Diet Matters!Diet Matters!
What and how you eat are your most important health choices
Make quality, nutrient-dense food a priority regardless of diet
Healthy bodies naturally detoxifyHealthy brains need a healthy gut
The Time for ChangeThe Time for Change
Too hard?Change your focus
Too expensive?Pay now or pay later
Stop the excuses!Make a decision TODAY
Overcome ObstaclesOvercome Obstacles
1. Discover and increase beneficial, nutrient-dense foods
2. Remove/reduce toxins3. Learn how to eat to fuel your body
Inflammation? Leaky Gut? IgG/IgE Food Intolerances?
Neurotoxin & AutotoxinNeurotoxin & Autotoxin
Neurotoxins: cause damage to nerves or nerve tissue – mercury, lead, artificial sweeteners & more
Autotoxins: toxins made within the body – alcohols, acetaldehyde, opiod-like substances & more
Nutrient-Dense FoodsNutrient-Dense Foods
Traditional foods – around for 100 years
Organic Non GMOPasture raised/un-caged chickensGrass fed beef, lambWild caught fish
Reduce ToxinsReduce Toxins
Sugar causes:Damage to cellsInflammation Feeds yeast and gut bacteria
Never artificial sweetenersUse safer sugar alternatives
Maple sugar/syrup, honey, date sugar, coconut sugar, fresh fruit/dates
Guide to PesticidesGuide to Pesticides
Dirty dozen – buy organic: Peach, apple, bell pepper, celery, nectarine,
strawberries, cherries, kale, lettuce, grapes (imported), carrot, pear
Clean 15 – do not need organic: Onion, avocado, sweet corn, pineapple, mango,
asparagus, sweet pea, kiwi, cabbage, eggplant, papaya, watermelon, broccoli, tomato, sweet potato
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Reduce Sugar/SaltReduce
Sugar/Salt
HealthyFats
HealthyFats
Bone BrothBone BrothCultured
VegetablesCultured
Vegetables
New Strategy New Strategy
SAD?SAD?Low Fat?Low Fat?
Making the Unfamiliar Familiar
Develop a new routine Monday bone broth Saturday meatloaf
Use aids: crock pot, bread machineWritten meal planLearn to cook without
processed foodsShare family meals
Bone BrothBone Broth
Healing to digestive systemHigh in mineralsGood source of quality fatUses:
Soups and saucesSteam/cook veggies, rice, quinoa, pastaLiquid in any savory recipe
Cultured FoodsCultured Foods
Vegetables fermented without vinegarSauerkrautKim cheeBeets
Nondairy YogurtKombucha
Fights yeast overgrowth
Defeat the OddsDefeat the Odds
Make a commitment Get help!
Food coach/diet counselorSupport groups
Too hard – too expensiveChange your focus
You are what you eat!