The Unholy Terrors!

I am going to go over a few things to try to completely avoid when
possible. Because they are just downright awful for your body and are not
worth the risk to your health. Others will be irritating to the intestinal track
for some people, but possibly not to others. These I suggest testing out
individually by eliminating them for a short “clean out” period, and then
include Ione at a time to experimentally see what is irritating to your body
personally, and what is not.
I’ll start with the things that are dangerous for your well being as a
human first. At the top isn’t even a food. It is “Soft” plastics. And by soft
what I mean is that you can “swish” it, and it gives when you do. Soft
plastics that house water, such as water bottles, or food you plan to
consume. The soft plastic bottles/containers are made containing
estrogen-type molecules that give it its “squeezable” constitution. These
molecules leech right into the food or water from the soft plastic
composition. Then, this fake estrogen is transferred with the water or food
right into your body. Once inside, it muscles its way into your estrogen and
other hormone receptor sites. It’s a huge bully compared to your body’s
natural and polite hormone molecules. It just comes in and bullies out
anything in its way. Why is this bad? Unfortunately, these synthetic
estrogen-type molecules do not contain any good benefits to your system
that natural hormones provides. And they don’t ask for admittance they
bust in and take over. They are “proliferators,” which in layman’s terms
means that they will act to support the storage of unwanted excess
weight. Often in the form of “fluid retention.” So what that means is that
they make you fat! No thanks!
If you can, just use a charcoal filter, or distill or purify your own water.
Then bottle it in glass or stainless steel, or hard plastic, and you will be
much healthier for it. And it is fairly simple to make this adjustment. Love
yourself. Just do it. Honestly regular tap water filtered with charcoal will do
you so much better than bottled (in soft bottles) water will for your
longevity and health. There are suitable charcoal water filtering devices,
systems and jugs from Amazon or Walmart. Love yourself and get one!
Let’s talk GMOs. GMO stands for Genetically Modified Organism.
Sadly, this status is not reserved only for plants. Animals used for food
have also been modified as well. And while I certainly do understand that
modifying them made the life of the hard-working farmers much much
easier, it hasn’t been a beneficial experiment on the American population.
We are the most unhealthy and chubbiest population on the planet! 70%
of our younger population isn’t fit for military service. That is terrifying if
you ask me. We can’t defend our country Call of Duty style.
Most plants that have been modified will grow right through 3-5
separate spraying of pesticide and herbicide poisons. They absorb the
sprays and put them right into the composition of the produce that you will
eventually eat. If that isn’t dangerous enough, most of the produce from
them contains up to 90% less nutritional value than the original unmodified
plant. That is right. You are getting 10% of the nutrition the plant produced
before modification. Do you ever wonder why you are hungry alll the
time??? If you eat regularly to the point of discomfort, I would venture a
pretty reasonable guess that your body is starving of nutrients.
If you increase your nutrient intake, not eating between meals
wouldn’t even be an issue. Snacking for the body is unnecessary if it has
the nutrients it needs. It only signals hunger so that it can carry out the
processes on its agenda. In fact, if you feel that sometimes you are literally
obsessed with thoughts of food, consider that your body is just plain
starved of needed nutrients. It is constantly calling for nutrition that it is
just not getting from the food you are providing it with. It is hard to be
quiet when you are suffering. Your body is for you, not against you.
So give your body the benefit of the doubt if you weren’t aware of
gmo’s. Your body loves you and is not trying to make you miserable. And it
does not desire to be overweight either. All of its functions are more
challenging when overweight. It is trying to take the very best care it can of
you. So how can you help it? Buy Organic whenever you have the option.
Just start there. If you do, you can avoid even having to know very much
about the foods individually. Organic foods have to be produced from non-
GMO sources, with no exception. If they are not, the grower will lose his
organic license.
So you could argue that organic is more costly to purchase. And yes,
I do know that it is. But when you realize that you are receiving up to a
90% increase in the usable nutrient value in the food you are purchasing, it
is so much the better deal. And that 90% increase will result in the
constant hunger and cravings VANISHing. Understand this and you will
see the wisdom and profit in buying organic. You will eat less in the long
run because you won’t continually be hungry. An easy way to know at the
grocery store if something is a gmo is that the bar code will begin with a 4.
You can look all of this up on Google. It is hiding in plain sight, I promise!
I’m only going to single out one GMO specifically, and that is wheat.
Wheat is the most dangerous and offensive to the body of the GMO’s on
the market. But there are non-gmo wheat options. “Spelt” is one, and can
be purchased on Amazon. You can buy Spelt bread as well. GMO wheat in
the stomach, if the stomach lining is not up to snuff, will perforate the
stomach walls like tiny projectiles. Letting stomach acid and food contents
out into the abdominal cavity. This is called leaky gut and is a prevalent
complaint among people of all ages. In fact, I would venture to say that
many are so used to having abdominal discomfort daily that they don’t
even pay it much mind.
If that were all it did, it would be great. But alas, that is not the worst
thing it does. As GMO wheat passes through your intestinal tract, it can
literally remove the Cilia from the walls. Cilia are the tiny “fingers” in the
track that assist in quickly moving food and nutrients along. They also do a
lot in the way of absorbing nutrients. Two things happen when they are
ripped off the walls. Nutrition absorption gets very bad, and the body gets
very “starved.”
