Food Under Fire: Exposing Additives in our Foods

And today we're exposing a major health threat , hiding in plain sight , if you will , and it's toxic chemicals that are in our food system . So with the recent ban on red dye number three , yay . More people are questioning why harmful additives are still in our food . I mean , this is America , by golly . Why are we putting poison in our food ?

But especially if you consider that other countries have banned them and some of these things have been banned for years . So what's really in our food and how do these chemicals impact our health ? And that's what we're going to talk about today .

We're going to break it down from really the biggest culprits in processed foods to how you can protect yourself and your family from exposure to these chemicals and , plus , we want to kind of touch just briefly on what policy changes we hope to see come with RFK now in HHS . So I'm not going to tackle this topic alone .

I have my compadre , elena here , with me , as always , to help break it all down . Hi , elena .

You can look this up in the dictionary or online but it is any various chemical substance that's added to our food that produces a specific desirable effect , and this is not the same thing as salt and herbs and spices , but actual chemicals .

And while there are thousands of chemicals currently in our foods , I'd love to talk about some of the more concerning ones and how they impact our health .

I think this is very important to both Sharon and myself , right , Because so many people are coming in the door eating foods that are actually killing them or making them very sick , and the first food additive that comes to mind is MSG . Sharon , tell us about MSG , oh man .

But it's a flavor enhancer and it was developed a long time ago , in the early 1900s , and the whole idea was to give more of this umami type experience . Or umami is like we have sweet , we have salt , we have sour , we have bitter , and then there's umami , which is considered the other flavor , if you will , and it's kind of salty and savory .

But in order to try to convince people to eat more nutritious foods , msg would be added to these foods and unfortunately it is associated with many , many conditions and metabolic disorders , neurotoxic effects on the brain and even reproductive issues . So it's found in tons of food and it's banned in at least food for children in over 50 countries .

That is so much , I mean . I always look at stuff like this and I think poor America , by golly . Why are we still putting this crap in our food , but the EU doesn't allow it in any food marketed to children ? You know , it's funny though , elena , pakistan is the only country on earth that has completely banned MSG as far as- . Wow , I think that's right .

I'm like 99% sure I'm accurate on that , but you know . Good for Pakistan .

You're usually not going to look at a food label and see monosodium glutamate right label and see monosodium glutamate right , but you may see natural flavoring or any other number of misnomers you know .

So for that I'm really hopeful that we're going to change our labeling laws because MSG really works on the brain and it's actually correlated with higher incidences of Alzheimer's disease , brain tumors , behavioral disorders like ADHD , schizophrenia , tourette's , huntington's , multiple sclerosis , parkinson's and epilepsy .

And people talk about different kind of neuropathies not neuropathies , but like burning in the neck or , you know , in the arms , flushing , dizziness , fainting , feeling , pressure in the face . There are so many things that this horrible , horrible chemical can do to the body and I thought , oh , everybody knows about msg .

But I recently had some young clients like in their early 20s and and they're they're semi aware of what's going on , like they know enough to know . I don't think mG is good , I think it's a chemical . But their friends are like here put MSG on your food , it'll taste better .

And so , as our call to action for listeners and viewers out there , if you're reading labels , if you see natural flavorings especially I'm going to really call that one out you should put it back , because that could be anything .

It could be turmeric , it could be vanilla bean , it could just as well be msg , and msg is not going to add to your health , it is just going to create a fire . If you will , yeah , and so , yeah , I'm really hopeful rfk is going to at least like jump on that train . I know he's going to make our food safer but you know there you go .

So , there's my , my short and sweet spiel on MSG Cause that's such a big one , but then other ones like how about artificial sweeteners ?

The whole thing was , if you're on a diet and you drink a Coke , you've got all this sugar , you have all these calories . But if you drink a diet Coke , you know abracadabra all those calories and sugar disappear .

Um , then you're going to be safer because you basically have an artificial sweetener that's not going to mess up your diabetes , it's going to help you lose weight , it's zero calories . So drinking diet Coke or diet soda of any kind I don't want to just pick on Coca-Cola You're basically drinking water . Well , we know that's not true and there are .

