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letting me know your favorite healthy
food in a previous video I explained why
nutrition information can be so
confusing and so overwhelming and I
basically ruled out all the junk emic
junk foods that we know we're supposed
to avoid so fried foods refined sugar
processed foods or anything with a
really long ingredient list and some of
you are probably asking well gee whiz
karena what the heck is left for me to
eat and in this video I'm going to tell
you now of course there's still plenty
of controversy about the foods I'm about
to discuss but I've done my best to
really simplify it down just remember
that every person's body is different
and there is no one perfect optical diet
it's going to be perfect for every
person so hopefully you can use this
information to figure out the perfect
diet for you I want to make one quick
disclaimer before we get started
as I mentioned previously every person's
body is different and some people
literally have allergies to certain
foods so you could have an allergy to
any of the foods I'm about to mention
and obviously you wouldn't want to eat
that food now if you don't know if you
have food allergies there's a couple of
ways to find out if you just aren't
feeling super healthy or you feel like
you're eating healthy but you still
don't feel well then food allergies
could be a culprit and the easiest way
to determine if you have a food allergy
is to eliminate the suspected food from
your diet for two to three weeks and
then see how you feel when you start
reintegrating that food so some common
food allergens are gluten
eat dairy soy and peanuts but as I
mentioned you could have an allergy to
any food and you want to look into that
as you're figuring out what the optimal
diet for you is going to be fruits are
loaded with vitamins phytonutrients and
antioxidants and they're delicious too
since you're going to be avoiding
refined sugar fruits are going to be the
best way to satisfy your sweet tooth so
let fruits be your dessert
now of course fruits do contain sugar
but they also contain fiber and a whole
lot of different nutrients too and it's
important to note that the fiber
contained in the piece of fruit actually
helps that fruit to not spike your blood
sugar so much so when you're eating a
piece of fruit it's not going to spike
your blood sugar as quickly as having a
soda or having a spoonful of sugar
because you've got that fiber in the
fruit helping in that process now of
course if you're trying to lose weight
then you probably want to go easy on the
fruit and certainly if you're eating a
lot of fruit you're gonna want to be
really physically active so you can burn
all of those carbohydrates off but again
fruits are a great way to enjoy and
indulge your sweet tooth and I encourage
you to try all of the different fruits
that are out there vegetables really
should be the bulk of your diet and
whether you eat meat or not every single
person on the planet myself included
would benefit from eating more
vegetables the bottom line is that our
bodies our internal organs need a
certain amount of nutrients just in
order to function properly and
vegetables are one of the best ways to
make sure that you're getting those
nutrients they're loaded with fiber
they're loaded with vitamins and again
if you are not eating enough vegetables
you're never really going to feel
satisfied and full and this is because
your body just isn't getting the
nutrition that
so if you have been eating a diet of
processed foods and you're somebody who
feels like you're always hungry and
feels like you're never satisfied then
the lack of vegetables nutrients and
fiber in your diet is probably the
reason for that and when we're eating
nutrient-rich foods like vegetables we
don't have to worry so much about
counting calories because suddenly
you're going to get so much nutrition
and fiber with these foods that you're
going to fill up and feel full and
satisfied before you'll be able to eat
too many calories of those foods and
again this is a topic that I've
discussed in several videos the empty
calories vs. nutrient-rich calories and
I think that really is the secret to not
being on a diet and to not gaining the
weight back is recognizing that we just
take the empty calories out of our diet
we don't even have to worry about
counting calories at all so vegetables
there's sweet potatoes beets spinach
Swiss chard kale there are a whole
rainbow full of vegetables for you to
try as I've explained in previous videos
the white refined flour that's used in
white bread pasta and tortillas is
completely stripped of all of its fiber
its nutrients and this refined white
flour is full of empty calories this
means those calories turn straight into
fat without giving your body and Newton
any nutrition it also means that this
white bread and white flour products are
going to significantly spike your blood
sugar basically it's like having pure
refined sugar every time you have these
white flour products so I recommend that
you significantly decrease if not
completely eliminate those processed
white flour products from your diet now
whole grains on the other hand can still
be part of a healthy diet but the trick
is to look for minimally processed
grains so brown rice is a good example
barley wild rice there are several
different whole grains out there and
when you consume these minimally
processed grains they can be a really
good source of fiber minerals nutrients
B vitamins lots of things that we need
not only to help us feel full but to
provide good balanced nutrition so the
easiest way to find these minimally
processed whole grains is probably by
going to the bulk section of your
grocery store or even to a health food
store for the most part these foods are
ridiculously easy to prepare just
basically water and the grain and if you
have problems digesting these greens you
can soak them or sprout them to make
them even easier to digest another key
is to not make grains the bulk of your
meal or the bulk of your diet you can
kind of use them supplementally use them
as you know one of the sides one of the
smaller parts of your meal you want to
have these grains in moderation and if
you do have them be sure to opt for
those minimally processed grains dairy
products are another controversial
foodstuff some people will say we're the