Next, the track doesn’t move very well, and the result is sluggish to
no movement. This is known as constipation. Bloating comes soon after.
Followed shortly by squirty poo or diarrhea. That’s right from one extreme
to the next. The body has to push fluid to the “stuck” area to move
everything through before “rotting” occurs from not moving at a normal
pace. (Rotting is very dangerous and can result in sepsis.) None of this
process is comfortable. If you want to read a great book about GMO
wheat just pick up the book “Wheat Belly”.
The final thing I will say about GMO wheat is that it spikes insulin
levels worse than sugar. That is right! It and sugar are the leading causes
of insulin resistance in the American diet and are leading the way to
diabetes. Not kidding.
Sugar! Sugar has been shown to be among the leading causes of
depression. That’s right. Sugar causes you to feel badly both in your body
and emotions. The book “Sugar Blues” goes into great detail about the
process of sugar destroying you emotionally. If sugar is your “thing” please
read the book! There is no “healthy” amount of white sugar that you can
consume. It has literally no benefits to any part of you but your tongue.
And there are 231 different legal words used on labels of food you
consume that literally are 100% referencing sugar. They are just hiding
behind words you don’t know. The food industry understands that sugar is
the single most addictive “drug” on planet earth. Not just because of the
flavor. It influences both the brain and body into addiction.
How? Quite easily and chemically. When anything sweet hits the
back of your tongue the receptor sites there are signaled to release
dopamine. And whala! You feel good and energized instantly! Yeah ya
right?! Noooo! – it is short-lived and it is a lie to the body. Nothing good is
coming, only insulin spikes and then slumps. Which signals the body for
more dopamine, and the addictive cycle ensues.
Sugar is the number one food source for cancer!! Cancer LOVES
sugar and thrives on it! If you have cancer and you continue to consume
sugar (and wheat) you are not looking at very good odds of surviving.
Cancer grows at an exorbitant rate on sugar. If that isn’t enough, it is
among the leading causes of diabetes too. And obesity.
If you decide nothing else cut sugar and wheat from your diet and
watch your body begin to thrive again. I know it’s hard. But love your body
enough to try. Take baby steps if you have to. I find that the best way to
quit something is to replace it. Soooo this is where Raw, Unfiltered,
Organic Honey comes in. It will give you benefits. 2 Tablespoons of honey
can sustain the adult male for 24 hours with all of his nutritional needs. So
every time you have a sugar craving down some honey! Lots of it. Loads of
it! Guilt-free and beneficial! And you will still get that dopamine hit but
there will be goods for the body as well. Your immune system LOVES
honey! There is nutrients in honey that science still doesn’t fully
understand. Not kidding. GET SOME!
There are other choices too. Like monk fruit or stevia (side note 2
teaspoons of sugar is equal to 1/16th-1/8th of a teaspoon of stevia or it
will be very bitter and quite awful honestly.) or my new favorite – Date
sugar. Which is literally just ground dates. But it has components in it that
actually slow the insulin release for 4 hours after you consume it. So it a
great choice for those who have to consider food for its insulin response.
Its so lovely with coffee or Chai tea. Mmmm think I’ll make some right now.
Lets talk about fats and oils. Good fat is good for you. Essential in
fact. Your body can not make hormones without good fats. One molecule
of cholesterol is required to make one molecule of any hormone. And your
brain is over 70% made up of fat. So the “low fat fad” is one of the worst
that ever happened to humans. It is literally shortening the length of and
quality of our lives. You need fat. Fat is essential. But which ones?
Instead of listing the offenders and all the various reasons why, I just
want to give you the go-for-it list instead. This list needs to be in your
system regularly. Like daily! Organic of course. The non-organic brands
can (and do) add things that are not the specified oil on the label. Such as
repurposed engine oil. (gross!) You aren’t an engine built to run on
industrial oil. Just buy organic please for your bodies sake.
The three wise men of the oils are: Olive, Coconut and Avocado. Dr
Guidry makes the best poly-phenol rich olive oil on the market. I take in one
oz of it a day. I have Organic MTC oil with my coffee every morning. A
good dash, most likely a tablespoon. I cook a great deal with Avocado oil,
ghee and butter as they are lovely to sauté food in.
The burn rate of each is as follows for sautéing: Coconut oil burn
earliest at 350 degrees Fa (177C) and then Olive burns at 390 degrees F or
199 C, and then Avocado at 482 F (271C). So, knowing how long
something will take to cook and how much “blacken” you desire on your
sautéed food, you can go by this chart. All three lend slightly different
nutritional benefits to the body so change it frequently. And use LOTS of
oil. I mean LOTS. GOOD FAT DOES NOT MAKE YOU FAT. But using
unhealthy GMO fats will keep you fat, sore and unhealthy.
And what about animal fat? Well, that is where the animal stores
high density vitamins and minerals. Why? Why would they do that? For
survival! For famine and drought. They forage or hunt for their survival. So
the fat stores keep them healthy in leaner times. So, EAT THE FAT. EAT
THE BUTTER. (Organic, please, though. Do not even get me started about
what the food industry is doing to animals. There aren’t enough pages!)
