This video explains the elimination diet, a method to identify which foods cause issues in your body. It details how food allergies differ from sensitivities, common foods to remove (like dairy, gluten, and sugar), and the process of reintroducing them to pinpoint triggers. The speaker emphasizes that this diet is a reliable, temporary way to improve various health problems, from digestive issues and skin problems to fatigue and mood swings, and provides practical advice for planning and executing the diet.
Key Takeaways
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The elimination diet is a powerful, short-term tool to understand how your body reacts to certain foods, helping identify sensitivities and allergies.
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Food allergies involve an immune system reaction, while food sensitivities have a wider range of bodily reactions and are often misinterpreted or hidden.
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Many common health issues, including digestive distress, respiratory problems, skin conditions, migraines, and fatigue, can be linked to food sensitivities and improved by an elimination diet.
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Common food allergens to eliminate include dairy, gluten (wheat, barley, rye, contaminated oats), soy, corn, eggs, refined sugar, peanuts, citrus, nightshade vegetables, red meat, shellfish, alcohol, caffeine, hydrogenated oils, and processed foods.
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The elimination phase should last at least 23 days to allow antibodies to dissipate and for your body to fully detoxify and recover from potential triggers.
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During the reintroduction phase, foods are added back one at a time for up to four days, observing any physical, mental, or emotional reactions to identify problematic foods.
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It's important to focus on the variety of foods you can eat, such as most fruits, specific grains (rice, quinoa), organic meats, cold-water fish, most vegetables, dairy substitutes, healthy oils, herbs, spices, and certain sweeteners, to ensure proper nutrition.
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Planning ahead is crucial to avoid common mistakes like quitting early, lacking nutrient-dense foods, or failing to properly follow the reintroduction protocol.
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Food is more than just fuel; every bite sends messages to your body, impacting your immune system and even brain function through the gut-brain connection.
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If you experience symptoms like arthritis or unexplained rashes, consider specific eliminations like nightshade vegetables or histamine-rich foods, and consult a professional for personalized guidance.
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hello and welcome to all my friends who
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are interested in your health and taking
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control i do these webinars monthly and
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then post on my website and different
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social media
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sites and i really want to congratulate
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you for wanting to learn how to maintain
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or restore your health naturally today
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we're going to be digging into the
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elimination diet
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it is a powerful tool you can use to
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help you find the best diet
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for you i personally have used it to
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overcome acne
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metabolic weight loss resistance low
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thyroid function
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and improved digestive health i
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encourage you to use this free tool
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to help you build a higher degree of
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health and
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wellness so
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okay technology here we go
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okay we want to
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embrace your diet you know word diet is
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a really negative connotation
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you know you're going to go on a diet
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and that's like unenjoyable
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restricted you know in calories and
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cutting out whole food groups forever
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long term however when diets are
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administered
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in a maintainable manner they can be an
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incredible tool
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in particular the elimination diet it's
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structured
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to gain a better understanding of how
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your body reacts to certain foods
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short-term meaning plan that eliminates
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certain foods
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that are common in causing bodily
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distress
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then you reintroduce the foods one at a
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time
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to really uncover how your body responds
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to them
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at first it may seem a little
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intimidating
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you know to eliminate all these foods
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from your diet all at once
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but be strong eliminating
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in your diet is one of the best ways to
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understand
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how to properly nourish your body there
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is no one perfect
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diet for everybody each one of us is
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unique
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and everyone has different needs when it
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comes to food nutrition
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and the elimination diet is an approach
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that universally
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is beneficial and can work to for nearly
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everybody
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who tries it and has i have to add
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done it correctly
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so the elimination solution
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okay the definition of a food allergy is
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an unpleasant or dangerous immune system
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reaction
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after a certain food is added it can
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have
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all sorts of reactions they've
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registered over 170 foods
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that have been reported to have allergic
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reactions and
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you know there's about 15 million
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americans that have at least one food
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allergy in contrast food sensitivities
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are not an immune reaction but they have
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a wider range of reactions on the body
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the tricky part is that food allergies
