I meet people everyday in NYC.

I do consultations weekly. Others I meet while hanging out with friends. I see some interesting things.

Interestingly enough, I have found that many people simply don’t care about their health and often times are lying to themselves about it. Many people have absolutely no idea what they are talking about. Some people don’t care until they get sick and diseased and then they are forced to deal with it. Even then, as Carolyn Myss says in her book Creating Health: ‘Most people would rather die than change their diet.’

Then there are the special few that truly want to look and feel better and want an awesome life regardless of their current level of health & wellness. These people are the exceptions – and the most inspiring people to hang out with and work with.

If you really want an awesome life and experience true health & vitality – make sure you don’t make these common mistakes that even the smartest people with the best intentions make.

By the way, what separates these people is not genetics, discipline or willpower…it’s a genuine desire to have an awesome life full of vitality and to look and feel amazing.

1 – You Cannot by Lose Weight to Improve Your Health. You Must Improve Your Health In Order to Lose Weight.

When you are irresponsible in your diet & lifestyle and finally get sick and tired of feeling sick and tired, you may end up desperate. Many people are desperate to lose weight and will try all sorts of stupid things. When you are in a state of desperation, you will make bad choices and suffer consequences because of it.

I see clients who have damaged their metabolisms from years of irresponsible diet & lifestyle (which includes dieting, coffee, sugar & artificial sweetener addiction among other factors). This is common. The biggest mistake these people make is focusing on losing weight, instead of getting healthy.

So if you want to be truly healthy and fit and burn fat – focus first on improving your health and wellness. Go through your life and find times in your life where you were most inspired. Now, ask yourself how can you do that consistently. Then, go do it often.

When you are healthy, your body will naturally – and easily – shed fat and you wont crave junk foods. It may take a little work to get healthy, but it beats the work involved in being sick and tired all the time.

Want to improve your health, look and feel better than ever? Change your mind and your body will follow.

2 – Failure to Connect the Dots

Most people still don’t get this. The food you eat and the way you live determines your overall mood, energy levels and vitality on a daily basis, quality of your skin, your rate of aging, how you look and feel (physically and emotionally) and yes, whether you get disease or not.

Are you constipated? Do you have bad skin? Do you get moody? Do you have belly fat? Do you get tired in the afternoon? Are you tired when you get up in the morning? Are you overweight?

The answer to these is to simply look at your diet.

3 – Using Coffee to Get Things Moving in the Morning?

Not being able to poop is a problem. Coffee is not the the solution. It is a temporary fix that makes you poop immediately but then sets you up for tomorrow’s morning constipation. Temporary fixes usually make things worse. You didn’t get constipated because you had a coffee deficiency.

This can be either a food reaction, chronic dehydration or unmanaged stress. I have found 9 times out of 10, it is stress. A deep sense (deeper issue than most realize) that you simply can not cope with
current circumstances.

Digestive disorders are the result of stress, food intolerance/allergies or years of poor diet. Most people with digestive disorders, need some one to help you rebuild a healthy gut, especially if you have been experiencing this for awhile.

A great starting point is to follow my advice on this blog and cut the C.R.A.P. – Caffeine, Refined foods, Alcohol, Pasteurized Dairy. Second is to drink nothing but water at the right times throughout the
day. Get to bed on time and learn some new coping skills if your stressed.

If you have a job that you don’t love, you will naturally be stressed & unhappy on some level every day.

What’s the solution for that? I know of a bunch, here is a great one…

4 – It’s All in Your Head

There are VERY FEW cases of genetic diseases. Your diet & lifestyle determine whether or not you
express those genetic issues.

Most of the hereditary issues I have seen are, in fact, not genetic at all. They are learned BELIEFS and BEHAVIORS. I am talking about the more common issues like high cholesterol and high blood pressure.

Every person I ever met with a family history of these issues is doing exactly what they should to get those issues and using the ‘its genetic’ excuse as their way of dealing with their irresponsible diet & lifestyle.

If your parents have high cholesterol and you CHOOSE to live and eat just like they do…or worse yet, live and eat like the vast majority of Americans do, then guess what?

