People have made food tastier by adding and/or increasing things such as MSG, fats, sugars, and salt.  As a result, nerves have adapted to this higher level of stimulation so that natural food often seems bland and offer little pleasure.  Readaptation to natural foods can take up to 3 months.  It can also be accomplished by a week-long water fast.

• Eat only when hungry.
• It is best not to eat between meals or at bedtime.
• Do not drink water with meals.  Drink water 15 minutes before meals or two hours after a meal.
• Eat moderately and chew your food well.  Use no condiments, salt or spices or alcoholic drinks.  That includes coffee and tea.
• Do not eat when tired or emotionally upset.  REST and wait until you have recovered from either state.
• Do not eat immediately before or after intense physical or mental exertion.
• Eat only natural, live, unprocessed foods.
• Fresh air and exercise are part of a nutritional program. Get your daily quota.  Positively NO SMOKING.
• Try to rest after each meal, if at all possible.
• Strive for physical, mental and emotional balance.

General dietary instructions from Dr. Benesh:

• With fresh fruit salad (a lunch or dinner) have dark green leafy lettuce, celery, and sprouts.
• A little olive oil or sunflower seed oil may be used as a dressing.  A few drops of lemon, lime, orange or grapefruit juice may be added.  [Use no other salad dressing.]
• Use sweet butter or sunflower oil on the steamed vegetables, sparingly.
• All nuts and nut butters should be unroasted, RAW and unsalted.

Information picked from Dr. Benesh's recommendations and specific diets.

• Jump on a trampoline once or twice daily to help lymph flow.
• Breakfast is fruit, preferably apples.
• Have lots of salad and include plenty of lettuce (not iceberg) and sprouts.
• All vegetables are fresh or steamed.
• No starches except  brown rice, corn, potato, and sweet potato; and only one per day.
• "Fast" one day per week on juice or watermelon. (Watermelon is a better cleanser.)
• Have 8oz. juice before every meal, if possible; otherwise, have about 10oz. at breakfast and dinner. "Juice" varies with the diet, but it is always fresh.  Common are carrot-celery and apple-celery. Wait about 10-15 minutes before eating meal.
• Nuts are eaten at the end of a smaller meal (breakfast or salad). Wait 10-15 minutes after meal.  Recommended amount varies from 3 to 5 oz.