Table of Contents
Introduction ix
Part 1 The Five Life Forces
What Are the Fire Life Forces? And Why Do They Matter So Much? 3
Life Force Number One: Nutrition 7
Feeding Our Other Body 35
Life Force Number Two: Hydration 43
The Big Fix Syndrome 67
The Exercise Factor: Here's Your Ferrari 73
Life Force Number Three: Oxygenation 87
My Life as a Super food Hunter 97
Life Force Number Four: Alkalization 109
The Protein-Fat Myths: Too Much of One Good Thing, Not Enough of Another 133
Nutritional Stress 145
Life Force Number Five: Detoxification 157
How to Feed the Kids 173
How to Supplement: The Role and Use of Nutritional Supplements 179
A Final Word on the Five Life Forces 191
One Last Thing 193
Part 2 The Really Useful Section
How to Eat: Putting Information into Action 199
Kitchen Purge and Re-Stock 207
The Foods Well Eat and Why 211
Darin's Ten-Day Eating Plan 237
Darin's Daily Simple Fixes 269
Acknowledgments 275
Appendix A The Big Acid-Alkaline List 281
Appendix B Sources 285
Index 289