1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:04,040 Speaker 1: I've really stopped trying to label foods as being this 2 00:00:04,120 --> 00:00:06,520 Speaker 1: is good food and this is bad food. And if 3 00:00:06,559 --> 00:00:08,920 Speaker 1: this is bad food, then that means when I eat it, 4 00:00:08,960 --> 00:00:12,719 Speaker 1: I should be feeling bad. But actually, I think the 5 00:00:12,760 --> 00:00:14,400 Speaker 1: way that we need to see things is if we 6 00:00:14,440 --> 00:00:16,600 Speaker 1: are choosing to eat something, let's eat it with joy. 7 00:00:16,680 --> 00:00:19,120 Speaker 1: Let's eat it with happiness, so that every single thing 8 00:00:19,160 --> 00:00:21,279 Speaker 1: that I'm putting into my body is fueling me in 9 00:00:21,280 --> 00:00:23,439 Speaker 1: that way and believing that it is. And if we 10 00:00:23,520 --> 00:00:26,360 Speaker 1: do have that feeling that we know this may not 11 00:00:26,440 --> 00:00:28,080 Speaker 1: be right for me and this doesn't make me feel 12 00:00:28,120 --> 00:00:29,960 Speaker 1: good when I eat it, and your body's telling you that, 13 00:00:30,040 --> 00:00:32,080 Speaker 1: then we have to learn to listen to that before 14 00:00:32,120 --> 00:00:34,599 Speaker 1: we put it into our mouths. I'm rather Wukiah and 15 00:00:34,640 --> 00:00:37,360 Speaker 1: on my podcast A Really Good Cry, we embrace the 16 00:00:38,080 --> 00:00:41,480 Speaker 1: messy and the beautiful, providing a space for raw, unfiltered 17 00:00:41,479 --> 00:00:45,239 Speaker 1: conversations that celebrate vulnerability and allow you to tune in 18 00:00:45,320 --> 00:00:47,600 Speaker 1: to learn, connect and find comfort. 19 00:00:47,640 --> 00:00:48,000 Speaker 2: Together. 20 00:00:48,560 --> 00:00:51,199 Speaker 1: Hi, everyone, this week's episode, we are going to be 21 00:00:51,240 --> 00:00:55,480 Speaker 1: exploring and focusing on mood foods, foods to boost your mood, 22 00:00:55,600 --> 00:00:58,440 Speaker 1: mood boosting foods, moodbusters, whatever you want to call them. 23 00:00:58,760 --> 00:01:00,960 Speaker 1: We're going to find out what foods are bringing you 24 00:01:01,040 --> 00:01:04,200 Speaker 1: down and which foods are lifting you up. I love 25 00:01:04,319 --> 00:01:07,560 Speaker 1: doing research on these topics. I actually whether I don't 26 00:01:07,560 --> 00:01:09,759 Speaker 1: know whether you know this about me, but I studied 27 00:01:09,800 --> 00:01:11,600 Speaker 1: as a dietitian and nutritionist. 28 00:01:11,760 --> 00:01:13,600 Speaker 2: It was what I graduated in. 29 00:01:13,680 --> 00:01:17,360 Speaker 1: I was a dietitian in a hospital for a few years, 30 00:01:17,520 --> 00:01:20,360 Speaker 1: and it is something that I. 31 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:21,840 Speaker 2: Just have always loved. I've loved the. 32 00:01:21,840 --> 00:01:25,920 Speaker 1: Association between food and how it affects your body, down 33 00:01:25,959 --> 00:01:28,640 Speaker 1: to each ingredient, what I can add into my food 34 00:01:28,720 --> 00:01:31,400 Speaker 1: to make me feel different types of ways. And I've 35 00:01:31,440 --> 00:01:34,560 Speaker 1: really been experimenting with that through my life and it's 36 00:01:34,560 --> 00:01:37,440 Speaker 1: been something I have been fascinated by, and I just 37 00:01:37,520 --> 00:01:40,560 Speaker 1: learned more and more with the more ingredients that I 38 00:01:40,600 --> 00:01:43,440 Speaker 1: incorporate into my life. And so this makes me so 39 00:01:43,480 --> 00:01:45,880 Speaker 1: happy to share it with you because I really do think, 40 00:01:46,120 --> 00:01:49,200 Speaker 1: and it's been something that I've been testing through my life, 41 00:01:49,800 --> 00:01:53,480 Speaker 1: that food can be medicine in so many different ways. 42 00:01:53,520 --> 00:01:56,320 Speaker 1: And I don't necessarily mean for the chronic conditions in 43 00:01:56,320 --> 00:01:58,480 Speaker 1: your life, even though I really believe that can be 44 00:01:58,520 --> 00:01:59,280 Speaker 1: possible too. 45 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:01,600 Speaker 2: I mean as a preventative. 46 00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:04,280 Speaker 1: Every single day, there are so many things that we 47 00:02:04,320 --> 00:02:07,880 Speaker 1: do in our life that can be tiny, tiny things 48 00:02:08,120 --> 00:02:10,440 Speaker 1: in your days where you probably don't even realize you're 49 00:02:10,440 --> 00:02:13,520 Speaker 1: doing them, but actually are making such a huge impact 50 00:02:13,520 --> 00:02:17,440 Speaker 1: to your future selves, your future wellness, your future lives. 51 00:02:17,639 --> 00:02:20,639 Speaker 1: And I think when you understand food a lot better, 52 00:02:20,680 --> 00:02:22,880 Speaker 1: when you understand the qualities that they have, when you 53 00:02:22,960 --> 00:02:26,720 Speaker 1: understand how they affect your body, it can have a. 54 00:02:26,760 --> 00:02:28,360 Speaker 2: Huge impact in your future. 55 00:02:28,400 --> 00:02:30,600 Speaker 1: And so every single day when you're looking at your 56 00:02:30,639 --> 00:02:32,919 Speaker 1: spice store, which by the way, I think spices are 57 00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:39,919 Speaker 1: the key to the secret ingredient to living a really healthy, vibrant, 58 00:02:40,200 --> 00:02:43,920 Speaker 1: optimal life. Spices can help in so many different ways 59 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:47,960 Speaker 1: to heal your body, to prevent illnesses like just your 60 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:50,720 Speaker 1: day to day colds, or even be used to patch 61 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:53,520 Speaker 1: up things on your body whenever you hit your leg 62 00:02:53,680 --> 00:02:54,880 Speaker 1: or whenever you've got a cut or. 63 00:02:54,840 --> 00:02:55,400 Speaker 2: A bruise leg. 64 00:02:55,480 --> 00:02:57,720 Speaker 1: There's just so much magic to spices, and in the 65 00:02:57,760 --> 00:03:00,480 Speaker 1: same way, so much magic to herbs and fruits and 66 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:03,280 Speaker 1: vegetables and grains that we eat if we know how 67 00:03:03,320 --> 00:03:05,760 Speaker 1: to use them. And so I love this phrase of 68 00:03:05,840 --> 00:03:08,000 Speaker 1: it's not what you eat, it's how you're eating it. 69 00:03:08,040 --> 00:03:11,120 Speaker 1: And I think that is a key in what we're 70 00:03:11,120 --> 00:03:14,280 Speaker 1: going to be talking about today. I would like a 71 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:17,400 Speaker 1: virtual hands up to anybody else who can relate to this, 72 00:03:17,520 --> 00:03:20,920 Speaker 1: because I have been a comfort eater for sure my 73 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:24,200 Speaker 1: whole life. It's the thing that I have gone to 74 00:03:24,560 --> 00:03:27,160 Speaker 1: for my comfort. Food has always been my comfort and 75 00:03:27,480 --> 00:03:30,520 Speaker 1: I actually have never drunk alcohol. I've never done any drugs. 76 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:33,000 Speaker 1: I rarely drink coffees or take a lot of caffeine 77 00:03:33,400 --> 00:03:36,160 Speaker 1: in my life. But food has been my go to, 78 00:03:36,520 --> 00:03:40,160 Speaker 1: whether it's occasion or for pretty much every single emotion. 79 00:03:40,480 --> 00:03:43,440 Speaker 1: So let's imagine it's a Friday night and I'm like, hey, 80 00:03:43,600 --> 00:03:45,880 Speaker 1: let's go to eat at this new place and get 81 00:03:45,920 --> 00:03:47,600 Speaker 1: every single thing on the menu because. 82 00:03:47,320 --> 00:03:48,040 Speaker 2: It's a Friday. 83 00:03:48,640 --> 00:03:50,680 Speaker 1: Or I had a really hard day, I need to 84 00:03:50,720 --> 00:03:52,800 Speaker 1: eat some cake, or I had a great day. 85 00:03:52,840 --> 00:03:56,040 Speaker 2: Let's celebrate with pizza. We're having friends over. 86 00:03:56,120 --> 00:03:59,240 Speaker 1: Let's get ten different desserts and every single food that 87 00:03:59,320 --> 00:04:01,120 Speaker 1: I can get from four different places. 88 00:04:01,480 --> 00:04:03,320 Speaker 2: Way too much for anybody to eat, but hey. 89 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:06,560 Speaker 1: It's a celebration. We're having friends over. Let's all celebrate 90 00:04:06,600 --> 00:04:10,080 Speaker 1: together by eating. And I think that's been something I've 91 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:11,840 Speaker 1: been used to from a young age. It's the culture 92 00:04:11,880 --> 00:04:14,760 Speaker 1: that I'm from. It's like my mum, if people were 93 00:04:14,760 --> 00:04:17,440 Speaker 1: coming over, it wouldn't be just like you can never 94 00:04:17,560 --> 00:04:19,760 Speaker 1: just have one starter, you can never just have one 95 00:04:19,800 --> 00:04:21,560 Speaker 1: main dish, you can never just have one dessert. 96 00:04:22,160 --> 00:04:23,280 Speaker 2: Was it was like. 97 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:27,400 Speaker 1: Pouring your love and your heart into something that you 98 00:04:27,440 --> 00:04:28,600 Speaker 1: can give to someone. 99 00:04:28,640 --> 00:04:30,320 Speaker 2: And that for us was always food. 100 00:04:30,720 --> 00:04:32,599 Speaker 1: And as much as I love that so much and 101 00:04:32,640 --> 00:04:35,360 Speaker 1: I think it is such a beautiful way to express love, 102 00:04:35,400 --> 00:04:38,599 Speaker 1: it's definitely my love language. One thing I realize is 103 00:04:38,600 --> 00:04:40,880 Speaker 1: it's often not my love language for myself because I 104 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:42,640 Speaker 1: don't necessarily choose the things that. 105 00:04:42,640 --> 00:04:43,880 Speaker 2: Actually make me feel good. 106 00:04:44,279 --> 00:04:47,120 Speaker 1: And so I've really been working on my association to 107 00:04:47,160 --> 00:04:49,839 Speaker 1: food is comfort, and it's something I've been trying to 108 00:04:49,880 --> 00:04:53,320 Speaker 1: dissociate from more so because I don't want anything to 109 00:04:53,320 --> 00:04:56,159 Speaker 1: control me. It's also the reason I chose not to 110 00:04:56,240 --> 00:04:59,000 Speaker 1: drink in my life, or chose not to take any 111 00:04:59,080 --> 00:05:01,880 Speaker 1: drugs in my life even experiment or try them, because 112 00:05:02,560 --> 00:05:04,719 Speaker 1: I maybe I'm a bit of a control freak. It 113 00:05:04,720 --> 00:05:07,440 Speaker 1: could be that, but also I just like feeling what 114 00:05:07,440 --> 00:05:10,279 Speaker 1: my body's feeling. I like knowing what's going on in 115 00:05:10,320 --> 00:05:12,680 Speaker 1: my body. That's also why I try and avoid taking 116 00:05:12,720 --> 00:05:15,359 Speaker 1: any medication. When I'm on my period and I have 117 00:05:15,440 --> 00:05:19,279 Speaker 1: cramps or when I have a headache, I have tried 118 00:05:19,279 --> 00:05:22,440 Speaker 1: to find things that actually solve it rather than hide 119 00:05:22,520 --> 00:05:25,760 Speaker 1: or put a band aid on it or temporarily solve it. 120 00:05:26,160 --> 00:05:27,920 Speaker 1: And so if I have a headache, I'll try and 121 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:31,160 Speaker 1: use peppermint oil instead. If I have cramps, honestly, I'll 122 00:05:31,200 --> 00:05:34,640 Speaker 1: just I love writing the feeling out of like, this 123 00:05:34,680 --> 00:05:36,880 Speaker 1: is what my body's feeling right now, let me embrace it, 124 00:05:36,960 --> 00:05:40,039 Speaker 1: let me understand it. And the pain is obviously there 125 00:05:40,080 --> 00:05:42,039 Speaker 1: for a reason. There's something going on, and so I 126 00:05:42,080 --> 00:05:44,720 Speaker 1: want to know what's happening. And so as much as 127 00:05:44,839 --> 00:05:48,880 Speaker 1: I appreciate that, I yeah, I just didn't want to 128 00:05:49,520 --> 00:05:52,000 Speaker 1: lose control of any part of my body. And that 129 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:55,600 Speaker 1: also means my ability to abstain my ability to have 130 00:05:55,920 --> 00:05:58,600 Speaker 1: control over my senses. When it comes to food, and 131 00:05:58,640 --> 00:06:01,800 Speaker 1: you know, every single thing there is no good or bad, 132 00:06:01,880 --> 00:06:04,560 Speaker 1: like food can be just as bad as smoking cigarettes 133 00:06:04,600 --> 00:06:07,640 Speaker 1: depending on what you're eating. And that's why I just, yeah, 134 00:06:07,640 --> 00:06:11,400 Speaker 1: I really do love the phrase of it's not what 135 00:06:11,440 --> 00:06:13,599 Speaker 1: you eat, it's how you eat it. And that's really 136 00:06:13,640 --> 00:06:15,880 Speaker 1: what we're going to go through, Like what are we having, 137 00:06:16,120 --> 00:06:18,520 Speaker 1: how much of it, how we having to what extent 138 00:06:18,600 --> 00:06:20,719 Speaker 1: is it good for us? It's so nice to have 139 00:06:20,760 --> 00:06:22,760 Speaker 1: an understanding of that, so we know how we are 140 00:06:22,760 --> 00:06:24,360 Speaker 1: fueling our bodies and what it can. 141 00:06:24,240 --> 00:06:24,720 Speaker 2: Do to it. 142 00:06:25,120 --> 00:06:29,000 Speaker 1: And the first thing is really changing what we see 143 00:06:29,080 --> 00:06:32,320 Speaker 1: as comfort food, because look, we all have those days 144 00:06:32,320 --> 00:06:34,039 Speaker 1: where we come back home and we just feel like 145 00:06:34,080 --> 00:06:36,600 Speaker 1: we need that thing, like whether it's a home comfort, 146 00:06:36,600 --> 00:06:38,279 Speaker 1: whether it's the thing that your mum makes you that 147 00:06:38,320 --> 00:06:40,360 Speaker 1: makes you feel so much better from a young age, 148 00:06:40,880 --> 00:06:45,200 Speaker 1: whether it's food that makes your mind feel better but 149 00:06:45,320 --> 00:06:47,120 Speaker 1: doesn't necessarily make your body feel better. 