If you want to learn more about how your thoughts affect your health and discover some of the most cutting edge health sciences that are many, many years ahead of mainstream medicine, check out the Biology of Belief by Dr. Bruce Lipton.

5 – Avoiding Red Meat Because You Have Been Misled Into Believing It ‘Rots’ or ‘Decomposes’ in Your Gut or Causes High Cholesterol & Heart Disease

Heart disease is also not a mystery. Red meat and butter DO NOT contribute to it and if you still believe this crap, you need to start reading better material and eating better food – especially coconut oil, butter and grass fed animal foods. These foods that are supposedly ‘bad’ for you are, in fact, very ‘good’ for you when they come from organic grass fed sources. They are the raw materials used to produce your brain chemistry and hormones.

The idea that red meat is ‘hard to digest’ or sits in your gut and decomposes and rots is a vegan idea that is not only false for healthy people, it is only true by people who have digestive disorders. For some, the last time they ate meat, it sat in their gut because they were unhealthy. They then conclude that no one should eat it and everyone should become vegan. It’s all false. We evolved 2.5 million years primarily eating on fat and protein and we didn’t get heart disease until the last 100 years.

If you have difficulty digesting meat, you have a digestive disorder that needs to be corrected.

If you dont feel energized after eating red meat, you might be a Carb Type who is not designed to eat red meat often. The first solution is to eat according to your metabolic type.

Then, if you want to learn the truth about saturated fat and cholesterol, here is an in depth book that will shed some light on this topic…

6 – Bad Food = Bad Mood

Depression, anxiety and most brain chemical imbalances are either due to imbalanced perceptions or reactions from food (from food intolerance or chemicals in foods). You don’t need drugs or years of long drawn out therapy for years to resolve these issues.

These issues result from 2 sources: Years of dieting, drug (recreational or pharmaceutical), artificial sweetener or sugar abuse or food intolerance / allergies especially to gluten….or imbalanced perceptions.

Want to know my all time favorite nutrition book and what I use to get amazing results and save yourself from years of dangerous drug therapy:

This is one of the greatest books I have ever read and I use her work in my career daily.

Now your typical ‘guy’ (you know, the guy who reads Maxim magazine and watches more sports than actually plays them, and who says obnoxious comments like ‘she’s got issues’ – what they are really saying, is they have the exact same issues and have yet to understand, own and heal them. We all have issues. Only few people desire to heal them and move on.
You can choose to ignore or deny them, wallow in them and talk about it in therapy for years or you can CHOOSE to heal them and move on.

If it is an imbalanced perception, typically resulting from trauma (or perceived trauma) as a youth, I encourage you to get The Breakthrough Experience by Dr. John Demartini.

This book and the work of Dr. Demartini changed my life and my career. This is a great starting point to healing and is light years ahead of conventional talk therapy.

7 – Why I Eat Healthy Food

I don’t eat the foods I do or live the way I do because I am ‘weird’ or a ‘health nut’ or because ‘I fear some mysterious disease that randomly strikes people later on in life when you’re old.’ This is a huge misconception. I choose to eat the foods I do because of these reasons:

1 – Fresh, organic food taste good, in fact, the taste is superior to the commercially raised synthetic produce and chemical-based processed man made crap that people eat.

2 – These foods and this lifestyle give me ENERGY and make me feel consistently awesome throughout the day.

3 – I personally don’t want to walk around farting, burping, stomach aching, tired with bad skin and foul moods – and yes, those are all resulting from poor food choices.

4 – My food choices give me the ability to tolerate stress much better and help me to prevent the premature aging that most Americans experience. Plastic surgery and drugs don’t really help much when you feel like crap inside.

5 – I don’t want to be sick and a slave to medicine when I’m older which slowly kills you slowly while deceiving you into the false idea that you are managing a disease. I see this everyday. In fact, I am sure you know many people like this.

6 – I don’t eat ‘health food’ – I eat real food that results in improved health. The vast majority of people are eating ‘crap foods’ and need this distinction because they don’t know much about their body, health or our natural, symbiotic relationship with nature.

