1 00:00:05,921 --> 00:00:15,401 Speaker 1: Apoche production Growing Glows Twelve Days of Christmas. Good morning, 2 00:00:15,481 --> 00:00:18,521 Speaker 1: good afternoon. Wherever you are in the world, welcome back 3 00:00:18,561 --> 00:00:20,641 Speaker 1: to Grow and Glow another day of the twelve Days 4 00:00:20,681 --> 00:00:24,401 Speaker 1: of Christmas. If you're new here, we're literally doing twelve 5 00:00:24,601 --> 00:00:27,401 Speaker 1: days in a row. So many epic conversations, so many 6 00:00:27,441 --> 00:00:30,281 Speaker 1: really cool guests, and obviously a couple of solo episodes 7 00:00:30,841 --> 00:00:34,601 Speaker 1: with MOI me. Today I'm doing an episode. This was 8 00:00:34,641 --> 00:00:37,641 Speaker 1: a request in our Facebook forum. I did a post 9 00:00:38,081 --> 00:00:40,120 Speaker 1: asking what you guys would like me to cover, and 10 00:00:40,241 --> 00:00:42,560 Speaker 1: a lot of suggestions even came through my inbox. Was 11 00:00:42,921 --> 00:00:46,841 Speaker 1: around my journey with food, the relationship I have with food, 12 00:00:47,241 --> 00:00:49,400 Speaker 1: how I used to eat to how I'm eating now, 13 00:00:49,681 --> 00:00:51,961 Speaker 1: what I've learned along the way. So that's what we're 14 00:00:51,961 --> 00:00:53,560 Speaker 1: going to do. I'm going to go over my whole 15 00:00:53,681 --> 00:00:56,121 Speaker 1: journey from when I was baby to how now I'm 16 00:00:56,161 --> 00:01:00,281 Speaker 1: eating now, and how I'm eating now feels so damn good. 17 00:01:00,321 --> 00:01:03,840 Speaker 1: I've never felt better or healthier with the way that 18 00:01:03,881 --> 00:01:06,241 Speaker 1: I'm eating right now. Excited to talk about that, but 19 00:01:06,321 --> 00:01:09,281 Speaker 1: let's rewind it back to when I was a baby. 20 00:01:09,280 --> 00:01:11,801 Speaker 1: When I was in hospital as a baby, I actually 21 00:01:11,801 --> 00:01:15,041 Speaker 1: got selmonella from a nurse that did not wash her hands. 22 00:01:15,041 --> 00:01:18,801 Speaker 1: So I was violently ill, like so sick to the 23 00:01:18,801 --> 00:01:21,440 Speaker 1: point where the doctors said to my mum, she's not 24 00:01:21,481 --> 00:01:23,360 Speaker 1: gonna make her overnight. You need to get all of 25 00:01:23,401 --> 00:01:26,560 Speaker 1: your family here to say the goodbyes. I'm still here, 26 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:29,801 Speaker 1: a miracle. But yeah, I was really really sick as 27 00:01:29,801 --> 00:01:33,241 Speaker 1: a baby. Then as I started to grow up, I 28 00:01:33,321 --> 00:01:35,601 Speaker 1: really just was not interested in food. And I think 29 00:01:35,601 --> 00:01:38,121 Speaker 1: this might have been just trauma from being so sick. 30 00:01:38,481 --> 00:01:40,601 Speaker 1: I was also allergic to my mum's breast milk. I 31 00:01:40,601 --> 00:01:43,280 Speaker 1: couldn't have any dairy. I think my mom put me 32 00:01:43,280 --> 00:01:45,401 Speaker 1: on soy milks to be honest. But yeah, when I 33 00:01:45,401 --> 00:01:47,681 Speaker 1: grew up, I just really wasn't interested in food. I 34 00:01:47,721 --> 00:01:50,201 Speaker 1: was that kid that just wanted like chicken nuggets and 35 00:01:50,201 --> 00:01:52,441 Speaker 1: an orange juice. If I could live off liquids, I 36 00:01:52,441 --> 00:01:55,041 Speaker 1: probably would have. I didn't like any textures. I didn't 37 00:01:55,081 --> 00:01:58,201 Speaker 1: like trying anything new. I didn't like anything spicy. I 38 00:01:58,361 --> 00:02:03,041 Speaker 1: was the fussiest eater. Going into my teenage years, I 39 00:02:03,081 --> 00:02:05,561 Speaker 1: went through a lot of phases of trying so many 40 00:02:05,601 --> 00:02:09,761 Speaker 1: diets and starving myself and being addicted to junk food. 41 00:02:09,801 --> 00:02:11,881 Speaker 1: And I think because I worked since I was really young, 42 00:02:11,881 --> 00:02:14,761 Speaker 1: I always had my money, so I felt like I 43 00:02:14,921 --> 00:02:16,881 Speaker 1: didn't have to be restricted with what I had to eat, 44 00:02:16,881 --> 00:02:19,800 Speaker 1: because even at home, like for example, my stepdad used 45 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:23,361 Speaker 1: to buy like Whittaker's chocolate and these sour gummy bears, 46 00:02:23,361 --> 00:02:26,521 Speaker 1: which I love sour gummy bears. I love lollies, but 47 00:02:26,520 --> 00:02:28,481 Speaker 1: we weren't allowed touch them. And same with orange juice. 48 00:02:28,481 --> 00:02:30,121 Speaker 1: He would literally put a label on the juice and 49 00:02:30,161 --> 00:02:32,561 Speaker 1: be like, do not touch. So once I started earning 50 00:02:32,601 --> 00:02:35,001 Speaker 1: my own money, like I went crazy on orange juice, 51 00:02:35,001 --> 00:02:37,921 Speaker 1: crazy on lollies, on chocolate, like anything that I wasn't 52 00:02:37,960 --> 00:02:39,921 Speaker 1: allowed at home, I went nuts on. I felt like 53 00:02:39,921 --> 00:02:43,241 Speaker 1: I went through this really big junk food stage. And 54 00:02:43,281 --> 00:02:46,041 Speaker 1: then when I moved out of home, I also felt 55 00:02:46,081 --> 00:02:48,641 Speaker 1: like that kind of continued on because I just felt 56 00:02:48,641 --> 00:02:50,601 Speaker 1: this new sense of freedom of like I can eat 57 00:02:50,601 --> 00:02:52,441 Speaker 1: whatever but the fuck I want, and no one's gonna 58 00:02:52,441 --> 00:02:55,441 Speaker 1: make me eat anything or do anything. Rewind, when I 59 00:02:55,520 --> 00:02:58,881 Speaker 1: was at home, I felt like my relationship with food 60 00:02:59,321 --> 00:03:01,401 Speaker 1: wasn't the greatest. And not that I want to put 61 00:03:01,401 --> 00:03:04,441 Speaker 1: all the blame of my stepdad, but he definitely played 62 00:03:04,481 --> 00:03:08,161 Speaker 1: his role. So for example, I really don't like mushrooms. 