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Healing Foods The GFCF Diet

• Sueson Vess Betsy Hicks

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Diet Matters!

• What and how you eat may be the most important
  decision you make
• Make quality food a priority
• No one-sized solution
• Maintain a positive attitude
• Model good eating behavior

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Introduction to the GFCF Diet

• What is the GFCF Diet?
• Why do it?
• What to expect.
• How to implement.

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What is the GFCF Diet?

• Elimination of gluten and casein from diet.
• Gluten is the protein in wheat, rye and other
  grains
• Casein is the protein in dairy products
• May eliminate opioid effect.
• Result of missing or blocked enzyme DPP IV.

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What is the Opioid effect?
When morphine-like peptides cross the blood
brain barrier these symptoms may manifest

• Hyperactivity
• Moodiness
• Periods of unexplainable giggling
• Spaced Out
• Poor memory
• Sleep problems

• Poor organizational skills
• Inability to multi-task
• Never feel full
• Urine/Stool control
• Crave only Gluten and Casein
• Extreme picky eater

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Digestive Enzyme Activity

• Assimilation
• Removal of waste
• Produced in pancreas
• Prevent GI distress (including reflux)

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Food the Immune System
Food can manifest new challenges

• Food Intolerances
• Allergies
• pH Imbalance

• Yeast Overgrowth
• Bacteria
• Autoimmune Disorders

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Why Do The GFCF Diet?

• Help heal the digestive tract.
• Eliminate toxic foods.
• Reduce triggers.
• Discover beneficial foods.
• Improve entire familys diet.
• Enjoy nutritious meals.

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Re-think the Way You Look at Food

• Unquestionable Priority
• Food Is Medicine
• Garbage In Garbage Out

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What to Expect

• Not a magic bullet
• Manage expectations
• Start slowly
• Gradually improve diet step-by-step

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Picky Eating

• Customize textures
• Start small
• Behavioral approach
• Reward foods
• Set a good example

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How to Implement

• Learn to cook without processed foods
• Use alternative grains and flours as needed
• Plan healthy meals for the whole family
• Address other issues
• Texture sensitivities
• Picky-eaters

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Gluten-Free Options

• Amaranth
• Arrowroot
• Bean flours
• Buckwheat
• Corn
• Millet
• Montina
• Nut flours

• Oats (certified GF)
• Pea flour
• Potato flour and starch
• Quinoa
• Rice (all varieties)
• Sorghum
• Tapioca
• Teff

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Casein-Free Options

• Rice milk
• Hemp milk
• Nut milks Almond, Hazelnut
• Coconut milk

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What Your Body Needs

• Quality Foods
• Quality Fats
• Clean Water
• Exercise that you enjoy
• Sleep

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Quality Food

• Organic - free of pesticides, herbicides,
  chemicals in the soil and on plants
• Non GMO
• Free range/un-caged
• Chickens are NOT vegetarians
• Cows were not meant to eat corn and soy
• Grass fed
• Wild caught

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Quality Fats

• Brain development and brain function
• Hormone balance and mood
• Formation/fluidity of cell membrane - helps get
  nutrients into the cell and with blood sugar
  regulation
• Create energy in cells and helps burns fat
• Reduce inflammation

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Water, Exercise Rest

• Clean drinking water plenty!
• Bathing (filter toxins)
• Learn to move your body
• Lymphatic flow
• Have fun
• Get plenty of rest

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Avoid

• High fructose corn syrup
• Trans fats
• Neurotoxins artificial colors, flavors and
  sweeteners
• Fake foods
• Soy
• Fear

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Artificial Coloring

• Made from Coal Tar Petrochemicals
• Known cause of cancer
• Stresses Liver
• Suppresses Immunity

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Nitrates and MSG

• Nitrates
• Free radicals in the cells cause cancer
• Detox stressor
• Headaches

• MSG
• Neurotoxin
• High allergen
• Cause rashes
• Headaches
• Alzheimers

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Artificial Sweeteners

• Saccharine (brain tumors)
• Aspartame (produces methane)
• Sucralose (bleached sugar)
• Xylitol (birch tree)
• Causes
• Headaches
• Immune suppression
• Liver damage
• Cramping
• Diarrhea
• Brain damage Alzheimer's

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Better Sweetener Options

• Agave Syrup a honey-like sweetener with a low
  glycemic level
• Tapioca Syrup low glycemic sweetener that can
  replace corn syrup in baking.
• Brown Rice Syrup is a complex carbohydrate with
  various enzymes.
• Maple Sugar Syrup 100 pure maple syrup,
  organic, grades B or C
• Honey extracted from flower nectar by bees, its
  color and taste depend upon flower source.

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Strategies for Success

• Prepare a written meal plan
• Consider family needs
• Picky eaters
• Adapt family favorites
• Develop a grocery list
• Know what you need
• Locate hard to find ingredients

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Balanced Meals Sustain

• Satisfy hunger
• Balance blood sugar
• Improved adrenal function
• All meals and snacks

30Fat
40Carbs
30Protein
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Step One
Remove Replace With
All gluten and dairy containing snack foods Healthy snacks Make it fun. Cut food into shapes or small bite-sized pieces May use crunchy chips and GFCF pretzels.
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Step Two
Remove Replace With
Processed foods Nutrient-rich whole foods Keep foods simple and nutritious
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Step Three
Remove Replace With
Sweetened beverages, juices, soda, dairy especially anything with high fructose corn syrup Start slow! Water, naturally sweetened drinks and non-dairy Blend cows milk with non-dairy milk and gradually increase non-dairy dilute juices with water the same way
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Step Four
Remove Replace With
All dairy (including casein) Maintain this diet for a minimum of one week before making more changes Keep gluten in while your child adjusts to dairy-free foods. Keep foods simple Find foods that your child enjoys eating
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Step Five
Remove Replace With
Gluten and dairy from diet Simple GFCF meals within your childs texture needs. May use GFCF mixes for cookies and treats adding nutritious foods like pureed squash, shredded carrots and zucchini
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Step Six
Remove Replace With
Gluten and dairy from diet plus eliminate soy, corn and remove or greatly reduce sugar Homemade GFCF meals and snacks Use alternative sweeteners Save treats for special occasions rather than daily
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Step Seven
Remove Replace With
Artificial colors and additives like MSG, nitrates, nitrites, other toxins Unprocessed, organic fruits, vegetables, GF grains, meats and fish Read labels carefully Read Excitotoxins the Taste that Kills by Russell Blaylock.
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Step Eight Beyond
Remove Replace With
Fear Gratitude and confidence Continue to seek support from others as you make these changes One day at a time
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Overcome the Obstacles

• Cost too much!
• Improves with meal planning
• Too hard
• Change your focus
• Cookbooks and magazines for inspiration
• Cant find the products
• Resources, websites

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Whats Next

• Make a 6 month commitment
• Reevaluate and adjust
• Meet with a diet counselor/food coach if you need
  assistance
• Food Matters! You are what you eat.

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Thank You!

• Sueson Vess
• Special Eats
• www.specialeats.com

• Betsy Hicks
• Pathways Medical
• Holistic Health
• www.pathwaysmed.com