Jenna McCarthy; sensational article. I really like the following ( and I quote)
"The solution to this epidemic is actually remarkably simple—it’s just not easy. We have to quit buying their hype—and their garbage, manufactured frankenfoods. We need to feed our bodies wholesome foods and support local farmers and markets that prioritize qu…
Jenna McCarthy; sensational article. I really like the following ( and I quote)
"The solution to this epidemic is actually remarkably simple—it’s just not easy. We have to quit buying their hype—and their garbage, manufactured frankenfoods. We need to feed our bodies wholesome foods and support local farmers and markets that prioritize quality over profit. We have to break our addiction to convenience and our dependence on ultra-processed food. Yes, organic meats and vegetables are costlier than a box of Hamburger Helper and some cheap ground beef, and cooking from scratch takes more time than swinging through the Chick-fil-A drive-thru (although maybe not right after high school lets out in Texas). But would you rather spend your time and money on healthy nourishment now or on decades of medical care you could have avoided?
“Those who have no time for healthy eating will sooner or later have to find the time for illness.” — Edward Stanley"
Brilliant ffffffffffffffffing brilliant...
Want to bet most people will never ever follow this advice; choice is painful for most people, so they blissfully go on their merry, set in stone , way. Sad, UGH
I followed it! I started on March 6, 2022. I gave up ALL processed food, all sugar (even evil replacements like maltodextrin, which is a 138 on the glycemic index whereas sugar is only a 65! Both are bad but they use these other ingredients to be able to say “sugar free”,) prepackaged meals, snacks foods, most restaurant foods because the ingredients back in their kitchen are all the processed crap I was now avoiding. I lost 55 lbs so far, am no longer taking any of the 13+ prescriptions I relied on for over twenty years, and at 59 I am healthier than I’ve been since my 30s and have the ALL DAY energy of my 20s.
The only health problems I have now were caused by prescription meds from years ago (omeprazole) and it left me with severe, advanced osteoporosis of a level only seen in someone thirty years older than me. So I work out a lot now and occasionally will suffer an injury that knocks me out of my routine for a bit, like I have a cast on my arm right now for a rather nasty tennis elbow and I pulled/damaged something in my side/ribs doing my leg press a couple weeks ago. But I won’t be derailed by these injuries. When you’ve been so sick for as many years as I was and then suddenly have the health of thirty years prior, nothing will stop me now. And it was the food that cured me. And now I take specific supplements to compliment my personal health and diet.
Obesity is actually a side effect of many of these diseases, not a cause. That’s another lie we’ve been sold. Usually bad health due to food causes metabolic disfunction and throws our insulin resistance out of whack. The chemicals in food and the destruction of the nutrients due to how it’s grown and processed destroys/interrupts how our body should function at a cellular level. THAT’s what leads to obesity.
As for the food: it really isn’t more expensive than what my grocery bills used to be buying all the prepackaged foods. While organic is better, for those who can’t afford that it’s STILL 100x healthier to change how you eat and buy the non-organic options for starters. Remove ALL sugar (use only stevia/monk fruit/allulose/erythritol,) most boxed/premade foods and over-processed grains, all fast food, any restaurant food that you can’t control how it’s prepared, most breads unless you home make them or find a quality authentic sourdough with starter, and stick to ANY whole foods you can afford organic or not, like meats, seafoods, eggs/dairy, veggies, some fruits, and only unrefined staples.
Learn to cook again from scratch using healthy ingredients. It is a time investment that pays off in spades. It took me about a year of mistakes, frustrations, and let-downs with stupid recipes I found online and some wasted ingredients to finally have several binders full of wonderful recipes we love for all food categories. Many I got from trusted sites I found, and others I invented myself as my skills increased. It. Was. Worth. It. I just made the most heavenly comfort food last night with Italian sausage links and cauliflower rice, garlic, home grown and homemade sundried tomatoes, and pepper strips that the men in my house gobbled down greedily and literally finger-licked the pan almost dry. Three years ago they would have laughed in your face if you told them they would one day love what I made. Both of them are healthy, muscular, and more fit than ever before after supporting me and my diet the past 2-1/2 years.
The only bad chemicals I’m exposed to now come from how an animal is raised or how produce is grown/treated. Compared to what I was exposed to before, it’s tons better now. Our grocery bills are not higher than before, but 80% of the bill is definitely now for meats and seafoods alone. (Because I chose a Keto diet.) But when you cut out the high cost of prepackaged foods and eating out, you find it’s more than enough to pay for the remaining produce and whole grains you still need, as well as the more expensive meats. I’ll admit my meat consumption has gone down this year due to high inflation, but I find less expensive options, like I eat more cans of tuna now and I eat more eggs as egg salad and deviled eggs, and I do more with ground meats than I did before too. Once inflation comes down I’ll be back to my multiple steaks and roasts per week plus more salmon and shellfish.
I did what I did without organic versions. Once finances make it possible we will try to move to organic. But nobody should give up at the starting gate if they can’t do organic. There’s a LOT of good health to be had just by removing processed/premade and staying away from fast food and sugar.
Wow, Juju! Thank you so much for sharing this. Sorry about your injury but I am blown away by your grit and determination. And your energy! You always have the most thoughtful contributions to the comments.😊
That's for people who are reading this and commenting on this thread; lots of people never read past the big "All-Natural" in the logo. Just the other day a friend told me she'd been using some cake mix or sth that's been fortified with Acheta Protein... And after months of using she finally looked it up.