63 00:03:08,841 --> 00:03:11,001 Speaker 1: He would put a lot of mushrooms on my plate, 64 00:03:11,041 --> 00:03:13,161 Speaker 1: and I was not allowed to leave the table until 65 00:03:13,201 --> 00:03:16,681 Speaker 1: I ate every single mushroom. Some nights I would be 66 00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:18,801 Speaker 1: there for hours. Other nights he would like send me 67 00:03:18,841 --> 00:03:20,681 Speaker 1: to my room with a smack of my bum or 68 00:03:20,721 --> 00:03:23,241 Speaker 1: like yell at me lock memo room. Like I would 69 00:03:23,240 --> 00:03:25,321 Speaker 1: be punished if I did not eat everything in my plate, 70 00:03:25,641 --> 00:03:28,521 Speaker 1: because there was children in Africa starving a food, and 71 00:03:28,520 --> 00:03:30,161 Speaker 1: I need to be grateful for the food that I've got. 72 00:03:30,281 --> 00:03:31,601 Speaker 1: He used to do it to my little brother too. 73 00:03:31,641 --> 00:03:33,961 Speaker 1: He didn't like tomatoes, so he would pile on tomatoes 74 00:03:34,041 --> 00:03:36,201 Speaker 1: my brother's plates. And there were just meals that I 75 00:03:36,241 --> 00:03:39,801 Speaker 1: didn't like, like kidneys and rice and stuff. And oh. 76 00:03:39,961 --> 00:03:42,641 Speaker 1: So what I started to do is I obviously had 77 00:03:42,641 --> 00:03:44,321 Speaker 1: to consume the food because I was going to get 78 00:03:44,321 --> 00:03:46,481 Speaker 1: in trouble. If I didn't, I'd be really scared. I 79 00:03:46,481 --> 00:03:49,121 Speaker 1: would then go to the shower and make myself vomit. 80 00:03:49,841 --> 00:03:53,401 Speaker 1: This became a part of my every day, and it 81 00:03:53,521 --> 00:03:55,801 Speaker 1: wasn't even from the sense of all I wanted to 82 00:03:55,841 --> 00:03:58,681 Speaker 1: lose weight or be skinny or anything like that. It 83 00:03:58,721 --> 00:04:03,521 Speaker 1: was more about gaining control. I felt like he'd forced 84 00:04:03,521 --> 00:04:05,481 Speaker 1: me to have this food. But once I got out 85 00:04:05,481 --> 00:04:06,961 Speaker 1: of my body, I was like, you no longer have 86 00:04:07,001 --> 00:04:11,521 Speaker 1: control over me. So I felt this sense of like lightness, 87 00:04:11,921 --> 00:04:14,201 Speaker 1: but not in a physical sense more and of just 88 00:04:14,281 --> 00:04:16,080 Speaker 1: like you're not going to control me. You're not going 89 00:04:16,161 --> 00:04:18,361 Speaker 1: to do that to me, And it was crazy. I 90 00:04:18,361 --> 00:04:19,601 Speaker 1: did that for a couple of years and then he 91 00:04:19,681 --> 00:04:21,281 Speaker 1: kicked me out of home when I was sixteen, and 92 00:04:21,320 --> 00:04:23,601 Speaker 1: I went straight to my boyfriend's parents' house and I 93 00:04:23,641 --> 00:04:26,641 Speaker 1: moved him with them, literally rocked up with my suitcases. 94 00:04:27,361 --> 00:04:30,440 Speaker 1: And the first day that I moved him from there 95 00:04:30,801 --> 00:04:33,521 Speaker 1: was the last day that I vomited my food. Once 96 00:04:33,561 --> 00:04:37,041 Speaker 1: I was out of the environment of the pressure around food, 97 00:04:37,721 --> 00:04:41,200 Speaker 1: I started to build a healthier relationship with food. I 98 00:04:41,241 --> 00:04:44,161 Speaker 1: still really didn't have any idea on nutrients and what 99 00:04:44,320 --> 00:04:46,441 Speaker 1: was good for me and what was not. I was 100 00:04:46,481 --> 00:04:48,481 Speaker 1: working at a gym when I turned I think I 101 00:04:48,521 --> 00:04:51,121 Speaker 1: was seventeen. I was working at the reception gym, and 102 00:04:51,201 --> 00:04:53,520 Speaker 1: the personal trainers there were like kind of in the 103 00:04:53,561 --> 00:04:56,361 Speaker 1: mindset of like you can eat takeout, just burn it 104 00:04:56,361 --> 00:04:58,681 Speaker 1: off at the gym. So I would literally would have 105 00:04:58,721 --> 00:05:01,601 Speaker 1: CAFC across the road I would eat KFC and then 106 00:05:01,641 --> 00:05:04,161 Speaker 1: try and smash myself on the gym for hours afterwards. 107 00:05:04,161 --> 00:05:08,200 Speaker 1: Like that's how unh healthy my relationship with exercise and 108 00:05:08,320 --> 00:05:11,961 Speaker 1: food was, and just I suppose lack of education. Gosh, 109 00:05:11,961 --> 00:05:14,080 Speaker 1: this is going like back fifteen years ago. There was 110 00:05:14,121 --> 00:05:17,361 Speaker 1: a period there and it was just before I met Steve. 111 00:05:17,841 --> 00:05:20,761 Speaker 1: I used to do these bikini modeling competitions at nightclubs 112 00:05:20,801 --> 00:05:24,281 Speaker 1: and bars, and it sounds awful, but I knew that 113 00:05:24,320 --> 00:05:27,121 Speaker 1: I wasn't the prettiest girl ever, so I felt like 114 00:05:27,281 --> 00:05:30,801 Speaker 1: I had to rely on having a slim toned figure 115 00:05:31,320 --> 00:05:34,561 Speaker 1: and also having stage presents to help me win, like 116 00:05:34,601 --> 00:05:36,280 Speaker 1: I could do the splits and I'd take out glitter 117 00:05:36,320 --> 00:05:38,081 Speaker 1: and blow on stage. Yeah, I didn't think I was 118 00:05:38,081 --> 00:05:40,440 Speaker 1: the prettiest on there, so I really felt like I 119 00:05:40,481 --> 00:05:42,361 Speaker 1: had to work on my body in beers skinny as 120 00:05:42,361 --> 00:05:44,960 Speaker 1: I could be, so in my comp seasons. At the 121 00:05:45,041 --> 00:05:47,801 Speaker 1: very start, like just before I met Steve, I was 122 00:05:47,880 --> 00:05:51,841 Speaker 1: definitely not eating enough and eating off like apples and 123 00:05:51,921 --> 00:05:54,760 Speaker 1: tuna and crackers, and I didn't have much money either, 124 00:05:54,841 --> 00:05:57,880 Speaker 1: so yeah, it wasn't really healthy. But then once I 125 00:05:57,880 --> 00:06:01,201 Speaker 1: started to learn more about how to eat healthy that's 126 00:06:01,281 --> 00:06:04,880 Speaker 1: my relationship really developed nicely. And then I met Steve, 127 00:06:05,281 --> 00:06:08,561 Speaker 1: and that's when I feel like my health journey really 128 00:06:08,641 --> 00:06:11,801 Speaker 1: kicked off and started. And he could see all of 129 00:06:11,841 --> 00:06:14,721 Speaker 1: my bad food habits and the relationship a hab with food, 130 00:06:15,121 --> 00:06:17,721 Speaker 1: what I thought was healthy compared to what wasn't and 131 00:06:18,281 --> 00:06:20,960 Speaker 1: he just started slowly introducing different meals to me that 132 00:06:21,041 --> 00:06:24,681 Speaker 1: I really enjoyed, Like I never had a protein smoothie, 133 00:06:24,681 --> 00:06:26,481 Speaker 1: and he made me this like protein smoothie. I think 134 00:06:26,481 --> 00:06:30,001 Speaker 1: it