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HERE WE GO...Wouldn’t it be great if you could eat whatever you want and still

be healthy? Heck, yes it would! Unfortunately it doesn’t work

that way. We all need to be eating REAL food for health. The

kind of REAL food that fits you best can be tricky to figure out.

A diet that supports my health might not support yours.

I’m excited to share with you the exact resources I use for myself

and my patients so that you can fine tune a diet that fits YOU

like a well tailored suit.

REAL food grown today doesn’t pack the same nutritional punch

it did many years ago, which is why supplementing your diet

with essential nutrients is key. Let’s dive into the story behind

the foods we eat, how we can support our shortcomings with supplements

and along the way consider the good, the bad and the buggy (live bugs

that is!).

Hold onto your hat sista! There’s a lot of information packed into this issue.

No overwhelm necessary. Instead, take it piece by piece and refer back to

this issue often.

Here we go…

Susan McCreadie, MD

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THE TOP 3 FOODS STRESSING HEALTH

& HAPPINESSThe Result:

Inflammation.

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SUNSHINE, BUGS & COLOR!

More vitamin D3, probiotics &

phytonutrients please!

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WHAT IS THE BEST REAL FOOD FOR YOU?Watch Out! The details

can be a minefield.

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NUTRIENT DECLINEREAL food is no longer enough to meet your

nutritional needs.

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A FINE TAILORED SUIT

Eat REAL food fit for you.

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SOMETHING'S FISHYThe health benefits of

omega-3 fat.

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TAKE ACTIONTry a 30-Day

Challenge!

2822EAT BRIGHT, BRAVE AND BEAUTIFULLY

BALANCEDNot all carbs are created equal.

26STIR YOUR SOUL

Connect the Dots be-tween your Dis-Ease

and Diet



PERFECTING IMPERFECTION

Not all supplements are created equal.

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FOOD IS SPIRITUALYour body is your temple.

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WHAT ISTHE BEST

REAL FOODFOR YOU?



It’s not rocket science. REAL food

grows, as nature intended. That’s it.

Anything packaged or processed

is less than REAL. Sure, there are

exceptions: a mass-produced bar

made from dates, almonds, coco-

nut, cacao, coconut oil and sea salt

is packaged. You can’t pluck that bar

from a tree, BUT every ingredient in it grew as nature in-

tended. On the flip side, pesticide sprayed apples grow

on trees and growth hormone fed cows grow on farms,

but that’s NOT how nature intended them to grow. REAL

food grows as nature intended. When my girls are con-

fused, we go through examples: Can you pluck a fruit

snack from a tree? No. Can you pluck an apple from a

tree? Yes. Then we dive into the details.

THE DETAILS CAN BE A MINEFIELD. You think you’re eating REAL food then BOOM! Someone informs you that the diced tomatoes you’re eating came from a can lined with BPA (Bisphenol A, a syn-thetic compound and far from REAL). These details make eating REAL food a process. It evolves and re-evolves, over time, as you do. For example, consider soy lecithin. What is it? Not exactly sure. Hmmm. Sounds isolated, extracted, alone – away from the whole soybean that grew. (Pause. Think some more.) But the rest of the ingredients in this

REALFOOD

ASNATUREINTENDED.

grows,



chocolate bar are REAL! Down the hatch it goes and my taste buds do a happy dance!

It can be difficult to know what to eat. REAL FOOD IS THE BEST OPTION, BUT IT CAN BE CHAL-LENGING TO DETERMINE WHICH REAL FOOD IS BEST FOR YOUR HEALTH. I’ve tried so many different ways of eating that what I eat has become a standing joke among friends and family. I’ve swung all over the map, from eating processed grains and artificial ev-erything, to years later making fer-mented cabbage (sauerkraut)…and then never making it again! When a childhood friend saw me eat meat for the first time as an adult, she was speechless. She just stared at me, silent, jaw WIDE open, eyes blinking. Finally she spoke, “What...is...happening? SUE...eating a ham-burger!?! NO way!”

I can’t remember the exact age at which I stopped eating red meat. My first year medical school gross anatomy lab put an end to chicken for me (am I the only one who saw the resemblance between cadavers and chickens?). In my 20’s and 30’s I ate a lot of grains, legumes, veg-gies, eggs, dairy….and sugar. Along with friends and family,



I viewed my eating as healthy.

Turns out it wasn’t healthy and balanced for me at all. I carried extra weight. I was more tired than

energized. My hormone cycles were out of sync and rocky. My imbalance didn’t stop

me in my tracks until I wanted to have a baby and instead had miscarriages.

I had to pause, step back, and see the big picture. I could live with ex-tra weight, less energy and crazy cycles, but no baby? No way! My heart’s desire has always been children. I wanted a child of my own to love.

Miscarriages were a horribly painful process...BUT I LEARNED. I learned I was imbalanced and

that what I was seeking was BAL-ANCE – health for me and my fu-

ture child. But I didn’t have a Health-Map (see Issue03 p15) – a systematic

way to re-establish my health (balance). I had no idea just how foundational diet is

to one’s health and happiness.

My high carb, low protein/fat diet continued and so did my miscarriages. Three losses before our first

daughter and another loss before our second daughter.


