Your food may not be as healthy as you think it is…
What diet are you on these days?
Keto, Paleo, Vegan, Carnivore, Vegetarian, Whole 30, Autoimmune Paleo
I’m sure that by eating according to one of these diets, you think that you are eating healthy… but are you really?
There once was a time when I though that I was eating “healthy” too, but despite my healthy efforts, I still struggled to lose weight, my energy tanked every afternoon, I could barely make it though my workouts and was completely exhausted afterwards, and I didn’t feel like myself at all.
One of my favourite quotes by Ann Wigmore says....
“ The food you eat can be either the safest and most powerful form of medicine or the slowest form of poison.”
The food you’re eating may not be as healthy for you as you think, for a variety of reasons. In fact, food could be at the core of your low energy, weight woes, restless nights, autoimmune issues, skin breakouts and feeling uncomfortable in your own skin.
Because the truth is, the food your feasting on could be:
The wrong combination of proteins, carbs and fats your body needs to function at its potential
Contaminated with pesticides, metals or other toxins disrupting the delicate balance of your body
Packed full of synthetic hormones that are tipping the hormonal scale and burdening your liver
Infused with antibiotics or antibiotic resistance superbugs that are wreaking havoc on your digestive health and suppressing your immune system.
Or simply foods that you’re unknowingly sensitive to which can trigger anything from anxiety, to digestive upset, energy dips or even skin breakouts.
“There is a difference between eating healthy and eating right for your body. Eating right for your body will include healthy foods, but not every healthy food is right for your body.”
Eating healthy might be a simple term, but with our complex food choices these days, the act of eating healthy is not as simple as it seems. Thousands of food ads/commercials and packages lining the grocery store shelves make claims about being healthy, but they can be extremely misleading.
For example, the word “natural” can be used on any food label as long as the product does not contain any artificial ingredients, added colour, and if its minimally processed (processed meaning it doesn’t fundamentally alter the product) - which is fairly vague to be honest! Natural labeling doesn’t address any pesticides, hormones or antibiotics that might have been involved in the farming of the food, or make it void of processing all together.
Another example is beef labeled simply as “grass fed”. This indicates that the cow was fed grass for 80% of its life, and the other 20% of its food sources can be anything else. This also doesn’t rule out the use of antibiotics or hormones.
Do you see now how some of your supposedly healthy foods might be slowly poisoning you?
Don’t stress! I want to help you navigate foods so your body can get all the nutritional benefits without all of the poisonous side effects.
When it comes to food quality, here’s what you want to aim for:
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) or USDA certified organic produce, especially at home where you have more control
100% grass-fed beef and organic for extra bonus points!
Local free-range eggs, chicken, turkey or other poultry
Certified human and pasture raised pork free of nitrates and hormones
Wild caught fresh fish & other seafood
Making these food choices will drastically reduce exposure to harmful pesticides, added hormones, antibiotics, heavy metals or other toxic substances found in conventionally farmed or produced foods.
If you’ve improved the quality of your food choices and you still aren’t seeing the results that you’re looking for, then its time to dive deeper and investigate hidden food sensitivities and/ or your ratios of proteins, carbs and fats contained in each meal.
To investigate these potential food issues:
Start a food and body language log
30-120 minutes after eating check in to see how your body is responding
Note any changes in your energy, mood, digestion, your overall sense of well-being and if you have any cravings
Based on any negative changes you might experience, you can review your log and start to trace your symptoms back to certain meals you’ve had and notice trends in what foods or combination of foods might have caused them.
When you’re eating foods that are right for your body, you should have an abundance of energy, be able to go 3-5 hours or more between meals without getting hungry, and be anxiety, craving, bloat or any other symptom free!
And if you want to skip the food logging and just cut to the chase, you can do an easy at-home food sensitivity and metabolic typing test to reveal any hidden food sensitivities and dial in your food ratios ASAP.
Cleaning up my food sources, eliminating food sensitivities and eating the right food ratios for my body changed my perspective about what “eating healthy” really meant for my body, and it put me on the right path to feeling like myself again, and it’s also worked for a lot of my clients.
Let food be thy medicine, when you are eating the right food.
If you would like to get your hands on the right lab tests and resources to figure out which foods are right for your body so that it can function at its potential, then click here to schedule a complimentary discovery call