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Between Meals Podcast. Episode 23: Blip Days. Bouncing Back When You “Fall Off Track”.
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No. 23 | Blip Days. Bouncing Back When You Fall “Off Track”.
In today’s shorter format BITES episode we are chatting all about getting up when you fall down, what to do when you have an “off day” and you feel yourself slipping into a downward spiral.
I am sharing some of my favorite tips and tools for how to handle the “misses” and how we can reframe our old narratives and the dangerously ineffective dialogue around this idea that we are either “on-track” or “off-track”.
1) CONSISTENCY DOES NOT REQUIRE PERFECTION
2) Misses are just that – MISSES.
3) How not to attach significance or judgment to a choice, a day, a meal or a miss.
4) CHOOSE YOU!
I also share some incredible research to support my deep belief that mindset matters, with two studies that prove our body hears what our mind says and that we are always the one driver’s seat when it comes to our choices and how we respond, react and “bounce back”.
And finally, I offer two simple questions you can ask yourself, right after a miss or an off choice or in the moment when you are faced with a choice that has previously been known to send you “off the rails”.
I really hope you enjoy this shorter format episode.
Referenced in this episode:
Episode 09 of the Between Meals Podcast with James Clear – How to Make Tiny Changes
James Clear’s book Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
Study: Learning one’s genetic risk changes physiology independent of actual genetic risk
Study: Mind-set matters: exercise and the placebo effect
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- Download Keep it Simple Keto – FREE eBook – Your 7 Day Quickstart Guide to Living a Fabulous Fat Fueled Life Without All the B.S.
- Get your spot on the Keto for You Waitlist – sign up now to secure your spot and to save $100 and be the first to be notified when the program launches
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Between Meals Podcast. Episode 22: Are Carbs the Devil? Carb Cycling & Carb Ups.
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Are Carbs the Devil? Carb Cycling & Carb Ups.
In this final episode in the 5-part Keto Conversation series we are chatting ALL about carbs!! Are carbs the devil? Should we fear carbs? Can we never eat them again?
Au contraire – I actually want to share that you CAN actually eat carbs and they may work synergistically with your low glycemic approach to support some important functionality within the body, to reset and rebalance, as needed.
After you’ve given your body the time and space and taught it how to become fat adapted, it’s in that nuanced lifestyle and your personalized approach that you create where the real magic happens, in my opinion.
Topics Covered and Questions Answered in Episode 22:
- disclaimers on who should take care when carb cycling
- possible symptoms that may indicate a need for carb cycling or carb ups
- why imbalance can happen with a ketogenic approach
- first and most major question you need to ask yourself – are you eating enough?
- what is leptin?
- how does leptin signaling get messed up?
- why does leptin depletion happen?
- can we reset leptin synthesis?
- why carbs might be the answer.
- the benefits of carb cycling.
- how-to carb cycle
- is carb cycling with intense workouts necessary?
- AND SO MUCH MORE!!!
Some of my favorite recipes for carb cycling / carb ups:
Shoestring Smoky Sweet Potato Fries
Garam Masala Roasted Acorn Squash Wedges
Curried Butternut Squash Soup with Maple Turmeric Roasted Pepitas
Smoky Sweet Potato and Apple Soup
Baked Plantain Fries with Garlic Avocado Dipping Sauce
Wilted Kale Salad with Warm Mustard Shallot Vinaigrette and Spicy Butternut Squash Croutons
Apple Bites with Pumpkin Spice Coconut Butter
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Listen to the Other Episodes in the Keto Conversations:
Episode 18 – Why I am Not Keto
Episode 19 – Fatty Fatty Fat Fat – Everything You Need to Know About Fat
Episode 20 – Keto vs. Fat Adapted vs. Low Carb
Episode 21 – Should I Eat More Fat? Am I Eating Enough Protein?
DON’T FORGET:
- Download Keep it Simple Keto – FREE eBook – Your 7 Day Quickstart Guide to Living a Fabulous Fat Fueled Life Without All the B.S.
- Get your spot on the Keto for You Waitlist – sign up now to secure your spot and to save $100 and be the first to be notified when the program launches
Want to Learn More:
Nutrition Tips for More Energy. Avoid the Afternoon Crash
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Between Meals Podcast. Episode 21: Should I Eat More Fat? Am I Eating Enough Protein?
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Should I Eat More Fat? Am I Eating Enough Protein?
Let’s do some troubleshooting!!! This latest episode of the Between Meals Podcast we are answering some of the questions I hear most often with my clients – especially when they find they aren’t getting the results they are after with their nutrition. With our culture being so extreme, often misconception is, if too many carbs isn’t great and lowering my carb intake is better – I should probably have no carbs ever OR fat is good for me, more fat is helpful for getting into deeper ketosis, so if I am not getting the results I want I should just eat even more fat!! DONE. It doesn’t exactly work like that. These are both over simplifications that really won’t help people who stall in reaching the goals that first set for themselves and honestly, may even cause more problems down the line.
Yes, we have talked about fat alone doesn’t make you fat. The fear of fat is total bullshit and all of the amazing thing that fat can do for us, but we also cannot deny the fact that it is still TOTALLY possible to over-consume it. Additionally, the extreme removal and fear of carbs, can lead to an avoidance of important nutrient-dense, fiber rich vegetables that I think should be include in your diet.
As well, there seems to be some confusion and misconception surrounding protein. There is an unsubstantiated fear surrounding gluconeogenesis that often manifests as an underconsumption of protein, which can have deleterious affects of it’s own.
Topics Covered and Questions Answered in Episode 21:
- Can you have TOO much fat?
- If fat helps to create ketone bodies and ketones are good, can’t we just eat more fat to get higher ketones and get into a deeper state of ketosis?
- If you over eat protein does it get turned into glucose?
- The benefits of protein
- How to calculate the right amount of protein
- Do you need to weigh your meat?
- What are macronutrients and what are micronutrients?
- How does energy production actually work? Is it calories only or is there more too it?
- Which macros does the body prefer in ATP production?
- How protein can be self regulating and why overconsumption isn’t a concern
- Other areas to investigate if you hit a wall, are stalling or not hitting the heath goals you had for yourself
- Are you overreacting or experiencing cravings because you are under-eating fat or protein, having too many carbs or are they related to something else altogether?
