Five Levels Nutritional Dieting – Level V Diet Plan

 Level V – For those who have “Terminal” illness and want to do something about it.

 Level V (Dr. Sebi Diet) Used for powerful healing of those with diseases

If you have medical problems, please consult a professional before beginning.Check your blood sugar frequently if diabetic.

 Foods to Eat on the Dr. Sebi Diet:

Vegetables

• Amaranth greens – same as Callaloo, a variety of Spinach
• Avocado
• Bell Peppers
• Chayote (Mexican Squash)
• Cucumber
• Dandelion greens
• Garbanzo beans
• Izote – cactus flower/ cactus leaf – grows naturally in California
• Kale
• Lettuce (all, except Iceberg)
• Mushrooms (all, except Shitake)
• Nopales – Mexican Cactus
• Olives
• Onions
• Poke salad – greens
• Sea Vegetables (wakame/dulse/arame/hijiki/nori)
• Squash
• Tomato – cherry and plum only
• Tomatillo
• Turnip greens
• Zucchini
• Watercress
• Purslane (Verdolaga) 

Fruits – “No canned or seedless fruits.”

• Apples
• Bananas – the smallest one or the Burro/mid-size (original banana)
• Berries – all varieties- Elderberries in any form – no cranberries
• Cantaloupe
• Cherries
• Currants
• Dates
• Figs
• Grapes- seeded
• Limes (key limes preferred with seeds)
• Mango
• Melons- seeded
• Orange (Seville or sour preferred, difficult to find)
• Papayas
• Peaches
• Pear
• Plums
• Prickly Pear (Cactus Fruit)
• Prunes
• Raisins –seeded
• Soft Jelly Coconuts
• Soursops – (Latin or West Indian markets)
• Tamarind

Herbal Teas

• Anise
• Burdock
• Chamomile
• Elderberry
• Fennel
• Ginger
• Turmeric
• Dandelion root
• Raspberry
• Tila

Spices and Seasonings

Mild Flavors

• Basil
• Bay leaf
• Cloves
• Dill
• Oregano
• Parsley
• Savory
• Sweet Basil

Pungent and Spicy Flavors

• Achiote
• Cayenne/ African Bird Pepper
• Coriander (Cilantro)
• Onion Powder
• Habanero
• Sage

Salty Flavors

• Pure Sea Salt
• Powdered Granulated Seaweed (Kelp/Dulce/Nori – has “sea taste”)

Sweet Flavors

• Date Sugar
• Stevia
• Maple syrup – grade B

Grains

• Amaranth
• Fonio
• Kamut
• Quinoa
• Rye
• Spelt
• Tef
• Wild Rice

Nuts and Seeds – (includes Nut and Seed Butters)

• Hemp Seed
• Raw Sesame Seeds
• Raw Sesame Tahini Butter
• Walnuts
• Brazil Nuts
• Pine Nuts

Oils

• Olive Oil (Do not cook)
• Coconut Oil
• Sesame Oil
• Hempseed Oil
• Avocado Oil

Cleansing herbs

• Burdock Root – blood and liver cleanser, diuretic,
• Bladderwrack (seaweed) – vitamin and mineral supplement, diuretic
• Dandelion– blood and liver cleanser, diuretic
• Elderberry (Sambucus Nigra) – combats mucus buildup, colds, HIV
• Sea Moss – Irish Moss (seaweed) – vitamin and mineral supplement
• Sarsaparilla – blood purifier, diuretic, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory

Bladderwrack (seaweed)

– Drink a gallon of spring water per day – or filtered – I prefer zero water filter if you can’t get to a spring. Many of these foods and herbs act as diuretics and force the excretion of toxins through urination. This action supports kidney health by clearing the kidneys of toxins. It is important to drink adequate amounts of water when taking diuretics so you don’t become dehydrated. http://www.naturallifeenergy.com/alkaline-water-benefits/

Do Not Eat:

• Anything not on the list above
• No animal products, no dairy, no fish, no alcohol, no fried foods
• No hybrid foods such as wheat, garlic, carrots, celery, broccoli, potatoes, rice, aloe vera, wheat grass, spinach, lemons, cauliflower, turmeric, beets, peppermint, beans, garlic, corn, tofu, all seedless fruits, and most nuts
• No GMO’s
• No canned or seedless fruits or vegetables
• No microwaving foods