8 – Pay Now or Pay Later

If you don’t manage your health now, you will be forced to manage it later. Your body is beautiful and designed to be healthy, full of vitality and heal. If you count your blessings and take care of it, it will, reward you. If not, you will experience signs & symptoms of neglect.

The average American family is paying more than $2000 per year on doctor visits and medical costs.

They spend over $500 a year on over the counter medications.

Its about the same $500 for prescription medicines. (New Yorkers spend more than other states).

This does not include spending on illegal ‘black market’ pharmaceuticals, which is a MASSIVE market, by the way.

Two of the top five most widely prescribed medications are for digestive disorders.The other three are for heart disease related and arthritis conditions.

Most doctor visits are for fatigue.

What does all that tell you?

I have not paid one penny for medical costs in a decade. I spend my money on food and occasional surf or snowboard trips.

Please note – I did not say you should not use medicine. Ok, so don’t take things out of proportion and make things up! I am pointing out some interesting facts here.

Oh yeah, these numbers are from several years ago and they have grown every year since.

Another way to see it is this – either you run your life & vitality now or you will be overrun by disease & death. Pretty simple equation if you ask me. I have all my clients get How to Eat, Move and Be Healthy by Paul Chek. Paul Chek is a friend and teacher of mine. It is considered ‘the Bible’ of fitness and nutrition by many experts. Everyone should have this book.

Currently it is out of print. It will be available in the next week or two and I will post a link for it.

Until then, use your head, live from your heart and eat real food.

Peace

Antonio

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Does Red Meat Cause Cancer, Heart Disease and Eternal Damnation in Hell?

Earlier this week every major news organization published an article on a recent study that was published Monday in Archives of Internal Medicine. A research team led by Rashmi Sinha, Ph.D., from the National Cancer Institute looked at more than 500,000 people aged 50 to 71 and came to the conclusion that red meat causes cancer, heart disease and if we avoid it, we will live longer.

Headlines read ‘Want to live longer? Cut back on red meat’ and ‘Premature death from red meat’ and other similar sensational titles.

You want to know the real deal with red meat?

The truth is this — If you want to avoid illness, disease and live a long robust life, you may not need to cut back on red meat. You may, however, need to cut back on TV and consider giving yourself a detox from mainstream news sources. You also need the ability to think for yourself and not believe everything you read.

Seriously, you do need to understand some FACTS about red meat which were not covered in ANY of the articles I saw.

You also need to understand a few simple TRUTHS that were completely ignored by this massive study that created more mass confusion than anything else.

I’m Glad I’m Not an Oscar Meyer Weiner

The red meat in the study included all types of beef and pork (I thought pork was ‘the other white meat’?), bacon, cold cuts, ham, sausage, hamburgers, hot dogs, steak, as well as meat in pizza, chili, lasagna and stew.

So I’m going to drop some serious nutritional knowledge bombs on this report and give you solutions so you can eat what we are designed to eat, support your local economy, promote a healthy planet and avoid disease.

Chemicals and Cancer

The first thing I noticed in almost every news report was that they ignored the fact that processed meats are made with chemicals, including sodium nitrate or nitrite, a preservative, flavor and color enhancer that’s also used in fertilizer.

Nitrates, along with excess table salt and smoking, extend the shelf-life of these crap products so they last longer in 7-11’s, truck stops and other fine dining establishments that are frequented by many discerning Americans.

When these processed foods are heated, the protein breaks down and combines with nitrites to form compounds known as nitrosamines. There are many different types of nitrosamines, most of which are known carcinogens. Nitrosamines promote the growth of various cancers, including colorectal cancer and pancreatic cancer.

Dioxin – a proven carcinogen (causes cancer) is found in commercially raised meats & dairy.

No one really knows what happens when you combine different toxins in your diet – especially after they have been cooked.

Solution: The real issue here is the type of meat. Do not eat commercially processed meats. They are not fit for human consumption. Choose Grass fed Meats & Eggs from pastured chickens

If you cant take the heat…

Cooking meat at high temperatures (especially when frying, broiling and barbecuing) produces heterocyclic amines as well as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, the compounds found on charred food, both are known carcinogens.  The longer the meat is cooked and the higher the temperature, the more of these compounds are produced

Also, what few people realize are some other problems associated with commercially produced processed meats. The FDA has approved a potent mixture of six bacteria-killing viruses designed to be sprayed on these ready-to-eat meat and poultry products.

