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Some time ago I set out on a quest to improve my health. I read a lot of books and tried a lot of different things. This newsletter provides you with my favorite recipes and health tips. It is a free service of

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Jasons Recipe For the Day

I got this recipe off the back of the Star-Kist Tuna package. It adheres to my healthyeating guidelines.



1 3oz pouch of tuna or 1 Drained 6 oz can. Use chunk light because it has less Mercury than albacore.



2 ½ cups Lettuce, washed and torn



½ cup of black beans. Black beans and other legumes are a great source of fiber AND deliciousness.



½ Cup of corn. I like to buy big bags of frozen corn then it is always ready


when you need it and you can use only what you need.



¼ cup of low fat ranch dressing.



¼ cup of Mexican cheese. As we know cheese is a good source of calcium



which helps us lose weight and fight off osteoporosis.



¼ cup of salsa. Read the ingredients for the salsa you use, try to pick one with the least amount of preservatives and artificial ingredients.* Or make your own by putting onions and tomatoes in the food processor with a little cilantro, red pepper, garlic powder, chili powder, and cumin.


Mix everything but the cheese and salsa together in a large bowl. Top with cheese and salsa. That was easy wasn't it?



* This is good advice for whenever you buy any packaged foods. You will be healthier the less processed you foods are. Preservatives are added to food to make it last longer on the shelf but who knows what they do to your body. Did you know that the corpses of modern Americans take much longer to decompose? This is because of all the preservatives in out diets. A good rule of thumb is if it is not something that you can buy by itself in the grocery store try not to buy food products that have it. Some examples are BHT, MSG, high fructose corn syrup, or artificial flavorings or colors. You can’t buy BHT in the store why would you eat food with it in it? That’s my health tip of the day.

Health Tip of the Day

At this point it is important to discuss free radicals. Free radicals are toxins that cause oxidization of your cellular structures. This causes death and disease. Environmental pollution, food additives other consumed toxins, and stress are all sources. As you can see they come from all parts of the health triangle. You can think of oxidization like rust.
But how do we fight free radicals? By consuming antioxidants and enough fiber we allow our body to purge these poisons from our bodies. As I said in the last letter, green and white teas are a great source of antioxidants. Raw fruits and vegetables also contain lots of antioxidants and lots of fiber. The old saying an apple a day keeps the doctor away is true. Apples are an excellent source of antioxidants and a large one contains as much or more fiber than fiber wafers.
The other way we need to fight free radicals it to try to avoid them. Grilled foods contain loads of free radicals. Cigarette smoking exposes us to tons of free radicals. Cigarettes also contain radioactive lead and polonium. These radioactive metals tend to stick together and cause radioactive hot spots in the lungs which, it turn, cause mutation and cancer. Stress also creates free radicals. As I mentioned above artificial ingredients in our food are free radicals
So you home work is to eat a piece of fruit every day (more is better) and try to avoid one source of free radicals.

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