Jenna McCarthy; sensational article. I really like the following ( and I quote)
"The solution to this epidemic is actually remarkably simple—it’s just not easy. We have to quit buying their hype—and their garbage, manufactured frankenfoods. We need to feed our bodies wholesome foods and support local farmers and markets that prioritize quality over profit. We have to break our addiction to convenience and our dependence on ultra-processed food. Yes, organic meats and vegetables are costlier than a box of Hamburger Helper and some cheap ground beef, and cooking from scratch takes more time than swinging through the Chick-fil-A drive-thru (although maybe not right after high school lets out in Texas). But would you rather spend your time and money on healthy nourishment now or on decades of medical care you could have avoided?
“Those who have no time for healthy eating will sooner or later have to find the time for illness.” — Edward Stanley"
Brilliant ffffffffffffffffing brilliant...
Want to bet most people will never ever follow this advice; choice is painful for most people, so they blissfully go on their merry, set in stone , way. Sad, UGH
Respectfully.
I followed it! I started on March 6, 2022. I gave up ALL processed food, all sugar (even evil replacements like maltodextrin, which is a 138 on the glycemic index whereas sugar is only a 65! Both are bad but they use these other ingredients to be able to say “sugar free”,) prepackaged meals, snacks foods, most restaurant foods because the ingredients back in their kitchen are all the processed crap I was now avoiding. I lost 55 lbs so far, am no longer taking any of the 13+ prescriptions I relied on for over twenty years, and at 59 I am healthier than I’ve been since my 30s and have the ALL DAY energy of my 20s.
The only health problems I have now were caused by prescription meds from years ago (omeprazole) and it left me with severe, advanced osteoporosis of a level only seen in someone thirty years older than me. So I work out a lot now and occasionally will suffer an injury that knocks me out of my routine for a bit, like I have a cast on my arm right now for a rather nasty tennis elbow and I pulled/damaged something in my side/ribs doing my leg press a couple weeks ago. But I won’t be derailed by these injuries. When you’ve been so sick for as many years as I was and then suddenly have the health of thirty years prior, nothing will stop me now. And it was the food that cured me. And now I take specific supplements to compliment my personal health and diet.
Obesity is actually a side effect of many of these diseases, not a cause. That’s another lie we’ve been sold. Usually bad health due to food causes metabolic disfunction and throws our insulin resistance out of whack. The chemicals in food and the destruction of the nutrients due to how it’s grown and processed destroys/interrupts how our body should function at a cellular level. THAT’s what leads to obesity.
As for the food: it really isn’t more expensive than what my grocery bills used to be buying all the prepackaged foods. While organic is better, for those who can’t afford that it’s STILL 100x healthier to change how you eat and buy the non-organic options for starters. Remove ALL sugar (use only stevia/monk fruit/allulose/erythritol,) most boxed/premade foods and over-processed grains, all fast food, any restaurant food that you can’t control how it’s prepared, most breads unless you home make them or find a quality authentic sourdough with starter, and stick to ANY whole foods you can afford organic or not, like meats, seafoods, eggs/dairy, veggies, some fruits, and only unrefined staples.
Learn to cook again from scratch using healthy ingredients. It is a time investment that pays off in spades. It took me about a year of mistakes, frustrations, and let-downs with stupid recipes I found online and some wasted ingredients to finally have several binders full of wonderful recipes we love for all food categories. Many I got from trusted sites I found, and others I invented myself as my skills increased. It. Was. Worth. It. I just made the most heavenly comfort food last night with Italian sausage links and cauliflower rice, garlic, home grown and homemade sundried tomatoes, and pepper strips that the men in my house gobbled down greedily and literally finger-licked the pan almost dry. Three years ago they would have laughed in your face if you told them they would one day love what I made. Both of them are healthy, muscular, and more fit than ever before after supporting me and my diet the past 2-1/2 years.
The only bad chemicals I’m exposed to now come from how an animal is raised or how produce is grown/treated. Compared to what I was exposed to before, it’s tons better now. Our grocery bills are not higher than before, but 80% of the bill is definitely now for meats and seafoods alone. (Because I chose a Keto diet.) But when you cut out the high cost of prepackaged foods and eating out, you find it’s more than enough to pay for the remaining produce and whole grains you still need, as well as the more expensive meats. I’ll admit my meat consumption has gone down this year due to high inflation, but I find less expensive options, like I eat more cans of tuna now and I eat more eggs as egg salad and deviled eggs, and I do more with ground meats than I did before too. Once inflation comes down I’ll be back to my multiple steaks and roasts per week plus more salmon and shellfish.
I did what I did without organic versions. Once finances make it possible we will try to move to organic. But nobody should give up at the starting gate if they can’t do organic. There’s a LOT of good health to be had just by removing processed/premade and staying away from fast food and sugar.
Wow, Juju! Thank you so much for sharing this. Sorry about your injury but I am blown away by your grit and determination. And your energy! You always have the most thoughtful contributions to the comments.😊
Did you know they have at least 53 names for sugar to keep you baffled?
That's for people who are reading this and commenting on this thread; lots of people never read past the big "All-Natural" in the logo. Just the other day a friend told me she'd been using some cake mix or sth that's been fortified with Acheta Protein... And after months of using she finally looked it up.
Oh yeah, keto is very helpful and it's also great fun to cook. Your story is fantastically inspiring, thanks for sharing!
AMEN!
Hi Elise! Fun to see you here on Jenna's site!
People have become massively lazy!
😊😊😊