Living a healthy lifestyle includes making healthy choices about what we eat. At Living Fuel, we call those healthy nutrition choices Smart Meals. The combination of LivingFuel SuperFoods and Smart Meals will quickly put you on the road to better health. The Smart Meals come from the Four Corners Shopping List. Watch as Living Fuel Founder & CEO K.C. Craichy and his wife Monica demonstrate how to make Smart Meals a part of your healthy lifestyle.
Smart Meals
Below is a Superfood Nutrition shopping list of Four Corners superfoods. Buy organic whenever possible to avoid hormones, antibiotics, pesticides, herbicides and other impurities.
Vegetables (organic raw, steamed and sprouted veggies are extremely healthy)
· Asparagus
· Avocados
· Beets
· Bell peppers
· Broccoli
· Brussels sprouts
· Cabbage
· Carrots
· Cauliflower
· Celery
· Collard greens
· Cucumbers
· Eggplant
· Fennel
· Garlic
· Green beans
· Green peas
· Kale
· Leeks
· Mustard greens
· Olives
· Onions
· Parsley
· Sweet Potatoes
· Quinoa
· Romaine lettuce
· Sea vegetables – Chlorella, Spirulina, etc.
· Spinach
· Squash, summer
· Squash, winter
· Sweet potatoes
· Swiss chard
· Tomatoes
· Turnip greens
· Yams
Fruits (organic fruits are very healthy but generally treat as desert and eat more vegetables)
· Apples
· Apricots
· Bananas
· Blueberries
· Cantaloupe
· Cranberries
· Figs
· Grapefruit
· Grapes
· Kiwifruit
· Lemon/Limes
· Oranges
· Papaya
· Pears
· Pineapple
· Plums
· Prunes
· Raisins
· Raspberries
· Strawberries
· Watermelon
Fish & Seafood (wild, avoid farm raised)
· Anchovies
· Cod
· Haring
· Halibut
· Salmon
· Sardines
· Mackerel
Dairy alternatives (organic)
· Butter
· Cheese, goat
· Coconut milk
· Goat milk
· Goat Yogurt / kiefer
· Almond, Rice or Oat Beverage
Beans & Legumes (organic)
· Black beans
· Dried peas
· Garbanzo beans (chickpeas)
· Kidney beans
· Lentils
· Lima beans
· Miso
· Navy beans
· Pinto beans
· Tempeh
Poultry & Lean Meats (organic)
· Eggs
· Beef
· Bison
· Chicken
· Lamb
· Turkey
· Venison
Nuts & Seeds (organic)
· Almonds
· Cashews
· Chia seeds
· Coconut
· Flax seeds
· Olive oil, extra virgin
· Peanuts (Valencia variety)
· Pumpkin seeds
· Sesame seeds
· Walnuts
Cooking and Salad Oils / Dressings (organic)
· Coconut Oil, cold pressed
· Olive Oil, extra-virgin
· Palm Oil
· Salad Dressings (organic, low sugar)
· Balsamic Vinegar
Grains
· Brown rice
· Buckwheat
· Oats
· Quinoa
Herbs & Spices
· Basil
· Black pepper
· Cayenne pepper
· Chili pepper, dried
· Cilantro/Coriander seeds
· Cinnamon, ground
· Cloves
· Cumin seeds
· Dill
· Ginger
· Mustard seeds
· Oregano
· Peppermint
· Rosemary
· Sage
· Soy sauce (tamari)
· Thyme
· Turmeric
Natural Sweeteners
· Blackstrap molasses
· Erythitol
· Honey
· Lohan
· Maple syrup
· Stevia
· Tagatose
· Xylitol
Herbal Teas and Drinks
· Black tea
· Green tea
· Red tea
· White tea
· Water, Spring
· Water, naturally sparkling
SuperSmoothie Whole Meal Powders
· LivingFuel SuperBerry®,
· LivingFuel SuperBerry® Ultimate,
· LivingFuel Super Greens
· LivingFuel LivingProtein®
Healthy Protein Powders and Essential Amino Acids
· Rice Protein
· Yellow Pea Protein
· Hemp Protein
· Goat Protein
· Non-Denatured Whey Protein (ONLY cold processed MICRO FILTERED whey protein without potentially harmful ingredients like added sugar, fructose, casein, milk protein concentrate, canola oil, sunflower oil, sucrolose, aspartame, acesulfame, artificial flavors, artificial colors (such as FD&C Red #40, FD&C Yellow #6). If a protein powder, supplemet, meal replacement or food contains any of these ingredients AVOID THE PRODUCT.
· Free form “essential” amino acids (vegetarian) are powerful tools for improving health and performance.
If you don’t have Living Fuel SuperSmoothie powders then make your traditional smoothie using ONLY ¼ of the fruits and juices called for in your favorite smoothie recipe and add the following to make a SuperSmoothie - Grain Grasses and Berry Powders, Brown Rice and Oat Soluble Fibers and other nutrients.
· Barley Grass
· Wheat Grass
· Rye Grass
· Alfalfa Grass
· Chlorella
· Spirulina
· Dulse
· Kelp
· Multi-Berries (freeze-dried)
· Brown Rice Fiber
· Oat Soluble Beta Glucan Fiber
· Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs, Antioxidants, Enzymes, Prebiotics, Probiotics,
· Berry, Fruit and Herbal Extracts
· Probiotics
· Amino Acids (free form)
Fermented Foods (organic)
· Yogurt (cow or goats milk)
· Keifir (cow, goat or coconut milk, coconut water)
· Sauerkrout
· Pickled Ginger
· Misso and Tempeh
· Fermented soy Vegetable and Seed Sprouts
The primary Four Corners meals guideline you will want to remember is to fill up by eating mostly green and bright colored vegetables, then eat a clean, complete protein source such as organic chicken, beef, bison, fish or a scoop or two of LivingFuel or LivingProtein.