Simplifying Things: Don’t Eat.

What NOT to eat.

For clarification, these are not rules. You are not banning yourself from enjoying treats, and we’re not saying that we never eat these things — we’ll have our cake and eat it too. BUT if you’re looking to feel 100% amazing all the time or hit some kind of health or fitness goal, steer clear of the garbage outlined below.

Rule of Thumb: if you can’t pronounce it, you shouldn’t eat it.

Pro Tip: 80/20 or 90/10 — i.e. 80% of the time you’re a health-rockstar; 20% of the time you’re a normal, sugar eating, booze drinking rock star.

BAD OILS

  • Anything hydrogenated

  • Palm

  • Canola

  • Sunflower

  • Safflower

  • Vegetable Oil

  • Grape Seed Oil

  • Any Seed Oil, for that matter

  • Brands to look for: Chosen Foods

SOY: there are soy free options on the market

  • Teriyaki Sauce

  • Soy Sauce

  • Miso

  • Ponzu

  • Why? Soy is one of the #1 most genetically modified foods on the planet, which means, it causes inflammation, i.e. disease.

EMPTY CALORIES

  • chips, low quality bread, candy, baked goods, mayo

    • If you’re going to eat mayo or sauces, make sure they don’t have bad oils - Primal Kitchen has good sauces + mayo, and there is a brand at Costco that makes their stuff with Avocado oil — look at the labels

  • Sugar (yes, you can and should be eating fruit. If your doctor tells you that fruit isn’t good for you, find another doctor.)

DAIRY

  • Cheese, yogurt, cream, sour cream, ice cream… dairy is glue for fat to your body and causes inflammation

    • Look for substitute cheeses: Follow Your Heart + Daiya make great non-dairy cheese

    • If you’re dying for ice cream, Ben & Jerry’s makes a dairy free that’s really good, but loaded with sugar

PROCESSED MEAT

  • Deli Meat: if you’re going to eat deli meat, make sure it’s pasture-raised, non-nitrate… get boars head, non-nitrate meat is fine

  • Bacon, yeah, even turkey bacon is loaded with carcinogens

  • Anything that doesn’t look close to its original form or has been cured

  • It tastes better fresh anyway, right?

THE SIMPLIFYING THINGS SERIES

Simplifying Things: Carbs

Simplifying Things: Fat

Simplifying Things: What to eat.

Simplifying Things: What not to eat.

Simplifying Things: Protein.

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