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Counting Calories? Raw Eggs? Milk for Everyone? Reader Questions-

January 11, 2014 / Debbie / Comments Off

Morning! I’ve received several good questions this week, which I’m going to answer here (questions are “condensed” for brevity).

(1) WHAT’S THE DEAL WITH ME EATING SO MANY RAW EGGS; AREN’T RAW EGGS DANGEROUS?

I eat raw eggs 4 or 5 times a week, usually 2 at a time. All my eggs are from farmers, not commercial egg producers/grocery stores (except my local, small grocery store, the IGA, which sells Farmer Eggs). I’d NEVER eat a raw egg from a commercial grocery store. At this point, I don’t even want a cooked egg from a grocery store. The egg’s nutrient profiles are a reflection of what they’re fed (grains for commercial chickens; plants and bugs for farm raised). Also, I’d like to NOT support commercial chicken farming. Have you seen how they’re raised? There’s plenty of sneaky youtube videos, and here’s a synopsis to read.

There’s so many food myths that have been busted for me in the past few years, and this Raw Egg thing is one of them. I use Raw Eggs for my self and my family several times a week for 4 or 5 years now, and no one’s become sick. Our Real Whole Food diet’s made us all healthier. Again though, I’d NEVER eat a raw commercial eggs. Interested in learning more? Read Dr. Mercola’s post on Raw Eggs, he includes plenty of sciency facts. BTW: I pay $3.50/doz.

Ohh, I got a few emails in response to my milk post, suggesting I’m recommending milk for everyone. Not at all! I’ve said several times that Raw Dairy is a good food – if you can tolerate it. A lot of people can’t. My youngest daughter Shelby tested positive for Lactose Intolerance, although she can tolerate raw much better than pasteurized because Raw Milk has Lactase. Here’s something interesting: there’s two reasons people are “sensitive” to milk. (IMPORTANT: Lactose Intolerance DOES NOT equal an Allergy; allergies can be life threatening. Intolerance/sensitivities gives you bad stomach aches.) Interesting research on milk intolerance is suggesting that it maybe a secondary reaction to Gluten Intolerance, via Molecular Mimicry. Here’s the thinking: No one has the enzymes to digest Glutens (grain proteins). They go thru the small intestine wall, into the blood stream, NOT COMPLETELY broken down, causing “Leaky Gut”. These big proteins aren’t supposed to be in the blood stream, so our immune system mounts an attack. Casein proteins from dairy look VERY MUCH LIKE GLUTEN PROTEINS. Eventually, our immune system MISTAKENLY attacks the casein proteins also. What to do? Heal and seal your gut, quit eating glutens, and often the dairy sensitivities go away. Think that sounds crazy? No crazier than when our immune system attack our joints, our thyroid, our liver, our pancreas, or any other part it wants to in Auto Immune Disease. Those are mistakes also; our immune system shouldn’t attack us, but it happens. Want to learn more, read this piece by PhD scientist Sarah Ballentyne, aka The Paleo Mom. She’s all about whacked out immune systems as she deals with it herself.
Last Question, how many calories do I eat a day? Oh My Gosh I haven’t counted calories in a few years and WHAT A RELIEF!!! I’m guessing, due to huge amounts of fat, that I eat close to 2500/3000 a day. Way up from my compulsive decades of consuming Low Fat /No Fat foods, (until my inevitable binges), where I stressed, starved, and worried every single day about my weight. I eat Real Whole Foods 3X a day, and I rarely EVER snack ( I eat too much fat and protein to get hungry ). If I have dessert ( Paleo!) I have it WITH a meal. My weight? Unbelievably steady. Stomach issues? Zero. Let me say it like this: As I’ve COMPLETELY eliminated dieting/diet foods/diet thoughts, I’ve consistently had the best weight and the best health of my life.

I’m feeding my body the nutrients it wants, and I’ve deleted the negative cascade of hormonal results that happen with dieting (high cortisol, high insulin, low thyroid).

What’d I eat yesterday?

Paul Newman Organic Vanilla Coffee with 1/3 cup Raw Cream

B – raw whole fat keifer (1 cup) 2 raw eggs, frozen spinach and cherries, coconut flakes, cinnamon, ginger, Manuka honey (google it)

L – several slices of DELICIOUS deer sausage with jalapenos and cheddar, an orange, and a macaroon, handful of mixed nuts

D – baked fish, roasted white potatoes in butter and herbs, a mix of broth/tomatoes/cabbage/cauliflower/onion/garlic soup.

And last question: can I be more specific with my recipes, i.e amounts of ingredients: Sorry, I don’t cook that way. I only use recipe books for their pictures and ideas. That mix I made for dinner last night or any night? I had those things in the fridge, so I threw them together. Three nights in a row earlier this week, I made brussel sprouts with various ingredients: broth/butter/bacon/sausage/onions/carrots/sweet potato/cheese. I load on herbs and spices and heat depending on who’s home and what I’m feeling. Cooking’s Not Brain Surgery. ( Baking however is, you MUST follow recipes when baking.) Just put together foods and flavors you like. Real Whole Foods ALWAYS taste good, so it’s hard to go wrong.

Keep sending your questions – I love them! Make time to read the links: when you make your health a priority by learning how your body works, it’s easier to make effortless changes to your eating. It’s not a struggle to say NO to cake, cookies, crackers, or fast food when you think they’re poison.

Category: Carbs, Cooking, Fats, No Recipe Paleo Meals, Paleo Diet, Psychology of Eating, Question of the Week, RWF / Tags: Brussels, Counting Calories, dieting, Raw Eggs, Raw Milk, What I Eat

Raw Eggs and Raw Milk Haven’t Killed Me:)

July 20, 2013 / Debbie / Comments Off

I’ve been eating raw eggs in my smoothie now a little while, along with my year and a half of raw milk or raw cream every day – and I feel better than ever.

I’ve also consumed more fat in the past year and a half than I think I have cumulatively in my whole life – and not gained weight.

