The Art of Intelligent Cuisine
The human body is comprised of atomic energy, which gives rise to molecules within cells; cells carry out numerous functions to form tissues, organs, bones etc. They work in sync with hormones, enzymes, amino acids to regulate essential regulatory processes. The human body is so complex that the foods we eat should contain 'intelligence' that is in harmony with optimising the health of the body.

Nature's Health and Nutrition defines such foods as 'Intelligent Foods'. It is an original term that defines how healthy foods are combined to benefit the body. Selecting specific foods for cellular nourishment is known as 'Intelligent Cuisine'. The 'Art of Intelligent Eating' conceptualized by Cheryl Richards simply means purposely fashioning the human body into a healthy work of art as it was created to be -  vibrant, healthy and without illness or disease; glorious in health and splendour.

It does not really matter what the health status of a person is - if a person has a genetic condition, giving the body the best nourishment will enhance the health and well being of that person; and there are many conditions which can be completely reversed through the art of intellgent cuisine and intelligent eating.

All natural foods contain 'living intelligence.'  They are comprised of active enzymes and natural chemical compounds that repair damaged DNA, improve cellular function and regulate biochemical functions that are essential for whole health and wellbeing. These foods are not ordinary but are actually living medicines that stimulate the lifeforce for important biochemical and physiological functions. Their 'intelligence' in regards to regulating the human body from the enzymic stage to the physiological stage is far superior to any knowledge that we have about our own bodies.

Scientists are still studying chemical compounds in natural foods to find out how they work in regards to optimizing the health of the human body. The art of preparing and eating 'intelligent' foods makes the difference between people  who experience life on a healthier level and those who don't.

Chemial Compounds in an Orange

Natural foods mean serious business when it comes to building and regenerating the human body. Firstly, every system is waiting for its own share of nutrients to regulate functions specific to that network - the immune system, the digestive system, the intestinal system, the glandular system, the circulatory system, the eliminatory system, the nervous system, the urinary system, the pulmonary system, the reproductive system and the skeletal/structural system.

Every network requires potent nutrients to function efficiently. When we consider the extent to which the body needs potent nutrients to keep these systems functioning at their peak and the fact that such nutrients can only come from the foods we eat, it is easy to understand why people are riddled with health problems and disease today.

The modern foods we mostly live on do not have the intelligence to nourish or replenish these systems. Instead, 95% of the foods eaten today spread such horrific internal abnormalities (that our eyes do not see), that it is only when we feel out of sorts and go for a diagnosis that we realise just how dysfunctional our internal systems are. This is only after most of these systems have suffered years of nutrient starvation and poisoning from toxic substances that we actually call 'food'. It reallyis amazing what is labelled and considered to be food today like a commercial strawbery milkshake that is loaded with chemicals for colour, taste and smell - none of them being real).

When we partake in the art of intelligent cuisine and the art of intelligent eating by selecting only intelligent foods...we are building, sculpting and maintaining a work of art; namely our bodies.

An Orange is just an Orange ... Or is it? 

The nutrients in an orange are listed below.

N-Methyltyramine, Synephrine, Hordenine, Octopamine, Alpha-phellandrene, Alpha-pinene, alpha-terpineol, Alpha-terpinyl-acetate, alpha-ylangene, ascorbic-acid, Aurantiamene, aurapten, (+)-auraptenal, 4-terpineol, 5-hydroxyauranetin, acetaldehyde, acetic-acid, alpha-humulene, alpha-ionone, Benzoic -Acid, Beta-copaene, Beta-elemene, Beta-ocimene, Beta-pinene, Butanol, Cadinene, Camphene, Caprinaldehyde, Carvone, Caryophyllene, Cinnamic-acid, Cis-ocimene, Citral, Citronellal, Citronellic-acid ,Citronellol, Cryptoxanthin,d-citronellic-acid, D-limonene, D-linalool,d-nerolidol, Decanal, Decylaldehyde, Decylpelargonate, delta-3-carene, Delta-cadinene, Dipentene, Dl-linalool, Dl-terpineol, Dodecanal, dodecen-2-al-(1), Duodeclyaldehyde, EO, Ethanol, Farnesol ,formic-acid, Furfurol, Gamma-elemene, Gamma-terpinene, Geranic-acid, geraniol, Geranyl-acetate, geranyl-oxide, Hesperidin, hexanol, Indole, Isolimonic-acid, Isoscutellarein, Isosinensetin, Isotetramethylether, L-linalool, L-linalylacetate, L-stachydrine,lauric-aldehyde, Limonene, Limonin, Linalool,linalyl-acetate, Malic-acid, Mannose, Methanol, Myrcene, Naringenin, Naringin, neral, nerol , Nerolidol, neryl-acetate ,Nobiletin, Nomilin, Nonanol, Nonylaldehyde, Nootkatone,octanol, Octyl-acetate, p-cymene, p-cymol, Palmitic- Acid, Pectin, Pelargonic-acid, Pentanol, Phellandrene, Phenol, Phenylacetic- Acid , Pyrrol, Pyrrole,rhoifolin, Sabinene, Sinensetin, Stachydrine, Tangeretin, Tannic-acid, Terpenyl-acetate, Terpinen-4-ol, Terpinolene, Tetra-o-methyl-Scutellarein, Thymol, Trans-hexen-2-al-1, Trans-ocimene, Umbelliferone, Undecanal, Valencene, Violaxanthin.