150 00:06:47,120 --> 00:06:48,800 Speaker 2: There are lots of foods like that. So for me, 151 00:06:49,120 --> 00:06:49,680 Speaker 2: my go to. 152 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:54,960 Speaker 1: Our fries and pizza and sometimes a deep fried goodness 153 00:06:55,240 --> 00:06:58,480 Speaker 1: or really sugar, like I really find if I have 154 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:01,320 Speaker 1: a low day, what I'm really wanting is it pick 155 00:07:01,400 --> 00:07:03,640 Speaker 1: me up from sugar, And a lot of that has 156 00:07:03,800 --> 00:07:08,239 Speaker 1: very little nutritional value, and it's usually considered inverted commas 157 00:07:08,360 --> 00:07:10,920 Speaker 1: junk food, and I don't often like using that term 158 00:07:10,960 --> 00:07:14,240 Speaker 1: because I don't think any food is necessarily junk, depending 159 00:07:14,320 --> 00:07:16,920 Speaker 1: on how much of it I'm having, Like having something 160 00:07:16,960 --> 00:07:19,440 Speaker 1: here and there makes it is fine, but it really 161 00:07:19,480 --> 00:07:21,600 Speaker 1: depends on how much we're having that thing and how 162 00:07:21,600 --> 00:07:24,480 Speaker 1: often do we turn to it for our comfort. And 163 00:07:24,520 --> 00:07:27,000 Speaker 1: it's those things where in the moment it brings so 164 00:07:27,080 --> 00:07:29,320 Speaker 1: much comfort i'm eating, I'm like, oh God, this is 165 00:07:29,360 --> 00:07:31,600 Speaker 1: exactly what I needed. It's hitting the spot. I needed 166 00:07:31,600 --> 00:07:35,559 Speaker 1: that sugar rush. But I actually doesn't feel that great 167 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:38,360 Speaker 1: after the next morning. I have a stomach ache, or 168 00:07:38,440 --> 00:07:42,880 Speaker 1: I feel heavy and lethargic and a bit groggy in 169 00:07:42,920 --> 00:07:44,800 Speaker 1: the morning. Like there is that thing of when you 170 00:07:44,840 --> 00:07:47,080 Speaker 1: have too many carbs or too much sugar the night 171 00:07:47,120 --> 00:07:50,240 Speaker 1: before or heavy foods. You wake up and even though 172 00:07:50,240 --> 00:07:52,280 Speaker 1: I don't know what a hangover feels like, it's almost 173 00:07:52,360 --> 00:07:54,840 Speaker 1: like a food hangover, like your body's really feeling the 174 00:07:54,880 --> 00:07:58,280 Speaker 1: effects of what you've ingested the night before. And so 175 00:07:58,440 --> 00:08:00,920 Speaker 1: I started switching. Like when I started learning about IV 176 00:08:01,120 --> 00:08:02,840 Speaker 1: that and the effects that food can have on the 177 00:08:02,880 --> 00:08:06,240 Speaker 1: body and the different ingredients, I really started to shift 178 00:08:06,320 --> 00:08:10,240 Speaker 1: my mindset on what does comfort food really mean? And actually, 179 00:08:10,280 --> 00:08:12,720 Speaker 1: if you start tuning into your body and you love 180 00:08:12,760 --> 00:08:15,240 Speaker 1: your body, and you start to understand your body and 181 00:08:15,280 --> 00:08:18,320 Speaker 1: you really want to value it, comfort food should actually 182 00:08:18,360 --> 00:08:20,520 Speaker 1: be the food that gives me energy. It uplifts me, 183 00:08:20,640 --> 00:08:24,040 Speaker 1: it makes my body feel appreciated and valued. It's food 184 00:08:24,040 --> 00:08:27,000 Speaker 1: that gives me nutrients and actually soothes my nervous system 185 00:08:27,120 --> 00:08:30,200 Speaker 1: rather than stimulates it. It supports my brain and my 186 00:08:30,240 --> 00:08:35,199 Speaker 1: body functions. And basically what that means is a balanced meal, right, 187 00:08:35,280 --> 00:08:38,760 Speaker 1: a balanced meal with vegetables, with protein, with carbohydrates, with 188 00:08:38,800 --> 00:08:42,600 Speaker 1: healthy fat, which makes a lot of sense because balance 189 00:08:42,679 --> 00:08:45,880 Speaker 1: breeds balance. If we take food that is balanced on 190 00:08:45,920 --> 00:08:49,040 Speaker 1: our plate and we put it into our body, it's 191 00:08:49,120 --> 00:08:52,079 Speaker 1: most likely going to create more balance in our body. 192 00:08:52,440 --> 00:08:55,800 Speaker 1: And so if we are feeling lethargic and lo and 193 00:08:55,840 --> 00:08:57,559 Speaker 1: you know what the thing is, if you think about it, 194 00:08:57,640 --> 00:09:00,480 Speaker 1: like increases like And so if you're feeling lethal and 195 00:09:00,520 --> 00:09:03,360 Speaker 1: low and heavy in the mind and the body, you 196 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:06,880 Speaker 1: want to eat foods that feel uplifting and light and fresh. 197 00:09:06,920 --> 00:09:10,400 Speaker 1: And so all of those actually scientifically makes sense in 198 00:09:10,440 --> 00:09:13,440 Speaker 1: my mind. It's just a matter of relearning and a 199 00:09:13,480 --> 00:09:16,800 Speaker 1: matter of reconditioning, and a matter of really thinking what 200 00:09:16,840 --> 00:09:19,080 Speaker 1: does our body need versus what does it want? Because 201 00:09:19,120 --> 00:09:21,320 Speaker 1: often we give into what it wants and what our 202 00:09:21,360 --> 00:09:26,560 Speaker 1: senses wants, those temporary desires, those temporary fixes. But it 203 00:09:26,640 --> 00:09:31,040 Speaker 1: takes patience and time and love to actually think about. No, 204 00:09:31,200 --> 00:09:33,040 Speaker 1: this isn't necessarily what I want, but it is what 205 00:09:33,080 --> 00:09:34,640 Speaker 1: I need and what's going to make me feel better 206 00:09:34,679 --> 00:09:36,280 Speaker 1: the day after and the day after that and the 207 00:09:36,360 --> 00:09:38,400 Speaker 1: day after that. And I have to tell you, and 208 00:09:38,480 --> 00:09:41,280 Speaker 1: I'm being completely honest when I say this, when I 209 00:09:41,360 --> 00:09:45,160 Speaker 1: decide to make that choice, when I make that conscious decision, 210 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:47,320 Speaker 1: when I'm in my fields and I want to grab 211 00:09:47,400 --> 00:09:50,000 Speaker 1: a pot of ice cream, which is also very good, 212 00:09:50,280 --> 00:09:53,240 Speaker 1: But when I think about doing that and instead or 213 00:09:53,280 --> 00:09:55,839 Speaker 1: I think about getting takeout, and I instead decide, let 214 00:09:55,840 --> 00:09:59,000 Speaker 1: me just chop up some vegetables, put in a simple pasta, 215 00:09:59,440 --> 00:10:02,000 Speaker 1: and I you know, it can still be simple, but 216 00:10:02,080 --> 00:10:05,080 Speaker 1: it's got this balance, this like underlying balance of the foods. 217 00:10:05,080 --> 00:10:06,319 Speaker 2: It's got freshness to it. 218 00:10:06,559 --> 00:10:08,680 Speaker 1: There is not one time where I've woken I've been like, 219 00:10:09,080 --> 00:10:11,720 Speaker 1: I wish I had got those greasy fries and that 220 00:10:12,040 --> 00:10:14,880 Speaker 1: really really delicious cheesy pizza. 221 00:10:15,360 --> 00:10:16,400 Speaker 2: Pizza so good. 222 00:10:16,440 --> 00:10:18,839 Speaker 1: But what I'm trying to tell you is my body 223 00:10:18,840 --> 00:10:21,080 Speaker 1: has never regretted that. And it doesn't mean that I 224 00:10:21,120 --> 00:10:23,120 Speaker 1: never have it, but it does mean that I'm slowly 225 00:10:23,200 --> 00:10:26,760 Speaker 1: changing and breaking the patterns that don't serve me long term, 226 00:10:27,040 --> 00:10:29,920 Speaker 1: and I'm breaking away from the control that food has 227 00:10:29,960 --> 00:10:33,160 Speaker 1: over me versus me being able to control what I 228 00:10:33,280 --> 00:10:36,120 Speaker 1: decide to ingest and what goes into my body. And also, 229 00:10:36,520 --> 00:10:38,880 Speaker 1: on that note, when you do end up having those 230 00:10:38,960 --> 00:10:42,200 Speaker 1: days where you get food that you know you don't 231 00:10:42,240 --> 00:10:44,200 Speaker 1: really want or maybe at the time you want, and 232 00:10:44,240 --> 00:10:48,120 Speaker 1: feels terrible after, there's this extreme guilt that we tend 233 00:10:48,120 --> 00:10:51,280 Speaker 1: to have. And I think from many people I've spoken to, 234 00:10:51,480 --> 00:10:53,840 Speaker 1: it's a common fact. I'll have friends saying I wish 235 00:10:53,880 --> 00:10:55,880 Speaker 1: I didn't have that glass of wine, I wish I 236 00:10:55,880 --> 00:10:58,360 Speaker 1: didn't like the next morning, I wish I hadn't had 237 00:10:58,520 --> 00:11:02,160 Speaker 1: that second helping of chocolate cake. And we have so 238 00:11:02,280 --> 00:11:06,120 Speaker 1: much guilt associated with food because of how we're trained 239 00:11:06,160 --> 00:11:09,960 Speaker 1: to seafood, how we're trained to understand this is good 240 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:11,480 Speaker 1: and this is bad, and when you have lots of 241 00:11:11,520 --> 00:11:13,440 Speaker 1: the bad, you have to feel bad about eating it. 242 00:11:13,840 --> 00:11:17,600 Speaker 1: And actually, in our Vada, it talks about how the 243 00:11:17,679 --> 00:11:20,600 Speaker 1: mindset with which you eat food, the mindset with which 244 00:11:20,640 --> 00:11:25,000 Speaker 1: you digest food, actually impacts how your body digests it. 245 00:11:25,280 --> 00:11:27,440 Speaker 1: And so you can imagine if your body is in 246 00:11:27,520 --> 00:11:30,240 Speaker 1: stress or you're in anxiety even while you're eating the food, 247 00:11:30,240 --> 00:11:33,199 Speaker 1: which often happens because your subconscious kind of knows you 248 00:11:33,200 --> 00:11:34,240 Speaker 1: shouldn't be having it. 249 00:11:34,240 --> 00:11:35,320 Speaker 2: It actually ends up. 250 00:11:35,200 --> 00:11:37,439 Speaker 1: Being so focused on trying to get your body out 251 00:11:37,480 --> 00:11:40,200 Speaker 1: of stress or that kind of stress mode that you're in, 252 00:11:40,559 --> 00:11:43,360 Speaker 1: it puts your digestion on the back burner, which means 253 00:11:43,360 --> 00:11:46,880 Speaker 1: that your digestion is just not happening optimally, and that 254 00:11:46,880 --> 00:11:49,640 Speaker 1: then ends up impacting so much it prevents the food 255 00:11:49,679 --> 00:11:52,920 Speaker 1: from being digested. If the food's not digested well, then 256 00:11:53,240 --> 00:11:56,800 Speaker 1: you don't absorb the right nutrients you need. And often 257 00:11:56,840 --> 00:11:58,240 Speaker 1: you get that kind of thing like where you get 258 00:11:58,280 --> 00:11:59,720 Speaker 1: indigestion or. 259 00:11:59,840 --> 00:12:01,440 Speaker 2: You or pooh. 260 00:12:01,440 --> 00:12:03,800 Speaker 1: The next day may not actually end up, you know, 261 00:12:03,880 --> 00:12:05,959 Speaker 1: being as good as you want it to be or 262 00:12:05,960 --> 00:12:09,520 Speaker 1: how it normally is, because you've kind of distracted your 263 00:12:09,559 --> 00:12:14,319 Speaker 1: whole body from doing that function optimally. And so I've 264 00:12:14,360 --> 00:12:18,160 Speaker 1: really stopped trying to like label foods as being this 265 00:12:18,200 --> 00:12:20,640 Speaker 1: is good food and this is bad food. And if 266 00:12:20,640 --> 00:12:23,000 Speaker 1: this is bad food, then that means when I eat it, 267 00:12:23,080 --> 00:12:26,840 Speaker 1: I should be feeling bad. But actually, I think the 268 00:12:26,880 --> 00:12:28,520 Speaker 1: way that we need to see things is if we 269 00:12:28,559 --> 00:12:30,719 Speaker 1: are choosing to eat something, let's eat it with joy, 270 00:12:30,800 --> 00:12:33,240 Speaker 1: let's eat it with happiness, so that every single thing 271 00:12:33,240 --> 00:12:35,400 Speaker 1: that I'm putting into my body is fueling me in 272 00:12:35,400 --> 00:12:37,560 Speaker 1: that way and believing that it is. And if we 273 00:12:37,600 --> 00:12:40,480 Speaker 1: do have that feeling that we know this may not 274 00:12:40,559 --> 00:12:42,200 Speaker 1: be right for me and this doesn't make me feel 275 00:12:42,200 --> 00:12:44,120 Speaker 1: good when I eat it, and your body's telling you that, 276 00:12:44,160 --> 00:12:46,199 Speaker 1: then we have to learn to listen to that before 277 00:12:46,240 --> 00:12:50,440 Speaker 1: we put it into our mouths. But whatever your choices are, 278 00:12:51,200 --> 00:12:53,920 Speaker 1: whatever you end up choosing to eat, just be kinder 279 00:12:53,920 --> 00:12:57,079 Speaker 1: to yourself and your body. Like I really think labeling 280 00:12:57,120 --> 00:12:59,439 Speaker 1: foods is being good or bad can be so detrimental 281 00:12:59,480 --> 00:13:02,679 Speaker 1: to our own men mental health and to our relationship 282 00:13:02,760 --> 00:13:05,440 Speaker 1: with food and the way that we end up treating 283 00:13:05,440 --> 00:13:07,240 Speaker 1: our body after eating it, or the way that we 284 00:13:07,280 --> 00:13:09,760 Speaker 1: end up treating ourselves and the language that we use 285 00:13:09,800 --> 00:13:12,560 Speaker 1: with ourselves like it can become such a toxic environment 286 00:13:12,640 --> 00:13:15,800 Speaker 1: within us. And so yes, it's great to know the 287 00:13:15,840 --> 00:13:17,760 Speaker 1: foods that you can eat more of and the ones 288 00:13:17,760 --> 00:13:19,960 Speaker 1: that you should try and eat less of, but really 289 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:23,359 Speaker 1: base that off how does it make me feel nutritionally? 290 00:13:23,440 --> 00:13:25,760 Speaker 1: How dense are these foods? How do I feel? How 291 00:13:25,800 --> 00:13:28,280 Speaker 1: does it affect my body? How does it affect my digestion, 292 00:13:28,720 --> 00:13:31,320 Speaker 1: how does it affect my mind? And based on those 293 00:13:31,360 --> 00:13:34,400 Speaker 1: things is how we should be determining I should be 294 00:13:34,400 --> 00:13:37,200 Speaker 1: eating this or shouldn't be eating this, not because it 295 00:13:37,240 --> 00:13:40,160 Speaker 1: makes me feel guilty, or because it's related to my weight, 296 00:13:40,320 --> 00:13:43,080 Speaker 1: or because it's related to you know, all the things 297 00:13:43,120 --> 00:13:44,840 Speaker 1: that we're told. I think it just has to be 298 00:13:44,920 --> 00:13:48,560 Speaker 1: such an intrinsic internal feeling that you're going off and 299 00:13:48,679 --> 00:13:51,560 Speaker 1: listening to your body versus what anybody else is telling you. 300 00:13:52,160 --> 00:13:55,000 Speaker 1: And so when I started learning about Ariveda, everything just 301 00:13:55,120 --> 00:13:58,840 Speaker 1: kind of clicked into place, like the meaning behind things, 302 00:13:58,920 --> 00:14:01,040 Speaker 1: how it related things. And every single time that it 303 00:14:01,080 --> 00:14:03,200 Speaker 1: talked about food, it would never speak about it is 304 00:14:03,400 --> 00:14:05,720 Speaker 1: this is how it just affects your body. It's always 305 00:14:05,720 --> 00:14:09,120 Speaker 1: a holistic approach. It always talks about how food affects 306 00:14:09,160 --> 00:14:11,439 Speaker 1: your mind and your body together. It sees it as 307 00:14:11,559 --> 00:14:14,520 Speaker 1: one thing. It never sees it as being separate, so 308 00:14:14,640 --> 00:14:17,240 Speaker 1: both the mind and the body are both equally accounted 309 00:14:17,240 --> 00:14:19,720 Speaker 1: for when speaking about the effects that food can have 310 00:14:20,400 --> 00:14:24,640 Speaker 1: to you, your whole self and inner. Veda actually breaks 311 00:14:24,680 --> 00:14:27,160 Speaker 1: down health into four pillars. It says that there are 312 00:14:27,200 --> 00:14:30,000 Speaker 1: four of these main pillars, and it says that when 313 00:14:30,120 --> 00:14:32,880 Speaker 1: you have balance in these four areas, it can actually 314 00:14:32,920 --> 00:14:35,000 Speaker 1: create harmony and peace in our mind and body. Like 315 00:14:35,040 --> 00:14:37,640 Speaker 1: that's when you can live optimally when you have balance 316 00:14:37,680 --> 00:14:40,360 Speaker 1: in these four areas of your life. And so the 317 00:14:40,440 --> 00:14:43,920 Speaker 1: first thing is eating foods that nourish our bodies and minds, 318 00:14:43,920 --> 00:14:46,920 Speaker 1: and that is aha. Aha means to eat bodies that 319 00:14:46,960 --> 00:14:49,840 Speaker 1: nourish both our mind and our body equally. And then 320 00:14:49,880 --> 00:14:53,400 Speaker 1: there's vihar, which is living in alignment with nature's rhythms. 