Although many people falsely believe this is a good idea – to prevent disease – they fail to realize the truth: processed meat manufacturers should NOT BE PRODUCING bacteria-laden meat that needs to be purified with viruses. How about addressing the problem at its source?

Solution: Cook foods as little as possible. This does not mean you should go out and become a raw food vegan. Eat grass fed meat and eat it as rare as possible. Support local, small family farms that are healthy, clean & safe and produce high quality food that is superior to commercially produced food.

The Real Deal on Red Meat

The main issue in this report is the FAILURE to distinguish between grass fed meat and grain fed, factory farmed animals, living in unnatural conditions that make them sick so they have to be drugged up which actually makes them sicker and since they are eating grains (an unnatural diet), they get develop an unhealthy fatty acid ratio (among many other serious problems) which make them unfit for human consumption and oh yeah, carcinogenic when eaten.

Cattle are designed to eat grass, not grains. When you feed grains to cattle, they get fat and sick. When humans eat sick animals, they get fat and sick. Pretty simple formula.

When cows eat grass and freely graze, they are healthy. This is called ‘nature’. It’s a perfect system and worked without a hitch until the turn of the century. Once we started using chemicals for farming and feeding grains to cows and confined them into dirty feed lots with little (or no) exposure to grass and sunshine and started drugging them up, we ran into some very serious health problems.

Grass Fed vs. Grain Fed

Grass fed meat has less total fat, less saturated fat, less cholesterol and fewer calories. It has 400% more vitamins A and E, vitamin C, omega-3 fatty acids and conjugated linoleic acid (CLA).

Grass fed beef is the richest known source of CLA. With 300 – 400% more CLA than grain fed animals, CLA is a potent cancer fighter that also reduces body fat, increases metabolic rate, enhances muscle growth, lowers cholesterol and triglycerides, lowers insulin resistance, reduces food-induced allergic reactions as well as enhances the immune system.

You don’t need to be a rocket scientist to figure out the difference between these two types of cattle farming. One produces meat that is healthy and the other produces food that is deadly. One preserves the environment while the other destroys it.

Alpha & Omega

Grain fed beef has higher levels of omega-6 fat, which may promote heart disease, and less omega-3 fat, which is beneficial for heart health.

Grass fed beef has higher levels of omega-3 fatty acids which are essential for normal growth, brain function, reduced body fat and have been proven to lower the risk of cardiovascular disease, hypertension, cancer, depression, arthritis, allergies, auto-immune disorders, obesity and diabetes.

Research has revealed that too much omega-6 in the diet creates imbalances result in inflammation, high blood pressure, irritation of the digestive tract, depressed immunity, sterility, cell proliferation, blood clots, cancer and weight gain.
If you’re eating a diet high in omega-6 fats, you could be vulnerable to prostate, colorectal and breast cancers.

For millions of years up until the end of World War II, omega-3 and omega-6 ratios in our diet were in favor of omega-3s (1:1 – 1:2). Now, that ratio is closer to 25:1.

Around the turn of the century, heart attacks were rare. Today, heart disease is the number one killer.

Simply look at all the grain fed animals we are eating along with the consumption of vegetable oils (high in omega 6) and the solution is simple. Do not eat commercially produced meat and avoid vegetable oils.

‘Life in all its fullness is Mother Nature obeyed.”

Weston A Price

Is Your Brain on Drugs?

Grain fed cattle are injected with growth hormones, antibiotics, vaccines and other drugs. Grass fed cattle got the straight edge – they are drug free.

Grass fed farming does not use fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides and other dangerous chemicals. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) considers 60% of herbicides, 90% of fungicides and 30% of insecticides to be carcinogenic.

Pesticides are neurotoxic, disrupt the endocrine system, carcinogenic and immune suppressive. Pesticide exposure may also affect male reproductive function and has been linked to miscarriages in women.

E. coli, mad cow or foot and mouth is much less of a concern with naturally raised grass fed cows. These are issues stemming from dirty, overcrowded confined feedlots.

