Living Perfect Health: The Art of Healthy Eating and Cleansing

By Christine Morehart

I had the great pleasure of hosting Christine as she demonstrated for us the ease of preparation for all of our meals for a week. The food was delicious and as artful as any 5 Star Restaurant I have experienced around the world. I do not miss going to restaurants as eating this food at home leaves me more satisfied with a feeling of strength and joy. I have learned the real value of my own innate healing capacity with the positive changes I am having in some of the physical problems I have had for years.

BrendaThomasArt.com

Park City, Utah

Christine Morehart has mastered the art of gracious, natural living and conveys it with a powerfully original fl air. In the years I have been working with her, she has made healthy choices so appealing and even sexy that transforming my diet and aspects of my lifestyle feels effortless no, fun! With this book of recipes, I now have access right in my own kitchen to her lifelong experience and creativity. Brava to the doyenne of a healthy lifestyle for writing this inspiring book. And what good fortune for the rest of us.

Elsie Maio

Founder, Humanity,Inc/SoulBranding Institute

NYC

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Jul 30, 2014
• ISBN: 9781493190881

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Copyright © 2014 by Christine Morehart. 610682

Library of Congress Control Number: 2014906201

ISBN:

Softcover 978-1-4931-9087-4

Hardcover 978-1-4931-9086-7

EBook 978-1-4931-9088-1

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Rev. date: 07/24/2014

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Disclaimer

Please consult your doctor before beginning this or any other dietary program, especially if you are currently taking any prescription or over-the-counter medication, are pregnant, are a minor, or are an individual with any type of medical condition. The information contained in this guide is designed to maintain good health and does not claim to treat or cure disease. It is not a substitute for regular medical care. Always consult your physician for medical advice and before beginning any dietary program.

Living Perfect Health is dedicated to Nature’s brilliance, especially the body’s powerful ability to heal itself.

I extend my love and gratitude to my son, Jetzen, for being the consistent champion of my life and my daughter, Moorea, for being the source of my inspiration.

The recipes and stories are highlighted by the full-color photographs of Nancy Barasch, food styling by Patrice Handley, and Christine Morehart’s original oil paintings.

A portion of the proceeds from this book will be donated to organizations that I (and my readers) support.

Christine Morehart would especially like to thank the following people for their support in the development of Living Perfect Health.

Clarinda Conger

Melissa Raymond

Deborah Brannian

Kesila Ryan Childers

Kristen Vieson

Stephanie Wettstein

Janet Massimino

Elizabeth Meager

Lynda Hoffman

Maureen DaCosta

Judy Cole

Krista Lapierre

Michael Norton

Taylor Handley

Susan L. Cochran

Natalie P Smith

Jeana Smith

Moore Huffman

Natalie Brand

Sierra Haworth

Julie Yamamoto

Hensley Peterson

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

The Living Perfect Health Protocol

Life From Life: A Holistic View

The Living Perfect Health Program For Optimal Health, Weight, And Energy

Eat 75 Percent–Raw, 25 Percent–Cooked Food At Every Meal

Morning Drinks

Daily Fresh Juiced Nutrition

Reduce Dairy

Reduce Gluten

Plant-Based Sources For Protein

Meat, Poultry, And Fish

The Nutritional Cleanse

Movement, Meditation, And Breathing

Supplements

Anti-Aging and Beauty

Preparations For The Living Perfect Health Gourmet Guidebook

Living Perfect Health: Three-Week Gourmet Guidebook

Living Perfect Health: Nutritional Foods Shopping List

INTRODUCTION

Welcome to Living Perfect Health and to ‘opening up the wellspring of health in your body.’

The impact and significance of eating with a healthy food awareness is causing a culinary and ecological revolution. The shift in consumer preferences away from unhealthy processed foods has inspired a new goal and purpose focusing on overall health, not just for losing weight.

So how do you reach your highest health potential and find a solution for the two most passionate trends for a healthy lifestyle today:

How can I change my unhealthy eating patterns?

How do I lose weight and gain vital energy in a healthy way?