Check out my What I Eat page.

Mainstream Advice is full of fallacies! Check out the Weston A Price Foundation website

http://www.westonaprice.org/, and click on Health Topics – be prepared to be blown away with information – honestly. There’s also several great Blogs links to scientists who do research on fat, eggs, raw milk, feeding children, etc.

Want to improve your health and your weight ( if you need to)? Fill your head with the facts, not the Media Advertising Lines.

Category: Psychology of Eating /

5 Fun Drink Recipes To Improve Weight, Energy, and Inflammation

April 26, 2015 / Debbie / Comments Off

Great weight, good energy, and optimum health? Oh yeah, they’re important. If you read this blog, you know it’s not a low calorie, low fat diet that makes Health,.. it’s Nutrients; and we get Nutrients from our food. That’s why I’m such a Real Whole Foodie.

Here’s the thing though, it’s more than eating good fats, good proteins, and a ton of Vegetables. Real nutritional powerhouses are Herbs and Spices, and if we want to “up our game”, we need to learn how to incorporate them into our every day life. The problem: herbs and spices scare people.

Don’t Panic! I get comments all the time like: “I don’t know how to use herbs.” “I don’t know which herbs or spices taste good”, and, ” I don’t have time to do those big recipes that have herbs and spices Debbie, I’m busy!”.
It’s okay! Busy people can be healthy too. Everything’s a journey, right?

How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time, and that’s how you’re going to approach eating healthy every day. Everything’s only difficult until it’s routine. Then it’s no big deal.

Consider this: (1) We Americans grow up with pretty Bland Tastes: we want sweet, or we want salty. We were raised that way, and for the most part, we’re raising our kids that way. This isn’t working out very well. And (2) we’ve been convinced that Nutrition and Health come from a Pill, a doctor, or Processed Food products with tricky names, like “Ensure”. (Check out the ingredient list of ensure at the end of this Post.) Awareness is a big part of the battle, right?

Here’s a short primer on a handful of herbs and spices, and ideas on how to use them. If I can do it, you can do it. I was brought up on salt, pepper and sugar, like all good American farm girls. I evolved though, and you can too. Here’s some super delicious (HONEST) recipes to up your nutrition:

This is my Ginger Juice:)
I make this several days a week and put a little in our teas and our waters. It’s simple: buy big, knobby ginger, cut off a piece, peel it, and then chop it into little pieces. Put the pieces in a jar, and fill the jar with hot water. I let this sit and steep over night. Ginger’s anti-inflammatory, great for digestion, and stomach upset. I always make sure to chew and swallow a piece or two also, I’ve grown to appreciate the bite. Ginger’s a great source of iron, magnesium, calcium, and phosphorus.

This is a morning smoothie. Smoothies can be SIMPLE (base, fruit, and ice), or smoothies can be vehicles for piling on the nutrients, which is what I do! This smoothie has 2 raw eggs, coconut milk, greens powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, and frozen berries. My smoothies change daily, and I try to keep a mental list of what I use one day so I can switch it around a little the next. Green powder is great for the liver, and now we’re finding that the chlorophyl in greens powder actually helps our cells make energy – just like it does for plants- THAT IS SO COOL! Cinnamon is great for lowering blood sugar, and fighting certain virus and fungi; and nutmeg boosts the immune system, and benefits the blood and skin.

This is Megan’s “Golden Milk” drink. The ingredients: Coconut milk, turmeric, vanilla, cinnamon, cayenne, ghee/butter, and Maca. (Proof that our example matters, right?) Here’s some “whys”: Turmeric is super duper Anti-inflammatory, and multiple ( THOUSANDS ) of studies show it’s benefits in cancer, cystic fibrosis, heart health, and and more. **Turmeric can be off-putting for those of us not used to it’s flavor. I eased my way into the taste by using Garam Marsala and Curry, two spice mixes that incorporate Turmeric, but are less pungent. While I still LOVE, and use, those spices, I’ve also come to love the taste of turmeric.

Vanilla’s shockingly healthy! It has loads of antioxidants and phytonutrients, which means it not only feeds our cells, but can reverse oxidative damage to our cells, much like turmeric. Cayenne’s another powerhouse: weight loss, digestion, throat congestion, heart disease, the list goes on and on. And Maca, have you heard of that? That’s a herbal “adaptogen” That means it makes hormones “normal”, and who doesn’t need normal hormones? Seems like most of us are walking around with totally Crazy Hormones.

Next, here’s a tea I make in my French Press: black tea, whole cloves, ginger, and slippery elm. Cloves are very anti fungal, anti bacterial, and anti viral, they’re strong. They’re also indicated in fighting cancer, protecting the liver, and fighting mouth disease. The slippery elm has been my new go-to since last fall. Slippery elm helps the body build mucus ( YES – we need mucus. Delete the TV commercials that picture mucus as Bad Bugs out to get us. Reality: when we’re sick, mucus is instrumental in getting the Bad Stuff out of our body. Plus, several parts of our body are supposed to be lined with mucus, like our throat, our stomach, and our lungs. When we don’t have enough mucus, bad stuff happens.) I started using Slippery Elm (and marshmallow root) this fall, most days of the week. For the first time since high school, I didn’t lose my voice once this past winter, nor get a scratchy throat. Slippery elm (and marshmallow root) help the body build it mucus where it needs it.

And finally, here’s one of my favorite afternoon drinks: In my french press I mix decaf coffee, cocoa beans, coconut flakes, and then usually turmeric, and here I added Ashwagandha. THIS IS SO GOOD. ** My decaf is “Swiss Water” decaffeinated, and it matters. If you’re not drinking Swiss Water decaffeinated coffee, you’re drinking chemically decaffeinated coffee. Not only do you drink those chemicals, but studies show chemically decaffeinated coffee isn’t nearly as caffeine free as you may think. Swiss Water is a patented process that only uses water to decaffeinate, and strips out almost 100% of the caffeine.

