This video, "MYHA Making You Healthy Again! Transform Your Health" by Deb Ford DCN RDN, discusses how unhealthy America has become compared to other countries, spending trillions on chronic diseases that didn't exist years ago. The speaker highlights that ultra-processed foods, filled with toxins, are a major cause and are becoming a national problem, making Americans the sickest people on Earth. She provides six ways to get healthy again, focusing on whole foods, balanced blood sugar, sleep, exercise, a supportive community, and a growth mindset.
Key Takeaways
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America spends $4.5 trillion on healthcare, with 90% of that budget going towards chronic illnesses that were not common 60 years ago.
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The U.S. ranks 79th in healthcare among other countries and spends at least twice as much per person as Europe, yet Europeans live 6 years longer.
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Many American foods contain ingredients banned in Europe due to their toxicity, and these ultra-processed foods are designed to be addictive, like tobacco.
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Chronic diseases like diabetes, obesity, and heart disease, which were not national problems in the 1950s, are now rampant and can be reversed.
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One of the most important things to do for your health is to eat whole, nutrient-dense foods, prioritizing colorful vegetables, lean proteins, healthy fats, and whole grains.
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Balancing your blood sugar by including protein, fibrous vegetables, and healthy fats in every meal and avoiding sugary snacks is crucial for health.
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Prioritize 7-8 hours of quality sleep nightly and incorporate stress management techniques like prayer, meditation, or deep breathing.
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Regularly move your body, aiming for 150 minutes of both aerobic and resistance training each week.
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Cultivate a supportive community by associating with people who encourage healthy habits, as obesity can be contagious.
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Commit to a growth mindset by starting with small, sustainable changes, tracking progress, celebrating victories, and visualizing a healthier self.
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hey good morning and welcome to another
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edition of today's nutrition where we
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look at what is new in research what's
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hot in the news or anything that you
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need to know to help you lose weight
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feel great and live longer better
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usually all three well this is oh so hot
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news but you've heard it from me for
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years the make America healthy again
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movement Maha it's what I've been
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telling you about
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for so long it's now Topp in all of the
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talk you know I go and get all the
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latest research bring it back to you so
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you stay way ahead of everything so you
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can stay super healthy and fit in fact
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if you go back to about every January
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I'm going to say for probably The Last 5
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Years I'll bet you will find me talking
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about all the statistics on how
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unhealthy
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America has become in compared to the
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rest of the world so just a few stats to
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bring this point home our current health
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care System spends about
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$4.5 trillion I can't even imagine that
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number 90% of that budget is for chronic
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illnesses that didn't even exist when I
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was a kid 60 years ago it is horrible
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and what
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really is the worst we have insanely
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gotten used to it being a normal thing
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it isn't health and being lean is normal
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and optimal and even more this chronic
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disease caused by all the toxins in our
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food and the
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environment is now going to be exposed
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on a giant scale it's put a huge burden
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on our economy that just is not
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sustainable we've got the world's
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biggest Health bill so compared to other
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countries we rank you know I've said it
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last January but you know here we go
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again we rank 79th in healthc care
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behind Costa Rica behind
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Romania behind Cuba and a lot of other
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countries and among the countries that
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you would naturally compare us to we
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come in last meanwhile we spend more by
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far than any other country at least
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twice the amount on each person than
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Europe spends and while I'm talking
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about Europe did you know Europe won't
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even accept most of our food because of
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all the ingredients that are toxins and
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are banned
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there life expectancy in Europe and the
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United States in 1970 was just about the
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same but now they live 6 years longer
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than us what is really bad is the
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average American Consumer doesn't even
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know that those ingredients aren't good
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for them they figure if it's on the
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Shelf if it's tasty I'm going to eat it
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and enjoy how delicious it is it's
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chemically modified to make it Ultra
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processed toxic and it's pretty much
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unregulated I've told you for years that
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when the tobacco companies were becoming
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heavily regulated
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and you you know they all the lung
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cancer was being talked about it was
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going to be taxed and their prophets
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were going through the basement well
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what they did is they switched over to
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processed big food took all the money
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all of the executives all of their
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knowhow brought that knowledge on
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addictive
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additives so they could make you totally
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addicted to all the junk and you
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wouldn't even want to stop even if you
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knew it was bad for you you know how
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hard it is to quit smoking well sugar is
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eight times more addictive than caffeine
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not caffeine then cocaine caffeine
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probably too in doctor's offices they
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even know that well they refer to
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diabetics as being the most quote noncom
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compant patient that they have but
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really they can't help it the food has
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been so processed that it takes
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everything you've got to stop eating
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what's killing you when they say it is
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so delicious it's to die for they aren't
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just wishing
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Dixie but all that is about to change
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just like when the tobacco industry was
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exposed for causing cancer these ultr
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processed food companies
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and and that food by the way comprises
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about 70% of what Americans eat that
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whole thing is about to get overhauled
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yay chronic disease that's bankrupting
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America is going to
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stop the illness industrial complex is
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going to be revealed and legislated just
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like they did with the tobacco
