1. Get rid of toxins.

There are a lot of opinions on how many toxins are in certain foods. What we all agree on is that they are in lots of our foods. Start reducing them in your diet.

This requires reading the ingredients — I know it’s tragic. Good news is if you follow step number 3 you should only have to do this once.

Toxin filled foods to avoid: (just a few major ones)

Pesticides (duh) — pick organic when possible, they are required to be pesticide free

BHA and BHT — these are preservatives in processed foods, and nasty little boogers. Easiest solution is to not buy boxed, plastic anything. More practical solution to start is to …read the ingredients.

Sodium nitrite/nitrate — cancer correlated agents that are in, surprise process food — processed meats in particular. Avoid buying them altogether.

Artificial food coloring/dyes — I’d avoid putting anything in my mouth that says artificial honestly.

Aspartame- most artificial sweeteners are not good, but this one is in liquid form of most popular diet drinks, therefore consumed by the gallon. Another cancer correlated agent, and a colon killer.

2. Eat more vitamins in your food.

You are aware that we need more vitamins to perform well and have energy. Finding the foods that are more efficient at that and also taste good is simple trial and error.

Nutrient rich foods to add:

Vegetables — I know, I know, shocking news indeed. The key here is to find the 1,2,or 3 colorful veggies you can stand or really enjoy and make them a part of 1–2 of your meals everyday.

Multi-vitamin — The kind you buy at the grocery store or Walgreens are most likely a waste of money. You are peeing out 90% of the stuff you just paid for. So needless to say find a vitamin set that

1. Meets your shortages. Get a blood panel one time from you doc. Supplement where you are short.
2. Has a high absorption rate. I use these: (link here)

Grass fed everything- beef, butter, eggs. Animals that eat what they were meant to eat, are better for us to eat ☺

3. Make a list.

The two above rules are pretty simple to understand, but can be daunting to apply if you don’t have a process in place. Make a simple list of the things that help you with each goal. Here is an example of how I do mine.

Example:

Protein: Grass fed beef from Tom Thumb (affordable but still tasty), Packaged tuna singles for work lunch

Veggies: Bagged spinach or kale, frozen broccoli, bell peppers, and zucchini, Avocado

Nuts/Oils: Coconut Oil for coffee (see bulletproof coffee routine here.), Olive Oil for stove top cooking, almonds, cashews and pistachios for afternoon snackage.

Extras: Multi-vitamin, veggie protein powder for after workouts

Once you put these into place your body starts feeling like those allergy commercials where the fog peels away. Seriously. Then if you are anything like me you want to see what else you can change to get those type of results.

Any rules that help you?