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When you eat more protein than your body needs to replace and repair body parts, excess protein is largely converted into glucose and burned as fuel. AND highly processed protein, that we get in the form of powder, is turned into glucose, especially if there is enough protein already in our food, it is turned into glucose or blood sugar really easy, since the body has to do almost no work to digest that protein. That protein can easily contribute to spikes in blood sugar (especially if your protein powder has any kind of added sugar) and blood sugar spikes contribute to resistance to weight loss and fat gain especially in your belly area. Listen to the full episode to learn more about how protein powder contributes to less health, less energy and more fat on your body. Questions? Want me to talk about your confusions? SHOOT ME AN EMAIL: Angela@CreateYourself.Today Want to ALWAYS know what's new in the world of lean living, nutrition, fitness, weight loss, high-tech health, biohacking? SUBSCRIBE - bitly.com/LeanPeopleNewsletterText Me Your Thoughts and IdeasSupport the showBrought to you by Angela Shurina Behavior-First, Executive, Leadership and Optimal Performance Coach 360, Change Leadership & Culture Transformation Consultant

Resistant Starch. By boiling your favorite starch foods like potatoes, pasta and rice, cooling them in the fridge and re-heating them before eating, we can increase the amount of resistant starch in those foods by about 50%. Keeping blood sugar levels and calories we absorb lower as much as 50%. Keeping blood sugar levels down is one of the major tools for effective weight loss (all the effective low carb diets), especially belly fat loss. Resistant starch is a type of starch that resists digestion and processed by our gut bacteria, that love that resistant starch turning it into known anti-inflammatory substance called butyrate. Questions? Want me to talk about your confusions? SHOOT ME AN EMAIL: Angela@CreateYourself.Today Want to ALWAYS know what's new in the world of lean living, nutrition, fitness, weight loss, high-tech health, biohacking? SUBSCRIBE - bitly.com/LeanPeopleNewsletterText Me Your Thoughts and IdeasSupport the showBrought to you by Angela Shurina Behavior-First, Executive, Leadership and Optimal Performance Coach 360, Change Leadership & Culture Transformation Consultant

Forget about carbs or calories. Have you thought about your Iodine or Magnesium lately? Questions? Want me to talk about your confusions? SHOOT ME AN EMAIL: Angela@CreateYourself.Today Want to ALWAYS know what's new in the world of lean living, nutrition, fitness, weight loss, high-tech health, biohacking? SUBSCRIBE - bitly.com/LeanPeopleNewsletterText Me Your Thoughts and IdeasSupport the showBrought to you by Angela Shurina Behavior-First, Executive, Leadership and Optimal Performance Coach 360, Change Leadership & Culture Transformation Consultant

The champions are: Olive oil, oily fish like sardines, mackerel, herring, salmon, grass-fed meat (2-3 times a week), eggs Cocoa (preferably in sugar free chocolate or cacao beans), tea, coffee, red wine (not too often and no more than a glass, with as little alcohol as possible) and other polyphenol rich foods Turmeric, that seems to be a real champion, when it comes to control of a good atmosphere of your gut neighborhood – it inhibits growth of bad-behaving guys, bacteria, parasites and fungi, reducing depression, anxiety and even things like eczema and asthma Fiber-rich vegetables, nuts, seeds, fruits and grains (you want to eat as little as possible sweet fruits and none of the processed grains to avoid blood sugar spikes). Especially great and absolutely necessary to feed your good tenants are foods rich in prebiotic fiber and inulin – onions, leeks and garlic, chicory, dandelion greens, Jerusalem artichokes, asparagus, bananas (the greener the better for greater resistant starch content, that is also found in potato starch and cooked-chilled-re-heated potatoes and pasta). Seaweed is a champion too, having as additional bonus omega-3 essential fatty acids, reducing inflammation and increasing insulin sensitivity (allowing us to metabolize sugar more efficiently, using it for energy in our cells instead of storing it as fat). And of course you must have heard about probiotic-rich foods, foods that bring new and more of good tenants to your gut, since a lot of them tend to leave (die off) pretty quickly, especially if we don’t treat them well, killing them off with unfavorable foods and lifestyle choices. The most amazing probiotic-rich foods, that by the way work times better than ANY supplement, are sauerkraut and kimchi, cheeses (the smellier the better), and yogurts (no sugar of course). Besides that, to take care of your gut friends, you want to exercise (not too much), fast or intermittent fast (not eating for 12 hours and more, or reducing your calories to 500 or so a day, once or twice a week), sleep well, keep your window open and get dirty often. More details are on http://www.createyourself.today Questions? Want me to talk about your confusions? SHOOT ME AN EMAIL: Angela@CreateYourself.Today Want to ALWAYS know what's new in the world of lean living, nutrition, fitness, weight loss, high-tech health, biohacking? SUBSCRIBE - bitly.com/LeanPeopleNewsletterText Me Your Thoughts and IdeasSupport the showBrought to you by Angela Shurina Behavior-First, Executive, Leadership and Optimal Performance Coach 360, Change Leadership & Culture Transformation Consultant