only species on earth who eats another
animals milk and yet it's important to
notice that people have been drinking
cow's milk and goats milk for hundreds
of years so again I'm not going to tell
you whether or not you should eat dairy
this is a choice that you're going to
have to make you're your own but what I
will mention is that dairy is a very
common food allergen and I personally
have known people who have cleared up
acne asthma arthritis um just from
taking dairy out of their diet so if
you're somebody who experiences those
things it may be worth it to see if
dairy is something that you actually do
better by avoiding now if you are going
to eat dairy then again and have just a
couple of guidelines first off look for
the words pasture-raised or grass-fed
you want
house who are making your dairy products
to be very healthy you want them to live
on a farm and eat their natural diet so
that they're actually providing the most
nutrition to you in those dairy products
you also want to opt for the full fat
version of whatever dairy products are
eating so skim milk got on that fat-free
craze that everybody was experiencing
and trying to get all the fat out of
their diet
well actually the fat is what helps your
body digest the dairy so if you're
eating fat-free dairy products this
could be why you're having a hard time
digesting dairy so my tips if you are
going to eat dairy are to look for the
words grass-fed and to always opt for
the full fat version legumes this is
your beans and any plant with seeds
so actually peanuts are also a legume
even though they contain the word nut
legumes are a great source of protein
they're great source of B vitamins and
minerals and can really be a wonderful
part of a healthy diet there are tons of
different legumes out there pinto beans
kidney beans chickpeas lentils you name
it and you can significantly improve the
digestibility of legumes with soaking so
beans have gotten kind of a bad rap for
causing digestive discomfort and you can
completely eliminate that digestive
discomfort by preparing them correctly
in a future video I'm going to go over
the process of soaking and sprouting
beans and it's the same process that can
be used to make grains more easy to
digest
and also adding a little bit of seaweed
to the beams can also help make them
easier to digest so legumes something
you should be incorporating into your
diet if you haven't already and be sure
to look out for that future video on
preparing legumes as well nuts and seeds
are loaded with fiber protein minerals
and healthy fats which are integral to
helping us form healthy brains nuts and
seeds make a great addition to salads
and salad dressings they make a
wonderful snack and a great addition to
breakfast cereals I also want to mention
quinoa which is often considered more of
a seed than a green although it makes a
great substitute for rice and it's
prepared and pretty much the exact same
way and it is also something that can be
tolerated but often be tolerated by
people with gluten intolerance so quinoa
can be a great substitute for grains and
rice as I mentioned and quinoa is a
complete protein which means it contains
all of the essential amino acids and if
this is something you haven't heard of
or aren't familiar with I would highly
recommend that you introduce yourself to
quinoa this is something like I eat on a
very regular basis and is a really great
part of a healthy diet to meet or not to
meet that is probably one of the most
controversial questions out there in
terms of health in terms of diet and we
have to recognize that at this point
research has indicated that eating huge
amount of red meat and eating processed
meats like hot dogs sausages processed
deli meats any meat products with an
ingredient list has definitely been
linked to clogged arteries and heart
disease and of course there are some
people who will tell you not to eat meat
at all and still others who will tell
you to avoid all of the animal products
including eggs and butter now I'm not
going to tell you whether you should
eat meat or not eat meat you have to
make that decision for yourself and I
recommend that you make that decision
based on how you feel when you eat meat
now if you are going to eat meat then I
encourage you to do so in moderation and
to be selective so I have heard the rule
of thumb that you shouldn't eat more
than a palm-sized portion of meat at any
given meal so eating a huge steak that's
you know twice the size of your head is
probably too much meat to consume at one
meal and you also want to look for the
words grass-fed or pasture raised and
preferably organic this is going to help
you avoid factory farmed meat and again
this is a topic that I've discussed on
this channel before so factory farmed
animals many of them never see the light
of day they're pumped full of
antibiotics and hormones and often fed
an unnatural sometimes genetically
modified diet of grains which makes them
really really sick so we want to avoid
conventional meat which most most of
which is factory farmed and you can do
so again by looking for the words
grass-fed or pasture raised on the
packaging of any meat products or dairy
animal products that you purchase and
the same thing goes for fish you would
want to look for the words wild-caught
one other quick note about meat products
meats that have been cooked at extremely
high temperatures such as frying or
barbecuing have a whole other host of
other health concerns
acrylamide is a cancer-causing chemical
that is produced
whenever foods or hook are cooked at
extremely high temperatures so avoiding
barbecued or charred foods fried foods
of course
is going to be a really good option and
you can use the cooking technique low
and slow so using a low heat and cooking
that meat more slowly at that low heat
is going to help preserve the protein
and preserve the nutrients that you're
getting out of that meat you're cooking
a lot of you have asked for cooking
videos so in future videos I'm going to
take you into my kitchen show you how to
properly prepare these foods and simple
easy quick ways to prepare healthy meals
and in another video I'm going to go
into more detail about the factory
farming methods that are so common and
our conventional meat products and why
it's so important that we look for the
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