Mona Sharma

Yeah. So I'm always cautious answering this question because I'll never forget the day where someone had purchased a call with me with their mother. And I went through my whole spiel of what foods to take out, what foods to focus. And halfway through the conversation, Mona, we live in a food desert. You want me to get these healthy, unprocessed foods.

Yeah. So I'm always cautious answering this question because I'll never forget the day where someone had purchased a call with me with their mother. And I went through my whole spiel of what foods to take out, what foods to focus. And halfway through the conversation, Mona, we live in a food desert. You want me to get these healthy, unprocessed foods.

That would take me 45 minutes just to get to the store that might have some of them, right? Yeah. So for anyone listening, just do the best you can with this knowledge. So let's dive into the biggest culprits. So one of the biggest culprits, I would say, is refined seed oils, refined vegetable oils that we know now are causing inflammation to our bodies. Okay.

That would take me 45 minutes just to get to the store that might have some of them, right? Yeah. So for anyone listening, just do the best you can with this knowledge. So let's dive into the biggest culprits. So one of the biggest culprits, I would say, is refined seed oils, refined vegetable oils that we know now are causing inflammation to our bodies. Okay.

So canola oil, eating out as you said before too, like whenever you eat out, they're not cooking with olive oil or just plain old butter or ghee or anything like that, they're using cheap refined seed oils or canola oil or vegetable oils because they're cheap, right?

So canola oil, eating out as you said before too, like whenever you eat out, they're not cooking with olive oil or just plain old butter or ghee or anything like that, they're using cheap refined seed oils or canola oil or vegetable oils because they're cheap, right?

But these oils are heated at such a high temperature, they are refined, they are likely rancid and like I said, they tend to cause us inflammation and they are in everything.

But these oils are heated at such a high temperature, they are refined, they are likely rancid and like I said, they tend to cause us inflammation and they are in everything.

My biggest pet peeve is you go down, even a really healthy grocery store, if you go down the kid's snack aisle, you'll maybe find one brand of snacks that even has the label on the front that says gluten-free, healthy, keto, whole grain or whatever. You turn the box around, the ingredient, the second ingredient is canola oil, right?

My biggest pet peeve is you go down, even a really healthy grocery store, if you go down the kid's snack aisle, you'll maybe find one brand of snacks that even has the label on the front that says gluten-free, healthy, keto, whole grain or whatever. You turn the box around, the ingredient, the second ingredient is canola oil, right?

yeah it's horrible if just go through your cabinets if you have any food product that says canola oil on it throw it in the trash do yourself a favor you don't have to go on a diet just get rid of those foods first if you don't believe me go and go to youtube and google how canola oil is made and you will never ever want to consume it ever again it's disgusting I don't. Yeah.

yeah it's horrible if just go through your cabinets if you have any food product that says canola oil on it throw it in the trash do yourself a favor you don't have to go on a diet just get rid of those foods first if you don't believe me go and go to youtube and google how canola oil is made and you will never ever want to consume it ever again it's disgusting I don't. Yeah.

And like the food industry is really tricky. So oat milk was also demonized, right? Yeah. Oat milk had canola oil in it amongst a bunch of sugar also. Rapeseed is another word for canola oil.

And like the food industry is really tricky. So oat milk was also demonized, right? Yeah. Oat milk had canola oil in it amongst a bunch of sugar also. Rapeseed is another word for canola oil.

Right? Yes. So rapeseed, also you want to just get rid of that. So whether you have canola oil, vegetable oil, sunflower oil, safflower oil, cottonseed oil, palm oil, like all of these oils are inflammatory. If you want to look for safer oils to cook with or even in your processed foods, you want to look for olive oil.

Right? Yes. So rapeseed, also you want to just get rid of that. So whether you have canola oil, vegetable oil, sunflower oil, safflower oil, cottonseed oil, palm oil, like all of these oils are inflammatory. If you want to look for safer oils to cook with or even in your processed foods, you want to look for olive oil.

You want to look for something that's a little safer like avocado oil or even coconut oil. Those are much safer options especially to keep in the house.

You want to look for something that's a little safer like avocado oil or even coconut oil. Those are much safer options especially to keep in the house.

Cooking with butter also and ghee, like I'm a really big proponent of that. I'll use avocado oil if I'm cooking something at a high temperature. That would be the first thing. The second thing is sugar, right? And you talked about like healthy earlier. Healthy to us and healthy to somebody, you know, walking down Santa Monica might be completely different, right?

Cooking with butter also and ghee, like I'm a really big proponent of that. I'll use avocado oil if I'm cooking something at a high temperature. That would be the first thing. The second thing is sugar, right? And you talked about like healthy earlier. Healthy to us and healthy to somebody, you know, walking down Santa Monica might be completely different, right?