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Addressing
Breast Disease with the Hippocrates Diet
By Thomas Stearns Lee, NMD
Although diet is not the sole contributing factor, a
diet which includes high amounts of refined carbohydrates,
hydrogenated fats and oils, as well as the use of tobacco, alcohol,
and caffeine-containing foods such as cola, chocolate, tea, and
coffee has been clearly shown to worsen Fibrocystic Breast Disease
(FBD).
One way to begin to address Fibrocystic Breast
Disease is to increase raw, fresh foods and dietary fiber, while
eliminating fried foods, pre-packaged foods, and hydrogenated fats
and oils.
The
Hippocrates Diet is a raw foods diet which emphasizes fruits,
vegetables, spouts, juices, and legumes.
An important part of this diet is the continued
cleansing and support of the organs of elimination. The
Hippocrates Diet consists of two portions: the Cleansing Phase
and the Maintenance Phase.
The purpose of the Cleansing Phase is to aid and
support the eliminative organs. The Maintenance Phase is then
undertaken to continue these gains and not recreate the
disease-causing situation.
Cleansing Phase
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Colon: Enemas (or colonics) weekly for one
month.
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Colon exercises: Squatting and abdominal
lifts.
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Liver: Wheatgrass juice, green drinks, lemon
juice, carrot juice, beet juice, apple juice.
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Kidneys: See liver above, also watermelon
juice and sea vegetables.
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Lungs: Deep breathing, exercise.
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Skin: Dry skin brushing, loofa bath/shower,
massage, and exercise.
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Increase rest, exercise, and fluids.
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3 meals/day for 2 -3 weeks with Rejuvelac between
meals (see recipe below).
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Breakfast: Watermelon juice (include rind)
and 8-16 oz. Rejuvelac.
Take Daily:
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2 - 5 fruits/day (dried fruits should be soaked
first). Morning is the best time to eat fruits. (See
note on food combining.)
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2 large salads (it should take 20 - 30 minutes to
eat a large salad). The addition of avocados and seeds is
okay.
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6+ cups of sprouts for concentrated nutrition and
chlorophyll. Vary the type of sprouts used, and add them to
salads or juice them.
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2 green drinks (see recipe below).
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1 - 3 oz. wheat grass juice.
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1 - 2 Tbsp. sea vegetables (dulse, kelp, arame,
nori, wakame, kombu, or hiziki).
Maintenance Phase
Eat daily:
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2 - 5 fruits
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2 large salads
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6 cups sprouts (varied types)
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3 - 8 oz. seed cheese or seed yogurt
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1+ sprouted grains
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1 - 2 green juice drinks
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8 - 16 oz. Rejuvelac
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1 - 3 oz. wheat grass juice
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2 Tbsp. sea vegetables
Eat avocado and nuts 3 - 4 times/week.
Food Combining
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Do not mix fruits and vegetables. Wait 1 to
1-1/2 hours after a meal of vegetables before eating a fruit
dessert.
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Avoid eating acid fruits with sweet fruits.
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All greens, sprouts, and vegetables mix well
together. (Sauces made from nuts, avocados, or seeds also
mix well with greens, vegetables, and sprouts.)
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Do not eat acid fruits with breads, sprouted
grains, or grain crisps.
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Sprouted seeds and nut sauces are okay on fruits.
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Eat melons only with other melons, not with any
other fruits or vegetables.
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Avoid drinking with your meals. Drink 1/2
hour before meals or 1-1/2 hour after meals.
Rejuvelac
Grind wheatberries and put 1/4 cup each in 2 large
jars. Fill jars almost to the top with water, and cover with
cheesecloth and an elastic band. Allow the mixture to sit for
3 days. On the fourth day, pour off the Rejuvelac, straining
out the berries and sediment. Store unused Rejuvelac in the
refrigerator. It will keep several days. Start a new
batch twice a week.
Seed Cheese
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1 cup Rejuvelac or spring or filtered water
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1-1/2 cup hulled raw sunflower seeds
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1/2 cup hulled raw sesame seeds
Soak seeds 8 hours and sprout for 8 hours.
After this time, pour Rejuvelac into a blender. Blend at a
high speed, slowly adding seeds until all are blended to a smooth
paste (approximately 4 minutes). Pour the mixture into a glass
jar, cover with a cloth or towel, and set aside for 4 - 8 hours.
If Rejuvelac is not available, use water and let mixture sit an
extra two hours. Or, save 1/4 cup from a previous cheese
elapsed, pour off the whey by inserting a wooden spoon down one side
of the jar to form a tunnel and spilling the liquid into the sink.
This recipe yields approximately 2-1/2 cups of cheese. Store
it tightly covered in the refrigerator. Refrigerated, the
cheese will last 5 days.
Seed Yogurt
Follow the same procedure as for Seed Cheese above,
only set the mixture aside for no more than 6 hours. Stir and
refrigerate. This recipe yields about 4 cups.
Green Drink
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4 cups sprouts (adzuki, alfalfa, cabbage, lentil,
mung bean, or wheat)
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4 cups buckwheat and sunflower greens
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5 medium carrots, washed and trimmed but not
peeled, and cubed (~ 3 cups)
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5 large celery stalks (~ 3 cups)
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1 1/2 medium cucumbers (peel if waxed), cut into
pieces (~ 3 cups)
Juice ingredients in a wheatgrass (slow-turning)
juicer. Strain through a wire mesh strainer to remove pulp,
and serve immediately. This recipe yields 8 ounces of juice.
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