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Hello -- the health -- undocumented.
When it comes to eating caring about.
What we put into our bodies is essential.
But can too much of a good thing be back joining me now is this skinny -- and all federal healthy sheets Jennifer eyes hello well come -- -- -- -- -- very famous Finnish -- -- you bulbs.
Everybody is sort of upsets.
Where is healthy eating.
And there is a condition called or -- -- -- and I want you to explain it to me because I think everybody has.
Well worth your Dexia is basically when you having extreme fear of the quality of what you're eating so that that if the food is healthy or not.
And unfortunately with north -- -- of people just take it too far.
They get accessed over every little thing that they have in their diet they're afraid to eat out there really afraid of the enjoyment of food and life and it becomes it takes over -- whole lot.
But that is it they afraid because they think that the food is unhealthy and -- -- -- sake.
Or is it because they fear that they gonna gain weight what does.
It's usually body -- magician of both but it's typically that there's preservatives in the food if you typically starts with packaged foods for example they see.
You know artificial colors or flavors and it doesn't elicit the -- in time telling them that they gonna die everytime -- -- -- package.
Right but then they take it you know too far and it becomes an obsession and -- Sitting up at night thinking oh my gosh is that -- -- -- really organic you know one thing I always tell people is as long as you're eating.
Lots of super foods vegetables things like spinach broccoli kale fruits and your cooking at home.
You're not doing a lot of -- you're on the right track but when you take it too far and you -- you -- -- in your feeling guilty about it that's when you should seek professional help and and typically I think you mentioned it before.
The kinds of foods that these individuals will it is.
You know prepackaged foods right and then it moves on to being concerned about pesticides for -- -- And that is a valid concern but you know unfortunately with organic and I support organic but some people it's just not in their budget.
So you know if you are concerned about pesticides definitely do certain vegetables organic and those are the ones that are on the dirty dozen says things like -- salary.
Spinach kale and actor -- peaches.
Red bell -- And good those are on the dirty dozens if you can afford to do this organic great.
And then eat vegetables and don't worry about -- cook meals that you have you know if you want to have a hamburger fine.
But serve your hamburger on site -- -- -- you know that's the way I do.
All right so -- before we get to the level of sending somebody to a psychiatrist.
You telling everybody to -- Right okay so I'm gonna come -- Can't even though I'm not that in order direct unity but I'm gonna come down and then I want to sort of pop idol itself I -- I help myself.
Fruits and vegetables should be the piece of what you eat.
Civics for example when I -- my plate I fill -- with specials first and then I put -- ninety stuff on top and that's part of what I do in my book healthy cheats is if I wanna -- of vacant.
I have it but I start the plate with greens broccoli proper -- take Cahill and I -- -- piece of bacon on top.
Because I know if I'm eating -- superffoods those festivals there's so nutrient cents.
And you know again I don't worry so much about the pesticides it's more about getting the good hole -- into my party first.
Beginning fiber all the vitamins things that fight alzheimer's insect bite -- killer -- generations hurts him right and that's how I certainly aren't.
-- one of the things -- you doing your book and I like that a lot.
You allow me to be a little bit myself you know but we were talking before we started the show hamburgers -- -- -- I -- -- so weakened that.
Now that I need to but I did.
And you can and you teach me how to make them healthy right those that so that's your Rangel right.
Because his is very it's very hard to fight the current some times so you going around.
It's about making peace with your cravings right so you know I'm in mediator on Hungarian -- upon go watch it a lot -- -- potatoes.
So those are things that are just that I crave and I also have low iron so I need a little bit affect me but I do with a healthy -- way I get a little piece a flaming on.
About four ounces -- a couple hundred calories super lean.
I -- that twice a month I have my Easter over right take the -- off and I have my mask on salad instead of dressing I -- like a little wedge and land and -- you can even do when you eat out.
But the trick kids to have those things that you really want because life has to be fun writing that's part of the enjoyment -- eating.
But it's also packing sneaking contrition there and that's pretty cheap car counts tonight when when he -- -- -- cook -- -- -- -- total control over how you me and you can have a little bit of ground sirloin -- metre area yet eating your -- to present speed potato Fries -- them off.
But I think you're still getting the nutrition -- you're doing good things for your body for your taste buds and -- -- happy any -- is like a celebration.
When you eat that way.
Now that the last thing is you always keep mentioning try to cook at home.
That is key because when you cook at home you have total control of what you eat right.
And you know sometimes -- you -- out people don't realize the other day my husband was dying to have fast food.
And I'd like I had the night I packed my lunch and just casually looked upon in any 3500 calories for that burger Fries and a drink in one meal you -- -- 2000 milligrams of sodium that's -- -- -- hole.
He wouldn't tell you got to deal would get a cook at home I think that that's incredibly important.
And I think that it would ever gonna change the trend of especially young kids getting overweight is to teach him how to cook.
I'm -- -- -- it's -- and it's easy tip all right.
Last -- we can people get more info on skinny chef dot com thank you so much for being here.
And you can find -- e-book healthy cheats on Amazon.com.
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