Solution: Start your own farm or choose grass fed & organic food.

4 Day Rotation Diet

The first thing I thought of when I read the report is ‘Who eats like this everyday?’
Apparently, millions of Americans do. You would have to be nuts to eat this type of diet on a daily basis.

Nobody should eat the same thing everyday, especially not crappy processed meat.

Solution: Rotate your protein sources every four days. Choose grass fed and organic meats and don’t be a wiener – never eat commercially processed meat.
Also, not everyone should be eating red meat as often as other people should.

We are all unique and have different requirements for food. Some people (we call ‘Protein Types’) require more red meats and can’t tolerate carbs so well.

Others (called ‘Carb Types’) require leaner (white) meats and can tolerate carbs much better.

Then there are people like me, who fall in the middle and have a ‘Mixed Type’ of metabolism.

Solution: Eat according to your metabolic type.

The Data Was Collected How?

The study looked at people aged 50 to 71 and relied on self reporting.
Memory recall for Americans aged 50 – 71? Are you kidding me?

From my professional experience, you can not trust food memory of people in ANY age bracket. Most Americans I have met, know nothing about nutrition, health and food is simply not priority for them.

Asking people to recall what they ate is not reliable for most people – at any age. Most people
underestimate how much they eat and since almost every unhealthy person has a emotional issue tied to food, there will be unreliable reporting.

And how many Americans that age have sharp memories especially about something that is not a priority for them?

Solution: Eat grass fed meats as the saturated fat and omega 3 fatty acids support optimal brain function & focus. Get Grass fed Meats by CLICKING HERE.

Nature is Perfect – Industrialized Farming is Flawed

Commercial, industrialized animal farming and meat processors produce sick animals and inferior, disgusting products that make people sick and cause cancer.

Grass fed meat – when kept raw or as rare as possible, is very healthy.

It has sustained human culture for close to 3 million years. Nature is perfect. It is ignorance of this fact that causes problems on both an individual health and global scale.  As soon as people wake up to the fact that nature cannot be beat, no matter how hard you try, and as soon as we start showing respect for this planet, its people and its resources, instead of trying to exploit every possible thing that modern man can get his greedy hands on without any thought of the consequences…the sooner more people will be happier, healthier and relatively free from cancer and heart disease like our ancestors were.

The study has many flaws and just so you know, this happens on a regular basis regarding health & nutrition.

Start your detox and learn the truth about real food. You will be healthier and happier and can avoid the diet & lifestyle diseases that are plaguing Americans (and other cultures who play follow the leader).

Here are some resources to help you find Grass fed Meats:

Antonio Approved Grass Fed Meats

http://www.eatwild.com

http://hawthornevalleyfarm.org

http://www.eatwellguide.org

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If you value your health and your freedom to choose unpolluted food, then your help is needed.

The USDA is trying to mandate a program that will be so costly and bureaucratic for small farmers that it will likely drive them out of business.

Why Small Farms Are So Important

Organic food is an essential part of good health because it is not exposed to the nutrient destruction and chemical toxicity of modern, industrial farming practices. Many farmers are pressured into using chemicals and depleting their soil to keep up with the industry. As a result, many of the foods you see in your local supermarket are low in nutrients and are loaded with chemical residues.

Organic farming requires a significant amount of effort and care. With the advancement of chemical based agriculture, industrial farming has become a big business and most large farms are more interested in profits than environmental sustainability and the quality of food they produce. As such, even certified organic food doesn’t always meet the top level of quality that you’d expect it to.

Small farmers are often passionate about what they do, particularly the ones who have embraced organic and sustainable practices. They are less likely to take shortcuts, and because they don’t have the overhead of a big business to deal with, they are free to focus most of their efforts on producing high quality food.

Although not all small farmers can afford to offer certified organic food, small farms still provide a majority of the world’s healthiest supply of food. Because of new legislation that is underway, we are at risk of losing this invaluable resource and it’s up to us to do something about it!

NAIS – The National Animal Identification System

NAIS is an animal identification system that the USDA has been trying to mandate for about 5 years. According to the USDA, the program is intended to improve food safety, but in reality, it’s more likely to worsen it.