was like oats berry chocolate, protein powder and almor milk. 135 00:06:30,001 --> 00:06:31,881 Speaker 1: It might even just be water. And I was like, 136 00:06:32,041 --> 00:06:35,681 Speaker 1: this is so young, and that became my staple breakfast 137 00:06:35,761 --> 00:06:38,241 Speaker 1: for years to come. And that's obviously when my love 138 00:06:38,281 --> 00:06:41,841 Speaker 1: of smoothie started to, you know develop. And Levi was 139 00:06:41,841 --> 00:06:43,681 Speaker 1: his business planner at the time, and then all three 140 00:06:43,681 --> 00:06:46,321 Speaker 1: of us started the Ashybiydness Pickinnibody Challenge, and Levi is 141 00:06:46,320 --> 00:06:49,921 Speaker 1: a natchpath and nutritionist, and I felt like I learned 142 00:06:50,041 --> 00:06:52,081 Speaker 1: so much within the space of a couple of months 143 00:06:52,121 --> 00:06:54,801 Speaker 1: of just being under his wing. He really taught me 144 00:06:55,001 --> 00:06:57,961 Speaker 1: about not even like counting macros, but just making sure 145 00:06:57,961 --> 00:07:01,561 Speaker 1: that I was consuming healthy fats, proteins, and carbohydrates. He 146 00:07:01,681 --> 00:07:04,281 Speaker 1: really tried to make me focus on whole foods and 147 00:07:04,361 --> 00:07:10,321 Speaker 1: cleaner option things with less chemicals, less artificial sweetness, less ingredients, 148 00:07:10,401 --> 00:07:14,201 Speaker 1: just like a wholesome healthy diet with lots of rainbow 149 00:07:14,241 --> 00:07:18,321 Speaker 1: fruits and vegetables, lean quality meats. I suppose more of 150 00:07:18,361 --> 00:07:21,681 Speaker 1: like an eighty twenty way of living. And I felt 151 00:07:21,841 --> 00:07:24,081 Speaker 1: so good, so fast. Within a couple of months of 152 00:07:24,161 --> 00:07:26,721 Speaker 1: kind of adapting what Levi and Steve had taught me, 153 00:07:26,761 --> 00:07:29,921 Speaker 1: I felt so much better. I lost a ton of weight. Yeah, 154 00:07:29,921 --> 00:07:33,001 Speaker 1: I just felt really really good. Now throughout that time, 155 00:07:33,081 --> 00:07:35,561 Speaker 1: I feel like I've still been on different journeys with 156 00:07:35,601 --> 00:07:37,761 Speaker 1: my food. I felt like when I came off the 157 00:07:37,801 --> 00:07:40,961 Speaker 1: pill at I think I was about twenty three years old, 158 00:07:41,561 --> 00:07:45,441 Speaker 1: my skin went absolutely crazy. And I went on a 159 00:07:45,441 --> 00:07:47,441 Speaker 1: bit of a gut cleanse with Levi where I did 160 00:07:47,481 --> 00:07:51,561 Speaker 1: cut out like gluten and dairy, started getting acupuncture, and 161 00:07:51,681 --> 00:07:52,881 Speaker 1: I felt like I had to be a little bit 162 00:07:52,921 --> 00:07:55,281 Speaker 1: more restrictive to try and figure out what my body 163 00:07:55,441 --> 00:07:58,921 Speaker 1: was tolerating, what made it feel good, where my skin reacted. 164 00:07:59,321 --> 00:08:01,401 Speaker 1: And I learned a lot in that process as well, 165 00:08:01,441 --> 00:08:03,721 Speaker 1: and that's when I really adapted more of a paleo 166 00:08:03,801 --> 00:08:08,121 Speaker 1: way of living and once again less process. But there 167 00:08:08,121 --> 00:08:11,081 Speaker 1: also wasn't a lot of dairy and that or anything. 168 00:08:11,161 --> 00:08:13,321 Speaker 1: But I really found that just focusing on a high 169 00:08:13,401 --> 00:08:16,361 Speaker 1: protein diet gave me way more energy, made me feel 170 00:08:16,401 --> 00:08:20,561 Speaker 1: fuller and more satisfied. My skin cleared up, and I 171 00:08:20,721 --> 00:08:24,801 Speaker 1: just felt it was really easy to maintain. I never 172 00:08:24,841 --> 00:08:29,121 Speaker 1: really got into like say kido. I tried to be 173 00:08:29,161 --> 00:08:33,160 Speaker 1: a vegan for I think maybe two months slash vegetarian, 174 00:08:33,201 --> 00:08:35,361 Speaker 1: but tried to do veganism because there was just so 175 00:08:35,441 --> 00:08:38,361 Speaker 1: much hype around it back then. This is literally probably 176 00:08:38,361 --> 00:08:41,441 Speaker 1: like twelve years ago. But I have never felt worse. 177 00:08:41,761 --> 00:08:45,761 Speaker 1: I felt so blow to my digestive system, my energy, 178 00:08:45,921 --> 00:08:48,881 Speaker 1: my skin went bad again. I hated it. As soon 179 00:08:48,921 --> 00:08:51,841 Speaker 1: as I started eating more animal products again, I felt 180 00:08:51,961 --> 00:08:54,041 Speaker 1: so much better. So I just think for my body, 181 00:08:54,561 --> 00:08:58,681 Speaker 1: a high protein animal based diet works so well. So 182 00:08:59,201 --> 00:09:02,081 Speaker 1: I went to Europe recently with Tajiboy, and over in 183 00:09:02,161 --> 00:09:07,441 Speaker 1: Europe we ate copious amounts of pasta, pizza and ice cream. 184 00:09:07,921 --> 00:09:10,681 Speaker 1: I enjoyed it. I think we do better pizzas in 185 00:09:10,721 --> 00:09:13,481 Speaker 1: Australia if I'm being honest, but their pastor was pretty nice. 186 00:09:13,601 --> 00:09:15,761 Speaker 1: I found it really hard to get any serving of 187 00:09:15,881 --> 00:09:19,361 Speaker 1: vegetable at any restaurant. One of the locations where the 188 00:09:19,361 --> 00:09:22,081 Speaker 1: wedding was. I did get a steak each night, but 189 00:09:22,201 --> 00:09:25,041 Speaker 1: our yeah I diet was a lot of sugar, hot chocolate. 190 00:09:25,121 --> 00:09:26,601 Speaker 1: Tarji is quite fussy, so he had a lot of 191 00:09:26,601 --> 00:09:29,041 Speaker 1: cross ons for breakfast. It was hard to even find 192 00:09:29,081 --> 00:09:32,201 Speaker 1: like eggs, you know, anywhere. Really, I didn't feel very 193 00:09:32,201 --> 00:09:34,281 Speaker 1: healthy over there, but we just enjoyed it and dropped 194 00:09:34,281 --> 00:09:36,801 Speaker 1: in and you know, ate whatever, and we enjoyed the 195 00:09:36,801 --> 00:09:39,161 Speaker 1: ice cream, and whenever Taji wanted to try something new, 196 00:09:39,241 --> 00:09:41,281 Speaker 1: I was like, yeah, let's do it. But when I 197 00:09:41,361 --> 00:09:44,241 Speaker 1: came back, and I also gone to Bali with Mum 198 00:09:44,521 --> 00:09:48,121 Speaker 1: before that too, and in Bali I had a steak 199 00:09:48,161 --> 00:09:51,161 Speaker 1: that literally changed my life. I got it from this 200 00:09:51,241 --> 00:09:58,121 Speaker 1: restaurant called Grumpy Cow. It was like a striploin wagu deliciousness. 