--- title: Diet Direction (part 3) description: Establishing a diet direction is a way to organize the amounts and varieties of foods one chooses to consume in order to achieve a specific effect. image: https://blog.primohealth.com/hs-fs/file-30862276-jpeg/images/real-food-resized-600.jpeg --- [![Primo Health - Daniel Sanelli](https://blog.primohealth.com/hs-fs/hubfs/PHC_LogoCR_HUBSPOT.png?width=400&height=154&name=PHC_LogoCR_HUBSPOT.png "Primo Health - Daniel Sanelli")](https://www.primohealth.com) - [About](https://www.primohealth.com/about-daniel-sanelli) - [Program](https://www.primohealth.com/functional-blood-chemistry-analysis) - [Store](https://www.primohealth.com/primo-health-store) - [How to Shop](https://www.primohealth.com/primo-health-store) - [Primo Health Store](https://primohealthcoach.gethealthy.store) - [FullScript Dispensary](https://us.fullscript.com//welcome/primohealth) - [Apex Energetics Store](https://www.myhcpstore.com/) - [Blog](https://blog.primohealth.com) - [Contact](https://www.primohealth.com/contact-daniel-sanelli) [Back to blog](https://blog.primohealth.com) # Diet Direction (part 3) ![Picture of Daniel Sanelli, M.Sc.](https://app.hubspot.com/settings/avatar/18cc72d6b6902b69f00313c2a3004f25) [Daniel Sanelli, M.Sc.](https://blog.primohealth.com/author/daniel-sanelli-m-sc) Jul 19, 2013 8:00:00 AM [whole foods](https://blog.primohealth.com/topic/whole-foods) [diet direction](https://blog.primohealth.com/topic/diet-direction) ### **[Original Article By Ed Bauman, M.Ed., Ph.D.](http://www.baumancollege.org/community-resources/articles/179-diet-direction)** ###  ![vegetables Vh](https://blog.primohealth.com/hs-fs/file-30862276-jpeg/images/real-food-resized-600.jpeg) Using a Diet Direction Effectively The key to successfully applying a diet direction is to build the food plan on top quality whole foods. Food quality is diminished in most restaurants and with most packaged food items. Fresh is always best. One’s diet direction is a reminder to eat more of certain kinds of foods, such as nuts and seeds in a Building diet, and less of other foods, such as bread products in a Cleansing diet. Having an intention to eat well helps a person decide what to eat and what to pass up. Cookies, candy, ice cream, sodas, and foods with artificial colors, flavors, and preservatives are best left on the shelves, no matter one’s diet direction. As individuals make more conscious food choices, they are more in touch with how certain combinations of foods feel to them. At certain times of the day, when hunger hits and hits quickly, such a person knows what foods to keep on hand to satisfy hunger while at the same time providing nourishing energy. Almonds with raisins are more nourishing than a Milky Way® candy bar, and the energy that is produced clears the brain and mobilizes the body into action. *Eating for Health* is a skill that is learned with the support of a food coach who can serve as a mentor and resource. Replacing depleting foods in the diet with health-promoting ones is a gradual process, but one new food per week will increase a person’s repertoire by four foods per month, or 48 foods per year. What about parties or a food craving that just won’t quit? It is fine to socialize occasionally with special food and drink. It is what we consume habitually that makes or breaks our health. The key is to not be too hungry or tired before a big occasion, or else overeating and excessive drinking may prevail. Proper food choices provide a strong nutritional foundation for life; help protect us from the health challenges we encounter, and allow us to live up to our potential as dynamic, creative human beings. ### Bauman College Diet Direction **Composition (as % of Calories)** | ### DIET | ### BUILDING | ### BALANCING | ### CLEANSING | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | **CARBOHYDRATES** | 20–40% | 30–60% | 60–80% | | **PROTEINS** | 15–35% | 10–30% | 10–20% | | **FATS** | 45–60% | 20–45% | 10–20% | | **PROTEINS** 2–4 oz animal 4–6 oz vegetable | 4–6 servings daily | 2–4 servings daily | 1–3 servings daily | | **NUTS AND SEEDS** | 4–6 Tbs | 2–3 Tbs | 1–2 Tbs (seeds, only) | | **BOOSTERS** 1 oz | 5–7 times/week | 5–7 times/week | 5–7 times/week | | **FRUITS** 1⁄2 cup or 1 medium | 2–3 servings daily  low-sugar fruits | 2–4 servings daily | 4–5 servings daily | | **NON-STARCHY VEGETABLES** Crunchy: 1⁄2 cup; Raw leafy: 1 cup;  Cooked leafy: ½ cup | Unlimited but at least  3–5 servings daily | Unlimited but at least  4–6 servings daily | Unlimited but at least  6–8 servings daily | | **STARCHY VEGETABLES** 1⁄2 cup | 1–2 servings daily | 1–2 servings daily | 0–1 servings daily | | **WHOLE GRAINS** 1⁄2 cup | 1–3 servings daily | 3–4 servings daily | 1–3 servings daily | | **FLUIDS** Water Herb Tea Fresh Juice Broths | 4–8 cups daily\* 2 cups daily 1⁄2 cup daily 1⁄2 cup daily | 4–8 cups daily 3 cups daily 1 cup daily 1 cup daily | 4–8 cups daily  2 cups daily  1⁄2 cup daily  1⁄2 cup daily | \*Amount of water required will vary according to water content of foods and how many other beverages are consumed. ### Bauman College Diet Direction: Characteristics | ### BUILDING | ### BALANCING | ### CLEANSING | ### DRAINING | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Warming | Warming | Cooling | Stagnating to clogging | | Concentrated | Neutral | Dilute | Concentrated | | Stabilizing — Grounding | Comforting — Stabilizing | Ungrounding | Mood/energy swings | | Slower to digest | Moderate digestion | Quick to digest | Slow to digest | | Longer lasting energy | Longer lasting energy | Quick energy | Energy depleting | | Congesting if overdone | Neutral to decongesting | Decongesting | Congesting | | Alkaline-forming  w/lots of greens | Alkaline-forming w/lots  of greens | Alkaline-forming | Acid-forming | | Wild or organic fish  Organic or pastured meat  & poultry  Non-meat proteins: - Eggs and raw dairy - Nuts and seeds Limited whole grains; mainly  non-gluten  Lots of vegetables, emphasis on  non-starchy; limited starchy &  fruits  Algae, seaweeds, yeast, bone  broths, fermented vegetables,  undenatured whey  Spices and herbs | Wild or organic fish  Organic or pastured  meat & poultry  Non-meat proteins: - Eggs & raw dairy - Nuts, seeds,  & their milks Whole grains (nongluten)  Cooked vegetables, incl.  starchy  Raw vegetables & juices  (incl. carrots and beets)  Algae, seaweeds, yeast,  bone & vegetable  broths, fermented  vegetables, undenatured whey Starchy fruits  Green herbs, spices | Seeds & their milks  Bone broths  Sprouts  Fresh fruits (no citrus)  Fresh fruit and  vegetable juices (except citrus, carrots and beets) Limited non-gluten grains  Leafy greens and other  non-starchy vegetables,  raw and/or cooked  Algae, seaweeds, yeast,  vegetable broths,  fermented vegetables  Green herbs, spices  Water and herb teas | Commercial vegetable  oils, shortening, margarine  Commercial meats, dairy, & poultry;  commercial farmed fish  Overheated oils  Refined sugars  Processed, packaged foods  Refined flour products (pasta,  bread, other baked goods)  White rice  Excess coffee  Egg or soy-based protein  powders | **** View Comments Hide Comments [Share this blog post on Twitter](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=I+found+this+interesting+blog+post&url=https://blog.primohealth.com/bid/150076/Diet-Direction-part-3) [Share this blog post on Facebook](http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://blog.primohealth.com/bid/150076/Diet-Direction-part-3) [Share this blog post on LinkedIn](http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://blog.primohealth.com/bid/150076/Diet-Direction-part-3) ## Related Articles ## [Diet Direction (part 2)](https://blog.primohealth.com/bid/150075/Diet-Direction-part-2) ![Picture of Daniel Sanelli, M.Sc.](https://app.hubspot.com/settings/avatar/18cc72d6b6902b69f00313c2a3004f25) [Daniel Sanelli, M.Sc.](https://blog.primohealth.com/author/daniel-sanelli-m-sc) Jul 18, 2013 8:00:00 AM ![Diet Direction (part 2)](https://blog.primohealth.com/hs-fs/file-223837831-jpg/images/balanced_diet_01.jpg) [diet direction](https://blog.primohealth.com/topic/diet-direction) ### **[Original Article By Ed Bauman, M.Ed., Ph.D.](http://www.baumancollege.org/community-resources/articles/179-diet-direction)** ### Balancing Diet A Balancing Diet is comprised of a higher proportion of carbohydrate foods and less fat than is found in... 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