Healthy with Jodi

Plant Protein, Amino Acids, Macronutrients & Antioxidants…what does it all mean?

    *How do we use food as medicine so we can fuel the body, heal and repair?
    Basic Weight management Strategies and Lifestyle Strategies
    1-Adequate ATP
    2-Nutrient Density-Organic Foods. **A MUST!!!**
    3-Balance-60-80% Alkalizing (pH Balance)
    4-Moderation-Limited Refined Sugar
    5-Calorie Control=Calorie Restriction
    6-Variety= Seasonal Eating VS Emotional Eating
    Refer to www.healthywithjodi.com for my Sweet 16 Eating Healthy Guidelines and how to achieve balance.

    Muscle building with Plant Protein
    *How do you support a body on a plant based diet without eating meat?

    Earth is the ultimate prism. Every green plant captures a different wavelength of light and energy from the sun. A collection of juices from sea plants, field grasses and garden vegetables will alkalize your body, build up your blood, and cleanse your cells.

    What is a Carbohydrate? Fruit, vegetable, starch, grain, pasta
    What is a Protein? Animal meat, dairy
    What is a Fat? Nut, seed or oil

    How Much do we need daily? Age/Gender/Health History
    Carbs: Weight loss must be under 50g a day, aim for no more than 30g of carbs at a meal and 8g of sugars within those carbs. Think higher fiber foods.
    Protein: 1g per 1kg body weight (think about half your body weight)
    Fat: 25-30% daily calories can come from the pure sources of healthy fats.

    ***Ratios are different for everyone and Should be evaluated by a Certified Health Professional or Holistic Professional based on your health history.***

    What are Amino Acids? What do they do?
    Assists with the stabilization or recovery of muscle strength, endurance, and volume
    Helps keep body tissues firm
    Helps minimize body fat
    May support a weight loss regimen
    Aid in normalizing protein synthesis

    If the essential amino acids are not present in the daily diet the body will break down existing proteins in order to supply the body with the missing amino acids.

    Essential Amino Acids:
    Cannot be produced in our body and thus must be consumed in our diets. The essential amino acids humans cannot synthesize are:
    Phenylalanine, valine, threonine, tryptophan, methionine, leucine, isoleucine, lysine, and histidine. (Arginine is mostly required in young children and not as important as adults)

    Non-Essential Amino Acids: These can be synthesized by the body.
    Proteins drive ALL functions of the various organs of the human body.
    Alanine (from pyruvic acid)
    Arginine (from glutamic acid)
    Asparagine (from aspartic acid)
    Aspartic Acid (from oxaloacetic acid)
    Cysteine
    Glutamic Acid (from oxoglutaric acid)
    Glutamine (from glutamic acid)
    Glycine (from serine and threonine)
    Proline (from glutamic acid)
    Serine (from glucose)
    Tyrosine (from phenylalanine)

    If you fail to obtain even just one out of the essential amino acids, your body’s proteins so not complete and the body is forced to steal from bones and elsewhere to create metabolic processes in your body. Also, unlike fats and carbohydrates, your body does not store excess supplies of amino acids for later use – you need a regular supply of them everyday.

    Foods with amino acids include animal and vegetable sources. Most of the animal sources such as meat, eggs and milk are considered to be “complete protein sources” meaning that these contain all the essential amino acids that your body needs.
    Vegetables are also good amino acid food sources but most of them do not usually contain all essential aminos.

    Amino Acid Deficiency and Supplementation
    Many people who are sick, fatigued, or trying weight loss programs, vegetarians or Vegans consume insufficient amounts of protein. Thus, supplementation of amino acids has been increasingly necessary. B6 and B12 are the most common of deficiencies when not consuming animal protein.

    Non Meat Forms of Amino Acids: Think SEA LIFE!
    *How can I combat muscle fatigue or just plain being tired all the time?
    More GREEN foods create energy in the body! How do plants grow? They need sun, water, rest, minerals and vitamins, and time.

    Antioxidant Rich foods: EAT FROM THE RAINBOW!
    RED: Lycopene
    YELLOW/ORANGE: Beta Carotene & Beta Crytoxanthin
    BLUE/PURPLE: Anthocyanins
    GREEN: Chlorophyll

    GREEN FOOD BASICS:
    *Green foods have a high content of chlorophyll due to porphyrin rings.
    * Chlorophyll and heme units of red blood cells are virtually identical except the center molecule
    * Chlorophyll-magnesium
    * Heme-Iron
    * Heme units are the building blocks for red blood cells
    * Therefore, all green foods help the body to create new blood.

    What Does Eating Healthy Mean? 16 Healthy Eating Principles You Must Know!

      What does Eating Healthy Mean?

      1- Mitochondrial Energy Production:

      Mitochondria definition: and organelle found in large number in most cells, in which the biochemical process of energy production occurs. It has an inner and outer layer.

