Give The Body You Have A Fighting Chance Susan Merrick 2012 TCOA Age Well Live Well

Give The Body You Have A Fighting Chance

Susan Merrick2012 TCOAAge Well Live Well

Give the Body a Fighting Chance• Age Well Live Well – Austin Ambassador

• 20 – year volunteer with aging & disability

• Diagnosed “Pre-Everything” at 50

• Mom & Grandmother died of Alzheimer’s

• Spent 5 years reading about reversing illnesses

• Turned my health around with this formula Health = Nutrients/Calories Consumed (www.drfuhrman.com)

• Good intentions? Or another layer of pavement on the road to illness?

• Todd Whitthorne’s compelling 2011 TCOA message – Tools for health

Give The Body A Fighting Chance

You Can Be Thinand Unhealthy

• -- Todd Whitthorne circa 2003• .

Give The Body A Fighting Chance

Are You Kidding Me! (

-- Susan Darr (Merrick), circa 2003(fresh from 40-Lb loss /Atkins’ & South Beach)

Give the Body a Fighting Chance To Live Healthy to 100

Give the Body a Fighting ChanceTo Reverse & Prevent Degenerative Diseases

Dr. Neal Bernard’s Program for Reversing Diabetes

Beating Alzheimer’s by Tom Warren

Prevent & Reverse Heart Disease by Caldwell Esselstyn, MD

Overcoming Thyroid Disorders by David Brownstein, MD

(Fibromyalgia, Graves, Hashimoto’s, Hypo/Hyper Thyroid Disorders & 54 more

Healing the Gerson Way, by Charlotte Gerson

(Headaches, Diabetes, Lupus & Stage IV Cancers)

Give The Body A Fighting ChanceAgainst Fad Diets & Studies

It matters how we trim down.

The fuel the body’s cells need causes

healthy, natural weight loss.

Fad Diets Do Not They lack needed phytonutrient calories

• Diet pills?• Bottled/canned smoothies/shakes? • Appetite suppressants?• Food deprivation?• Beef, pork, poultry, fish, cheese, milk, ice

cream? • Processed foods?• The Standard American Diet?• Atkins/South Beach/Red Wine/Chocolate

Give the Body a Fighting ChanceNEW START to Age Well-Live

WellN = ?E W S TART

Live Healthy to 100 Live with Disease

Resources In Resources Out

Give the Body a Fighting ChanceNEW START - Nutrition

• Reverse Disease with Nutrition

Health = Nutrients/Calories

• Macro-nutrients in both animal & plants• Protein• Fat• Carbohydrate

• Micro-nutrient-dense foods = plants• Vitamins• Minerals• Enzymes• Phytonutrients (Thousands work

• Antioxidants• Bioflavonoids• Carotenoids• Lignans



Produce/Alkaline/True Hunger Products/Acidic/Toxic Hunger

Spinach = more protein/calorie than meat, fish, eggs, cheese

Complete protein is in all plants packaged with fiber and phytonutrients

Animal = cancer & heart & gut diseases Animal = got its protein by eating plantsAnimal protein is packaged with saturated fat, cholesterol, arachidonic acid and leads to degenerative diseases, including dementia

Avocado, walnuts, seeds = Omega 3s body makes EPA & DHA from

Cheese = highest saturated fat / calorieOils = harden & produce free-radicals & lead to degenerative diseases, including dementia

Complex carbohydrates densely packed with phytonutrients

Enriched flour + sugar = devoid of nutrients = inflammation = degenerative diseases, including dementia



Tool 2: Health = Nutrients/Calories Consumed 1. Salad is the main dish. Eat it first at lunch & dinner 2. Eat at least 4 fresh fruits daily 3. Variety of raw greens & vegetables is spice of life 4. For 6 weeks, limit high-starch whole foods to 1-cup/day (corn on cob, sweet potato, brown rice) 5. Eat at least a cup of beans or legumes every day 6. For 6 weeks, eliminate animal & dairy products 7. Have a tablespoon of ground flax seed a day 8. Eat an ounce of raw nuts & seeds a day in salad 9. Mushrooms with beans & soups & salads10. Keep it simple

Give the Body a Fighting ChanceNutrition – How we cook/eat

mattersLive Healthy to 100 Live with Disease

Steam/blanch in H2O two min Browned meats = acrylamides

Soak beans, legumes, grains Baked = acrylamides

Heat vegetables to 112 degrees Fried = acrylamides

Heat soups to 112 degrees Grilled = acrylamides

Roasted = acrylamides

True hunger BBQ’d = acrylamides

Water-based cooking at low heat preserves enzymes, etc.

