ALIENS HAVE LANDED? NO BUT FAT IS GOOD FOR YOU! DISPELLING THE DIETARY AND HEALTH MYTHS AND MISINFORMATION OF THE PAST 3 DECADES

ALIENS HAVE LANDED? NO BUT FAT IS GOOD FOR YOU! DISPELLING THE DIETARY AND HEALTH MYTHS AND MISINFORMATION OF THE PAST 3 DECADES

We have been told by all official bodies for years that the best nutritional model for health was to eat high carbohydrate, low fat diets.

It took 17 years for the research on cholesterol and its’ harmful effects to make its’ way into the general populations domain. Thanks to the wonders of the internet this kind of information can now be disseminated much more quickly and efficiently for the benefits of everyone.   Having spent 9 days listening to the top clinical specialists in the world, sometimes up to 5 hours a day,  as one of the 110,000 participants (laypeople, clinicians and alternative practitioners alike) of the Gluten Summit,  I can vouch that medical research into nutrition and its effect on the body and mind, has made incredible advancements in the last 5-10 years.

It is now known that:

• Low fat and high carbohydrate diets are killing us and are directly responsible for the Diabetes II and Obesity Epidemic.
• Wheat products are the root cause of a large percentage of leaky guts.
• Gluten is a protein in wheat which cannot be processed by any of us and which has no beneficial properties to us in our diets.
• Gluten proteins are not recognised by the body so when eaten cause the body to attack itself with antibodies.
• 80% + of the bodies immunity lies in the gut
• Imbalanced gut flora leads to ill health
• Having a permeable gut allows antibodies to get through into the blood stream which (depending on where the antibodies end up – which could be anywhere) in turn causing gluten disorders, autoimmune disorder, asthma, allergies, eczema, IBS, chronic fatigue system, Alzheimer’s, autism, ADD, ADHD, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia and a whole range of mental disorders
• BRAIN HEALTH STARTS IN THE GUT! ( I have believed this for sometime)
• Imbalances in gut flora can be passed to your child causing an increased risk of things like developing schizophrenia later in life, an increased likelihood of suffering from allergies, asthma and auto immune diseases throughout their lifetime
• This list is not exhaustible and I will be writing more on many of these subjects in the days and months to come.

Do I have your attention?   It certainly captured mine pretty quickly. I could write pages and pages and pages on this subject but for now I just wanted to pass on an overview. I will be going into more detail and focusing on smaller bite sized chunks soon. In the meantime what I can say is a better diet model would possibly be 60% good fats, 30% good proteins and 10% carbohydrates. Oh and look after your gut, think about ditching the wheat, introduce probiotics on a daily basis to help heal the gut.and avoid all known environmental toxins as much as possible.

Watch this space…..

Naturally Inside Out – What is it all about?

OK so I haven’t posted too much recently, I was pondering why I haven’t and have realised that it is because I have too much material which my little head is finding different to rationalise! So I thought I would rationalise a little by doing a post on where Naturally Inside Out is now and what is going to be happening soon.

For those of you who have been following for a while you will know that I am a qualified Nutritionist and also a qualified Organic Skin Care Formulator.  I have been taking my time deciding exactly what I want to do in the future and I had decided that I would like to provide affordable eating plans for those wishing to improve their skin, improve their gut, those that just want them and their families to eat more healthily, those that want to improve their general health or those who are suffering from auto immune disease and are on lots of medication and need to counteract the damage that the medication is likely doing to their gut, those that want to improve their allergies – you get the drift!

The eating plans would be affordable and available to pay for  and download online with a comprehensive guide to how to get started what basics you need in your store cupboard, the plans would run for an initial 10 days and then extensions would be available , including how to make your environment healthier and less chemical ridden.

I was also keen to actually teach slow cooking, fermenting and skincare and was trying to figure out how to go about all of that I hadn’t quite figured out at this stage.

So far so good and I was on track until the summer holidays hit and kids took over.

What happened next?………..

Then, lo and behold I was offered 2 jobs, one on skincare and one on the nutrition side from different sources both with a teaching angle!

And

We bought a house

And

I was approached by several people to formulate skincare products for them

And

I found someone who wanted me to write them a personalised eating plan for improving the way they ate, reduced their allergies and eczema.

Here we are 3 months down the line in the middle of boxes researching which offers, if not both,  to take up and how to fit it under the umbrella of Naturally Inside Out – can I just say that I am genuinely delighted and grateful to be in this lovely position and I am much closer to sorting it all out and continuing progress to rolling out the business very soon….my  business cards are on order, just to prove how serious I am.

Plus I have several clients reviews for the skincare and eating plan ready and waiting to go on my website – whenever I get that up and running! In the meantime I have set up a Facebook page which can be found here – www.facebook.com/naturallyinsideout

So what isn’t Naturally Inside Out about?

Well that’s easy, it isn’t about dieting, losing weight, working out or conformity, quick fixes.

So what is Naturally Inside Out about?

Well that’s easy too, it’s about eating for health, affordability, sustainability, ensuring what goes into and onto your body is natural, improved lifestyles.

That’s all for now, please let me know what you think so far and keep an eye out to see my progress. I hope you are all having a fantastic summer.

Lindsay