So my fiancé and I are taking on the Whole30 challenge, for those who have no idea what I’m talking about ill give you a brief description. “It’s basically pushing the reset button with your health, your habits and your relationship with food. Certain food groups could be having a negative impact on your body composition, health, and quality of life without you even realizing it.” So here is what you are allowed to have and what you should steer away from when trying to reset your body.
NOT ALLOWED
• Alcohol (nearly twice as calorie dense as sugar, gram for gram!)
• Whole Grains; wheat, oats, barley, corn, rice, millet, buckwheat, quinoa, and the like. (Both refined and whole grains promote overconsumption, which creates hormonal and metabolic disruption, they also contain inflammatory proteins and fermentable carbohydrates)
• Peanuts, Beans & Soy; legumes, beans, lentils, peas, soy and peanuts. (Contain fermentable carbohydrates that can disrupt your gut bacteria, and commonly cause gas, bloating, cramps, pain and other digestive issues)
• Milk, Cheese & Yogurt, from a cow, sheep or goat. (The lactose in milk together with the milk proteins produce a surprisingly high insulin response, which could be inflammatory in our bodies and further promotes disorders like obesity and diabetes)
• NO ADDED SUGAR OF ANY KIND REAL OR ARTIFICIAL.
• NO MSG, sulfites, & Carrageenan
• NO PALEO BREADS OR CEREALS
•Protein shakes
ALLOWED
• Meat, meats with preseasoning or cured meats read the labels for added sugars in the ingredient lists to make sure it’s #whole30approved!
• Seafood, check your labels!
• Eggs
• Vegetables
• Fruit
•Chai
•Dates
•Green Beans
•LaraBars
• Natural Fats
•Salt
•Sesame Oil
•Snow peas and Sugar Snap Peas
•Tapioca
• Tahini
• Some vegetable oils (when eating out)
• Clarified butter or Ghee
• Best to make your own dressings #whole30recipes has some great ones!
•Almond Milk, read your labels
• Coconut water
•Coffee, no sugar or milk.
•Fruit juice, preferred to use as sweetener to cook with.
•Vegtable Juice
Now that we have outlined the basic Guidlelines we are going to be following you can help keep us accountable and join along if you feel like it!
Embree's Eats 