Basic Guidelines

Sebi divides all foods into six categories: live, raw, dead, hybrid, genetically modified or drugs. His diet emphasizes live and raw foods, which he terms “electric foods.” According to Sebi, these foods are alkaline and can help heal the body of the effects of “dead,” or supposedly acidic foods, which include all meat, poultry, seafood, products containing a leavening agent like yeast, synthetic or processed items, alcohol, sugar, iodized salt or anything fried. On the plan, you’ll avoid all seedless fruits, insect- or weather-resistant crops like corn or certain tomatoes, and anything with added vitamins or minerals. Instead, you’ll eat plain ripe fruit; nonstarchy vegetables, especially leafy greens; raw nuts and nut butters; and grains like quinoa, rye or kamut.

Sample Daily Menu

Breakfast on Sebi’s recommended diet might consist of a breakfast shake made from unsweetened almond butter, pure maple syrup, almond milk, powdered sea moss, vanilla extract, and cinnamon or cooked cream of rye paired with a cup of herbal tea such as chamomile or red raspberry. Lunch could be a pasta salad containing chopped fresh vegetables and spelt noodles tossed with a dressing made from almond milk and olive oil. For dinner, you might have a vegetable mushroom soup with a large green salad or a vegetable stir-fry on wild rice.

Possible Disadvantages

Because the Sebi diet strictly reduces or eliminates whole categories of food, you may become deficient in essential nutrients like iron, calcium, vitamin D, vitamin B-12 and omega-3 fatty acids unless you plan your daily diet extremely carefully and consume dietary supplements regularly. Sebi claims that his diet works because it’s not germs that cause illness and infection, but a buildup of mucus that can only be rectified by his advised alkaline plan. There is no research to support the idea that mucus cleansing cures disease, and Sebi, who was not medically trained, does not offer any clinical test results, only anecdotal evidence. Even if you do start the plan, it may be hard to maintain around friends or family members who don’t have the same dietary restrictions.

More on Hybrid foods:

He says carrots, celery, broccoli, potatoes, rice, aloe vera, wheat grass, spinach, lemons, cauliflower, turmeric, beets, peppermint, beans, garlic, all seedless fruits, most nuts, soy and tofu, and any other hybrid food is acidic and poisonous to the body. He calls rice and beans hog food and not meant to be consumed by humans. He says spinach has the same nutritional value as eating paper. He claims that every hybrid plant is man-made and acidic. He claims all hybrids have starch in them and that starch is poison. He says eating starch is literally like eating glue. He claims all heirloom natural plants which are made from nature and not man. He says these are what we should be eating and are alkaline.

What people also don’t realize is almost every banana, grape, orange, apple, and pear just to name a few foods is a hybrid. Just because a food is a hybrid doesn’t necessarily mean they are bad.

Avoid all empty carb foods – soda, any concentrated sugars (maltose, fructose, corn syrup, white sugar), white flour, processed and packaged foods, preservatives (MSG, food coloring, benzoate) Mayonnaise, soy products, cereal, ice cream and other candies

At level 5 acidic fruits should be avoided – plume, cranberry, prune, date, guava, pineapple, dried fruit, oranges.

Food combining: (See my full blog on Food combining here)

• Combine green vegetables with all foods.
• Any nuts eaten should be soaked overnight to ensure alkalinity and sprouted when possible.
• Fruits digest quickly and should be combined properly eaten to prevent fermentation.
• Melons should always be eaten alone
• Sub-acid fruits with acid and sweet fruits (acid refers to ph of the fruit)
• Example of sub-acid fruits: apples, papaya, grapes, mangoes etc.
• Example of acid fruits: grapefruits, pineapple, oranges etc.
• Examples of sweet fruits: bananas, raisin, apricot etc.
• When drinking liquids, be sure to wait at least 15 minutes before and after eating.  Drinking liquids while eating foods causes improper food digestion, leading to dietary diseases.

Poor Food Combinations are:

• Proteins (nuts, seeds) with starches (Bread, potatoes, pasta, yams, squash etc)
• Proteins, starches, vegetables with fruits
• Acid and sweet fruits
• Melons and other fruits

How to start the Level V (Dr. Sebi Diet) inexpensively:

First buy mushrooms, lettuce (not iceberg), cherry or roma tomatoes, onions, yellow squash, coriander, parsley, zucchini, prickly pear, etc.

