How to Change Your Life from 7 Foods in 7 Days
By Stefan Aschan
Change your body’s appearance and increase energy and mental clarity in seven days? No chance, some of you may think. Served left and right at gatherings are foods that are not always the best for us. When trying to be friendly we often feel compelled to overeat the meals and desserts and drink the alcoholic beverages served to us. To help combat these pitfalls, clients of mine have utilized to great success, the 7 Foods for 7 Days Program.
It is easy to follow and easy to implement. You will need only the following: apples, lemons, sprouts, brown rice, carrots, almonds, and broccoli.
These are all primary foods and provide you with all the necessary nutrients to function without feeling fatigued or weak. Those seven foods have ingredients that will benefit you with the following.
Benefits Gained from Seven Ingredients
Apples: High in fiber, soluble and insoluble, to aid in your digestion. Fiber is the indigestible part of a plant that assists in cleaning out our intestines and helps keep our bowel functions working optimally.
Lemons: Besides being high in vitamin C, they are excellent for detoxification, rejuvenation, and as an energizer. But did you know that lemons help you in your fat metabolism as well?
Sprouts: Trace minerals cause chemical reactions in our body, starting from cell division to metabolism. When grains start to sprout, the nutrients increase and those digested nutrients help us function more efficiently. Sprouts contain increased amounts of protein, B vitamins, vitamins E and K, calcium, and phosphorus.
Brown Rice: Who says that you get protein only from animal sources? From brown rice, you can as well, and has high levels of amino acids that you will need to restore muscle tissue, particularly after exercise. But avoid white rice, which is processed.
Carrots: Yes, high in glycemic index, but look at the benefits of a carrot: it is a powerful antioxidant, it builds healthy skin and tissue, it is good for heart disease, reduces risk of cancer, especially lung, helps stop diarrhea, stimulates appetite, helps build healthy teeth, improves eyesight, prevents eye and mucus membrane infection…What else can I say?
Almonds: Wonderful to have on hand as snack food. And do you remember that saying, “Three almonds a day keep the doctor away”? Almonds contain all the trace minerals your immune system requires to function at one hundred percent capacity, including the scarce selenium.
Broccoli: Sorry, ladies and gentlemen. I know some of you don’t like broccoli but give it a try with fresh squeezed lemon juice. The taste is unique and refreshing in combination. It can even prevent cancer!
Solutions to implement
You don’t have to eat one food item for one day. Mix and explore. Here are some suggestions that you can do in combination:
Breakfast
Carrot lemon juice
Brown rice and almond cereal
Lunch & Dinner
Brown rice, carrot, broccoli stew
Broccoli, carrot, almond stir-fry
Roasted almonds & broccoli
Dessert & Snacks:
Roasted apples spiked with almonds
Apple lemon salad
But before you start this 7-Day, 7 Foods approach, you might want to answer: “Why do you really want to do this?” Sit down and write down your responses on a piece of paper. Be honest with yourself. Yes, you will lose weight, increase your energy, tighten your stomach, and become more physically and mentally productive when you eat a fistful of those items for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. But what might be the bigger benefit gained when you accomplish this approach? Might this be better health, improved digestion, increased endurance, looking younger, and a possible increase of longevity? Only you can answer this.
Stefan Aschan, leading expert on lifestyle, health and fitness solutions.