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and sensitivities manifest in a number
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of different ways
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while they're usually self-diagnosable
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they are often misinterpreted or
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remain hidden so you think you might
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have a food allergy
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why not get a food allergy test widely
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available
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well they're expensive and they're
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unreliable
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that's the bottom line but with an
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elimination diet
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you are taking your health into your own
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hands and experiencing the results
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firsthand no need for an expensive test
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that is unreliable i'm all for testing i
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do it all the time
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but it has to be a reliable test so if
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you're suffering from
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digestive distress like bloating gas
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constipation or any other uncomfortable
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digestive system
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your body is telling you that your diet
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needs a makeover
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most digestive issues are usually
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related to inflammation in the gut
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which causes discomfort and ibs like
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symptoms
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and can lead to leaky gut not something
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you want
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i did a whole webinar a few months back
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and it's posted on my website dev4.com
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but also respiratory things
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congestion sinuses allergies asthma skin
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issues if you suffer from eczema
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dandruff psoriasis
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well there's many causes of eczema many
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people
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experience flare-ups when they eat
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certain foods water retention acne
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migraines millions of people suffer from
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chronic migraines
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if you're one of them research shows
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that an elimination diet
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can help you reduce your pain fatigue
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big thing your body is fighting all
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these things irritability brain fog
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the culprit may well be your
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diet your plate but really
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there's no way of knowing without
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isolating
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the offender and the elimination diet is
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like
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a research project on yourself you are
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running a little study
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examining the starting point and then
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you adjust the conditions
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the variables then you assess
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what changes are made for some people
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the results
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are nothing short of a miracle anxiety
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is gone chronic diarrhea is gone
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migraine's gone rashes are gone an
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elimination diet can help you
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discover which foods are causing these
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symptoms in your body
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and so then by avoiding foods that can
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cause
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triggers you can investigate how your
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body reacts to certain foods
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and that helps you make wiser decisions
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you know i think education helps you
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choose better and then you get better
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results
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so an important thing is to know that
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our body
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is continually changing continually
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evolving and adapting
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allergies can adapt and develop at any
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age
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and sensitivities to certain foods can
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build
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over time that's why i recommend
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everybody
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do an elimination diet at least once or
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especially if you feel like something is
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off you may not have any glaring
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symptoms like
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ibs or rashes or allergies
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but think about other aspects of your
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life how's your energy level
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how are you sleeping do you have good
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rem sleep good deep sleep
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are you stiff and sore do you ever feel
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like you're suffering from
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brain fog you know things just aren't
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clicking you can't remember things it's
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just
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like not good how about your overall
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mood are you irritable do you feel a
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little grouchy
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all these traits can be affected by food
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sensitivities
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so grab a pen and just start listing
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head to toe some of the things that are
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going on everything that you notice
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out of your body dandruff itchy scalp
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dry skin brittle fingernails stubborn
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fat even hair loss
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throat scratchy flammy just keep going
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head to toe add to that list no matter
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how subtle the symptoms may be
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this is going to be important because
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then you're set up to notice
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what critical changes can happen when