Organic Butter and animal fat are good for you. I’m not saying only eat the
fat. Balance baby, balance. I am saying you don’t need to cut it out
completely and avoid it like it is plagued. It is very nutritious. If the fat is in
an organically raised animal, it is healthy and safe to consume. That is the
fundamental criteria for considering animal fat. Not the amount but the
source.
The low-fat diet pushers and supporters have been found to be
completely wrong. Obviously, since the low-to-no-fat diet became a way
of life in America, the rise of obesity has been paramount. According to
USA FACTS, it has tripled; yes, that is 3 times the number of obese
individuals in the American population since 1960. It is covering nearly
50% of the total population today.
Cut out the bad fats, include the good fats, and watch the fat stores
you have fall off your body. That’s right, they will start melting away. Not
kidding. It is the “scarcity” trigger that both low and bad fat cause in your
brain. They send the signal that tells your body, “We are going to starve
here. And we can’t make hormones, so start storing everything extra.” The
body, like a good little soldier, goes about saving fat everywhere it can.
Your body does so to ensure your survival. The body receives this
message; “no fat coming in; we are obviously entering a famine, store for
survival.” And here we are in America, fat as ticks, wondering where we
are going wrong. So…Eat the fat! And cook with the three wise oils!
Lectins are one of the leading natural offenders of leaky gut, poor gut
microbiome, and intestinal discomfort. The following are some foods that
have lectins. Lectins are the part of plants that are designed to protect the
plant. So they may be giving you issues right now. Possibly, you don’t
even realize it because you are so used to having abdominal discomfort.
Abdominal discomfort is not normal and should not be an absolute rarity.
What I suggest is removing them for a week and then add back only
one at a time. Pay attention to what your tummy thinks of each one. Listen
to your system and respect what it tells you. It is the most loving thing you
can do. Your body only wants to do its level best to provide energy, health,
and comfort to you. So help it out and see what it has difficulty with. Here
is a short list of common ones:
Potato skins – just skin them and don’t eat the skins.
(You can however use the skins. They make an amazing poultice for
sore muscles to remove toxins, soreness and inflammation. Also, any
poisons under the skin, such as bee stings, chigger, or mosquito bites.
Just grind them with castor oil and use – or freeze in small ice cube trays
for later use.
Peppers are both sweet and hot, especially the seeds and the skins.
They can be skinned easily after being boiled. Pressure cooking, however,
does destroy the lectins.
Tomato skins and seeds. Yes, unfortunately for me, who loves
tomatoes, I do have issues with the seeds and skins. Boiling them makes
the skins easy to shed. There are some great videos on you tube showing
how to do them.
Starchy beans like lintels, navy, kidney, white, red, black, etc., and
peanuts are also good. They need to be pressure-cooked. If you pressure
cook them, the lectins in them are terminated. Which I love the pressure
cooker made by Insta Pot. If you don’t have one get one from Amazon.
They are worth their weight in gold. Amazing little machines.
There are likely more that may give you issue. But these are the main
offenders. And some of you may not have issue with some of these lectin
producing vegetables. Or you may find eating them in small doses, or with
less frequency, they are no problem.
Every great relationship is built on communication. So learn to be
present with, to ask questions to and then listen to the body you live in. It
will absolutely tell you what it thinks of everything you present it with. Love
it enough to care what it’s responses are. Give it the respect it deserves for
its constant efforts on your behalf. You can not effectively love yourself
without considering its communications with you. There is great love
shown in just listening. In tuning a little bit more than yesterday, a little bit
more than last week, last month, last year.
Knowledge is power. Put this power you earn through listening to
work in your life. And build the body and the life that you dream of. Do it
because you can. Because no one can do it for you. You have the power.
You have the wherewithal. Baby steps. There is reward for every effort.
Acknowledge tiny goals, recognize them, and receive those dopamine hits
in every single win. You are worth it! How do I know you are worth it?
Because you are here. You are here and not by mistake. You were fearfully
and wonderfully made on purpose. And for this time, this space, and you
are worthy. You were both worthy. And no one and no circumstance can
take that from you.
Your focus doesn’t have to, and shouldn’t solely be on “don’t”s. Put
your focus on -excitedly embarking on a new adventure in food! Pick a
few foods from the list, such as hormone-helping foods. Or a different list
you “feel” most inclined to begin your support of. Ask your body. Which
part of us, my little body, should we start with supporting? Trust the first
thought and go for it. Find some excitement in your new adventures with
the food(s) you want to try. Buy this book for a friend and do it together.
Support each other. And then when you make something new, say to your
body. Look what I did for us! Because I love you, I did this for us!
Dopamine hit! WINNING!
Don’t know how to cook the new, raw foods? Get on Youtube,
Facebook, Google, Instagram, and TikTok! There are countless
instructional videos on nearly every food that is edible! They are free, they
have an ingredients list, and many of them are amazing! And fast! We are
busy here on this planet today. So, you will find that most are geared to
quick preparation. Go for it!