Coffee is a Nutritional Powerhouse, so is Cocoa. The phytonutrients, antioxidants, vitamins and minerals, are abundant. So are the health benefits.

Ashwangandha’s another “adaptogen”; it benefits thyroid and adrenal function. It’s also supposed to reduce brain cell degeneration – I need that!

Did you notice that I used the word “anti-inflammatory” often? Let me link anti-inflammatory and weight loss: If we can’t lose weight despite working out and eating fairly well, it’s probably because our cells are “inflamed” with either Insulin or Leptin Resistance. When the cell is inflamed, all the doors on the cell that open for nutrients, are instead, shut. These anti-inflammatory herbs and spices can help reverse that, and correct cell metabolism so that nutrients can get in and be “burned”, which is a dumb term, but paints a good picture.

My point: anti-inflammatory foods aren’t just for sore joints, and bad stomachs, and chronic disease; they have a profound effect on our metabolism. Who doesn’t want a better metabolism?

Honestly everyone, there’s a whole new world out there to explore when you start diving into to the components of food, and learn how they benefit our body.

When we get sick, or fat, or run down, we’re not missing a medication. Think about that: we’re not LOW on meds. We’re low on Nutrients that our body uses to function, and build, and repair. It’s so worth the effort to learn a little bit every day of how our body works and what we can do to make it better.

We’re not a Math Equation, we’re a Chemistry Set. Food is Medicine, or Food is Poison; our health, our weight, our energy is the cumulative result of what we do every day, day in, day out. Make choices that produce great end results, and see your health and weight and energy improve day by day, month by month, year by year.

References and Resources:

Check out Drug and Herb Interactions here: www.standardprocess.com/MediHerb-Document-Library/Catalog-Files/herb-drug-interaction-chart.pdf

Research Herbs and Foods here:

www.greenmedinfo.com

www.organicfacts.net

http://umm.edu/health/medical/altmed

Learn about Swiss Water Decaf:

http://www.swisswater.com/consumer/swiss-water-process

And the Health Benefits of Coffee and Cocoa Beans:

http://www.herbwisdom.com/herb-cocoa.html

http://authoritynutrition.com/why-is-coffee-good-for-you/

Great Place To Buy Herbs: www.mountainroseherbs.com

Ashwagandha Benefits: www.draxe/ashwagandha

Finally, look at the ingredients in Conventional Medicine’s healthy drink: Ensure. Hint, it’s disgusting. www.rocksolidnutritionandwellness.com/how-to-really-lose-weight-it’s-not-by-dieting-and-a-looks-healthy-but-isn’t

Category: Natural Therapies, RWF / Tags: ashwagandha, Ginger, golden milk, greenmed info, herbs, Mountain Rose Herbs, swiss water decaf, Turmeric

How To Avoid Fatigue Induced Food Cravings; and more Food Pics

September 10, 2014 / Debbie / Comments Off

Last night I had a very rare bad night’s sleep. Normally, I’m the type that when my head hits the pillow, I don’t slowly drift off, I plummet into oblivion. I don’t even move very much and some mornings my hair’s perfect 🙂

Anyway, something went wrong last night, and I couldn’t get to sleep until around 3:30. I get up at 5, so clearly, I been “off” today.

What wasn’t off? MY EATING. Honestly, a few years ago a bad night like that would of had me snacking or binging on and off throughout the day. I would have gone from feeling bad to feeling miserable.

These past few years of eating more fat, and these past several months eating GOBS of fat, and …. nothing. No desire, no cravings, no inkling of an idea that eating might make me feel better. What a relief! I wish I had known about this when all my kids were little and I had over a decade of interrupted sleep, but better late than never.

Food cravings strike for many reasons; and food cravings can strike for absolutely NO REASON AT ALL. You just want the food,.. because. I think the science is pretty clear that CRAVINGS are a symptom of a high carb diet. Here’s a line from a study published by the NIH, comparing Low CARB diets (LCD) with Low FAT diets (LFD): Compared to the LFD, the LCD had significantly larger decreases in cravings for carbohydrates/starches and preferences for high-carbohydrate and high-sugar foods. The LCD group reported being less bothered by hunger compared to the LFD group.

Exactly! Our body is made out of Water, Fat, and Protein; a little bit of mineral, even less vitamins, and just a teeny, tiny bit of Carbohydrate. ( Most carb is converted to fat and stored.) For the past several decades, during the Low Fat push, our dietary fat’s decreased and our carb consumption has increased, greatly. What’s been the result? Obesity and disease, with the CDC predicting NO END IN SITE TO THE RISE OF EITHER.

(When they talk about statistics in 2030 or 2040, they’re talking about what OUR KIDS will be facing.)

Eating disorders, food compulsions, they’re also on the rise.

A day of cereal or toast for breakfast, sandwiches for lunch, pasta for dinner, and carby snacks in between are a recipe for exactly the health and weight situation we’ve got. It’s also a perfect way to create food addiction. Substances in grains and sugar trigger the addictive pleasure centers in our brain. The glucose nature of grains and sugars causes them to quickly be digested and absorbed into the blood, sending blood sugar HIGH, along with the Insulin necessary to lower it. High Blood Sugar and High Insulin lead to: Inflammation, Heart Disease, Diabetes, Cancer, Auto-Immune, Migraines, and I could go on and on.

It matters what we eat; stay away from the Cereal, the Bread, the Pasta, The cookies/cake/croissants/muffins/pretzels/crackers/waffles. Load up on good meats and eggs, healthy fats, TONS of vegetables, some fruit, some nuts and seeds, and some full fat dairy if you tolerate it. You’ll say good by to health issues, good by to excess body weight, and good bye to cravings, I promise.

Meals for the past two days:

Smoothie Tuesday: water w/flax and chia/Jay Robb protein/2 raw eggs/MCT oil/frozen spinach/frozen banana/cinnamon/ginger/coconut flakes/pumpkin seeds

Lunch Tuesday: sardines/basil/tomatoes/S&P/balsalmic and a coconut oil fat bomb. It doesn’t look very good but it tastes fine – honest.