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industry I see
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diabetes insulin resistance obesity
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cancer dementia fatty liver pancreatic
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problems digestive problems heart
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disease all of these chronic diseases
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that weren't even a national problem in
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the 1950s I see it all being reversed
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America is going to be strong safe fit
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and healthy again did you
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know it is so bad that we aren't even
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healthy enough to Def defend
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ourselves
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77% of young adults can't even qualify
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for the military that's over 34s of our
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young
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people and I've told you about Co right
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we had the worst outcome than anywhere
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else us had about 16% of all the global
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deaths yet we only have 4.2% of the
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world's
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population 6
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% of everybody CDC says that we are the
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sickest people on the Earth with the
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most chronic disease that by the way is
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preventable and reversible the average
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person who died from covid had
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3.8 chronic
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diseases so what do you do wouldn't you
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like to get a jump on it get healthier
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more fit get off a lot of those drugs
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not make them necessary
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simple steps that I'm going to outline
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and it's going to give you a little
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taste of what my program in January is
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going to cover making you healthy
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again that's my take on the make America
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healthy again we're going to make you
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healthy again Mya I'm sure you've seen
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all those Maha signs around well I'm
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going to make it personal and I want to
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get you healthy again real natural and
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sustainable the quote is Health isn't
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just the absence of disease it is the
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state of Vitality and balance so today
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I'm going to share six transformative
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principles grounded in science grounded
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in practical application that will help
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you reclaim your health and
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Thrive first thing and you know I had to
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say it the first most important thing
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eat whole nutrient dense food because
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like like it said food is not just fuel
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it is actually the information that
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speaks to every one of your cells
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telling each cell how to function all
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those vitamins all those minerals those
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healthy fats those phytonutrients the
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proteins the amino acids they build each
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cell and help the cells talk to each
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other in the right language choosing the
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right foods can be your most powerful
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tool for healthy
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transformation so we're going to have
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colorful things we're going to have all
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these plants that are packed with good
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things
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vegetables and such they not only
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nourish your body but also your mind
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giving you energy enhancing your mood
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you know they're going to give you the
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best possible Foundation to live
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life with Vitality so to prioritize
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first of all colorful vegetables and
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fruit fill your plate with the rainbow
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each color represents unique
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antioxidants and vitamins you know
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you've got the dark leafy greens you've
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got the orange vegetables like carrots
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and sweet potatoes you know they're
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going to be good for your eyes and your
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skin cranberries and pomegranates were
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probably part of your Thanksgiving meal
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so good for you second thing lean
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protein think grilled pastured Freer
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range chicken wild caught fish grass-fed
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beef even tofu
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legumes protein is essential for
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repairing every night your body goes
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through repair processes and building
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tissues going to keep you strong build
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those muscles that build your bones
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build your brain build your heart of
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course you also need healthy fats
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avocados nut seeds and you know my
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favorite olive oil you know it's going
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to support your brain health reduce
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inflammation and may even go a long way
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at preventing breast
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cancer and whole grains little bit of
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brown rice quinoa and oats think whole
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grain not processed
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flour you know going to be a lot of
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things to avoid sugary snacks all that
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you know Ultra processed are designed
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are designed specifically using
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functional MRI machines to tempt your
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taste
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buds you know my taste buds would lead
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me down the wrong path every time don't
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let them rule you and don't let them
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derail your health shifting away from
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those things you're going to create
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space for things that are really good
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you know there's just a wealth of
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science that supports whole food so many
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studies on the Mediterranean diet and
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I'm not talking pasta It's the diet I
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just described study upon study shows
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that that nutrient dense food lowers the
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risk of heart disease diabetes obesity
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and just imagine the ripple effect not
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only in your life but your family your
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community it is going to be changing the
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gene expression of your children and
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grandchildren I'm I'm sure here you see
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how autism is so epidemic in our
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children the rate is 1 in
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36 now something that was unheard of
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when I was a kid in the 60s chronic
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disease in kids is the norm they seems
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like they're almost all on some kind of
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medication health and mood disorders are
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the norm I tell you it's not genetic
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it's epigenetic it's what we expose our
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genes to that's killing us making us
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sick lowering the sperm C decreasing
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fertility and even lowering