There are several studies , so I don't want to misrepresent here , but there are studies that show that actually it does increase insulin resistance in type two diabetics . Then there are other other studies that show no , it doesn't . Which , for me and my very doubting Thomas kind of mindset , I'm like who paid for which study Exactly ?

You know who's funding these studies . But what I will tell you from my clinical experience over 20 years I have helped people get off of heroin , ecstasy , smoking , marijuana , I mean coffee , caffeine , you name it , nicotine , whatever . I can do any of those 10 times easier than I can get somebody off of aspartame , namely diet Coke .

And so when you're taking in things that are not natural , are not natural to the human body , you're really putting a load on your liver . It's a burden for your liver to have to go . Oh now , what do I do with this ?

And that's why you know like aspartame , specifically , is known as an excitotoxin and it does create , you know , a lot of neurological inflammation and I think it is highly addictive and that's why we have such a hard time getting people off of it . Plus , there's just this almost religion of low calorie that people fall into .

And , yeah , aspartame , sucralose , saccharin they are not going to burden you with calories , they are going to burden you with a toxic chemical that your body has a very hard time of excreting and has unknown levels of damage . And I think you know , going to your expertise , like genetics , depending on your genotype , you may not detox that well or ever .

But the thing about high fructose corn syrup is it bypasses the normal way that your body would metabolize sugar . You know where you eat something sweet and your brain gets a signal and it's satisfied and says , okay , we had something sweet , we're good . No , instead it goes straight to the liver where it's then stored as fat .

You know your brain doesn't register that , yes , we just had something sweet . Instead , it drives you to keep overeating and overconsuming . This is horrible for a lot of things , but especially obesity , and we have such an obesity epidemic Epidemic yes , seriously in this country . So you want to watch what you're eating . Like sugar is not good for you .

Hear us there . Sugar is not good for you , but sugar is actually a natural substance , your body knows how to process it and it's not going to be adding toxins and poison to your body .

So the thing about corn syrup , I say , is it's horrible for us , but it's great for those corn farmers who get those government subsidies and they just want to make their money .

It is I can't even remember exponentially like a hundred times sweeter than sugar or something I can't remember . But I think you know to your point about obesity and the link between consumption of high fructose corn syrup . The number of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease diagnoses in the US is astounding .

Used to you didn't see fatty liver unless somebody was an alcoholic . And now non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is so rife in our society . But I think that a lot of it is because of our diet , and high fructose corn syrup is one of the main reasons because , like you said , sugar is one thing you know . We eat sugar and our body goes .

That was good , I'm done . High fructose corn syrup doesn't have that messaging system with our brain and so we continue to eat and eat and it makes us want more .

And so we continue to eat and eat and it makes us want more , and then we end up in this terrible loop of overeating , of over consuming sugar , and sugar does not have fat in it , and I think you know back to the whole um , what was the ? The netflix documentary like take your pills or something like that . I can't remember .

I'm talking about Ansel Keys and how he was really in with big food and saying sugar is okay , it's . All these other things like saturated fat was bad . Sugar does not have fat . But what we have to realize is that sugar turns into fat , just like you said . It gets stored in the liver as fat .

Please , listeners and viewers , if you hear nothing else today , it's really important that you understand that just eating sugar because it has no fat does not work . Look at the 1980s . Look at Snackwell's cookies and all of these low fat snacks and desserts and foods that were made , but they had a lot of sugar . It all got stored as fat in your liver .

Honey it's antihistamine , natural antibiotic or fruits have all kinds of antioxidants and vitamins and minerals , but with fruit you're getting fiber that helps you digest it and your body registers and uses maple syrup and honey in a very healthy way , because it doesn't take much to get that satisfaction from it .

And what you should know for the rest of you out there who have no idea what a macro is , is that when you eat a piece of fruit , when you eat an apple with the peel because it's organic , you are reducing the impact of the sugar in that apple because you've added , because there's fiber , and fiber is what sweeps our gastrointestinal system out .

