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Protective Diet Class #258
This class calms and confirms that you have what it takes to survive a pandemic mandated shelter-in-place well-fed, healthy, and finding joy in the experience. See what’s left in Julie’s PD pantry after 12 days in quarantine and realize just how independent you are.
Announcements
- Engage in our official support group, Protective Diet Living (PDL). Join Live Chats & Coaching Hour for personal assistance.
- Shop www.protectivediet.com/azure, an independent source for low-cost, high-quality PD staples in bulk.
Vocabulary
| Pantry Staples | Freezer Staples | Backstock | Autophagy | Wonderful Why |
| Fresh Staples | Lifestyle Staples | Par Shelf | Pandemic | Independence |
Action Steps for Pandemic Peace of Mind
- Maintain a Fully Stocked PD Pantry
- Most people live totally dependent on the grocery store as their pantry.
- PD kitchen systems combine to create an extensive long term food storage w/everything needed to make 500+ recipes.
- Begin by deeply stocking staples for your favorite PD recipes when those items are on sale. Buy in bulk for a discount.
- Continue adding more staples as you learn each kitchen system and discover more recipes you don’t want to live without.
- Rest assured you can exist a long time with your starchy PD pantry and a few fermented, frozen or fresh additions.
| Storage Life of PD Staples | Year(s) | Staples for making All Purpose Cleaner, Laundry Detergent, Pit Paste, Toothpaste, Mouthwash Bulk Dried Beans, Grains, Flours, Spices, Nutritional Yeast, Baking Staples, Sprouting Seeds |
| Cases of Soymilk, Tamari, Applesauce, Tomato Paste | ||
| Multiples of Pasta, Canned Goods, Vinegars, Liquid Smoke, Mustards, Ethnic Ingredients | ||
| Dried Protective Beverage Starters & DIY Cracker and Cake Mixes | ||
| Fermented fresh fruits, vegetables, sauces & condiments | ||
| Month(s) | Frozen fruits, vegetables, tofu, yeast, roots (ginger/turmeric/horseradish) | |
| Cool Storage Staples: Potatoes, Onions, Garlic, Citrus, Apples, Tomatoes, Eggplant, Kiwi | ||
| Jerry’s Organic Plant Based Yogurt (+perpetual production as long as you have soymilk) | ||
| Week(s) | Hearty Fresh Staples: Carrots, Celery, Cabbage, Kale, Cauliflower, Broccoli, Peppers, Tofu | |
| Fresh Herb Storage Box: Parsley, Cilantro, Green Onion |
- Make a variety of fermented foods to add a stable, ultra-protective, fresh component to your long term storage.
- Keep an organized refrigerator so you can quickly inventory yogurt, ferments, your herb box, and fresh staples.
- Use a variety of ways to manage your fresh staples and preserve them for longer than 2 weeks:
– Freeze to extend their life for months—bananas, peppers & chilies, tomatoes, garlic cloves (separated w/skin on).
– Ferment to preserve them for months to years—onions, peppers/chilies, tomatoes, carrots, cucumbers, cabbage, etc.
- Stock staples to make PD Lifestyle recipes for cleaning, laundry and body care product independence.
- Relish independence. Your pantry will reward you during this experience. No need for take-out, or the grocery store. You will come out of this extended stay at home with food cost savings and an opportunity to rotate through your staples. Emptied stores will stock a completely fresh inventory allowing you to refresh anything that has aged in your pantry.
- Work With What You Have
- Stay home—it is unnecessary to put yourself at risk by going to the store. Your PD pantry is full of meal possibilities.
- When you are out of your favorite fresh ingredients, work with what you have.
- Get creative. Make it a game. See how long you can go. Realize how self-sufficient you are.
- Mix it up. Instead of the usual chips, use pantry staples (cornmeal, rice, lentils) to make crackers full of protective spices.
- Ration fresh produce. You can make it last for weeks: ferment it, freeze it, cook/bake & freeze it, move it to cooler place.
- Plan meals according to fresh items you have on hand that need to be used next.
- Start some broccoli sprouts to get plenty of protective sulforaphane in your diet long after your fresh greens are gone.
- Protect Your Immunity: Reduce Stress & Find Joy
- Adjust–most people don’t know what it’s like to be home except to eat, drink wine, watch the news, and sleep.
- Ignore the news. News is designed to excite you and keep you on the edge of your seat. It will increase your stress.
| Julie’s Quarantine “Wonderful Whys” I’m not going to go hungryI have hot waterI have electricityI have internetI have phone serviceWaking up alarm-freeFamily timePantry inventory turnoverGrocery store independenceCare products self-sufficiencyReduced spending & wasteForced self-check inFinding joy inside ourselves |
- Focus on the goal–our job is to stay home and reduce stress.
- Stress is like eating burgers and fries to our endothelium and microbiome.
- Destress. Breathe deep. Meditate. Find a way to feel peace. You are well.
- Live in the moment to reduce stress. Make it joyful rather than focusing on the worst and fearing the unknown. Find the “Wonderful Whys” in your experience.
- Prioritize your health. Take action every day to protect yourself.
- Stick to your Protective Diet and rest assured that you are doing absolutely everything you can to overcome the virus as if it were a common cold.
- Treat yourself as if you had the virus. Rest, make sure you have plenty of fluids, sleep properly and do breathing exercises.
- Drink warm protective beverages for antioxidants and comfort.
- Autophagy that occurs during day fasting can detoxify viruses out of the body.
- Do self-checks—food is not going to satisfy the comfort you want. Bingeing will leave you feeling worse than if you addressed your feelings.
- Be patient with others whose interactions are based on fear. Deal with differences by listening. Get off of Facebook.
Cooking Tips
- Make 2 cans worth of chickpeas in the pressure cooker using 1¼ c. dry chickpeas and 3 cups water. 50 min. w/natural release.
- Cooked chickpeas, stored in the refrigerator, will go bad quickly. You could freeze them–best to cook them as you use them.
- Roast tired, wrinkled bell peppers & chilies and blend with chickpeas into a hummus.
Student Q&A
Q: Did they stop selling 20oz. Low Sodium Tamari? (47:33)
Q: What did you have to restock when you went to the store? (59:00)
Encouragement
- If you are medication-free, at a healthy weight, getting adequate sleep, have good blood pressure, not drinking alcohol, not smoking, at a low stress level, getting sunshine & eating a Protective Diet, you are going to be fine.
- The generally poor state of health of most people in the world is what is making this a state of emergency.
- Most people are not in the position you are–taking care of yourself and spending an evening with me growing your understanding of nutritional science so you can apply it on a daily basis. You are advanced. Feel confident.
- Make every bite count. Get your pantry set up so you feel confident during this time. This is your experience. Make it joyful.
“Being quarantined with a PD pantry is like a princess quarantine. We can make some soup, bake some bread and be all fit and happy eating our Protective Diet.”
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Class Description:
This class calms and confirms that you have what it takes to survive a pandemic mandated shelter-in-place well-fed, healthy, and finding joy in the experience. See what’s left in Julie’s PD pantry after 12 days in quarantine and realize just how independent you are.
Class URL: https://protectivediet.com/courses/deep-pantry/lessons/class-258-pandemic-pantry/
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