Creating New Holiday Traditions
This holiday season can be a
time of great joy, and sharing many festive foods with family and friends. Join
the growing movement of healthier food choices in food preparation. Here is a
simple guideline of some specific foods to avoid and why, along with what foods
to use instead.
Avoid These Foods Replace With These Foods
Junk Food Snacks (contain corn and other GMO foods
canola/cottonseed oil)
(Corn sweeteners are contaminated with mercury and GMO)
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Organic Fresh Fruit or Whole Food Organic Snacks
(Read labels to avoid corn or GMO. Look for minimal use of
sweeteners.)
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White Bread (Contains GMO, rancid oils)
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Whole Grain Sprouted Bread
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Prepackaged White Flour (rancid, no
nutrients)
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Fresh Ground Organic Whole Grain Flours
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Commercial Soy Products including soymilk, tofu, soy
protein and vegeburgers (90% of soy is now GMO)
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Organic Almond Milk or Rice Milk or
Make your own milk from organic nuts/seeds good filtered
water and a blender.
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White Sugar (made from GMO corn), Fructose AKA High Fructose Corn Syrup or HFCS
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Stevia, Organic 100% Cane Sugar, Organic Honey, Organic
Coconut Sugar, Organic Raw Sugar or Organic Maple Syrup
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White Table Salt (contains aluminum)
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Celtic Sea Salt has 86 minerals (Sea Salt has been refined
and has only 23 minerals)
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Commercially Prepared Oils, Shortening, Margarine (Usually
rancid synthetic oils with added chemicals and food colors)
Canola Oil /Cottonseed Oil (from GMO seeds)
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Organic Coconut Oil, Raw Organic Butter (both are solid at room temperature - use as shortening)
Organic Cold-Pressed Food Oils (best in dark bottles)
Organic Extra-Virgin Olive Oil
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(food colors are now mixed with aluminum)
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Organic Dried Fruits
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Avoid overeating during the holidays, and overindulging in
too many sweets. Both of these can cause digestive stress that can linger past
the holiday season. If digestive issues remain unresolved, contact Dr. Sherry Yale, DC at TLC Holistic Wellness in Livonia for a no-charge consultation to learn how alternative health
care can help solve this problem. Enjoy creating new traditions with
healthy food.
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