This lesson dives deep into the principles of nutrition. What should we be eating in order to thrive as human beings? This is one of the most charged and controversial topics in existence. But it doesn't have to be. The mystery only comes in when we fail to ask the right questions that relate food to being healthy, not to the treatment of illness. This is made so much easier when we understand the principles of primal nutrition.
29. Right Sizing Your Meals
Carbohydrates!
- Vegetables - eat a mounded handful of vegetables
with every meal.
- Goal is 6-8 servings of veg per day
- Large salad with every meal
! Golden Rule: RAW FIBRE FIRST
30. Right Sizing Your Meals
Fruit!
! - 1-2 pieces per day only!
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! - Stick to lower sugar varieties if possible (Berries
mainly)
31. Right Sizing Your Meals
Fat!
! - The reality is that you can eat as much healthy
fat as you like!
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! - If you are not used to it, aim to eat the volume
of your index and middle finger of any !
healthy-fat rich food with each meal !
(avocado, nuts, oils)
32. Right Sizing Your Meals
Protein!
! Choose a palm-sized, palm-thickness portion of
protein with your meals. !
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33. Right Sizing Your Meals
Water!
! - You will need a calculator.!
! - Weigh yourself in Kg!
! - For every Kg you want 35ml of water per day!
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! ! - E.g. If you way 80kg - thats 2,800ml or 2.8L of water per day !
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37. The Western Diet
● Main Mistakes (TOXINS and DEFICIENCIES)!
● XS Grains!
● XS Sugar!
● Too little omega 3, too much omega 6!
● Too much poor quality dairy produce!
● Too little vegetable, nuts and seeds!
● Too little fibre!
● Not enough good bacteria in the gut and too many bad bacteria!
● Not enough clean water!
● Non-organic- toxins (cleaning fluids, heavy metals, fluoride
etc…)!
● Imports – low nutrient value
38. “Let food be your medicine
and let medicine be your
food” - Hippocrates
45. Good fats
● Fish oil!
● Avocado!
● Olive Oil!
● Saturated fats - grass-fed organic butter!
● Coconut Oil!
● Egg yolks!
● Fat from grass fed meats and wild fish!
● Nuts and seeds!
● Flax seed!
● supplements
46. Bad Fats
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● Transfats/hydrogenated fats!
● Fried foods!
● vegetable oils (rapeseed, sunflower vegetable)!
● Margarine!
● very similar to plastic!
● not real food!
● difficult to remove from blood stream
58. Avoid Like the Plague
● Aspartame!
● Nutrasweet!
● Sucrose!
● Acesulfame Potassium!
● Agave Nectar!
● High fructose corn syrup!
● MSG!
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● Safer alternatives: Stevia, organic herbs and spices
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60. The Troublesome Grains…
● Breaks down quickly to glucose!
● Anti-nutrients!
● Allergenic!
● Glue (constipation)!
● Water retention!
● Fermentation ! Bloating!
● Yeast content ! Bloating!
! Bad Bacterial Overgrowth
61. The Troublesome Grains…
● Carbo-HYDRATES!
● Supply the body with energy, vitamins, minerals,
essential fats and amino acids ! al the building
blocks!
● FRUITS and VEGETABLES are ideal!
● 70% of diet (mainly veg)!
● All white flour, wheat, pasta, bread, cakes, biscuits
and sugar ! TOXIC, avoid at all costs
Alternatives/Transition: Whole organic oats, wholegrain brown
rice, rye, spelt, pumpernickel, buckwheat and quinoa – once per
day in small portion max
62. The Lie that’s making you Fat (and
aging you faster)
● We have been told for years that it’s eating fat that
makes us fat.!
● This is completely false information.!
● XS glucose ! Stored as Glycogen: only 24 hours worth
of supply!
● XS ! stored in fat cells around your belly and organs :
genetic genius!!!
● 98% of which is PALMITIC ACID!
● AGE’s!
● Beware of grain fed meat!
SO EATING
CARBS NOT
FATS MAKES
US STORE
FAT!!
63. Balancing Blood Sugar
High Blood
Glucose
Increased
Stress
Response
Increased
Adrenalin
Levels
Exercise is a great way of breaking this negative spiral. Similar to
sprinting away/fighting the threat ! Lowers adrenalin and burns
up the sugar.
64. The perfect recipe for chronic illness
is……
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INSULIN RESISTANCE!
and !
THE STRESS RESPONSE!
!!!!
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!● That goes for ALL CHRONIC ILLNESS.!
● Its environment, not genetics.
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67. Step 6 - Healthy Proteins
● Game!
● Organic, free range, grass fed!
● Line caught wild fish!
● NO FARMED FISH!
● Small white bate fish are the best (mackerel, sild,
herring, sardines etc…!
● Eggs are awesome
69. Recommended Supplements
● Everybody everyday for life!
● Quality fish oil - 1000mg (EPA/DHA) in the
evening!
● Vitamin D3 - Men 5000 iu, Women 4000 iu,
Children 1000 iu per day!
● Probiotic Capsule - upon waking up on an empty
stomach
70. In conclusion
● Plenty of vegetables and selected fruits!
● Eat healthy fats and avoid bad fats!
● Support your gut flora !
● Avoid refined grains and sugars!
● Avoid all grains as much as possible!
● Add in nuts and seeds!
● Organic and seasonal wherever possible!
● Choose healthy proteins!
● Take the recommended daily supplements
71. “Let food be your medicine
and let medicine be your
food” - Hippocrates
72. Upcoming
● Principles of nutrition and the philosophy of food!
● Detoxification - the state of the art!
● Recipes!
● Meal plans!
● Shopping lists!
● Resources
73. Principles
● Remember the goal is health - not weight loss, fewer chins, less pain, less
fatigue etc.!
● Feeling good, looking and performing at world class are just natural side
effects of health!
● Set the right goals - you need to know where you are before you can ever
get there - more on this in module 3!
● Think slow constant improvement!
● Focus on what you ARE going to eat rather than what you are NOT
going to eat!
● There is no ‘can’t’ or ‘have to’ only ‘choosing’