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Fire Within Nutrition and Fitness
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Bonus
Episode 6
Season 1
The Proper Way to Detox
Detox has many benefits. It can both reset your mindset and your body as you intentionally eliminate common contributors to poor health.
Unhealthy detox approaches
Unhealthy detox approaches
- Lemon Water, Cyanne Pepper, and Maple Syrup (thanks Kelly from the Office)
- A bar or shake "only" program can be unsustainable and are not nutritionally complete
Healthy Detox approach
- An elimination diet to target some of the harshes foods to our system.
- Includes one week of down ramping to get your body ready.
- Items to exclude during a healthy detox:
- Sugar
- Caffeine
- Alcohol
- Wheat, grain, and corn
- Dairy
- Soy
- Artificial Sweeteners
- Peanuts and Peanut Butter
- Eggs
- Items to include
- Properly sourced protein
- Vegetables and fruits (not corn)
- Wild-caught fish (no shellfish, they are the livers of the sea)
- Raw nuts and seeds
- Avocado oil, olive oil, and coconut oil
- Beans, peas, lentils, and potatoes
- Go nuts with the spices and flavors
- Water and green tea
You should enjoy the food you eat on a detox. We are just trying to cut out anything with hormonal disruptions.
Sugar is the most addictive substance on the planet. We reference a study where scientists gave rats the choice between cocaine and table sugar and the rats chose sugar 10 out of 10 times. And rats really like cocaine.
Also mentioned in this podcast
- Compound Effect by Darren Hardy
- Microbiome health discussion with Dr. Lovelle
- Genuis Foods by Max Lugavere with Paul Grewal, MD
- The Lifetime Fitness Detox
- Siete Cassava Flour tortillas
- The book, Change Your Brain Change Your Life