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Within six months of conceiv-ing our third child, two things changed: I realized just how vital protein and fat are in one’s diet, and I started to CRAVE protein. I was tired of plant-based protein and opened my heart to eating meat again. In the same day I ate bone broth chicken soup and a grass-fed burger. Yum! Why did I ever cut meat out of my diet?

A diet adjustment and no more miscarriages. Check. Three chil-dren. Check. But I crossed the pregnancy finish line and fell flat on my face. Mama was a hot MESS: within 48 hours of deliv-ery I had a raging UTI; within a month, pneumonia and multiple breast infections; and within two months, parasites followed food poisoning from bad restaurant



food. Our baby wasn’t even two months old and I was living in hormonal digestive disasterville.

Two years later I woke up from the blur of breastfeeding, diaper changes and sleepless nights. I realized I needed to shift my diet yet again to improve my health and happiness. I was already glu-ten and dairy-free; (breastfeeding my oldest with eczema taught me to avoid those two proteins), but I learned just how difficult dou-ble sugars (disaccharides) can be for an imbalanced gut to digest, and how they become food on which non-beneficial intestinal microorganisms can thrive. I was already off milk sugar (lactose), but took both grain and legume

sugar (maltose) out of my diet completely. I didn’t entirely cut out cane sugar (sucrose), but all totaled my sugar load was dras-tically reduced. I was eating lots of healthy protein and fat (pas-tured meat, wild fish, eggs, nuts, seeds), combined with loads of colorful veggies and greens. Fruit was my sweet treat.

I wish I could tell you PRESTO, I was healed. Hardly. Six-months later influenza arrived along with pneumonia. Crackers and toast were faithful friends for another six months. When I was finally able to return to eating healthy protein, fat, colorful veggies and greens, I added more sup-port. My adrenals screamed for



attention. With the help of two colleagues we nursed my adrenals back to vitality with supplements, chiropractic ad-justments and acupuncture. Hor-monal balance. More energy. Better sleep. Some relief.

Unfortunately, even though I was back to eating healthy and sup-porting my adrenals, my gut re-mained on strike. Every time I

ate I felt like a busted garbage disposal. Instead of grinding down my food and absorbing its nutrition, it sloshed around and around inside of me. Forward flow was not happening. I’d joke with my family and friends that I was on Solution #536. This one will surely work! But it didn’t. So I moved on to Solution #537. For three years, I tried different com-binations of pharmaceuticals, herbs, homeopathy, acupunc-ture, energy work, colon hydro-therapy and chiropractic care. My gut wouldn’t budge. Failure was not an option.

Moments of pure FRUSTRATION, anger, sadness, grief moved through me in waves. Faith kept me on track. I kept believing: health is possible. EVEN WHEN I COULDN’T SEE THE RESULTS I DESIRED, I COULD ANCHOR MYSELF IN MY DESIRE FOR BALANCE – HEALTH. Despite the outward appearance of fail-ure, I felt I was on my path to health and balance.



“YOU FEEL

BEFORE YOU THINK.”—DANIELLE LaPORTE



AFINETAILOREDSUITIt hit me! We are what we eat, absorb and release. My

gut (the busted garbage disposal) couldn’t breakdown,

absorb or release the awesome life giving food I was

eating, even with key supplements and supportive ther-

apies. Time again to tweak my diet so that I could easily

digest and absorb nutrition. Shakes! I realized if I ate

nutritional shakes my digestive system wouldn’t have to

work so hard to break down the macronutrients and I

would more easily soak up the micronutrients my cells

craved for health.



Two weeks later, in a seeming-ly “unrelated” conversation, my husband asked how a longtime friend of mine was doing. We’d been out of touch with her for over a dozen years. I pulled up her Instagram account and said to my husband, “Can you be-lieve it?” Our friend, who also happens to be a three-time ironman triathlete and raw food chef, transformed her health with shakes! Shakes. Divine timing.

I felt my resistance mount. How can I drink shakes? Shakes aren’t REAL food. Shakes don’t grow as nature intended. True. Any-time you put food in a package, it’s less than REAL. REAL FOOD TAILORED SPECIFICALLY FOR YOU IS THE IDEAL SOLUTION,

BUT NOT IF YOUR DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CAN’T DIGEST AND ABSORB IT. Despite all my ef-forts, my cells remained nutri-ent depleted. I could feel my heart open to Solution #538. I could feel my resistance soften. Shakes were less than REAL, but still high-quality, and an amazing solution. I’m in! Sign me up! I said YES without knowing exact-ly what I was in for. In addition to drinking shakes, and eating at least one REAL food meal a day, this nutritional cleansing pro-gram includes daily supplement packets and a weekly cleanse day. Supplements, no problem. Weekly cleansing? Yikes.

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patience and effort. They’re not quick, short fixes. They’re hard work! It’s not my idea of a good time, and I think most w o u l d agree that it’s hard to gear up to do a cleanse. The rou-tine of cleansing is where I’ve failed time and time again. But now I am ready. Game on. Failure is not an option. I’ll cleanse weekly. BOY AM I GLAD I DID. Routine cleansing gave me the surprise gift: RELEASE. For the first time in five years I could eat, absorb and release! Hallelujah!

I share my journey with you be-cause diet is very important. There is no one right diet for everyone. I wish there was! That would make life so much easier.