As stated...the 'intelligence' within natural foods which we often take for granted or do not eat as often as we should is far beyond our own cognitive intelligence. That is, an orange is so pecisely engineered to contain the exact potent nutrients to regulate every human body
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Only certain foods have the power to intelligently build, renegerate and repair the human body. When such foods are eaten consistently, the body can become exceptionally healthy. For every fruit, vegetable and edible plant consumed, the human body is provided with chemical compounds such as those listed above - each varying according to the type of plant eaten. These chemical compounds work towards the ultimate health of the human body. However, the extent to which the body, mind and spirit can excel  is rarely experienced by most people because so many eat modern day 'foods' which are designed to  do the exact opposite - they breed disharmony and disease in the human body.

The human body was created to exist in a permanent state of self harmony which occurs when every cell is thriving and healthy ting with maxium energy - the mind becomes crystal clear the intellect razor sharp, the body experiences maxium energy and functions in an optimum condition and the emotions are harmoniously balanced.
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There is no neutral ground. The food we eat either contribute to good health or disease. Intelligent eating involves being very particular about the foods you eat and knowing which foods are worthy enough to be consumed.
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There is no man made food (food that is manufactured) that can dare to compare to the nutrients in natural foods. In other words, foods that are manufactured do not contain the living intelligence of natural foods. They are generally dead (no living enzymes contained within them), they are filled with poisons (preservatives and toxins) and they contain pathogens.

Do they taste good? Probably - we live in a time where food is eaten more for its taste, testure, aroma and ability to 'fill us up'.

The art of intelligent eating and preparing 'intelligent cuisine' means we firstly ask ourselves, what is this food going to do to my body? Will it contribute to optimum health or the development of disease? Can it sustain and improve the health of my cells? Is it cleansing my body?  Is it building my body with potent nutrients? Can it boost my immune system?

If a food cannot live up to these expectations, they should not even be considered. Intelligent foods require intelligent thinking and eating for us to experience maximum health, vibrancy and emotional well being.
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The extent to which natural foods can heal and regenerate the body has hardly been experienced because 97% of the world population eats partially or very unhealthy food. These foods can and never will fulfill the needs of the body's function. We already know that 'living foods contain the knowledge to bring optimum health and well being. But here is just how 'intelligent' some of these foods really are.
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Intelligent Foods that Protect, Repair and Regenerate DNA 

Flavonoids
A study looking at the protective effects of quercetin and quercetin-rich fruit juice against the induction of oxidative stress of DNA showed the following:

Flavonoids protect against ageing, cardiovascular disease and many forms of cancer by preventing initial DNA damage. This means that the health benefits of foods that contain flavonoids start the healing and regenerating process at the molecular and DNA level.

Several tests were conducted in vitro (inside the body) and ex vivo (outside the body). Ex vivo - human lymphocytes or white blood cells of the immune system were pre-incubated with various concentrations of quercetin and then subjected to hydrogen peroxide and benzo(a)pyrene - (acting as a free radical).

For the in vitro study, female volunteers consumed a quercetin-rich blueberry/apple juice mixture for four weeks and were also given an effective dose of H(2)O(2) and benzo(a)pyrene, respectively, at three different time points, i.e. before, during and after taking the blueberry/apple juice.  Ex vivo results (the effects of quercetin on DNA and lymphocyte DNA in laboratory tests) showed that there was a significant dose-dependent protection by quercetin against both the formation of oxidative DNA damage and of BPDE-DNA adducts.

