Eating for a Healthy New Year

Eating for a Healthy Eating for a Healthy New Year New Year

Edward Bauman, M.Ed., Ph.D., N.C.

Founder, President and Director

© 2010 Bauman College

Core ConceptsCore Concepts

– Eating for Health

– 4 Levels of Eating

– Nutrition Heroes and Bandits


– Food and Chemical Sensitivity

– Sustainable Nutrition

– Creating Personal and Community Health

Are You What You Eat?Are You What You Eat?

Nutrition Heroes

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What What isis Eating For HealthEating For Health™™??

“ Eating for Health is a way of life.

It reflects a relationship to food and culture based on consciousness, gratitude, art, science, and service.”


science, and service.”

~ Ed Bauman., M.Ed., Ph.D.

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Eating For HealthEating For Health™™

• Whole Foods

– Fresh and Unrefined

• Organic Foods

– Chemical-free

• Diversified

• Seasonal

– Produce & Meal Plans

• Strategic

– Person-centered

• Pure Beverages


• Diversified

– Variety

• Pure Beverages



Quantity and Quality MatterQuantity and Quality Matter


Holistic Nutrition DefinedHolistic Nutrition Defined

• Nutrition: Food and beverages we ingest

• Nutrition: The nutrients we assimilate

–Macronutrients: protein, fat, carbohydrate


–Macronutrients: protein, fat, carbohydrate

–Micronutrients: vitamin, mineral & enzyme co-factors that balance pH

– Phytonutrients: plant compounds that promote healthy gene expression & resilience

– Vital Factors: light, air, water, touch & love

Plants support life!

What Many People Are EatingWhat Many People Are Eating

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Eating for Health FoodsEating for Health Foods

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4 Levels of EatingLevel One

Eating for PleasureEating for Pleasure

• Immature & impulsive

• Maximizing pleasure, minimizing pain

• Immediate gratification

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• Refined foods such as cookies, ice cream, candies…

• Excessive alcohol, coffee, or chocolate

• Emotional eating in response to stress

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Level Two: Eating for EnergyEating for Energy

• Blood sugar regulation drives one’s food choices.

• Foods chosen to allay hunger.

• Burgers and burritos are common choices.

• Quality not really an issue.

• Highly acid-forming, allergy inducing, &


• Highly acid-forming, allergy inducing, & clogging.

• Unconcerned with ecological impact of food choices.

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Level Three: Eating for RecoveryEating for Recovery

• Inevitable outcome of Levels One & Two Eating is illness: mental, physical, social, ecological, spiritual

• Response: Diet (Atkins, Zone, Weight Watchers, Ornish, Raw, Food Combining, Blood Type, Twinkies)

• Positive effects of diets often diminish over time.

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• Can plateau, become tiresome, judgemental or product driven

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Level Four: Eating for HealthEating for Health

• Lifelong learning about optimal nutrition.

• Allows for personal choice.

• Choose from fresh, healthy, natural foods

• Care in preparation & presentation.

• Eat in a relaxed and peaceful way


• Eat in a relaxed and peaceful way

• Food is understood & appreciated as an instrument of personal healing & sharing with community.

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Nutrition BanditsNutrition Bandits

•• Devoid of nutrientsDevoid of nutrients

•• Rob nutrients from bodyRob nutrients from body

•• Disrupt digestionDisrupt digestion


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•• Disrupt digestionDisrupt digestion

•• Toxic to liverToxic to liver

•• Damage immune systemDamage immune system

•• Inflame brain, nerves and musclesInflame brain, nerves and muscles

•• Increase weight gain & fat storageIncrease weight gain & fat storage

Big 5 BanditsBig 5 Bandits

•• Refined Refined

carbohydratescarbohydrates

•• Damaged fatsDamaged fats

•• Factory farmed Factory farmed


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•• Factory farmed Factory farmed

animalsanimals

•• NutrasweetNutrasweet and and

artificial artificial chemicalschemicals

•• GMO FoodsGMO Foods


Lower the Total LoadLower the Total Load

• Cow’s milk: #1 most common allergen; also:

• Citrus, egg, sugar, wheat, chocolate, soy

• Rice & peanuts may also

• Chocolate contains substances that can be allergenic for some, just mood-raising for others

• Gluten: tough, hard-to-


• Rice & peanuts may also be at issue—due to mold

• Gluten: tough, hard-to-digest protein in

• Wheat

• Rye

• Barley

• Kamut & spelt

Whether allergies, intolerances or sensitivities, all add to Total Load

DetoxDetox 101101

• Bauman Mantra…� Booster Foods: sea vegetables, miso, leafy vegetables, green drinks, juices, Vital ScoopTM

� Liver herbs: milk thistle, burdock, Oregon grape, yellow dock, dandelion


grape, yellow dock, dandelion

� Sulphur foods: onions, garlic, cruciferous vegetables

• Hydrate – Vitality FastingTM

• Read Food Labels carefully

• Sweat, move, eliminate waste


Sustainable ActionsSustainable Actions

•• Make your own: juice, vegetable & bone broths, nut Make your own: juice, vegetable & bone broths, nut & seed milks, dips & dressings& seed milks, dips & dressings

oo Reduce packaging & transportation Reduce packaging & transportation

oo Increase nutrientsIncrease nutrients


oo Increase nutrientsIncrease nutrients

•• Dry, freeze and can food for later useDry, freeze and can food for later use

–– Reusable packaging Reusable packaging

–– Known food sourcesKnown food sources

•• Host community 'sustainability' Host community 'sustainability' pot lucks and share information pot lucks and share information and resources.and resources.


Practice, Teach, Speak OUTPractice, Teach, Speak OUT

•• Demand transparency from food purveyorsDemand transparency from food purveyors

oo Know the source of your food & what’s in itKnow the source of your food & what’s in it

•• Make choices with awareness and consume less, if Make choices with awareness and consume less, if possiblepossible

•• Teach others to eat ‘outside of the box’Teach others to eat ‘outside of the box’


•• Teach others to eat ‘outside of the box’Teach others to eat ‘outside of the box’

•• Be more water and energy consciousBe more water and energy conscious

oo Local food = less water & less Local food = less water & less energy inputsenergy inputs

•• Raise awareness, provide options, Raise awareness, provide options, show benefit, connect with our show benefit, connect with our beautiful roots. beautiful roots.

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