Dinner Tuesday: ground sausage and liver fried in butter topped with a little cheese; roasted potatoes; and in the bowl: cauliflower, tomatoes, mushrooms in butter, w/ thyme and oregano.

Today / Wednesday:

Smoothie: I KNEW I NEEDED TO EAT VERY HIGH FAT TO GET THRU THE DAY: a cup of full fat coconut milk ( can, not box), flax, 2 raw eggs, vanilla and stevia, MCT oil, raw greens powder, coconut flakes, blueberries, nutmeg, and mace.

Lunch: out to eat: a big cobb salad with salmon, olive oil and vinegar.

And that’s it so far. Oh, Tip For The Day: Plan. Did you think each day would be a different tip? Planning is EVERYTHING. Plan your lists, plan your meals, plan around your schedule, plan when you’re going to chop and cook and pack. The busiest people in the world get the most done because they Plan. Eat well!

Category: Carbs, Cooking, Fats, No Recipe Paleo Meals, Paleo Diet, Paleo Recipe, Smoothie of Day, Sugar, Weight Loss / Tags: Cooking, Food Binges, food cravings, Planning

How To Get Healthy and Lean With NO RECIPE PALEO MEALS. Food Pics!

September 8, 2014 / Debbie / Comments Off

I’m about to embark on a whole week of posting What I Eat, the How To’s of making it, and the Why’s of what I’m cooking. Frequent complaints I hear are “I don’t know how to cook, I don’t have time to cook, I get confused in the grocery store, I don’t know what’s healthy, I’m too busy to cook, No one likes my cooking and I feel like it was a waste of time and effort.”

These negative thoughts pony on the back of massive amounts of advertising convincing us that frozen food, processed food, and fast food are PERFECT for each of these situations, and look: everyone in the ad is slim and beautiful! What could go wrong??

A lot: a nation that’s 70% overweight, tired, sick, and stressed, and kids who take more drugs to control their behavior and moods than ever imagined. Its time to take back out health, and that only happens by eating Real Whole Food.

To all of you who are either intimidated by cooking or always looking for ideas, this week will be for you. If you check out my What I Eat page, you’ve noticed that most of our dinners are just meat, vegetables, fats, herbs, and spices, thrown together without a recipe. Honestly, I rarely even get out a measuring spoon; most of the time I either pour spices into my hand, or chop and throw herbs right into my pot, depending on my mood.

If you’ve been obsessed with the Food Network, or Food magazines, you’ve been convinced that Cooking Is A Science for the Gifted In Cooking. I’m here to tell you, it’s not. Honestly. Throw a bunch of Real Whole foods together, and it ALWAYS comes out good. But food, food is a science; Food is Medicine, and it’s important to learn the benefits of particular foods, and then use that knowledge to lose weight, stay lean, get healthy, boost energy, recover, repair, and sleep well.

Food can also be Poison; feeding your kids Pasta and Chicken Nuggets is a really bad idea. True it’s fast and easy, and they’ll LOVE it, but the Simple Carbs, the Gluten, the Chemicals, and the total LACK of any nutrients, will set your kids up for a life of poor health, weight issues, foggy thinking, fatigue, and learning problems.

All week I’ll be giving tips that are tailored to you overcoming all those typical excuses for why cooking just isn’t possible. Today’s tip: Plan.

Get out your day timer, look at your schedule and your kid’s schedule. When are you home? when are you working/driving/working out/activities/sports etc? Write it down. If you’re in the car from 3 to 7, you need to either pack dinner, or have something ready in a warm over (175*) for when you get home. You might have to make dinner in the morning or early afternoon, if that’s when you have time. Dinner doesn’t have to be prepared right before you eat, dinner needs to be prepared WHEN YOU HAVE TIME TO MAKE IT. If you leave for work early in the morning and don’t get home til late, you need to have food already prepared in a crock pot, or refrigerator via Power Cooking. ( I’ll do a Power Cook this week, for now, read this post for an explanations/how-to’s. )

Really, there’s very few surprises in life, and I’m saying that as a working mom of 4, one of whom’s epileptic. Life is pretty routine; if you want to accomplish much, plan around your routine. This takes attention, effort, and practice if you’re used to winging life by the seat of your pants. If you’re a parent, choose what you want to teach your children: planning or winging. Which do you think will be more helpful to them?

On to Today’s Meals:

I always start the day with Intenzyme ( anti-inflammatory enzymes), Bromelein ( enzymes for my sticky blood), and Tyrosine ( amino acids for energy). I take digestive enzymes with my meals, and a good fish oil, and a vit B complex after breakfast, along with HCl ( stomach acid). Shelby takes Primrose oil ( good for fluctuating hormones), Fermented Cod Liver Oil ( all my girls are on this, it’s good for the immune system), and B complex.

FYI, all my water has Braggs Apple Cider Vinegar added, I love the taste, and all those live enzymes are good for me.

Breakfast for Shelby ( she’s my only kid home right now. )

This is a big pancake made out of a mashed ripe banana, 2 eggs, cinnamon, mace, and ginger, then cooked in coconut oil. She tops it with butter. This has been her breakfast for the past 8 days. I’m expecting it to change soon, but we’ll see.

To the right is my breakfast: a Smoothie. In the glass: water with chia/flax/hemp seeds, a scoop of Jay Robb protein, and my newest find: Amazing Grass Raw Reserve. Then I added some of the frozen collard greens ( from last nights dinner), a few chunks of frozen avocado ( baggy ), a raw egg, some frozen blueberries, a little MCT oil, and ice. Also: cinnamon, mace, and cloves. I measured NOTHING, and there’s no recipe, but there are reasons for choosing my ingredients.