Eat this, not that. There. Done! Nutrition is best when tailored specifically to your needs. Think of

it as a suit. Take the suit off the rack and put it on. It fits. It’s good. But when the suit is tai-lored spe-cifically for you, it fits on a whole

new level (mmm-hmmm). Same goes for food!

EATING REAL FOOD IS GREAT, BUT EATING THE RIGHT REAL FOOD FOR YOU IS AMAZ-INGLY BETTER! To boost your health and happiness, eat REAL food – food that grows as nature intended.From time to time, pause and ask yourself, “Can I tweak my diet (yet again) so it fits me like a fine tailored suit?”

NUTRITION

IS BEST

WHEN TAILORED

SPECIFICALLY TO

YOUR NEEDS.



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TOP 3 FOODSSTRESSING HEALTH +

HAPPINESS

Through TESTING in my practice, I find the top three

foods stressing health and happiness are:

G L U T E N D A I R Y S U G A R S

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Gluten and dairy can be REAL (grown as nature intended) and they can also be highly pack-aged and processed. Even the highest quality gluten and dairy can lead to problems in two ways: your digestive system poorly digests gluten/dairy; your immune system overreacts to gluten/dairy.

For some, digesting gluten/dairy can feel like digesting glue. The word gluten stems from the Latin word “glue.” When the digestive system struggles to completely digest gluten/dairy proteins, the re-sulting peptides can react with opiate receptors in the brain (Reichelt et. al, 1990). This can affect how we think (cognition), feel (emotions), and act (behav-ior).

When the immune system over-reacts to gluten,dairy or any other food, we call it a food allergy (when it raises the anti-body IgE) or a food intolerance

(when it raises the antibody IgG). Technical details, but there’s an important difference. Food allergies can be life threat-ening, whereas food intoleranc-es are life disturbing. Both can severely impact your health and happiness. With food allergies, the immune system reaction is immediate. Symptoms can in-volve the skin (hives, eczema), digestive system (vomiting, di-arrhea, stomach pain), and be life threatening (trouble swal-lowing or breathing, chest pain, passing out). Turns out 90% of all food allergic reactions are caused by eight foods (“the crazy 8”): gluten, dairy, eggs, soy, peanuts, tree nuts, fish and shellfish.

The immune system reaction is not immediate with a food in-tolerance. It’s delayed from 4 to 72 hours after exposure and symptoms vary WIDELY. For ex-ample, if you have a gluten in-tolerance, you can experience bloating, diarrhea, constipa-

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Tests To Detect Food Stressing Your Health & Happiness are

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FOOD ALLERGY AND INTOLERANCE TESTING

GLIADORPHIN/CASOMORPHIN PEPTIDE TESTING

NUTRITIONAL ANALYSIS TESTING

tion, mouth sores, itchy rashes, headaches, or tics – just to name a few! Without testing, it’s hard to put two and two together to realize gluten is a problem be-cause your symptoms happen hours or days later.

Here’s the bottom line: BOTH FOOD ALLER-GIES AND INTOLER-ANCES ARE STRESS-ORS BECAUSE THEY TRIGGER INFLAM-MATION IN YOUR BODY. They tip you from balance to dis-ease. Even though you might not be allergic to dairy, gluten or sugar, being intoler-ant can still cause an inflamma-tory response within the body. Inflammation is a root problem in most chronic diseases, in-cluding diabetes, heart disease, cancer and obesity. Inflamma-tion doesn’t stop there: asthma

is inflammation of the lower air-ways; eczema is inflammation of the skin; and inflammatory bowel disease is inflammation of the digestive tract. INFLAM-MATION IS A REAL STRESS-OR WE NEED TO ADDRESS IF WE WANT TO BE HAPPY AND HEALTHY!

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I wish I could snap my fingers and tell you the right REAL food diet for you, the one that fits you like a well-tailored suit. It’ll likely take some investiga-tion (see Tests to Detect Food Problems p. 21). Trust in your process. It may take you some time

to find a diet that allows you to break down macronu-trients and easily soak up the micronutrients your cells crave for health. There’s no “one fits all” approach.

In addition to water and sunshine, your body needs macronutrients (protein, fat and carbohydrates (carbs), micronutrients (vitamins, minerals and trace elements) and phytonutrients. Try these general guidelines on for size to decrease inflammatory foods in your diet, then tailor it to fit you.

1. BRIGHT Eat bright colors (veggies and fruit).

2. BRAVE Try new foods (liver pâté anyone?)

and let others go (sugar, sugar, sugar!).

3. BALANCED Eat protein, fat and colorful carbs.

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WATER:• Drink at least ½ oz. to 1 oz.

of water daily per pound of

desired body weight

• Substitute water with herb-

al tea, stevia lemonade, or

Choffy (ground cocoa beans)

FOOD:• Eat REAL food; food grown

as nature intended.

» Pastured meats, eggs/

dairy (if tolerated) from

pastured animals, wild fish

» Organic nuts, seeds, le-

gumes/grains (if tolerated)

» Organic vegetables, fruits• Do not eat processed food.