We also want to buy some fruits and so we choose small bananas, mangoes, peaches. and oranges and limes. If in season we will buy some seeded watermelons and grapes.

Now we need to buy some chickpeas and flours.  We settle on spelt and Kamut flours and buy some Kamut pasta too.

We need some walnuts, hemp or Brazil nuts for milk to make our smoothies with.  So although we did not buy everything, we have enough to begin our protocol.  So for less than $100 we are stocked and ready to go.

Extras because we have a few dollars more

We find that we have a few dollars more and so we buy some olive oil and avocados. While recipes can be made without these things, many recipes will call for some oils. To sweeten recipes we will use date sugar.

Herbs – Which are required?

If we are on a budget then ordering from Dr. Sebi’s store may not be possible.  If we do order, it will not be the therapeutic packages which cost $750 to $1500.  We want to order enough herbs to get by on.  So what are the main herbs?

Sea Moss or Sea Moss powder.  Raw is best and try to buy wildcrafted.
Bladderwrack root and powder

If you have the bladderwrack powder and the seamoss powder you can make the bromine plus mixture sold at Dr. Sebi’s store.  You need 50% of each and 4 capsules a day.  You will see links below for each.

We need some herbal teas.  Some of my favorites are

• Burdock
• Dandelion
• Red Raspberry
• Elderberry

If you are on a budget this would be enough to get you in good shape.  The elderberry and burdock will help to move the mucus out of your body.

For colon cleansing we will need some cascas sagrada and rhubarb root.  You will want to take two capsules of each and no more than 7 days in a row.

If you want to make some of the remedies that the Sebians order then go to the Products page and see the ingredients in each protocol.  Remember to use 50% of each.

Below are herbal shipping companies and links to get them:

Best Botanicals on Amazon Carries These Herbs

• Burdock Root powder
• Sea Moss Powder
• Bladderwrack Herb Powder
• Horse Chestnut
• Organic Gingko
• Black Walnut Leaf
• Organic Nettle Leaf
• Blue Vervain Powder
• Yellow Dock Root
• Organic Papaya Leaf – cancer cure
• Cascara Sagrada Bark Powder
• Organic Chapparal
• Sarsaparilla Root Powder

Iherb carries these herbs

• Nutiva Organic Hemp Seeds
• Spelt Flour – Bob’s Red Mill
• Elderberries
• Kamut Pasta
• Wild Rice
• Raspberry Leaf
• Madhava Raw Blue Agave
• Cascara Sagrada in Capsules
• Burdock Root Cut and sifted
• Bob’s Red Mill Quinoa
• Dandelion Root
• PH Strips – a must
• Dried Blueberries
• Date Sugar
• Organic Cayenne Powder
• Linden Leaf
• Stinging Nettles
• Irish Moss Cut and Sifted

– http://www.mucusless-diet.com/grocery-shopping-list.html

or purchase herbs here – http://juicehugger.com/alkaline-herbs/

More about the Do Not Eat Foods for Dr. Sebi:

Mucus and Pus-forming foods:

List of Pus, Acid, and Mucus Forming Foods

What foods are pus, mucus, and acid-forming? In the Mucusless Diet Healing System, Prof. Arnold Ehret asserts that pus and mucus-forming foods are the foundation of human illness and should not be eaten. In short, pus and mucus-forming foods include meat, poultry, dairy, grains, starches, and fats.

The word “mucusless,” or mucus-free, refers to foods that are not mucus-forming. Such foods digest without leaving behind a thick, viscous, slimy substance called mucus. These foods include all kinds of fat-free, and starchless, fruits and vegetables.

All foods that are pus/mucus-forming are acid-forming.

Pus often refers to a thick white, yellowish, or greenish opaque liquid produced in infected tissue, consisting of dead white blood cells, bacteria, tissue debris, and serum. It also refers to the substance that dead animal flesh is chemically changed to after being consumed or while rotting in one’s digestive tract. The ingestion of meat and dairy products create pus residue in the body, while starchy and fatty foods are mucus-forming.