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Listen to the Other Episodes in the Keto Conversations:
Episode 18 – Why I am Not Keto
Episode 19 – Fatty Fatty Fat Fat – Everything You Need to Know About Fat
Episode 20 – Keto vs. Fat Adapted vs. Low Carb
DON’T FORGET:
- Download Keep it Simple Keto – FREE eBook – Your 7 Day Quickstart Guide to Living a Fabulous Fat Fueled Life Without All the B.S.
- Get your spot on the Keto for You Waitlist – sign up now to secure your spot and to save $100 and be the first to be notified when the program launches
Want to Learn More:
Nutrition Tips for More Energy. Avoid the Afternoon Crash
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Between Meals Podcast. Episode 20: Keto vs. Fat Adapted vs. Low Carb
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Keto vs. Fat Adapted vs. Low Carb
This latest episode of the Between Meals Podcast we are simplifying some of the most common questions I hear. We are breaking down the differences between ketosis or just being fat adapted. It can seem confusing, but it really isn’t that complicated and I want to help simplify it for you, so you can find the approach that is right for you and your goals.
Topics Covered and Questions Answered in Episode 20:
- The differences between being keto and fat adapted?
- Can you be fat adapted and not be in ketosis? How about vice versa?
- How long does it take to become fat adapted?
- How can you tell that you are fat adapted?
- Why does our body produce ketones?
- What does it mean to be keto-adapted?
- What are the benefits of ketones?
- What if you can’t maintain high levels of ketones after eating keto for a while?
- What is “Metabolic Flexibility”?
- What is low-carb? Can you just eat low-carb? Is it bad to eat low carb but not be keto?
- Feeling bad on keto? Did you give it enough time?
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Listen to the Other Episodes in the Keto Conversations:
Episode 18 – Why I am Not Keto
Episode 19 – Fatty Fatty Fat Fat – Everything You Need to Know About Fat
DON’T FORGET:
- Download Keep it Simple Keto – FREE eBook – Your 7 Day Quickstart Guide to Living a Fabulous Fat Fueled Life Without All the B.S.
- Get your spot on the Keto for You Waitlist – sign up now to secure your spot and to save $100 and be the first to be notified when the program launches
Want to Learn More:
4 Reasons to Avoid Vegetable and Seed Oils
Omega-3 Fatty Acids – Understanding these Essential Fats
Nutrition Tips for More Energy. Avoid the Afternoon Crash
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************************************************As always, if you enjoyed this episode, pretty please take the time to rate the show with 5 stars and leave a review, this helps immensely with ranking the show and allowing it to show up in searches, and all the fun algorithms of the iTunes. Plus, I LOVE when you share on your social media accounts, your stories etc, photos or videos of you enjoying the show, all the fun places you are listening, your favorite quotes or takeaways and please be sure to tag me because I love sharing those and I love hearing how much you are loving the show!!LISTEN NOW ON ITUNES
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Between Meals Podcast. Episode 19: Fatty Fatty Fat Fat
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FATTY FATTY FAT FAT – Everything You Need to Know About Fat.
Ooooh this latest episode of the Between Meals Podcast is on quite easily one of my favorite topics!! FAT!! Today as part of the five-part series I am calling Keto Conversations – we are chatting all about fat. From why we need it, how to tell if you aren’t burning fat and more. Whether or not you are keto, keto-adapted, low carb, fat-fueled or not – I urge you to listen to this episode. Fat is an essential part of a healthy diet and it’s often overlooked as a crucial missing piece when our health is struggling.
Topics covered in episode 19:
- The differences between a Fat Burner and a Sugar Burner
- You Might be a Sugar Burner if….
- Why We Need Fat
- Are You Not Getting Enough Fat
- How Can We Get More Fat
- Signs You May Not Be Digesting the Fat you are Eating
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Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
The Benefits of Eating Liver + My Favorite Liver Supplements
The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat ,and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet by Nina Teicholz
DON’T FORGET:
- Download Keep it Simple Keto – FREE eBook – Your 7 Day Quickstart Guide to Living a Fabulous Fat Fueled Life Without All the B.S.
- Get your spot on the Keto for You Waitlist – sign up now to secure your spot and to save $100 and be the first to be notified when the program launches
Want to Learn More:
4 Reasons to Avoid Vegetable and Seed Oils
Omega-3 Fatty Acids – Understanding these Essential Fats
Nutrition Tips for More Energy. Avoid the Afternoon Crash
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************************************************As always, if you enjoyed this episode, pretty please take the time to rate the show with 5 stars and leave a review, this helps immensely with ranking the show and allowing it to show up in searches, and all the fun algorithms of the iTunes. Plus, I LOVE when you share on your social media accounts, your stories etc, photos or videos of you enjoying the show, all the fun places you are listening, your favorite quotes or takeaways and please be sure to tag me because I love sharing those and I love hearing how much you are loving the show!!LISTEN NOW ON ITUNES
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Between Meals Podcast. Episode 18: Why I Am Not Keto
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WHY I AM NOT KETO:
For the entire month of April, each week I am sharing a brand new shorter format podcast episode in a series I am calling Keto Conversations. We will be chatting all about ketosis, adapting a ketogenic lifestyle that works for you and all the important basics of what you need to know about keto. We will bust through common keto misconceptions plus I am sharing my own personal experiences and offering some insight to help guide you if you are interested in experimenting with a ketogenic approach to your eating.
In the first episode of the series, we are chatting ALLLL about Why I Am Not Keto! And no, this is not an April Fool’s Day joke and I know this may sound confusing, but stick with me, trust me and tune in!
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Mentioned in this Episode:
- Keep it Simple Keto – FREE eBook – Your 7 Day Quickstart Guide to Living a Fabulous Fat Fueled Life Without All the B.S.
