How To Know What Healthy Food Is Right For You

Are egg yolks packed with goodness or a no-go?

Is fruit super nourishing or too much sugar?

Are beans anti-nutrient or the best thing ever? 

What's the deal with coconut oil?

The reality is that there's an overwhelming number of confusing, misguided, and contradictory health recommendations out there. 

There's a much simpler way: embrace your inner researcher and to start paying attention to how your food is making you feel. 

You can read all the studies and health advice that you want, but the only thing that can actually tell you what food will work best for you is your body. 

Of course, I think research is super valuable and something to keep in mind, but it's unreal how much of the research and recommendations have conflicts of interest with Big Food and other companies who profit from you purchasing their product (not being healthy).

Even if you're eating healthy, there's a chance that right now some of the healthy food is making your life harder and more uncomfortable without even realizing it.

Here are 4 super weird things I never would have learned about my food and body if I was just focusing on calories or listening to health recommendations from others: 

1. Drinking ginger tea in the evening makes it IMPOSSIBLE for me to sleep well even though it’s often recommended for winding down at night. It’s like I’ve had caffeine and I’m super restless all night (it turns out my mom is like this, too). 😵‍💫 I love it earlier in the day though!

2. When I have something with stevia I’ll be much more hungry throughout the day. It’s like my hunger and satiety cues are off. 

If I was thinking about what it “should” be doing, I would think it would help to keep my blood sugar stable so that I was less hungry (and potentially consume less calories compared to something with real deal sugar). This doesn’t mean I don’t eat anything with stevia, but it’s helpful to know that’s why I’m more hungry so I can plan accordingly. 

3. Peanut butter used to give me crippling stomach aches 2 days after I’d eat it. 

Food sensitivities are tricky because the signs can show up even a couple of days after you’ve eaten them making it really hard to make that correlation unless you’re really paying attention (like using a food and lifestyle journal).

I’ve slowly been able to build my tolerance for small amounts of peanut butter but it still contributes to 👇

4. When I eat certain legumes (especially peas or peanut butter), I have a sensation in my gut that feels like anxiety 1-2 days after eating it even when there is absolutely nothing stressful or anxiety-provoking going on in my life. 

Weird, right?!

All of these are examples of why I feel like I need to scream from the roof tops:

📣Mental and physical health are not separate things! Your brain is part of your body. 

📣If you want to feel good, you have to listen to your body instead of treating it like an inconvenience or enemy that needs to be ignored or controlled. 

What if your herbal tea is what’s keeping you up at night?

What if part of why you always feel anxious is actually coming from the healthy breakfast you’re having every morning?

What if that healthy swap you’ve been making to “be good” and eat less is actually contributing to out of control cravings?

What weird things do you think you would uncover about your body if you started to listen? 

Discover how everything is connected with my 6 month Life Boost Mentorship. I can’t tell you what will work best for your unique body and brain, but I can walk you through one small doable step at a time to help you learn from the one thing in this world totally devoted to taking care of you: your body.