It must be emphasized that not all of these foods are forbidden on the Mucusless Diet as a Healing System. Ehret’s TRANSITION DIET will show you how to use less harmful mucus-forming foods to get off of the worst ones. Pus and Very Mucus-forming foods should be avoided from the beginning if possible. But Moderately or Slightly mucus-forming items may be used effectively during the transition. See the TRANSITION DIET section of the Mucusless Diet or Spira Speaks for more details:

Mucus Forming:

Meat, eggs, margarine, fish (including shellfish, roe-caviar),

Milk – all (including buttermilk, all animal types, raw organic, skim etc), all cheese, cream, yogurt and kefir

CEREALS (MODERATELY MUCUS-FORMING)

• Barley
• Breads (All Kinds; Barley, Black, Rye, White, Graham, Pumpernickel,
• Zwieback, etc.)
• Cereal Grains (All Kinds; Maize, Farina, Kamut, Millet,
• Oats, Spelt, White Rice, Brown Rice, Whole or Refined Wheat, etc.)
• Cornmeal
• Pseudocereals (All Kinds; Amaranth, Buckwheat, Chia, Cockscomb, Kañiwa, Quinoa, etc.)
• Pastas

BEANS (MODERATELY MUCUS-FORMING)

• Beans (All Kinds and Forms; Black Beans, Black-eyed peas, Fava Beans, Butter Beans, Cannellini Beans, Chickpeas/Garbanzo Beans, Edamame, Great Northern Beans, Italian Beans, Kidney Beans, Lentils, Lima Beans, Mung Beans, Navy Beans, Pinto Beans, Soy Beans, Split Peas, String Beans (Green Beans), White Beans, etc.)

NUTS AND SEEDS (MODERATELY MUCUS-FORMING)

• Nuts (All Kinds; Acorns, Almonds, Brazil Nuts, Cashews, Chestnuts, Hazelnuts, Peanuts, Pecans, Pistachios’, Walnuts, etc.)
• Seeds (All Kinds; Sunflower, Pumpkin, Hemp, Sesame, etc.)

PROCESSED FOODS (PUS AND/OR VERY MUCUS-FORMING)

• Dried Convenience Foods
• Fast Foods
• Frozen Convenience Foods
• Packaged Convenience Foods
• Processed Meat

CONFECTIONARIES/CANDY/SWEETS (PUS AND/OR VERY MUCUS-FORMING)

• Baked Goods (All kinds including pies, cakes, pastries, etc.)
• Candy (All Types; Bars, Caramels, Chocolate, Fudge, Jelly candies, Rock
• Candy, Taffy
• Gelatin (Jello)
• Ice Cream (Dairy and Non-Dairy)
• Marshmallow

ACIDIC, FERMENTED, OR DISTILLED DRINKS/SYRUPS (ACID-FORMING STIMULANTS)

• Alcoholic Beverages (All Kinds; Ale, Beer, Brandy, Champagne, Hard
• Cider, Liqueur, Mead, Porter, Rum, Sake/Rice Wine, Gin, Herbal Wine, Lager, Fruit Wine, Vodka Whisky, Tequila, etc.)
• Syrups (Brown Rice, Barley Malt, Chocolate, Corn, Artificially Flavored)
• Cocoa
• Coffee
• Kombucha Tea
• Soft Drink (Soda Pop)
• Tea (All Kinds from the Theaceae family)
• Vinegar (White, Apple Cider)
• Old-fashioned Root Beer

FERMENTED FOODS AND SAUCES (ACID-FORMING STIMULANTS)

• Fish Sauce
• Fermented Vegetables (All; Kimchi/cabbage and other veggies, Olives
• Pickles/cucumbers. Sauerkraut/cabbage, etc.)
• Miso
• Sauces with Vinegar (Hot Sauce, Ketchup, Mustard, Mayonnaise, Relish,
• Tartar, Barbecue, Salad Dressings, Salsa, etc.)
• Soy Sauce

VEGETARIAN/VEGAN PROCESSED FOODS (MODERATE TO VERY MUCUS-FORMING)