- Keto for You Waitlist – sign up now to save $100 and be the first to be notified when the program launches
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************************************************As always, if you enjoyed this episode, pretty please take the time to rate the show with 5 stars and leave a review, this helps immensely with ranking the show and allowing it to show up in searches, and all the fun algorithms of the iTunes. Plus, I LOVE when you share on your social media accounts, your stories etc, photos or videos of you enjoying the show, all the fun places you are listening, your favorite quotes or takeaways and please be sure to tag me because I love sharing those and I love hearing how much you are loving the show!!LISTEN NOW ON ITUNES
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Between Meals Podcast. Episode 17: Following Your Intuition
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FOLLOWING YOUR INTUITION:
Trusting your gut with your brand, health, parenting + beyond with guest Ali Maffucci of Inspiralized.com
Ali is the founder of the culinary brand Inspiralized, the ultimate resource for cooking creatively, healthfully and deliciously with the spiralizer, the kitchen tool that turns vegetables and fruits into noodles. In June of 2013, Ali quit her corporate job to pursue Inspiralized, starting first with her blog, Inspiralized.com. Since then, Maffucci has been referred to as a “digitally savvy millennial entrepreneur”, as well as the creator of a “spiral empire” by Food & Wine. Maffucci has authored New York Times best-selling cookbooks (Inspiralized and Inspiralize Everything) and her latest cookbook, Inspiralized and Beyond is following suit. Maffucci launched her branded spiralizer called the Inspiralizer and continues to provide daily free recipes on her food blog and through her iOS mobile app.She currently lives in Jersey City, NJ with her husband, Lu, and her baby son, Luca, with a little baby girl on the way.While you may think today’s episode would be all about spiralizing ALLL the foods, it’s actually everything but that. Ali shares her journey to becoming an entrepreneur, how she followered her passion, left her career and took a huge leap of faith, she shares the challenges of having a broad audience and balancing life as both a boss and as a mom. We chat about learning to love your body and to tune out the noise and trust your instincts to make the choices that are right for you when it comes to your health and eating, plus raising your children to have a healthy outlook and connection with their food (and I even get to learn ALL about baby led weaning) – at it’s core, this episode is all about following your intuition and going with your gut and I am so excited to share it with all of you.Grab recipes and more from Ali, head to Inspiralized.com
You can also follow Ali on Instagram at:LISTEN NOW ON ITUNES
Mentioned in this Episode:
As always, if you enjoyed this episode, pretty please take the time to rate the show with 5 stars and leave a review, this helps immensely with ranking the show and allowing it to show up in searches, and all the fun algorithms of the iTunes. Plus, I LOVE when you share on your social media accounts, your stories etc, photos or videos of you enjoying the show, all the fun places you are listening, your favorite quotes or takeaways and please be sure to tag me because I love sharing those and I love hearing how much you are loving the show!!LISTEN NOW ON ITUNES
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Between Meals Podcast. Episode 16: Healing Hashimoto’s and Taking Responsibility for Your Health
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Healing Hashimoto’s and Taking Responsibility for Your Health
One of my favorite things about the work I have done all of these years with Tasty Yummies are all the amazing connections I have made, not just in the community we have all created together, but among my peers and other content creators, writers and bloggers. I have met an incredible amount of people who continuously inspire me, who challenge me to not only investigate and examine the work that I am doing, but also in my own life and health.One of my favorite things about this podcast is the opportunity to bring all of these incredible people to you, too! To share their personal stories and to hopefully inspire you in all the ways they continue to inspire me!
Today’s guest Carly Johnson Brawner, has become a good friend of mine through the virtual space. I think we first connected on Instagram and we finally had the opportunity to meet in person a couple years back when I was in Austin for a conferenceIn today’s episode, Carly shares her story of discovering she had Hashimoto’s, an autoimmune thyroid disease. She shares the symptoms that became most concerning to her, the major things she did to heal her body, how she demanded testing and when she knew it was time to break up with her doctor and look for additional support. We talk through some of the dietary shifts and lifestyle changes that were most impactful to her, plus how she’s recently gotten the courage to face her fears as she has incorporated weight lifting into her movement plan and so much more.I know you will walk away from today’s episode with some practical tips and inspiration for becoming your own health advocate, for knowing when to trust your intuition, to take responsibility for your health and some of the first steps you can take to heal your body.About CarlyCarly Johnson Brawner is a Functional Nutrition Coach, Hashimoto’s advocate, and wellness enthusiast living in sunny Austin, TX. Frolic & Flow came to fruition through Carly’s experiences healing from autoimmunity with real food and targeted wellness practices. She currently blogs, speaks, and works with clients to help them optimize their overall health, improve their autoimmunity, and learn the foundations of living in a state of balanced wellness.
Follow Carly Johnson Brawner
Website: frolicandflow.me
Instagram: @frolicandflow
Mentioned in this Episode:
- The 5 biggest things Carly that helped her to heal her Hashimoto’s
- Carly’s 3-part series on her Hashimoto’s Success Story
- The Wahl’s Protocol
- NEW POST: What are Endocrine Disruptors and How to Avoid Them?
As always, if you enjoyed this episode, pretty please take the time to rate the show with 5 stars and leave a review, this helps immensely with ranking the show and allowing it to show up in searches, and all the fun algorithms of the iTunes. Plus, I LOVE when you share on your social media accounts, your stories etc, photos or videos of you enjoying the show, all the fun places you are listening, your favorite quotes or takeaways and please be sure to tag me because I love sharing those and I love hearing how much you are loving the show!!LISTEN NOW ON ITUNES
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Between Meals Podcast. Episode 15: Uncovering Trauma and Its Role in Your Health Story
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Uncovering Trauma and Its Role in Your Health Story
I am so honored to have Dr. Keesha Ewers as my guest on the show today and we chatting about a topic that really hits home for me in a big way. TRAUMA and the importance of uncovering it’s affect on your health story and how to heal complex health struggles.We are diving deep into how unresolved trauma can manifest as autoimmune diseases and other imbalances in the mind, body and spirit, we’re discussing how these root causes can affect our health, the ways in which we show up in the world for others and how we speak to ourselves. We even discuss finding gratitude to those who caused the trauma, as challenging as that may seem – in this episode Dr. Keesha actually takes me through a powerful exercise in facing my own trauma and my perpetrator.Before we dive in, if you feel that this discussion may not pertain to you, as you feel you are not a victim of the traumas we hear about most commonly, sexual assault, physical or emotional abuse, addiction, neglect, I urge you to please still take the time to listen to this episode. Dr Keesha unpacks and defines trauma in all senses of the world, as she calls it capital T and lower case t traumas and the many events that still affect and damage areas of the brain and our health and how trauma actually comes in so many shapes and forms. Dr. Keesha shares the many ways that events of our past can manifest not just in disease or physical imbalances, but in our relationships, our self talk and we get into all of the mighty lessons that past trauma can teach us!About Dr. Keesha EwersDr. Keesha Ewers is an integrative medicine expert, Doctor of Sexology, Family Practice ARNP, Psychotherapist, herbalist, she is board certified in functional medicine and Ayurvedic medicine and is the founder and medical director of the Academy for Integrative Medicine Health Coach Certification Program.