201 00:09:58,201 --> 00:10:01,641 Speaker 1: And since then I have just wanted so much steak. 202 00:10:01,721 --> 00:10:05,041 Speaker 1: But it was after my surgery and after I got 203 00:10:05,121 --> 00:10:09,201 Speaker 1: back from Europe that I just had this intuitive feeling 204 00:10:09,281 --> 00:10:12,801 Speaker 1: and like craving and desire to eat more steak and 205 00:10:12,921 --> 00:10:15,201 Speaker 1: I went nuts on it and I still am on 206 00:10:15,241 --> 00:10:18,481 Speaker 1: that train. I have steak every single day, if not 207 00:10:18,601 --> 00:10:21,521 Speaker 1: twice a day, and I absolutely love it. I've never 208 00:10:21,641 --> 00:10:24,881 Speaker 1: felt better. And this kind of led me into looking 209 00:10:24,921 --> 00:10:28,481 Speaker 1: into back into the paleo way of eating, because over 210 00:10:28,481 --> 00:10:30,401 Speaker 1: the years, I felt like I've been, like I say, 211 00:10:30,481 --> 00:10:33,481 Speaker 1: eighty twenty, I feel like I've been more seventy thirty, 212 00:10:33,681 --> 00:10:38,321 Speaker 1: just intuitive eating and no restrictions. I thought I knew 213 00:10:38,321 --> 00:10:40,121 Speaker 1: what foods would make me feel pretty good. I feel 214 00:10:40,161 --> 00:10:42,481 Speaker 1: like I've got a really good gut foundation, so not 215 00:10:42,521 --> 00:10:44,681 Speaker 1: many things upset my stomach. I don't get very bloated 216 00:10:44,761 --> 00:10:48,081 Speaker 1: or anything. However, I definitely felt a bit brain foggy. 217 00:10:48,321 --> 00:10:52,321 Speaker 1: I still recovering from surgery, and intuitively, I just felt 218 00:10:52,361 --> 00:10:54,441 Speaker 1: like I needed a lot more protein and a lot 219 00:10:54,481 --> 00:10:56,601 Speaker 1: more red meat. And then I'll go into why I 220 00:10:56,641 --> 00:10:58,721 Speaker 1: think my body was telling me that. And that's when 221 00:10:58,721 --> 00:11:01,121 Speaker 1: the animal diet started to kind of pop up into 222 00:11:01,241 --> 00:11:03,601 Speaker 1: my algorithm on TikTok, and I started doing a lot 223 00:11:03,641 --> 00:11:05,441 Speaker 1: of research and Steve and I were looking at it, 224 00:11:05,481 --> 00:11:08,241 Speaker 1: and we were also looking into just different things that 225 00:11:08,281 --> 00:11:10,761 Speaker 1: we wanted to improve on, and one of the examples 226 00:11:10,841 --> 00:11:13,361 Speaker 1: was seed oils and how much seed oils is in 227 00:11:13,641 --> 00:11:15,881 Speaker 1: so much of our food and seed oils are so 228 00:11:16,001 --> 00:11:19,561 Speaker 1: inflammatory to the body, regardless if you've had surgery and not. Like, 229 00:11:19,601 --> 00:11:22,041 Speaker 1: getting your information down it should always be a priority, 230 00:11:22,161 --> 00:11:24,681 Speaker 1: especially for us women as well. If you've got information 231 00:11:24,721 --> 00:11:26,561 Speaker 1: in your body, it's really going to affect your cycle, 232 00:11:27,081 --> 00:11:30,001 Speaker 1: your skin, your moods, your sleep, like literally everything. So 233 00:11:30,001 --> 00:11:32,961 Speaker 1: I'm always about getting my information down. So, yeah, I 234 00:11:32,961 --> 00:11:35,561 Speaker 1: started do a lot of research and the seed oils 235 00:11:35,641 --> 00:11:37,521 Speaker 1: was a huge thing, and we started to look into 236 00:11:37,601 --> 00:11:40,321 Speaker 1: better ways to cook our food, so that was cooking 237 00:11:40,321 --> 00:11:43,921 Speaker 1: with ghee and cooking with beef tallow and yeah, the 238 00:11:44,001 --> 00:11:48,481 Speaker 1: animal diet is really interesting. It's basically meat, organic meat, 239 00:11:48,561 --> 00:11:53,241 Speaker 1: particularly red meat, bone broth, organs, which I know sounds 240 00:11:53,281 --> 00:11:56,041 Speaker 1: absolutely disgusting. I can't eat organs. I actually take them 241 00:11:56,081 --> 00:12:00,441 Speaker 1: in a capsule format. Now, eggs, raw dairy, so raw 242 00:12:00,521 --> 00:12:06,001 Speaker 1: cheese and raw milk, and fruit, a lot of fruits, vegetables. 243 00:12:06,161 --> 00:12:08,441 Speaker 1: But in the animal diet, like a lot of people 244 00:12:08,441 --> 00:12:10,121 Speaker 1: that are experts in this, they say that we can 245 00:12:10,161 --> 00:12:14,921 Speaker 1: get most about nutrients, fiber, minerals and health benefits mainly 246 00:12:14,961 --> 00:12:17,601 Speaker 1: from fruit, so you don't really necessarily need a lot 247 00:12:17,681 --> 00:12:20,321 Speaker 1: of the vegetables. I still eat vegetables, and there's some 248 00:12:20,401 --> 00:12:22,881 Speaker 1: that they say to eat, but definitely make sure you 249 00:12:22,961 --> 00:12:25,841 Speaker 1: are getting all organic. And I suppose just looking at 250 00:12:25,881 --> 00:12:27,841 Speaker 1: your food, at what nutrients they do hold and where 251 00:12:27,881 --> 00:12:30,081 Speaker 1: you can get them from, and eating what you enjoy. 252 00:12:30,201 --> 00:12:32,521 Speaker 1: I personally enjoy eating a lot more fruit than what 253 00:12:32,521 --> 00:12:34,601 Speaker 1: I do vegetables. I still love my sweet tato, I 254 00:12:34,601 --> 00:12:37,481 Speaker 1: still love carrot, I love beans like I do love 255 00:12:37,561 --> 00:12:41,401 Speaker 1: some vegetables, but I have been eating a lot more fruit. Yeah, 256 00:12:41,441 --> 00:12:45,761 Speaker 1: so eggs, red meat, fruit, honey. And then I'm not 257 00:12:45,881 --> 00:12:47,961 Speaker 1: fully strict animal diet. There are other things that I 258 00:12:48,041 --> 00:12:50,721 Speaker 1: still incorporate into my diet, like clean trets, because I 259 00:12:50,761 --> 00:12:53,081 Speaker 1: will never not eat clean trees, and even though they're 260 00:12:53,081 --> 00:12:56,401 Speaker 1: full of healthy fats, maybe coconut oil protein powder. I 261 00:12:56,521 --> 00:12:58,521 Speaker 1: just find it's such an easy way to get a 262 00:12:58,681 --> 00:13:01,641 Speaker 1: decent serving of protein into a smoothie in the morning. 