      2-Organic sourced foods: look up EWG.org

      The environmental working group is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to protecting human health and the environment.  Learn what organic means

      U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is a great resource

      3- Delayed food allergens: and allergy is an adverse reaction due to immunologic mechanism. A delayed onset food allergy is an auto immune disease that causes your immune system to overact when you ingest certain foods. The immune cells mistakenly attack food particles and treat them as foreign invaders and produce anti-bodies to try to fight what they perceive as toxins. Known allergies we can the immune and digestive systems, draining the body of energy.

      Energetic Health Institute…an innovative 501(c)3 California Non-Profit & Gold Rated by GuideStar.org for transparency. School approved by the National Association of Nutrition Professionals (NANP)

      I’m a Certified Holistic Nutritionist who can order you the right lab work to complete and over see this process.

      https://www.energetichealthinstitute.org

      4- 60% Alkalizing   pH scale  0-14   Acid vs. Alkaline

      Certain foods can effect of the acidity and pH of bodily fluids, including the urine or blood, and therefore can be used to treat and prevent disease

      5- Green Food

      Chlorophyll turns into new blood. Green promotes health and energy.

      6- ORAC Value of Food

      Oxygen radical absorbance capacity Is the unit of measurements of antioxidants found in food. (calories are a unit of energy)

      http://superfoodly.com/orac-values/

      7-Refined Sugar

      A healthy adult has approx 5 liters of blood circulating at any given moment and needs 1 teaspoon of sugar available during a fasting state. That’s all the body needs to function.

      12-ounces of soda or energy drinks typically contain approx 10 tsp of sugar. That raises the blood sugar 10x above what the body needs to function and typically within a matter of minutes.

       

      1 Teaspoon of Sugar = Approx 4 Grams of Sugar

      Take the total grams of refined sugar & divide by 4 to learn how many teaspoons of sugar you are consuming per serving.

      8-Naturally sweet:

      Think Real food

      9- Fiber: 8-12 grams  per meal.  Average 25-30 grams a day.

      Adds bulk to you diet and aids in digestion.

      Insoluble fiber: found in wheat, bran, vegetables, and whole grains. It helps speed passage of food through the stomach and intestines.

      Soluble Fiber: attacks water and turns into gel, slowing digestion.  Found in foods like oat bran, barley, nuts, seeds, beans, lentils, peas, and some other veggies and fruits.  Can help lower cholesterol.

      10-Raw foods

      Raw foods contain enzymes.  Enzymes help break down food and aid in digestion.

      Proteases: breaks down Protein

      Lipase: breaks down fat

      Amylase: breaks downs carbs

      11- Healthy Preparation Methods

      12-Environmentally Safe Meats and Fish

      EWG.org

      13-Environmentally safe Cookware

      NO TEFLON!

      14-Friends and Family MOODS

      15- Beverage 8oz or less

      16- Burn off what you consume!

      Exercise/movement

      Why Should I Eat Organic? Reasons Why You Should Eat Organic…

        Importance of Organic Foods

        Organic Foods – Nutrient Density

        Simply stated, nutrient density means how many nutrients you get from a food, given the number of calories it contains. Nutrient density is a simple way to connect nutrients with calories.

        – World’s Healthiest Foods

        What’s In Organic Foods?

        Higher Nutrient Content

        More Vitamins & Minerals per Calorie

        More Essential Fatty Acids & Amino Acids per Calorie

        More Antioxidants per Calorie

        What’s Not in Organic Foods?

        *Acetylcholine Esterase Inhibitors

        Acetylcholine

        Acetylcholine is the body’s most predominant neurotransmitter.

        Essential for Memory Recall & Quick Thinking

        Nutrient Density: Organic Legumes, Vegetables, Fruits

        Acetylcholine Esterase

        Acetylcholine Esterase is the enzyme that clears the neurosynaptic junction allowing for the next impulse to come.

        This is an especially important cycle for inhaling/exhaling during respiration and the contractions and relaxations of the heart muscle.

        ◦Thus Pesticides have an adverse effect upon the Lungs & Heart.

        List of Banned Chemicals

        http://scorecard.goodguide.com/chemical-groups/one-list.tcl?short_list_name=brpest

        Consequently, “The nutritive value of crops and their ability to handle pests and diseases is diminished.” The bottom line, Kittredge says, is, “across the board, our foodstuffs are less nutritious than they were. It’s well documented. Between 1940 and 2009, in a basic salad, USDA records show a 55-70 percent decrease in mineral levels.” – Remineralize the Earth

        We identified 191 matched pairs with valid comparisons of antioxidant, vitamin and mineral levels. Of these, 119 organic samples within the matched pairs had higher nutrient levels, or 62% of the total matched pairs.

        ◦State of Science Review: Nutritional Superiority of Organic Foods – Charles Benbrook, Xin Zhao, Jaime Yáñez, Neal Davies and Preston Andrews- www.orgain-center.org 53 pages