» No artificial colors, sweet-eners, preservatives

» No partially hydrogenated fat, vegetable oils

» No refined cane sugar or grain sugar (enriched flour, white rice)

• Fill your plate with veggies, add a fist-full of protein (in-cludes fat), and less than a fist-full of whole-grain carbs or starchy vegetables (pota-toes, sweet potatoes)*

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• Eat every 2-3 hours, 4-6 times daily

*A NOTE ON CARBS. Not all carbs are created equal. In food, carbs come in the form of starch, sugar and fiber in fruits, vegeta-bles, grains, and legumes. Carbs are also in dairy in the form of a sugar called lactose. The amount and type of carbs you consume affect your health. In general choose:• more veggies than fruit be-

cause fruit is higher in a form of sugar called fructose.

• whole-grains which contain the bran and germ of the seed and house the majority

of the fiber, vitamins, minerals, healthy fats, and antioxidants.

• full-fat organic dairy low in lactose, such as yogurt, kefir, butter, and hard cheeses.

• to reduce or remove grains and legumes from your diet for certain health conditions.

A great resource to learn more about eating this way is Practical Paleo by Diane Sanfilippo, BS, NC.

BE OPEN TO CHANGE. The right balance for you today may change tomorrow. Adjust as you see fit and CELEBRATE your progress. Progress over perfec-tion, always.

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STIR YOUR SOUL

Think of all the symptoms or dis-eases you’ve experienced from childhood and every year thereafter. What can you list? Wheezing, rashes, headaches? Ear, sinus or throat infections? What about seasonal allergies, asthma, eczema, ADD or ADHD, IBS, IBD, or some other acronym? Or maybe it’s excess weight, mood and sleep problems, or constipation and bloating. If it’s not one of the above, fill in the

STEP 1

blank with the symptoms that tell your dis-ease.

Then, find your symptom or dis-ease on the Whole30 A-Z Real Life Testimonial page. Shown on this page are people who have experienced life-changing re-sults from using the Whole30 program that involves removing gluten, dairy and sugars from their diet for 30 days.

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Could gluten, dair yor cane/grain sugars

be disrupting your health?

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TAKE ACTION

Eating REAL food is great, but eating the right REAL food for YOU is amazingly better! Could you tweak your diet so it fits you

like a fine tailored suit? How could you start (or start again) to eat in a way that supports your health? Try a 30-day challenge using one of the suggestions below, or create one of your own.

I’m currently on a 30-day challenge to drink a gallon of water a day. Consistency matters. Commit, then repeat daily.

Could you increase your water intake? Could you add more fat/protein from pastured meats, eggs/dairy

(if tolerated), and wild fish?Could you eat vegetables at every meal and snack?

Could you finally take out artificial colors, sweeteners, and preservatives?

Could you do the Whole30® program? More than a hundred thou-sand people have successfully completed it with amazing results.

STEP 2

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Before having children I worked under the illusion that if I did everything per-

fectly my life would be perfect. Writing that makes me cringe! Ew. Seriously? Yuck. Perfection-ism makes for a pretty frustrat-ing life because nothing is ever perfect! Thankfully, having kids broke me down in a GRAND way; I had to let perfec-tionism go. It was impossible for me to keep so many balls in the air, perfectly. Hand-made Christmas cards? Gone!

NUTRIENTDECLINE

I became comfortable with imperfection and eventually embraced it! This is the life. FREEDOM! I stopped sending holiday cards altogether until my daughter begged me for three years in row. Now I smile as she picks through a bowl of apples, rejecting one after another be-

cause of a blem-ish or a bruise. It takes one to know one. “The goal in life is not perfec-tion but health – BALANCE,” I tell her. “Nature isn’t perfect and neither are you...

I

HAD

TO LET

PERFECTIONISM

GO.

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that’s the BEAUTY!” Slightly irri-tated by my repetitive teachings, she smiles and continues to pick through the pile until she finds the “perfect” one. First age, then wisdom.

When I started my private prac-tice I was fresh out of my chief residency year. I had spent the last four years in a hospital with very sick children using pharma-ceuticals and surgery to heal. I didn’t know the first thing about nutrition. Aside from the com-mon childhood iron deficiency and the rare copper metabolism disorder (Menkes Kinky Hair Dis-ease), my training didn’t include how nutrition impacts dis-ease. I thought if I ate a healthy well-bal-anced diet, I’d get all the nutri-tion I need. “X” (Buzzer sound.) I was wrong.

Yes, nature perfectly packag-es vitamins/minerals/phytonu-trients into organic fruit, veg-etables, nuts, seeds, legumes, whole grains and meat, eggs

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and dairy from pastured animals. But, studies that compared the mineral content of soil today with soil 100 years ago found that agricultural soils in the Unit-ed States have been depleted of 85% of their minerals (The Earth Summit 1992). Wow! If I want to reap the same nutrition from one peach grown in 1892, I’d have to eat 85 peaches in 1992! Well maybe not entirely.

Donald Davis, and his research team from the University of Texas at Austin’s Department of Chem-istry and Biochemistry, studied the U.S. Department of Agricul-ture nutritional data, from both 1950 and 1999, for 43 different vegetables and fruits. They found a statistically reliable decline in the amount of protein, calcium, phosphorus, iron, riboflavin (vita-min B2) and vitamin C found in the fruit from 1999 when com-pared with the fruit from 1950. His research team attributed the nutritional content decline to ag-ricultural practices that trade-off

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nutrient content for better yield

(Davis et. al, 2004).