Dr. Keesha has been in the medical field for over 30 years. After conducting the HURT Study in 2013 (Healing Un-Resolved Trauma), she developed the HURT Model for understanding how past childhood trauma impacts adult health. This led to the creation of the You Unbroken online program for patients to heal their own trauma and the Mystic Medicine deep immersion healing retreats she leads at her home on San Juan Island, WA.
I had the pleasure of hearing Dr. Keesha speak last year and as she shared her own powerful story of healing her autoimmune disease and discovering the role unresolved trauma had in her health story – I had goosebumps and tears I my eyes listening to her words and her experiences that resonated so deeply with me and unknowingly at the time, this talk became a catalyst for me, to a huge year of self discovery and unpacking old narratives and healing from my trauma.
Over the course of 2018, I began doing some serious self assessment and I was facing head on my struggles with my self worth and my abilities to believe in myself, my perfectionism, my apprehension to trust people whose motives seem insincere, my disdain for people who abuse power or expect too much of me – all qualities in me that i most wanted to change, I began to realize were all rooted in the sexual trauma I experienced in my late teens and had told myself i had totally overcome and it was dealt with and a non-issue. it became an intense exploration into uncovering who I am and the work I needed to do yet to heal my body and my spirit so I could show up in the world in the ways I truly wanted to. And spoiler alert, like so many things – I’m still showing up for me and I am still doing the work!It is with great pleasure I share Dr Keesha and this amazing episode with all of you, to offer some incredible insight knowledge and actionable tools.
Follow Dr. Keesha Ewers:
Website: drkeesha.com
Instagram: @drkeesha
Mentioned in this Episode:
- Dr. Keesha’s book: Solving the Autoimmune Puzzle: The Woman’s Guide to Reclaiming Emotional Freedom and Vibrant Health
- ACEs – Adverse Childhood Experiences
- You Un-broken 10 Day Self-Guided Program
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Between Meals Podcast. Episode 14: Celery Juice, How Detox Actually Works & Food as Medicine
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Celery Juice, How Detox Actually Works & Food as Medicine.
Are you curious about the celery juice trend? Is it a super food or a super fad? In episode 14, I am joined by Ali Miller, RD, LD, CDE who is hitting us with the facts with her food-as-medicine approach that is grounded in nature and supported by scientific evidence. We talk through the misinformation, the redeeming qualities of celery and why you may want to reconsider downing gallons of celery juice each and every week.
From debunking some of the massive claims to talking through why some folks may be having great results drinking daily celery juice, Ali shares more about how the body’s natural detox pathways work. Learn how you are better off consuming foods rich in sulfur, glycine, glutathione, cysteine, and nutrients that drive phase 2 encapsulation with ample fiber in the diet (that’s right celery juice contains none of these things) to support the excretion of toxins from your body to actually detox vs. prevent detox process for short-term outcomes.
Finally, Ali shares more about her food-as-medicine approach when it comes to anxiety, depression and cognitive dysfunction.
I hope you enjoy this episode and if you have anecdotal evidence or personal experiences with celery juice that you would like to share, please feel free to use the comments below, we’d love to hear from you.
Follow Ali Miller, RD:
Her website AliMillerRD.com
Instagram @AliMillerRd
The Naturally Nourished Podcast
Mentioned in this Episode:
- Ali’s IGTV episode about why she will never drink celery juice
- Celery Juice is NOT a Miracle Drink
- Rat study showing the effect of celery and parsley juices on pharmacodynamic activity of drugs involving cytochrome P450 in their metabolism
- 10 Day Real Food Detox Program
- The Anti-Anxiety Diet: A Whole Body Program to Stop Racing Thoughts, Banish Worry and Live Panic-Free
- Ali’s rebuttal to Jillian Michael’s recent rants on the Keto Diet
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Between Meals Podcast. Episode 13: The Power of Starting Your Day with Positivity
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The Power of Starting Your Day with Positivity.
In today’s shorter format BITES episode I am sharing my personal experiences with starting my day with positivity. In this solo episode I explain how I recently came to introducing a new morning practice, where I implement positive mantras or affirmations as part of my morning rituals.
The incredible power that we have to shape our reality and control our intentions and our actions is far more simple than we realize. It’s an incredible small step in your efforts toward self realization, self love and self care and guess what – IT’S FREE!
Whether your positivity comes through reflection or affirmation, maybe you repeat power statements or find empowerment through acknowledging your struggles and your ability to overcome them – this practice can truly affect not just the trajectory of the day, but also our confidence, self esteem, our relationship with ourselves and others and most importantly our belief in our strengths to overcome whatever comes our way. It’s about owning our power NOW!
We talk about the small details that can matter as you develop your own your positive self talk practice, how semantics can actually matter and how we aren’t trying to live in some glitter studded, rainbow flecked alternative reality, turning a blind eye to the struggles of life. Rather it’s about embracing the uncertainty of our days and owning a belief in our abilities to handle whatever comes our way. OWNING OUR POWER!
We may not be able to control the pains and traumas of our past, present or future, but we can absolutely control how we react to them and the narrative we choose to implement in our days.
I hope you enjoy this episode, my first ever solo episode! I would love to hear from all of you, if you implement a morning mantra or affirmation practice, please tag me on Instagram @tastyyummies and you can use the hashtag #TYMorningMantras and I would LOVE to share them in my feed.
