Healthy Body Healthy Mind Presented by: Sueson Vess.

Healthy Body Healthy MindHealthy Body Healthy MindPresented by: Sueson Vess

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!

Thank You!Thank You!

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