This year I’m going to give you the secret that is the basic foundation to a new healthy, happy, You!
As you remember, the F in SELFISH stands for the food you fuel your body with. Clean, lean, organic, non-processed foods. That’s it!
If you can hunt it, catch it, pick it, or pluck it (I got that from Dr. Jonny Bowden), you are good to go. Just not processed. Nothing that needs to be processed to be able to eat, like pasta, bread, chips, pretzels, or anything made in a factory.
Now don’t get hung up on the small stuff. “What about potatoes, rice…?” Just remember the more that has to be done to the raw food, the less beneficial if is to your body. If you are eating a rainbow of colors at each meal, you won’t have to worry about whether you eat potatoes or not. If you can adopt the idea of straight from nature, cleaned, cut up, maybe cooked, then eaten, you will be getting the most nutritional bang for your buck. Period.
Yes, there are a few exceptions:
- Tomatoes, which are great for you raw, but when cooked with oil, the lycopene is more easily absorbed, so tomato sauce and tomato paste from cans, as long as they are organic, are still good for your body.
- Olives have to go through a process to be eatable and not bitter. This is obviously worth the processing because of all it’s omega-3 qualities.
- Beans are another food that can retain their nutritional benefits and still come from a can.
- Cheese is another food that goes through a process, but as long as it is a minimal, natural process, and eaten sparingly, it’s ok. No processed cheese spreads, blocks, or whizzes! I mean it!
- Almond milk and soy milk are also processed but still good for you, so stick with the organic varieties.
- And of course there’s wine, which goes through a process to be drinkable, but what can I say… it’s the elixir of life!
So you get the idea. The less done to the natural state of food, the better it is for your body. You just have to get use embrace that mind set, and make it your default. Your question at each meal is “How processed is this food?” If the food is just seasoned, sauteed, sauce made from the pan drippings, a squeeze of citrus, and it’s on your plate, you are good to go. If it has been chemically processed to look a certain way, or taste a certain way, or came from a can or package, run… run like the wind!
It is a simple as that!
Cheers to your health and happiness!
Happy Living!
Christia
The Most Selfish Woman in America!
