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Natural foods: Encyclopedia II - Organic food - Identifying organic food

Definitions of organic food vary. Organics can be difficult to explain by empirical measurement. For one thing, the majority of food industry research of the last 100 years has been focused solely on developing chemical agriculture and modern food processing -- almost nothing has been done to formally investigate side effects of conventional agriculture that are not immediately obvious. Also, organics is an "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" proposition, concerned in large part with what NOT to do -- "as much as possible, let Nature do its th ...

Is cultivated and processed without the use of synthetic fertilizers, pesticides (insecticides and herbicides), preservatives, colorings, artificial additives or radiation. Certified Organically grown food is such: that has been grown on land where synthetic fertilizers or pesticides have not been used for five years; that has been inspected by a licensed independent third party; and that the product is supported by documentation on soil tests, a statement of organic intent, and an affidavit of confirmation.

Natural foods: Alternative Health Dictionary on Living Foods Lifestyle

Living Foods Lifestyle (Hippocrates Diet): Dietetic variation of self-healing originated by Ann Wigmore (1904-1994). It is the centerpiece of the Hippocrates health program.

The Hippocrates Diet comprises seven categories of uncooked (living) foods:

(1) specific fruits;

(2) specific vegetables;

(3) fresh juices extracted from fruits, vegetables, and sprouts;

(4) specific sprouts;

(5) nuts and seeds;

(6) fermented foods such as sauerkraut and miso; and

(7) unfiltered honey.

In The Hippocrates Diet and Health Program (1984), Wigmore stated that life energy is the active agent of enzymes and claimed that the diet stops unnecessary wastage of enzyme energy.

Natural foods: New Age Spiritual Dictionary on Whole foods

whole foods

Foods in their natural form that have not been refined or processed such as brown rice or whole wheat berries

(See also: Whole foods, Body Mind and Soul)

Natural foods: Alternative Health Dictionary on Chinese dietotherapy

Chinese dietotherapy: preventive and therapeutic system that involves: (a) prescribing medicinal foods and mixtures of foods and drugs, and (b) proscribing intake of particular foods. , the curative effect of a food or food-drug mixture depends on its nature and flavor. The natures are: cold, hot, warm, and cool. The flavors are: salty, sour, sweet, bitter, and pungent. Practitioners seek to neutralize illness by prescribing foods and food-drug mixtures whose nature and flavor antagonize the nature and flavor of the disease.

Natural foods: Alternative Health Dictionary on Chinese traditional food therapy

Chinese traditional food therapy (Chinese food therapy): Form of food therapy of ancient Chinese origin. According to its theory, food can fortify the vital force and one can nourish any unsound internal organ just by eating the corresponding organ of an animal. (See Chinese dietotherapy and Chinese System of Food Cures.)

Natural foods: Alternative Health Dictionary on Chinese System of Food Cures

Chinese System of Food Cures: Anthology of dietary prescriptions set forth by Henry C. Lu, Ph.D. The appropriateness of specific foods for particular symptoms, conditions, and diseases is based on three classes of food attributes: flavor, energy, and movement.

The system associates flavors - pungent, sweet, sour, bitter, and salty - with different internal organs. Energies - cold, hot, warm, cool, and neutral - determine the ultimate effect of ingesting specific foods. Movement refers to the tendency of different foods to move in different directions in the body: outward, inward, upward, or downward.

Natural foods: Alternate Health Therapy Dictionary on Health Foods

Health Foods - Foods purported to be produced without the use of chemical fertilizers, herbicides or pesticides sprays and sold without the addition of chemical additives (preservatives, filters, article flavoring or coloring agents). Many are claimed to be natural (ie, not containing added chemicals) and purported to be healthier than the usual foods.

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