263 00:13:02,041 --> 00:13:04,161 Speaker 1: And if I'm ever craving sweet or I'm struggling to 264 00:13:04,321 --> 00:13:06,281 Speaker 1: get enough protein into my day, I'll just have a 265 00:13:06,281 --> 00:13:09,001 Speaker 1: protein shake. And then, of course when I go out 266 00:13:09,041 --> 00:13:11,241 Speaker 1: for date nights or I take taj to Yochea, like, 267 00:13:11,241 --> 00:13:15,081 Speaker 1: I still enjoy treats, but majority of my diet is 268 00:13:15,361 --> 00:13:19,601 Speaker 1: red meat, eggs, raw dairy. I don't drink raw milk. 269 00:13:19,601 --> 00:13:21,841 Speaker 1: I can't bring myself to do it. But I love cheese, 270 00:13:22,401 --> 00:13:24,081 Speaker 1: a lot of fruit, And I tell you what, my 271 00:13:24,161 --> 00:13:27,801 Speaker 1: digestive system has never been better. It wasn't even bad before, 272 00:13:28,281 --> 00:13:32,321 Speaker 1: but it's so much better now. My skin is consistently clear. 273 00:13:32,761 --> 00:13:35,801 Speaker 1: I feel I'm sleeping better, my energy is better. I 274 00:13:35,921 --> 00:13:40,121 Speaker 1: just all around feel less inflamed and healthier. Like I 275 00:13:40,161 --> 00:13:43,161 Speaker 1: really feel healthier. I feel like my sex drive has 276 00:13:43,201 --> 00:13:45,681 Speaker 1: gone up. Same with Steve, like he feels all those 277 00:13:45,721 --> 00:13:48,361 Speaker 1: benefits as well. And we've got our kids just eating 278 00:13:48,361 --> 00:13:51,121 Speaker 1: a lot more protein and a lot more fruits, and 279 00:13:51,161 --> 00:13:53,921 Speaker 1: it just feels really good. So obviously there is no bread, 280 00:13:54,001 --> 00:13:56,921 Speaker 1: rice or pasta. I'm not a massive bread person. I 281 00:13:57,161 --> 00:14:00,081 Speaker 1: was eating a lot of pasta. I thought I'd missed that, 282 00:14:00,161 --> 00:14:02,201 Speaker 1: but I don't. I just feel really good of not 283 00:14:02,281 --> 00:14:03,801 Speaker 1: having it. And we had some bit of ball and 284 00:14:03,841 --> 00:14:04,921 Speaker 1: asy the other night, but you know what, I didn't 285 00:14:04,921 --> 00:14:07,121 Speaker 1: need the past or. I just had like so much 286 00:14:07,161 --> 00:14:09,361 Speaker 1: more meat and cheese and it was just as satisfying. 287 00:14:09,881 --> 00:14:11,881 Speaker 1: And now when I'm talking about this, I'm not saying 288 00:14:11,921 --> 00:14:13,681 Speaker 1: that you should go and follow and do what I'm doing. 289 00:14:13,721 --> 00:14:16,801 Speaker 1: This episode is literally just me talking about my food journey, 290 00:14:17,201 --> 00:14:19,121 Speaker 1: and That's where I'm kind of at right now. I'm 291 00:14:19,161 --> 00:14:22,881 Speaker 1: really loving how I'm feeling, and the older I get, 292 00:14:22,961 --> 00:14:25,481 Speaker 1: it is less about what I look like and it's 293 00:14:25,561 --> 00:14:28,121 Speaker 1: more about how I feel and the energy that food 294 00:14:28,161 --> 00:14:30,681 Speaker 1: gives me. As you guys know, I had brain surgery 295 00:14:30,681 --> 00:14:32,281 Speaker 1: a couple of months ago, and I have another one 296 00:14:32,281 --> 00:14:34,441 Speaker 1: at the end of January to fix my other aneurism. 297 00:14:34,801 --> 00:14:36,721 Speaker 1: So when you're on blood thinners, if you've missed the 298 00:14:36,761 --> 00:14:43,481 Speaker 1: previous episodes, your periods are on another level, like Holy Moley, 299 00:14:43,601 --> 00:14:47,241 Speaker 1: like literal crime scene. Like I can't leave the house 300 00:14:47,761 --> 00:14:50,401 Speaker 1: for a full day, sometimes two days because they are 301 00:14:50,521 --> 00:14:54,081 Speaker 1: so heavy. I'm now down to one lot of blood thinners, 302 00:14:54,121 --> 00:14:56,401 Speaker 1: which will increase again when I have my next surgery. 303 00:14:56,481 --> 00:14:59,321 Speaker 1: But I think my body like knew what was coming 304 00:14:59,441 --> 00:15:02,521 Speaker 1: and that's why I needed so much more iron. So 305 00:15:02,681 --> 00:15:04,841 Speaker 1: I think the amount of steak I'm eating is really 306 00:15:04,841 --> 00:15:07,761 Speaker 1: so porting my cycle at the moment, and I would 307 00:15:07,801 --> 00:15:11,241 Speaker 1: hate to think how low my energy would be if 308 00:15:11,241 --> 00:15:13,841 Speaker 1: I wasn't consuming the red meat IM eating and getting 309 00:15:13,841 --> 00:15:16,641 Speaker 1: that iron. So even in my period, like I definitely 310 00:15:16,641 --> 00:15:18,561 Speaker 1: get a little bit tired a few days before and 311 00:15:18,681 --> 00:15:20,761 Speaker 1: feel a bit more like wanting to be internal and 312 00:15:20,801 --> 00:15:23,561 Speaker 1: be at home and rest, and I really try and 313 00:15:23,641 --> 00:15:25,761 Speaker 1: honor that. But yeah, I think this way of eating 314 00:15:25,841 --> 00:15:27,721 Speaker 1: is just really supporting my health right now and I've 315 00:15:27,801 --> 00:15:30,881 Speaker 1: never felt better, and same with Steve, which is really cool. 316 00:15:30,921 --> 00:15:34,361 Speaker 1: So yeah, it has been a journey. I feel like 317 00:15:34,401 --> 00:15:37,121 Speaker 1: I've tried every diet under the sun over the years, 318 00:15:37,201 --> 00:15:39,921 Speaker 1: and I don't regret any of that because I think 319 00:15:39,961 --> 00:15:43,401 Speaker 1: that diet and eating isn't a one size fits all. 320 00:15:43,441 --> 00:15:45,921 Speaker 1: I think it's really important for every single individual to 321 00:15:46,721 --> 00:15:49,001 Speaker 1: trial and really tune into what foods are eating and 322 00:15:49,041 --> 00:15:51,481 Speaker 1: what feels good and what doesn't like. If your body 323 00:15:51,521 --> 00:15:53,921 Speaker 1: reacts and responds to certain foods, I feel like that 324 00:15:54,041 --> 00:15:57,241 Speaker 1: is an invitation to actually go, oh, maybe my body 325 00:15:57,281 --> 00:16:00,321 Speaker 1: doesn't like this, Maybe I should try something else. And 326 00:16:00,361 --> 00:16:01,641 Speaker 1: at the end of the day two, if you're having 327 00:16:01,681 --> 00:16:04,441 Speaker 1: reactions to foods, you may have some gut issues as well, 328 00:16:04,441 --> 00:16:06,801 Speaker 1: which might be worth getting some bloods done and working 329 00:16:06,801 --> 00:16:08,401 Speaker 1: with the nature path to build up your gut health 330 00:16:08,401 --> 00:16:11,001 Speaker 1: that make sure you're getting enough fiber, et cetera. But yeah, 331 00:16:11,081 --> 00:16:15,641 Speaker 1: this way of eating I really really enjoy I thought 332 00:16:15,681 --> 00:16:19,641 Speaker 1: I would miss sauces. I love sauces like I love 333 00:16:19,681 --> 00:16:22,481 Speaker 1: tomato and barbecue sauces. But I found a brand called 334 00:16:22,721 --> 00:16:25,641 Speaker 1: Mingle and they sell them in health food store, coals 335 00:16:25,641 --> 00:16:27,801 Speaker 1: and woolies. This is not sponsored, by the way. I 336 00:16:27,841 --> 00:16:29,601 Speaker 1: just fell in love them. They have a tomato barbecue 337 00:16:29,641 --> 00:16:31,641 Speaker 1: and a sweet chili and the ingredients are so clean. 