We are what we eat and eating

REAL food is no longer enough

to meet our nutritional needs.

That’s hard for this recovering

perfectionist to swallow. I so want

nature to be the perfect solution,

but due to soil depletion it can’t.

What you sow you reap. Now I

supplement my REAL food diet

with products that provide my

body nutrition in a balanced way:

vitamins, minerals, phytonutri-

ents and other nutritionals that

are no longer found in the foods

we eat in the quantities the body

needs. (See My Supplement List)

The nutrient decline in REAL

food goes beyond nutrient de-

pleted soil. Antinutrients in

plant-based food block our abil-

ity to reap the benefits of certain

vitamins and minerals. Unlike our

ancestors, we don’t prepare our

food in ways that increase its nu-

tritional value and bioavailabil-

ity with methods such as soak-

ing, sprouting, and fermenting.

Soaking, sprouting and ferment-

ing start the digestive process

by breaking down phytic acid in

plant-derived food (phytic acid

and other antinutrients disrupt

the absorption of certain nutri-

ents). These 3 processes also

increase the amount of certain

vitamins (vitamin B6 riboflavin

and vitamin C) in the food and

the bioavailability of certain min-

erals (calcium, iron, zinc) so we

can easily absorb these nutrients

from plant-derived food high

in phytic acid (grains, legumes,

nuts and seeds) (Chavan et al.,

1989)(Lorenz, 1980). But who

wants to soak, sprout and fer-

ment? Not me. However, see-

ing my husband make almond

milk from soaked nuts and seeds

makes my heart go pitter-patter.

Seriously! It’s sexy. And because

it’s less work, we buy grains and

legumes that are already sprout-

ed. (See Dr. Sue Favorites)

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Some REAL food comes packaged with things we can’t soak, sprout or ferment our way around. Due to contaminated water, wild fish (packed with omega-3 fat) contain varying amounts of methylmercury, “a neurotoxin that can be harmful to the brain and nervous system if a person is exposed to too much of it" (FDA.gov, 2014). The FDA and EPA have set guidelines on how much fish pregnant, breastfeeding mothers and young children should eat.

You can eat plant derived omega-3 fat, found in flax seeds, pumpkin seeds and walnuts, but your body must first convert the omega-3 fat from these sources into the bioactive omega-3 fats your body uses. This conversion process slows down when vitamins and minerals are not readily available in your body to help out. That’s why the most direct source of omega-3 fat is a high quality fish oil supplement.

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Research supporting the health benefits of omega-3 fat

continues to grow.

THIS TYPE OF FAT HELPS:HEART DISEASE

DIABETESCANCER

REPRODUCTIONCHILDREN'S HEALTH & DEVELOPMENT

IT ALSO HAS A POSITIVE EFFECT ON MANY DISEASES INVOLVING CHRONIC

INFLAMMATION INCLUDING:ARTHRITIS

INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASEALLERGIES

ASTHMAECZEMA

PSORIASIS(Omega-Research.com)

Omega-3 fats are powerhouses for boosting one’s health and happiness and

reducing inflammation and chronic disease.

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Most of us lack enough daily sunshine exposure to make adequate levels of vitamin D. VITAMIN D levels are affected by skin color, distance from the

equator, and amount of time spent outdoors. Up to half of children and adults have less than optimum levels of vita-min D (Looker et al., 2008). Reaping enough daily vitamin D from REAL food is a tall order. For example, you’d need to eat approximately 4-ounces of wild salmon daily to get 600-1000 I.U. of vitamin D, or a quart of milk a day for 400 I.U. of vitamin D (NYT, 2010). The recommended daily allow-ance of vitamin D is currently 600 I.U. daily for those 1-70 years old, which many vitamin D researchers believe is too low. Like omega-3 fat, the research supporting the health benefits of vitamin D continues to grow and includes build-ing stronger bones, strengthening the immune system, and lowering the risk of developing of diabetes, heart disease, kidney disease, high blood pressure and cancer. The easi-est way to support adequate vitamin D levels is with a high quality vitamin D3 supplement.

SUNSHINE,BUGS &COLOR

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We also need to supplement LIVE BUGS. Yes! Live bugs. Probiotics are LIVE bugs - benefi-cial bacteria and yeast - that keep us alive. The

word probiotic comes from pro and biota, meaning "for life." I love probiotics! Supplementing with probiotics is an easy way to consume the beneficial bacteria and yeast found in dairy-based/vegetable-based fermented foods like whey, sour cream, yogurt, kefir, sauerkraut, and kombucha.

Probiotics regulate the immune system, reducing inflam-mation throughout the body. Their presence in the body decreases intestinal permeability, making the gut a more effective barrier. Probiotics provide a protective layer along the surface of our intestinal and genitourinary tracts, pre-venting disease-causing organisms from binding, and stim-ulate gastrointestinal motility. The result? Probiotics can help reduce allergy symptoms (eczema, asthma, seasonal hay fever, and food allergies) and digestive symptoms (di-arrhea, constipation, irritable bowel syndrome, and lactose intolerance). And that’s just some of the health benefits of probiotics (Martinez et al., 2015).

