The Alpha Nutrition Program begins with the idea that everyone has a small set of best-fit foods that would allow them to feel and function optimally.

The goal in Phase 1  is to identify the simplest set of best foods for each person. A return to simpler foods has important biological advantages. We work better when we have a simple, regular food supply - no surprises.

The Alpha Nutrition Program is based on assumptions about food reactivity, safety, and overall desirability. The program includes foods that we have found to be highly desirable nutritionally and, at the same time, caused the lowest incidence of adverse food reactions in a large group of people. The program excludes food choices - even popular choices - if we found that these food choices commonly created health problems. We found that rice, cooked vegetables, and some fruits were among the best tolerated and most acceptable of all food choices.

Under ideal circumstances, we would all be eating organically grown vegetables and fruits from our own gardens or neighborhood market gardens. For many of us, the garden is a distant retirement dream and we must do our best with store-bought food. Our intention is to simulate eating from the garden by buying and preparing fresh or frozen vegetables, fruit, poultry and fish, according to our own preferences and tolerances. Most of the desired food is purchased in the regular supermarket or produce store. We would prefer organically grown produce and naturally raised and fed animal foods. Whenever organic foods are available and affordable - these are our first choice. Unfortunately, pure, uncontaminated food is not always available or is too expensive, and we make due with the foods at hand. We occasionally look for unusual rice products, wheat flour substitutes, and dairy substitutes.

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Phase 1 The Core Diet of best staple foods.

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