338 00:16:32,321 --> 00:16:35,201 Speaker 1: Cheese just makes everything so much better. I do miss 339 00:16:35,201 --> 00:16:37,361 Speaker 1: having chicken sninsels. The chicken sinsel I used to buy 340 00:16:37,641 --> 00:16:41,761 Speaker 1: obviously had crumbs and like other ingredients. But literally, I'm 341 00:16:41,801 --> 00:16:47,241 Speaker 1: eating so much less processed stuff, like it's very natural 342 00:16:47,361 --> 00:16:49,361 Speaker 1: what Earth has kind of given us. And yeah, it 343 00:16:49,401 --> 00:16:52,681 Speaker 1: feels amazing. So that's my journey with food. I love 344 00:16:52,721 --> 00:16:54,641 Speaker 1: hearing about everyone's food. Like I've got a girlfriend that 345 00:16:54,721 --> 00:16:58,881 Speaker 1: is completely vegan and she absolutely thrives and her skin's glowing, 346 00:16:58,961 --> 00:17:01,121 Speaker 1: her digestis is amazing and it feels great for her. 347 00:17:01,441 --> 00:17:02,921 Speaker 1: Like I said, I don't think there's a one size 348 00:17:02,961 --> 00:17:05,120 Speaker 1: fits all. I think it's about you finding what works 349 00:17:05,161 --> 00:17:08,161 Speaker 1: for your body. But it's cool to trial different things 350 00:17:08,201 --> 00:17:10,440 Speaker 1: to see what works and what doesn't, and you know, 351 00:17:10,521 --> 00:17:13,841 Speaker 1: readjust as you go. I remember when I had tala, 352 00:17:13,961 --> 00:17:16,680 Speaker 1: I had a Duela, and it was really cool to 353 00:17:16,961 --> 00:17:19,920 Speaker 1: learn about the different types of food you should and 354 00:17:20,001 --> 00:17:23,481 Speaker 1: shouldn't have in your fourth trimester. You know. That was 355 00:17:23,561 --> 00:17:25,801 Speaker 1: a lot of like slow cooked things, a lot of 356 00:17:25,880 --> 00:17:27,440 Speaker 1: there was a lot of rice in there, like congi, 357 00:17:27,961 --> 00:17:30,801 Speaker 1: a lot of turmeric late not Latin, not coffees, but 358 00:17:30,840 --> 00:17:35,041 Speaker 1: like turmeric drinks, a lot of tonics, black rice puddings. 359 00:17:35,400 --> 00:17:38,520 Speaker 1: But it was all like warming foods. It was nothing cold, 360 00:17:39,281 --> 00:17:41,880 Speaker 1: and that was really cool. For like twelve weeks, I 361 00:17:42,001 --> 00:17:45,840 Speaker 1: just solely ate what the Duela would recommend because that 362 00:17:45,921 --> 00:17:48,000 Speaker 1: was all the research she'd done. And I felt so 363 00:17:48,400 --> 00:17:50,801 Speaker 1: good in that period and that season because I feel 364 00:17:50,801 --> 00:17:53,241 Speaker 1: like that's truly what my body needed to be able 365 00:17:53,241 --> 00:17:56,161 Speaker 1: to heal internally, to be able to provide and make 366 00:17:56,241 --> 00:17:58,801 Speaker 1: beautiful breast milk, to be able to keep my energy 367 00:17:58,840 --> 00:18:01,001 Speaker 1: as high as it could be with a newborn baby. 368 00:18:01,360 --> 00:18:03,120 Speaker 1: But how I ate in that twelve weeks is very 369 00:18:03,160 --> 00:18:05,481 Speaker 1: different to how I eat now because I'm in a 370 00:18:05,521 --> 00:18:08,481 Speaker 1: different seasons. So yeah, I hope this helps you just 371 00:18:08,600 --> 00:18:10,801 Speaker 1: kind of reflect and check in and to see how 372 00:18:10,840 --> 00:18:13,041 Speaker 1: you're eating. And I suppose coming up to the end 373 00:18:13,080 --> 00:18:15,441 Speaker 1: of twenty twenty four, it's such a beautiful time too, 374 00:18:15,481 --> 00:18:17,880 Speaker 1: for you to do some reflection on your whole life 375 00:18:17,961 --> 00:18:20,081 Speaker 1: and what's working, what's not, and that can be including 376 00:18:20,120 --> 00:18:22,920 Speaker 1: your diet. I love doing a massive clean out of 377 00:18:22,921 --> 00:18:25,001 Speaker 1: my cupboard or my fridge and getting rid of anything 378 00:18:25,001 --> 00:18:28,480 Speaker 1: that's like expired, anything with seed oils. Now there just 379 00:18:28,600 --> 00:18:30,920 Speaker 1: isn't a lot of like crappy options in my cupboard 380 00:18:30,921 --> 00:18:35,360 Speaker 1: and fridge now, like it's all healthier, natural, more alternatives. 381 00:18:35,521 --> 00:18:37,280 Speaker 1: There's still a couple of snacks in there that I 382 00:18:37,321 --> 00:18:40,561 Speaker 1: haven't taken away from Tajiboy yet, Like he loves his 383 00:18:40,681 --> 00:18:43,481 Speaker 1: Milo bars and these rice crackers that do have one 384 00:18:43,521 --> 00:18:45,561 Speaker 1: oil at it that I don't like, but I would 385 00:18:45,561 --> 00:18:48,561 Speaker 1: say like ninety percent of what he eats is really 386 00:18:48,600 --> 00:18:51,001 Speaker 1: healthy and really clean. There is a couple of little 387 00:18:51,001 --> 00:18:53,841 Speaker 1: snacks in there. Overall, good time to have a reflection, 388 00:18:53,921 --> 00:18:57,041 Speaker 1: clean out your fridge and pantry, and really tune in 389 00:18:57,080 --> 00:18:59,481 Speaker 1: and listen to your body. I'm very like intuitive eater. 