Mona Sharma

Sugar is something that you want to get out of your diet. And I'm not talking about cane sugar. Right. Our ancestors all use a little bit of cane sugar and they were fine. We didn't see obesity in those days. I'm talking about glucose, fructose, all of the syrups that are going into foods also to make them sticky and trigger the reward center in your brain to want more of those foods.

Sugar is something that you want to get out of your diet. And I'm not talking about cane sugar. Right. Our ancestors all use a little bit of cane sugar and they were fine. We didn't see obesity in those days. I'm talking about glucose, fructose, all of the syrups that are going into foods also to make them sticky and trigger the reward center in your brain to want more of those foods.

I'm talking about Coca-Cola and sodas and. and all of those carbonated beverages that are completely toxic for our health. There's a direct correlation with how they impact our digestion. They cause us to crave more sugar over time, how they're linked to obesity, obviously to diabetes, metabolic instability also. So it's not about no sugar.

I'm talking about Coca-Cola and sodas and. and all of those carbonated beverages that are completely toxic for our health. There's a direct correlation with how they impact our digestion. They cause us to crave more sugar over time, how they're linked to obesity, obviously to diabetes, metabolic instability also. So it's not about no sugar.

Like you will find sugar in my house, but we make responsible choices around it. And I would say, again, the second category that that goes into is these ultra processed, ultra packaged foods that tend to come in boxed packaged foods, right? Um, what would the third one be? Third one I would say is like a lot of these refined flours, right?

Like you will find sugar in my house, but we make responsible choices around it. And I would say, again, the second category that that goes into is these ultra processed, ultra packaged foods that tend to come in boxed packaged foods, right? Um, what would the third one be? Third one I would say is like a lot of these refined flours, right?

Like we were eating so much almond flour, processed flour. Um, and they just like, it's just too much, right? They're more than our ancestors would have ever used. So just notice how many refined processed foods that you're consuming. Um, your breads, if they use the word enriched, I was just going to say enriched. Yeah.

Like we were eating so much almond flour, processed flour. Um, and they just like, it's just too much, right? They're more than our ancestors would have ever used. So just notice how many refined processed foods that you're consuming. Um, your breads, if they use the word enriched, I was just going to say enriched. Yeah.

Like anything that has to be enriched is like, there's no, there's nothing in that that's going to serve your health.

Like anything that has to be enriched is like, there's no, there's nothing in that that's going to serve your health.

Like when it says artificial, artificial colors, artificial dyes, especially gosh, parents, I know it's not easy for your kids to avoid all the artificial stuff, but like, if you don't buy it, they can't eat it. It goes for you, too. If you don't buy it, it won't be in the house for you to eat. And if we're going to make any changes to our food system, we need to control with our dollar.

Like when it says artificial, artificial colors, artificial dyes, especially gosh, parents, I know it's not easy for your kids to avoid all the artificial stuff, but like, if you don't buy it, they can't eat it. It goes for you, too. If you don't buy it, it won't be in the house for you to eat. And if we're going to make any changes to our food system, we need to control with our dollar.

If we don't give money to the companies who are just using that money for marketing and advertising, by the way, those foods are not expensive. They are cheap as hell to produce. They spend more on the marketing, the advertising to you and your kids to make you buy that food than what goes into the actual food in itself. And it's not real advertising.

If we don't give money to the companies who are just using that money for marketing and advertising, by the way, those foods are not expensive. They are cheap as hell to produce. They spend more on the marketing, the advertising to you and your kids to make you buy that food than what goes into the actual food in itself. And it's not real advertising.

Remember, if it comes from a processed packaged food, it's boxed. It's dead. There's little to no nutrient value to it.

Remember, if it comes from a processed packaged food, it's boxed. It's dead. There's little to no nutrient value to it.

Exactly. All of a sudden you're microdosing chemicals.

Exactly. All of a sudden you're microdosing chemicals.

Yeah, so the order that the listed means that the first ingredient is what has the highest quantity within that product. At the end of the day though, like if you don't know what an ingredient is, like literally you don't know what it is, don't know where it comes from, don't know how it was made, neither will your body. And your body will not know what to do with it.

Yeah, so the order that the listed means that the first ingredient is what has the highest quantity within that product. At the end of the day though, like if you don't know what an ingredient is, like literally you don't know what it is, don't know where it comes from, don't know how it was made, neither will your body. And your body will not know what to do with it.