The seeds are high in Omega 3 and phyto nutrients, and great for pooping. Flax seed is also good for eliminating old estrogen from the body. The Grass, well, check out how many nutrients are in there. Jay Robb: easy, clean, quick digesting whey protein; I’m lifting in less than 2 hours and I want amino acids in my blood, ready to be used by muscle cells. Collards: greens are Nutrient Bombs, and I had leftovers. Avocado: great source of mono-unsaturated fat. Raw eggs: where do I start? MCT oil: great for producing Ketones. Cinnamon/Mace/Cloves: spices are NUTRIENT BOMBS. Check out Worlds Healthiest Foods to learn about these spices, and why you should incorporate them. Blueberries: vein health, heart health, antioxidants, anti-inflammatory, phyto-nutrients.

Lunch for me: Sardines w/ tomatoes, basil, S&P, olive oil and vinegar. Shelby took a Cliff Bar, a big apple, and some nuts.

Dinner: Pictures tomorrow, but cod, and spaghetti squash loaded with a vegetable tomato sauce, topped with cheese.

Start making your plan now, and let me know what you come up with. Cooking is NOT rocket science, you can do this!

Category: Cooking, Fats, No Recipe Paleo Meals, Smoothie of Day, Weight Loss / Tags: Banana/Egg pancakes, Cooking, dinner, Food Is Medicine, Planning, Smoothie of the Day

Blood Chemistry Analysis and Health Pearls

May 5, 2014 / Debbie / Comments Off

My blog’s been a little quiet lately because I’m having a few issues with it. I’ve got help on the way and by the end of this week, all should be well in Rock Solid Land:)

I’m writing regardless because I have so much information to pass along. I attended a seminar this weekend where I was trained in Blood Chemistry Analysis! Oh My Gosh was it fascinating! I’ve got a computer program which allows me to input data from any blood panel, along with personal and specific health information. The computer uses an algorithm to look at all the test results and information from an Integrative, Comprehensive point of view, and then spits out recommendations based on WHAT CAUSES THE SYMPTOMS, as opposed to a focus on just the symptoms alone. It’s Brilliant!! It also recommends supplements and foods to address those issues.

For instance, why is your blood pressure high? why are your cholesterol numbers off? what’s up with the thyroid? why are your sex hormones off? what’s going on with your white blood cells? and so on and so on.

I’m installing the program this week, and after I work out the bugs, I’ll let you know. I can’t wait to use this!

The doctor teaching this has FOUR medical degrees, plus he speaks multiple languages – smart man. The pearls of health wisdom didn’t stop flowing, so let me pass some on in no particular order:

* If you have unresolved constipation, despite loads of fiber filled fruits and veggies, and a ton of water, think GALLBLADDER. The gallbladder squirts bile into the small intestine. That bile is supposed to break down fats and CREATE PERISTALSIS IN YOU INTESTINES. No Bile, No Peristalsis.

* Pumpkins and Sunflower seeds contain several nutrients that are good for bringing down an enlarged prostate.

* Raw eggs are Nutritional Powerhouses ( YES ME!!) Their nutrients are more potent when undamaged by heat; very gently cooked is good too. Don’t do this with STORE BOUGHT EGGS. Only with Farmer Eggs.

* Cortisol shuts down Gut Function. Shuts It Down. If you’ve worked with me, you know I talk about this all the time. You can have the most perfect diet in the world, but it’s not benefitting you much if physical and/or mental stress are causing cortisol problems. You’ll need to either employee stress reduction techniques and / or use adrenal supplements to normalize your cortisol.

* PPIs and other acid reducing drugs cause SEVERE NUTRIENT DEFICIENCIES AND EVEN DEATH. ( What did you think is the end result of severe nutrient deficiencies??) Our body builds, runs, and repairs from nutrients. We need a HIGHLY ACIDIC STOMACH, like the one God designed, to break down our foods, kill pathogens in the gut, trigger the pancreas and the gallbladder, and essentially flip the switch of every single digestive action from the gut to the butt.

* PPIs (acid reducers) are only approved to be used for 6 to 14 weeks, and they’re NOT approved at all for children and babies. Do you really want your child to NOT be able to get their nutrients? They’re trying to GROW!

*Alzheimer’s and Dementia are the fastest growing conditions in the US. 7,000 Americans a MONTH are being diagnosed. The brain is 60% fat. Feed it, and don’t poison it with sugar, grains, or chemicals.

* Have you seen the recent news on pregnant women taking SSRIs and the link to Autistic babies? Google it.

* Licorice ( not the candy kind, but the real herb) can raise low blood pressure, and DGL ( deglycerized licorice) can lower it.

*Take your Magnesium at bedtime on an empty stomach. Magnesium binds to fat which can inhibit absorption. You want that Mg inside your cells.

* Avoid prescription drugs as much as possible – their side effects are very real.
Every year, more than 2 million Americans suffer from serious adverse drug reactions. According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), these reactions cause about 100,000 deaths per year, making prescription drugs the fourth-leading cause of death in the country.

* If you’re eating real Sushi, raw meat, or even cooked fish, take your HCl. It’ll kill the bugs. ( Hydrochloric acid, the same thing our stomach makes – if it’s working. It’s not working in most people.)

* You need great gut flora/bacteria to convert your T4 to T3 ( these are thyroid hormones). You need lots of acid in the stomach to have great gut flora in your large intestine.

* Americans take about 75% of the Pharmaceuticals In The WORLD, yet remain fat and sick. CDC predicts weight and disease rates will continue to climb for at least the next 30 years. How are those pharmaceuticals working for us?

* Our health depends upon us treating our bodies like temples, not destroying it with drugs, sugar, grains, chemicals, and stress. Take control of your health. It really is in our own hands.