During and after the study, it was shown that drinking apple/bluebery juice led to a significant increase in the total antioxidant capacity of plasma, and an increase in plasma quercetin content from 5.0 to 10.6 nM (p=0.03).  After four weeks, the level of oxidative damage decreased by 41%, and the BPDE-DNA adduct level induced ex vivo was decreased by 11%.    Both results showed that in vitro and ex vivo, quercetin found in fruits is able to protect against chemically induced DNA damage in human lymphocytes, which also accounts for its anti-cancerous properties. (LC Wilms, PC Hollman, AW Boots, JC Kleinjans).

The Art of Intelligent Cuisine - Eat Living Foods Combined with Healthy Cooked Foods

'Living Foods' are organic plant foods that have not been chemically changed through the process of manufacturing or cooking (vegetables, fruits, seeds, nuts, grains, plants etc) and are delectable, medicinal foods. Plant foods are a potent source of pure nutrients known as phytochemicals and phytonutrients. There are so many healing compounds in edible plant foods that scientists are unable to identify them all.

That is why manufactured foods and intelligent natural foods are vastly different in their ability to feed the body what it requires to function at an optimum level of health and these foods should not be placed in the same category. In fact, manufactured foods should not be called 'food' at all ... 'fake foods' are more appropriate as they have the ability to taste like real food (chemically induced flavours) smell like real food (chemically induced aromas) and taste like real food (enhanced with texturizers). In addition preservative ensure that these 'foods' can stay in your kitchen cupboard or be frozen for years. How on earth did we come to accept such things as foods at all?

Natural occurring foods (all living plant foods, seafoods and specific animal foods) should be placed in the category of ‘medicinal, healing foods‘.
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"By cutting down on toxic foods and incorporating medicinal foods, stomach cells are regenerated "Every tissue is fed by the blood, which is supplied by the intestinal system. When the intestines are dirty, the blood is dirty, and so are the organs and tissues. It is the intestinal system that has to be cared for first before any effective healing can take place".   
                                                                                                                              Dr. Bernard Jensen, Ph.D.
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How Intelligent Foods Heal the Body

All experiences of unwellness, illness or disease begin at the microscopic level where cells degenerate in response to their internal environment (the human body). The internal environment is influenced by the external environment in which we live. Every element introduced into the body is through what we consume, breathe in or absorb through the skin.

Although there are predisposing factors known as protits in the body which have the ability to develop into disease through genetic disposition, that development or the lack of it rests in our hands through what we put into our bodies and this is why cellular health or maintaining the health of the body on a microscopic cellular level is so important because health begins at the baseline... the root of the body ... which is our cells. The majority of degenerative illnesses can be eliminated by targeting the health of the cells which are the foundation upon which every biochemical and regulatory process is dependent.

For example cancer begins in one microscopic cell and spreads to the other. Many people think that cancer is an illness that affects organs but the process begins long before organs are affected. It begins in one microscopic cell and passes from one infected cell to another. This process is long and begins even when a person is diagnosed as being 'healthy.' As mutated cells multiply affecting tissues, the first evidence of cancer becomes visible to the naked eye through medical tests. Yet it has been there all along on a cellular level. To alleviate, reverse or eliminate the cause of any disease process, the health of cells must be maintained and cellular heath is crucial for attaining long term health. This means that in order to experience real health, a person must protect, nourish and regenerate the first base of physical human matter; the cells.


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Become Aware of the Foods You Eat Every Day
The more aware you are of the foods that heal and regenerate the body, the more you will be aware of foods that do the opposite. It is possible to look at a plate of food and see the harmful effects of that food; especially if it is eaten regularly. There are foods that just shout out 'heart disease' 'high blood pressure' and 'obesity'. When you get to the stage where you can look at a plate of food and know what that food can do the body - you are truly aware of the effect of foods on the human body.

As stated the art of intelligent cuisine is combining tasteful, healthy foods to create meals that are medicinally healing the body. No other food will do. Once you have raised the standard for the kind of food you eat ... your body will expect no less. 
Many people have seen how their bodies protest against unhealthy foods once they have started to eat healthily and they can no longer eat foods they used to. For instance the body may reject red meat by feeling heavy, bloated and producing unpleasant gas expulsions; the mind may become foggy because the body has become used to healthier and cleaner food.

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