Hello and Welcome!
Over the last 16 days, I've been practicing the Whole30 Reintroduction of the restrictive foods; the process is you eat one food and pay attention to how you feel. If you feel adverse side effects, you know not to eat the particular food, and you go back to Whole3o foods to heal.
Bad decision proved Whole30 works:
As I shared in the last Whole30 newsletter, I (knowing better) bought and ate cheesecake. The cheesecake was a terrible choice because of all the ingredients it contained; I don't know if the sugar, flour, cows milk, etc., caused the reaction. Wow, what a mistake. The phlegm started to come back. I immediately returned to Whole30!
Come on back baby; no adverse reaction!
The next food I reintroduced was beans. I ordered a Chipotle salad usually, with grilled chicken, lettuce, tomato salsa, avocado, and more lettuce on top. I added half pinto and half black beans to the salad. I felt no adverse reaction; therefore, I can safely add beans to my diet.
For the Super Bowl, I baked a loaf of Banana Bread, the recipe called for 1 3/4 cup of flour. I used chickpea flour instead of white or wheat flour. Since almond and bean flour dough don't stick together, I added 1/3 cup of regular flour. As a sweetener, I use Monkfruit and honey; The bread was delicious with no ill effects.
Total Food Freedom! Whole30
The Reintroduction Phase truly allows you to identify foods that cause you to feel ill. This lets you know how a particular food negatively affects your body; it gives you the option to eat them if you wish, knowing the consequences you will experience if you choose to partake.
I'm not sure if I'll add grains back into my diet; rice, oatmeal, quinoa, whole grains, corn, or soy; we'll see!
Tip:
Our Universe operates on systems! Being healthy is a system. Maintaining health is a system. Eating to stay healthy is a system. Everything revolves around systems. Below is the daily system for eating Carbohydrates:
Don't eat carbohydrates (carbs) after 8:00 pm.
Only eat carbs for breakfast and lunch.
Only eat protein, leafy greens, and vibrant bright-colored vegetables for dinner!
Carbohydrates provide us with energy that we burn during the day. If your not physically active during the evenings; Carbs that are eaten after 8 pm become unused energy and stored as body fat.