Fueling your body with the right food

Going back to gut instincts and intuition

So much information surrounding food it is confusing………..

I have written so many blogs regarding nutrition, even my head hurts. It always seems to come back to your gut intuition which we have given up on for evidence base and “following the science” We must eat real foods with the nutrients in that our body can use, our food helps construct and keep our bodies strong, so if you put poor quality food in then you open yourself up for sickness and weakness. We are born with an innate immune system that forms strong with nurture, nutrition, exposure and good sanitation. Our food can be our medicine or our poison, everything regarding health and wellbeing is based on the diets we eat.

Our nutrition should give us all the nutrients our bodies need to build, develop and prevent sickness. Eating food that either grew from the ground, a tree, the land or the sea should ensure you only eat real foods. Eating foods that are one ingredient only and does not need a packet to explain what it is and what is in it is your safest bet. Do not be fooled by anything that is fortified, low fat, sugar free, healthy, protein rich, etc, etc is any good for you. Nothing in a packet with more than one ingredient can give your brain, gut, body, organs etc anything they need to be strong and work efficiently for you.

Get your diet in order and you will have a great base for getting your health in order and assisting in getting all the other important areas in line.

Your gut is your second brain, we need to feed this in order to keep ourselves well. Any issues you may have including allergies, acne, bloating, gut issues, diabetes, heart disease, autoimmune diseases, fatigue, weight gain…. the list is endless all start in the gut. Feed your microbiome what it needs to flourish and you will find this aids. We have bacteria all over the body, inside and out, they are our friends, help the good bacteria and this will help balance out a growth and imbalance that may be causing you issues.

To start with we need to be eating real food that our bodies thrive on, these being:

• animal meat (all – especially red meat)
• animal fat (all)
• fish (especially oily fish for DHEA – omega 3)
• natural oils – avocado, coconut
• fat – butter, (real butter no marg or spreadables) ghee, lard
• raw dairy
• coconut cream / milk
• nuts / flax, chia, linseeds / raw nut butters
• seasonal / local vegetables (especially cruciferous, bulb and bitter leaves)
• seasonal / local fruit
• quality salt (sea/rock/himalayan), pepper, herbs, spices (all have many health benefits)
• Probiotic foods (fermented foods) kimchi, sauerkraut, pickled foods (no added sugar) Kefir
• mineral water

Anything outside of this list is not needed within the body and will only cause disease if taken in too frequently. I am not saying you have to be a saint 24/7, who is…… but if you are eating the above foods less than 90% of the time it might be a good idea to look at changing this.

The amazing thing about the body is with a short reset programme you can get yourself back on track. The reset will set you up for a longer term change to get your health back on track. Once you start these changes they will become the norm and as you start to feel and see the benefits it will encourage you to continue and set this as your new lifestyle.

Along with eating the right foods, having an eating window is a great way to ensure you do not overeat and you also give your body time to rest and digest.

Having an eating window can really help aid health and weight. When we are not eating our body is repairing itself, the same as when we sleep. This can be called intermittent fasting or fasting. Information out there seems to suggest that eating within an 8 hour eating window is a good place to start. Start with a 12 hour, then an 11 hour, then 10, 9 and hopefully eating within the 8 hour window won’t seem so daunting. Ladies you need to understand a bit more about this as we need to work with our menstrual cycle and cannot and should not fast for long periods all the time, men can without it affecting them negatively.

The time we fast our bodies can do the things it needs to do to clean up bad cells and ensure we keep fit and well. Cancer are bad cells gone rogue, fasting can assist in cleaning up bad cells and stopping cancer cells growing. Sugar feeds cancer whereas fats do not, so high fat / protein diet with intermittent fasting can really help keep you well. I will share links for you to read up about this more and make your own conclusion on this but from what I am researching and from my own trialling of this I feel this can be super helpful yo keeping you fit and well.

This is where calorie counting is a load of ole shit, not only does it stop you eating good quality fats because they are high calorie it also causes you to make the wrong choices with your mind rather than with your gut. Your gut microbiome would take avocado and eggs over a bowl of cereal any day, but put it in a calorie counting app and it would encourage you to choose the high sugar/nutrient empty cereal crap.

Whenever you look to shop always stay down the fruit and veg aisle and the meat/fish aisle or better still shop at a local butchers and farm shop. Try and grow some of your own vegetables as well, I find this super rewarding and therapeutic. I am afraid to say our food has been hijacked by fat cats just trying to make money off their products without caring about our health or if any of the ingredients should be in our bodies. If you look up some of these weird and wonderful ingredients put in convenience foods you will find they should be nowhere near humans let alone in our bodies. Amongst other reasons, allergies, gut issues, skin issues, autism, ADHD, diabetes, heart disease and autoimmune diseases have increased due to poor diet and pollutants/poisons being put in our food and water. It is all there for us to see, you just have to look for it and not too hard. Again I will share podcasts and websites that have this information on for you to read up on. As I say always do you own research, do not just listen to what one person says, be curious, a critical thinker and ask questions of everyone. No matter if they are wearing a white coat or how have letters after their name. Just because people can regurgitate what they read from a textbook does not make them smarter than you.

Nutrition is a great place to start and while getting this in order it will give you the energy and mindset to look at other areas that will help keep you healthy, such as:

• exercise / movement / strength / mobility
• quality sleep
• stress management
• reducing toxic load
• find your tribe

Do not feel overwhelmed with all of this information, if you want help and guidance I can assist you with this, please get in touch and we can discuss this further.

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