321 00:14:53,840 --> 00:14:57,120 Speaker 1: And there's nidra, which is appropriate sleep or getting good 322 00:14:57,200 --> 00:15:00,600 Speaker 1: quality sleep. And then there's brahmacharia, which is management of 323 00:15:00,640 --> 00:15:04,520 Speaker 1: our energy and particularly our sexual energy, both in physical 324 00:15:04,560 --> 00:15:07,720 Speaker 1: actions and in our minds. And so that is what 325 00:15:07,800 --> 00:15:09,920 Speaker 1: they say the four pillars are. And so eating foods 326 00:15:09,920 --> 00:15:12,040 Speaker 1: that nourish your body and your mind is one of 327 00:15:12,080 --> 00:15:15,360 Speaker 1: those four pillars that allow your body and your mind 328 00:15:15,520 --> 00:15:18,720 Speaker 1: to be optimal, that allow you to live within this 329 00:15:19,160 --> 00:15:22,160 Speaker 1: world optimally. And the second one, I just want to 330 00:15:22,240 --> 00:15:25,440 Speaker 1: highlight the vihar, the living in alignment with nature's rhythms. 331 00:15:25,840 --> 00:15:29,160 Speaker 1: It also talks about how actually a lot of our 332 00:15:29,160 --> 00:15:31,440 Speaker 1: disease and a lot of our health conditions come when 333 00:15:31,440 --> 00:15:35,040 Speaker 1: we separate ourselves from nature when we believe we live 334 00:15:35,360 --> 00:15:38,080 Speaker 1: in nature and that we are not part of nature. 335 00:15:38,360 --> 00:15:40,840 Speaker 1: When we separate ourselves from that, we don't see the 336 00:15:40,920 --> 00:15:44,440 Speaker 1: rhythm of being in tune and understanding that how our 337 00:15:44,480 --> 00:15:47,440 Speaker 1: body is actually relates so much to how the world 338 00:15:47,480 --> 00:15:50,440 Speaker 1: around us is, how nature is, how plants are, how 339 00:15:50,480 --> 00:15:54,320 Speaker 1: animals are, And so when we start separating ourselves from 340 00:15:54,320 --> 00:15:56,200 Speaker 1: that and we believe we're not part of it, and 341 00:15:56,240 --> 00:15:59,640 Speaker 1: that we're not contributing and we're not receiving from nature, 342 00:15:59,680 --> 00:16:04,200 Speaker 1: and so many ways, that mental or physical block actually 343 00:16:04,240 --> 00:16:08,800 Speaker 1: stops us from living harmoniously, because to live harmoniously, you 344 00:16:08,840 --> 00:16:12,280 Speaker 1: need to live harmoniously with everything external around you and internal. 345 00:16:12,760 --> 00:16:14,120 Speaker 2: And so it's such. 346 00:16:13,880 --> 00:16:16,920 Speaker 1: A big miss when we don't end up seeing ourselves 347 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:21,360 Speaker 1: as being part of this whole beautiful cycle of nature, 348 00:16:21,600 --> 00:16:23,960 Speaker 1: and instead we see ourselves as people that are taking 349 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:27,920 Speaker 1: from it, or it's not a symbiotic relationship. And by that, 350 00:16:28,040 --> 00:16:30,760 Speaker 1: I mean it's not a give and take and a cycle. 351 00:16:30,960 --> 00:16:33,360 Speaker 1: It's actually just I live here, I get to take 352 00:16:33,400 --> 00:16:35,840 Speaker 1: from here. This is what I deserve, this is what's 353 00:16:35,880 --> 00:16:37,880 Speaker 1: owed to me because I have a human life, or 354 00:16:37,920 --> 00:16:40,360 Speaker 1: whatever it is that we think it's almost like our 355 00:16:40,400 --> 00:16:43,360 Speaker 1: ego taking ego taking over, saying that we are superior 356 00:16:43,440 --> 00:16:45,440 Speaker 1: to the rest of the things around us. So I 357 00:16:45,520 --> 00:16:47,680 Speaker 1: therefore am allowed to take, but I don't also have 358 00:16:47,720 --> 00:16:51,000 Speaker 1: to give back. And sometimes that mindset and having that 359 00:16:51,520 --> 00:16:57,120 Speaker 1: thought process actually creates such disconnect to everything around us, 360 00:16:57,120 --> 00:16:59,800 Speaker 1: and therefore we're not able to live as optimally as 361 00:16:59,800 --> 00:17:01,920 Speaker 1: we can could be if we were to understand that 362 00:17:02,000 --> 00:17:04,399 Speaker 1: we were actually part of nature and we were living 363 00:17:04,720 --> 00:17:07,520 Speaker 1: within it and with it, and it is part of 364 00:17:07,600 --> 00:17:10,000 Speaker 1: us and we are part of it. And so further 365 00:17:10,080 --> 00:17:13,840 Speaker 1: to that, in our Veda, when it comes to ahar 366 00:17:14,040 --> 00:17:17,240 Speaker 1: that eating foods that nourish our bodies and minds, there 367 00:17:17,240 --> 00:17:20,240 Speaker 1: are different categories in our Evada that they break food 368 00:17:20,240 --> 00:17:24,880 Speaker 1: down into and these categories are known as gunnahs or modes, 369 00:17:25,560 --> 00:17:28,640 Speaker 1: and there's three of them. There's setvik, which is mode 370 00:17:28,640 --> 00:17:32,520 Speaker 1: of goodness, There's rajsick which is mode of passion, and 371 00:17:32,680 --> 00:17:36,160 Speaker 1: thumbsick which is mode of ignorance. So Sethvic is goodness, 372 00:17:36,320 --> 00:17:39,480 Speaker 1: raj sick is passion, and thumbsick is ignorance. 373 00:17:39,880 --> 00:17:41,680 Speaker 2: And again I just want to reiterate. 374 00:17:41,280 --> 00:17:43,280 Speaker 1: You don't have to remember all these names, but to 375 00:17:43,560 --> 00:17:46,719 Speaker 1: learn the essence of it is what's really important. And 376 00:17:46,880 --> 00:17:50,160 Speaker 1: these qualities exist not only in food, but in nature 377 00:17:50,320 --> 00:17:52,520 Speaker 1: all around us and within our body and mind too. 378 00:17:52,960 --> 00:17:55,800 Speaker 1: So when we choose foods within each of these categories, 379 00:17:55,800 --> 00:17:58,760 Speaker 1: it increases that same quality within us. So if you 380 00:17:58,800 --> 00:18:01,240 Speaker 1: eat foods that that are in the mode of goodness, 381 00:18:01,240 --> 00:18:03,240 Speaker 1: and we'll go on to what that means, but you'll 382 00:18:03,240 --> 00:18:06,439 Speaker 1: increase goodness in your body. Passion foods which are in 383 00:18:06,480 --> 00:18:09,320 Speaker 1: the category of passion, it will increase those qualities. And 384 00:18:09,359 --> 00:18:12,359 Speaker 1: the same with ignorance, which usually comes with dullness and 385 00:18:12,480 --> 00:18:14,159 Speaker 1: lethargy and the feelings that we're. 386 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:14,800 Speaker 2: Trying to avoid. 387 00:18:15,400 --> 00:18:17,200 Speaker 1: And in the same way, what we have to remember 388 00:18:17,800 --> 00:18:20,439 Speaker 1: is actually when we're feeling a bit low and down 389 00:18:20,560 --> 00:18:24,240 Speaker 1: and lethargic and dull, which are usually the qualities that 390 00:18:24,280 --> 00:18:27,040 Speaker 1: are described when we're feeling a low mood. You know, 391 00:18:27,080 --> 00:18:29,080 Speaker 1: you don't often say, oh, I'm feeling really bad, but 392 00:18:29,119 --> 00:18:31,399 Speaker 1: I also feel light and airy and happy in my mind, Like, 393 00:18:31,680 --> 00:18:36,320 Speaker 1: there's certain qualities that are attributed to feeling down and 394 00:18:36,400 --> 00:18:40,680 Speaker 1: having low energy or having a mood which doesn't feel uplifting. 395 00:18:41,280 --> 00:18:43,840 Speaker 1: And with those with those qualities you do usually do 396 00:18:43,920 --> 00:18:46,679 Speaker 1: get that dullness, that heaviness in the mind and the body, 397 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:49,760 Speaker 1: and so like increases. Like so we want goodness in 398 00:18:49,800 --> 00:18:51,399 Speaker 1: our body, we have to eat good things. 399 00:18:51,800 --> 00:18:52,400 Speaker 2: And in the. 400 00:18:52,320 --> 00:18:54,600 Speaker 1: Same way, when we're feeling bad about ourselves, if we 401 00:18:54,640 --> 00:18:57,000 Speaker 1: want to take ourselves out of that, we're going to 402 00:18:57,080 --> 00:18:59,080 Speaker 1: have to eat those foods that are opposite to that. 403 00:19:00,080 --> 00:19:02,120 Speaker 1: And so I'm going to take you through all three 404 00:19:02,160 --> 00:19:04,639 Speaker 1: of these modes, what foods they are, and how to 405 00:19:04,720 --> 00:19:08,159 Speaker 1: identify them. So cetific foods are those that can be 406 00:19:08,200 --> 00:19:12,959 Speaker 1: easily digested, bring balance and peace to your mind and body, 407 00:19:13,400 --> 00:19:16,679 Speaker 1: and strength and vitality to your body. And these are 408 00:19:16,720 --> 00:19:19,960 Speaker 1: foods that are your nutritionally dense foods, the foods which 409 00:19:19,960 --> 00:19:24,760 Speaker 1: are organic, not genetically modified, the fresh foods essentially, And 410 00:19:25,080 --> 00:19:29,720 Speaker 1: you know, ideally having a situation where we're able to 411 00:19:29,760 --> 00:19:33,000 Speaker 1: grow our food at home is such a beautiful way 412 00:19:33,040 --> 00:19:35,680 Speaker 1: to live. It really is to have the skills where 413 00:19:35,720 --> 00:19:37,600 Speaker 1: you know that you are able to feed yourself, You're 414 00:19:37,600 --> 00:19:40,440 Speaker 1: able to grow food yourself, you know exactly where it's 415 00:19:40,480 --> 00:19:44,320 Speaker 1: come from. That is living in the ultimate mode of suffer, 416 00:19:44,480 --> 00:19:46,359 Speaker 1: like to be living in the mode of goodness, eating 417 00:19:46,359 --> 00:19:49,160 Speaker 1: in the mode of goodness, but sometimes that's not possible, 418 00:19:49,240 --> 00:19:52,240 Speaker 1: and sometimes we just really we don't have the time 419 00:19:52,280 --> 00:19:53,760 Speaker 1: for it. Even though we could make the time for it, 420 00:19:53,840 --> 00:19:57,120 Speaker 1: sometimes we just don't. And let's be real, like we're 421 00:19:57,119 --> 00:19:58,760 Speaker 1: not all going to be able to have our allotments. 422 00:19:58,800 --> 00:20:01,040 Speaker 1: And before you start planning all of that out, what 423 00:20:01,080 --> 00:20:03,520 Speaker 1: I will say to you is you can start little 424 00:20:03,520 --> 00:20:05,680 Speaker 1: by little, even if it's just by growing herbs. You know, 425 00:20:05,720 --> 00:20:07,280 Speaker 1: when you go to the store and you can get 426 00:20:07,320 --> 00:20:10,399 Speaker 1: herbs that you or herbs if you're in America, that 427 00:20:10,440 --> 00:20:11,040 Speaker 1: you can buy. 428 00:20:11,320 --> 00:20:11,879 Speaker 2: You can buy. 429 00:20:11,760 --> 00:20:14,560 Speaker 1: Basil and parsley and cilantro, and you can buy it 430 00:20:14,560 --> 00:20:17,359 Speaker 1: in little packets, or you can buy the putt and 431 00:20:17,400 --> 00:20:18,600 Speaker 1: you can grow that at home. 432 00:20:18,920 --> 00:20:21,040 Speaker 2: And so it can be in small quantities. 433 00:20:21,080 --> 00:20:23,680 Speaker 1: You don't have to go to the extent of starting 434 00:20:23,680 --> 00:20:26,560 Speaker 1: to have a huge allotment in your garden, but start 435 00:20:26,600 --> 00:20:30,320 Speaker 1: with the small things. And herbs have such incredible nutritional benefits, 436 00:20:30,440 --> 00:20:33,240 Speaker 1: especially when picked fresh. You can start with that simply 437 00:20:33,280 --> 00:20:33,760 Speaker 1: by having that. 438 00:20:34,080 --> 00:20:35,080 Speaker 2: And I had a dream. 439 00:20:35,080 --> 00:20:36,679 Speaker 1: I still have a dream to have it allotment and 440 00:20:36,720 --> 00:20:38,160 Speaker 1: a place where I can grow lots of my own 441 00:20:38,200 --> 00:20:41,760 Speaker 1: fruits and my own vegetables and spices and everything but 442 00:20:42,119 --> 00:20:44,639 Speaker 1: I had to be realistic. I travel a lot for work. 443 00:20:44,840 --> 00:20:47,520 Speaker 1: I'm not often in the same place, and so I 444 00:20:47,680 --> 00:20:51,000 Speaker 1: actually just to fulfill that one in my life. I 445 00:20:51,040 --> 00:20:54,040 Speaker 1: actually got this hydroponic system. I can't remember what it's called, 446 00:20:54,080 --> 00:20:58,639 Speaker 1: but it's essentially a vertical hydroponic like vegetable and herb 447 00:20:59,080 --> 00:21:02,040 Speaker 1: growing thing, and it was so great for the time 448 00:21:02,080 --> 00:21:04,520 Speaker 1: that I had it. I was growing everything from tomatoes 449 00:21:04,520 --> 00:21:07,640 Speaker 1: to chili's to all the herbs that I was using 450 00:21:07,680 --> 00:21:10,160 Speaker 1: in my week. Would I would get peppers from it, 451 00:21:10,680 --> 00:21:13,600 Speaker 1: and it was such an amazing process to go through 452 00:21:13,800 --> 00:21:17,000 Speaker 1: from a seed to seeing it grow in And also 453 00:21:17,040 --> 00:21:19,399 Speaker 1: you get this deep appreciation for food when you have 454 00:21:19,440 --> 00:21:21,440 Speaker 1: it in that way versus it just being put onto 455 00:21:21,480 --> 00:21:24,400 Speaker 1: your plate. When you understand the process that it's gone 456 00:21:24,440 --> 00:21:26,400 Speaker 1: through and you see the fruit growing, it's like having 457 00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:29,840 Speaker 1: a little baby. It's just you see how it changes 458 00:21:29,880 --> 00:21:32,840 Speaker 1: and how much time it takes to actually grow, even 459 00:21:32,920 --> 00:21:35,280 Speaker 1: just this one little apple, and then when you eat it, 460 00:21:35,320 --> 00:21:37,960 Speaker 1: there's so much gratitude with it. And so I guess 461 00:21:37,960 --> 00:21:40,000 Speaker 1: that also goes back to that feeling of when you 462 00:21:40,520 --> 00:21:44,359 Speaker 1: are feeling good when you're eating something naturally, your body 463 00:21:44,440 --> 00:21:48,120 Speaker 1: feels better when you're eating it and your body digests 464 00:21:48,119 --> 00:21:50,120 Speaker 1: it so much better and you get everything you need 465 00:21:50,160 --> 00:21:52,359 Speaker 1: out of that food because you are appreciating it and 466 00:21:52,440 --> 00:21:54,159 Speaker 1: valuing it and telling your body that it's going to 467 00:21:54,200 --> 00:21:57,160 Speaker 1: nourish you so deeply. I would recommend if you can 468 00:21:57,320 --> 00:21:59,359 Speaker 1: and then try and try and do that, Try and 469 00:21:59,400 --> 00:22:01,760 Speaker 1: have something that you are growing and nurturing a home 470 00:22:01,800 --> 00:22:04,159 Speaker 1: that you are eating also, and you'll see what a 471 00:22:04,160 --> 00:22:07,760 Speaker 1: difference it actually makes. And so what types of foods 472 00:22:07,760 --> 00:22:11,520 Speaker 1: are they are coming to the subtic category. It's fresh foods, 473 00:22:11,560 --> 00:22:17,520 Speaker 1: fresh vegetables, whole grains, legomes, herbal teas, nuts, and also honey, 474 00:22:17,680 --> 00:22:21,120 Speaker 1: like natural forms of all the closest you can get 475 00:22:21,119 --> 00:22:24,000 Speaker 1: to the natural forms of sugar, so not processed foods, 476 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:27,280 Speaker 1: but something like jaggery or like coconut sugar. Jaggery is 477 00:22:27,280 --> 00:22:31,160 Speaker 1: amazing because it's actually I think the most like natural 478 00:22:31,200 --> 00:22:32,840 Speaker 1: form of sugar that you can buy. It comes in 479 00:22:32,920 --> 00:22:34,800 Speaker 1: this big block. We use it in a lot of 480 00:22:34,800 --> 00:22:35,359 Speaker 1: Indian foods. 481 00:22:35,359 --> 00:22:37,280 Speaker 2: But it has this amazing caramelized color. 482 00:22:37,320 --> 00:22:39,520 Speaker 1: It's like this light brown and it's rich and it's 483 00:22:39,560 --> 00:22:41,639 Speaker 1: got still got a lot of the nutrients in it 484 00:22:41,680 --> 00:22:44,200 Speaker 1: because it hasn't been you know, the sugar hasn't been extracted. 