Category: Carbs, Fats, Food Additives, Gut bacteria, Hormones, Sugar / Tags: Blood Chemistry Analysis, Dr. Abbas Qutab, gut bacteria, HCL, prescription drugs side effects

What I Eat

November 2, 2013 / Debbie / Comments Off

I get asked – often – what I eat; I have a What I Eat Page, but I guess it’s not enough! Here’s what I’ve eaten this week:

Smoothies every morning, since Monday. You could call my smoothies, “Kitchen Sink Smoothies”, because I throw just about everything and anything in there. My goal: to get as many nutrients as possible. I want the immune protection, the gut healing, the energy, the good skin, the satiety, muscle tissue repair, etc, and I know all that comes from Food. My gut breaks food down to it’s barest nutrients, which my body uses to remake every single cell. Did you know that the average cell turnover in your body is 50 times???? Every cell in your body will die and reproduce a “daughter” cell an average of 50 times! That’s a LOT of opportunity to improve your health, isn’t it.

I make sure to use a variety of vegetables, fruits, spices, and supplements in my smoothies everyday. I also alternate my bases back and forth between Kombucha (fermented tea), Keifer, or Plain Old Soured Raw Milk or Raw Cream ( how do you think they made that stuff in the olden days before isolating fermenting bacteria?), and every now and then, plain water. I want that good bacteria though and 90% of the time, that’s what I use as a base. Fermented foods/beverages have TRILLIONS more beneficial bacteria than pills. They’re easy to make or easy to buy – sugary yogurts don’t count. They’re not cultured very long, they have too many additives, and too much sugar. It’s also almost impossible to find Full Fat – which is the ONLY dairy product you should consume. Honestly.

I’m NOT a recipe girl. I’m a: throw everything in the blender or the pot and see how it comes out girl. (This doesn’t apply to baking, just cooking or smoothies. Baking requires precision.) If I like it, it goes in, if I don’t like it but I know it’s good for me, it goes in. I’ve trained myself to not just eat palate pleasing foods. Amazingly, my palate has adjusted to several of those foods and I’ve now come to LOVE : liver, onions, garlic, balsamic vinegar, apple cider vinegar, avocados, really sour keifer, yogurt, and milk(you can ONLY do that with RAW), brussels, blue cheese, and many other foods I didn’t grow up on. It really doesn’t take long to “develop” a taste for something, it just takes effort and practice.

Here’s some common smoothie ingredients for me, I pick a few or several of these at a time: kombucha/keifer/sour milk or cream (RAW ONLY !- pasteurized milk rots and would make you sick), a couple times a week protein powder, raw eggs, collagen, molassas, blueberries, cranberries, bananas, blackberries, strawberries, peaches/pears in season, avocados, coconut butter, coconut oil, coconut flakes, cocoa nibs, cocoa powder, stevia if using cocoa powder, frozen spinach, frozen kale, powdered greens, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, ginger (powdered and whole form), and fish oil. I rotate ingredients every day and mentally keep track of what I use.

I ALWAYS have a smallish lunch: leftover meat or fish, a fruit or vegetable; sometimes nuts and seeds; sometimes a coconut-chocolate mix, or a store bought dark chocolate piece.

Dinner’s usually on the big side for me: meat and vegetables, sometimes cheese. I’m simple with dinner though: baked chicken breast (bone in, skin on), baked fish, sausage (we make our own, half venison, half pork, almost 200 pounds every December!), burgers or meatballs(no buns!), slow cooked/pulled roasts: ANY/ALL vegetables (corn, potatoes, peas ,broccoli, brussels, squashes, eggplant, greens, – I don’t care if they’re starchy or not), and I LOVE “mixes”. I use a lot of sea salt, pepper, and herbs/spices. Two nights ago my dinner was brussels, roasted tomatoes, onions, and sausage in broth, with a big side of sweet potato cut up, coated in butter, and roasted. Last night my dinner was a left over spaghetti squash with left over homemade roasted vegetable soup, and two paleo cookies my youngest made last weekend and I’d thrown in the freezer. Sometimes I make paleo biscuits or muffins (they’re great to freeze and pull out for breakfast – which is my youngest daughter’s favorite thing).

Does this help? Breakfast doesn’t have to be cereal and toast, lunch doesn’t have to be sandwiches, and dinner doesn’t have to be pasta/pizza/chicken nuggets. It doesn’t have to be what I eat either! Leftovers, eggs, sausage, bacon, soup, vegetables, nuts and seeds, they can all be breakfast and lunch foods. If you’re really struggling with what to eat, try to focus on Real Whole Foods with fat and protein that keeps you full for hours. Frozen waffles, bagels, english muffins,… they’re just drilled into your head from years of commercials and advertising. Change the way you think about food from a calorie/fat perspective to a nutrient perspective. What are the foods you put into your mouth going to do for your cells? your organs? your brain? Or your kids cells, organs, and brain?

Real change, about anything, begins in the mind. Make a plan. Stick to the plan. You can do this

Category: RWF, Uncategorized / Tags: frozen greens, nuts, paleo biscuits, real change, seeds, smoothies, vegetable soup

Hop off the Diet Roller Coaster

October 18, 2013 / Debbie / Comments Off

I don’t know when you’ll be reading this, but I’m writing and posting it right before the weekend hits; it’s supposed to be Weekend Ammunition to Avoid Splurging/Bingeing/Blowing It. I get a lot of emails about this, but I pull most of my understanding from my own years of weekend-blowing-it experience. I’d plan my shopping and grocery list to include friday and saturday night treats, and day time treats; I couldn’t wait! After a whole week of “dieting” / “being good”, I was starving! Plus, it was a pattern I’d thoroughly established, and nurtured.

Now it’s different. Now, I just eat well every single day. My fairly high-fat, high-protein meals have definitely changed the way my brain works. At 48, I have MORE energy, I’m LESS prone to food whims, and my recovery from workouts kind of amazes me; it’s fast. ( I’ve also added Systemic Enzymes to my supplement routine, which helps a lot.)

