Just in time for Valentine's Day, we sit down with our friend Dr. B.J.Hardick to discuss everything you need to know about sugar - our top sweetner picks + the ones we use personally, the truth about aspartame, what "gooey liquids" we like, and so much more!! We also talk about our new show on Rogers, our upcoming retreat with Rich Roll + Julie Piatt, try B.J.'s yummy treats, and more!
SHOW NOTES:
We have 2 very exciting announcements this week:
- Our Holistic Health Diary TV Show launches this Tues, Feb 4th @ 7pm EST! If you live locally in London, ON then please tune in on channel 13. Select segments will be avail to stream/watch online so we will post those as they are available or if you have a Rogers account you can login HERE and watch the channel 24/7!
- We announce our first Holistic Health Diary RETREAT!!! First offering will be a 1 day retreat Friday, May 2nd here in London, ON at the beautiful Bellamere Winery. Oh and did we mention that Rich Roll and his wife Julie Piatt will be our featured guests!! Registration will up be middle of this week with a special early bird price ;)
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| what a banana ACTUALLY looks like!! |
Podcast Sweet Notes:
- Gill shares the amazing highlights of her recent trip to Hawaii with @DavidWolfe and his Noniland. She planted her first #cacao tree!
- If we called a spade a spade, artificial sweeteners would be labeled as chlorinated carbohydrates...sounds so yummy right? #not
- You need to be careful with the healthier sugars too (maple syrup, raw honey etc) It's not as gentle on the body as when you consume sugar in it's whole food state
- Fructose {fruit sugar} is a problem because it's not metabolized by the muscle, it's metabolized by the liver.
- Why the Glycemic Index of foods is not the only thing you should look at.
- Gill has a hate on for Agave Syrup - learn why you might want to get off that train.
- Have you heard about Durian Rider aka the 30 bananas a day dude?
- Dr. B.J Hardick references this article on his website: Satisfying the sweet tooth without sugar
- Here is that drool worthy Protein Bar recipe that Dr Hardick shared with us!
- The Dr. recommends that you take a cold turkey approach with sugar for 2 weeks. Ange recommends bumping your proteins + fast to help with cravings
- GreenMedInfo is a great evidence based natural health resource website
"If you were diagnosed with Stage 4 Cancer today - wouldn't we go all Organic, wouldn't we start sleeping better, wouldn't we start doing more yoga...why wait?"
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