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you do the elimination diet
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so some common suspects
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major food allergies that are
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recognized by the fruit food and drug
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administration the fda
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it's going to be dairy so you've got
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milk and cheese and yogurt and ice cream
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you've got eggs you've got peanuts that
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is a really strong one
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for cravings you've got wheat you've got
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corn you've got soybeans you've got tree
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nuts
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almost all the other nuts peanuts are
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actually legume and they grow
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underground
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but nuts fish especially shellfish
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there are many other foods that can
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cause adverse reactions in people
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but these are the eight groups that are
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really really common and they account
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for 90
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of all food allergic reactions
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many of the foods we eat are derived
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from these ingredients so
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it may take a little investigative work
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to really sort through these
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got to put your detective hat on and
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really
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look closely
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so food companies have become quite
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skillful
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at hiding certain foods that have made
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their way into our daily diets
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luckily now regulations on food labeling
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have made it
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much more accessible for us the
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consumers to be aware
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of what we're eating laws have been
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passed because some reactions can be
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life-threatening and labels must state
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if ingredients
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are derived from one of these foods
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excuse me
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for example you may see flower
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wheat as a clarification that the flower
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used in the product
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contains sweet
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additionally at the end of the
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ingredient list
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if there are many common allergies
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included in the product
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there is a bolded list of what the
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product contains
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so i'm sure you've seen those on a lot
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of the allergy statements
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so then when we're talking about the
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foods to eliminate because the goal of
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the elimination diet is to remove
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foods in the body that may be having
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giving you a hard time to tolerate
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may start with the basic elimination
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which is just going to be
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no gluten no dairy eggs soy fast food or
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alcohol for at least 23 days
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because it takes that long to eliminate
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some of the protein compounds
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that the body is reacting to a more
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extensive list of foods to include
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exclude during elimination diet is a
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comprehensive list and maybe
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a little intimidating if you're focusing
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on what you can't have
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however it is designed to really help
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you understand how
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great your body is supposed to feel and
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what foods
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may be sabotaging your health so in a
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more comprehensive one
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in addition to the dairy all the cheese
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and the yogurt and the ice cream and the
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milk
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we're going to have gluten which is
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going to be wheat barley
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rye and contaminated oats it's going to
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be soy going to be corn
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eggs refined sugar that's not really a
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food
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peanuts citrus fruit nightshade
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vegetables
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and spices red meat shellfish alcohol
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caffeine hydrogenated oils the ones that
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have been
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processed and packaged to processed
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foods
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okay that's an extensive list so
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you wonder why these foods you know
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everybody is different
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but these are by far the most common
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also based on your genetics and your
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exposures
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these reactions vary widely
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if you inherited a weakness in your
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nervous system it may show up there
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if you inherited a weakness in your skin
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it can show up there
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i'm going to teach you how to be a
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detective later but up next i'm going to
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give you the why
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behind most of these foods that we need
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to eliminate
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what you can give temporarily in
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creature comforts
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like your mac and cheese and in your
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chocolate cake
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you are going to gain in lasting and
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unequivocal knowledge