It's what lowers our overall blood sugar , all blood sugar . It's what keeps us not inflamed . You know from many standpoints , even cardiovascular , gastrointestinal , all of it . And so , yeah , you're right , like eating fruit , that's great . Don't hear fruit is bad because it has sugar . Same thing with maple syrup and honey . I love that you pointed those out .

Yeah , yeah , just don't drink fruit juice , especially with high fructose corn syrup .

It's typically seed oils that are taken at room temperature and have hydrogen added to them to make them solid at room temperature and therefore oh , thank you for making that understandable .

Yes , yes , and that's more shelf stable , right , right , it's taking an oil that was never meant to be shelf stable and we are now consuming it , and consuming way too much of it , and it raises your LDL , the bad cholesterol , and it lowers the HDL , your good cholesterol .

So you know it has a huge impact and can have really bad implications for heart disease and cancer .

But but , um , in as much as as long as I have been in this field , we have told people , okay , hey , you know , whole food diets are the best and if you're going to eat nuts , you should buy them organic and raw and then you should soak them and then you should toast just one day's worth so that it has more flavor , it's more appealing .

Okay , but the reason we always said only do one day's worth is because seed oils nut and seed oils go rancid so fast . So what are we to do with a whole bottle of grapeseed oil , canola oil , you know things like that . So can you just name for our listeners and viewers , like , what are some of the seed oils that we should be aware of ?

It's amazing . It lets you know where you can dine safely from seed oils . And then they've got their shameful dining experiences where , good luck , you're not getting anything healthy there . But there are ways to navigate it and know . But I think we just kind of can forget about that one , because it's in everything . You think oh , this is organic , I'm fine .

Or I got this at the health food store , I'm fine . Read that label . Read that label . Seed oils are everywhere .

You know , why are we putting food coloring in vaccines , in prescription medications ? I'm sorry , most of those things taste like you know what . Anyway , why , does it matter what color they are ? They are . So think about that while we talk about okay food .

Yes , the appearance of food does make a difference with our appetite and originally , you know , to enhance the appearance of food we would use food dye like beetroot . I mean , if anybody's ever peeled a beet , you know what beets can do to dyeing things .

But beetroots , turmeric , saffron , paprika , spinach , spirulina , which gives a beautiful blue hue to things , even carrot juice and all of these things , they're very natural , there's nothing toxic about them . That's what food dye was and it was just to intensify , you know , the color , the appearance of a food or make it appear more vibrant .

But you know , hearing all our wisdom and belief that synthetic anything is better than whatever mother nature threw at us . We came up with all the lovelies , such as red dye three , which thank God that one's gone Yellow dyes , like five and six . Blue dye one and two , and then there's some green dyes , maybe three .

But what makes all of these nasty little boogers extra special is that they are known to cause many adverse health conditions , the main ones that we have seen clinically , or I'll speak for myself behavioral issues , especially in children , and I can speak from an experience my daughter , who is now 29, .

I wish I had had a brain cell when I was young and a young mother , because I did have my baby young . So I will say that . And we didn't have the internet or I would have been Googling her all day long . But she , if she got red food coloring , holy Toledo , like Katie bar the door . It was insane the antics this child would embark on .

She had this little grocery cart you know the little toys and she would run from one end of the house we had a long house and she would run from one end to the other pushing this little metal and it was metal , because that's how old we are grocery cart into the wall at full speed .

And she would only do that if she'd had red candy Because , also , being mom of the year , I gave my kids red candy . It's before you knew better . It was before I knew anything . But we've seen kids in here with hugely uncontrollable anger issues , focus issues , even adults who go . I think I have a red issue , you know .

But anger , adhd , even autism spectrum disorders are known to be impacted by exposure to food dyes . So that is remarkable , you know there's even now . I learned this in my class . I didn't look it up to verify it , so take it as educational entertainment .

They're like green food coloring and I know my granddaughter holy cow , that kid if she gets green food coloring she literally like her eyes vibrate . And she told my daughter one day I can't control myself , and it was after being in a birthday party with a green cupcake .