Mentioned in this Episode :
- Bites Episode 04 – How to Stop Shoulding All Over Yourself
- Episode 11 – Overcoming Your Self-Limiting Beliefs
- Mirror Gazing Practice at the end of Episode 08
- Unfu*k Yourself by Gary John Bishop
- My Morning Mantras are saved as a Mantra Highlight on my Instagram profile
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Between Meals Podcast. Episode 12: The Business of Blogging and Beyond
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The Business of Blogging and Beyond
While we tend to bounce around a bit on Between Meals, from nutrition and wellness, to mindset and business – it’s all truly just a reflection of my own journey and what I have learned along the way, obviously, but it’s also a curated reflection of the topics I am asked most about by all of you. I love that I have this platform to reach all of you, in a unique way so I can share my story and the stories of the many amazing people I am blessed to have in my life.
In todays episode I am joined by my very very good friend Alison and we are sharing our perspectives on the business of blogging and beyond.
First up, I wanna remind you, if you are looking to learn more about getting started in the world of blogging, online content creation or building a social media precsence, please check out the Business Mastermind Bites Podcast Series from early 2018 they are bites episodes 1, 2 and 3. These three episodes will cover a lot of your questions.
While Alison and I check in nearly daily, we are using this episode to follow up with Alison after she was my guest on episode 02 of the Business Mastermind Series, and we check in with some of the big changes she has made since we last spoke with her, including leaving her full-time career to focus on her nutrition business and wellness recipe focused website, Foodbymars.com.
Alison and I also share a lot about our own experiences over the years with blogging and the businesses we have built through blogging and we are sharing more about our upcoming Mastermind workshop in Portland OR, at the NTA Conference.
> If you are unable to attend this year’s NTA conference, we invite you to sign up to be added to our waitlist for the online version of this Business Focused Program, which will be releasing later this year. By signing up, you will be notified FIRST when registration has opened for the course. We cannot wait to make this available to more of you. <<
READ MORE about the NTA Conference Business Workshop in Portland, OR February, 28, 2019 and you can also read more of the details about our workshop. Remember, you don’t have to be an NTP, NTC alumni or student to attend and you don’t have to be attending the conference to join us. When you are ready to purchase conference or workshop tickets, if you use this link, I will get credit / a slight affiliate payout, for your purchase. (thanks in advance)
In this Episode :
- leaving your long-standing full time gig to pursue your nutrition and wellness-focused career and how to know when it’s time
- the importance of owning your personal story and knowing how it shapes your brand story
- being clear in who “your person” is so you can have clarity in how to create content
- when you try to speak to everyone, you speak to no one
- how you build an authentic virtual community
- when and how to use analytics and when to let it go
- honing in on your authentic power and the unique solutions you offer
- the benefits of leaning on mentors and community
- how to know when to ask for help
- using your online platforms to your advantage
Be sure to peruse the article archives and grab delicious real food recipes and more over at foodbymars.com
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Between Meals Podcast. Bites. Episode 11: Overcoming Your Self-Limiting Beliefs
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Overcoming Your Self-Limiting Beliefs.
2018 New Year Reflections
At the start of the new year, for many it’s an opportunity to set new goals, intentions and resolutions, for others it’s a wonderful time to reflect on the year passed.
Whatever approach that you personally take, in this episode I wanted to share my personal reflections on 2018. I have found that the start of a new year offers the peaceful space to ground in and take note of the lessons learned in the year prior and to acknowledge any apparent themes that emerged.
For me, 2018 was all about overcoming my self-limiting beliefs. It was all about knowing that my thoughts have the power to create my reality and that ultimately I am far more in control of the life I am living than I had ever realized before.
On Today’s Episode
- My 2018 reflections.
- Why I personally choose to reflect vs. resolve.
- How my self-limiting beliefs were crippling me and how I learned to push them aside.
- How to question the origin of your inner critic
- Our thoughts change our physical structure of our brain.
- How the beliefs you have about yourself can drive your long-term behavior – your thoughts create your reality.
- Don’t expect wins or losses. Plan for the wins, learn from the losses.
- If you aren’t ready to believe in yourself, surround yourself with people who are.
- My crazy sound healing experience of talking to myself….
Do you set resolutions or goals at the start of the new year? Have you reflected on 2018?
Remember to reach out on social media or in the Tasty Yummies Facebook Group and share your thoughts on this episode, what your reflections have looked like. Share, comment, like, review!! This all helps so so much.
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Between Meals Podcast. Episode 10: Keto Quick Start with Diane Sanfilippo
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On the first episode of 2019 I am joined by my guest and good friend Diane Sanfilippo and we are chatting all about her brand new book Keto Quick Start: A Beginner’s Guide to a Whole-Foods Ketogenic Diet
NOTES:
Buy Keto Quick Start: A Beginner’s Guide to a Whole-Foods Ketogenic Diet by Diane Sanfilippo
Peruse the article archives, watch videos, listen to the Balanced Bites Podcast, grab recipes and more at Balanced Bites
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More about Diane and Keto Quick Start:
New York Timesbestselling author and health and wellness pioneer Diane Sanfilippo brings her own experience with a ketogenic diet to Keto Quick Start, a comprehensive and easy-to-follow road map to transitioning to a keto lifestyle.
There’s a good reason keto has attracted so many followers: it’s an effective tool for fat loss as well as a way of eating with proven benefits for many health concerns, including unstable blood sugar, neurological conditions, and epilepsy, to name a few. But getting started with keto and sticking with it can be tough. That’s where Keto Quick Start comes in.
In her signature practical style, Diane makes keto doable for everyone, whether you’re completely new to very low carb eating or you’ve tried it before and want to find a better way to make it work for you. Keeping the focus on real foods that nourish your body, she walks you through a gentle transition to keto and helps you figure out how to make it sustainable for the long term. Keto Quick Start targets everyday real-world concerns such as what to expect in the first few weeks and how to know if you’re on the right track, how to determine if you need more carbs and how to incorporate those carbs in a healthy way, how to customize keto for your personal goals (especially weight loss), and things to be aware of if you’re concerned about a particular health issue.
Keto Quick Start includes 100 delicious keto recipes, four weekly meal plans, more than a dozen easy meal ideas (no recipe required!), and troubleshooting tips and tricks. It also features a unique and easy-to-use template that makes tracking your food quick and simple.