Let’s not forget about color! PHYTONUTRIENTS are plant nutrients found mostly in colorful fruits and veg-gies. It’s hard to eat enough of these in a day and

in such a wide variety as to include mangosteen, acai ber-ry, pomegranate, bilberry, cilantro, chlorella, spirulina, and wheatgrass. Some of these phytonutrients are also antiox-idants, such as ginkgo biloba and green tea extract, which clear damaging free radicals from the body. See My Supple-ment List for a product that packs a wide-range of phyto-nutrients and antioxidants together in 2 scoops that can be blended into a morning smoothie.

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REAL FOOD IS NOT PERFECT.ISSUE NO.03




REAL FOOD IS NOT PERFECT. I was in denial about how nu-tritionally depleted my pa-tients and I could be. I really wanted REAL food to be the

entire answer. It clearly wasn’t, as demonstrated through testing myself and my patients. It be-came shockingly clear that even those of us devoted to eating REAL food fall short on nutrition. REAL food is not perfect. REAL food is no longer able to meet our nutritional needs due to nu-trient-depleted soil, antinutrients such as phytic acid, contaminat-ed fish, and a lack of fermented foods in our diet. We can’t soak in enough vitamin D from sun-shine due to our distance from

PERFECTING

imperfectionthe equator and amount of time most of us spend outdoors.

Supplements become key. But, NOT ALL SUPPLEMENTS ARE CREATED EQUAL. There are some ways top manufacturers distinguish themselves above the rest. One way is with Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) certification which ensures a company has used the highest quality standards during man-ufacturing and that the product is safe for human consumption. Some manufacturers go above and beyond GMP standards and hire independent third-party testers to ensure their products

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have the identity, strength, com-position, quality and purity rep-resented on the label with un-detectable levels of pesticides, herbicides, chemicals, preserva-tives or additives.

The effectiveness and safety of a product for the consumer can also be determined by per-forming human clinical trials. High-quality supplement compa-nies hire qualified professionals (PhD, MD, DO, etc.) in the fields of nutrition, medicine, health and wellness to conduct product

research/development and to help answer questions and con-cerns consumers have about the products.

High-quality ingredients, third- party testing, human clinical tri-als, and qualified staff are expen-sive. This cost is usually passed down to the consumer. Be pre-pared to pay for quality supple-ments from manufacturers who distinguish themselves above the rest. SAFETY AND EFFEC-TIVENESS ARE WORTH EVERY PENNY.

Taking key supplements with es-sential nutritionals narrows the nutritional gap for me and my patients. For that, this recover-ing perfectionist is MOST grate-ful. As I have said to my daugh-ter many times, “The goal in life is not perfection but health - BALANCE. Nature isn’t perfect and neither are you...that’s the BEAUTY!” Hallelujah. Supple-ment your nutritional shortcom-ings with essential nutrients.

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Chavan, J. K. & Kadam, S. S.. (1989). Nutri-tional improvement of cereals by fermen-tation.CRC Crit. Rev. Food Sci. Nutr., 28(5), 349.

Davis D.R., Epp M.D. & Riordan H.D. (2004). Changes in USDA food compo-sition data for 43 garden crops, 1950 to 1999. J Am Coll Nutr. 23(6), 669-82.

FDA. (June 2014). Fish: What Pregnant Women and Parents Should Know, re-trieved from http://www.fda.gov/food/foodborneillnesscontaminants/metals/ucm393070.htm.

Looker A.C. et al. (2008). Serum 25-hy-droxyvitamin D status of the US population: 1988-1994 compared with 2000–2004. Am J Clin Nutr. 88(6), 1519-27.

Lorenz, K. (1980).Cereal sprouts: compo-sition, nutritive value, food applications. CRC Crit. Rev. Food Sci. Nutr. 13, 353.

Martinez, R.C., Bedani, R., & Saad, S.M. (2015). Scientific evidence for health ef-fects attributed to the consumption of pro-biotics and prebiotics: an update for cur-rent perspectives and future challenges. Br J Nutr. 114(12), 1993-2015.

Parker-Pope, T. (2010, February 1). The Miracle of Vitamin D: Sound Science, or Hype? retrieved from http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/01/the-miracle-of-vitamin-d-sound-science-or-hype/com-ment-page-18/?_r=0.

Reichelt K.L., Ekrem J. & Scott H. (1990). Gluten, milk protein, and autism: dietary intervention effects on behavior and pep-tide secretion. J Appl Nutr. 42,1-11.

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AN INTERVIEW WITH

KEITHDOBRACKI,

DDS

Keith Dobracki, DDS, is a University of Michigan Dental School Clinical Professor

and former honors graduate who has been featured on NBC, CBS, and American

Health Front. His focus is holistic and biological dentistry and by the end of the

year will have both a biological dentist degree and a doctorate in naturopathy. In

his free time Dr. Dobracki enjoys traveling, spending time with family and friends,

organic cooking, sailing, Michigan outdoor summers, and of course Michigan ath-

letic events. He has not missed a Michigan football game in over 20 years! Dr. Do-

bracki spends at least two weeks each year volunteering his professional time to

travel abroad in order to perform outreach aid to poverty-stricken areas, which do

not have access to proper dental care or may be recovering from natural disasters.

He has recently started a charitable foundation, MyDentalWish, and participates in

other community outreach programs.



I ALWAYS LIKE TO START WITH YOUR STORY. HOW DID YOU KNOW YOU WANTED TO BECOME A HOLISTIC DENTIST?