• Chips (corn, potato, plantain, etc.)
• Frozen Vegan Breakfast Foods (waffles, etc.)
• Hummus (processed chickpeas)
• Lab-Grown Animal Tissue
• Margarine
• Nutritional Yeast
• Pasta (egg-free)
• Pasteurized 100% Fruit Juice (potentially acid-forming)
• Plant milks (grains, nuts, seeds, and legumes including soy, rice, etc.)
• Plant-based butter (nuts, seeds, and legumes including soy, peanut, etc.)
• Plant-based creamers
• Soy Lecithin (food additive)
• Tempeh
• Texturized Vegetable Protein (‘mock’ meats including soy, etc.)
• Tofu
• Vegan Baked Goods
• Vegan Confections (All Types; Chocolates, Ice Cream, etc.)
• Vegan Cheese Substitutes
• Vegan Mayonnaise
• Vegan Whipped Cream
• Yogurts (Plant-based)

OILS (FATTY AND MILDLY MUCUS-FORMING)

• Oil (All types; Avocado Oil, Chia Seed, Coconut, Corn, Cotton Seed, Cotton Seed, Flax Seed, Grape Seed, Hemp Seed, Nut Oils, Olive, Palm, Peanut, Quinoa, Rapeseed (Including Canola), Safflower, Soybean etc.)

SALTS AND SPICES (STIMULANTS/POTENTIALLY ACID-FORMING)

• Black Peppercorns
• Cayenne Pepper
• Chili Powder
• Cream of Tarter
• Curry Powder
• Nutmeg
• Paprika
• Pepper
• Salt (Celery, Crystal, Iodized, Sea)
• Vanilla Extract

STARCHY OR FATTY VEGETABLES AND FRUITS (SLIGHTLY MODERATELY MUCUS-FORMING)

• Artichoke
• Avocados
• Cassava
• Cauliflower (Raw)
• Coconut Meat
• Corn
• Durian
• Fungus (Mushrooms)
• Green Peas
• Olives
• Parsnips
• Peas (Raw)
• Plantain
• Plantains
• Pumpkins
• Raw or Baked White Potatoes
• Raw Squashes (Winter, Acorn, Butternut, etc.)
• Raw Sweet Potatoes
• Rutabaga
• Turnip
• Unripe Banana

What are Deceptive Mucus-Formers?

Here is a list of foods that many people do not realize create mucus:

• Rice (great for creating glue to bind books, bad for the transition to a mucus-free diet)
• Avocados (fatty item that may be used in the transition, but are highly addictive. Although technically a fruit, if used it is best to combine them with a mucus-free combination salad or vegetables to aid elimination. However, it is recommended to stay away from them if you are not already stuck to them.)
• Nuts (Mucus-forming, but may be used on the transition. It is best to eat with dried fruits like raisins to aid with elimination.)
• Plantains (Starchy)
• Tofu (Slimy and mucus-forming.)
• Un-ripened fruits like green bananas (the riper the fruit you eat the better).
• Corn (It does not eliminate well. When cooked, corn becomes mushy and slimy in the intestines.)
• Corn chips (Some people use them on the transition, but they are very addictive and do not eliminate well)
• Beans (They are starchy and mucus-forming. But, they may be used sparingly on the transition within close proximity to green-leafy salads)
• Starchy Vegetables (Some vegetables are starchy and mucus-forming in raw or cooked forms, such as white potatoes. But, many other vegetables, such as sweet potatoes, become almost mucus-free (starchless) after proper cooking.

Books on the Dr. Sebi Diet:

If you want to learn more about how Dr. Sebi was able to cure certain “incurable” diseases using herbs and alternative medicine, I recommend reading the book titled Sojourn to Honduras Sojourn to Healing: Why An Herbalist’s View Matters More Today Than Ever Before. This informative book explores Dr. Sebi’s views on AIDS, diabetes, cancer, and other “incurable” diseases, and his success in treating these incurable diseases. This book also shows you how to prevent disease and stay healthy.

Another great book based on Dr. Sebi’s work that shows you how to use herbs and natural methods to reverse disease is titled Alkaline Herbal Medicine: Reverse Disease and Heal the Electric Body.

Disclaimer

By utilizing the information presented on this site, you agree to and understand that author, Bill Farr is not a doctor or any other type of certified health care professional, and his opinion is not a substitute for professional medical prevention, diagnosis, or treatment. Please consult with your doctor or your other health care providers concerning your symptoms and medical requirements before following any of the remedies or other suggestions he offers. His opinion is based on his own research and is to be used for educational purposes only. Bill Farr’s wellness plans and advice are meant to be used in conjunction with standard allopathic or osteopathic medical treatment and care.