

Some Important Don'ts

• Don't overeat
  
• Don't eat meat
  
• Don't eat commercial dairy products
  
• Don't eat white flour products
  
• Don't eat processed salt - sea salt is okay
  
• Don't eat sugar
  
• Don't cook fruits or nuts
  
• If you must cook, then boil, bake, or steam only. Raw is better
  
• Don't over-season your foods -- learn to enjoy natural tastes
  
• Don't cook with butter or fat of any kind
  
• Don't eat when in pain, emotionally upset, tired, or immediately after hard work

Proper Foods to Eat

Sweet Fruit - Banana - Carob - Date - Fig - Prune - Raisins - Dried fruit - Persimmon - Mango - Papaya - Sapote

Sub-Acid Fruit - Apple - Apricot - Blackberry - Cherimoya - Cherry - Elderberry - Gooseberry - Grape - Huckleberry - Nectarine - Peach - Pear - Plum - Quince - Raspberry - Sapodilla

Acid Fruit - Currant - Grapefruit - Guava - Kumquat - Lemon - Lime - Orange - Loganberry - Pineapple - Pomegranate - Strawberry - Tamarind - Tangerine - Tomato

Melons - Banana melon - Cantaloupe - Casaba - Christmas melon - Persian melon - Crenshaw melon - Watermelon - Honeydew melon - Muskmelon - Nutmeg melon

Proteins - Almonds - Cashew nuts - Hazel nuts - Hickory nuts - Lentils - Peanuts - Gooseberry - Avocados - Pecans - Pine nuts - Pistachio nuts - Soy beans - Walnuts - Sunflower seeds - Coconuts

Starches - Artichoke - Bean (lima)* - Beets - Chestnut - Carrots - Corn - Hubbard squash - Jerusalem artichoke - Peanuts* - Peas - Potatoes - Pumpkin - Yam
* Peanuts, lentils, beans, and all cereals are considered as protein and starch combinations

Non-Starchy Vegetables - Bamboo shoots - Broccoli - Brussel sprouts - Romaine - Cabbage - Cauliflower - Celery - Chard - Cucumber - Eggplant - Endive - Kale - Kohlrabi - Lettuce: Boston, Bibb, Leaf, Romaine, etc. - Okra - Parsnip - Pepper (sweet) - Rutabaga - Sorrel - Sprouts: Mung bean, alfalfa, wheat, barley, etc. - Squash (ex. starchy) - Turnip
 

Water and other liquids

Do

• Drink distilled, filtered, or ozonated water
  
• Drink so your body is thoroughly hydrated each day

Don't

• Don't drink alcohol
  
• Don't drink coffee, soft drinks, or other junk food products containing sugar or caffeine

 
Air

Do

• Get as much fresh air as possible
  
• Walk on streets that have less vehicular traffic
  
• Allow ventilation to maximum extent, when indoors
  
• Insure that indoor air is free from contaminants such as sprays of all kinds and circulated dust that sometimes occurs when vacuuming

Don't

• Breathe tobacco smoke
  
• Breathe through your mouth
  
• Breathe excessively cold air if at all possible
  
• Permit smoking in your home or in a private office if you have one

Temperature

Do

• Dress for comfort and not for fashion
  
• Maintain a comfortable temperature at all times
  
• Avoid constrictive clothing, which impedes blood circulation

Don't

Take hot or cold baths - body temp baths are less enervating

Light and Sunshine

Do

• Expose as much of your skin to light as possible (before dressing in the morning is a good time)
  
• Use natural and not artificial light
  
• Get the sun directly on your skin (the rays penetrate only white, porous clothing)
  
• Use an enclosure to cut off the wind in inclement weather
  
• Get your sun in cold climates through an open window while indoors with artificial heat turned on to avoid undue chilling
  
• Get all the sun possible daily, up to an hour maximum
  
• Get sun on the closed eyelids

Don't

• Wear sunglasses all the time -- your eyes need the full spectrum for full health
  
• Use suntan lotions, some of which have been linked to causing skin cancer
  
• Remain in the sun for long periods (this is wasteful of nerve energy and dries the skin excessively)

Clothing

Do

• Buy clothes of porous, non-synthetic material
  
• Wear light colored clothing

Don't

Wear constricting clothing such as girdles, brassieres, tight belts, etc.

Physical Activity

Do

• Involve all parts of the body when exercising
  
• Exercise in fresh air or with windows open when indoors
  
• Make vigorous use of muscles, preferably against resistance
  
• Exercise vigorously enough to cause heavy breathing, unless contraindicated

Don't

• Exercise to the point of exhaustion
  
• Exercise immediately following a meal
  
• Prolong muscular contractions beyond a few seconds

Posture

Do

• Sit erect at all times
  
• Keep head straight up while standing, sitting, or walking
  
• Keep work or reading material toward you instead of moving toward it when engaged in sedentary activity

 
Rest

Do

• Close the eyes as often as possible
  
• Shut out light in the room as well as sound, if possible
  
• Cease activity sometime during the day by sitting or lying down
  
• Rest when tired (Ten minutes is better than nothing, but 30 minutes to an hour is best.)

Don't

Read or watch television while resting

 
Sleep

Do

• Go to bed early
  
• Maintain a comfortable temperature
  
• Secure a dark, quiet, and well-ventilated room
  
• Practice a few moments of mental and physical quiet before retiring

Don't

Eat an extra meal before retiring

 
Zest for Living

Do

• Pursue some constructive objective
  
• Engage in some activity that gives you fulfillment
  
• Find a hobby that brings enjoyment if your work is dissatisfying

Expression of the Emotions

Do

• Keep negative emotions at a minimum
  
• Find something about which to be happy every day
  
• Couple negative emotions such as fear, grief, or anger with physical activity
  
• Feed your emotions daily with good thoughts, pleasant sights and sounds, kind words, kindly touch, and good deeds. 

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