485 00:22:44,240 --> 00:22:46,800 Speaker 2: It's actually very nutrient dense. And so even when. 486 00:22:46,680 --> 00:22:48,440 Speaker 1: You're thinking about the sugars that you're having, you can 487 00:22:48,480 --> 00:22:52,120 Speaker 1: pick the sugars which are have higher nutrients, higher vitamins 488 00:22:52,119 --> 00:22:54,160 Speaker 1: and minerals in them, which also helps with the way 489 00:22:54,160 --> 00:22:57,280 Speaker 1: that it digests. To go along with that, the way 490 00:22:57,320 --> 00:23:01,200 Speaker 1: that food is prepared also determines what category it sits in. 491 00:23:01,560 --> 00:23:03,000 Speaker 1: And so let's say you have a carrot, and a 492 00:23:03,040 --> 00:23:05,600 Speaker 1: carrot you've just picked it fresh from the garden. The 493 00:23:05,680 --> 00:23:09,840 Speaker 1: nutritional value, the how much nutrients are actually packed into that, 494 00:23:09,920 --> 00:23:12,320 Speaker 1: the amount of life that it still has in it 495 00:23:12,359 --> 00:23:16,159 Speaker 1: is so high, and we call that actually prana. So 496 00:23:16,720 --> 00:23:21,080 Speaker 1: prana in English means life force and it's basically the 497 00:23:21,160 --> 00:23:24,560 Speaker 1: underlying energy that keeps us vibrant and healthy in our body. 498 00:23:24,560 --> 00:23:26,840 Speaker 1: And there are certain foods that are hiring prana and 499 00:23:26,920 --> 00:23:30,840 Speaker 1: certain foods that don't have as much prana. And high 500 00:23:30,880 --> 00:23:33,879 Speaker 1: pranic foods or foods which are rich in this life 501 00:23:33,880 --> 00:23:38,080 Speaker 1: force include fresh foods, basically everything that comes into sectic 502 00:23:38,160 --> 00:23:41,719 Speaker 1: food category. So the ones that are optimal in this 503 00:23:41,800 --> 00:23:44,280 Speaker 1: are the foods that you grow yourself, because as soon 504 00:23:44,320 --> 00:23:46,040 Speaker 1: as you pick the food, it's when it's got the 505 00:23:46,040 --> 00:23:48,280 Speaker 1: most amount of value to it. And so let's say 506 00:23:48,280 --> 00:23:49,639 Speaker 1: you take this carra and then you leave it in 507 00:23:49,640 --> 00:23:51,159 Speaker 1: your fridge for a little bit. You leave it in 508 00:23:51,200 --> 00:23:53,640 Speaker 1: there for maybe a week or two, and you see 509 00:23:53,680 --> 00:23:55,480 Speaker 1: when you pick it up, it's become limp and a 510 00:23:55,520 --> 00:23:57,680 Speaker 1: little bit of ring cord, and it just doesn't look 511 00:23:57,760 --> 00:24:00,159 Speaker 1: very attractive, does it. But at the same time, and 512 00:24:00,160 --> 00:24:02,479 Speaker 1: what's happened there is the nutrients have seeped out of it. 513 00:24:02,480 --> 00:24:05,600 Speaker 1: It's become duller and duller. And so a beautiful fresh 514 00:24:05,640 --> 00:24:07,640 Speaker 1: carrot can go from being in the mode of goodness 515 00:24:07,760 --> 00:24:10,959 Speaker 1: and being a food that uplifts you, brings you great energy, 516 00:24:11,280 --> 00:24:13,120 Speaker 1: to being a food that when you eat it two 517 00:24:13,160 --> 00:24:15,640 Speaker 1: weeks later won't have that effect. And it can move 518 00:24:15,680 --> 00:24:18,560 Speaker 1: down the modes towards mode of passion, or it can 519 00:24:18,640 --> 00:24:22,280 Speaker 1: be categorized further down. And so how we keep it, 520 00:24:22,400 --> 00:24:24,760 Speaker 1: how we cook it as well. So when you end 521 00:24:24,840 --> 00:24:28,200 Speaker 1: up cooking foods in the mode of goodness, it's lightly seasoned, 522 00:24:28,320 --> 00:24:33,399 Speaker 1: not over stimulating, freshly cooked so not too overcooked, not 523 00:24:33,480 --> 00:24:36,160 Speaker 1: deep frying it, not cooking in a lot of oil 524 00:24:36,200 --> 00:24:38,000 Speaker 1: where it kind of kills a lot of the nutrients 525 00:24:38,320 --> 00:24:40,200 Speaker 1: and not under cooking it where it sometimes can be 526 00:24:40,240 --> 00:24:43,520 Speaker 1: difficult to digest, like sometimes salads, even though they're so 527 00:24:44,040 --> 00:24:47,080 Speaker 1: rich in nutrients, sometimes it can be quite difficult to 528 00:24:47,119 --> 00:24:49,919 Speaker 1: digest these because your stomach's having to break down. And 529 00:24:49,920 --> 00:24:52,720 Speaker 1: if you have a weak digestion, you will find your 530 00:24:52,760 --> 00:24:55,040 Speaker 1: stomach gets upset from eating a lot of raw foods. 531 00:24:55,359 --> 00:24:58,040 Speaker 1: And so having it in a form which is easy 532 00:24:58,080 --> 00:25:02,119 Speaker 1: to digest, easy to absorb all the nutrients from is better. 533 00:25:02,280 --> 00:25:04,840 Speaker 1: So the fresher and the closest to its original form, 534 00:25:05,280 --> 00:25:08,280 Speaker 1: the better essentially. And then when we get to rajsick, 535 00:25:08,320 --> 00:25:11,560 Speaker 1: which is the mode of passion foods. Honestly, this is 536 00:25:11,600 --> 00:25:13,760 Speaker 1: the category I tend to live in a lot when 537 00:25:13,760 --> 00:25:17,520 Speaker 1: it comes to food because I love my over spicy foods. 538 00:25:17,560 --> 00:25:20,240 Speaker 1: I like things which are salty and sour, and like 539 00:25:20,640 --> 00:25:23,119 Speaker 1: you know, it's a little bit more of the extremes 540 00:25:23,119 --> 00:25:25,800 Speaker 1: when it comes to your taste buds. And what does 541 00:25:25,840 --> 00:25:28,639 Speaker 1: it end up doing to your body? So it looks 542 00:25:28,680 --> 00:25:31,919 Speaker 1: like stimulation in your body. It's stress over excitement, all 543 00:25:31,960 --> 00:25:37,320 Speaker 1: this kind of extreme emotions of agitation, irritation, stimulation, all 544 00:25:37,320 --> 00:25:40,800 Speaker 1: the shins that is essentially what the foods in the 545 00:25:40,840 --> 00:25:42,679 Speaker 1: mode of passion do to our body when we have 546 00:25:42,720 --> 00:25:44,720 Speaker 1: too much of them. And so having some of these 547 00:25:44,720 --> 00:25:48,040 Speaker 1: foods is fine in smaller proportions, and it's totally fine 548 00:25:48,040 --> 00:25:51,119 Speaker 1: to have it in certain amounts, but having a diet 549 00:25:51,160 --> 00:25:53,240 Speaker 1: which is made up of too many of these foods 550 00:25:53,480 --> 00:25:57,040 Speaker 1: actually overstimulates the body and the mind and can lead 551 00:25:57,080 --> 00:26:00,920 Speaker 1: to circulatory issues nervous system disorders. That's where a lot 552 00:26:00,920 --> 00:26:03,680 Speaker 1: of anxiety can root from. When you have too many 553 00:26:03,680 --> 00:26:07,040 Speaker 1: foods in this category, it can imbalance the body and 554 00:26:07,080 --> 00:26:10,080 Speaker 1: the mind, and it leads to anxiety, disturbs sleep, and 555 00:26:10,240 --> 00:26:13,280 Speaker 1: over indulgence because there's just so much stimulation. 556 00:26:13,760 --> 00:26:16,560 Speaker 2: And so foods that you get into this category are. 557 00:26:16,960 --> 00:26:22,600 Speaker 1: Deep, oily foods, extreme aromatic foods, spicy, salty, or the 558 00:26:22,680 --> 00:26:28,399 Speaker 1: sensory overload yeasts, vinegars, sugars, pickles and garlic and onion. 559 00:26:28,720 --> 00:26:31,160 Speaker 1: And garlic and onion is always one that surprises people 560 00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:34,400 Speaker 1: because everyone always says to me, you don't eat onion 561 00:26:34,440 --> 00:26:36,359 Speaker 1: and garlic, which so I do eat it when I 562 00:26:36,400 --> 00:26:39,119 Speaker 1: go out and about, but I avoid cooking with onion 563 00:26:39,160 --> 00:26:41,760 Speaker 1: and garlic on a daily basis because it is said 564 00:26:41,800 --> 00:26:46,120 Speaker 1: in yoga that these foods in the mode of passion, 565 00:26:46,200 --> 00:26:48,280 Speaker 1: the raj sik foods, all the foods that sit in 566 00:26:48,280 --> 00:26:51,800 Speaker 1: this category actually agitate the mind. And so if you 567 00:26:51,840 --> 00:26:54,400 Speaker 1: are someone who likes to practice yoga or you're someone 568 00:26:54,400 --> 00:26:57,640 Speaker 1: who wants to practice meditation, a lot of yogis avoid 569 00:26:57,720 --> 00:27:02,080 Speaker 1: eating onion and garlic. Yes, have medicinal benefits. They really do. 570 00:27:02,119 --> 00:27:05,560 Speaker 1: When you're eating them in small potent quantities for a 571 00:27:05,600 --> 00:27:08,919 Speaker 1: specific need. They have incredible health benefits. But just like 572 00:27:08,960 --> 00:27:11,440 Speaker 1: everything else in this world, when you end up eating 573 00:27:11,520 --> 00:27:14,439 Speaker 1: excess of it, it can cause the opposite effects. So 574 00:27:14,440 --> 00:27:17,080 Speaker 1: it causes inflammation in the body, it causes irritation to 575 00:27:17,119 --> 00:27:20,080 Speaker 1: the stomach. And that's why a lot of people, you know, 576 00:27:20,119 --> 00:27:22,879 Speaker 1: if you think about ibs or anything to do with 577 00:27:22,920 --> 00:27:25,920 Speaker 1: the gut, like any issues, people have irritable bowel syndrome. 578 00:27:26,520 --> 00:27:30,479 Speaker 1: Most doctors, even Western doctors, will recommend there's certain you know, 579 00:27:30,520 --> 00:27:32,639 Speaker 1: the FODMAP diet, which tells you the foods that you 580 00:27:32,640 --> 00:27:36,080 Speaker 1: should cut out if you have a sensitive stomach or 581 00:27:36,119 --> 00:27:38,720 Speaker 1: you get irritation in the stomach, and garlic and onion 582 00:27:38,760 --> 00:27:41,359 Speaker 1: are definitely two of the ones that rank higher in 583 00:27:41,400 --> 00:27:44,880 Speaker 1: that list because they do cause that and so surprise, surprise. 584 00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:47,760 Speaker 1: But let me tell you, I cut onion and garlic, 585 00:27:47,760 --> 00:27:48,960 Speaker 1: and I was like, this is going to be the 586 00:27:48,960 --> 00:27:50,960 Speaker 1: hardest thing I've ever done in my whole entire life. 587 00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:53,520 Speaker 1: And now, I kid you not when people come over 588 00:27:53,600 --> 00:27:56,240 Speaker 1: and they eat my food, and it's not just because 589 00:27:56,320 --> 00:27:58,280 Speaker 1: I think I'm a good cook. What I have learned, though, 590 00:27:58,359 --> 00:28:02,240 Speaker 1: is how to balance and spices, and how to utilize spices, 591 00:28:02,240 --> 00:28:05,280 Speaker 1: and how to how there's so many other flavors in 592 00:28:05,280 --> 00:28:07,399 Speaker 1: the world except for onion and garlic. So if anything, 593 00:28:07,440 --> 00:28:09,200 Speaker 1: if you reduce the amount of onion and garlic, start 594 00:28:09,200 --> 00:28:13,080 Speaker 1: exploring spices because they are not only so medicinally beneficial, 595 00:28:13,320 --> 00:28:16,840 Speaker 1: but just create a whole different flavor profile to your meals. 596 00:28:17,320 --> 00:28:20,240 Speaker 1: Next category is thumbsticks. So these are the foods which 597 00:28:20,240 --> 00:28:21,560 Speaker 1: are in the mode of ignorance, and these are the 598 00:28:21,560 --> 00:28:22,760 Speaker 1: ones that you should eat. 599 00:28:22,960 --> 00:28:24,560 Speaker 2: As little of as possible. 600 00:28:24,560 --> 00:28:28,440 Speaker 1: They're the ones that really can bring your energy levels down, 601 00:28:28,480 --> 00:28:30,560 Speaker 1: bring your mood down, put you into this state of 602 00:28:30,760 --> 00:28:35,000 Speaker 1: ignorance in the mind where it's dull and lethargic and 603 00:28:35,359 --> 00:28:39,840 Speaker 1: heavy and physically, mentally and emotionally just a little bit. 604 00:28:40,120 --> 00:28:41,959 Speaker 1: What's the word for it like numb. You feel this 605 00:28:42,040 --> 00:28:43,760 Speaker 1: kind of I don't know where the inertia is the word. 606 00:28:43,800 --> 00:28:46,080 Speaker 1: Maybe I've used using in the wrong context, but you 607 00:28:46,200 --> 00:28:49,960 Speaker 1: kind of feel this just numbness constantly going through your 608 00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:52,600 Speaker 1: mind and your body. And when you have that for 609 00:28:52,800 --> 00:28:54,800 Speaker 1: long periods of time, it could be attributed to the 610 00:28:54,800 --> 00:28:58,000 Speaker 1: foods that you're eating. Sometimes it can be lack of 611 00:28:58,040 --> 00:29:01,680 Speaker 1: motivation or purpose and negativity tea in your mind and 612 00:29:01,920 --> 00:29:04,160 Speaker 1: the types of foods that are categorized in here. Now, 613 00:29:04,160 --> 00:29:07,160 Speaker 1: I just want to preface this or do a little 614 00:29:07,720 --> 00:29:11,480 Speaker 1: note before I say this. Yes, I'm vegan. I really 615 00:29:11,520 --> 00:29:15,240 Speaker 1: do love animals. It's something which I am extremely passionate 616 00:29:15,280 --> 00:29:17,920 Speaker 1: about being vegetarian from birth and then I turn vegan 617 00:29:17,960 --> 00:29:20,640 Speaker 1: over ten years ago, and so yes, I do love 618 00:29:20,680 --> 00:29:23,680 Speaker 1: promoting a plant based lifestyle. I do fight for the 619 00:29:23,720 --> 00:29:26,840 Speaker 1: animals because I've seen the suffering and it makes me 620 00:29:26,960 --> 00:29:28,360 Speaker 1: very sad. But at the same time, when I do 621 00:29:28,440 --> 00:29:31,280 Speaker 1: talk about things like this, I say it with absolutely 622 00:29:31,360 --> 00:29:34,000 Speaker 1: no judgment and instead I say it just to have 623 00:29:34,120 --> 00:29:36,440 Speaker 1: information that I can share with you. So as long 624 00:29:36,440 --> 00:29:38,680 Speaker 1: as you are making informed decisions for me, I've done 625 00:29:38,720 --> 00:29:42,560 Speaker 1: my job. But when I talk about eating animal products 626 00:29:42,600 --> 00:29:44,320 Speaker 1: or anything. It is really not coming from a place 627 00:29:44,360 --> 00:29:46,920 Speaker 1: of judgment. I think everybody is where there are, and 628 00:29:46,960 --> 00:29:49,840 Speaker 1: everybody's growing in different ways and has different opinions. But 629 00:29:49,920 --> 00:29:52,040 Speaker 1: it is just me sharing it so that you know 630 00:29:52,200 --> 00:29:55,160 Speaker 1: and telling you facts. And so foods that sit in 631 00:29:55,200 --> 00:29:59,840 Speaker 1: this category of ignorance are impure foods, rotten foods, animal flesh, 632 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:02,960 Speaker 1: foods that require a lot of energy to digest, deep 633 00:30:03,040 --> 00:30:06,000 Speaker 1: fried foods, burnt foods, you know, when you end up 634 00:30:06,040 --> 00:30:10,040 Speaker 1: getting like that charred look on food that actually is 635 00:30:10,080 --> 00:30:14,280 Speaker 1: also known to be carcinogenic, but also creates these qualities 636 00:30:14,280 --> 00:30:16,880 Speaker 1: in our body because you kind of essentially just burn 637 00:30:16,920 --> 00:30:19,400 Speaker 1: all the nutrients out of it, Foods that are more 638 00:30:19,400 --> 00:30:20,680 Speaker 1: than a year old, So you know, we end up 639 00:30:20,720 --> 00:30:23,280 Speaker 1: having like lots of dried foods that stay in our 640 00:30:23,320 --> 00:30:25,880 Speaker 1: cupboards for a long time and jars that stay in 641 00:30:25,880 --> 00:30:28,360 Speaker 1: our cupbos for a long time. Honestly, the longer something says, 642 00:30:29,080 --> 00:30:31,680 Speaker 1: even though it's been preserved and all of this stuff, 643 00:30:31,760 --> 00:30:34,920 Speaker 1: slowly the nutrients do really seep out of it. And 644 00:30:35,280 --> 00:30:37,200 Speaker 1: so the longer you end up leaving things, you know, 645 00:30:37,440 --> 00:30:39,920 Speaker 1: just the fresher the better. Having oils that are very 646 00:30:40,240 --> 00:30:44,360 Speaker 1: old actually oils go very rancid easily, especially if they're 647 00:30:44,360 --> 00:30:46,720 Speaker 1: not oils that are used to a high heat tolerance. 