Hallelujah Recovery Diet
Aggressive Nutritional Support

The Hallelujah Recovery Diet is a nutritional powerhouse accelerating radical self-healing when your body is in a health crisis and you're faced with an acute or chronic disease. Here you will learn the details of the Recovery Diet, why it works and how it compares to the Hallelujah Diet. You will also learn when and how to implement the diet into your life.

How the Hallelujah Recovery Diet Works

"The Hallelujah Recovery Diet is identical to The Hallelujah Diet, but provides a much more aggressive approach to quickly equip the body so that it can perform radical healing in a crisis." Hallelujah Acres

The basis for the Recovery Diet is plentiful vegetable juices and BarleyMax. Together these provide efficient cellular nourishment to your body. Stripped from the plant fiber, the healing phytochemicals of juice and BarleyMax are quickly passed into your bloodstream for immediate delivery to your body's cells.

As this healing nourishment is delivered to your cells, your cells, preferring the healthy food, will discharge any toxins into the blood. The blood then carries the toxins away for subsequent removal from your body.

God has designed your body to survive. So your body will do all it can to keep itself healthy. That's a process called 'homeostasis'.

But your body needs your help to become healthy and stay healthy. One of the main things your body needs is healthy, healing nourishment. The Hallelujah Recovery Diet provides that.

Hallelujah Recovery Diet Compared to the Halleujah Diet

The Recovery Diet is based on the Hallelujah Diet except it is a more aggressive approach. You drink more juice, have more BarleyMax and limit sugars and fats.

The main difference is in the number of juices and BarleyMax servings you take each day. On the Hallelujah Diet, you drink two glasses of fresh vegetable juice and 3 servings of BarleyMax each day.

On the Recovery Diet, you increase that to 6 servings of fresh vegetable juice and 6 servings of BarleyMax each day, alternated hourly throughout the day.

The other differences between the two are that fat, salt and fruit sugar are more restricted in the Hallelujah Recovery Diet. Fat is limited to no more than 10% in the Recovery Diet, with that 10% being health fat only- avocados, nuts and seeds. The Hallelujah Diet allows more fat in the form of healthy oils- olive oil, coconut oil, etc. We'll go into more detail later on this page.

While both fruits and vegetables are health-promoting, immune boosters, calorie for calorie, vegetables are more nutritious. To avoid eating too much fruit and not having enough room for vegetables, both the Hallelujah Diet and the Recovery Diet encourage no more than 15% fruit in your daily intake.

Please do not eliminate or avoid fruit completely. Fruit contains wonderful phytonutrients that you need for total health. Continue to eat a variety of fresh fruits to obtain all that God has created for our nourishment.

Another difference between the Recovery Diet and the Hallelujah Diet is there is more leeway in the Hallelujah Diet in the form of the natural, concentrated sweeteners, which I will explain further on.

A Typical Day on the Hallelujah Recovery Diet

Fitting in 12 hourly juices can be a challenge and it really does take some planning and vigilance. Here's how a typical day on the Recovery Diet looks:

This is just a guideline for you. You can change the times as it suits your schedule. For Hallelujah Acres' PDF version or the Recovery Diet, click here.

Foods to avoid on the Hallelujah Recovery Diet

In addition to the foods you eliminate on the Hallelujah Diet, the Recovery Diet also excludes the following:

Processed Oils

All oils, even those considered 'healthy', are among the most fattening, calorie-dense foods. Oils do not contain the nutrients, fiber and phytochemicals that were in the original fruit, nut or seed. The amount of nutrients in oils is negligible compared to the amount of calories. Even if you don't have a weight issue, for disease recovery, avoid all oils. An exception to this is fish oil, which you need for the omega-3 fatty acids, EPA and DHA. You can read more about fish oil here.

What to eat instead: Obtain healthy fats from nuts, seeds and avocados. If you are battling excess weight, limit your intake of these to less than two ounces a day, less than one ounce to maximize weight loss. Don't exclude nuts and seeds entirely as including them in your diet helps to promote weight loss. If you have no weight issues and you are very active, you can increase your consumption of these.

Refined or Concentrated Sweeteners

On the Recovery Diet, you definitely want to steer clear of concentrated forms of sugar, such as maple syrup, honey, agave nectar, date sugar, etc. The reason for this is these sugars stimulate insulin production, which then stimulates your appetite, increases your food cravings and promotes fat storage.

What to eat instead: Get your sweeteners from whole dates, raisins, applesauce and other fruits, using dried fruit sparingly.

Salt

While Celtic sea salt is allowed on the Hallelujah Diet, you want to completely eliminate any added salt on the Recovery Diet. This also includes any processed foods with added salt, such as beans, tomato products, etc. Consuming added salt is linked to strokes, stomach cancer, heart attacks, blood clots and high blood pressure. Also, salt causes calcium and other trace minerals to be leached from your body.

What to eat instead: All foods, especially vegatables, contain sodium. You will get what you need by eating a variety of fresh fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds. While food may taste bland as you eliminate added salt, this is only temporary. As you retrain your taste buds, you will be amazed at how good food tastes without added salt.

Grains

Vegetables and fruits need to be the base of your Recovery Diet food pyramid. While you do not need to eliminate whole grains entirely, consume them in a much smaller amount as grains are not as nutrient-dense. Definitely eliminate all refined grains, which includes pasta, bread and tortillas.

What to eat instead: Still keeping these to be a minor part of your diet, the healthier grains to eat are wild rice, quinoa, oats, millet, buckwheat (a.k.a.kasha), and barley. The healthiest ways to prepare these are soaking, sprouting and cooking in water. You can eat commercially sprouted breads, buns and tortillas, again in smaller amounts.

Get Hungry Between Meals

The Hallelujah Recovery Diet is great for adding superior nutrition for the healing of your body. But, your body can't digest and efficiently detoxify and repair at the same time.

It is very important to allow time between meals for the body to digest the nutrients, and then use those nutrients to detoxify and repair. The juices and BarleyMax that you are drinking hourly are quickly absorbed, even more so on an empty stomach. So, these should not interfere with the healing process, but rather enhance it.

Allow yourself to get hungry between meals. Avoid snacking.

How Much Water Should I Drink?

There is no prescribed amount of water that you should drink on the Hallelujah Recovery Diet. You are getting at least six 8 oz. glasses with each BarleyMax, if you mix it with 8 ounces of water. You are getting water with the fresh fruits and vegetables you eat. And, because you are not consuming the dangerous amounts of added salt typical in the SAD, your water requirements should be much less.

The best answer to this question is, Drink when you are thirsty. If you are excercising vigorously for long periods of time, you may need to drink more. But the general rule of thumb is to drink when you are thirsty. As long as you are urinating adequate amounts and your urine is a light straw yellow color, you should be well hydrated.

How Long Do I Stay on the Hallelujah Recovery Diet?

Hallelujah Acres advises that it may take 12 to 18 months on the recovery diet for the body to repair, heal and rebuild. Everyone is unique and response time varies. You may feel better sooner, but for ultimate health, you may choose to stay on the diet for a year.

Whatever length of time you decide to remain on the Recovery diet, it is essential to your continued health and vitally important that you remain eating a health diet such as the Hallelujah Diet for the rest of your life.

Is the Hallelujah Recovery Diet Right for Me?

Many people embrace the Recovery Diet when faced with a health challenge, such as the beginnings of a chronic disease. Others come to it after conventional medicine fails to heal them.

Deciding if the Recovery Diet is right for you is a personal decision and a health care decision you have a right to make. Please pray about it and let God lead you in this decision.