Eating Wisely

Today we held our first meeting to discuss ways to make our lives and families a bit healthier. Below is an outline of our discussion.

Eating Wisely
Quick Tips
Baby Steps—learn and apply and learn some more
Replace sugar in recipes with honey. (1/2 C. honey to 1 C. sugar)
Remove ½ the amount of sugar called for—too much nowadays
Strive to have 3-5 veggies a day—Juice it!
Replace ½ the flour in recipes with wheat or spelt flour.
Exchange that white rice for brown. Go 50/50 for a while.

Avoid
High Fructose Corn Syrup
Trader Joe’s has ketchup, jams, w/o it., even oreo’s.
Sugar as 1st ingredient—Peanut Butter shouldn’t have it.
Partially Hydrogenated oils
READ THE LABELS

MSG-Excitotoxins-Russell L. Blaylock, M.D.
Causes neurological problems—brain neurons excite themselves to death.
All processed foods contain one or more excitotoxins
Common in soups, frozen dinners, and chips.
Hides behind names: hydrolyzed protein, vegetable protein, soy protein isolate, soy protein concentrate, whey protein, natural flavoring spices, enzymes, autolyzed yeast extract, stock, broth, and carrageenan.
Leads to obesity—study w/lab rats reproducible, diet/exercise don’t help
Soybeans have high levels of glutamate, leads to aggression, brain atrophy.
Alzheimers, seizures, cancer, strokes,
heart attack after high glutamate meals—young athletes(low magnesium)
Avoid foods containing exitotoxin additives—the less processed the better!

Benefits
More energy, no more 3pm slump
Think clearer
Children less emotional, etc.
Spirit healthier

The more alive and whole foods we put into our bodies. The more alive and whole we will feel.
Melody Ü