Avoid Processed Food · Habits to Change · Lifestyle Changes · Nutritional Health · Taking Care of Ourselves

Getting Back to Real Food

For Ourselves/For Our Children

Never has there been a time, when so many people, are suffering so many problems and diseases—largely of our own making.

In less than one hundred years, we have witnessed drastic changes to human health, to the point that we do not share the same general appearances of our ancestors.

Of course the basics would remain the same – arms, legs, eyes, ears, and so forth. What would not be the same is our body composition. A group photo from the early 1800s would be vastly different from similar type photo now.

To explain: If our predecessors had the ability to take selfies, snapshots, family portraits and group photos, we would be immediately struck by how different we are in our physical characteristics today.

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‘Vastly’ would be the intended pun of our sad observations.

Being overweight, obese, and/or morbidly obese were not problems common to humanity for the span of our history.

This is a phenomenon that crept-up on us, beginning in the late 19th century to this present time—with the 21st experiencing the greatest growth…

Therefore, it is a unique time in our history, for many reasons. However, on a uniqueness level, none compares to the wonderful possibilities that have arisen to reverse it.

This is our time, our opportunity to effect change.

Furthermore, there has never been a better opportunity to educate ourselves—we can make significant changes to our own health but to a greater extent…

We can help our children

We can (and should) feel obligated to prevent them from ‘falling down the rabbit hole’ that we ignorantly inherited.

We were ignorant—not so anymore

They do not need to suffer the diseases and problems that are now, unmistakably proven to be associated with—processed-foods.

We can do something about it.

It’s the right thing to do..

Avoid Processed Food · Fiction story for kids 10-14 · Insulin Resistance · Kids Books · Nutritional Health

Granola Brea Book Series

Fiction for kids 10-14 who enjoy a few laughts while learning how to make healthy choices.

Brea isn’t your average 12-year-old girl. Nope! She’s a HEALTH-NUT (all caps).

Wholesome food is her thing… she studies and she knows a lot.

What Brea doesn’t know, is how to keep her big mouth shut.

She better figure it out…and soon…or Brea might find herself–on stage–at her brother’s high-school…gulp…as the keynote speaker!

In Confessions of a Health-nut… Granola Brea follows her destiny…

But challenging a crowd of unruly, junk-food obsessed teenagers — might mean an urgent call for the police!

In Spotlight on a Health-nut… Granola Brea’s destiny seems to be following her…

What do acorns, sleepover, school assembly, and a farmer’s market have to do with making healthy food choices?

Get ready to find out!

Move over doctors and scientists – it’s time for a kid to step up to explain what’s what!

Granola Brea Books 1 & 2 Available on Amazon

Granola Brea Books are hilarious tales of what one determined girl can accomplish with just a little bit of nutritional knowledge…

Note to Parents and Teachers

  • Ideal for indepedendent readers 10 +
  • Lively dialog between friends, family, community
  • Plenty of hilarious predicaments/occasional clashes, appealing to a child’s natural love of all things humorous
  • Delivers valuable healthy lifestyle info; instils the value of healthy choices
  • The main character is an independent thinker; she’s brave, sets goals, and demonstrates a willingness to battle her own fears, with the support and encouragement of family/friends
  • Health-conscious readers can identify with Granola Brea; navigating in a world of poor health choices, is a challenge for us all, yet this 12-year-old presses on, through all sorts of adversity…holding on to the nutritional facts
  • Ultimately, this series of books aims to increase awareness; topics such as Type 2 Diabetes, Obesity, and other metabolic-related diseases are explored… via the gentler, less-threatening format…we love…fiction

Book 1 Confessions of a Health-nut

Book 2 Spotlight on a Health-nut

Book 3 Coming Soon

Avoid Processed Food · Lifestyle Changes · Nutritional Health · Taking Care of Ourselves

Our Very Own Micro-kingdoms

Are we keeping them healthy? Or are we slowly destroying them?

The human body is made up of trillions of microorganisms; we literally house a myriad of busy places, throughout our bodies.

Each “place” (eyes, skin, kidneys, toe nails, etc.) is equipped with all the right microbes—to enable life… full life, vibrant life, thriving with an abundance of energy, and so forth. 

Question…Do we recognize the following important fact?

Our personal micro-kingdoms require appropriate nutrients to be able to function and perform their daily duties. Do we give this important fact our undivided attention?

And—not meaning to sound condescending—but… our attention obviously refers to anyone who is interested in their own health and fitness.

Which brings our talking point to the forefront—anyone should include everyone, right? Vibrant, lively living? What’s not to like about that?

Sadly—it doesn’t include everyone.

Genuine interest in the health of our microbes, that literally make up our bodies, should be extremely high because—hey, these microscopic little guys keep us alive.

How can we make their lives better, so they make our lives complete in every way possible?

There’s no sense beating around the bush… The fact is that too many people are content with eating fake-foods or foods that are overly processed, lacking nutritional value, with too much added sugar, and potentially toxic to their bodies.

Thinking about what most people typically consume in today’s world.

Consider the fact that our physical bodies are literally made up of millions of micro-kingdoms, potentially billions of microbes that require appropriate nutrients to be able to function and perform their duties in daily life. 

Hopefully, this brief article serves as a food-for-thought opportunity. We need to reflect on the choices we make on a daily basis—for ourselves and more importantly… for our children.

Would our microbes appreciate high-fructose-corn syrup found in sodas, for instance?

Would they choose trans fats off a menu?

Would they thank you for the ‘added sugar’?

Or… would they revolt and turn against you and not perform to their greatest potential? Would they quit functioning because—hello, they aren’t feeling very well, as they see themselves, and their relatives getting weaker, sicker every day?

Yet, we—the very ones, they (our personal microbes) depend on to have their interests at heart—are ignoring the signs and symptoms of their plight.

We expect them to do their jobs—fully, for us, yet we refuse to acknowledge what they require to sustain their own lives—which technically is our very own existence.

It’s time to wake up and start making better choices.

Let’s remove the clutter of indulgence and ignorance, and start making healthier choices. Then, with time, we will see the positive results of our efforts.

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Your. Microbes. Will. Thank. You.

Thanks for the visit

Suzanne