The 4 Stages of the Matol Diet

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• The 4 Stages of the Matol Diet

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Get ready!Set yourself up to succeed

• Stock up
• Ready-to-eat Matol Diet foods
• Plan your meals, each week
• Plan your support

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The Matol Diet

• Stage 1 703 Matol Diet foods per day BUT
• 1st at breakfast
• 2nd at lunch with select vegetables
• 3rd as a snack after supper
• Supper lean meat / fish / poultry / seafood with
  select vegetables
• 4 Matol Diet supplements sea salt water

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How sweet are your veggies?

• Learn about carb content in vegetables
• (GI GL)
• 4 categories of vegetables
• Keep distinctions for life

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Knowledge is power

• Understand the Matol Diet strategy
• Sugar is not just in the sugar bowl ?in fruits
  and certain vegetables, legumes, breads, cereals,
  pastas, rice, etc
• Carbs can prevent you
• from losing fat

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Why water?

• Flushes out toxins
• Aids intestinal transit
• Keeps you feeling satisfied and full
• Prevents constipation

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Why sea salt?

• Finer more delicious taste
• More nutritious, rich in minerals and trace
  minerals
• Not chemically-treated
• Used more sparingly
• Salt is a magnet (red wine test)
• We come from the sea

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Be vigilant

• Hidden cheats (gums, condiments, commercial salad
  dressings, pop, etc.)
• Read labels carefully
• Carbs-withdrawal symptoms? Keep cool
• Follow the protocol - great results

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• Let the pleasure begin...

I was 32 when I started to cook. Until
then, I just ate. Julia Child
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• Let the pleasure begin...

• Start with fresh, quality ingredients
• Cook light
• max. nutrient retention
• most delicious results
• raw, steam, blanch, sauté, broil, smoke, BBQ
• Explore and experiment
• sweet and savory spice/rubs, infused oils and
  vinegars, pestos, flavor bases, marinades, etc.
• Have fun!

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Stage 2 30

• 2 Matol Diet foods per day BUT
• 1st at breakfast
• 2nd as a snack after supper
• Lunch Supper lean meat / fish / poultry /
  seafood with select vegetables
• 4 Matol Diet supplements sea salt water

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Stage 3 100 SuccessCongratulations!

• Gradual re-intro of healthy carbs and healthy
  fats
• 1-2 Matol Diet foods per day
• Lunch Supper lean meat / fish / poultry /
  seafood with select vegetables
• 4 Matol Diet supplements sea salt water

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Stage 4 For Life

• A hearty and nutritious breakfast
• Lunch meat/poultry/fish or seafood with
  fiber-rich vegetables and a portion of fatfor
  optimal vitality and concentration
• Supper meat/poultry/fish or seafood with
  fiber-rich vegetables and carbs (grains and
  fruit) to promote rest and relaxation
• Water and supplementation

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Quality Protein for Life

• For optimal muscle vital organ function
• How much?
• Feel full longer (slower metabolic reaction)
• Quality protein and stable glycemia insurance
  Matol Diet foods/snacks
• Cravings?

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Quality Complex Carbs for Life

• For sustained energy
• ? inflammation ? reduces the risk of cancer that
  thrives on inflammation
• Enjoy a wide variety of fruits and vegetables,
  legumes, minimally-processed grains, seeds and
  nuts

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Healthy Fats for Life

• For heart and brain health
• ? inflammation ? reduces the risk of cancer that
  thrives on inflammation
• Lean cuts of meat, poultry, fish, seafood, nuts,
  seeds, avocado
• Olive oil
• Duck, ghee or coconut oil (stable when heated)

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Lifers

• Real food
• Natural spices and marinades
• Ideal food combinations
• Beware of excesses
• Beware of simple carb-saturated fat combination
• Keep active

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Matol Diet Food Smarts

• Matol Diet drinks and beverages ? jello ?
  popscles fudgesicles ? cocktails ? truffle
  dustings ? sweet and savory sauces ? peach mango
  salad dressings (with/without added berries,
  banana, flax seeds, etc.)
• Matol Diet soups ? sauces ? rubs ? broths ?
  flavor bases for rice and pasta ? creamy salad
  dressing
• Matol Diet puddings ? frothy shakes ? icing ?
  fudgesicles
• Matol Diet Maple Oatmeal ? cookies ? pancakes
  (with/without currants, carob, berries, etc.) ?
  energy bars ? muesli ? cereals ? even a rub for
  meat
• Matol Diet Cakes ? Pancakes ? Cakes
• Matol Diet Crunchy Peanut and Caramel bar ? as
  studs in wholesome cupcakes ? muesli melt

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Food Prevention

• 1 new cancer every 3 seconds
• 1 cancer death every 5 seconds33 of cancers
  directly linked to food habits
• CAN BE PREVENTED BY FOODColon/Rectum 66-75
  Stomach 66-75Esophagus 50-75Breast (1
  woman in 9) 33-50 Prostate 10-20Liver
  33-66Food, Nutrition and the Prevention of
  Cancer A Global PerspectiveWorld Cancer
  Research Fund, American Institute for Cancer
  Research

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Preventive Chemotherapy

• Top cancer-fighting foods
• Plants and their defense system
• Fruits, vegetables and spices rich source of
  powerful antibacterial, antifungal,
  anti-inflammatory molecules
• Able to inhibit the growth of cancer cells

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Top cancer-fighting foods

• Seaweed phytoestrogens
• Mushrooms polysaccharides-polymer
• Cruciferous family cabbage-brocoli-cauliflower-kal
  e-Brussels sprouts-etc. glucosinolates
• Garlic/leeks/onions (aliine?allicin)
• Soy (edamame, tofu, roasted nuts, miso)
  (isoflavnoids).
• Tomatoes (lycopene)
• All berries (ellagic acid, anthocyanidines,
  proanthocyanidines)
• All citrus (monoterpenes and flavanoids)
• Green tea leaves (catechines)
• Grape (resveratrol)
• Chocolate (70) (proanthocyanidins) (not with
  milk)
• Flax seed (omega 3, lignans ? phytoestrogens)
• Fish (omega 3)
• Yogurts, kefir (probiotics)

Rich in molecules that inhibit the growth of
cancer and precancer cells. Foods against
cancerDrs. Richard Beliveau and Denis Gingras
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Why Seaweed?

• Prototype of the ideal healthy food
• Rich in cancer-fighting phytoestrogens
• Rich in essential minerals iodine, potassium,
  iron, calcium
• Some seaweed ? 10 x calcium than in cow milk ?
  5 x calcium than in spinach
• Rich in protein and EFAs
• 10,000 varieties (ancestors to
• all plants)
• Sprinkle, dust, roll, drink

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Top cancer-fighting spices

• Curcuma (oil)
• Ginger
• Hot chilies
• Cloves
• Cinnamon
• Nutmeg
• Mint
• Thyme
• Oregano
• Basil
• Rosemary
• Parsley
• Coriander
• Cumin
• Fennel (anis)
• Star anise
• Rich in anti-inflammatory and anti-microbial
  molecules ? important protective role in the
  prevention of cancer
  
  
  
  
  Foods against cancer
  
  
  Drs. Richard B/liveau, Ph.D. and
  Denis Gingras, Ph.D

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• Let thy food be thy medicine
• and thy medicine be thy food.
• Hippocrates (460-377
  B.C.)

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• Impacting World HealthOne day at a timeOne
  person at a time