It was so sad , um , because even if that cupcake is gluten-free , if it has green food coloring in it you're screwed . But , um , I think it's called Shrek colon . Yes , and it came about after the movie Shrek and birth . You know , of course any great animated movie is going to then have . You know , all these products associated with it .

And birthday cakes were very green , you know , in celebrating a Shrek birthday and that all that green food coloring would actually stain the tissue of the colon .

Because people used to be accustomed to foods just looking like they naturally do , but we've been conditioned to expect foods to have more vibrant color , enhanced flavors , all these things that the marketing industry for the food industry has done to us .

We have these unrealistic expectations versus remembering that , hey , once the food has been canned or preserved or dried , anything that isn't fresh , it's going to lose some of that vibrance and that's okay . I'd prefer that . I would prefer the dull look to a food coloring bright red in my food , candy drink , whatever .

We're so displaced from where our food comes from and though you know , you garden and you raise chickens and you've even blessed me with some of your eggs and we raise a lot of our own food on our ranch Um , I think when you have that connection to the source of your food , there is this expectation and understanding .

It may not look like what you see in pictures and magazines or on fast food advertisements or on the TV , but when you live in an especially urban environment , when you don't ever pick your own carrot out of the earth and eat it , or pick an apple out of a tree and eat it , or you've never seen animal production from birth to harvest , it can be very

misleading . And they've even done these studies where they ask kids do you want cow's milk or you want grocery store milk ? And they're like oh , I just get my milk from the grocery store . Do you want dead cow or do you want hamburger ? And they're like , oh , I just want hamburger , it comes from the grocery store .

Do you want dead cow or do you want hamburger ? And I'm like , oh , I just want hamburger . It comes from the grocery store . Like the grocery store , is this magical factory that ? creates all these foods and they don't understand . Well , your hamburger is a dead cow .

Not to creep people out , right , like we raise beef and and and I mean I'm going to say I think I've said it before , my husband sheds a tear when we , when we , harvest ours because we love them so much and it's this um continual effort to honor and respect you know why we have our animals and what we're getting from them .

And so we love them you know um , whether they're pets or food we love them . But I think that then there's this expectation , when there's a separation from the source of our food , that , oh yeah , red velvet cake , there's nothing to be suspect of there . You know what could go wrong .

It's like you know what I'm good with this . I don't want it red .

But you know , hey , if you're made money , go you um , and then carrot juice , but all of these things can be used . What's what we dye our Easter eggs with , and they're more subtle but they're so beautiful in their own right .

Yeah , you know , but I think , just in adjusting , just adjust your expectations and maybe plug into um sources of information that are more grounded in reality and in nature versus artificial . Yeah , yeah , yeah , versus artificial . So there's so much to be had out there , there's lots to say about food colors .

Let's move on , because we could probably do a whole podcast just on that . Oh my gosh , yes , but go RFK .

Nitrates are used to cure or age or preserve meats mainly , and they are useful , right , especially if you're doing like sausages and bacon and anything that is cured . Ham is another one . Pork seems to be the theme of the day there , but it is very vital in curing meats .

Um , it gives them , like as far as maintaining like a pink color , um , keeping a flavor preservative . That's that's where nitrates come in . Um handy . But it's also used to kind of slow down the oxidation or the aging process of the fats and the protein in meat products .

And I mean it's not because some diabolical evil man said , ha ha ha , let's put nitrites in this and make everybody sick , because it does suppress the growth of things like clostridium botulinum , and so that's botulism . Botulism will kill you if you get it .

I think botulism may be the one where they say don't buy dented , canned foods if the dent is at the seam at the top because you can get botulinum from it . I don't know , I can't remember , it's been a long time since food safety . But nitrites help to suppress all of that .

And synthetic nitrites are frequently used just for curing , so for bacon and whatever , because it's cheap and it's easier to do . You can be more hands off , you know like , apply the treatment and just go away . But the problem is sodium nitrites for many people cause headaches . It cause nausea , vomiting , diarrhea .

It can lower your blood pressure dangerously , so in it can increase your heart rate . People have reported breathing difficulties , even death . So you know , in food um studies between overcome overconsumption of of sodium nitrate , nitrites and nitrates um have been linked to cancer and heart disease .