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about your own health and well-being
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so looking at the biggest
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villains okay so dairy
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three out of four people are unknowingly
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intolerant to dairy containing foods
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some dietitians and nutrition
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researchers feel
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that almost everybody is sensitive to
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dairy to one degree or another
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you know except for some scandinavian
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groups okay
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some people experience digestive
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distress due to a
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milk sugar known as lactose causing
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diarrhea
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while others may have inflammation
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allergies asthma
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acne due to the beta casein a1
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protein found in cow's milk and that's
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not going to show up in your allergy
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test
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some symptoms are common that may come
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with a dairy intolerance
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are going to be headaches persistent
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cough
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asthma frequent colds sinus pain
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skin problems like i had cystic acne due
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to dairy
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found this out in high school when i
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went on a yogurt
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diet and my face literally exploded
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early on i was putting together the diet
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and health association
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oh boy or bloating or irritable bowel
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syndrome
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those are all things from dairy
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and then we have gluten you know gluten
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is actually a mixture of proteins found
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in various grains like wheat
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and barley and rye and often in baked
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goods and breads and cereal and it
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doesn't stop there
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contaminated oats gluten can be found in
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unexpected places as well for example
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soy sauce canned soups instant
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coffee and a lot more over
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1.5 million people in the u.s suffer
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from a sensitivity to
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gluten whether it's celiac
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or non-celiac gluten sensitive ncgs
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the body produces an abnormal response
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while trying to digest the gluten the
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gluten-free diet has become very popular
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in recent years
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but not only for those who suffer from
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intolerance but a lot of other people
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many people just don't eat gluten
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because you know
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they just choose not to while it's
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unclear and research is ongoing
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it's important to know if you are
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suffering from this intolerance
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and the only way to know is the
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elimination diet we do not have any
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reliable tests yet
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symptoms go away when you take the food
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out and they come back when you put it
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back
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in gluten okay
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now we've got corn and we've got
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soybeans
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approximately 90 of the corn and soy
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come from gmo genetically modified
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organisms
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those crops and gmos may have a negative
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effect
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on human health by killing certain
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bacteria
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in our gut soy and corn are among the
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largest u.s farm commodities
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that our government subsidizes don't get
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me started
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because much of this mass production it
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is
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they try to find ways to use it up so
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they sneak it into our food
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at an alarming rate corn is a stable and
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almost all processed foods
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in the form of high produced corn syrup
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vegetable oil and preservatives
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soy too heavily processed
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and has a high yield so it's added to
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the majority
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of the food supply soy is classified as
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an
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endocrine disruptor thyroid
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ovaries and when eaten in excess can
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have a really bad reaction
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on the balance of hormones in your body
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now i don't even think of sugar as a
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food sugar is the enemy it's the
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anti-nutrient
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it promotes inflammation in the body it
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elevates blood sugar
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increases insulin production it also
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offers
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nothing to the party it brings no
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vitamins no minerals
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instead it's using it all up it comes
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with a it
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crashes the party it burns up chromium
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magnesium b
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vitamins uses that all up in this
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metabolism
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so i give it the title of the
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anti-nutrient
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unfortunately sugar highs and a lot of