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Between Meals Podcast. Episode 09: How to Make Tiny Changes, Master Your Habits and Live Your Best Life
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“Habits are the compound interest of self improvement”
In episode 09 of the Between Meals Podcast, I am joined by guest James Clear as we talk all about How to Make Tiny Changes, Master Your Habits and Live Your Best Life. James and I chat all about his recently released NY Times Best Selling book Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones and the importance of building systems that work for you!
In this episode James and I are chatting all about behavior change, how to investigate and design your environment, physically and socially, to support your desired identity changes, along with reducing friction to maximize your success. Plus we discuss how important it is to creating systems for implementing small habits each day that allow you to move in alignment with the person you believe you are meant to be. Whether it’s your health and nutrition, fitness goals or relationships, maybe it’s building your new business as an entrepreneur, you will learn the common mistakes most people make when changing habits but most importantly some simple tips for how to put all of these ideas into practice in real life!!
James Clear is a writer and speaker focused on habits, decision-making, and continuous improvement. He is the author of the New York Times best seller, Atomic Habits. His work has appeared in the New York Times, Entrepreneur Magazine, Time Magazine, and on CBS This Morning. More than 400,000 people subscribe to his popular email newsletter at jamesclear.com. He is a regular speaker at Fortune 500 companies and his work is used by teams in the NFL, NBA, NHL, and MLB.
Between Meals Podcast. Episode 09 with James Clear:
How to Make Tiny Changes, Master Your Habits and Live Your Best Life
In This Episode of the Between Meals Podcast, We Talk About:
- true behavior change is really identity change
- it isn’t motivation and there isn’t a need to push yourself to be somebody else, you are just acting in alignment with who you already believe that you are.
- how do we form our self image?
- outcome based habits vs identity based habits
- how social media and news perpetuate a results based society
- focus on the feeling of fulfilling our potential
- organize habits around your identity to reinforce your identity
- why we don’t want to lose sight of the 1%. The importance of the tiny curve.
- time magnifies the margin between success and failure. Show up and letting time work for you.
- habits are the compound interest of self improvement
- what to do when you aren’t seeing the changes?
- the ultimate form of immediate satisfaction is a reinforcement of your desired identity
- casting votes for your desired identity
- the importance of habits being satisfying
- choose habits that deliver more joy and satisfaction
- invisible factors for success
- the importance of “never miss twice”
- and soooo much more!!
I think you all are really going to love this episode – I truly feel like this is a MUST-LISTEN FOR EVERYONE looking to implement healthy habits!
AND SO MUCH MORE!
As always, we finish the show with a fun game of Would You Rather? and please be sure to stick around for the wrap-up portion where Mark and I chat about what we learned and ways
Show Notes + References:
- www.jamesclear.com/atomic-habits
- jamesclear.com – to sign up for James’ amazing newsletter
- Get Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
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Mixed Greens Salad with Steam Fried Veggies and Lemon Basil Vinaigrette {Paleo, Keto, AIP, Vegan, Whole30}
This fresh, colorful, veggie-loaded Mixed Greens Salad with Steam Fried Veggies and Lemon Basil Vinaigrette is simple-to-make, loaded with flavor and perfect for holiday entertaining!
Disclosure: This post and recipe were created in collaboration with Dole Fresh Fruit and Fresh Vegetables. As always, all opinions, ideas and text are my own. Thanks for supporting the sponsors that allow me to create new and special content like this for Tasty Yummies.
This recipe is not be far off from the usual fare you will find around here, but the inspiration that got me here might be.
Let’s take a big big step back, come along with me. We are going all the way back to 1928. Disney’s Mickey Mouse made first on-screen debut in Steamboat Willie, a seven-and-a-half-minute animated short film that would become a classic, as it introduced to the world, one of the most iconic characters of our time!
Another American classic, we all know and love, Dole, is collaborating once again with Disney to celebrate Mickey’s 90th Anniversary, highlighting fresh takes on iconic recipes and bringing brand new inspired dishes honoring a True Original and the two brand’s long-time friendship.
To know me and my husband is to know that Disneyland and Mickey Mouse have become a part of our own story. When we moved to Southern California nearly years ago, before the moving truck ever hit the road, before we even had the keys to our new home, we had our Disneyland annual passes in our hands. On our trip out to California to find our house, we committed that once we found where we would be living, assuming we had a few days left in the trip, we would be “Going to Disneyland”.
Over the years since we have lived here, we have celebrated birthdays and anniversaries at Disneyland, we have taken nieces, nephews, parents and friends. We even created original artwork for Disneyland in collaboration with their WonderGround Gallery in Downtown Disney, where we silkscreen printed the posters live, in front of the gallery.
Disneyland and Mickey Mouse are synonymous with our Southern California life, so of course I was excited to be a part of DOLE’s celebration of Mickey Mouse. Dole and Disney have a rich history of working together toward happier, healthier families, and encouraging kids of all ages to eat better and be more active, so this celebration of Mickey’s 90th has come together in a big and tasty way and I am honored to be a part of it.
For me, I wanted to stay true to the food I always create and share with all of you, so no Mickey Mouse cupcakes or decadent Disneyland treats, I wanted to find a subtle a way to pay homage to ‘ol Steamboat Willie and his humble beginnings and really highlighting Dole’s beautiful fresh produce. In fact right know you can actually find DOLE® fresh fruits and vegetables featuring Mickey Mouse throughout the decades. How fun is that? Around here I have been referring to this as the Steamboat Willie Salad and it features one of my favorite ways to prepare fresh vegetables – Steam Frying. Rather than the simple steamed veggies prevalent in the 1920 and 30’s – we are taking steam cooking up a notch.
You all know that I am not anti-fat by any means, I think healthful fats play a very important role in a healthy, well balanced diet, so this isn’t about reducing fats and oils at all, steam frying is merely a simple, easy and flavorful way to prepare fresh vegetables. It takes the classic steamed vegetables up a notch in a fun and flavorful way. What I especially love is you can prepare the veggies ahead of time and serve them on the finished salad cold or room temperature, if you’d like, which makes this salad perfect for your holiday entertaining. No taking up space in the oven for roasting, no messy oil-splattering as you pan fry and no mushy, boring steamed veggies. Ready in no time, a beautiful, center-piece salad, loaded with nutrient-dense, colorful veggies – truly the best of all worlds.
