Thoughts on the airplane watching LOVE PALEO documentary on Amazon...

As I was flying from Seattle to Orange Country for a work retreat – and the Natural Food Show (Expo West), my creative brain was on fire! I was focused and ready to be productive on finishing my free e-book on liver health and detoxification plus create my manual for our new Sunlighten “Infrared Treatment Sauna” to go into our treatment room.

Here are my thoughts…soak it up, get inspired and hopefully be impacted!

We should love life and love yourself Spring is coming and tis the season of cleaning out our “closets” but what about cleaning out our internal self- the food we eat, our lifestyle habits and the people in our life?

Spring is a time for renewal. Reboot. Rebuild. Renew. Reset.

Do it with The WHOLESTIC Method 30-day Total Transformation Program this April!

Live to full capacity. We forgot how it feels to feel so good.

Conventional wisdom messed us up now we need to figure out how to heal and rebuild from the inside out, what we eat and our lifestyle choices. We should not to settle for responses to our symptoms or pains “that way it is” and “this is a normal part of the aging process and getting older!”. Excuses.

Instead we should be taking charge and ownership our body and our health as we do with Nutritional Therapy individualized programs and healing with The WHOLESTIC Method services. We optimize our full potential and thrive when eating real food- instead of consuming high amounts of manufactured and processed foods from a factory. Look at the source of your food and how it is prepared. Remember and realize that high quality natural foods that fuel you and energize you for peak mental and physical performance every day! The WHOLESTIC Method Lifestyle habits that make you feel better, look better and move better from the inside out.

We eliminate sugar addictions and cravings when past withdrawal stage. Start eating satiated foods that fuel your body and brain while reducing cravings by eating right for your metabolic type! You will improve digestive issues and gut function. Food sensitivities can manifest itself in any part of the body…skin, joints, brain, mood…ADD and ADHD. The list goes on. Gluten sensitivities and brain health …learn about your gut-brain connection. Make sure you look at the macronutrient ratios of the food you eat to balance blood sugar levels. We need to reduce need for medications and other ‘band-aids’. Treat the ROOT of the problem – not just treat the symptoms.

We are often told the opposite- eat low or non-fat manufactured food products and take medications. Instead of believing everything you read and are told– question the research or claims as well as who funded the study or where the study is published. Look at where did the info come from and not to accept at face value. Ask why!

We need to be more aware of the ‘anti-nutrient’ components to food. Gluten and grains can Irritate gut wall lining and colon. Get the best out of your foods you are eating. Take control and ownership for your body as well as your health and wellness. Most diseases and chronic conditions could have been eliminated if changed nutrition and lifestyle habits. We should eat foods that were alive …not with additives and preservatives plus synthetic vitamins.

The goal in Nutritional Therapy is to balance your blood sugar in order to avoid blood sugar spikes and insulin surges. Take the Carb challenge and count your daily total. What is your carb intake? Are you under 100g per day challenge including starchy foods and fruits? Stay below 100 grams per day of carbohydrates…100-150g danger zone and over 300g more means trouble is coming! Avoid insulin surges by eating more healthy fats, moderate protein and non-starchy vegetables.

Excess stored in liver and then stored as fat. Obesity and insulin resistance is an epidemic with our youth.

Always digesting food and not absorbing
Facilitate fat burning and fat loss if stabilizing blood sugar instead of triggering hunger and storing fat when overeating carbs and burning sugar as main fuel source
Shift thinking that healthy natural fats are bad and to refined sugars are bad
Essential fatty acids, nerve sheath, most of brain, and cell membrane wall made of fat.
Fat soluble vitamins A, D, E and K. Fat is the preferred fuel for heart
Avoiding good fats can contribute or lead to hormone imbalance and other symptoms
No essential carbs..,just essential amino acids and essential fatty acids
Whole nutrient dense foods and natural fats including natural saturated fats as in coconut and grass-fed raw dairy
Eliminate cause of inflammation …bad dietary choices and poor digestion
Lower grade systemic inflammation-one cause spike in blood sugar from eating foods we are not designed to eat
Vegetable oils -omega 6 fats causing inflammation
Long term chronic Modern lifestyle disease
Symptoms manifest in different parts of the body
Long-term exposure accumulation to disease
Overheated fat or chemically altered…stored as a toxin or inflammation

What is your goal?

Feel better. Think better. Focus better. Look better. Move better.
Brain more clear and focused

How food is found in nature…whole food not pulled out and remove natural fats. Get your blood profile markers done now and see if they improve with added natural dietary fats. Check out Athletes Blood Test website and use the code THEWHOLEATHLETE for access as well as VIOME for your gut microbiome and food sensitiviities.

Here are more Debbie thoughts, notes and reminders on MOVEMENT and EXERCISE- two other elements of The WHOLESTIC Method:

Movement Designed to move
Processing foods and absorbing nutrients
Strength training and HIIT burst training
Avoid chronic repetitive long distance cardio training vs. sprints
Build muscle and burn fat
run sprints
Total body training
Functional movement
Reevaluate what functional movement …everyday life
Better aligned with genetic heritage
Mimic ancestral movement patterns
LIFE and HEALTH is about good health over losing weight
Movement generalists
Wide range of movements
Detached from primal play
Misconceptions of what exercise is about. Integration into daily life
We forget how to play and make ‘exercise’ fun – instead of getting time in on a machine!

Then we get into SLEEP and STRESS! Big factors of The WHOLESTIC Method…

Sleep and hormones involved in sleep
Melatonin, Cortisol, Growth hormone, Grehlin, Leptin

Then we talk about FOOD…our relationship and mindset to food:

Keep experience of food …exceptional flavor, sustainable, practical
Eat for performance, longevity and …
Change perception of healthy eating and healthy living
Conventional wisdom got us here now we need to find our way out…
Seek food from better sources and improve your health
Change what you put in your mouth will change the way you feel, thrive and longevity …anti inflammatory is anti aging
Change the way you look and perform. Feel better and lose weight.
Possibly reduce or eliminate diseases
Eliminate the poisons – start with 30 days to reset
Eat real food, natural sourced whole food
Consciously aware of what you are eating
Make changes or accept consequences.
Avoid Self Sabotage
Nourish your body and brain

Embark on this new WHOLESTIC journey and become the WHOLE Athlete. Take your health into your own hands. Your health is your wealth! Your mood is determined by what you eat and what you absorb. How can you not want to feel better??

Take The WHOLESTIC Method 30-day total transformation challenge and get a baseline reset.

Focus on your body and what you are putting in it. Don’t diet or focus on losing weight…start with the elements of The WHOLESTIC Method first and the Rest will happen naturally.

Eat clean, play often and crush it in life.

Remove poisons and toxins. Spring cleaning.

That is what The WHOLESTIC Method Program is all about!

The WHOLESTIC Method programs:

Train the WHOLE you with The WHOLESTIC Method

Rebuild-Repair-Renew

Train as ‘The WHOLE Athlete’ and improve performance from the inside out.
with elements of The WHOLESTIC Method Program.

The WHOLESTIC Method Services:

The WHOLESTIC Method 5-Day detox and reset challenge -$97

The WHOLESTIC Method 30-day total transformation program-$497

Individualized Nutritional Therapy Program

-30 day start up (4 sessions to get stared) $497