You have tremendous control over your health, weight, vital energy, and mental clarity. Mastering the art of healthy eating is passionately recognizing the bountiful, live foods we can choose from and developing a sustainable approach to incorporating them into our everyday meals. The Living Perfect Health Three-Week Program is meant to provide a daily creative inspiration for your well-being resolutions becoming an essential part of your lifestyle. In an entertaining and easy-to-follow way, you can reach a change in your life, health and vitality with delectable recipes that will have you out of the kitchen in no time. The Living Perfect Health Gourmet Guidebook has succeeded in elevating healthy cuisine to a new level of delicious, nutrient-rich, easy-to-prepare meals in a three-week program.

You will experience miraculous improvements in your health from nourishing the body with the nutrients from fresh produce, whole grains, legumes, and seafood that rebuild the body’s systems naturally. The profound benefits of a cutting-edge nutritional and cleansing program will restore the body’s brilliant health that is already inside of you.

Living in other countries with their fascinating cultures, embellished by the diverse generosity of the natural world and the rare chance of experiencing the people and wildlife in some of the less-frequented destinations we called home has given my family and me the opportunity to contemplate how much we are blessed. What consistently surprises me is how many people want the chance to contribute their blessings to the world. Focusing on well being and bringing a shift in consciousness about what we consume includes everyone in our shared destiny on this planet. The gifts I received from what my global friends have generously shared with me fueled the inspiration for these dishes.

My intention in fine-tuning a cookbook emphasizing healthy cuisine is to unite with the reader in a transforming experience. I am so honored to help cultivate an intention and plant the seeds for a path to enriching abundant health. I am optimistic that we can collectively generate change in the way we determine our health and how our lives can profoundly influence the solutions needed to protect our food choices, ourselves and the global community. By keeping an awareness about food production and processing, and the environment in mind in our choices, we can help evolve a better future for the world, deepen a sense of purpose and meaning in our lives, and of course—be healthier! My gratitude goes out to all the people who appreciate the fine balance that the love of healthy eating and cleansing brings with it.

Living Perfect

Health Protocol

Your living cells need

nutritionally alive food every day

Living Perfect Health Protocol

The Living Perfect Health Protocol was created to give you a perfect balance in your body from the simply delicious, nutritious, living foods that support it. The program will guide you for three weeks, from breakfast to dinner, through an easily digestible, highly alkaline diet of fresh foods and nutritional support that will transform your health, weight, and energy. The cleansing part of the program is a groundbreaking path to infusing the systems of the body with essential vitamins, botanicals, and other natural ingredients, and is designed to gently cleanse the body of potentially harmful impurities.

It is an eye-opening experience to increase energy, lose weight, and taste the flavors of fresh and alive foods every day. This is a comprehensive starting point for beginning a movement to remarkable wellness and enjoyment. The program will transform your world forever. The art of creating health is putting these healing foods in the body daily.

For three decades, I have practiced healthy-food living and cleansing to achieve a better way to live than what was the accepted norm in diet and lifestyle. I thought I was above average in my approach to my family’s diet, but I knew something was missing in my diet with what was going on in my body’s reactions. I couldn’t concentrate, I was possessed by my salt and sugar cravings, and I was exhausted, pumping myself up with caffeine and sweets to survive the day. I had weight I couldn’t lose even with starving myself. I had incorporated grains, vegetables, salads, and fish, replacing most of the chicken and red meat every day, but I was still consuming an abundance of dairy products, breads, and (healthy) processed foods, which contained sugar and salt. I also had accepted high stress levels as part of life. I discovered that studies have linked stress to lowered immune system function, increased blood pressure and cholesterol levels, as well as altered brain chemistry, blood sugar levels, and hormonal balance.

I started by transitioning my diet into a program of simple, living nutritional foods and shakes that made an incredible difference in the way I feel. I applied what I have learned about the interconnectedness of the toxicity in our everyday world and the effects of the deficiencies of our foods and of chronic stress.

I never would have believed what a gift and how transformational it would be to eat the low-fat, plant-based, nutrient-rich foods and incorporate the nutritional science behind the products needed to supply what was missing. It connected me back to my body’s inner wisdom where I have seen and felt the results and the key to living a balanced