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For several years now I have been passionate about where my food comes from. My passion grew out of a problem I saw within me. I was 300lbs of unhealthy person.

Something had to be done in my life...something had to change. I met with my first nutritionist, Wendy, and she got me focusing on better kinds of foods. Organic foods. She gave me a list of things I could buy, where to buy them, and how to make them. Eventually I got to the point where I began asking myself about the source of these foods. Can a chicken really pop out an egg with extra Omega-3? If the answer to that was no, then why am I eating eggs that promote more O3 than the rest. I asked myself, "Whats wrong with the way God made things from the beginning? Why do I have to eat non-fat? whats wrong with dairy?

Shortly thereafter, I found my new nutritionist and movement coach Craig Keaton. He was living the way I began to question. He drank raw milk & cheese, ate 100% Grass Fed beef and consumed fat by the spoonful.

Over the next few weeks, I will share with you as much as I have been taught about food and nutrition. Hopefully you will change at least a couple things in your diet before you become the new statistic of poor health in this next generation.

Here is an article he recently wrote on GMO and other chemicals found in our foods.

By Craig Keaton

Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO), pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, rodenticides, and other chemical combinations, steroids, growth hormone, and antibiotics, additives, preservatives, colorings, emulsifiers and stabilizers, and the list goes on and on…
Do you eat food or fake?

The average American consumes over 20 pounds of food additives every year.

American farmers spray over 2 billion pounds of pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, and rodenticides every year on our crops.

The cattle we consume ingest 70% of the nation’s antibiotics, and we eat 70 pounds of it per person.

With hidden sugar and straight sugar addicition we are toppling 175 pounds per of it in our diet per person per year.

A teaspoon of sugar helps the medicine go down?
1 teaspoon of sugar can suppress the immune system by 50% for up to 4 hours! And we are eating 175 pounds of it every year!

Outside of the 2 billion pounds of chemicals sprayed on our crops each year, we ingest other chemicals that are illegal to farm with in the US. You see, we are fortunate enough to make it and then sell it to other countries, let them farm with it and get sick in the process, and then is shipped back and into our stores!

All the chemicals that are “studied” in isolation are said to be safe at very low levels, but we don’t consume low levels. Also, they are not on and in food in isolation. They are always found with other chemicals or you are eating different foods grown with different chemical-icides. No one has EVER studied these chemicals in combination. Make your own conclusion on that one!

Animals in the wild of all species have been studied with GMOs – they will NOT eat food that is genetically modified! Sounds like they are a little more in touch with their sensations that we are.

Steroids and growth hormone will and do alter the amino acid profile of the animal that consumes them. This means that your chicken breast and whey protein actually don’t have all the protein parts that GNC and Muscle and Fiction are telling you need and are getting.

Organic food and the future
We are at a critical point with our biochemical future. We are destroying our land and our bodies. We are creating disease in our animals and ourselves. We think we are above nature! No, we are only a part of nature.

Organic is fad? No WAY! It’s the only way it’s ever been done. Organic can’t feed the world? No WAY! That’s what I do. We are always in a state of turnover. Consume synthetic isomers and chemically crafted contents and you are DEGENERATING. We have more of it today than ever! Consume the natural elements from their natural environment and you are REGENERATING!

Go get better!

-ck

 
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Did you know that the coconut is making a comeback? There are so many wonderful things about coconuts. Plus they are incredibly delicious! 

Did you know that coconuts are neither fruits nor nuts? They are actually seeds. Here are a few of the benefits of the coconut: 

Coconut water has a ton of advantages. It is full of potassium and electrolytes and is incredibly hydrating. When you drink coconut water it is almost immediately absorbed into your cells. 

Coconut milk is higher in fat and protein than coconut water and it makes a delicious addition to stews and soups. You can also use it in place of dairy in products like ice cream. 

Coconut oil is an amazing product. It is high in a type of fatty acid that does not require typical digestion. These types of fatty acids get used as fuel almost immediately upon eating them. This can help with weight loss because the body will start metabolizing the fat rather than storing it.

Interested in finding good, affordable coconut oil, milk, cream, etc.? Go to www.tropicaltraditions.com.

www.eatingcleanonline.com

 
Raw foods are much better for you than cooked food. Cooking the food tends to kill valuable nutrients associated with the veggie, fruit, etc. As often as I can, I try to eat as raw. The reason I drink my "Green Drink" is for two reasons. #1 Folic acid and #2 Calcium. 

At first glance it may look sickening, but trust me, Its AMAZING. And so good for you. You will feel full and have lots of great energy to go running.

Try it and tell me what you think. I am dying to know!
Ingredients
Handful of spinach
2 Bananas
Glass of water


Directions
Mix bananas, spinach and water together till super smooth.
Then enjoy!



 
At the end of last year I read and article on food sweeteners as it relates to kiddos. The article came from New York Times. 

Basically the article talks about how fructose (HFC) alter our metabolism and cause disruptions in the body's functionaing to determine whether is should store or burn fat. Its concern is toward obesity and heart disease.


Here are a few key points...
"Fructose, a sweetener derived from corn, can cause dangerous growths of fat cells around vital organs and is able to trigger the early stages of diabetes and heart disease."

"Fructose bypasses the digestive process that breaks down other forms of sugar. It arrives intact in the liver where it causes a variety of abnormal reactions, including the disruption of mechanisms that instruct the body whether to burn or store fat."