How Safe is Your Health (and Waist) From These 20 Foods?

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By making small tweaks to your diet, you can realize some amazing health benefits over time. Here?s a list of 20 simple food swaps that will put you on a fast-track to eating nutritiously?and deliciously!

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Instead of potato or corn chips?

Go for organic (non-gmo) popcorn (not microwave) sprinkled with nutritional yeast or roasted, salted pumpkin seeds (pepitas)

Why? You still get the salty crunch you?re after while getting lots more nutrients

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Instead of white potatoes?

Go for sweet potatoes

Why? They?re packed with antioxidants and have a lower glycemic index than their white cousins

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Instead of conventional apples and celery? ?

Go for organic apples and celery

Why? These crops are the most heavily sprayed with pesticides; avoid conventional at all costs

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Instead of wheat bread?

Go for sprouted wheat bread (Ezekial)/wraps or gluten-free options not made from soy

Why? Unsprouted wheat and gluten are tough for the body to digest

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Instead of white rice

Go for brown rice, wild rice or black rice

Why? There?s more fiber, more flavor, and it?s less likely to cause a spike in blood sugar

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Instead of brown rice

Go for quinoa or amaranth

Why? These have more protein than brown rice. ?Quinoa is a chameleon and will take any flavor you cook with. ?Try a making a quinoa cereal that you make yourself by adding apples, walnuts, pecans, goji berries, cinnamon, vanilla and almond milk. ?Heat on low for 5 minutes, its a breakfast filled with protein, nutrients and ?mental clarity?

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Instead of canned beans?

Go for dried beans, soaked

Why? Most cans contain BPA; soaked beans are easier to digest and you control the salt content

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Instead of scrambled eggs? ??

Go for sunny side up or a veggie omelet

Why? Many people cook out the benefits of eggs while scrambling; here?s a high-protein breakfast with veggies included

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Instead of peanuts or peanut butter?

Go for almonds and almond butter

Why? Peanuts are heavily sprayed with pesticides and can harbor mold that give off toxins (aflatoxins) from being stored in damp silos; peanuts are also slightly acidic whereas almonds are slightly alkaline

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Instead of conventional beef? ??

Go for grass-fed beef

Why? When the ratio of omega-6 fats to omega-3 fats is more than 4:1, people have more health problems. Grain-fed beef?s ratio is 20:1; grass-fed beef?s ratio is 3:1 ?

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Instead of farmed salmon?

Go for wild salmon

Why? Farmed salmon has less omega-3 per ounce, 16 times the toxins of wild, and a whack of weird additives, plus they?re swimming in their poop all day in a confined space rather than through the immense Ocean.

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Instead of commercial salad dressing?

Go for extra-virgin olive oil +balsamic vinegar +sea salt + fresh black pepper

Why? Commercial dressing contains all kinds of additives, and oils not fit for consumption, nor found in nature; best to stay away

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Instead of soy sauce?

Go for wheat-free tamari

Why? It?s a kinder, gentler, slightly less salty soy sauce; no gluten means it?s easier to digest

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Instead of table salt?

Go for Celtic or Himalayan sea salt or Herbamare

Why? It?s not stripped of natural trace minerals magnesium and calcium; Herbamare includes fresh herbs so a little packs a flavorful punch. ?Celtic Sea Salt is also known to be anti-inflammatory and acts as an electrolyte in your body.

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Instead of white sugar? ?

Go for brown rice syrup, raw honey, or natural stevia plant

Why? Evil on so many levels, refined sugar has been robbed of all beneficial nutrients the original sugar cane or beet contains. It also lacks chromium which is a chemical needed to maintain healthy blood sugar levels; all-natural options are always the better choice! ?Sugar also lowers your immune function for 4 hours per teaspoon!!!!!

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Instead of canola oil?

Go for coconut oil?

Why? It remains stable during high-heat cooking making it ideal for baking and cooking. ?Coconut oil is also beneficial to your cholesterol and lipid profile

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Instead of cow?s milk?

Go for unsweetened rice, almond, or hemp milk

Why? Many people are unknowingly allergic to cow?s milk; the alternatives are not phlegm-inducing. ?If you do opt for cow?s milk look for the least pasteurized forms. Stay away from ultra and ultra-ultra-pasteurized milk.

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Instead of coffee?

Go for Teechino or Rockin? Wellness

Why? Teechino is a caffeine-free alternative that?s a blend of herbs, grains, fruits, and nuts brews up like coffee and has a similar aroma and taste. You get a boost from the nutrients, not stimulants. ?Rockin? Wellness is a SuperFood Shake that is power packed with Omega 3, nutrients and minerals most people are lacking in. ?It is an organic mixture and will help to improve your clarity, attention and immunity. ? ?

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Instead of soda?

Go for kombucha

Why? This fermented drink is slightly sweet but low in carbs and loaded with probiotics that help to enhance the good bacteria in your gut

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Instead of tap water

Go for artesian water

Why? It?s cleaner than filtered tap water, which still has minute particles of drugs, feces and bacteria floating in each bottle.

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***BONUS SWAP***

This is a big one?instead of eating out, eat in more often! You?ll realize the best health benefits of all if you make this one change. You can control all of your ingredients.

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Source: http://coreandmorehealthandfitness.com/how-safe-is-your-health-and-waist-from-these-20-foods/

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