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THE DIRTY DOZEN: 12 Harmful Ingredients to Avoid in your Cosmetics and Skincare
I would be willing to bet that, like me, most of you subscribe to the notion – YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT. But, I truly feel that we should add to that, YOU ARE WHAT YOU PUT ON, too. The products we apply to our skin, hair, nails and teeth – these can affect our health, just the same as the food we eat.
Rather than food, today we are talking all about cosmetics, skincare and personal care products. Like my journey with food and nutrition, I got into all of this because I wanted to educate myself and be empowered with the knowledge to make better choices for myself, but I also really want to continue to share what I learn and educate all of you, to give you that same empowerment to navigate this world and most of all – I want to ensure that safer options are accessible to ALL, not just the privileged. Today, I want to share with all of you some of the reasons I have chosen to include all of this in the work I am doing, both on Tasty Yummies and with my one-on-one nutrition and health coaching clients– I want to share WHY I believe we should ALL care about safer skincare, cleaner cosmetics and better personal care products.
The American dermatological research has shown for over 40 years that it’s not only what we put IN our body that’s absorbed, but also what we put ON it, and the chemicals in cosmetics do way more harm than good to your body.
U.S. researchers report that one in seven of the 82,000 ingredients used in personal care products are industrial chemicals, including carcinogens, pesticides, reproductive toxins, and hormone disruptors. Many products include plasticizers (chemicals that keep concrete soft), degreasers (used to get grime off auto parts), and surfactants (they reduce surface tension in water, like in paint and inks). PLEASE JUST STOP AND THINK ABOUT ALL THAT FOR A MINUTE and imagine what that does to your skin, and to the environment.
In the US there has not been any major law in beauty product regulation since 1938. In the US there are only 30 banned ingredients in our cosmetics, in Europe there are over 1400!
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11 Natural Ways to Boost Your Immune System
A healthy body is dependent on a strong immune system. Rather than just strengthening our immune system we want to train our immune system to do it’s job correctly. Today I am sharing just some of my favorite natural tips for supporting and building a strong immune system that have worked for me. Here are 11 Natural Ways to Boost Your Immune System…
11 Natural Tips to Boost Your Immune System
Simple, holistic tips to fight illness and strengthen your immunity PLUS what you can do if you do get sick, to fight it quickly.
Go With Your Gut
I can tell you from personal experience that the very best way to ward off chronic illness, colds, flus, infections, allergies, food sensitivities and controlling / avoiding autoimmune disease is to heal and strengthen the gut! With 70-80% of our immune system’s cells occupying our gut, this is home base for our vitality and wellness. Our gut bacteria helps the immune system’s T cells develop—teaching them the difference between a foreign substance and the body’s own tissues. Without these important immune soldiers doing their job to protect us, the nasties get in, they slip by the troops, invade, wage war, take over and it’s not fun!
With years of comprised digestion, intestinal bacterial overgrowth and finally being diagnosed with a parasite, I personally spent a solid decade to 15 years, getting terrible sinus infections, several times a year, every year, most times it then eventually evolved into bronchitis and upper respiratory infections. I got every single strain of every cold, flu and stomach bug that passed through town – I even battled the Swine Flu when that was a thing. On top of all of that, I suffered for many, many years with a variety of environmental allergies – ALL of this stopped when I finally healed my gut and prioritized proper digestion. It’s magical really. But, it’s not. It’s simple.
As you’ll hear echoed many times throughout this article, and if you spend more than about 5 minutes chatting with me at any given time, our gut is vital to our immune health and it’s the control center for our bodies to decide what is friend and what is foe. I highly encourage you to prioritize optimizing your gut, both for the cold and flu season ahead, as well as the future of your overall health and wellness. If you want to learn more about how to heal your gut – GRAB THE FREE GUT HEALTH 101 GUIDE BOOK
Along with tips for strengthening and healing your gut, here are some tips to Naturally Boost Your Immune System:
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How I Support My Immune System + a New Supplement
How I Support My Immune System with a New Supplement*
This post and recipe were created in partnership with MegaFood®. I am proud to work with brands that care about the health of its consumers and the planet. As always, all opinions, ideas and text are my own. Thanks for supporting the sponsors that allow me to create new and special content like this for Tasty Yummies.
As the seasons change, the kiddos are back to school, the holidays loom and the temperatures drop, this is an especially perfect time to prioritize foods, habits and supplements that will help to keep us healthy and take the necessary steps to support our immune health, when we need it most!
I am a firm believer in turning to our diet and nutrition first, when possible, to support our body’s natural processes and efforts. However, when it comes to acute treatment and support, along with deficiencies that may be hard to manage and remedy exclusively through our diet, I think supplementation is an incredible and super helpful option. Even the healthiest of eaters can’t always obtain essential nutrients from diet alone; this is when I turn to and recommend supplemental support. And I’m not alone – according to a recent survey distributed by MegaFood®, pioneer of premium supplements made with whole foods, 80% of respondents take vitamins and supplements, with 73% taking them on a daily basis.
Those who indicated they do not take vitamins and supplements say it is because they’re not sure they work (30%) or they don’t know what to take (27%). However, they did agree on one thing – an overwhelming majority of participants (87%) would take vitamins and supplements if they were made with real, whole foods. MegaFood is leading this trend by delivering essential vitamins and minerals in a way that nature intended, with REAL foods.
With all the buzz around non-GMO and organic certifications, and recently with news of the harmful chemical glyphosate being found in common foods, consumers will continue to look to brands like MegaFood that produce products that are GMO-free and tested glyphosate residue free and truly transparent. MegaFood was actually the first supplement brand to have its entire product line certified Glyphosate Residue Free by The Detox Project, and products boast additional certifications such as non-GMO, gluten-free, vegan and vegetarian, among others.