Neurological diseases and high levels of nitrites in your blood system can actually lower your red blood cells ability to carry oxygen to your cells . You know no biggie who needs oxygen , right ? So nitrite . So where you see nitrite free , nitrate free , that is a better option .

But then also because we usually see this in meats , I always tell people you know if you're buying roast beef or you're buying turkey or pastrami I don't even know what pastrami , I think it's pork , I don't know what it comes from , but does it look like it would off the hoof ? Off the hoof means when they cut it off the animal .

Well , if you don't know what dead animals look like , I guess you wouldn't know . But bacon , uncured bacon , that's the way to go . Right ? That's just sliced pork belly , isn't it ? It is , it's pork belly . And for those of you who have ability to find pork belly , I would encourage you try it . It's delicious .

Find pork belly , I would encourage you try it , it's delicious . Then , turkey breast is one that I see a lot , but I always tell people well , look at the turkey breast . Is it round and loaf shaped , or does it look like a turkey's breast ? Does it look like the breast of the turkey at Thanksgiving ?

Because if it doesn't , it's been processed , and so the less processed we have our food when we eat it , the healthier we will end up generally .

But if you use sea salt or Redmond's real salt or Celtic sea salt , pink Himalayan sea salt you know there's several those are all really good and they have lots more mineral in them than just sodium and chloride . But if you're buying processed food , please buy nitrite free .

If you've never been to a commercial dairy , they're very proud of themselves and many times they do offer tours and I would encourage people to go take a tour so you can be appropriately appalled and disgusted , and then you should go tour a raw milk or a more organic facility , because what they do to cows is disgusting .

No cow is really made to make what is it like ? Eight gallons of milk a day ? It's disgusting . And not to be gross or anything , but we see women lactating , so a new mom and her milk comes in her breasts and she's complaining oh , my breasts are so engorged . It means there's a lot of milk in there , right , and your breast size may increase drastically .

And that's how women end up with stretch marks on their breasts is from this fast expansion of tissue . But that goes away , right , it's a natural process of the body . But when we force animals to stay in that state , it's not good , it's inhumane .

So Bayer , the lawsuit was $12 billion and he won that for the plaintiffs . And then , as the story goes , the shareholders were so angry about this lawsuit that they sued Bayer another $12 billion .

And when you think about $24 billion that they could just shell out , don't you think probably by now they could have funded some research and development for safer products ?

But Monsanto was going around because you have all of these plants like corn is one like back to high fructose corn syrup and you look at all the ethanol production , that's all from GMO corn . Well , if you know anything about agriculture , you know that we have to have pollination for a lot of plants to thrive . Pollination for a lot of plants to thrive .

And Monsanto was going around and you know they would have this . This farmer with his , you know , however many sections of Monsanto , roundup ready corn . And then there was an organic farm , corn farm across the highway , right ? Well , pollinators such as butterflies and bees and birds , would you know , start over here .

Well , they didn't get the memo that this is non-Monsanto corn and so maybe you shouldn't go over there .

And they would go over there and then Monsanto would test these organic fields and they would find trace evidence of GMO corn , like Roundup Ready corn because of cross-pollination , and they were throwing these small farmers out of business , like if you're a small farmer and you're not just existing on subsidies , that's tough , but most farmers are existing on subsidies ,

which is a whole other conversation , right ?

But the evil that existed within that corporation to try to do away with people who were respecting the earth and trying to provide a different product that would never compete on a global scale with Roundup Ready corn or GMO corn , but they were just so headstrong and dead set on destroying these mom and pop operations or these multi-generational farms .

It was just disgusting . Pop operations or these multi-generational farms , it was just disgusting and it just yeah . I just have no respect for companies that feel like they have to take over the world and destroy everything that's good in their path .

And how this started was actually it was a cleaner for industrial boilers and pipes . Essentially , a chelator would clear everything out of those pipes and I think someone like spilt it on the ground one day or something . They realized everything died . Yes , it kills everything . So let's sell this as a weed killer . And it became this popular weed killer .