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the food we eat every day
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we covered that in depth in another
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webinar called the case against sugar so
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just a note that you're going to find it
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in surprisingly places
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like ketchup and salad dressings and
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protein bars
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and peanut butter and oatmeal and and so
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much more you got to read the package
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you know just about every packaged food
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has
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added sweeteners because if we like it
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we're gonna buy more
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so sugar causes of course a host of
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health issues
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everything associated with insulin
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resistance including
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but not limited to diabetes heart
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disease
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depression pcos obesity
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dementia oh that's why i call it the
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anti-nutrient
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and then you've got oils that are a
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problem
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hydrogenated oils that are chemically
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altered to turn
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liquid oils into the solid form
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they're added to foods you know it's
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like margarine and they increase the
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shelf life of junk food so they're
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everywhere
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they're a non-food they don't spoil very
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easily these foods
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create inflammation and encourage
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disease
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as much as i hate sugar there's some
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researchers that feel that bad
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fats are even worse for us than sugar
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and then we've got so many high
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omega-6 woods you've got the corn and
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the soybean eliminate those
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but hydrogenated oils are going to be
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found in your coffee creamers
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your vegetable shortening your
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margarines your fried foods
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just about every packaged food best bet
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in
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spotting these dangerous fats and oils
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are going to be to look at the nutrition
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labels and the ingredient list on the
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food labels
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okay and then coffee you know not just
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the caffeine but
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eight ounce cup of coffee has at least
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80
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95 milligrams of caffeine and that's
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only in an eight ounce cup
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most people drink a lot more than that
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21 million americans drink an average of
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six
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or more cups of coffee every day coffee
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increases sugar cravings it deep
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stabilizes your blood sugar
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stresses the adrenal glands that are
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being stimulated
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with caffeine and it can be at the core
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of the anxiety
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in mood problems or how you're handling
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stress
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some research that there may be some
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beneficial effects and small infos
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but we adapt to it and and then you want
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more and more and more so it's
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important to eliminate this during the
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elimination diet so that your body can
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properly
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detoxify you know just detoxifying
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caffeine takes your body 12
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hours so we need to really eliminate
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that in the short term here
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okay so then alcohol you know we cut
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that out during the elimination diet
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because it can cause a lot of confusions
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for a number of reasons first of all you
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can be intolerant to alcohol
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it can be caused by the foods that are
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used to produce the alcohol
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like grains like wheat like barley or
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grapes or other ingredients
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used in the product like yeast or
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natural
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flavorings it's also tolerable
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excuse me possible to just be intolerant
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to histamine
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which is also a part of alcohol
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histamine is a chemical involved
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in a lot of your body processes and it
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can affect your immune system your
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nervous system and your digestive
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system and even if there's no
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sensitivity present
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alcohol disrupts the body's ability to
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detoxify
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and to eradicate elimination
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inflammation
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and to disqualify certain allergies so
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we're gonna
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mix the alcohol even wine for about 23
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days
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all right three weeks that is about the
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optimal time
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it takes to get that food out of your
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diet 23 days
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and this is really important because
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it's unlikely that you're going to
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notice
