The one problem with trying to be healthy, is that everyone assumes it involves copious amounts of salad and nothing else. A girl can't survive on salad alone. But this quick and tasty salad might make me want to give it a try. Its delicious. Its also a good idea with Spring here, and Summer soon...

Ingredients for dressing:
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar or fresh lemon juice
1 garlic clove finely chopped
crushed sea salt and black pepper to taste
Optional: 1 teaspoon whole grain mustard

Salad:
Greens: Whatever is seasonal. Rocket, lettuce, watercress, spinach
1/4 chopped onion, red onion gives it some nice colour
1/4 cucumber cut lengthways and sliced
1 chopped tomato or a handful cherry tomato
handful of depipped olives
Optional: Half a round of feta
Also optional: a tin of tuna for some protein

Put all the dressing ingredients directly into the salad bowl. Swirl the bowl for about 30 seconds so the oil and vinegar mix. The put the greens in, and the rest of your salad ingredients on top. Toss and eat.

Let me know if you try it or if you have any great salad ideas in the comments.

I’m sorry to hear about your fructose, lactose, gluten, nut allergy. This is a pet peeve of mine. So I’m sorry if I’m not too supportive. I know food allergies seem to be on the rise, but how many gluten intolerant people were mentioned in the bible?

“The Isrealites wandered through the wilderness for 40 years, and the whole time Zebediah complained of bloatedness.” Hezekiah 16:6 (Disclaimer: This is not an actual bible text. The ANC has not approved this quote.)

I find it ludicrous. I know science is making new discoveries all the time, and many of them are diseases. And I know many people are suffering ill health, and as soon as they stopped eating milk/bread/fruit/Scandinavian beetroot, they felt better. Why?

I’d like to figure out the cause. Lets look at Gluten intolerance:

1. Is it really gluten you have a problem with? Could be the mass produced, genetically engineered wheat and yeast bread you’re eating? Its unlikely that it is brimming with nutrition.
2. Is it only gluten? I find many people seem to ‘discover’ a food allergy, and then suddenly discover a whole lot more. Does that mean that there are hundreds of mom’s out there making defective babies?
3. Gluten is a simple carbohydrate which has a high GI which can cause sugar spikes and drops. Leading to many ‘allergy’ symptoms.
4. Cutting out gluten relieves the body of needing to digest something that takes a lot of energy. So often one feels all energetic suddenly. It must be the gluten. I don’t think so.
5. Heat kills enzymes. Enzymes help our body break down food. If they are not supplied in the food we eat, our body needs to convert metabolic enzymes to digestive enzymes for our body to digest that food. Which means slower digestion and less energy. Supplementing enzymes relieves this problem.

So before you go cutting out that major food group, try get your body balanced first and see if it goes away as suddenly as it arrived.

What brought you to Sevenpointfive?
An invitation to one of Garth Kent's talks which I was invited to by Mireille.

What was your state of health prior to Sevenpointfive?
Generally OK, I thought, but my pH was about 6. I battled to sleep, I would wake up at 3 or 4 in the morning. I often had acid reflux and exercising was a major effort.

What other methods of healing have you tried?
I am not a great believer in medication and as a result always looked for alternatives.

What change did you first notice once on the Sevenpointfive program?
My energy levels went up almost immediately, during the first week of detox.

How long did it take to regain physical control of your life?
One week.

How has Sevenpointfive changed your life?
It has totally changed the quality of my life by enabling me to understand better how my body works and what does not work for the body. This is very powerful. I had my glucose checked and it was 7.7 and my cholesterol was 8.2. 5 days later I went for a retest and my glucose was 4.5 and my cholesterol 5.5. My pH is now 7.5.

Jorge.
Submitted to Mireille Girona at Sevenpointfive Hout Bay.