I’m finally feeding my body the nutrients it needs to build, repair, and thrive. Those same nutrients allow my brain to focus on life instead of the next meal. That’s the opposite of when I lived on high fiber cereal, skim milk, fat free yogurt and bagels, Diet Products, and salads. Those are the food of death. (dramatic I know, but seriously, they’re processed foods loaded with simple carbohydrates, trans fats, and chemicals: the foods of death).

One of the questions I had this week in my Metabolism Class was “can I really lose weight eating high fat foods?”. My answer: YES. Oh My Gosh Yes. Foods that contain Real, Traditional Fats, i.e clean meats, coconut oils, butter from grass fed cows (Kerry Gold), olive oil, avocados, macadamia nut oil, etc, contain a ZILLION nutrients that make your body and brain run well. Remember, our brain is 60% fat, our hormones are made from fat and cholesterol, the membrane of EVERY SINGLE CELL IN OUR BODY is made from fat and cholesterol, our bile acids are made from cholesterol, our immune system, our ability to absorb nutrients, these depend on fat and cholesterol. Deprive your body of fat and cholesterol and see your health, mental and physical, take a nose dive.

Losing weight, feeling good; it’s not a matter of “low cal/low fat/exercise a ton”, it’s a matter of eat Real Whole Foods loaded with Nutrients, get your sleep, and handle your stress. Hormones Rule; our hormones determine our weight, our moods, our health. Diet lifestyles make for a horrible hormonal environment loaded with inflammation and one health problem after another. Besides that, Diets Don’t Work: studies show that almost 100% of EVERYONE who loses weight by dieting GAINS IT BACK. Almost 100%.

I’ve got plenty of meals posted on my What I Eat page, but I still get asked about what I eat or why I eat certain foods. Here’s yesterday’s meals:

Paul Newman Organic Vanilla Coffee w Raw Cream: cream is LOADED with vit A/D/K, and healthy fats, and I think organic coffee’s a health food:)

B – Smoothie: chocolate whey protein (amino acids)/beets (good for my liver)/kale(loaded with nutrients)/cultured cream (beneficial bacteria plus more A/D/K, good fats like CLA)/blueberries(antioxidants)cinnamon/ginger(loaded with nutrients) water(can’t get enough) fish oil(Omega 3s-can’t taste this), collagen/gelatin (loaded with amino acids, glucosamine, chondroitin, msm: it’s from bones and joints/good stuff)

L- cod (left over from the night before, probably 4 oz, cooked in butter topped with rosemary, S&P), coconut oil mixed with a little cocoa and stevia, and then frozen (the fats here are great for my brain and metabolism) All my lunches M-F I pack and eat in the car.

D – Mix: venison sausage/tomatoes/shitake mushrooms/onion/basil; roasted sweet potatoes w/ butter, S&P

I alternate the whey in my morning smoothie with raw eggs (2) and cocoa/stevia. Eggs are Nutrient Bombs, which when blended into a smoothie, raw, leaves all the nutrients in perfect condition; you can’t taste the raw egg (you know, raw eggs are added to most homemade ice cream recipes, it just makes the mix “richer”). (ps: I get my eggs from a farm, not the store. I wouldn’t eat raw commercial eggs.) I go back and forth between spinach and kale, and have even used “green powders”. I make sure I use one or two different spices and alternate between cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and cloves. When I’m on my period, I add Blackstrap Molassas for the Iron and minerals. And of course, I use several different fruits, all frozen: banana, blueberries, cranberries, blackberries, raspberries, or strawberries. Sometimes I use Kombucha (fermented tea) or Keifer (cultured milk) instead of water – you can never get enough good bacteria!

So, after years of riding the Diet Crazy Train, I’ve hopped off. Now I never count calories, or weigh my food; I’m rarely EVER hungry between meals ( I love that!), I make Paleo treats and eat them without worrying. I test my blood sugar to make sure it’s low/healthy, and I plan, shop, cook, and pack. My stomach’s pretty flat, I don’t PMS, and I don’t castigate myself (anymore) for weekend binges that take 2 or 3 days to undue, because I don’t have weekend binges. You can feel good too! You can get off the diet roller coaster, be at a healthy weight, lower inflammation, strengthen your immune system, and have more level moods – HONEST. Just eat Real Whole Foods: plenty of good fats and proteins, tons of vegetables, some fruit, some nuts and seeds, some whole dairy (if your stomach likes that). You can change your health and your weight permanently. I promise.

Category: Cooking, Fats, RWF, Uncategorized / Tags: blood sugar, dieting, fats, my meals, real whole foods

Consistency and Mindset are the Keys; and Tips

September 5, 2013 / Debbie / Comments Off

Here’s an email I think several will relate to:

” Dear Debbie,

I can’t seem to stick to a Real Whole Foods Diet for more than 5 days, I just get so hungry, and my favorite foods aren’t the Real Whole Foods you talk about. I don’t want to eat raw eggs and cream also grosses me out. But I need to lose weight and I’ve tried several other diets. I just got diagnosed as Pre-Diabetic, and because of your blog, I know enough to be worried. Any advice?”

YES I have advice!!! It’s all about your Mindset, and your Mindset allows you to either be Consistent (no matter what), or “be good”/”be bad” ( the Diet Rollercoaster – because you’ll make up for what you ate later…..).

When consistency is difficult, work on your MIND. Fill it with facts and information about Biology Based Nutrition: excess carbs ALWAYS get turned into Triglycerides; fried foods from restaurants use RANCID oils that cause disease and weight gain; people who drink Skim Milk are HEAVIER than people who drink Whole; Insulin from carbohydrates and Trans Fats from junk food and restaurant food DESTROY arteries and my body has to build plaque to fix it; excess glucose and insulin have Mood Destroying Effects; if I eat ________, I’ll have gas/bloat/refulx – and that’s not normal and it’s causing damage to my gut; if I stop at Starbucks and get the candy coffee and the sweet (lowfat?) treat, I’m causing a MAJOR glucose/insulin rise. If I add MORE good FATS to my meal, I’ll stay Fuller LONGER and have more willpower to skip the snacks. ETC ETC ETC.