Under this program, anyone owning livestock would be required to register their property, tag each animal with a computerized chip, and report the activity of each animal to the USDA. This even applies to some pet owners. For example, someone owning just a single horse would have to register their property and report to the government each time the horse was taken off the property.

While this program could potentially be useful for the regulation of large factory farms, it’s far too extreme for small farmers and can even be considered unconstitutional. Adding insult to injury, farmers would be required to buy the equipment needed to follow the program. If the hassle doesn’t push small farmers out of business, then the expense will!

Food Safety – What a Joke!

As I said, this program is intended to improve food safety. With a mandatory “48 hour traceback”, the USDA argues that they’ll be better able to manage the spread of disease outbreak, but wouldn’t it make a lot more sense for a food safety program to prevent disease rather than just manage it?

Because small farmers tend to follow natural and organic farming practices, they raise healthy animals that rarely get sick. This is in direct contrast to the factory farms where sickness is common and antibiotics are used as a preventative measure. While the practices of small farmers represent what food safety should be about, the NAIS program would make life more difficult for these small farmers than anyone else.

Furthermore, if the USDA is serious about food safety, perhaps they should revisit their own inspection process. In 2007, over 22 million pounds of ground beef were recalled despite every package of it being inspected by the USDA!

Is it About Safety or Politics?

Possibly the scariest aspect of NAIS is the potential control that it gives the government. Based on the political influence of agricultural companies like Monsanto, this control can easily lead to small farmers being forced to implement the highly toxic and destructive practices that these companies promote and profit from. With this in mind…

If you’ve never heard of Monsanto, a corporation that is putting small farmers out of business, destroying the Earth’s top soiI and genetically modifying foods and animals, I highly recommend that you visit:

The Millions Against Monsanto link uncovers this dangerous company and the strong political influence they have over US government.

Finally, consider who benefits most from NAIS. Technology companies will certainly benefit from the tags and computer systems that the program requires. More importantly, agricultural companies like Monsanto will benefit by their products being a part of the “best practices” imposed on farmers to control disease outbreak. In contrast, the small farmer gets nothing but grief and we lose the ability to choose where our food comes from. In my opinion, this sounds a lot more like corporate cronyism than a food safety program!

Take Action!

If you have any regard for your right to choose where your food comes from, please take action by opposing NAIS! The following website makes it very easy to send a letter to the USDA stating your opposition.

MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD!

Unfortunately, speaking out against NAIS may not be enough. New legislation has been proposed in Congress that will combine the USDA and FDA into a single “Food Safety Administration”, but also create a backdoor for the USDA to mandate the NAIS program.

You can voice your opinion against this legislation as well through the following link:

For more information on NAIS and this proposed legislation, visit:

No to NAIS

The Death of Organic This is a radio show hosted by my friend Sean from www.UndergroundWellness.com

Why NAIS Must be Stopped. A video presentation about by the Environmental Conservation Organization

Monsanto Punishing Farmers. An article by Linn Cohen-Cole describing the political connections of Monsanto in regards to this legislation.

This post was written by my friend Vin Miller. Vin is a certified Holistic Nutritionist & Lifestyle Expert and Certified Personal Trainer. Vin’s expertise comes through rebuilding his own health and is passionate about helping others to do the same. Check out his website http://www.naturalbias.com

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What’s the deal with organic food?

It seems to be everywhere these days, right?

Actually, its always been around. I was eating organic food in 1980 because my mom had a friend that owned a health food store in North Miami Beach.

Although many people think it is a new trend in food, organic farming has been practiced since the invention of farming about 12,000 years ago.

Organic produce is grown without pesticides, synthetic fertilizers, free from human or industrial waste, can not be genetically modified and processed with irradiation.

Organic food has fewer pesticides, fewer nitrates from fertilizers, is superior for our health and
the health of the environment, especially our soil.

The first list of produce below has the highest contamination from pesticides.

These are specific foods that you should definitely get organic.

If you can’t afford organic food all the time, or when you are traveling and don’t have much of a choice,
the second list of produce has the least amounts of pesticides and are relatively safer choices.

What’s wrong with pesticides on your food?