Yes, your genes, your gene expression affects how lean you are or how easy you put on weight. No, you can't change your genes BUT you can change what genes are turned on and off by changing your lifestyle - your diet, your exercise routine, your sleep, your stress levels, your relationships etc. Special attention future MOTHERS! Your lifestyle, your diet choices, your nutrition affect how lean or obese your kids will be! *Hunger Winter Netherlands Questions? Want me to talk about your confusions? SHOOT ME AN EMAIL: Angela@CreateYourself.Today < Want to ALWAYS know what's new in the world of lean living, nutrition, fitness, weight loss, high-tech health, biohacking? SUBSCRIBE - bitly.com/LeanPeopleNewsletterText Me Your Thoughts and IdeasSupport the showBrought to you by Angela Shurina Behavior-First, Executive, Leadership and Optimal Performance Coach 360, Change Leadership & Culture Transformation Consultant

In my opinion and from personal/professional experience, eating nutritious whole foods, reducing your carbohydrates and eating more healthy fats in whole foods is the easiest most effective diet. It means eliminating all the added sugar and sweeteners, not eating sweet fruits for a while, eliminating all the processed foods and refined carbohydrates, all the grains and beans, all the starchy vegetables like potatoes. Basically eating lots of non-starchy green and colorful vegetables, raw and cooked, and your fats and proteins - fatty fish, eggs, meats, nuts and seeds. Questions? Want me to talk about your confusions? SHOOT ME AN EMAIL: Angela@CreateYourself.Today <Want to ALWAYS know what's new in the world of lean living, nutrition, fitness, weight loss, high-tech health, biohacking? SUBSCRIBE - bitly.com/LeanPeopleNewsletterText Me Your Thoughts and IdeasSupport the showBrought to you by Angela Shurina Behavior-First, Executive, Leadership and Optimal Performance Coach 360, Change Leadership & Culture Transformation Consultant

If your BMI is up to standards and your weight is in a healthy range too, you might still carry excess weight and therefore not look that great. Make sure to measure your fat percentage, the easiest and more precise way is to go to a good fitness center and ask if they do body fat measurements with caliper or some more advance scanning technology and tools. Then compare your body fat percentage with the fat percentage of people or fitness models, trainers you want to look like. Second thing to consider - you might be bloated and retain to much water, not carrying too much extra fat, due to too much salt in the diet, inflammatory and high in processed carbohydrates diet, some supplements or drugs you are taking etc. Questions? Want me to talk about your confusions? SHOOT ME AN EMAIL: Angela@CreateYourself.Today Want to ALWAYS know what's new in the world of lean living, nutrition, fitness, weight loss, high-tech health, biohacking? SUBSCRIBE - bitly.com/LeanPeopleNewsletterText Me Your Thoughts and IdeasSupport the showBrought to you by Angela Shurina Behavior-First, Executive, Leadership and Optimal Performance Coach 360, Change Leadership & Culture Transformation Consultant