390 00:19:00,120 --> 00:19:02,880 Speaker 1: I don't have any restrictions on my diet. I just 391 00:19:02,921 --> 00:19:05,360 Speaker 1: really know what's making me feel really good in this 392 00:19:05,400 --> 00:19:08,481 Speaker 1: season of my life, and I'm following that and honoring 393 00:19:08,561 --> 00:19:10,801 Speaker 1: that until it doesn't feel good. I'm just going to 394 00:19:10,880 --> 00:19:13,080 Speaker 1: keep doing it, so I encourage you to do the same. 395 00:19:13,640 --> 00:19:16,241 Speaker 1: I also think these days there's such a big focus 396 00:19:16,281 --> 00:19:20,281 Speaker 1: on counting calories and counting macros, which I think works 397 00:19:20,321 --> 00:19:22,600 Speaker 1: for some people. And I'm not dissing at all, Like 398 00:19:22,640 --> 00:19:24,720 Speaker 1: I have friends that count their macros or count their 399 00:19:24,761 --> 00:19:27,600 Speaker 1: calories and they're on a weight loss journey, or you know, 400 00:19:28,120 --> 00:19:29,880 Speaker 1: I know people that are getting on stage to compete, 401 00:19:29,921 --> 00:19:33,120 Speaker 1: and it all serves its purpose. However, I do wish 402 00:19:33,120 --> 00:19:35,440 Speaker 1: there'd be more of a movement and more focus on 403 00:19:36,001 --> 00:19:40,080 Speaker 1: the actual nutrients in the food and also where it's 404 00:19:40,120 --> 00:19:42,801 Speaker 1: grown and the kind of sprays it on the foods. 405 00:19:42,880 --> 00:19:45,281 Speaker 1: Like I wish there was more movement and people trying 406 00:19:45,321 --> 00:19:47,321 Speaker 1: to eat more organic or like washing their fruits and 407 00:19:47,400 --> 00:19:49,761 Speaker 1: vegetables and looking at their plate of like what nutrients 408 00:19:49,761 --> 00:19:53,400 Speaker 1: am I getting? Rather than am I hitting the numbers 409 00:19:53,400 --> 00:19:56,281 Speaker 1: by the end of the day, Because a thousand calories 410 00:19:56,321 --> 00:19:58,880 Speaker 1: of fruits and vegetables is going to look very different 411 00:19:58,961 --> 00:20:01,321 Speaker 1: or it's going to digest so differently in your body 412 00:20:01,481 --> 00:20:04,761 Speaker 1: compared to a thousand calories of McDonald's meal. There is 413 00:20:04,801 --> 00:20:07,880 Speaker 1: no nutritional benefits to eating and McDonald's meal compared to 414 00:20:07,880 --> 00:20:11,321 Speaker 1: eating all the fruits and vegetables, the amount of fiber 415 00:20:11,761 --> 00:20:14,481 Speaker 1: and minerals and vitamins you get from fruits and vegetables 416 00:20:14,521 --> 00:20:17,440 Speaker 1: compared to McDonald's meals. That's where I don't like when 417 00:20:17,521 --> 00:20:19,640 Speaker 1: numbers come into it because I think sometimes it's at 418 00:20:19,640 --> 00:20:24,041 Speaker 1: the cost of your actual health. And maybe short term, 419 00:20:24,160 --> 00:20:25,920 Speaker 1: I don't know, depending on what you're doing with your calories, 420 00:20:25,961 --> 00:20:27,761 Speaker 1: you may lose weight. But long term, I think we 421 00:20:27,840 --> 00:20:30,001 Speaker 1: need to really think about your health. Maybe that's just 422 00:20:30,001 --> 00:20:32,001 Speaker 1: me getting older, but I think as you get older too, 423 00:20:32,041 --> 00:20:34,281 Speaker 1: you really do just value life so much and you 424 00:20:34,400 --> 00:20:38,281 Speaker 1: know that it is so short and tomorrow isn't promised, 425 00:20:38,321 --> 00:20:40,521 Speaker 1: and when you're younger, you're so focused on looking a 426 00:20:40,561 --> 00:20:43,400 Speaker 1: certain way, and now it's all about longevity, Like I 427 00:20:43,441 --> 00:20:45,840 Speaker 1: want to eat in a way that I know my 428 00:20:45,921 --> 00:20:48,880 Speaker 1: body is thriving so that I can be healthier for 429 00:20:48,961 --> 00:20:52,241 Speaker 1: longer and be around for my kids and my grain kids, etc. So, yeah, 430 00:20:52,281 --> 00:20:56,281 Speaker 1: I wish it was more normalized to focus on nutrients, 431 00:20:56,441 --> 00:20:59,360 Speaker 1: and I wish there was more conversations around that. If 432 00:20:59,400 --> 00:21:03,081 Speaker 1: you are someone that is struggling with inflammation, PCOS and 433 00:21:03,521 --> 00:21:08,241 Speaker 1: hormone issues, skin breakouts, bad sleep, brain fog anything like that. 434 00:21:08,360 --> 00:21:09,840 Speaker 1: I kind of feel like, what have you got to 435 00:21:09,880 --> 00:21:12,561 Speaker 1: lose by altering things in your diet. If you are 436 00:21:12,600 --> 00:21:14,880 Speaker 1: finding you are struggling with any of that, and food 437 00:21:14,961 --> 00:21:17,960 Speaker 1: can be medicine, why not try a different way of 438 00:21:18,001 --> 00:21:21,081 Speaker 1: eating and try it for thirty days and see how 439 00:21:21,120 --> 00:21:23,640 Speaker 1: your body responds. I'm not saying it has to be 440 00:21:23,640 --> 00:21:25,801 Speaker 1: the animal diet. It could be whatever it feels right 441 00:21:25,840 --> 00:21:28,640 Speaker 1: for you intuitively. But if you try something for thirty 442 00:21:28,721 --> 00:21:32,001 Speaker 1: days and see improvements and like, that's a win. But 443 00:21:32,080 --> 00:21:35,721 Speaker 1: if what you're doing right now, if you're so sick 444 00:21:35,761 --> 00:21:38,880 Speaker 1: of feeling how you're feeling and you're aren't seeing any improvements, 445 00:21:39,400 --> 00:21:42,521 Speaker 1: take control of your health and trial different ways of 446 00:21:42,561 --> 00:21:48,001 Speaker 1: eating and try to add in more natural foods, less processed, 447 00:21:48,201 --> 00:21:55,840 Speaker 1: less sugars, less takeout, more nature, more higher protein, healthy fats, 448 00:21:55,921 --> 00:21:58,120 Speaker 1: and getting creative with the way that you eat. In 449 00:21:58,201 --> 00:22:02,321 Speaker 1: that sense, and I can almost guarantee one, if not all, 450 00:22:02,400 --> 00:22:04,721 Speaker 1: of those things will improve in your life. The brain, 451 00:22:05,801 --> 00:22:09,761 Speaker 1: the mental clarity, the sleep, your skin, your energy, your moods, 452 00:22:09,801 --> 00:22:11,681 Speaker 1: your sex drive, like all those things that I feel 453 00:22:11,681 --> 00:22:14,440 Speaker 1: like we ought to improve. You've got nothing to lose 454 00:22:14,761 --> 00:22:17,281 Speaker 1: by just trialing and tweaking things in the way that 455 00:22:17,321 --> 00:22:22,081 Speaker 1: you eat. I know, eating organic it can be really expensive. However, 456 00:22:22,160 --> 00:22:24,360 Speaker 1: there's definitely cheaper ways to do it. If you go 457 00:22:24,400 --> 00:22:26,761 Speaker 1: to your like your local farmers' markets. I feel like 458 00:22:26,801 --> 00:22:29,721 Speaker 1: that's always so much cheaper than a health food store. 