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Why Your Diet Sucks And How To Fix It

March 13, 2019 | Posted at 11:55 pm | by Victoria (Follow User)

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You try to eat healthy, you really do—grilled chicken, broccoli, rice, fruit, the whole shebang. But what if that diet wasn’t really as healthy as you thought? And what if there’s more to diet than just macros in, macros out?

 

Nowadays, when people discuss healthy foods, they almost always have the wrong idea about what they should be eating. Many people, especially athletes, have a dinner plate of about 1/3 meat, 1/3 carbs, and 1/3 (green) vegetables, and that’s not much healthier than just eating junk food.

 

First, athlete or not, your dinner plate should be about 1/2 (mixed) vegetables, 1/4 (sweet) potatoes or oats, and 1/4 protein (milk or eggs). There are some other things that are good to throw in the mix as well, but not in a large enough quantity to be significant in the ratio provided.

 

What does a meal look like with that foodstuff’s ratio?

 

1 cup beets (raw or roasted)

1/2 cup carrots (raw or steamed)

1/2 cup brussels sprouts (roasted or steamed)

1 cup sweet potatoes (roasted or baked)

1 cup of warmed Jersey cow milk (get this from your local Farmer’s market)

-Extra-

Season vegetables with fresh turmeric or ginger and add in fresh minced garlic

Add 1 tbsp cinnamon to your sweet potatoes

Eat 2-3 dark chocolate squares

Add 1/2 cup berries, almonds, and walnuts to one meal each day

 

If you were to eat that every day and switch up which vegetables you use each meal (still keep eating beets though, beets are the God-king of vegetables) then you’d be healthy as a horse in less than a week. Seriously, go to the doctor and get your blood pressure, heart rate, cholesterol, liver enzymes, and testosterone/estrogen checked—the full blood panel. Then, a week or two later get it checked again after eating only meals like the one I mentioned above.

 

I can guarantee the doctors would be amazed at how much healthier your numbers were looking in that short of a time.

 

Now, eating healthy is a great start but there’s still a bit more to it than just that—namely, there are some things we’re going to need to supplement.

 

Why supplements? Well, to put it simply, some things are either too scarce in our diets, even when we do eat healthy, and other things are just…well…not worth putting in our diet in the first place. A great example of this is berberine, which helps our bodies efficiently process glucose. Where does it come from? Pineapple tree bark. See what I mean? Not something you’d want to be eating.

 

Here’s a list of supplements I think everyone should be taking (after first speaking with their doctor).

 

  • Berberine: helps regulate blood glucose, lowers blood pressure, and is a great alternative diabetic medication. Berberine is often taken in capsule form.
  • CBD: extracted from the cannabis sativa plant, CBD has been found to lower blood pressure, reduce swelling, lower anxiety, and help with sleep (take before bed). There are CBD gummies, CBD vapes, and CBD topical ointments available across the internet and in some stores.
  • 5-HTP: helps your body regulate serotonin, which improves mood, can lower anxiety, and helps with depression. Like the berberine, this is also taken in capsule form.
  • Vitamin D: boosting immune function and aiding in bone health, vitamin D is one of the most important Besides getting it directly from the sun, it can be taken as a pill or in liquid form.

 

Just taking these four supplements a day in synergy with a healthy diet should put you on the fast track to incredible health and longevity.