648 00:30:46,760 --> 00:30:50,280 Speaker 1: And so you know, think about constantly replenishing the foods 649 00:30:50,320 --> 00:30:52,560 Speaker 1: that you're eating. Don't buy things in bulk, buy things 650 00:30:52,600 --> 00:30:54,680 Speaker 1: fresh as you can go along for if you can. 651 00:30:54,760 --> 00:30:58,160 Speaker 1: I know there's a benefit financially to buy things in bulk, 652 00:30:58,200 --> 00:31:02,440 Speaker 1: which I completely understand, where possible buy things in smaller quantities, 653 00:31:02,480 --> 00:31:05,320 Speaker 1: so you're constantly replenishing and you're getting fresher versions of it. 654 00:31:06,240 --> 00:31:10,600 Speaker 1: Artificial things like all the artificial sweeteners and stuff foods 655 00:31:10,640 --> 00:31:15,880 Speaker 1: which overcooked, stale bread, stale foods, processed, and also microwave food. 656 00:31:15,920 --> 00:31:18,280 Speaker 1: It says that when you're using a microwave, it really 657 00:31:18,320 --> 00:31:20,480 Speaker 1: does up a lot of the nutrients out of it. 658 00:31:20,720 --> 00:31:22,200 Speaker 2: Those are the three categories. 659 00:31:22,720 --> 00:31:25,200 Speaker 1: And oh, I will also say that, you know, when 660 00:31:25,200 --> 00:31:27,120 Speaker 1: I was talking about the fresh fresh foods, you know, 661 00:31:27,200 --> 00:31:29,680 Speaker 1: people ask about frozen foods a lot, and I will 662 00:31:29,720 --> 00:31:33,080 Speaker 1: say that they actually can live in the Stovik food category. 663 00:31:33,080 --> 00:31:36,160 Speaker 1: I'll tell you why, because sometimes they end up being fresher. 664 00:31:36,320 --> 00:31:38,160 Speaker 1: And my dad talks about this a lot because he 665 00:31:38,280 --> 00:31:42,120 Speaker 1: used to My dad used to own or still does own. 666 00:31:42,120 --> 00:31:44,400 Speaker 1: I don't know, but they used to have a fresh 667 00:31:44,400 --> 00:31:47,400 Speaker 1: fruit and vegetable company and also freeze dried company where 668 00:31:47,400 --> 00:31:50,320 Speaker 1: they would take the vegetables freeze them from the moment 669 00:31:50,400 --> 00:31:54,120 Speaker 1: they were basically picked, and it retains the nutritional value 670 00:31:54,200 --> 00:31:56,240 Speaker 1: of the food. So sometimes we're eating foods that have 671 00:31:56,280 --> 00:31:59,920 Speaker 1: travelers on a plane and then another van, and then 672 00:32:00,040 --> 00:32:01,920 Speaker 1: by the time it gets to us, it's already so old. 673 00:32:02,360 --> 00:32:05,280 Speaker 1: And so actually eating foods that have been frozen at 674 00:32:05,280 --> 00:32:07,600 Speaker 1: the point of being picked is actually going to be 675 00:32:07,600 --> 00:32:11,040 Speaker 1: way far more nutritionally valuable than the banana that's come 676 00:32:11,160 --> 00:32:13,560 Speaker 1: all the way from I don't know, India. I don't 677 00:32:13,560 --> 00:32:14,840 Speaker 1: know whther the bananas are going to come from India, 678 00:32:14,840 --> 00:32:16,160 Speaker 1: but that's come all the way from India and it 679 00:32:16,240 --> 00:32:18,880 Speaker 1: has basically getting to me like five days after it's 680 00:32:18,920 --> 00:32:21,560 Speaker 1: actually been picked, or even sometimes two weeks after, depending 681 00:32:21,560 --> 00:32:24,600 Speaker 1: on how it's been preserved. And so just wanted to 682 00:32:24,640 --> 00:32:26,960 Speaker 1: add that because I sometimes get questions about frozen food 683 00:32:27,160 --> 00:32:32,520 Speaker 1: versus versus fresh foods, and so so I mentioned spices earlier. 684 00:32:32,520 --> 00:32:34,960 Speaker 1: I will continue to mention spices for the rest of 685 00:32:35,000 --> 00:32:37,880 Speaker 1: my life because that is my agenda to help people 686 00:32:38,840 --> 00:32:42,320 Speaker 1: figure out and get happy and excited about using spices 687 00:32:42,360 --> 00:32:44,560 Speaker 1: in their life because of how much it can heal 688 00:32:44,640 --> 00:32:47,920 Speaker 1: your body. Let's talk about adaptagens and spices. If you 689 00:32:48,080 --> 00:32:50,640 Speaker 1: have heard of adaptagens, which in case you weren't aware 690 00:32:50,640 --> 00:32:53,840 Speaker 1: of what they are, adaptagens are any plant compounds that 691 00:32:53,840 --> 00:32:56,680 Speaker 1: can help your body adapt to stress. They support your 692 00:32:56,680 --> 00:32:58,920 Speaker 1: immune system, they support your digestive system. 693 00:32:59,160 --> 00:32:59,680 Speaker 2: There are lots of. 694 00:32:59,680 --> 00:33:03,800 Speaker 1: Different adaptagens that specifically do different things, but essentially they'll 695 00:33:03,800 --> 00:33:06,720 Speaker 1: help your body adapt to the stresses of life, essentially 696 00:33:06,840 --> 00:33:08,640 Speaker 1: hopefully bring you to a point of balance. 697 00:33:08,960 --> 00:33:10,240 Speaker 2: And so I'm just gonna speak about a few. 698 00:33:10,240 --> 00:33:12,160 Speaker 1: There are so many, and I'm going to put adaptations 699 00:33:12,160 --> 00:33:14,200 Speaker 1: and spices into the same category. I feel like I 700 00:33:14,200 --> 00:33:16,280 Speaker 1: could probably do a whole other podcast on this which 701 00:33:16,320 --> 00:33:19,880 Speaker 1: I will really breaking down spices and adaptagens that are 702 00:33:19,960 --> 00:33:22,600 Speaker 1: incredible for the body. But I'll start off with a 703 00:33:22,600 --> 00:33:24,280 Speaker 1: few which are a little bit more common. So there's 704 00:33:24,360 --> 00:33:27,440 Speaker 1: Ushwa gunda. Ushwa Gunda helps to support the body's natural 705 00:33:27,960 --> 00:33:31,360 Speaker 1: stress balancing processes. You can get it in powder form, 706 00:33:31,400 --> 00:33:34,640 Speaker 1: you can get it in pills. I really believe that 707 00:33:34,640 --> 00:33:37,360 Speaker 1: with adaptagens, it's something which you don't necessarily have to 708 00:33:37,400 --> 00:33:39,680 Speaker 1: have your whole life. I think there are phases of 709 00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:41,960 Speaker 1: like you kind of have can do them in phases 710 00:33:42,000 --> 00:33:44,640 Speaker 1: where you take them for six months to help rebalance, 711 00:33:44,680 --> 00:33:46,280 Speaker 1: and then you take a break, you take them again 712 00:33:46,360 --> 00:33:48,160 Speaker 1: for another six months, and then you take a break. 713 00:33:48,440 --> 00:33:51,520 Speaker 1: I think our bodies change and adapt so much that 714 00:33:51,560 --> 00:33:53,920 Speaker 1: we have to be so much more aware of of 715 00:33:54,120 --> 00:33:56,800 Speaker 1: like how much our body changes and whether we still 716 00:33:56,840 --> 00:33:59,520 Speaker 1: need what we're taking. And that's the same with medication. 717 00:33:59,600 --> 00:34:02,200 Speaker 1: To be honest, you should really reevaluate what your body 718 00:34:02,240 --> 00:34:06,760 Speaker 1: needs so regularly. Same with food, same with everything. Really, 719 00:34:06,920 --> 00:34:08,960 Speaker 1: just we change so much and so we should always 720 00:34:09,000 --> 00:34:11,200 Speaker 1: be so aware of how is our body feeling? Now 721 00:34:11,200 --> 00:34:12,960 Speaker 1: do I still feel like I need this? Am I 722 00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:15,759 Speaker 1: taking these anti acid tablets? But do I still even 723 00:34:15,800 --> 00:34:19,680 Speaker 1: have acid issues six months later? So anyway, Yeah, that's 724 00:34:19,680 --> 00:34:22,759 Speaker 1: ashua gunda. So the next one is elthenine, and it's 725 00:34:22,800 --> 00:34:26,640 Speaker 1: actually naturally found in things like tea, So grab yourself 726 00:34:26,680 --> 00:34:29,800 Speaker 1: a cup of tea and essentially it really supports the 727 00:34:29,960 --> 00:34:33,640 Speaker 1: serotonin and dopamine release in our body, and both of 728 00:34:33,680 --> 00:34:36,759 Speaker 1: those are our happy hormones. The serotonin is like a 729 00:34:36,880 --> 00:34:40,960 Speaker 1: longer term happy hormone that releases slowly and has a 730 00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:45,719 Speaker 1: longer happy effect, and dopamine is more of an instant hit, 731 00:34:45,880 --> 00:34:48,600 Speaker 1: like when we get that instant feeling of goodness, and 732 00:34:48,680 --> 00:34:53,359 Speaker 1: so it helps to support that the production of both 733 00:34:53,400 --> 00:34:56,959 Speaker 1: of them and therefore obviously decrease stress and anxiety felt 734 00:34:56,960 --> 00:35:00,800 Speaker 1: in the body. Tumoric, let's get into the spices, reduces 735 00:35:00,800 --> 00:35:03,640 Speaker 1: inflammation in the body and boost your brain function. It's 736 00:35:03,640 --> 00:35:06,560 Speaker 1: an antioxidant and anti inflammatory, which are two terms we're 737 00:35:06,600 --> 00:35:08,680 Speaker 1: going to go on to a little bit later. And 738 00:35:08,680 --> 00:35:11,880 Speaker 1: it can stimulate again the release of serotonin, which is 739 00:35:11,920 --> 00:35:13,120 Speaker 1: your natural mood enhancer. 740 00:35:13,719 --> 00:35:14,560 Speaker 2: And then cinnamon. 741 00:35:15,000 --> 00:35:18,319 Speaker 1: So cinnamon is something which is so cool because you 742 00:35:18,800 --> 00:35:21,680 Speaker 1: can stimulate the brain just by smelling cinnamon. I don't 743 00:35:21,680 --> 00:35:24,120 Speaker 1: know whether you knew that about cinnamon, but cinnamon is 744 00:35:24,120 --> 00:35:27,080 Speaker 1: a spice where just by smelling it, it actually stimulates 745 00:35:27,080 --> 00:35:29,200 Speaker 1: the brain. And so just adding a little bit of 746 00:35:29,239 --> 00:35:31,360 Speaker 1: cinnamon to your diet here and there and your milk 747 00:35:31,440 --> 00:35:36,600 Speaker 1: and your teas can actually help increase attention cognitive processing, 748 00:35:37,080 --> 00:35:39,759 Speaker 1: and both of which end up being moodlifters. When your 749 00:35:39,800 --> 00:35:43,560 Speaker 1: brain is functioning better and it feels like there's more focus, 750 00:35:43,800 --> 00:35:45,919 Speaker 1: you naturally feel better. 751 00:35:45,600 --> 00:35:46,680 Speaker 2: And your mood is lifted. 752 00:35:47,080 --> 00:35:49,120 Speaker 1: So I'm going to actually only talk about those four 753 00:35:49,200 --> 00:35:52,200 Speaker 1: spices and the adaptogens right now, just because it's a 754 00:35:52,200 --> 00:35:53,320 Speaker 1: whole topic in itself. 755 00:35:53,719 --> 00:35:54,640 Speaker 2: But look into them. 756 00:35:54,520 --> 00:35:57,200 Speaker 1: Do a little research yourself, and we're going to go 757 00:35:57,239 --> 00:36:00,200 Speaker 1: on to the chunkiest part of this, which is the 758 00:36:00,400 --> 00:36:05,480 Speaker 1: nutrients you need to boost your mood, like the deficiencies. 759 00:36:05,600 --> 00:36:08,640 Speaker 2: Because you know, what I really have realized is. 760 00:36:10,200 --> 00:36:11,879 Speaker 1: A lot of the time we think we have something 761 00:36:11,880 --> 00:36:14,799 Speaker 1: physically wrong with us, and we believe that it is 762 00:36:15,640 --> 00:36:17,880 Speaker 1: in our mind, and that we have something going on 763 00:36:17,920 --> 00:36:19,840 Speaker 1: in our mind, and there's something wrong with us, and why. 764 00:36:19,719 --> 00:36:20,880 Speaker 2: Am I feeling so upset? 765 00:36:20,880 --> 00:36:24,000 Speaker 1: Why am I feeling so sad? And why do I 766 00:36:24,040 --> 00:36:26,600 Speaker 1: have so many ups and downs in my moods? And 767 00:36:26,640 --> 00:36:29,560 Speaker 1: we really are so hard on ourselves when we're talking 768 00:36:29,560 --> 00:36:32,360 Speaker 1: to ourselves about it, and we don't realize that actually, 769 00:36:32,360 --> 00:36:35,040 Speaker 1: there could be an easy fix, there could be something 770 00:36:35,080 --> 00:36:37,840 Speaker 1: that I could be easily doing to figure out what's 771 00:36:37,880 --> 00:36:41,200 Speaker 1: going on. And so first and foremost, get your blood tested. 772 00:36:41,440 --> 00:36:43,520 Speaker 1: I will say that before I even go into the nutrients. 773 00:36:43,960 --> 00:36:46,960 Speaker 1: Get your full bloods done regularly, and I actually think 774 00:36:47,000 --> 00:36:52,440 Speaker 1: doing it every six months every year. It's so unbelievably beneficial. 775 00:36:52,480 --> 00:36:55,440 Speaker 1: The amount of times I have woken up where I'm 776 00:36:55,440 --> 00:36:57,360 Speaker 1: still feeling so tired after. 777 00:36:57,160 --> 00:37:00,240 Speaker 2: A good night of sleep, or when I just feel really. 778 00:37:00,120 --> 00:37:02,080 Speaker 1: Low in my mood and my energy and I can't 779 00:37:02,120 --> 00:37:05,239 Speaker 1: explain why, and everything just feels a little bit dull. 780 00:37:05,320 --> 00:37:06,360 Speaker 2: That's the any way I can explain it. 781 00:37:06,400 --> 00:37:09,120 Speaker 1: I've gone through weeks where everything just feels a bit 782 00:37:09,200 --> 00:37:11,600 Speaker 1: numb and dull, and then I get my blood work 783 00:37:11,600 --> 00:37:14,200 Speaker 1: done and I realize, oh my gosh, I've been I'm 784 00:37:14,520 --> 00:37:19,359 Speaker 1: so drastically low in vitamin D, I'm so drastically low 785 00:37:19,400 --> 00:37:22,160 Speaker 1: in my eye and levels. And suddenly I start taking 786 00:37:22,280 --> 00:37:25,200 Speaker 1: shots for them. And suddenly I start taking my supplements properly, 787 00:37:25,719 --> 00:37:27,640 Speaker 1: and I start eating the foods that are rich in 788 00:37:27,719 --> 00:37:31,120 Speaker 1: these things, and my mood suddenly changes. It feels like 789 00:37:31,160 --> 00:37:34,000 Speaker 1: a cloud is lifted off my off, like off from 790 00:37:34,040 --> 00:37:37,120 Speaker 1: on top of me. And so, you know, do all 791 00:37:37,160 --> 00:37:39,719 Speaker 1: the practical things you can do before you start being 792 00:37:39,760 --> 00:37:42,120 Speaker 1: too hard on yourself. Do all the tests, Do all 793 00:37:42,200 --> 00:37:44,560 Speaker 1: the experiments that you need to do with your body 794 00:37:44,600 --> 00:37:47,600 Speaker 1: to understand it better so that you don't just sit 795 00:37:47,760 --> 00:37:49,920 Speaker 1: in it for too long. We end up living with 796 00:37:49,960 --> 00:37:53,200 Speaker 1: things thinking it's normality. We end up sitting in it thinking, oh, 797 00:37:53,239 --> 00:37:54,920 Speaker 1: this is just how my body feels. It's just so 798 00:37:55,040 --> 00:37:57,880 Speaker 1: normal for it to feel like that. But something becomes 799 00:37:57,920 --> 00:37:59,880 Speaker 1: normal when we leave it for too long. It becomes 800 00:38:00,120 --> 00:38:02,400 Speaker 1: normality in our ordinary when we leave it for too long. 801 00:38:02,760 --> 00:38:06,880 Speaker 1: And so don't settle for like what your normal is. 802 00:38:06,920 --> 00:38:09,840 Speaker 1: Your normal should be feeling optimal. That's actually what a 803 00:38:09,920 --> 00:38:12,880 Speaker 1: normality should be. So let's start off with protein. Now. 804 00:38:13,520 --> 00:38:16,239 Speaker 1: Amino Acids are the building blocks for protein. When you 805 00:38:16,280 --> 00:38:19,080 Speaker 1: eat foods with amino acids in them, it actually is 806 00:38:19,840 --> 00:38:23,400 Speaker 1: what creates the protein in our body. And protein is 807 00:38:23,600 --> 00:38:27,320 Speaker 1: required and necessary for the messenger signals within our brain, 808 00:38:27,880 --> 00:38:31,560 Speaker 1: which when your brain is functioning right naturally, your mood 809 00:38:31,800 --> 00:38:35,640 Speaker 1: is better because you're just functioning well and it creates 810 00:38:35,680 --> 00:38:38,600 Speaker 1: more balance in the body, and so proteins. Look, you 811 00:38:38,640 --> 00:38:41,120 Speaker 1: can get protein from so many places. You've got quinoa, 812 00:38:41,520 --> 00:38:47,879 Speaker 1: you've got your pulses, your nuts, your seeds, tofu. There's 813 00:38:47,920 --> 00:38:50,120 Speaker 1: small amounts of protein in so many different foods. But 814 00:38:50,560 --> 00:38:53,520 Speaker 1: essentially making sure you've got a good amount of protein 815 00:38:53,560 --> 00:38:56,520 Speaker 1: in your body and in your diet is going to 816 00:38:56,719 --> 00:38:59,440 Speaker 1: really help to keep your mood going. 