Everybody in my family is a physician: parents, uncles, cousins, aunts, second cousins. I grew up hanging out in the hospital because my parents were always doing a residency, fellowship, training or were on call. They would take me with them.

WOW!

I excelled in science and math and because I spent so much time in the hospital I always thought I

wanted to be a doctor. Over time I saw my parents’ lifestyles become much more stressful, and how the changes in health insurance changed the way they practiced medicine.

WHAT KIND OF PHYSI-CIANS ARE YOUR PARENTS?

My mom is a board certified Pediatrician and Allergist. My bio-logical dad is in Infectious Disease. My other dad’s an Orthopedic Sur-geon.

AND HOW OLD WERE YOU WHEN YOU NOTICED THOSE CHANGES IN THEIR LIFE-STYLE?

I think I was in middle school/high school. When I got to college I still thought I wanted to go into medicine and I took a class that was crazy cool. Twelve students would meet at the professor’s house and have a potluck dinner. When we were studying dentistry she had dentists, students, hygienists, pro-fessors come to her house and we would just sit and talk with them un-til they went home.



THAT IS AMAZING. THAT’S AN UNDERGRAD CLASS AT U OF M?

Yes. I really enjoyed it. It al-lowed me to meet a couple dentists who I ended up shadowing. I went on to become the president of the pre-dental association and then on to dentistry.

AWESOME! DID YOU JUST FALL INTO THE DENTISTRY OR DID YOU FEEL YOUR HEART PULLED YOU TOWARDS IT?

The lifestyle dentists have (compared to what I witnessed first hand with my parents), the science of dentistry and the hands on ap-proach, all appealed to me.

HOW DID YOU FALL INTO HOLISTIC DENTISTRY?

Crazy story. While I was in dental school I was also a competi-tive snowboarder. I was studying my notes on amalgams on the train ride home from a snowboarding event. From a health perspective I was unsure how I felt about amal-

gams. On the train there was an older man sitting across from me. That man was the Godfather Pio-neer of Holistic Dentistry, Hal Hug-gins, DDS!

YOU’VE GOT TO BE KID-DING ME?

Oh yeah, it was crazy.

YOU WERE MEANT TO BE ON THAT TRAIN! AND NOT JUST TO GET HOME!

It was amazing. This guy, he’s done some things that may be a lit-tle extreme, but for the most part he set the precedent when it comes

Hal Huggins, DDS



to recognizing that amalgams are bad for our health. There I was, sit-ting across from him studying amal-gams! It was just the funniest thing. So he gave me his spiel, not in an offensive way, but he’s pretty strong in his stance.

I BET.

The things he said were the exact opposite of what I had been taught in dental school. My first thought was that this guy was out of his mind! The more he spoke about the science behind things, the more I understood that he is actually very well versed in this. During dental school I put in my last amalgam and decided I would never do another one again. And I haven’t since.

WHAT EXACTLY DOES IT MEAN TO BE A HOLISTIC DEN-TIST? IT ISN’T JUST ABOUT THE FILLINGS.

Correct. In terms of truly be-ing a holistic or biological dentist, we don’t just see a hole in a tooth and fill it. We take the time to un-derstand a patient’s general health, speak with their physicians, consid-

er things from a genetics/dietary perspective and use urine samples to help understand what’s going on in the oral environment. We also look at an individual’s biocompati-bility, meaning we look at different materials and metals used: fillings, bonding agents, desensitizers, tooth cleaners, tooth detoxers, pastes, and different instruments the hygienists use. We look at the effect that all of that has on an indi-vidual and create a plan for every time that patient comes in. A pa-tient is able to get a custom setup of only the materials that his or her body said were least reactive. We have also found a strong link be-tween oral health and gut health and consider this when working with a client.



MAKES SENSE. I ALWAYS THINK ABOUT GETTING MY MERCURY AMALGAMS RE-MOVED BUT MY GUT IS NOT AT THE POINT WHERE IT’S BAL-ANCED ENOUGH TO HANDLE THE TOXICITY.

We see a lot of people who come in because they read on the internet that their fillings are bad and they want them all out. I’ll ask simple questions such as, “When’s the last time you had a bowel move-ment?” The answer is often that they have been constipated. This is a sign that it’s the worst time to take out mercury fillings. A lot of educa-tion is provided about optimal tim-ing and the dietary changes they can make so that they can handle a mercury removal.

IS THERE A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO TEMPORO-MANDIBULAR JOINT DYS-FUNCTION (TMJ) IN YOUR OFFICE?

For TMJ we work with a lot of craniosacral specialists who can get the jaw to rebalance and the mus-cles to relax. We also use myofunc-tional orthodontics, a way of prac-ticing orthodontics without using bands and metals. Kids can wear little appliances that create proper tongue position. A lot of jaw devel-opment and tooth position is relat-ed to tongue position. Proper nutri-tion, oils and omegas are also important with jaw and muscle de-velopment.

I SEE. THAT TOTALLY MAKES SENSE. LET’S TALK ABOUT FLUORIDE.

Fluoride and mercury are both on a downfall. I believe mercu-ry fillings are now illegal, or out-lawed, in 14 different countries. People are taking fluoride in so many different ways they are over-dosing on it. That’s what the Nazi’s used in concentration camps to de-sensitize people.



