10-Day Prep Day One

KEY COMPONENT #1: CLEAN EATING! So what exactly does THAT mean?
1) WHOLE FOODS (aka God Foods) – they grow on trees or from the ground. Ask yourself, “was this food ALIVE?”
2) NO CHEMICALLY PROCESSED FOOD (aka man food) – they contain loads of additives, preservatives, artificial flavors/sweeteners/colors (think toxins).
3) ORGANIC – free of pesticides/herbicides (look for round green/white USDA Organic label on the front of all foods). UPC symbol begins with a “9”.
Organic fruits/veggies contain 40% more antioxidants than their conventional counterparts. (More on this one coming soon!)
4) Non-GMO – GMO stands for Genetically Modified Organism. This means man took a whole food into the lab, and crossbred or altered its DNA in a petri dish. Many common crops in the US are GMO (think roundup built right in to your veggies or your tomatoes cross-bed with fish scales!). 85-90% of all US-grown/available corn and soy are GMO. New labeling calls some GMO’s BIO FORTIFIED. Watch your labels.  
5) FREE-RANGE, PASTURE RAISED, and GRASS-FED meats/eggs – “Free range” applies to poultry and means your chicken/turkey was allowed to roam as it was intended in open space (not confined). Look for “free range or pasture raised” eggs as this means your egg- laying hen was also free-range and vegetarian fed. “Grass fed and finished” applies to your beef and lamb. This ensures your cattle was fed as it was also intended meaning allowed to roam freely and eat on the pasture. Most US cattle are fed a GMO CORN diet to fatten them up (for the $$) and you are getting high fat, high chemical result. As well, all conventional meats may be LOADED with added hormones and antibiotics.