I attended a seminar earlier this week called, "The RAW Truth on Nutrition" presented by Garden of Life Founder and CEO, Jordan Rubin. It's times like these that I realize how much I have left to learn and discover as it relates to food and its impact on our health - from the inside out. In the couple hours that I spent listening to Jordan, and the follow-up of briefly flipping through his latest book, I determined that I now literally have enough blog content to last me a year! Talk about getting a wealth of information - so many more topics to further research - in short period of time.
There was one instance (okay, there was more than one but for the sake of this article we'll just stick to the one) in his presentation in which I literally kicked myself for my short term ignorance! Here I am so careful of every little ingredient that hits my lips, yet I was mindlessly beyond guilty of taking in a whole lot of chemicals throughout the day, every day.
The culprit was none other than chewing gum. Like most Americans, I too go through several pieces of sugar-free chewing gum a day. When it comes to food, I avoid the words sugar-free like the plague, yet I gladly popped a piece of gum time in and time out without thinking twice about it - especially lately. Since last week Monday, my diet has been super strict in preparation for an upcoming fitness shoot (five pounds down - whoot whoot!) and with that I have noticed my gum intake has gone way up. I think it was mostly an effort to keep my mouth feeling busy... I bet I was going through ten pieces of gum a day - in which I would chew on each piece for five minutes or less. See why I wanted to curl up and hide? Ugh!
I read labels on everything, yet I never decided to read the packaging of a pack of gum...well, friends it's a whole lot of artificial everything! While I walked away from the presentation with a whole lot to digest, kicking my gum habit was something I knew I could implement in my life immediately. Cheers to the end of my gum fetish era...unless of course it's from the health food store!
Keep it Clean & Enjoy the Ride,
Mrs. Skinny Fat
There was one instance (okay, there was more than one but for the sake of this article we'll just stick to the one) in his presentation in which I literally kicked myself for my short term ignorance! Here I am so careful of every little ingredient that hits my lips, yet I was mindlessly beyond guilty of taking in a whole lot of chemicals throughout the day, every day.
The culprit was none other than chewing gum. Like most Americans, I too go through several pieces of sugar-free chewing gum a day. When it comes to food, I avoid the words sugar-free like the plague, yet I gladly popped a piece of gum time in and time out without thinking twice about it - especially lately. Since last week Monday, my diet has been super strict in preparation for an upcoming fitness shoot (five pounds down - whoot whoot!) and with that I have noticed my gum intake has gone way up. I think it was mostly an effort to keep my mouth feeling busy... I bet I was going through ten pieces of gum a day - in which I would chew on each piece for five minutes or less. See why I wanted to curl up and hide? Ugh!
I read labels on everything, yet I never decided to read the packaging of a pack of gum...well, friends it's a whole lot of artificial everything! While I walked away from the presentation with a whole lot to digest, kicking my gum habit was something I knew I could implement in my life immediately. Cheers to the end of my gum fetish era...unless of course it's from the health food store!
Keep it Clean & Enjoy the Ride,
Mrs. Skinny Fat
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