I talked a bit about how our gut can grow/maintain healthy or bad gut bacteria, and what we eat nurtures or starves the bacteria.

Highly processed sugary foods feed the bad bacteria in our gut. The result is our body produces less serotonin because the bad bacteria pushes out the healthy bacteria that does produce serotonin.

The bad bacteria also enhances our cravings for sugar - they feed off of sugar! Part of the reason for eliminating processed foods completely for 30 days is to help reset the bacteria in our gut. That's the beautiful part, the flora or gut bacteria in our stomachs changes all the time based on what we eat and drink.

In other words you can ReSET your health over and over again!! Just like your fitness practice, you can continue to improve bit by bit. I named this nutrition program ReSET for this very reason. This, like HIITing play, is an imperfectly perfect lifestyle. Are you going to eat "imperfect meals?" YES!!! But do you have the skills and self knowledge to realize one meal doesn't destroy your hard work. Life is about living. Just like missing a workout doesn't undo all your progress.

The key is learning habits you can sustain and when you find you've drifted away from your goals or ideals you can simply ReSET back to where you want to be.

Each of these emails can be printed and added to your workbook to further enhance your recipe selection and knowledge.

KNOWLEDGE IS POWERFUL.

Understanding the why behind food choices makes it easier to choose well and easier to give oneself grace when we deviate. If you want to live a long, healthy vibrant life it is absolutely important to nourish and move your body daily. My hope and ambition is for you to see food as a tool to optimize your health, your alertness, your cognitive function and your energy. Most importantly your mental health is directly related to what you eat and how you move.

Just like our planet, our body's systems are intricately related and every single one is fuelled and maintained by what we eat and how we move. When we do both well .... MAGIC!

~ Amy, your coach and trainer

Ps. Eat your whole grains