817 00:38:59,640 --> 00:39:01,480 Speaker 2: You know, and then the next thing is fat. 818 00:39:01,560 --> 00:39:04,440 Speaker 1: So fats are actually so essential to the nervous system. 819 00:39:05,120 --> 00:39:06,959 Speaker 1: They're exactly what you think they would be. They really 820 00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:11,239 Speaker 1: help to support and narrash nurture our nervous system. It's 821 00:39:11,320 --> 00:39:14,720 Speaker 1: like a big hug for your nerves. And our brains 822 00:39:14,719 --> 00:39:17,440 Speaker 1: are actually sixty percent fat, and so we really do 823 00:39:17,560 --> 00:39:19,600 Speaker 1: need to make sure we're eating these good fats every 824 00:39:19,600 --> 00:39:23,520 Speaker 1: single day to help support our brain function and the 825 00:39:23,560 --> 00:39:28,600 Speaker 1: integrity and the quality of how it's functioning. And they 826 00:39:28,680 --> 00:39:31,239 Speaker 1: also help with the messenger system in our brain. But 827 00:39:31,560 --> 00:39:34,439 Speaker 1: even more importantly, they reduce inflammation in the body, which 828 00:39:34,480 --> 00:39:36,960 Speaker 1: is so important when it comes to our mood. 829 00:39:37,000 --> 00:39:37,960 Speaker 2: And I'll go on to. 830 00:39:38,040 --> 00:39:42,000 Speaker 1: Why it's important, but inflammation is a huge part of 831 00:39:42,280 --> 00:39:45,360 Speaker 1: mood balancing in the body. And so your healthy fats 832 00:39:45,360 --> 00:39:49,239 Speaker 1: are things like avocados and your good quality olive oils. 833 00:39:50,120 --> 00:39:52,600 Speaker 1: And I say good quality because good quality is essential 834 00:39:52,760 --> 00:39:57,600 Speaker 1: the extraversion olive oils and ideally not ones mixed from 835 00:39:57,640 --> 00:39:59,719 Speaker 1: lots of different places, like sometimes you'll see on the 836 00:39:59,719 --> 00:40:03,160 Speaker 1: back olive oils or different oils. They've sourced the olives 837 00:40:03,239 --> 00:40:04,920 Speaker 1: or the olive oil from so many different places and 838 00:40:04,920 --> 00:40:07,479 Speaker 1: they've put them together. Ideally, try and find somewhere where 839 00:40:07,760 --> 00:40:10,600 Speaker 1: there's just one source of the olives. It makes a 840 00:40:10,600 --> 00:40:13,600 Speaker 1: difference to the quality of it. Your nuts, your seeds, 841 00:40:13,680 --> 00:40:16,759 Speaker 1: your cheer seeds, all of that. It's just all the 842 00:40:16,800 --> 00:40:19,920 Speaker 1: good stuff that have all those healthy, wonderful fats that 843 00:40:19,960 --> 00:40:23,920 Speaker 1: your body needs. And then we've got our antioxidants. Antioxidants 844 00:40:24,040 --> 00:40:28,800 Speaker 1: like vitamins A, C, and E. They're needed to fight 845 00:40:29,080 --> 00:40:32,279 Speaker 1: oxidative stress, which is basically inflammation in the body. And 846 00:40:32,560 --> 00:40:34,759 Speaker 1: we can get inflammation in the body from everything from 847 00:40:34,840 --> 00:40:37,880 Speaker 1: the pollution outside, the foods that we eat, the environment 848 00:40:37,920 --> 00:40:40,359 Speaker 1: that we live in. There's just so much of it 849 00:40:40,440 --> 00:40:42,680 Speaker 1: based on just the world that we live in, and 850 00:40:42,760 --> 00:40:45,840 Speaker 1: so really thinking about the foods that help to reduce 851 00:40:45,880 --> 00:40:48,400 Speaker 1: that within our body is so important. Then you can 852 00:40:48,400 --> 00:40:57,160 Speaker 1: get them from berries, citrus, fruits, avocados, egg plants, grapes, pumpkins, mangoes, apricots, carrots, spinach, parsley. 853 00:40:57,200 --> 00:40:59,040 Speaker 2: Basically most of your fruits and your. 854 00:40:58,960 --> 00:41:01,520 Speaker 1: Vegetables are going to have some sort of antioxidants in 855 00:41:01,560 --> 00:41:04,560 Speaker 1: that and they really do help to protect you against 856 00:41:05,080 --> 00:41:07,640 Speaker 1: the build up of the stress that comes with pollution 857 00:41:08,239 --> 00:41:10,960 Speaker 1: and all the things that we get from the environment, 858 00:41:11,160 --> 00:41:13,840 Speaker 1: all the stresses that come into our life. It helps 859 00:41:13,840 --> 00:41:16,279 Speaker 1: to fight that off. So antioxidants are really important. It 860 00:41:16,280 --> 00:41:18,719 Speaker 1: helps your cells thrive, It keeps them fresh, it keeps 861 00:41:18,719 --> 00:41:21,880 Speaker 1: them renewed. Okay, so let's get onto anti inflammatory foods. 862 00:41:21,880 --> 00:41:25,600 Speaker 1: And I'm going to redo something that I recently read 863 00:41:25,680 --> 00:41:28,120 Speaker 1: and it was just there's just such a crazy link 864 00:41:28,200 --> 00:41:31,719 Speaker 1: between inflammation and mood. And I think it's something that's 865 00:41:31,760 --> 00:41:34,920 Speaker 1: probably not as well known as other things, but there 866 00:41:34,960 --> 00:41:37,080 Speaker 1: is such a big link between inflammation in the. 867 00:41:37,000 --> 00:41:38,080 Speaker 2: Body and depression. 868 00:41:38,239 --> 00:41:41,120 Speaker 1: And I read this it says inflammation is the response 869 00:41:41,239 --> 00:41:44,520 Speaker 1: produced by the immune system to protect the body from 870 00:41:44,960 --> 00:41:48,520 Speaker 1: different pathogens, which are basically like things attacking your body, 871 00:41:48,840 --> 00:41:53,359 Speaker 1: your injuries, and your toxins. But chronic inflammation, which can 872 00:41:53,400 --> 00:41:57,279 Speaker 1: be caused by stress, poor diet, and an unhealthy lifestyle, 873 00:41:57,800 --> 00:42:00,520 Speaker 1: can damage cells and organs and increase the risk of 874 00:42:00,600 --> 00:42:04,680 Speaker 1: a lot of health problems. It appears that inflammatory agents 875 00:42:04,680 --> 00:42:07,360 Speaker 1: in the blood can break down the barrier between the 876 00:42:07,400 --> 00:42:12,800 Speaker 1: body and the brain, causing newer inflammation and altering the 877 00:42:12,920 --> 00:42:17,680 Speaker 1: key circuits in the mind. And that's what causes people 878 00:42:17,800 --> 00:42:19,839 Speaker 1: to be more at risk of depression. So the more 879 00:42:19,920 --> 00:42:23,719 Speaker 1: inflammatory foods that we have the bigger risk of our 880 00:42:23,840 --> 00:42:27,960 Speaker 1: mind and the mechanical processes and the chemical processes in 881 00:42:27,960 --> 00:42:31,160 Speaker 1: our mind being altered. And it says that people at 882 00:42:31,280 --> 00:42:34,640 Speaker 1: risk of depression inflammation can actually be the cause for that. 883 00:42:34,960 --> 00:42:37,320 Speaker 1: It's one of those things where we don't often realize, 884 00:42:37,320 --> 00:42:39,640 Speaker 1: and it's usually those things that we don't realize are 885 00:42:39,640 --> 00:42:43,839 Speaker 1: actually happening inside of our body slowly, and it's the thing. 886 00:42:43,880 --> 00:42:45,440 Speaker 1: It's like silent killer, and I don't want to make 887 00:42:45,440 --> 00:42:47,000 Speaker 1: it seem so dramatic. 888 00:42:46,600 --> 00:42:47,840 Speaker 2: But it is. 889 00:42:47,840 --> 00:42:49,759 Speaker 1: That is those things that we don't actually realize every 890 00:42:49,760 --> 00:42:52,120 Speaker 1: single day that we're doing, but that have such a 891 00:42:52,120 --> 00:42:55,160 Speaker 1: big impact in the future or like it's slowly wearing 892 00:42:55,200 --> 00:42:57,879 Speaker 1: away at things in our body. And so an anti 893 00:42:57,920 --> 00:43:01,520 Speaker 1: inflammatory diet or at least increasing the amount of anti 894 00:43:01,560 --> 00:43:04,960 Speaker 1: inflammatory foods in our body is just so important. And 895 00:43:05,320 --> 00:43:07,840 Speaker 1: you know, it's actually very easy to get them. So 896 00:43:08,280 --> 00:43:11,880 Speaker 1: there's something called phyto nutrients, the compounds that give plants 897 00:43:11,920 --> 00:43:14,800 Speaker 1: these like rich colors, and they are rich in anti 898 00:43:14,840 --> 00:43:18,879 Speaker 1: inflammatory compounds, and so most fruits and vegetables are full 899 00:43:18,880 --> 00:43:22,960 Speaker 1: of them. Deep colors of reds, oranges, yellows, blues, and 900 00:43:23,080 --> 00:43:25,520 Speaker 1: greens all of this. I think the best way to 901 00:43:25,520 --> 00:43:27,279 Speaker 1: think about it is when you're having a you've got 902 00:43:27,280 --> 00:43:29,160 Speaker 1: a plate of food in front of you, making sure 903 00:43:29,200 --> 00:43:31,920 Speaker 1: that you've got an array of different colors of vegetables 904 00:43:32,000 --> 00:43:35,080 Speaker 1: and pulses and grains and all those things can really 905 00:43:35,120 --> 00:43:37,719 Speaker 1: help to give you an indication of this is a 906 00:43:37,719 --> 00:43:38,560 Speaker 1: balanced meal. 907 00:43:38,400 --> 00:43:39,120 Speaker 2: That I'm eating. 908 00:43:39,560 --> 00:43:43,440 Speaker 1: And it's such a simple way to identify that. But actually, 909 00:43:43,440 --> 00:43:46,440 Speaker 1: if you start looking at your meals, you'll probably notice, Oh, 910 00:43:46,480 --> 00:43:48,840 Speaker 1: I'm missing this color today, I'm missing this color today. 911 00:43:49,000 --> 00:43:51,440 Speaker 1: Haven't eaten enough of this color? This plate today is 912 00:43:51,440 --> 00:43:55,359 Speaker 1: full of just browns and white foods. And so it's 913 00:43:55,400 --> 00:43:58,160 Speaker 1: a really good way to start without having to be 914 00:43:58,200 --> 00:44:01,400 Speaker 1: too calculative, to just start seeing your plate and saying, hey, like, 915 00:44:01,520 --> 00:44:03,319 Speaker 1: how much variety and how much color do I have 916 00:44:03,360 --> 00:44:09,399 Speaker 1: on my plate? So leafy greens, blueberries, strawberries, carrots, sweet potatoes, blackberries, 917 00:44:09,440 --> 00:44:12,200 Speaker 1: beat trooths. I was reading somewhere like how long does 918 00:44:12,239 --> 00:44:15,280 Speaker 1: it actually take to notice a change to actually create 919 00:44:15,400 --> 00:44:17,800 Speaker 1: change in your body when you have a lot of inflammation, 920 00:44:18,160 --> 00:44:21,560 Speaker 1: And it says incorporating these foods into your diet for 921 00:44:21,680 --> 00:44:24,160 Speaker 1: a minimum of a month, Within a month, you will 922 00:44:24,160 --> 00:44:27,240 Speaker 1: start to notice the changes that your body is feeling, 923 00:44:27,280 --> 00:44:29,839 Speaker 1: like you will start feeling changes in your body. So 924 00:44:30,040 --> 00:44:31,640 Speaker 1: give it a go for a month. I feel like 925 00:44:31,760 --> 00:44:34,040 Speaker 1: there is no time like the present, and no matter 926 00:44:34,080 --> 00:44:36,560 Speaker 1: how much wealth you have, it makes no difference. Without health, 927 00:44:36,640 --> 00:44:40,240 Speaker 1: you can't fulfill your purpose, you can't fulfill your dreams, 928 00:44:40,280 --> 00:44:43,560 Speaker 1: Like health is the core part for us to be 929 00:44:43,600 --> 00:44:45,879 Speaker 1: able to fulfill every single part of our other life, 930 00:44:45,920 --> 00:44:50,279 Speaker 1: whether it's with our family, our friends, our work, our joy, 931 00:44:50,320 --> 00:44:52,080 Speaker 1: our fun that we have in our life, Like if 932 00:44:52,080 --> 00:44:54,319 Speaker 1: we don't have health, it's so hard to do any 933 00:44:54,360 --> 00:44:56,320 Speaker 1: of those other things. And so if you're going to 934 00:44:56,400 --> 00:45:00,400 Speaker 1: invest in anything, then health is probably the place. Actually, 935 00:45:00,400 --> 00:45:02,680 Speaker 1: in my thirties, like when I hit my thirties, I 936 00:45:02,880 --> 00:45:07,799 Speaker 1: made such a conscious decision to start prioritizing where I 937 00:45:07,880 --> 00:45:10,600 Speaker 1: was spending my money, and that was towards health. So 938 00:45:11,480 --> 00:45:13,880 Speaker 1: I could go out to eat a meal, or I 939 00:45:13,920 --> 00:45:15,880 Speaker 1: could go to do a cold plunge and spend my 940 00:45:15,920 --> 00:45:18,839 Speaker 1: money on that. I could go to a sauna and 941 00:45:18,880 --> 00:45:21,279 Speaker 1: spend my money on that. And so I really think 942 00:45:21,320 --> 00:45:25,000 Speaker 1: it's we shouldn't see health shouldn't be a luxury, and unfortunately, 943 00:45:25,000 --> 00:45:27,520 Speaker 1: in a lot of countries, healthcare is a luxury, and 944 00:45:27,560 --> 00:45:30,719 Speaker 1: that's extremely sad. But in the ways where if we 945 00:45:30,800 --> 00:45:33,240 Speaker 1: do have a choice where I'm going to be spending 946 00:45:33,280 --> 00:45:35,360 Speaker 1: a little bit on myself, let me try and invest 947 00:45:35,400 --> 00:45:38,120 Speaker 1: that in my health and you will see the repercussions 948 00:45:38,120 --> 00:45:41,960 Speaker 1: of that are just so abundant. They just reflect in 949 00:45:42,040 --> 00:45:44,359 Speaker 1: so many different areas of your life. And the next 950 00:45:44,360 --> 00:45:47,920 Speaker 1: one is iron. Now, iron deficiency leads to poor oxygen uptakes. 951 00:45:48,000 --> 00:45:50,360 Speaker 1: So the less iron that you have in the body, 952 00:45:50,400 --> 00:45:52,799 Speaker 1: the less blood cells that are being produced, the less 953 00:45:52,840 --> 00:45:56,960 Speaker 1: oxygen that's traveling around your body and up to your brain, 954 00:45:57,280 --> 00:45:59,200 Speaker 1: and the less oxygen you have. I mean, look, we 955 00:45:59,239 --> 00:46:01,279 Speaker 1: all know you need oxygen to literally live, like you 956 00:46:01,320 --> 00:46:04,560 Speaker 1: can't live life without oxygen, and so the less oxygen 957 00:46:04,600 --> 00:46:07,440 Speaker 1: you have, the lower your mood is and. 958 00:46:08,480 --> 00:46:10,080 Speaker 2: Your brain is just not functioning as well. 959 00:46:10,080 --> 00:46:11,359 Speaker 1: So a lot of this is to do with brain 960 00:46:11,400 --> 00:46:14,200 Speaker 1: function and actually feeding your brain, Like what am I 961 00:46:14,280 --> 00:46:17,800 Speaker 1: feeding my brain? So it's about brain food, which equals 962 00:46:17,880 --> 00:46:20,120 Speaker 1: mood food. The type of food you can get, you know, 963 00:46:20,200 --> 00:46:25,680 Speaker 1: iron from nuts, beans, pulses, legomes, leafy greens, so many 964 00:46:25,680 --> 00:46:29,279 Speaker 1: different places, B vitamins, you can take supplements for all 965 00:46:29,320 --> 00:46:31,600 Speaker 1: of these as well. By the way, iron and vitamin 966 00:46:31,680 --> 00:46:33,200 Speaker 1: D are ones that I know you can get shots for. 967 00:46:33,400 --> 00:46:35,520 Speaker 1: I get vitamin D shots, but you can also get 968 00:46:35,600 --> 00:46:37,879 Speaker 1: vitamin B twelve shots, I think, which is what I'm 969 00:46:37,920 --> 00:46:40,240 Speaker 1: going to start taking too, because I have low B twelve. 