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all the differences that when you
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reintroduce the foods back
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in if you put them back in your diet
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sooner it takes that long
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to get the antibodies out so that we can
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find
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any negative food-related immune
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reactions
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to have them dissipate antibodies are
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proteins
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in your immune system that makes when
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you're reacting to food
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so before you reintroduce foods we need
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to get them out of your body
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and have all new fresh ones so
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shortening the elimination period to
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less than 23s
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can affect the validity of this
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experiment
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in other words you're not going to
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experience the relief from symptoms
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that you want to give your body enough
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time without that food
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that may be causing the problem so once
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we get into what you can and can't eat
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it's nice to know that this new
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highly restrictive diet is only
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temporary 23 days
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sticking to a super healthy diet it's
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going to be much easier for you to
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transition
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into good healthy eating habits
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afterwards
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okay so it's really an incredible
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valuable thing to be doing so now some
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common mistakes in participating
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in an elimination diet is to focus on
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what you have to eliminate
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versus embracing things that you can eat
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there is still so many foods you can
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enjoy even on the strictest elimination
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diet
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so let's take a look so what you can
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have
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is all fruit except citrus you can have
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rice and quinoa and amaranth and tapioca
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and buckwheat and teff some things you
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may not be real familiar with but
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they're really good
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turkey lamb all wild game organic
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chicken and beef
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and cold water fish like salmon and
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sardines
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all vegetables except corn and potatoes
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dairy substitutes
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like hemp and coconut milk and rice milk
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and good healthy oils like olive oil and
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flax oil and coconut oil and ghee
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and any fresh herb and spice besides
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cayenne and paprika and we're also going
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to take out apple cider vinegar
21:46
and then sweetener alternatives in the
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elimination diet you're going to have a
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little bit of honey
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a little bit of black strap molasses a
21:53
little bit of brown
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maple syrup or brown rice syrup you can
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have nuts and seeds
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and beans and legumes except for
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soybeans and peanuts
22:01
and herbal teas see when you focus on
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the positive
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all the foods that you can include it
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doesn't seem
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quite so challenging and well
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on this diet it's crucial to read labels
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be sure to check out the sugar labels
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also and
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and try to avoid anything over 10 grams
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per serving
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you know if there's anything with the
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minimum amount of sugar that meets all
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the other requirements
22:25
you might be able to swing it but i
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wouldn't recommend it
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in doubt keep it out
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your doubt your diet is really going to
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rely on whole foods
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fresh fruits and vegetables some lean
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protein
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minimal grains so you gotta have a lot
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of salads a lot of stir fries
22:44
soups smoothies are gonna be the staples
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maybe of your diet
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super nutrient dense delicious
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and you're going to do the majority of
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your shopping
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on the outside aisle if if you keep
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going
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through the packaged food aisles finding
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foods that fall in line with your
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elimination diet is going to be
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really difficult and i think you're
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going to be miserable you're going to
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spend a lot of time with your neck crane
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down
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squinting at the tiny words and probably
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getting frustrated
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when nothing fits your restrictions
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instead
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forget all that just spend your grocery
23:20
trips in two places
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the protein section or i'm sorry the
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protein the produce
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section and then the fresh meat
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selection and then you can buy
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bulk rice rice and buckwheat and quinoa
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and you know then get some fresh herbs