Oil-based cooking hardens the oils & produces free radicals

Chew until liquid Chomp, chomp, swallow



Well

Nutrition

E = ?W S TART




Give the Body a Fighting ChanceNEW START - Exercise


Well

NutritionExercise

W = ?S TART



Active Sedentary


Give the Body a Fighting ChanceNEW START - Water


Water 8-10 glasses/meats Alcohol (even red wine)

Water 4 to 5 glasses/plants Coffee

Add H2O if exercising Milk (cow, soy)

Add H2O if out in heat Juice (bottle, can, carton)

Add H2O if stressed Powdered drinks

Add H2O if up all night Soda

Add H2O if eat “treat” Sports drinks

Add H2O if sick, hurt, meds Tea


Give the Body a Fighting ChanceNEW START - Water


Body = 75% water Allergies & Asthma (lungs)

Bowel moves 30 min/eat Constipation

Heart, lungs, blood moves Edema, Congestive Heart

Pain free Fibromyalgia pain

Healthy gut (unless SAD) Gastrointestinal diseases

Pain free Headaches, Migraines

Pain free Joint pain. inflammation

Brain = 85% water Seizure



Well

NutritionExerciseWater

S = ?TART



Active Sedentary

Energy Inflammation


Give the Body a Fighting ChanceNEW START - Sunshine

• 20 minutes of morning sunlight /day To make Vitamin D-3 from cholesterol in skin

• Or plant-based Vitamin D-3 supplement www.drfuhrman.com

Give the Body a Fighting ChanceNEW START

NutritionExerciseWaterSunshine

T = ?ART



Active Sedentary

Energy Inflammation

Vitamin D3 Depression


Give the Body a Fighting ChanceNEW START - Temperance

Trash the Toxins:• Alcohol• Smoking• Drugs/Antibiotics• SAD Eating Out/Glutamates Pizza, Pasta, Baked Goods Sugar/Sweeteners/Sodas Animal, Oils, Cheese Herbicides/Pesticides

Give the Brain a Fighting ChanceBy Avoiding

GlutamatesMSGHydrolyzed Vegetable ProteinHydrolyzed ProteinHydrolyzed Plant ProteinPlant Protein ExtractSodium CaseinateCalcium CaseinateYeast ExtractTextured ProteinAutolyzed YeastHydrolyzedOat FlourMalt ExtractMalt FlavoringBouillon

BrothStockFlavoringNatural FlavoringNatural Beef/Chicken FlavoringSeasoningSpicesCarrageenanEnzymesSoy Protein ConcentrateSoy Protein IsolateWhey Protein ConcentrateProyease enzymesL-cysteineAspartame / Neotame

Give the Brain a Fighting ChanceBy Avoiding Packaged Foods & Eating Out

Fruit-, nut-, seed- & vegetable-based :

•Meals•Dishes•Soups•Salad dressings•Sauces•Chutney•& more

Give the Body a Fighting ChanceNEW START to Age Well-

Live Well

NutritionExerciseWaterSunshineTemperance

A = ?RT



Active Sedentary

Energy Inflammation


Detoxed Toxic Load


Give the Body a Fighting ChanceNEW START - Air

• Oxygen to every cell• Fresh morning air • Daily deep breathing exercise • Away from vehicle exhaust & ozone action days• Annual field burning or prairie fires• Air fresheners?• Perfumed products?• Noxious fumes?


NutritionExerciseWaterSunshineTemperanceAir

R = ?T



Active Sedentary

Energy Inflammation


Detoxed Toxic Load

Oxygenated Oxygen-deprived


Give the Body a Fighting ChanceNEW START - Rest

• 8 hours• 5-to-20-minute naps v. caffeine• Cellular repair cycle 10 pm to 2 am


NutritionExerciseWaterSunshineTemperanceAirRest

T= ?



Active Sedentary

Energy Inflammation


Detoxed Toxic Load


Repair Cycle Waste Accumulation


Give the Body a Fighting ChanceNEW START - Trust

Trust your Maker to have provided the fuel our bodies need

“Let thy food be thy medicine & medicine thy food”-- Hippocrates


NutritionExerciseWaterSunshineTemperance AirRestTrust



Active Sedentary

Energy Inflammation

Vitamin D3 Poor absorption

Detoxed Toxic Load


Repair Cycle Waste Accumulation

Attitude of Gratitude Stress


Highest in Protein/Calorie?

Animal Protien or . . .

. . . Plant Protien?

Which Has Free-Radical-Forming Acrylamides?

Animal Protein or . . . or , , , ,

. . . Plant Protein?

Give the Body a Fighting ChanceAgainst Sugar & Salt

Living/dead? Food/toxic? Add/deplete reserves? Health/illness?

Give The Body A Fighting Chance Against Processed Grains


Give The Body A Fighting Chance Against Dairy



Standard American Diet Menu

BBQCheeseburger, fries, shake

Fried chicken, mashedPastaPizza

Chinese Takeout

Beer, wine, margarita, soda, coffee, milk or tea

Pudding, ice cream, cake, pie, cookies, brownies

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Give The Body You Have A Fighting Chance Susan Merrick 2012 TCOA Age Well Live Well