970 00:46:40,800 --> 00:46:43,680 Speaker 1: But B vitamins help to actually convert the food that 971 00:46:43,719 --> 00:46:46,080 Speaker 1: you're eating into the fuel in your body, and they 972 00:46:46,120 --> 00:46:49,680 Speaker 1: help your body stay energize and to repair any damage 973 00:46:49,719 --> 00:46:52,680 Speaker 1: that's done in the body. They also support your immune function, 974 00:46:52,760 --> 00:46:57,320 Speaker 1: your digestion, your circulation, your hormonal health, your sleep, your nerves. 975 00:46:57,640 --> 00:47:00,000 Speaker 1: So B vitamins are just so crucial for your mental health. 976 00:47:00,760 --> 00:47:03,279 Speaker 1: They help to reduce stress and also have been shown 977 00:47:03,360 --> 00:47:06,400 Speaker 1: to prevent memory loss, which is amazing. And there have 978 00:47:06,440 --> 00:47:10,080 Speaker 1: been plentiful studies done to show that deficiency in vitamin 979 00:47:10,160 --> 00:47:13,239 Speaker 1: B is actually linked to depression, anxiety, and lots of 980 00:47:13,239 --> 00:47:15,719 Speaker 1: other mood disorders. And so you can get all your 981 00:47:15,920 --> 00:47:20,960 Speaker 1: BE vitamins from leafy greens, root vegetables, fresh and dried fruits, avocados, 982 00:47:21,640 --> 00:47:23,319 Speaker 1: so many. Listen, you know what, That's why Google is 983 00:47:23,320 --> 00:47:25,759 Speaker 1: so amazing. You can google where you can get everything from, 984 00:47:26,239 --> 00:47:28,040 Speaker 1: print it out, stick it on your fridge so that 985 00:47:28,080 --> 00:47:29,440 Speaker 1: you know, you're like, oh, okay, I know that I've 986 00:47:29,480 --> 00:47:31,960 Speaker 1: checked off these bits I've had. If I'm low in 987 00:47:32,000 --> 00:47:34,000 Speaker 1: a certain thing, I'll usually do that. I'll look up 988 00:47:34,000 --> 00:47:35,399 Speaker 1: what I need to be having in the weekend. I'll 989 00:47:35,520 --> 00:47:37,279 Speaker 1: order that for my weekly shop to make sure that 990 00:47:37,280 --> 00:47:39,040 Speaker 1: I've got those ingredients so I know I'm getting them 991 00:47:39,080 --> 00:47:43,719 Speaker 1: in somewhere. We've got magnesium next. Now, magnesium is I've 992 00:47:43,840 --> 00:47:46,160 Speaker 1: known magnesium for sleep. I know that when there is 993 00:47:46,280 --> 00:47:49,160 Speaker 1: a lack of magnesium in the body, it can really 994 00:47:49,239 --> 00:47:52,280 Speaker 1: affect the way that your sleep cycle is and also 995 00:47:52,400 --> 00:47:54,920 Speaker 1: to help relax your body too. Magnesium can be used 996 00:47:54,960 --> 00:47:57,400 Speaker 1: at night, taken as a supplement to help relax the 997 00:47:57,400 --> 00:48:01,640 Speaker 1: body and help to promote sleep. Cortisol is the hormone 998 00:48:01,640 --> 00:48:04,560 Speaker 1: in your body that's produced during your stress response, and 999 00:48:05,080 --> 00:48:08,960 Speaker 1: magnesium actually helps your body to metabolize quartisol because if 1000 00:48:08,960 --> 00:48:11,279 Speaker 1: there's too much of this stress hormone that's left in 1001 00:48:11,320 --> 00:48:14,080 Speaker 1: your blood, that can cause a lot of stress in 1002 00:48:14,120 --> 00:48:17,359 Speaker 1: your body and it's making you continually stay in that 1003 00:48:17,400 --> 00:48:20,080 Speaker 1: fight or flight mode. And so magnesium is needed to 1004 00:48:20,080 --> 00:48:23,960 Speaker 1: be able to digest the quartisol that's produced or to 1005 00:48:24,320 --> 00:48:26,640 Speaker 1: actually get rid of the quartisol. That's produced and gone 1006 00:48:26,640 --> 00:48:29,880 Speaker 1: into your bloodstream, and so it doesn't linger around your 1007 00:48:29,920 --> 00:48:31,879 Speaker 1: body for too long, you don't feel on edge too 1008 00:48:31,920 --> 00:48:35,120 Speaker 1: for too long. And you can get magnesium from cashews, 1009 00:48:35,400 --> 00:48:39,320 Speaker 1: different nuts, and seas, leafy greens like spinach, your beans, 1010 00:48:39,360 --> 00:48:42,560 Speaker 1: your almonds, your avocados, dark chocolate, which is a nice 1011 00:48:42,560 --> 00:48:43,360 Speaker 1: one to know about. 1012 00:48:43,760 --> 00:48:45,279 Speaker 2: We've got a few more hair, I think only a 1013 00:48:45,280 --> 00:48:45,839 Speaker 2: couple more. 1014 00:48:45,960 --> 00:48:48,600 Speaker 1: So. Vitimin D is our next one, and low vitamin 1015 00:48:48,680 --> 00:48:52,000 Speaker 1: D levels have really been associated associated in many studies 1016 00:48:52,040 --> 00:48:55,160 Speaker 1: with depression. I can completely relate in the sense that 1017 00:48:55,200 --> 00:48:57,720 Speaker 1: whenever I have low vitamin D levels, I can really 1018 00:48:57,719 --> 00:48:59,600 Speaker 1: feel it in my body so much. I wake up 1019 00:48:59,640 --> 00:49:02,720 Speaker 1: and I don't feels enthusiastic about life. I just feel 1020 00:49:02,719 --> 00:49:05,040 Speaker 1: really lethargic. I don't feel like I've had enough sleep, 1021 00:49:05,080 --> 00:49:06,839 Speaker 1: and all of that really ends up affecting your mood 1022 00:49:06,840 --> 00:49:10,200 Speaker 1: throughout your day. And so trying to increase your levels 1023 00:49:10,200 --> 00:49:12,200 Speaker 1: of vitamin D, whether it is going outside in the 1024 00:49:12,280 --> 00:49:16,360 Speaker 1: amazing sunshine or eating foods that are fortified with vitamin D, 1025 00:49:17,200 --> 00:49:20,359 Speaker 1: or taking supplements as well, there's a few different ways 1026 00:49:20,360 --> 00:49:23,360 Speaker 1: you can get it. I personally prefer with B twelve 1027 00:49:23,440 --> 00:49:26,080 Speaker 1: with vitamin D and actually with most of my supplements, 1028 00:49:26,120 --> 00:49:29,040 Speaker 1: I prefer getting them in liquid form because they absorb 1029 00:49:29,040 --> 00:49:32,359 Speaker 1: into your bloodstream faster. Sometimes I find with a lot 1030 00:49:32,360 --> 00:49:35,239 Speaker 1: of supplements when they're in pill form, it's hard for 1031 00:49:35,239 --> 00:49:37,279 Speaker 1: your summer to digest, especially if it's got that kind 1032 00:49:37,280 --> 00:49:39,920 Speaker 1: of clear jelly coating on the outside. 1033 00:49:39,960 --> 00:49:41,520 Speaker 2: It sometimes upsets my stomach, and. 1034 00:49:41,480 --> 00:49:45,000 Speaker 1: So I find the liquid forms a little bit easier 1035 00:49:45,040 --> 00:49:48,840 Speaker 1: to absorb. And vitamin D actually helps the convert amino 1036 00:49:48,880 --> 00:49:51,880 Speaker 1: acids into serotonin, which is the happy hormone in the body. 1037 00:49:51,920 --> 00:49:55,240 Speaker 1: So essential for the production of your happy hormone, which. 1038 00:49:55,040 --> 00:49:55,719 Speaker 2: Makes you feel great. 1039 00:49:56,000 --> 00:49:58,720 Speaker 1: So we spoke about healthy fats earlier and just going 1040 00:49:58,760 --> 00:50:01,640 Speaker 1: off that we need amigas in our life. Now. 1041 00:50:01,680 --> 00:50:02,880 Speaker 2: There are different types of amigas. 1042 00:50:02,880 --> 00:50:05,399 Speaker 1: There's a Mega six, Amiga nine, there are so many 1043 00:50:05,440 --> 00:50:08,600 Speaker 1: different amigas. But a good source of amigas are ground 1044 00:50:08,640 --> 00:50:11,480 Speaker 1: flax seeds actually, or even flax seeds. You can just 1045 00:50:11,520 --> 00:50:13,640 Speaker 1: sprinkle them on top of your breakfast. That's usually how 1046 00:50:13,680 --> 00:50:15,879 Speaker 1: I use them. I have a good nut and seed 1047 00:50:15,920 --> 00:50:18,960 Speaker 1: mix that I actually use in the morning to sprinkle 1048 00:50:18,960 --> 00:50:21,839 Speaker 1: over my protein, shake over my oatmeal, whatever I'm having 1049 00:50:21,920 --> 00:50:23,920 Speaker 1: in the morning, just to make sure I'm getting that 1050 00:50:24,040 --> 00:50:26,879 Speaker 1: mix of nuts and seas and it actually tastes so good. 1051 00:50:27,360 --> 00:50:29,360 Speaker 1: You just can throw whatever nuts and seeds you have 1052 00:50:29,400 --> 00:50:31,920 Speaker 1: in the house into a grinder, grind them up into 1053 00:50:32,280 --> 00:50:34,320 Speaker 1: kind of like a coarse texture, and you can just 1054 00:50:34,360 --> 00:50:37,440 Speaker 1: sprinkle them over everything. It's an easy way to just 1055 00:50:37,560 --> 00:50:39,719 Speaker 1: get those nutrients in without you having to think about 1056 00:50:39,719 --> 00:50:41,600 Speaker 1: it too much, and you can bulk make it too. 1057 00:50:41,880 --> 00:50:45,120 Speaker 1: You also get your amigas in things like coliflower or 1058 00:50:45,200 --> 00:50:48,480 Speaker 1: kidney beans, broccoli, and again just to remind you that 1059 00:50:48,560 --> 00:50:51,520 Speaker 1: this links back to your brain being sixty percent fat, 1060 00:50:51,560 --> 00:50:55,879 Speaker 1: and so these all feed into that healthy, nourished brain 1061 00:50:55,960 --> 00:50:58,960 Speaker 1: cells in your body. And then last one I'm going 1062 00:50:59,000 --> 00:51:01,279 Speaker 1: to actually share is there's a few other ones, but 1063 00:51:01,320 --> 00:51:02,879 Speaker 1: I think I'm gonna cap it at. 1064 00:51:02,880 --> 00:51:05,080 Speaker 2: This is folic acid. 1065 00:51:05,600 --> 00:51:07,880 Speaker 1: Folic acid, and this is usually you can be I 1066 00:51:07,920 --> 00:51:10,840 Speaker 1: think women are more deficient in folic acid or folate 1067 00:51:11,719 --> 00:51:16,000 Speaker 1: than men, and low folic acid diets can also cause 1068 00:51:16,040 --> 00:51:19,960 Speaker 1: low serotonin levels in our brains, and so taking supplements 1069 00:51:20,000 --> 00:51:22,960 Speaker 1: or eating folia rich foods have been shown to help 1070 00:51:22,960 --> 00:51:26,000 Speaker 1: people who suffer from depression. So foli rich foods are 1071 00:51:26,040 --> 00:51:29,480 Speaker 1: things like spinach, asparagus, a lot of your greens, your 1072 00:51:29,560 --> 00:51:36,839 Speaker 1: beans like pinto beans, black beans, navy beans, kidney beans, broccoli, beetroot, papaya, 1073 00:51:37,040 --> 00:51:39,640 Speaker 1: Brussels sprouts. Honestly, every time I talk about vegetables that 1074 00:51:39,680 --> 00:51:42,760 Speaker 1: get so excited, like my brain really gets like a 1075 00:51:42,920 --> 00:51:46,000 Speaker 1: hit of dopamine every time I talk about them, because 1076 00:51:46,040 --> 00:51:47,680 Speaker 1: just the colors and the vibrancy of them just make 1077 00:51:47,760 --> 00:51:48,360 Speaker 1: me so happy. 1078 00:51:48,400 --> 00:51:49,200 Speaker 2: But I'm going to leave it at that. 1079 00:51:49,280 --> 00:51:51,600 Speaker 1: So the essential ones let me just because I know 1080 00:51:51,600 --> 00:51:53,200 Speaker 1: it sounded like a lot, but it really wasn't. It's 1081 00:51:53,200 --> 00:51:57,640 Speaker 1: your proteins, your fats, your antioxidants, your anti inflammatory foods, 1082 00:51:57,880 --> 00:52:04,000 Speaker 1: your iron bea vitamin, magnesium, vitamin d amigas which plays 1083 00:52:04,000 --> 00:52:07,440 Speaker 1: into fats, and your folic acid. And you know, if 1084 00:52:07,480 --> 00:52:10,520 Speaker 1: you noticed, and I'm sure you did, most of the 1085 00:52:10,520 --> 00:52:13,239 Speaker 1: things on each of those lists of where you can 1086 00:52:13,280 --> 00:52:14,640 Speaker 1: get them were very similar. 1087 00:52:14,920 --> 00:52:16,520 Speaker 2: It was all based around. 1088 00:52:16,520 --> 00:52:22,400 Speaker 1: A variety of vegetables, fruits, proteins like beans, pulses, lentils, legomes, 1089 00:52:22,880 --> 00:52:25,960 Speaker 1: and your healthy fats and that was and again a 1090 00:52:25,960 --> 00:52:28,760 Speaker 1: lot of those were avocados and things that were already 1091 00:52:28,800 --> 00:52:31,400 Speaker 1: included in those lists. So eating healthy and trying to 1092 00:52:31,400 --> 00:52:33,000 Speaker 1: incorporate this. You might be thinking, oh my goshw am 1093 00:52:33,040 --> 00:52:35,399 Speaker 1: I going to incorporate all of these things into my diet. 1094 00:52:35,440 --> 00:52:38,080 Speaker 1: There's so many things, the proteins, the fats, that all 1095 00:52:38,080 --> 00:52:41,200 Speaker 1: the different vitamins and minerals. But actually, even if you 1096 00:52:41,200 --> 00:52:44,480 Speaker 1: pick one thing from each section to just add an 1097 00:52:44,520 --> 00:52:47,560 Speaker 1: extra bit of into your life, that would make a difference. 1098 00:52:47,600 --> 00:52:49,640 Speaker 1: And I really do think it's about planning. You have 1099 00:52:49,719 --> 00:52:51,640 Speaker 1: to just print out everything that you want or write 1100 00:52:51,680 --> 00:52:54,160 Speaker 1: down a list of the vegetables you're going to rotate 1101 00:52:54,360 --> 00:52:57,319 Speaker 1: every single week, what you're gonna buy, and that can 1102 00:52:57,400 --> 00:52:59,719 Speaker 1: help so much with getting in all the nutrients that 1103 00:52:59,719 --> 00:53:02,840 Speaker 1: you need. But essentially, looking at your plate, it's a 1104 00:53:02,840 --> 00:53:04,759 Speaker 1: bit of more of just common sense. Look at your 1105 00:53:04,760 --> 00:53:07,680 Speaker 1: plate and see have I got a variety of colors, 1106 00:53:07,840 --> 00:53:12,080 Speaker 1: a variety of textures, a variety of foods, vegetables, everything 1107 00:53:12,080 --> 00:53:14,959 Speaker 1: that I need. Think about your meals throughout the day 1108 00:53:15,160 --> 00:53:18,160 Speaker 1: and you should be able to hit those levels of 1109 00:53:18,520 --> 00:53:21,520 Speaker 1: nutrients that you really need in your life. It's usually 1110 00:53:21,600 --> 00:53:23,160 Speaker 1: when we have an imbalance, when we're having a lot 1111 00:53:23,160 --> 00:53:27,200 Speaker 1: of processed foods, sugars, packaged foods, where we end up 1112 00:53:27,239 --> 00:53:30,160 Speaker 1: missing out on these nutrients, and even if they are 1113 00:53:30,160 --> 00:53:32,480 Speaker 1: in those foods, sometimes they're just cooked in the wrong 1114 00:53:32,520 --> 00:53:35,319 Speaker 1: way or create or made in the wrong way, so 1115 00:53:35,360 --> 00:53:38,760 Speaker 1: we're not actually getting the benefits of those wonderful fruits 1116 00:53:38,760 --> 00:53:43,200 Speaker 1: and vegetables. There is a huge link between your gut 1117 00:53:43,400 --> 00:53:46,960 Speaker 1: and your mood and your brain. You know, there's always 1118 00:53:46,760 --> 00:53:51,880 Speaker 1: this gut and brain link that is spoken about, and essentially, 1119 00:53:51,920 --> 00:53:55,600 Speaker 1: when you have a healthy gut, it allows your body. 1120 00:53:55,600 --> 00:53:57,359 Speaker 1: I'm just going to break it down so simply because 1121 00:53:57,360 --> 00:53:59,120 Speaker 1: this is really all you need to know. When you 1122 00:53:59,160 --> 00:54:01,160 Speaker 1: have a healthy gut, your gut is able to digest 1123 00:54:01,200 --> 00:54:03,879 Speaker 1: the food properly. When your food is digested properly, it's 1124 00:54:03,920 --> 00:54:07,160 Speaker 1: able to extract all the nutrients that the rest of 1125 00:54:07,200 --> 00:54:11,160 Speaker 1: your body needs, including your brain, and including every single 1126 00:54:11,200 --> 00:54:13,759 Speaker 1: part of your body that produces the happy hormones or 1127 00:54:14,280 --> 00:54:17,520 Speaker 1: blocks the negative hormones. All the balancing of your hormones 1128 00:54:17,560 --> 00:54:20,479 Speaker 1: that you need is going to be produced by having 1129 00:54:20,560 --> 00:54:23,600 Speaker 1: the right amount of nutrients feeding into those parts of 1130 00:54:23,640 --> 00:54:26,200 Speaker 1: your body. And so having a healthy gut is so 1131 00:54:26,239 --> 00:54:29,759 Speaker 1: important because the weakier digestion, the more likely food will 1132 00:54:29,760 --> 00:54:32,640 Speaker 1: not be digested properly. When food is not digested properly. 