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This is my presentation about how I ate my way back to health after being diagnosed with an auto immune disease. I used food as medicine to heal myself and got myself off immuno-suppressants and steroids which I was told by doctors I would need to take for the rest of my life.
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Supercharged Food
How to Eat Your Way
to Good Health!
www.superchargedfood.com
My Story
• I weighed 42 kgs• Hives• Hair Loss• Mouth Ulcers• 6 months of medical tests• Auto Immune Disease• Chronic Fatigue• Arthritis• Fibromyalgia
Make a Choice
Did you know?• Australians spent $18 billion on
prescription medication each year• At least one in five Australians are on
pain prescription drugs • More Australians die from medication
overdoses than on the roads in all age groups apart from 15-24 year olds
Did you know?• The average conventionally-grown
apple has 20-30 artificial poisons on its skin, even after rinsing.
• About 99% of non-organic farm animals are now fed GM soy
• A healthy diet costs less in the long run
• No expensive medical bills or treatments
Real Food is MedicineI used food as medicine to heal my body and get off drugs…
• Look for real food as close to nature as possible
• The gluten-free market has jumped on the band wagon churning out gluten-free products, often loaded with sugar or additives and unhealthy ingredients to compensate for the lack of gluten
• Don’t pay 10 pounds for a cup and a half of sugar, a truck load of modified starches and refined cheap white rice flour
• You may as well be eating the packaging!
My Top Five Medicine Chest Foods
GingerHot Water and LemonTurmeric
Cinnamon Sardines
How to Get Started
It’s easy once you know how…
• Keep it simple• Think about the foods you like
to eat that make you feel good
• Devise a meal planner• Create a shopping list• Invest in a kitchen blackboard• Go Shopping• Plan a batch cooking day• Experiment with easy to make
recipes• Increase your intake of
detoxing foods and juices
What to Avoid?
If I were you, I would ditch the following:
• Wheat, cows milk and soy• GM and Processed foods• Sugar• Table salt• Caffeine• Man-made fats
Numbers, Additives and PreservativesSome people have reactions to these numbers…
Artificial Colours102, 103, 104, 110, 120, 122-129, 131,132, 133, 140, 142, 143, 150, 151, 155, 160b (annatto), 162, 164
PreservativesSorbates 200-203Benzoates 210-213Sulphites 220-228Nitrates, nitrites 249-252Food Acids 260-264, 270Propionates 280-283
AntioxidantsGallates 310-312TBHQ, BHA, BHT 319-321
Vegetable Gums and ThickenersCarrageenan 407, Guar Gum 412Methylcellulose 461, 464, 465, 466, Xanthan Gum 415
Flavour EnhancersGlutamates, MSG 620-625Disodium guanylate 627Disodium inosinate 631Ribonucleotides 635Hydrolysed Vegetable Protein (HVP)
All Artificial Flavours
The Lowdown on Labels
• When did you ever see a food label pasted on the side of a banana, apple, broccoli, zucchini or any other fresh fruit or vegetable?
• Look at all those artificial ingredients on the left, eewk!
• Its enough to give you a heart attack just looking at them!
• Decode food labels• Read from the ingredients
list• Rule out artificial
sweeteners
Superstar Super foods
GarlicKale
Broccoli
Spinach
Salmon
Shopping ListUse organic ingredients where possible…
• Vegetables• Grass fed meats• Good fats• Seafood• Nuts and nut butters• Eggs• Gluten free flours• Low fructose fruits• Herbal teas• Herbs and spices
A full shopping list is available on the website www.superchargedfood.com
Top Tips to Supercharge Your Life
• Don’t restrict yourself it only creates cravings
• Get some sunshine and vitamin D
• Implement changes slowly• Make breakfast the most
powerful meal of the day• Remember to slow down and
allow yourself time to rest• Take care of your emotional
health• Enjoy yourself