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and spices
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and just pack your cupboard with all
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those good things
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you know you'll be good to go in no time
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so a sample menu for the day
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for breakfast you might have a protein
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smoothie some good plant protein
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i love trovani and then strawberries and
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and maybe unsweetened coconut milk i use
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water but
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they're in some other fruits and spinach
23:58
some chia seeds
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or you can do roasted sweet potatoes and
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coconut cream and cinnamon yum big salad
24:06
for lunch with avocados and cucumbers
24:09
you can put a little bit of olive oil
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dressing on there
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grilled lamb roasted onion garlic and a
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sweet potato
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dinner you might want to have baked
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salmon
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and olive oil and fresh herbs then saute
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lots of green beans with garlic maybe
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white rice
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as your starch snacks i always just do
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fruit
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beverages herbal teas water you can even
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squeeze some fruit in your water
24:36
you know some pointers almost all
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vegetables
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taste better roasted and get used to the
24:43
idea of snacking on fruits and
24:45
vegetables
24:46
instead of the package things remember
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this is all
24:49
just temporary then we're going to do
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the reintroduction
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truly the most important part
24:58
is the structure of the elimination diet
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just as important as the comprehensive
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elimination list
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is going to be the comprehensive
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reintroduction
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so first you do the three-week
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elimination then second you're going to
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transition into the reintroduction
25:15
putting that food back into the diet
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it's called the challenge phase
25:18
it's where you put on your detective hat
25:21
and you pay attention to how your food
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is making you feel this is done by
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reintroducing a food
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one by one for up to four days
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and when you're ready at least after day
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24
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pick one thing like gluten or dairy or
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eggs just one and reintroduce it back
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into your diet
25:40
eat a good sized serving because you
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want to give your body enough to react
25:44
to
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then over the next 24 hours see how you
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feel
25:48
any reaction it can be anything physical
25:51
mental emotional anything that's
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different
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pay close attention then eat it again
25:58
see how you feel
25:59
even if you don't have an immediate
26:01
reaction i want you to reintroduce
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that food for at least four days however
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if you do have an immediate reaction
26:08
don't continue to make yourself
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miserable for three more days
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stop that food and allow your body to
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recover for a few days
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before going to the next food so know
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that that is a food of uh question
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slowly reintroduce one food group back
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into your diet
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waiting several days in between so you
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can quickly identify
26:30
any adverse reactions go slow
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do it right changes to note can be
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anything physical mental or emotional
26:38
anything that you haven't felt in the
26:41
last three weeks
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if you don't notice any issue in those
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four days you can choose to
26:45
reincorporate it into your regular diet
26:48
follow these steps with the remaining
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eliminated food groups
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if you have any food that seems to cause
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any health issues
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stop eating them and wait until any
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symptoms
26:59
aside subside before you continue the
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process
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don't add a new food into your system
27:04
until it calms down
27:07
we give each food up to four days
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to react because different parts of the
27:12
system are going to react at different
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times
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and so you want to give it time to rally
27:18
your response
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depending on how your body reacts it
27:21
it's up to you whether or not you ever
27:23
want to reincorporate that food back
27:24
into your diet
27:25
elimination diet is a super powerful and
27:28
accurate tool
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much better than the highly inaccurate
27:32
allergy tests
27:34
you just have to pay attention do it
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right
27:38
so some extra tips that i want to tell
27:40
you about
27:41
is you know realizing food is not
27:46
just fuel look how gorgeous that is
27:49
every bite you take
27:50
is sending a message to every part
27:53
every cell in your body it's got
27:55
information with vitamins and minerals
27:57
phytonutrients and antioxidants as well
28:00
as things
28:00
yet undiscovered our gastrointestinal
28:03
tract
28:04
is responsible for translating the food
28:07
you eat
28:08
into those chemical messengers to send
28:11
to the rest of the body
28:12
it's done through digestion and
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absorption
28:16
that gi tract has its own independently
28:20
working
28:20
nervous system it's called the enteric
28:23
nervous system
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and it is loaded with neurotransmitters
28:28
and hormones and
28:30
chemical messengers and enzymes and
28:32
bacteria
28:33
your gut is home to up to
28:36
80 of your entire immune system
28:41
and it even makes the majority of your
28:43
body's serotonin
28:46
more than the brain so this is where
28:48
that gut
28:49
brain connection is so powerful we
28:51
cannot overlook it
28:52
so many people have anxiety have gut
28:55
issues i've noticed this
28:57
and now you know where to start a
28:59
growing body of evidence is showing that
29:01
food sensitive
29:02
allergies intolerance can harm complex
29:06
systems
29:07
and present a wide range of unwanted
29:11
systems symptoms
29:13
but we know the gut even is a part in
29:15
vitamin d
29:16
activation so we keep learning the power
29:20
of these nutrients
29:23
some common number one quitting at the
29:27
beginning
29:28
