On this blog, I am going to discuss nutrition related topics and issues pertaining to related diets as well as SCD-related topics. I will also discuss relevant environmental and societal issues when they come up.
Alternative therapies such as art and music therapy are also just as valid as dietary solutions and so I will spend time addressing these forms of therapy as well. There are lifestyles that are more helpful and healthful for those with digestive disorders or dietary problems, but that are also beneficial to anyone who wants to change their lives and improve their health. Conversely, there are many lifestyles that are harmful to not only those who have specific struggles with their health, but everybody, and I want to help you to avoid those. I hope to share my knowledge and things that I have learned with you all so that this information can help you and transform your lives as it has mine. Opening Minds, Hearts, and Mouths Especially in America today, there are these ideals for what food is and what constitutes a meal that often revolve around grains. The Specific Carbohydrate Diet, along with other similar diets, turn those ideals on their heads and shake up how people think about food and balanced, healthful, satisfying diets. For me, this diet has changed how I think as well as how I eat, and I am forever grateful for that. It has opened up my thinking to change the way I view food and what a satisfying snack or meal can be and is. It has also transformed my overall health and wellbeing. Some people have a hard time shifting their mindset and accepting changes in their diets. People become so attached to particular foods, types of foods, dishes, and ways of eating and do not want to even consider a new way of eating. This is harmful when people are so attached that they continue to eat foods that harm them and refuse to try a simple, natural fix in changing their diet because they think that they need these foods in their lives even though they are hurting them. I think that is only harmful to these individuals and I hope to open hearts to these different ways of eating. I want to show people that they can still eat delicious satisfying foods that are better for their minds and bodies. You can take dishes that you love and remake them so that they conform to a healthier lifestyle but are still packed with flavor and all the things you originally loved them for. These foods are more delicious, nutritious and packed with flavor than many foods that people are used to. I just hope that people will give them a chance and realize what they are missing out on, instead of just brushing it off as not worth it, not yummy, and assuming that those following these types of diets and lifestyles are the ones who are missing out, which simply is not true. Beginning this diet has lead me to try and to enjoy much more varied meals and ingredients than I previously had, contrary to what many people might intuitively think with it being a "restrictive elimination diet". These foods are delicious and should make people want to eat them. I hope that people try these recipes and enjoy them! I hope they change your lives as they have mine. Portions and Timing There is more than just the type of food that is being eaten that is important. The amount of food that one eats at a time and the time of day that one eats is equally as important. It is better to eat many small meals and snacks throughout the day for instance than to eat only a few larger meals. Additionally, most of the calories that a person consumes should be earlier in the day, when these calories can have time to be burned off and when people still need much energy for the day. Eating just a few larger meals, with the largest one being in the evening, as is common in the United States today, is a bad habit to be in for one's digestion and overall health and wellbeing. Knowledge like this can help to change people's lives permanently for the better and that is what I hope to do by sharing it. I hope you read these posts, spread the word, share the information you learn, and grow and help others to better themselves as well along the way and in the process of it all. If I have helped one person by doing this, changed one life for the better, I will have reached my goal and feel that it was worth all the hard work, time, and effort. So, please let me know when you have used the knowledge and recipes I have shared and utilized them for the betterment of your life and your loved ones' lives. I would really love to hear about it and will always appreciate when you share a positive story! Good luck on this journey and I hope this helps!
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