Many people don’t think twice about what they’re grabbing off the shelves: I was that person. The old me would try the “shiny new bottle” with fancy labelling. Protein powders were the same… I didn’t have a taste for them but the convenience was attractive. I would buy brand after brand chasing a drinkable one: I just could not stomach them.
Then I started turning bottles over to see what was actually in them and that felt incredibly overwhelming! Between the ingredients and the promises, I felt disheartened that nothing was worth the money. In 2001, I was introduced to a food based supplement by my 17 year old diabetic client. I was intrigued but skeptic. I wasn’t too humble to know that what I was doing wasn’t good enough. My eating habits were giving my body just the nutrition it needed for baseline health. During this time, I worked shift work as a personal trainer in the gym and travelling to in-homes: I was always on-the-go and I was not eating well! Somedays I’d do better but I was not consistent. Strep throat three times a year was not uncommon for me [this began when I was a teenager]. Razor blades in my throat were brutal. As a self employed pt, if I didn’t work, I didn’t get paid. Between my “on-the-go” food choices that lacked lustre on the best of days and my erratic schedule, my body was deprived of essential nutrients and I felt it. I was over the idea that vitamins could be my “safety net” and more or less accepted that this was just how my body was. The JuicePlus concept appealed to me though: it was real food. My body knew how to use natural fuel and this I understood. What wasn’t computing was how. So I did a deep dive and I started asking the question, do I need a supplement and why? What I learned was that more research was emerging showing that our bodies absorb nutrients more effectively from real food than from synthetic vitamins. My curiosity was stoked. THE QUESTION: what is the effectiveness (or lack thereof) of multivitamins we’re so fond of. Well, despite their popularity, extensive research indicates that multivitamins might not be the golden ticket to better health as we once thought. More studies were showing they had not been proven to significantly reduce the likelihood of chronic diseases. So why do we keep buying them and even giving them to our kids? It's time to re-evaluate this costly habit that may be providing us with a false sense of security. I soon found myself on a path to a holistic approach to our family’s health. Rather than rely on multivitamins, we started incorporating more good in our diets: putting effort into rainbow meals, lean proteins and more grains and so here we are today, 23 years later, eating consciously. Not perfect, because I do love my sweets, but I’m aware. If I’ve shared some information here that has you intrigued or if you feel that you too have a gap in your nutrition, I want you to know that I might have a solution for you. It’s ok if you don’t think you can eat well everyday ~ it’s hard in our modern world of hustle and convenience. But if you’re ready to surround yourself with our community who is committed to wellness, education and inspiring healthy eating, moving and living, we got you. And your body will thank you ~ if not today, for all your tomorrows! I host wellness events, workshops and educational meet ups. If you'd ever like to join in to be emPOWered to live a healthier more fulfilling life contact me. I've got short-cuts to health that are natural and family friendly and because of our beliefs, we even help get more fruits and veggies into kids FOR FREE!
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