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| − | In late 2012, my weight began going up out of control. Everything seemed to make me fat no matter what diet I followed. I felt helpless.
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| − | I came up with a plan to change my diet. It wasn't the best in the beginning, but I had taken the initial step in the direction I needed to go.
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| − | I realized I needed a body detox and cleanse before doing anything else
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| − | Because I realized our bodies rely heavily on our gut flora to stay healthy, I 'd been having gut problems and everything I did was. Most foods I ate made me feel sick, even when I thought they were healthy.
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| − | Drinking green smoothies was the way I got started. I would make the same breakfast smoothie everyday by mixing spinach, pineapple, celery and sometimes cucumber or green apples.
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| − | I started juicing when I learned the difference between smoothies and juicing. After a few days of juicing, I felt so good that I decided to just keep doing that until I felt I was healthy again.
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| − | I didn't realize that I was practically engaging in a juice fast, but that was among the things I can say gave me a jump start on my transformation and journey.
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| − | As I began to detoxify my body, I also began to eat more live foods (probiotics). I do take probiotic supplements as well, but would rather make things like sauerkraut, fruit kefirs, etc.
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| − | Everything I did revolved about my gut flora and probiotics.
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| − | From there the goal was to ensure that my body was creating the right bodily hormones and getting my hypothyroidism under control.
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| − | Our endocrine system is too complex to try to teach, but what I realised was that many people with hypothyroidism seem to be missing three things: vitamin D, selenium, healthy fatty acids.
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| − | The foods I began to eat that I felt helped me feel better give your body at least one of those three things.
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| − | When it comes to vitamins, it's important to understand that most foods don't have the vitamins your body requires, but instead have the precursors. Carrots don't have vitamin A, they have beta-carotene, which is the precursor to vitamin A.
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| − | When you eat a carrot, the bacteria in your gut digest it through a fermentation process and that's where they convert beta carotene into vitamin A.
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| − | Just like vitamin A, vitamin D is made the same way through fatty acids. Typically your gut flora can make vitamin D out of foods that contain good fatty acids like fish oil. If you want to make sure you are getting vitamin D, you can opt for eating fermented cod liver oil instead.
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| − | When I realized that eating more live foods would give my body more probiotics that make the vitamins it needs, everything else started to make sense. Cleaning up your body is important because it helps get rid of bad bacteria that prevent your gut flora from making the nutrients and vitamins your body needs.
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