Happy Tuesday!
First and foremost, thank you for reading this week's blog. I truly hope this information and knowledge puts you in a healthier state in your life. Now that is said, let's dive in!
Get Stuff Moving? What do I mean by that? If you haven't figure out what is in this bowl yet, it is yogurt with other goodies. Not just any type of yogurt, its Coconut yogurt. Along with Coconut yogurt, Sheep and Goat yogurt are awesome for you! The Popular Cow yogurt is good, but Cow milk is harder for the human body to digest. What about Greek yogurt? Greek yogurt doesn't have the benefit of most yogurts. The benefit I am referring to is probiotics. Probiotics are readily available in yogurt, because yogurt is milk that went bad(fermented). The probiotics assist in your stomach health, which over flows into your overall health.
Now its time to get back to my original question. "Get stuff moving." The movement I am referring to is your bowel movement. Studies have revealed, when you eat yogurt your poop out more fat. So in theory, you can help your weight loss by consuming yogurt. BUT, a huge but I need to add. Yogurt should be Plain flavor and whole fat milk. I choose Coconut Yogurt because it has the least amount of sugar in it. Traditionally yogurt has a lot of sugar. This is why you want to do Plain Flavor. You can add stuff to yogurt like I did, to add flavor.
Whole Fat is necessary for the full benefit of the yogurt. Don't believe me, Just think about 200 years ago when people were making yogurt. Did they have non-fat or skim milk yogurt? No, they didn't. And they were healthier because of it.
Now it's time to break down the rest of the bowl....
Parfait
Yogurt- Probiotics and helps bowel movement.
Ground Flax Seed- Key word GROUND, if they are the whole seed your body doesn't break it down and extract the E.F.A. from it. E.F.A. stands for Essential Fatty Acid or healthy Omegas.
Dark Chocolate- Must be over 70% cocoa. And the sugar per serving should be around 8-9g at the most! The one I buy varies from 3g-6g of sugar. 100 calories worth of Dark Chocolate is equivalent to a glass of red wine. Its great for the heart. Extensive research is being done as I write on the benefits of chocolate. The reason why, it has Polyphenols, which are antioxidants.
Almonds, Pumpkin Seeds and Brazil Nuts- All three have healthy fats in them. They also have a good amount of Magnesium in them. Magnesium is known to help reduce anxiety, increased energy and allow people to sleep better. These are just 3 positive effects of Magnesium. There are ample more. Google it. :)
Blueberries- I am not a huge fan of buying berries in the winter time, because they are a summer fruit. But for the sake of this blog and post, they were necessary. Blueberries and other berries are low sugar and a healthy pre-biotic. Remember we need pre-biotic food items to help assist the probiotics.
I hope you all have a blessed week! Please message me with any questions.
Until we eat again,
Take Care,
Michael Leto
First and foremost, thank you for reading this week's blog. I truly hope this information and knowledge puts you in a healthier state in your life. Now that is said, let's dive in!
Get Stuff Moving? What do I mean by that? If you haven't figure out what is in this bowl yet, it is yogurt with other goodies. Not just any type of yogurt, its Coconut yogurt. Along with Coconut yogurt, Sheep and Goat yogurt are awesome for you! The Popular Cow yogurt is good, but Cow milk is harder for the human body to digest. What about Greek yogurt? Greek yogurt doesn't have the benefit of most yogurts. The benefit I am referring to is probiotics. Probiotics are readily available in yogurt, because yogurt is milk that went bad(fermented). The probiotics assist in your stomach health, which over flows into your overall health.
Now its time to get back to my original question. "Get stuff moving." The movement I am referring to is your bowel movement. Studies have revealed, when you eat yogurt your poop out more fat. So in theory, you can help your weight loss by consuming yogurt. BUT, a huge but I need to add. Yogurt should be Plain flavor and whole fat milk. I choose Coconut Yogurt because it has the least amount of sugar in it. Traditionally yogurt has a lot of sugar. This is why you want to do Plain Flavor. You can add stuff to yogurt like I did, to add flavor.
Whole Fat is necessary for the full benefit of the yogurt. Don't believe me, Just think about 200 years ago when people were making yogurt. Did they have non-fat or skim milk yogurt? No, they didn't. And they were healthier because of it.
Now it's time to break down the rest of the bowl....
Parfait
Yogurt- Probiotics and helps bowel movement.
Ground Flax Seed- Key word GROUND, if they are the whole seed your body doesn't break it down and extract the E.F.A. from it. E.F.A. stands for Essential Fatty Acid or healthy Omegas.
Dark Chocolate- Must be over 70% cocoa. And the sugar per serving should be around 8-9g at the most! The one I buy varies from 3g-6g of sugar. 100 calories worth of Dark Chocolate is equivalent to a glass of red wine. Its great for the heart. Extensive research is being done as I write on the benefits of chocolate. The reason why, it has Polyphenols, which are antioxidants.
Almonds, Pumpkin Seeds and Brazil Nuts- All three have healthy fats in them. They also have a good amount of Magnesium in them. Magnesium is known to help reduce anxiety, increased energy and allow people to sleep better. These are just 3 positive effects of Magnesium. There are ample more. Google it. :)
Blueberries- I am not a huge fan of buying berries in the winter time, because they are a summer fruit. But for the sake of this blog and post, they were necessary. Blueberries and other berries are low sugar and a healthy pre-biotic. Remember we need pre-biotic food items to help assist the probiotics.
I hope you all have a blessed week! Please message me with any questions.
Until we eat again,
Take Care,
Michael Leto