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IQ yeah IQ has even dropped since the
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1950s not
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cool but what is cool every Small Change
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Matters by adding just one more
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vegetable your at your plate at each
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meal swapping out that sugary snack for
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maybe a few nuts piece of fruit these
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little shifts build
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momentum and they're going to start
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feeling
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natural
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empowering you know it's just all
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about not being deprived but about
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building abundance you know realizing
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the real flavor of food herbs and spices
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and you know it's probably not going to
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happen overnight it may be a journey
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with lots of twists and turns but as you
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Embrace that journey I guarantee you you
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are going to feel better more energetic
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more confident More Alive better mood
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from personal experience I can tell you
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that okay second thing that we need to
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prioritize is balancing your blood sugar
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that's the second big point that really
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transforms Health most Americans are
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either diabetic or pre PR diabetic if
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you've ever had your fasting blood sugar
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start creeping up over
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95 beware that is the first sign you're
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going down the wrong path as far as
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carbs are concerned you know some key
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points to help with that healthy level
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of blood sugar and insulin is that every
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meal have that good protein have fibrous
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vegetables have those healthy fats going
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to go a long way to stabilizing those
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blood sugar
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avoiding sugary snacks because they're
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going to cause those spikes and crashes
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so a practical tip start your day with a
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high protein meal like eggs and avocados
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and sauteed vegetables of course I have
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some science backing on this one Journal
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of the American Medical Association
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title blood sugar stability supports
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sustained energy and mental Clarity
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while reducing risk of type 2
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diabetes blood wig was the author of
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that article okay third thing we're
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going to prioritize sleep and Stress
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Management you know 7 to8 hours quality
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sleep every night incorporating stress
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management techniques like prayer
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meditation quiet mindfulness like deep
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belly breathing or my favorite
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478 technique you know of course there's
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science to back this one too this is in
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nature reviews Neuroscience chronic
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sleep deprivation linked to weight gain
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insulin resistance and stress hormones
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being increased fourth thing move your
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body
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regularly both aerobic which is like
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walking getting your heart rate up
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running biking you know walking fast and
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also resistance training you got to aim
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for maybe 150 minutes every week and
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that's only about 20 minutes each and
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every day pretty doable but you may
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really have to work on that when you get
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started but then after a while you got
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it it's not that hard 20 minutes gone
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before you know it you know and it can
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be anything dancing like nobody's
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looking hiking walking around the block
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doing a little yoga walking in place
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doesn't
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matter fifth thing cultivate a
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supportive Community since we're the
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average of the five people we hang with
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and associate with you got to be careful
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to associate yourself with people who
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encourage healthy habits obesity is
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contagious if you hang with overweight
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people your risk goes up
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117% so you got to be careful you know
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you can work with me or find an
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accountability partner sometimes you
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just grab somebody and start a walking
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program after work every day there's a
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lot of science behind that too sixth
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thing commit to growth
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mindset there are no failures only
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lessons you know no failure unless you
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give up so you want to start small
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sustainable changes you know rather than
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Perfection if you do 1% better every day
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hey that adds up and you might want to
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track your progress celebrate your
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victories
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and you know visualize yourself being
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healthier that's a big one hey I plan on
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running till I'm a 100 years old and on
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my upcoming 69th birthday I'm running a
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half marathon you mind you I didn't
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start running until I was 52 so you're
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never too old to start making healthier
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changes that's what I tell people look
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at MC Jagger he's 80 years old and he
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does a half a marathon in every show he
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puts on so there's a lot of science to
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back that one but I want to thank you
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for listening to another edition of
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today's nutrition I hope you learned
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something that will help you or someone
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you love I really believe that Health
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transformation begins with small daily
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choices that line up with your elevated
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goals and values and by using these six
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simple ideas you can really build a
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foundation for lifelong vitality and
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it's never too late to change to learn
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to grow if you'd like to listen to this
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again you can go to my website Deb
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for.com my YouTube channel Dr Deb Ford
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or any place you listen to podcasts have
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a great day and make just a small step
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that's going to make you healthier
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MYHA Making You Healthy Again! Transform Your Helth
Deb Ford DCN RDN
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Dec 8, 2024
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Our current health care budget is 4.5 trillion dollars and 90% of that budget for chronic illness that wasn’t even in existence 60 years ago. It is horrible and we have gotten used to that being normal. It isn’t. Being healthy and being lean is normal and optimal. And even more, this chronic disease caused by the toxins in our food and environment has put a unsustainable burden to our economy.