Welcome to the Daniels Diet Program! ‘Would you like to be more healthy in 2010 than you were in 2009? If yes, you are cordially invited to join the hundreds of people who will be participating in an initiative that can help you - its participant - achieve better health. It is called, "The Daniel's Diet: 10 Days to Look and Feel Healthier in 2010," What is the Daniel's Diet and How Do You Do It? Key Points Here: -Health program but holistic benefits, including establishing a strong spiritual start for the New Year. This is not just a healthy diet; i's an opportunity to start the year strong with God and connect with family, friends, and your church. -For any further questions or comments about the sequence of this 10-day program, please contact us at: kgosling@northeastern.org or Ldaley@northeastern.org. -For Daniel's Diet program participants, please view the Checklist to have the Plan for carrying out this Diet. (Checklist.) -Participants, most of what you need to know about food planning is provided here. ay special attention to the information on the the Four Food Groups in our Program ‘Materials and also our Suggested Menus and More Info and Recipes. Regarding meal planning: As you plan your diet for the lease remember that the menus and recipes on the website are suggestions. This diet is to be custom- made to what works best for you, as long as you are incorporating the 4 food groups discussed on this website. We have provided a main, general idea. Feel free to use these while also being creative as suits you. Please keep in mind that working with a partner or in groups often helps to ‘bring more variety or experience to your meal planning than working alone. Please join us in the Daniel's Diet now!DANIELS DIET: PULSE AND WATER Daniel 1:12-16 What Is Pulse which was a chief part of Daniel's Diet? Dan 4:12 Pulse comes from the Hebrew word Hazeero'iym meaning, seed or grain, such as barley, wheat, rye, and peas, etc (Adam Clarke's Commentary.) Bames says, the word "pulse" means leguminous plants with thin seeds; that is... the “legume” which is called a "pod;" as a "pea-pod," or "bean-pod," and the word is ‘commonly applied to peas or beans. The Hebrew word [zeero'iym] would properly have reference to seeds of any kind. Then, it would refer to plants that bear seeds of all kinds, and would be by no means limited to pulse-as peas or beans. Seed-herbs, greens and ‘vegetables can also be included. ‘You will be receiving more than 30 Daniel's Diet recipes to help you. You can also ‘reate your own based on the Four Food Groups below. Email me some of your own recipes so that we can share them with the group. Dantol’s Diet would include Fi g rice, oats, barley, millet, and products made from whole grain. Grains are filling with little fat and no cholesterol. 2. The Legume Group: This category includes peas, beans and lentils. Legumes are hearty, high protein foods with a low glycemic index. They are rich in caleium, iron, and cholesterol-lowering soluble fiber. These will drive down your weight, blood sugar and cholesterol, 3. The Vegetable group: The green vegetables--asparagus, broccoli, spinach, kale, collards, and many others are packed with iron and except for spinach, high in absorbable calciuna. Orange -colored vegetables are loaded with beta-carotene, a cancer fighter. For example, carrots and yams. These foods are loaded with vitamins and minerals, and are very low in fats, and iike all plants foods, they have no cholesterol and have a low glycemic index, except baking potatoes. 4. The fruit Group; Fruits are loaded with vitamins and they have no fats or cholesterol. ‘Nearly all fruits: apples, bananas, blue berries, cherries, oranges, peaches and most others have a low glycemic index. The exceptions are watermelon and pineapple. Note the similarity between these groups and God's original Diet. Grains, Fruits, Nuts and Vegetables constitute the diet chosen for us by our Crestor. ‘These foods, prepared in as simple and natural a manner as possible, are the most healthy and nourishing. (Ellen White, Counsels on Diet and Foods, P. 81) Gen 1:29 How to get started: Geta shect of paper and write down “Breakfast,” “Lunch,” and “Dinner.” Make a one day menu by simply writing down foods you like from the four groups under breakfast, lunch and dinner. Then do it for other days. Go through this‘with your family. Make it fm and be creative! At least one week before stating the Daniel’s Diet, clean out your old foods fiom your refrigerator and cupboard and replace them with foods for the Daniel Diet. This will make it easier for you when you start and reduce the temptation of cheating. With God’s help go for it now.Breakfast Lunch ‘Supper fa Naturat HEALING ‘TwroueH THE Laws oF HEALTH THE DANIEL DIET SAMPLE Day1 Day2 1 Strawberries, 1. Mango, Pear Cherries, Orange 2. Brown Rice Cereal 2, Steel Cut Oatmeal 3. Small Handful of 3. Handful of Brazil Nuts Pistachios 1. Steamed Carrots, 1. Green Salad CutGreen Beans (romaine lettuce, 2. Black Beans spinach, red onion) 3. Handful of Cashews 2. Brown Rice 3.Lentils Tomatoes, Cucumber, Mango, raspberries, and Bell Pepper Salad grapes (red, yellow, orange peppers) Day3 Day4 1. Apple, 1. Watermeion, Banana,Peach Melon, Nectarine 2. Cooked Cornmeal 2. Cream of Wheat 3. Handful of Almonds 3. Handful of Walnuts 1. Fruit Salad 1, Steamed Brocolli 2. Corn, Sweet Peas 3. and Corn White Potato Wedges 2. Cooked Garbanzos 4, Pinto Beans 3. Sweet Potatoes Pineapple, blueberries, Tomatoes, Cucumber, plums and Bell Pepper Salad peppers) Day5 Pineapple, Kiwi 2. Oatmeal 3. Handful of Peacans 1.Collard Greens 2. Mashed Potatoes 3. Black Eye Peas Grapefruit, Banana, peachBreakfast Lunch Supper Day 6 L.Grapefruit, Tangerines, 2. Cooked Millet Handful of Almonds 1. Fruit Salad 2. Plantains 3. White Beans Orange, Pear 3. Day7 Day8 1. Cantelope, Kiwi 1. Pears, Blueberries, 2. Cornmeal Porridge _ Raspberries 3. Small Handful of 2, Barley Flakes Brazil Nuts 3. Handful of Cashews Green Salad 1. Green Salad 2. Sweet Potato 2. Cous Cous with Wedges vegetable 3. Red Kidney Beans 3. Handful of Nuts Strawberries, bananas Kiwi Fruit, grapes Day 1, Nectarines, Plums, Strawberries 2. Brown Rice Cereal 3.Handful of Pecans 1, Steamed Cabbage 2. Brown Rice 3. Kidney Beans Cantelope, Apple Day 10 1. Papaya, Kiwi, Mangoes 2. Whole Grain Cream of Wheat 3. Handful of Almonds. 1.Cooked Greens 2. Brown Rice 3. Pinto Beans Plums, bananas