459 00:22:29,761 --> 00:22:31,401 Speaker 1: So on a Sunday, Steve and I and the kids 460 00:22:31,400 --> 00:22:33,400 Speaker 1: will go down to the markets and we will stock 461 00:22:33,481 --> 00:22:36,001 Speaker 1: up on all of our fruits and vegetables, and it's 462 00:22:36,001 --> 00:22:37,400 Speaker 1: so much cheaper. But then during the week I do 463 00:22:37,481 --> 00:22:39,840 Speaker 1: do a drop into flineeries to restock whatever we need. 464 00:22:40,281 --> 00:22:41,680 Speaker 1: Same with eggs. There are a lot cheaper at the 465 00:22:41,681 --> 00:22:44,640 Speaker 1: markets as well. And I just think for myself, like 466 00:22:44,721 --> 00:22:47,120 Speaker 1: I don't drink, I don't do drugs, you know, I 467 00:22:47,241 --> 00:22:50,360 Speaker 1: really value my health, so that's where I like to 468 00:22:50,360 --> 00:22:53,241 Speaker 1: spend my money. Everyone's so different, you know, you might 469 00:22:53,281 --> 00:22:55,120 Speaker 1: really value going out and having a cocktail with your 470 00:22:55,120 --> 00:22:58,041 Speaker 1: friends on the weekend, but for me personally, it's an 471 00:22:58,041 --> 00:23:01,360 Speaker 1: investment in my health and in my life for longevity 472 00:23:01,400 --> 00:23:03,801 Speaker 1: long term, and that's really important to me. So I 473 00:23:03,840 --> 00:23:06,120 Speaker 1: think it's how we perceive it well. But yeah, there 474 00:23:06,160 --> 00:23:07,801 Speaker 1: is definitely cheaper ways to do it. You can also 475 00:23:07,921 --> 00:23:10,921 Speaker 1: order organic boxes of fruit and vegetables from local farms, 476 00:23:11,201 --> 00:23:12,600 Speaker 1: and I found them to be a lot cheaper than 477 00:23:12,640 --> 00:23:15,241 Speaker 1: going to like your local flanteerries as well. And then 478 00:23:15,360 --> 00:23:18,520 Speaker 1: some fruits and vegetables are more heavily spray than others. 479 00:23:18,600 --> 00:23:22,721 Speaker 1: So for example, strawberries that you buy from coals or woolies, 480 00:23:23,041 --> 00:23:27,360 Speaker 1: there's up to fourteen different pesticides and sprays on them 481 00:23:27,400 --> 00:23:29,760 Speaker 1: that like when you're ingesting that it is just so 482 00:23:29,921 --> 00:23:33,640 Speaker 1: bad for your body, compared to like say a pineapple 483 00:23:33,681 --> 00:23:36,201 Speaker 1: that isn't as many. So if you were to buy 484 00:23:36,281 --> 00:23:41,600 Speaker 1: something organic, I would recommend it being like spinach, strawberries, apples, 485 00:23:42,201 --> 00:23:44,240 Speaker 1: things that you eat the skin, your sweet potatoes, but 486 00:23:44,281 --> 00:23:45,880 Speaker 1: things that have a cover, I feel like it's a 487 00:23:45,880 --> 00:23:49,120 Speaker 1: little bit more protected and just no eating organic. Also 488 00:23:49,681 --> 00:23:53,360 Speaker 1: that it's being grown in a beautiful foundation of healthy 489 00:23:53,400 --> 00:23:56,521 Speaker 1: soil as well, and they're not normally plucked or pulled 490 00:23:56,521 --> 00:23:59,080 Speaker 1: out before they've ripened, and you want your fruits and 491 00:23:59,160 --> 00:24:01,680 Speaker 1: vegetables to be fully ripe so that they have all 492 00:24:01,721 --> 00:24:03,801 Speaker 1: of the newtribes in the mouth. They get plucked earlier, 493 00:24:04,120 --> 00:24:05,960 Speaker 1: a lot of the time, they won't be containing all 494 00:24:06,001 --> 00:24:08,561 Speaker 1: the nutrients that you're wanting to get from them. But yeah, 495 00:24:08,600 --> 00:24:11,600 Speaker 1: the soil on where your fruit vegetable has grown has 496 00:24:11,801 --> 00:24:14,600 Speaker 1: massive impact on the quality of the fruit and vegetables 497 00:24:14,600 --> 00:24:17,440 Speaker 1: that you're eating. We just want it as less amount 498 00:24:17,441 --> 00:24:19,640 Speaker 1: of sprays as possible. And if you can't afford organic too, 499 00:24:19,681 --> 00:24:21,120 Speaker 1: then you can also wash them at home. You can 500 00:24:21,120 --> 00:24:23,880 Speaker 1: buy fruit and vegetable washes, or I've seen online that 501 00:24:23,921 --> 00:24:25,761 Speaker 1: there's like mixtus you can do with like baking, I 502 00:24:25,801 --> 00:24:28,761 Speaker 1: think baking soda, baking powder and apple sided vinegar or 503 00:24:28,761 --> 00:24:31,001 Speaker 1: something that's a really cool way to do it as well. 504 00:24:31,441 --> 00:24:33,281 Speaker 1: I also wanted to note that my body doesn't react 505 00:24:33,360 --> 00:24:35,680 Speaker 1: badly to bread, rice or pasta and even a lot 506 00:24:35,721 --> 00:24:38,600 Speaker 1: of processed foods, whereas Steve can feel quite brain foggy 507 00:24:38,600 --> 00:24:41,041 Speaker 1: and overall slower and just like not as good when 508 00:24:41,041 --> 00:24:43,720 Speaker 1: he's consuming those things. Because I feel like whenever I 509 00:24:43,721 --> 00:24:46,120 Speaker 1: talk about diet, there's always a little bit of pushback 510 00:24:46,241 --> 00:24:49,041 Speaker 1: or people think I'm being restrictive or I'm giving bad advice. 511 00:24:49,120 --> 00:24:51,400 Speaker 1: Remember this is just my journey. But know that this 512 00:24:51,441 --> 00:24:54,241 Speaker 1: didn't come from a place of feeling crap or hating 513 00:24:54,281 --> 00:24:56,841 Speaker 1: my body at all, or any kind of online pressure 514 00:24:56,961 --> 00:25:00,240 Speaker 1: or influence or losing weight it was simply going with 515 00:25:00,281 --> 00:25:03,441 Speaker 1: what I was craving, and I didn't realize how much 516 00:25:03,481 --> 00:25:07,481 Speaker 1: better I could feel now that I'm eating ninety percent natural, 517 00:25:07,600 --> 00:25:10,440 Speaker 1: organic foods, which just feels so good for my bodies. 518 00:25:10,441 --> 00:25:11,961 Speaker 1: Because I think a lot of the time you can 519 00:25:12,001 --> 00:25:15,360 Speaker 1: start dieting or following a trend online and you're being 520 00:25:15,400 --> 00:25:18,481 Speaker 1: influenced elsewhere. But it's really important for you to check 521 00:25:18,481 --> 00:25:21,880 Speaker 1: in your own body, your own lifestyle, your own goals, 522 00:25:21,880 --> 00:25:24,321 Speaker 1: and finding what works for you. But I'm going to 523 00:25:24,400 --> 00:25:25,921 Speaker 1: wrap it up. Thank you for joining me. I really 524 00:25:25,921 --> 00:25:28,080 Speaker 1: hope you guys enjoyed this, and I'll be back in 525 00:25:28,120 --> 00:25:30,640 Speaker 1: your ears tomorrow. Bye.