Hey Friend
It is starting to warm up here at the time of this recording, but even though it has been cold, I have had so much incredible time with friends crafting for 4 days and then another weekend time with friends that I don’t see very often and another weekend at a Womens leadership retreat, we have been ice fishing and my family has caught a bunch of fish, so even when it is cold, we still gather and have quality time with people we love-even though it may not be outside!
 
Today I want to talk about the simple foods we eat.  I no longer eat for what my body looks like, but for my metabolic health and to heal my body from the inside out.  I have talked on here about how over the years up until 3 years ago,  I have tried every diet there was including keto, paleo, vegan, and the list goes on and on, but when I had an abnormal EKG after doing Keto and then getting my body age, I realized that I needed to quit worrying about weight and worry more about health, so after doing alot of research,i realized that  auto-immune disorders and our health problems come down to mostly what we eat.  I knew that even though our soil is so depleted that we won’t benefit from all the nutrients our ancestors did, if we get closer to a nourishing ancestral diet with nutrient dense foods, we will be much healthier.
 
I had some testing done and I found out I had food allergies to milk, wheat, tomatoes, tuna, kidney beans, kale, and 10 other items, so when I started cooking from scratch with whole food ingredients, I noticed a huge difference in my gut health. I can’t wait to retest and see how many of these food allergies are gone.  Since switching so much of what we eat, my family has become even healthier and it has saved thousands of dollars making it ourselves and growing the food.  We buy organic whenever possible if we aren’t growing it as we are more aware of pesticides and also our gut health has improved immensly. 
 
My list of nutrient-dense foods that we typically eat daily does not include a bunch of random super-foods that are expensive and hard to find. My diet has shifted to eating more Traditional Foods….or as I like to call it, following an Ancestral or Primal diet. Eating the way my ancestors have eaten for thousands of years. 
Traditional foods are the types of nutrient dense foods I now focus on for our whole family.
 
These foods are for anyone, at any stage in life. They’re rich in nutrients that your body needs to thrive.
 
Nutrient Dense foods we eat every day
 
Eggs from our chickens
Raw Cheese
Fermented Veggies
Fruit
Raw Milk
Butter
Animal Protein
 
It sure makes a difference in how we feel.  We still eat our fruit and veggie tablets daily, but that is because we couldn’t possibly get 30 different kinds of fruits and vegetables every day and those have kept our whole family free from sickness for over 3 years now.  I will put the link below if you are interested!
When you nourish your body with the right foods, you will feel  AND LOOK  your best!!!
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God Bless!
Monica