WHAT DO YOU MEAN DE-SENSITIZE?

Fluoride substantially de-creases your mental capacity to rebel or question things.

WOW.

It’s just not good to have fluo-ride in your body when there are better alternatives.

WHAT CAN SOMEONE DO, INSTEAD OF FLUORIDE TOOTHPASTE, TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE GOOD MINERAL-IZATION?

Good mineralization has a lot to do with diet. I see patients who are very acidic and have demineral-ization throughout the teeth. They tend to eat a lot of strong probiot-ics and things that are fermented. These patients benefit from a natu-ral paste without fructooligosaccha-rides (FOS), glycerin, carrageenan, or fluoride, but still loaded with minerals. We have a paste that comes from sea coral; some people make their own at home using very



fine ground egg shells.

Other patients I see are very alka-line. Their teeth are strong but they get a ton of tartar buildup which leads to gum disease and peri-odontal disease. They need a de-toxifying paste with tea tree oil and things that prevent tartar buildup and act as an antibacterial for the gum tissue.

THAT MAKES SENSE. ON A DIFFERENT NOTE, HOW DO YOU MAINTAIN BALANCE IN YOUR OWN LIFE?

Well, I normally do a daddy and daughter day.

YOUR DAUGHTER IS TWO, RIGHT?

Yes.

THAT'S A LOT OF RUN-NING AROUND!

Yes, but at the same time we do a lot of exercising together. We do a lot of daddy and daughter workouts where she will get on my

back for pushups and things where we are playing and bonding. This allows me to stay in shape while do-ing other things.

AWESOME.

I try to get outside in the morning, before work. A lot of times I wake up early and go out and pad-dleboard. It’s just nice to start my day out on flat water.

NATURE IS A BIG RELAX-ER FOR YOU?

Huge! That’s probably my number one. If I have free time I’m



outside. I love winter sports. I also meditate.

DO YOU NOTICE ANY BENEFITS IN YOUR DAILY LIFE FROM PRACTICING MEDITA-TION?

Yes, stress has gone way down. If I’m at work and something goes wrong I take the time to do a mini meditation. This allows me to get past the problem as opposed to dwelling on it.

INTERESTING. I FIND THAT EXACT SAME THING. IT’S AN AWARENESS. I’M AWARE OF WHEN MY BODY IS NOT IN MY ZEN ZONE AND WITH MORE PRACTICE I’M ABLE TO BRING MYSELF BACK TO THE ZEN ZONE, AS I CALL IT.

Yep, it’s such an amazing thing. You get your pulse back down, and you can feel everything stop for a second. It’s so nice.

THAT’S AWESOME. I HAVE ONE LAST QUESTION FOR

YOU. HOW HAS HAVING YOUR TWO YEAR OLD DAUGHTER IN YOUR LIFE MADE YOU A WISER PERSON?

She has taught me patience, to just slow down and focus more on family. I had a couple investors talk with me about business oppor-tunities and if I did not have my daughter I probably would have pursued them. Right now she’s at such a fun age. I really don’t want to miss it. She will probably always be at such a fun age!

I LOVE IT. DR. KEITH, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

Thank you.



Your body is your temple. Do you nourish your temple with food or junk? Maybe a little of both? Depends on your mood, right? When you are filling your temple with unhealthy food

it’s time to, “check yourself, before you wreck yourself,” as my coach Rha Goddess says.

Health is balance. If I focused solely on immediate gratification, I’d be downing chocolate all day long. Chocolate feels good...until it doesn’t feel so good anymore. Too much sugar, gluten, dairy (or any food that disrupts YOUR body’s balance) is a recipe for long term disaster. Get curious about your WHY. What’s driving your behavior to fill your body with junk (low self-esteem, shame, emptiness, grief)?

food isspiritual



spiritual Dietary changes are hard work. Both the initial push to make the change, and the long term mo-mentum to endure the change, are tough. Some changes be-come no big deal (gluten and dairy for me). Other changes are more difficult (for me, less sugar). Persistence pays off, but you’ll likely give up if you don’t uncov-er WHY you want to change the way you eat.

WHY DO YOU WANT TO CHANGE THE WAY YOU EAT SO IT SUPPORTS YOUR HEALTH? For me it’s spiritual. I see my body as my Spirit’s vessel to carry out my soulFULL purpose – as a mama, a future grammie, and a physician devoted to de-livering the message of spiritual health. I focus on how I want to feel – fit, feminine, FREE – and all the activities my husband and I can do together if I stay commit-ted to this way of life. Dig deep

and uncover your WHY.

Even once a positive change has been made, and you are eating well, you can get derailed. That’s life. Sitting on the park bench taking time out for reflection is part of the health journey. But standing back up, even if you’ve fallen off the wagon a zillion times, is grace. Believe in your journey. STAND BACK UP AND REMEMBER YOUR WHY.

Dig deep and discover why you want to eat in a way that supports your health. When moments of pure FRUSTRATION, anger, sad-ness, grief move through you, keep your WHY front and cen-ter. Even when you can’t see the results you desire (yet), anchor yourself in your desire for health and surrender to how the journey unfolds for you. Faith will keep you on track. Health is possible and I believe in your journey.



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