And then they thought , okay , well , what if we genetically modify our crops ?

In America , like 80 to 90% of crops are GMO and a GMO crop has 80 to 95% decrease in nutrients , so our food is just nutrient dead , even these things that have all these good health benefits .

If you're eating organic non-glyphosate , but they say that trace amounts of glyphosate can even be found on organic food due to the saturation in water and soil , you know it's designed to destroy life and it does that in our guts .

How do you think , or why would anyone think , your gut microbiome would survive something that could kill an entire wheat field except this one genetically modified grain we're ?

So glyphosate bad news and that's not on most packaging . There are some companies that are now starting to proudly say glyphosate-free and let me tell you , I buy those products every time . I want to support them . We've got to let people know what we want more of by supporting the companies that are going that extra mile .

And and then we were in France , I think the next year , um , cycling around in the South of France , and I woke up one morning we had these beautiful Chateau , threw open the doors and I was like what is that smell ? And my husband came down and he's like , oh my gosh , shut the doors .

That's pesticides , you know , fertilizer , that they're , that they're spraying . And I was like , oh my gosh . And and he went out and he's like , yeah , I think they're using Roundup here . I mean , it was just crazy to think about that you know that's what we've done to the rest of the world .

But I do want to not sound like a hopeless person , and I think especially as it goes to glyphosate . You know we do a toxin testing here . It's called total toxin test , and we offer that because glyphosate is one of the many toxins that gets measured .

And something that's really important to note is that glyphosate is a glycine molecule and glycine is an amino acid that really is everywhere in our body .

There's a receptor site everywhere in our body and it does play a role , like with soft tissue , connective tissue , and so with glyphosate what happens is you have these glycine keyholes right , so only glycine will fit in there , but glyphosate happens to have that same shape , and so you know you eat a salad from wherever and it's not organic , and you've got all

this glyphosate in your system . Well , that glyphosate is going to go fill up all of those keyholes . Those little keys of glyphosate are going to go put in all these receptor sites and you're not going to get the beneficial effect that glycine would give , which is to continue to have plenty and healthy connective tissue and soft tissue .

So the thinking is and Dr Klinghart really promotes this is , if you know you're getting glyphosate , you should consume glycine as a supplement before you eat Glycine , the amino acid , because then you have glycine going around and filling up those keyholes right , those little receptor sites . It's like here's glycine , here's glycine , here's glycine .

So then you eat that same nasty salad and glyphosate is in there , but there's nowhere for it to bind to and so it passes on through . So for those of you not eating organic , you're like oh man , I don't know what my glyphosate levels are . Okay , you can test . It's a bit spendy but worth it if you're worried about this .

Or you can take some glycine before every meal , and especially the meals that you're worried about and that can actually reduce your glyphosate consumption over time . It's not a one and done . Reduce your glyphosate consumption over time . It's not a one and done . It's not like immediate , but you're helping your body over time . So that's really important to know .

But I think too , just recognizing that toxic food chemicals actually have short-term effects and they have long-term effects and they are behind a lot of issues that we are dealing with . So if you , you know these one-time things that happen , like maybe you're the crunchy mom of the year in your community , but oh my gosh , we're having a party at McDonald's .

What am I going to do ? Well , don't lose your mind . First of all , right , but it's really the lifestyle that matters . It's . We're resilient , we're made to be adaptive , and I just want to put that out there and and reassure people . You know , one screw up isn't going to ruin your health .

That's not what this is about , and we want you to hear us when we say everybody screws up , whether they want to or not .

But long-term consumption of food chemicals does lead to chronic health issues and I think we're at crisis point in our country and some of the most common conditions are chronic illnesses , allergies and sensitivities , hormonal imbalances , obesity , gut I mean leaky gut , crohn's CLA , you name it right but also increased cancer risk and especially , you know , glyphosate .

It's a big one but also heart health and obesity . And I think obesity is really the big one because these this is , yes , an overconsumption of calories and certain types of food chemicals , but it's still malnutrition , because your body is probably starving for certain nutrients .