it's not uncommon for you to feel worse
29:30
during the few
29:31
first few days so don't stop this
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happens because your body is essentially
29:36
withdrawing from all those
29:37
foods it's used to having that's
29:39
stimulating
29:40
especially if your body is in a high
29:42
state of inflammation
29:44
it takes different mechanisms for your
29:46
body to find balance
29:48
when healing another thing lacking
29:51
nutrient dense foods while there are
29:53
foods
29:53
that you're not going to want to eat
29:54
while the elimination diet there's still
29:56
plenty that's allowed
29:58
and limiting yourself to a really short
30:00
list of foods
30:01
rather than implementing a large variety
30:03
can lead to lack of nutrients
30:05
that are needed for your body another
30:08
thing
30:09
and this is really important failing to
30:12
plan ahead
30:13
without a good efficient plan
30:17
you plan to fail and you're going to
30:19
fall off track it's really important to
30:21
stick to
30:22
the true elimination diet where you're
30:25
going to have
30:26
significant skewing of your results and
30:28
also you don't want to
30:30
skimp on the reintroduction phase that
30:33
is powerful at overcoming potential food
30:37
sensitivities and intolerances
30:39
if you don't follow the symptom system
30:42
of reintroducing foods one at a time
30:44
it's going to be hard to differentiate
30:46
what food
30:47
is truly causing what symptoms
30:51
okay so we've got lots of recipes you
30:54
know
30:55
there is a turkey apple hash
30:59
one that comes from fedanfuel.com
31:04
it is their turkey apple breakfast hash
31:08
another one from that website is
31:09
spaghetti squash hash browns
31:12
um there's another website
31:15
for for forest and fauna
31:19
there's another one damn delicious.net
31:24
really really good and one of my
31:25
favorites is the chicken avocado lettuce
31:28
wrap
31:28
and that comes from dear chrissy
31:31
c-r-i-s-s-y
31:32
dot com and then you have the falafel
31:35
hummus salad bowl
31:37
that comes from cedar foods c-e-d-a-r-s
31:40
foods dot com zucchini turkey meatballs
31:44
comes from the realfoods.com it's got a
31:47
lot of good recipes there
31:49
and then there's a really good carrot
31:50
cake from raisedfromscratch.com
31:55
or you know send me some of your recipes
31:58
some of the easiest ones i love is the
31:59
one pan
32:00
dinner where you just put all your
32:02
vegetables on there and roast
32:03
and then you have your meat season up
32:05
real good put it in the oven for about
32:06
20 minutes and you are
32:08
done one pan finished then you can go to
32:12
the recipe simulator which is an awesome
32:14
wrestling simulator where you put the
32:16
ingredients you have
32:17
to work with and it's going to give you
32:19
different ideas so that
32:20
is going to be at foodwise.com dot
32:24
a u forward slash recipe room
32:27
forward slash our hyphen recipes hyphen
32:31
finder
32:32
okay really ready to get started
32:37
i know i've given you a ton of
32:39
information it may be a little
32:40
overwhelming but that's okay
32:42
changing your eating habits and taking
32:44
control of your health
32:45
requires a little bit of effort but it's
32:48
going to be
32:48
incredibly rewarding so take your time
32:51
we often do not know what foods are
32:53
truly bothering us
32:55
and doing an elimination diet is the way
32:58
to decipher
32:59
what we personally need to be eating to
33:02
achieve
33:03
optimal health you know and it takes
33:05
time you're going to want to take time
33:07
to plan for this
33:08
so if you feel like you need support on
33:10
starting and following through the
33:12
elimination diet
33:13
i'm absolutely here to help and
33:15
throughout the diet and the
33:16
reintroduction process
33:18
you're going to notice how you feel you
33:20
know check back on those
33:21
initial list of symptoms you know the
33:23
one we did from head to toe
33:26
see how you feel is your skin clearer is
33:29
your belly flatter
33:30
do you feel like you have more energy
33:33
the key to this diet is to
33:34
really get in tune with your body
33:38
monitor everything you can sleep
33:42
mood energy digestion different triggers
33:45
bowel habits all those things no notice
33:48
every reaction in your body jot it down
33:51
in a notebook or on your phone
33:52
take note of what you ate that day
33:56
and what symptoms you're having the case
33:58
is not complicated
34:00
you know you just do the process takes a
34:02
little time getting used to
34:03
and a lot of planning so let me know
34:07
when you get ready to do this let me
34:08
know your experience
34:09
you want to go through the elimination
34:11
diet for all 23
34:12
days you are awesome you're rocking it
34:15
congratulations
34:17
message me as you go through it and tell
34:19
me how the process is going
34:21
i really enjoyed that all right thanks
34:24
for taking time
34:26
to experience this class okay
34:30
and if you have any further questions
34:31
you know post them below or you can
34:34
email
34:34
them i am always here for the support
34:38
you need so please share with me all the
34:40
valuable piece of information you've
34:42
learned also
34:43
if you need support on this journey i'm
34:45
here to help and i
34:46
i hope this elimination diet made
34:49
simple webinar exceeded your
34:52
expectations and helped you feel
34:54
well equipped with knowledge and
34:56
resources
34:57
and tools to help take control of your
35:00
health
35:00
truly that's all we have so if you have
35:03
any questions
35:04
i had a couple that came in earlier and
35:07
um this somebody asked about medications
35:11
they're taking
35:12
uh do they need to stop any medicines
35:14
while they are on there
35:16
no absolutely not that is between you
35:19
and your doctor um if it is something
35:22
that has been prescribed make sure
35:24
you check with your doctor before you
35:25
ever do any changes
35:27
at all somebody else asked about
35:31
psyllium and acacia fiber that they put
35:34
in their smoothie shake absolutely
35:37
wonderful
35:38
my recipe for the smoothie for breakfast
35:41
is i do the trovani protein
35:43
i do flax oil because you want protein
35:46
you want fat
35:48
and then you want carbohydrates so the
35:49
carbohydrates i'm going to get
35:52
from a handful of frozen berries organic
35:55
of course
35:56
and then i put a handful of greens in
35:59
there
36:00
i i don't necessarily put ice in you
36:02
know the the fruit is
36:03
usually cold enough and then i put in
36:06
either cilium
36:07
or acacia powder that is going to be the
36:10
soluble fiber
36:11
that does several things in your gut
36:14
it's going to keep you feeling full
36:16
longer
36:17
it is going to absorb toxins
36:21
it's going to aid digestion it absorbs
36:24
excess cholesterol excess sugar
36:26
gets it out of the gut but it also feeds
36:30
the good healthy bacteria
36:31
in the large intestine that is making b
36:34
vitamins that
36:35
is making butyrate that nourishes your
36:38
gut lining so
36:39
that's my recipe for the smoothie that i
36:42
have
36:43
mini breakfast trovani is is a really
36:46
good brand of protein powder that i
36:48
really like
36:49
a little more expensive but um not
36:51
really when you put it
36:53
is as a whole breakfast there okay um
36:56
another question is about the nightshade
37:00
family that is one to really
37:04
pay attention to if you have noisy
37:07
inflammation um
37:09
arthritis is has always been kind of
37:11
associated
37:12
with the nightshade family so that is
37:14
potatoes
37:15
and tomatoes and eggplant but also
37:18
spices
37:19
like paprika and chili peppers
37:22
so those are the ones that you want to
37:25
eliminate
37:26
if you've got arthritis and inflammation
37:29
um that that's a really big one and um
37:33
i've noticed people that have gotten
37:34
really good reactions with that too
37:37
i also have a list of histamine foods
37:40
that
37:40
um a lot of people get reactions
37:44
with rashes that they're of unknown
37:47
origin
37:48
that it's more of an extensive list so
37:50
if you need a list of the histamine
37:52
foods
37:53
just let me know um at debitdev4.com and
37:56
i will send you a list of the histamine
37:58
foods
37:59
that um i would utilize if
38:02
if you need some a more comprehensive
38:06
list
38:06
okay well thank you so much again for
38:10
joining in this webinar
38:11
i i start all my clients out on the
38:14
elimination diet
38:16
and it's not very really very
38:18
overwhelming if you just think
38:20
lots of vegetables clean protein healthy
38:22
fats okay
38:23
uh but if you have any questions reach
38:25
out to me i am here for you
38:28
um this has truly changed my life and
38:31
um it's it's based on science and
38:34
it is reproducible so give it a go and
38:38
thanks again for listening
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Elimination Diet Made Simple
Deb Ford DCN RDN
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Jul 28, 2021
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The elimination diet is a powerful tool that you can use to help you find the best diet for you. I have used it myself to help overcome acne, metabolic weight loss resistance, low thyroid function and improve digestive health. I encourage you to use this free tool to help you get a higher degree of health and wellness too.