1133 00:54:32,920 --> 00:54:36,360 Speaker 1: In Iraeta, it's called armor, which means toxins. Toxins build 1134 00:54:36,440 --> 00:54:38,440 Speaker 1: up in the body. So the more toxins you have 1135 00:54:38,520 --> 00:54:40,560 Speaker 1: in the body, the more undigested food you have in 1136 00:54:40,600 --> 00:54:43,880 Speaker 1: the body. It also feels like, you know, your body 1137 00:54:43,920 --> 00:54:47,520 Speaker 1: reacts to having toxins in the body, so it feels 1138 00:54:47,840 --> 00:54:50,640 Speaker 1: like there's unwanted things in the body. That feels like 1139 00:54:50,719 --> 00:54:53,359 Speaker 1: there's things in your body which should not be there. 1140 00:54:53,400 --> 00:54:56,400 Speaker 1: And when your body feels like that, it can't function properly. 1141 00:54:56,360 --> 00:54:59,839 Speaker 1: It cannot function optimally. And so simple things you can 1142 00:54:59,880 --> 00:55:01,520 Speaker 1: do to try and help with your gut if you're 1143 00:55:01,600 --> 00:55:03,279 Speaker 1: noticing your gut is not great, And there are so 1144 00:55:03,320 --> 00:55:05,839 Speaker 1: many different ways of knowing that, Like one of them 1145 00:55:05,960 --> 00:55:09,799 Speaker 1: is how are you pooping? Notice and take account of 1146 00:55:10,080 --> 00:55:13,080 Speaker 1: what's happening with my body once I've eaten. How is 1147 00:55:13,120 --> 00:55:16,360 Speaker 1: it reacting? Are you burping a lot? Are you bolting 1148 00:55:16,360 --> 00:55:17,800 Speaker 1: a lot? Do you get acid reflux? 1149 00:55:17,880 --> 00:55:17,960 Speaker 2: Like? 1150 00:55:18,200 --> 00:55:20,719 Speaker 1: What is your system telling you after you're eating? And 1151 00:55:20,719 --> 00:55:22,640 Speaker 1: that should give a good reflection of whether your gut 1152 00:55:22,800 --> 00:55:25,000 Speaker 1: is healthy and strong and able to digest the foods 1153 00:55:25,000 --> 00:55:28,960 Speaker 1: you're eating, and if not, try things like probiotics, prebiotics 1154 00:55:29,239 --> 00:55:30,480 Speaker 1: it really helps to strengthen the. 1155 00:55:30,480 --> 00:55:33,520 Speaker 2: Guts of microbiome and the barrier. 1156 00:55:33,960 --> 00:55:37,000 Speaker 1: To make sure it's able to identify and notice when 1157 00:55:37,000 --> 00:55:39,000 Speaker 1: there are things that your body's finding hard to digest 1158 00:55:39,040 --> 00:55:41,439 Speaker 1: and know how to get rid of them. And also 1159 00:55:41,600 --> 00:55:44,919 Speaker 1: the more variety of foods that you eat, by the way, 1160 00:55:45,560 --> 00:55:49,160 Speaker 1: the more variety that you have, the more vary the 1161 00:55:49,280 --> 00:55:53,120 Speaker 1: microbiome in your gut is. The microbiome is like all 1162 00:55:53,160 --> 00:55:56,320 Speaker 1: the bacteria that helps it helps with the digestion that 1163 00:55:56,320 --> 00:55:59,520 Speaker 1: that helps to provide that kind of feeds off the 1164 00:55:59,560 --> 00:56:02,160 Speaker 1: food that you are putting into your stomach to extract 1165 00:56:02,160 --> 00:56:06,040 Speaker 1: the nutrients. And so the wider variety of microbiome you have, 1166 00:56:06,120 --> 00:56:08,560 Speaker 1: the healthier it's known your gut is known to be. 1167 00:56:09,120 --> 00:56:13,480 Speaker 1: And having foods like sour kraut, kimchi, fermented foods, and 1168 00:56:13,520 --> 00:56:16,279 Speaker 1: also those probiotic supplements that can really help to keep 1169 00:56:16,320 --> 00:56:20,520 Speaker 1: your gut microbiome efficient. And the last thing I wanted 1170 00:56:20,520 --> 00:56:22,320 Speaker 1: to share this is going to be the final topic 1171 00:56:22,440 --> 00:56:27,239 Speaker 1: of mood foods is glucose spikes in the body. Glucose 1172 00:56:27,360 --> 00:56:29,560 Speaker 1: is spiked through so many different foods that we eat, 1173 00:56:29,600 --> 00:56:31,879 Speaker 1: but often we don't we feel it, but we don't 1174 00:56:31,920 --> 00:56:35,880 Speaker 1: realize that that's why we're feeling that way, and simple 1175 00:56:35,920 --> 00:56:38,560 Speaker 1: things like eating meals at regular times will help to 1176 00:56:38,600 --> 00:56:41,440 Speaker 1: stabilize your blood sugar. Making sure you're having meals at 1177 00:56:41,440 --> 00:56:44,680 Speaker 1: the same time every single day helps the regular your appetite, 1178 00:56:44,719 --> 00:56:48,200 Speaker 1: your mood, your energy levels, and when you skip meals, 1179 00:56:48,239 --> 00:56:51,560 Speaker 1: it actually leads to the reduced ability to control your 1180 00:56:51,600 --> 00:56:55,120 Speaker 1: glucose spipes spikes, and therefore controlling your emotions. If you 1181 00:56:55,160 --> 00:56:57,440 Speaker 1: think about it, whenever you feel like you're lower energy 1182 00:56:57,840 --> 00:57:00,799 Speaker 1: or your blood, you feel like you're sugar levels have 1183 00:57:00,880 --> 00:57:03,000 Speaker 1: dropped and you need a sudden surge of energy where 1184 00:57:03,000 --> 00:57:05,000 Speaker 1: you go for your sugary foods or your chocolates or 1185 00:57:05,000 --> 00:57:07,919 Speaker 1: whatever it is. You notice your mood drops, Like when 1186 00:57:07,960 --> 00:57:12,040 Speaker 1: my sugar levels drop, I notice I'm like flat out, 1187 00:57:12,160 --> 00:57:14,879 Speaker 1: I can't function, I can't talk. I'm like someone needs 1188 00:57:14,880 --> 00:57:16,640 Speaker 1: to you just can't talk to me right now. I'm 1189 00:57:16,640 --> 00:57:19,000 Speaker 1: just not in the right mindset. And at the same time, 1190 00:57:19,040 --> 00:57:22,919 Speaker 1: when I feel my blood sugar suddenly like go up 1191 00:57:23,080 --> 00:57:26,439 Speaker 1: really really fast after having something sweet, it feels good 1192 00:57:26,440 --> 00:57:30,000 Speaker 1: for a second, but it really has a negative downtime 1193 00:57:30,080 --> 00:57:33,320 Speaker 1: as I'm coming off that sugar high. Those foods are 1194 00:57:33,400 --> 00:57:36,800 Speaker 1: everything that you already know. Okay, it's the refined grains, 1195 00:57:36,800 --> 00:57:40,480 Speaker 1: the refined sugars. They all have the ability to create 1196 00:57:40,520 --> 00:57:44,160 Speaker 1: these mood swings and sugar spikes, and the sugar crashes 1197 00:57:44,320 --> 00:57:48,640 Speaker 1: actually are the symptoms of that are dull, foggy mind, 1198 00:57:49,200 --> 00:57:55,760 Speaker 1: feeling lethargic after feeling extremely hyperactive, and furthers your kind 1199 00:57:55,800 --> 00:57:59,040 Speaker 1: of cycle of unhealthy cravings. And it says sometimes when 1200 00:57:59,080 --> 00:58:01,080 Speaker 1: you start off with the sugary meal at the beginning 1201 00:58:01,120 --> 00:58:04,840 Speaker 1: of the day, it almost triggers your craving response, and 1202 00:58:04,880 --> 00:58:08,440 Speaker 1: so you're wanting that throughout the whole day. And glucose 1203 00:58:08,440 --> 00:58:11,200 Speaker 1: Goddess that I was telling you about, she actually speaks 1204 00:58:11,240 --> 00:58:12,880 Speaker 1: about how and it. 1205 00:58:12,840 --> 00:58:14,400 Speaker 2: Was interesting when I was listening to her speak. 1206 00:58:14,680 --> 00:58:16,760 Speaker 1: I remember when I was a dietitian and I used 1207 00:58:16,800 --> 00:58:20,600 Speaker 1: to have diabetes patients and I used to be part 1208 00:58:20,600 --> 00:58:22,880 Speaker 1: of a diabetes clinic, and I would always tell them 1209 00:58:23,240 --> 00:58:26,160 Speaker 1: about I learned about how you can have foods with 1210 00:58:26,360 --> 00:58:29,080 Speaker 1: which are rich in carbohydrates, rich in sugar. You don't 1211 00:58:29,080 --> 00:58:31,720 Speaker 1: have to cut them out, but it's about how you 1212 00:58:31,760 --> 00:58:34,000 Speaker 1: eat them, not what you're eating. So what are you 1213 00:58:34,040 --> 00:58:36,760 Speaker 1: supplementing them with? So Let's say you're having something which 1214 00:58:36,840 --> 00:58:39,720 Speaker 1: is quite high in sugar, adding in fats and fiber 1215 00:58:39,880 --> 00:58:42,040 Speaker 1: to that meal, or if you're having a white piece 1216 00:58:42,040 --> 00:58:44,920 Speaker 1: of bread, one choose whole grain. But also which is 1217 00:58:44,960 --> 00:58:48,400 Speaker 1: going to slow down how the food is broken into 1218 00:58:48,440 --> 00:58:52,360 Speaker 1: your broken down into glucose in the body. Because you 1219 00:58:52,440 --> 00:58:55,040 Speaker 1: have your healthy fats, you have your nuts, your seeds, 1220 00:58:55,720 --> 00:58:58,280 Speaker 1: if you are having a piece of bread at avocado 1221 00:58:58,400 --> 00:59:00,880 Speaker 1: to it, all of that helps to slow down the 1222 00:59:00,960 --> 00:59:05,680 Speaker 1: release of glucose into your blood, and so it reduces 1223 00:59:05,720 --> 00:59:09,080 Speaker 1: the crazy spike that ends up happening all the fluctuations. 1224 00:59:09,560 --> 00:59:12,880 Speaker 1: And that's exactly what the Glucose Goddess was sharing when 1225 00:59:12,920 --> 00:59:15,720 Speaker 1: I was listening to her. She says that you have 1226 00:59:15,800 --> 00:59:17,480 Speaker 1: to eat your food in a specific order, and I 1227 00:59:17,520 --> 00:59:19,240 Speaker 1: find this really interesting. I'm actually going to try to 1228 00:59:19,280 --> 00:59:22,200 Speaker 1: do this, and you can reduce your glucose spikes by 1229 00:59:22,320 --> 00:59:27,439 Speaker 1: seventy five percent just by changing the order in which 1230 00:59:27,480 --> 00:59:28,960 Speaker 1: you eat your food. So she says, you should eat 1231 00:59:28,960 --> 00:59:32,680 Speaker 1: your vegetables first, your proteins, your fat, and then last 1232 00:59:32,720 --> 00:59:34,720 Speaker 1: you should eat your starches and your sugars. 1233 00:59:34,840 --> 00:59:37,600 Speaker 2: And apparently this really helps. It almost like lines. 1234 00:59:37,280 --> 00:59:43,600 Speaker 1: Your stomach and it lines your body with I think 1235 00:59:43,640 --> 00:59:45,920 Speaker 1: she calls it like a mesh before you have your 1236 00:59:45,920 --> 00:59:48,720 Speaker 1: starches and your sugars, and so it slows down the absorption. 1237 00:59:48,800 --> 00:59:51,400 Speaker 1: It creates almost like a barrier before you have the 1238 00:59:51,440 --> 00:59:55,520 Speaker 1: foods that will spike your blood sugar levels. And so, honestly, 1239 00:59:55,600 --> 00:59:59,200 Speaker 1: all of this to say, do your blood tests, get 1240 00:59:59,200 --> 01:00:02,120 Speaker 1: your body checked, find out what your deficiencies are, find 1241 01:00:02,120 --> 01:00:04,560 Speaker 1: out if those are the causes of your mood swings, 1242 01:00:04,600 --> 01:00:07,640 Speaker 1: your ups and downs, your low moods, if you've been 1243 01:00:07,840 --> 01:00:11,120 Speaker 1: struggling with that for a long time. You don't have 1244 01:00:11,200 --> 01:00:13,760 Speaker 1: to live like that, So try your best to find 1245 01:00:13,800 --> 01:00:17,080 Speaker 1: out and explore and investigate what is happening in my 1246 01:00:17,160 --> 01:00:20,680 Speaker 1: body and how can I resolve this. There's also something 1247 01:00:20,720 --> 01:00:23,160 Speaker 1: if you are noticing it's you know you're having these 1248 01:00:23,480 --> 01:00:26,160 Speaker 1: sugar spikes, you can do this thing. I think it's 1249 01:00:26,160 --> 01:00:28,560 Speaker 1: like a continuous glucose monitor. I've never done it, but 1250 01:00:28,600 --> 01:00:31,080 Speaker 1: I really want to. You wear it for a certain 1251 01:00:31,120 --> 01:00:33,240 Speaker 1: period of time, for like a couple of weeks, and 1252 01:00:33,320 --> 01:00:36,840 Speaker 1: it shows you what's spiking your blood sugar levels, and 1253 01:00:37,080 --> 01:00:41,280 Speaker 1: you get to see how different foods are, how your 1254 01:00:41,280 --> 01:00:43,360 Speaker 1: body's reacting to different foods, which you can give you 1255 01:00:43,400 --> 01:00:45,479 Speaker 1: an idea of the foods that you should be eating 1256 01:00:45,520 --> 01:00:48,200 Speaker 1: to help stay consistent. So that's another thing if you 1257 01:00:48,200 --> 01:00:49,240 Speaker 1: want to experiment. 1258 01:00:48,880 --> 01:00:49,680 Speaker 2: A little bit further. 1259 01:00:49,960 --> 01:00:54,640 Speaker 1: But that is probably the end of this podcast, I 1260 01:00:54,680 --> 01:00:56,560 Speaker 1: think it should be. I think it's been a long one, 1261 01:00:56,600 --> 01:00:59,880 Speaker 1: but I hope that it was a whole podcast full 1262 01:00:59,880 --> 01:01:02,240 Speaker 1: of useful information. Again, take what you want from it, 1263 01:01:02,440 --> 01:01:05,600 Speaker 1: take what you need from it. Take one bite sized 1264 01:01:05,640 --> 01:01:08,600 Speaker 1: piece of information that can you can carry on for 1265 01:01:08,640 --> 01:01:11,160 Speaker 1: this week. Doesn't have to be everything all at once. 1266 01:01:11,400 --> 01:01:14,840 Speaker 1: That is extremely overwhelming. And I also get a bit 1267 01:01:15,320 --> 01:01:18,440 Speaker 1: oversaturated with information sometimes and I'm like, Okay, pick one 1268 01:01:18,480 --> 01:01:20,960 Speaker 1: thing this week and next thing next week, and it's 1269 01:01:21,000 --> 01:01:23,760 Speaker 1: so much more manageable that way. But thank you so 1270 01:01:23,840 --> 01:01:25,960 Speaker 1: much for listening. If you've made it this far, I 1271 01:01:26,000 --> 01:01:30,680 Speaker 1: appreciate you, and these podcasts hopefully will only get better 1272 01:01:30,760 --> 01:01:33,560 Speaker 1: with time as I grow and you grow, and we 1273 01:01:33,600 --> 01:01:37,520 Speaker 1: can create such a wonderful community this way. So thank 1274 01:01:37,560 --> 01:01:41,000 Speaker 1: you again for listening. Whatever emotions you need to release 1275 01:01:41,040 --> 01:01:43,760 Speaker 1: this week, whatever you need to let go of, whatever 1276 01:01:43,800 --> 01:01:47,280 Speaker 1: you need to shed, make sure you do that keep 1277 01:01:47,320 --> 01:01:52,200 Speaker 1: your emotional health strong. And it's okay to be vulnerable 1278 01:01:52,240 --> 01:01:54,240 Speaker 1: sometimes so share your heart with someone. 1279 01:01:54,680 --> 01:01:56,800 Speaker 2: It'll make you feel so much lighter and so much better. 1280 01:01:57,040 --> 01:01:59,600 Speaker 2: Sending you so much love. Thanks again for tuning in 1281 01:02:00,040 --> 01:02:06,840 Speaker 2: and see you next week. Mm hmmm. 1282 01:02:10,400 --> 01:02:11,280 Speaker 1: Mm hmmm 1283 01:02:18,760 --> 01:02:18,880 Speaker 2: Hm