According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA):
60 percent of herbicides , 90 percent of fungicides , 30 percent of insecticides are known to be carcinogenic (cancer causing).

According to the EPA’s website, studies show that pesticides can cause:

Birth defects

Nerve damage

Cancer

Blocking the absorption of important nutrients necessary for normal healthy growth in children

Other long-term effects

Also, toxins are stored in fat. So the more chemical toxins you eat, the more body fat you will accumulate. This is also why its important to not eat the fat from meat that is conventionally raised. However, if the meat is grass fed, then you SHOULD eat the fat.

Most contaminated:

Peaches
Apples
Sweet Bell Peppers
Celery
Nectarines
Strawberries
Cherries
Lettuce
Grapes – Imported*
Pears
Spinach
Potatoes
Carrots
Green Beans

Least contaminated:

Sweet Potatoes
Watermelon
Blueberries
Papaya
Eggplant
Broccoli
Cabbage
Bananas
Kiwi
Asparagus
Sweet Peas-Frozen
Mango
Pineapples
Avocado
Onions

*Since many countries are using pesticides that have been banned in the US,
I personally do not eat any produce that has been imported, unless it is certified organic. Since I go to the green market often, I don’t find much of a need for imported produce.

The bottom line is that organic food is superior for our health and this planet. I suggest you eat organic whenever possible.

If your local stores do not carry organic food produce, grass fed meats & pastured eggs, I suggest you ask the manager if they can start carrying some.

You can also seek out local green markets, CSA (community supported agriculture) or local Weston A Price groups and have access to the freshest food possible while supporting your local economy and small family run farms.

You can also grow your own fruits, veggies and herbs in your own garden. Even in NYC where gardens are few and far between, rooftop and small local gardens can be found because more and more people
are aware of the importance of organic food.

I will post a very important blog on how the US government is now trying to radically change laws that will force small family farms out of business so that large scale industrial agriculture will dominate food production in this country.

When Americans can tear themselves away from the A-rod, Britney and Brangelina dramas, they might actually see that the US is currently experiencing a civil rights crisis and our health and freedom is at stake.

Talk soon
Antonio

PS – If you want a much more comprehensive list and want to check out one of my all time favorite websites which I use to gather some of my data, go to Environmental Working Group

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A recent poll by the American Psychologist Association showed Americans are turning to junk food, alcohol and ‘comfort’ foods when stressed. I also see it every day in New York City – the more stress goes up, the more business for Starbucks. This might be a popular, but it is not a wise coping strategy and causes more stress in many other ways.

Your diet & lifestyle have a profound and underappreciated effect on your moods and physical stress response. I will cover some basics of nutrition & stress tips that will help you cope and get healthy at the same time!

Every meal produces a hormonal response. Your hormones control your emotions and thus affect your perception. Certain foods trigger a stress response while others can help you stay calm by balancing your energy and hormonal systems. What you eat before, during and after any stressful event will either help you cope or make it difficult to deal. Here are some tiups that will help you stay focused and energized during the economic crisis.

Eat a fat, protein and a carb at every meal or snack.

Since all carbs are sugars, eating a carb by itself (or skipping meals) is a sure fire way to create energy & hormonal imbalances. Yes, fruits and vegetables are carbs, the best carbs in fact. So choosing smart carbs like fruit and veggies, but also including a fat and protein, will help you tremendously.

Eat 4-6 times per day, no matter what! This creates hormonal balance and maintains energy levels so you can cope effectively.

You are designed to drink nothing but water. Even a small drop in your water needs can trigger brain fog. Drink half your body weight in ounces of water each day, spread throughout the day.

Sugar, in all its forms, triggers hormonal volatility. Artificial sweeteners can also trigger brain chemistry imbalance and cravings which not only make it difficult to deal, but also create more physical stress later in the day.

Due to the high prevalence and under diagnosed reality that is celiac disease, it may be helpful to simply avoid grains and notice how you feel. If you are gluten intolerant and don’t know about it, you could be eating foods that cause a whole host of health problems, including brain chemistry imbalance and digestive problems.

There are many other foods that trigger energy and hormonal imbalances and these are just a few.

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