Even with the new US Dietary Guidelines, Americans may still be facing an uphill food fight. What’s the best way to navigate a “best diet”?
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What’s For Dinner?
When McDonald’s invaded Italy (just kidding), the Slow Foodways movement began. Meals focus on whole foods cooked lovingly with a Mediterranean flair. Organic foods offer an excellent starting place. After all, eating real food based solely on the food funnel won’t help a great deal if the food is grown under the Big Ag umbrella.
But we have to start somewhere.
I have always said that Adding In is a successful strategy to improving your diet and eating habits. Start by replacing one conventionally grown food with its organic counterpart. Check out the Dirty Dozen from the Environmental Working Group for a list of produce to start with.
Second — and this is where the fun begins — shift from foods to Superfoods.
If you add in one superfood to a meal, it will naturally replace a poor food choice. Snacks take on new life as nutrient-dense hunger control. For example, eat a few freeze-dried cacao beans on your morning break, and you’ll find that you don’t crave that second donut.
Pro Tip: As you up the superfood ante, you’ll crave foods less between meals. Going 4-6 hours between any food will go a long way to resetting your insulin sensitivity.
Why Superfoods?
Once you have fully developed as an amazing person, your body needs food less and less. Superfoods provide nutrient density above and beyond regular, nutrient-dense foods. Sure, spinach is low in calories and high in some micronutrients, but superfoods pack an exceptional nutrient ratio. Goji berries, for example, not only provide all essential amino acids, they also contain health-supporting amounts of antioxidants and trace minerals.
Cacao — A Sample Superfood
Can chocolate be part of a healthy diet? Yes! Cacao — a true health food with a strong antioxidant profile — also happens to be a great weight-loss food. When made with real cacao and infused with the best-ever superfoods, a smoothie or elixir can be delicious, nourishing, and filling, as it’s high in nutrients, provides the calories you need for energy, but wastes nothing.
In fact, as part of a smart snack or meal, cacao doesn’t spike blood sugar or create cravings. You simply can’t eat too much of it, naturally curbing your intake so that you limit your calories without even realizing it.
Pro Tip: Whole, raw cacao beans are bitter! This isn’t chocolate. The white pulp around the cacao bean has a tart flavor that balances nicely with the bitter.
Healthy Fats
Fortunately, healthy fats return to a place of prominence in the new food funnel. Healthy fats — like olives and avocados! — support brain health, hormone function, and nutrient absorption.
Let’s pause here.
Why is it a good thing that we return healthy fats to our diets? Because four key vitamins are fat soluble, which means they require fats to help the body absorb and metabolize them. These are vitamins A, D, E, and K. If you’ve heard about building strong bones, then you’ve also heard that both vitamins D and K provide crucial support for bone structure.
Vitamin A deficiency, not as well-known or wide-spread as other deficiencies, still leaves immune systems vulnerable and bodies weak. Yes, beta-carotene is an excellent precursor for vitamin A production — also called pro-Vitamin A. Studies show that including healthy fats when eating foods high in beta-carotene boosts absorption.
And how long have you been on that low fat diet thanks to previous dietary guidelines?
Your Microbiome
If, after trying to shift your diet away from carb-heavy to protein-rich, you find yourself craving, it may be your microbiome talking. Shift slowly, adjusting your diet over a week or three.
An excellent time to shift happens after a cleanse. Our community uses a quarterly detox to get out of old habits, reduce the toxic burden, and even encourage the pathogenic gut microbes to take a hike. Coming out of a cleanse, you can more easily shift to a healthier food ratio and focus on quality food.
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It takes time, but it is SO worth it!
Conclusion
Armed with a new food funnel isn’t all you need to switch from poor dietary decisions. Health starts on your plate, yes. Superfoods, organic sources, and bioavailable proteins all provide the nutrients your body needs to thrive.
Here’s to your health and to having the Best Day Ever!
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These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This information is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
