1. Healthy Body Healthy Mind Presented by: Sueson Vess

2. 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 detoxify Healthy brains need a healthy gut

3. The Time for Change Too hard? Change your focus Too expensive? Pay now or pay later Stop the excuses! Make a decision TODAY

4. Overcome Obstacles 1. Discover and increase beneficial, nutrient-dense foods 2. Remove/reduce toxins 3. Learn how to eat to fuel your body Inflammation? Leaky Gut? IgG/IgE Food Intolerances?

5. Neurotoxin & 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

6. Nutrient-Dense Foods Traditional foods – around for 100 years Organic Non GMO Pasture raised/un-caged chickens Grass fed beef, lamb Wild caught fish

7. Reduce Toxins Sugar causes: Damage to cells Inflammation Feeds yeast and gut bacteria Never artificial sweeteners Use safer sugar alternatives Maple sugar/syrup, honey, date sugar, coconut sugar, fresh fruit/dates

8. Guide to Pesticides Dirty dozen – buy organic: Peach, apple, bell pepper, celery, nectarine, strawberries, cherries, kale, lettuce, grapes (imported), carrot, pea r Clean 15 – do not need organic: Onion, avocado, sweet corn, pineapple, mango, asparagus, sweet pea, kiwi, cabbage, eggplant, papaya, watermelon, broccoli, tomato, sweet potato www.foodnews.org

9. Reduce Sugar/Salt Healthy Fats Bone Broth Cultured Vegetables New Strategy SAD? Low Fat?

10. Making the Unfamiliar Familiar Develop a new routine Monday bone broth Saturday meatloaf Use aids: crock pot, bread machine Written meal plan Learn to cook without processed foods Share family meals

11. Bone Broth Healing to digestive system High in minerals Good source of quality fat Uses: Soups and sauces Steam/cook veggies, rice, quinoa, pasta Liquid in any savory recipe

12. Cultured Foods Vegetables fermented without vinegar Sauerkraut Kim chee Beets Nondairy Yogurt Kombucha Fights yeast overgrowth

13. Defeat the Odds Make a commitment Get help! Food coach/diet counselor Support groups Too hard – too expensive Change your focus You are what you eat!

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