Here’s a good one to meditate on: there’s NO fixing a day or two of damage that happens every single week or worse, every few days. You Have to get off the Diet Rollercoaster, and you can only do that by working on the Mindset that gives you permission to put junk in your body (because you’re going to atone for it later) and learning to be scared/leery/wary/anxious about the HEALTH effects of processed/refined sugar/flour/chemical foods.

Worrying about your Weight is NEVER EVER enough to keep you on the straight and narrow, ever. If it was, 95-99% of all people who lose weight on a “diet”, wouldn’t GAIN IT ALL BACK. Focus on what happens to your body from the food you put in your mouth, and if you have kids, think about what their food is doing to their body.

Our Mood, our weight, our health, they’re all the result of the ACCUMULATION of actions we do every single day. Being “pretty good” half the week or most of the week can lead to “pretty bad” health, weight, and moods. Next time you drink that diet coke, eat the McDonalds french fries, have half the box of carby cereal, run through the list of what those foods/chemicals/carbs/trans fats are doing to your body; it’s not a pretty picture.

Focus on Real Whole Foods: clean meats, healthy fats, tons of vegetables, some fruits, some nuts and seeds, some beans, some good dairy (if you tolerate it). Practice going hours between meals to allow Insulin to cease (fat storing hormone), and Glucagon to work (fat burning hormone). Recognize food for the power that it holds over you, and the power that it has to change you.

And to the person who wrote this email: you’re on the Right Track – because you’ve made the connection between the Diet Roller Coaster, your pre-diabetes, and eating Real Whole Food for more than 5 days!! That’s a GOOD thing – so don’t be upset with yourself! The mindset that will get you health and at a good weight sounds like it’s developing. Be patient with yourself and just keep working on it. Rome wasn’t built in a day and you want PERMANENT change here, right?

Here’s where I’d focus: keep reading this blog and links to other blogs that talk about the BIOLOGY of your food and your body. Stay away from Diet/Low Cal/Exercise a Ton examples of weight loss, as a matter of fact, TRY TO NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT WEIGHT LOSS, just focus on your health and your mood. Put sticky notes with positive reminders (‘my health matters’ ‘I want to feel good all the time’ ‘consistency matters’ ..) all over the place (mirror, bedside lamp, computer, car, desk,…) . What are your favorite foods? Find the corresponding REAL whole food recipes (PaleoOMG, CivilizedCavemanCooking, StupidEasyPaleo) and PLAN a time to shop/chop/cook/pack (after it becomes Normal, it’s not an Effort). Write a list of your health conditions (include mood) and what foods can help improve them. Commit to your Health, and Weight Loss will be a SideEffect – I promise.

Category: Carbs, Cooking, Fats, Food Additives, Psychology of Eating, RWF /

Eat for Health, Weight Loss is a Side-Effect

August 29, 2013 / Debbie / Comments Off

I received an email that I think expresses how a lot of people feel when they read my posts:

Hi Debbie,

I understand that you’re saying that there’s some nutritional benefits to eating Real Whole Foods, even if they contain fats, but if I do, I’m afraid I’ll gain weight, and I need to lose weight.

There’s more, but you get the point. Folks, we get fat from excess carbohydrates, vegetable oils and trans fats, artificial sweeteners, toxins/chemicals in our water, food, personal care products and the drugs we take, alcohol (excess carbs), and stress (cortisol compels glucose and insulin into the blood stream). We don’t get fat from Real Whole Foods I PROMISE!!! The whole Calories/Fat/Cholesterol/Diet Foods Stuff – it’s all wrong. We can just look around and see that Diets Don’t Work; about 50 million Americans go on a diet each year, many lose weight, between 1 and 4% keep if off. Weight: skyrocketing – we’re up to 70% overweight as a country now. Heart disease, Cancer, Stroke, Auto-Immune conditions, Mood Disorders, GERD/reflux, Migraines/Headaches: skyrocketing.

What causes all these health disorders? Excess carbohydrates, vegetable oils and trans fats, artificial sweeteners, toxins and chemicals in our water/ food/ personal care products and the drugs we take, alcohol (excess carbs and hard on liver), and stress (cortisol/glucose/insulin). These things impede our livers, cause inflammation throughout the body, and stimulate addictive pathways in our brain.

When you eat Real Whole Food for your health, the weight comes off – forever. We’re not made to be sick and overweight, that’s a state we create by our daily choices and habits. We have such power to change this. Eat for Health and the weight comes off.

Do you believe me, but have a hard time eating well consistently? Beef up your knowledge. Read the blogs, listen to the podcasts, buy the books, fill your head with nutrition facts that make making the right choice easier and more natural, less effort. Know what I mean? The Wheatbelly Doctor (Dr. William Davis) was on livinlavidalowcarb yesterday. Before he was the Wheatbelly Dr., he was the Track Your Plaque Cardiologist. He’s amazing. He’s talking about Cholesterol and Heart Disease here :http://www.thelivinlowcarbshow.com/shownotes/8510/718-cholesterol-clarity-interview-with-cardiologist-dr-william-davis/. Take the time to listen in your car, in your kitchen, or while you’re walking/running. Fill your mind with ammunition!

Time to say Adios. I’ve got coconut milk with chocolate mint leaves steaming on the stove, and then I’m off to teach two classes this morning: Booty Camp and Centergy – I still love group fitness after 26 years:). The coconut milk/chocolate mint is for this ice creamhttp://civilizedcavemancooking.com/grain-free-goodies/mint-chip-ice-cream-against-all-grain-book-review/. I’m changing the recipe slightly, using only coconut milk and cream, no almond milk, adding raw eggs, and a whole avocado instead of a third. Do I think this is a junk food? Absolutely Not! These are nutrient dense ingredients – foods like these make my family healthier, don’t stimulate addictive behaviors, and leave us all feeling very satiated. Choose Real Whole Foods-

Category: Carbs, Fats, Psychology of Eating /

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