And if you're working with a healthcare provider , like us at K6 Wellness and we do work virtually with everybody , just to you know , plug ourselves , but there are tests that we can run to see what is your nutrient status . Are you lacking in vital elements that are needed to enjoy good health ?

Okay , so those are things , and then I think , just being aware of what you're taking in , so sorry to hog the mic . Alayna it's important you know . Talk to us about it . Well , I love hearing you talk about packaging and labeling and all of that .

You just want to be really wary of any food that's labeled quote , unquote all natural , because that could mean so many different things . Talking about the natural flavors , you don't really know what that means .

It's kind of what I like to call a greenwashing word , where they make you feel better because it's got the word natural , but it doesn't necessarily mean it includes something that's good for you . So you just want to educate yourself and be aware of what these different foods are , because most processed foods are going to have preservatives .

So the easiest solution is just don't eat preserved foods . That's the middle of the grocery store . I always eat real fresh food . Because the thing is in America we've got pretty lax laws on what can and can't be in food .

There's that whole generally recognized as safe practice that the big food industry uses , and most companies don't ask for permission when using questionable ingredients . They just use it and wait for the FDA to tell them they did a bad thing .

And I I know , when I was producing skincare , the lab that I was using when we were , you know , finishing like the , the , the shelf stabilization process , so like , okay , well , we , if you want to export , this is the big , long list of things you can't put in your product . But the US says it's okay .

But if you want to be okay , exporting , you got to leave all this out . And I'm like why would I put that in ?

But look for healthy alternatives . There's a lot of options now , and even places like Costco make it healthy and affordable for organic options .

But just opt for whole foods , which is not the store , just like a whole foods diet where you're eating meats and fruits and veggies , nuts and seeds and just having those home cooked meals , versus eating out , eating processed foods . It's just , you know , always going to be cheaper and much healthier because you know everything that goes into your food .

And that's where education plays a very important role . You've got to educate yourself , educate your family , educate your community . Take up community initiatives so your voice can be heard , and your voice is heard really loudly . When you spend your money on the things that are healthy , people know once again , you want more of that . So money talks .

It really does . Just know what's in your food and educate your family . Don't forget about great apps that you can use , like Yucca , ewgorg . It's a website , bobby yep . Seed Oil Scout again . Just , there's things that make it easy and I know we've talked about these before , but every time we might have new viewers and listeners .

I like to mention that because it's a great way to get the whole family in on it . It can be fun . It can be fun going to the grocery store and keeping your kids occupied while you're shopping because they're scanning all the barcodes and seeing how your food scores . It's great . But also understanding what are your real triggers .

There's a food additives markers test that you can do through Vibrant America , a lab that we order through , where you can see which food additives create an IgG or an IgA response . And we're going to put a link in our show notes where you can see which food additives create an IgG or an IgA response .

And we're going to put a link in our show notes where you could go and order that if you want .

Because , hey , information is power and while we know all these things are bad for us , find out what your real triggers are , because you could be doing all the good things , but then you've got these exceptions and are these exceptions holding you back from the progress you could really make ?

You know , I really hope once again that we're moving towards a cleaner , more natural , more transparent system for our food in America .

I love it when clients come in all the time , all the time and they ask about you know this food or that food and they saw this on TikTok or they saw this on Instagram and it's some health reel , right ?

Or maybe an influencer , maybe a researcher , maybe a doctor or whatever some social media platform , and a lot of it is actually really good practices and lifestyles to strive for , and I love that that is becoming a popular thing .

We've gone beyond big pecs and makeup , right , and we've gotten on to clean eating and living a healthy lifestyle , and you know we work with people all over the world .

So just want to encourage you , like , if you want to do this food , uh , chemical panel , um , we're happy to go through that with you and help you troubleshoot your health issues and come up with a long-term plan , and that can be done with anybody anywhere .

So all you have to do is contact us through our information in the show notes or go to k6wellnesscom . But just know your health journey is just that . It's a journey and every step matters , and we're so glad that you spent this time with us today and we hope that it really inspired you to take some action towards better health .

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