As I mentioned, supplementation during the fall and winter seasons can be a good way to fortify your immune system.* That’s why I’ve recently added MegaFood Acute Defense™ to my vitamin cabinet. This new product is made with Vitamin C, Zinc and Black Elderberry, together with bitter and phytonutrient-rich herbs, including echinacea and andrographis. When you feel the need, take two tablets three times per day for five days. Your immune system will thank you for the support!*
The active ingredients in Acute Defense™ are among my favorites for supporting immune health:
- Vitamin C and zinc are nutrients essential for healthy immune function*
- Black Elderberry fruit can be used in the early stages of seasonal challenges to support immune function*
- Echinacea and andrographis are herbs known for powering the immune system*
My Immune System Story
I have shared with you all many, many times the struggles I have faced throughout my entire lifetime with my underperforming immune system. It’s been a very long road of working to support and heal. It wasn’t until I went to school for nutrition and spent time reading, studying and researching the immune system that I finally got hold of my immune health.
Today I want to share the top 5 things I did to build up and boost my immune system, all 5 of which I still prioritize for the continued support of my healthy immune function! *
5 Things That I Did and Continue to Do to Support my Immune System:
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Chocolate Smarter Smoothie {Keto, Paleo, Vegan-option} + Video
My Chocolate Smarter Smoothie is my most favorite, most often made smoothie. Loaded with flavor and a thick, rich and creamy texture, this blood sugar balancing meal replacement shake gives you enough protein, fat and fiber to keep you full for hours on end and it’s loaded with so much goodness.
In case you missed it over on Instagram, I am calling this week Smoothtember Week and it’s a full week all about the Smarter Smoothies. In addition to sharing the brand new video for my Smarter Smoothies formula, this week I will be sharing three of my personal, MOST favorite Smarter Smoothie recipes. These are my classic go-to smarter smoothies then I come back to, time and time again!
Today, I am sharing my most favorite of all smoothies EVER my Chocolate Smarter Smoothie. As a chocolate lover, through and through, this is one of my absolute favorites. It’s rich, creamy, it has so much flavor and despite tasting like a dream, I don’t have to be worried about consuming a candy-bar worth of sugar at my first meal. This is great when I am looking for a quick and easy post-workout meal or often I will use as my afternoon meal, if I am not looking for a larger meal.
This Chocolate Smarter Smoothie skips out on the fruit and the sweet stuff, so you’ve got all the flavor of a chocolate shake, without a ton of sugar. This recipe uses cauliflower rice to create a delicious creamy texture, but you can also use frozen zucchini If you want additional greens add some baby spinach. If you are looking to add some carbs, try a little frozen butternut squash or a fruit that you love, strawberries or raspberries pair really nice with the chocolate.
Finally, chocolate is an amazing superfood loaded with antioxidants, polyphenol and many minerals, it has been shown to be anti-inflammatory and to support lowering insulin resistance. Read more about the benefits of chocolate here.
As always, this smoothie is creating my Smarter Smoothies formula. If every meal-replacement smoothie that you create has adequate protein, fat and fiber, if you make sure you are getting loads of nutrients from leafy greens, veggies and/or herbs and you add those crunchies on top, so your digestion is working at it’s full potential – you will always be getting everything you need! The fruit and those bonuses/boosts we talk about in the Smarter Smoothies post, those are extras – have fun with those, but don’t make the sugary fruits the shining star!
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Golden Spiced Smarter Smoothie {Keto, Paleo, Vegan-option} + Video
My Golden Spiced Smarter Smoothie is my go-to smoothie when I am looking for a post-workout complete meal and it’s perfect for the fall and winter months, in all it’s cozy aromatic spices. This blood sugar balancing meal replacement shake gives you enough protein, fat and fiber to keep you full for hours on end and it’s loaded with so much goodness.
In case you missed it over on Instagram, I am calling this week Smoothtember Week and it’s a full week all about the Smarter Smoothies. In addition to sharing the brand new video for my Smarter Smoothies formula, this week I will be sharing three of my personal, MOST favorite Smarter Smoothie recipes. These are my classic go-to smarter smoothies!
Next up, I am sharing my Golden Spiced Smarter Smoothie. This smoothie is one of my absolute favorites, when I am looking for a quick and easy post-workout meal, with flavor, vibrant color and lots of healing benefits!
This Golden Spiced Smarter Smoothie is loaded with so much good stuff, it’s crazy! The reason I particularly love this smoothie post workout is the carbohydrates from the butternut squash, while it’s under 12 net carbs (less if you make this two servings), it’s still a bit more than my traditional smoothies, since they tend to be quite low carb. It’s a nice way to replenish, without the crash of many other carbohydrates, it’s especially great after a more intense workout, I will actually add more like 3/4 to 1 cup of the squash if it’s more of a carb-up meal or if I am making servings for two.
The ground turmeric is also a nice addition as it’s a powerful anti-inflammatory that is wonderful for supporting your muscles and joints after a workout – read more about the benefits of turmeric here, (this is the already boosted turmeric powder I use, most times). Obviously more or less turmeric will change the golden color of the smoothie, I recommend going with 1 – 2 teaspoons, based on what you prefer taste wise. But please BE CAREFUL, turmeric will stain your hands, clothes and basically anything it touches. Of course, we are also getting amazing benefits for our muscles and our recovery with the high-quality full amino acid profile protein by way of the grass-fed beef isolate protein (this is the one I prefer), a high-quality protein is necessary for repairing and rebuilding your muscles.
I prefer to use Ceylon cinnamon in my pumpkin pie spice blend, because Ceylon cinnamon has been shown to lower fasting blood glucose levels. Is a little cinnamon in your smoothie gonna cure your diabetes, nuh uh, but it you are in the prediabetic range, adding a little Ceylon cinnamon to your diet every day, may offer some help in your blood sugar management.
Our fat is working to keep us full and satiated, it helps to mitigate blood sugar spikes, and when using MCT oil, you get an easy-to-burn fuel source that brings a nice hit of energy. Of course, the fiber, as usual is great for keeping you full and satiated, as well as feeding your healthy gut microbiome.
As always, this smoothie is creating my Smarter Smoothies formula. If every meal-replacement smoothie that you create has adequate protein, fat and fiber, if you make sure you are getting loads of nutrients from leafy greens, veggies and/or herbs and you add those crunchies on top, so your digestion is working at it’s full potential – you will always be getting everything you need! The fruit and those bonuses/boosts we talk about in the Smarter Smoothies post, those are extras – have fun with those, but don’t make the sugary fruits the shining star!