Yes, you can skip breakfast and do some version of intermittent fasting (basically time restricted eating). Eating in a 6–8 hour window, let’s say between 12–8 PM daily. And fasting, consuming maximum unsweetened tea, coffee and water, the rest of the day. Even that alone will give you health/weight loss benefits. But the trick here, something you must be cautious of, is not to overeat, feeling you deserved it, or feeling extremely hungry, at times when you have your meals, or snacking all the time in that eating window. Ideally, for maximum weight loss, you got to keep your launch and dinner the same as it was (hopefully healthy), skipping breakfast and all the additional calories that come with it. Questions? Want me to talk about your confusions? SHOOT ME AN EMAIL: Angela@CreateYourself.Today Want to ALWAYS know what's new in the world of lean living, nutrition, fitness, weight loss, high-tech health, biohacking? SUBSCRIBE - bitly.com/LeanPeopleNewsletter Text Me Your Thoughts and IdeasSupport the showBrought to you by Angela Shurina Behavior-First, Executive, Leadership and Optimal Performance Coach 360, Change Leadership & Culture Transformation Consultant

You got to eat you vegetables, greens and spices: fresh and cooked, colorful, organic. Kale, spinach, Swiss chard, Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts, arugula, leeks, mushrooms, cauliflower, dill, cilantro, artichokes, garlic etc. - the more variety the better, add some olive oil to absorb fat soluble vitamins like A, D, E, K Eat your fish full of Omega-3s and minerals: wild, in water or olive oil, or grilled, or steamed. Sardines, herring, salmon, anchovies. Seaweed, especially Kelp and Wakame - the richest source of Iodine and other essential minerals. Eat your pasture raised eggs for cholesterol and choline, vitamin D, essential fatty acids and other important nutrients. Eat foods rich in beneficial gut bacteria, something fermented like kimchi or sauerkraut, with no sugar added, kombucha and organic yogurts and kefirs from grass-fed healthy animals. These foods are real superfoods that improve your vitality, overall health, strength, that balance your hormones and contain essential nutrients for your brain and body. I eat all of them almost every day - often I just assemble a salad with all of them and some nice olive oil based dressing. Questions? Want me to talk about your confusions? SHOOT ME AN EMAIL: Angela@CreateYourself.Today Want to ALWAYS know what's new in the world of lean living, nutrition, fitness, weight loss, high-tech health, biohacking? SUBSCRIBE - bitly.com/LeanPeopleNewsletter Text Me Your Thoughts and IdeasSupport the showBrought to you by Angela Shurina Behavior-First, Executive, Leadership and Optimal Performance Coach 360, Change Leadership & Culture Transformation Consultant

I experimented in my life a lot! Myself and with clients. I ate on classic bodybuilding mealprep schedule, 5-6 times a day. Now I eat 1-2 meals a day. 3 times a day - almost never. One meal a day definitely helps to lose weight, because it’s hard to over-eat, eating only one meal a day BUT only when you eat healthy. You can eat enough junk calories in one meal to sabotage all your weight loss efforts and actually gain weight. Just start eating from a fastfood place every day, one of their big meals and you gain weight eating once a day in no time! But even eating healthy, eating a lot of nuts, healthy oils, pouring bulletproof coffees on top of that, consuming huge amount of calories, you can also gain weight, eating just one “healthy” meal a day. It’s not just how many meals you have, it’s also the quality of food and the amount of food that matters. AND the timing. Questions? Want me to talk about your confusions? SHOOT ME AN EMAIL: Angela@CreateYourself.Today Want to ALWAYS know what's new in the world of lean living, nutrition, fitness, weight loss, high-tech health, biohacking? SUBSCRIBE - bitly.com/LeanPeopleNewsletter Text Me Your Thoughts and IdeasSupport the showBrought to you by Angela Shurina Behavior-First, Executive, Leadership and Optimal Performance Coach 360, Change Leadership & Culture Transformation Consultant