how days occur all year around and we're going to get into that too but before we do you know what we do on the dr joy show we are three deep breaths are you ready in hell exhale last one inhale exhale how do you feel i feel great i want to welcome back christine ok visits to the dr joy show well yes no diet because it's a lifestyle right absolutely so why don't we hear to talk about well before you get into that i your company is named your delicious balance you guys can see from the tre that it's delicious and we know because it was created by christine it's balanced all right so what tell me a little bit about your company fires before we get into the tree saying is that chocolate calling your name  basically means in order to figure out how to make all this work consistently and as you said a lifestyle we need some support right right so i like to say i kind of bring you know work with you on the physical physiological but in order to create that change create those new habits new teens going to work with who you are as an eater oh yeah yeah yeahs and food if we are what we are what we sow i want to start with a little bit of facts yes i'm talking facts there daunting when it comes to obesity more than two out of every three adults are obese and yet really scary ok but how can we change that i mean you're you're you're changing yeah but like on a large scale we could call on you but i'm glad you're here to get that message out then you know it's overweight obesity overweight lead city but it's how how did that all come about right now there are so many factors but let's start with the biggest most obvious one you know how we eat yeah we live has changed radically especially just in the last forty fifty years you know the quality of our food is not what it started bodies were designed for no so it's all these processed foods these foods that don't sort of occur naturally nature they're wreaking havoc in the wreaking havoc on our blood sugar they're creating inflammation in our body they're setting us up for and you know sort of brain chemistry that you know leads to overeating and overrides quite honestly our body's natural ability to regulate itself right so how do we deal with the stress because you said forty fifty years ago th stress that we have today didn't exist back then absolutely yeah so how we live you know korea is sort of this vicious cycle so in fact you know when it taught when we talk about food we have to relax into it so it's you know this this whole my whole story here is the no diet cookbooks we have a multi billion dollar diet industry that's telling us to eat less and move more and eat this and don't eat that is right about deprivation restriction all the stress of that quite honestly puts need consistency and you have nutrient dense foods that will satisfy us exactly and that's the whole idea when you eat foods that are your bodies were designed for right healthy fats fiber and protein all the minerals in a trans that your body create that natural balance that bring your body into what it wants to do which is to be healthy you have what christine here we go ok we're traveling at lightning speed during the day i am we are we are multiple hands really how do we mix the two right well you know it's simple changes one step at a time i like to say we you know when i work with a client we're going to make haste to get you where you want to go but we're going to do with slowly ok we're going to unwind because most folks who are struggling with weight so we have to be patient we have to be patient but most folks who are struggling with weight weight loss resistance any health challenges related to food and weight we took a long time to get there you know so we have to unwind all those habits and start to maybe approach it from a different which is what is your body telling you so one of my key principles is instead of treating sign symptom we're getting to the root cause i don't love it love it get down to the root cause do you do in your practice do you also figure out sold our g s absolutely because not everybody i know for me i can't eat oatmeal oatmeal bloats me even though they say it's heart healthy on the packaging it bloats me and so when my husband is fixing breakfast he'll say i'm going to do my oatmeal concoction me mixes oatmeal with the fre fruit and you know he does this thing and the hot water and it's good and i said baby i can't have that because it really messes up my digestion yeah i mean i felt it yeah and i said ok oh so that means  allergy there so really amazing topic so we know seventy five percent of americans actually suffer from some sort of food intolerance whether it's a full blown allergy or not more than likely it's something called a sensitivity or a food intolerance and how is that how how can we tell if that exists yet so the big offenders you know for it comes to undiagnosed food sensitivities are gluten which is the protein town and wheat ok dairy which is cow's milk oftentimes ok sugar and corn wheat dr joyce so if you have a peanut allergy we all have that it's cold yeah yeah we're not talking this is sara lee but a full blown you know dramatic no harm action like that right away what is even more insidious about a undiagnosed diagnosed sensitivity is that it might take a couple days for you to actually experience whether that's a digest of some brain fog or t aches and pains any of that can be signs and symptoms that your body is not tolerating food here what we do we can eat that food day in and day out yeah and what over time that creates chronic inflammation in the body which essentially wreaks havoc on our tabloidism our immune system that's us up for a whole range of health issues and you can you can probably see it some people could probably see it like in the abdomen area bloated in your face so how is that diagnosed how do you does your team do that so i recommend we do a battery of testing you know ira it's all kinds of we're testing for very different types of things that you would not necessarily just walk into your standard conventional allergist for if you're looking for any kind of antibodies reaction in the bodies but here's the great news you don't even need to spend any money you don't even need to do a whole range of blood tests if you just suspect that whether if you have symptoms of you know poor digestive health weight loss resistance blood sugar and balance any kind of inflammatory issue right and you want to clean up your diet right you can do what's called an elimination diet explain yeah so basically you pick as i mentioned maybe one or two of the top offender so gluten which is the protein found and we already ery you let go of those for anywhere from and it depends on the person but a minimum of four weeks maybe a week ok and then you notice the this is my big thing you have to notice what's going on how's your energy how's your digestion health craving how smooth all those things were starting to take notice of him and then what happens at the end of that elimination is you add it back in a little bit at a time and you see again what do you notice to do your headaches come back to the blood come back to the fogginess come back right i can't tell you how many people that's how i work you know when we get there we we let go of the counting calories we i can it's about the quality of the food right and more specifically how foods affect you and your unique you and as i said seventy five percent of americans have some degree of food sensitivity around these very common  of that child i remember running in turn she says it is crazy because i have to cook to two different ways two different things you know food for him and then food for everyone else that's hard you know it's interesting  ok so it can be nutrient deficiencies oftentimes salt cravings can signal a micronutrient deficiency but again the solution to that is so much in food upgrading to the quality and quality quality foods you want to quality body are right you are the missed mother's day in may right scuse me but and then july oh my goodness july fourth barbecues are in full swing i am hanging out partying celebrating three here it is august you got to get that last before and then there's labor day and that's in september and october is halloween because some people say are lowing as a holiday and here we go thanksgiving for november and then the winter holidays throw in december so holidays are all year round right hence this is the reason why i wanted you to come on straight talk about how they help the holiday treat is one of the most healthy foods on the planet in fact i know what time how quick the vitamin c for chocolate is one of most healthiest foods on the planet but there's different types of chocolate so we go back to the quality ok if we think about what is chocolate chocolate you know it's a planet right now talk with seed pick it off the tree gently millet you don't heat it you know and add anything to it you don't you know bleach it you don't add anything preservatives kill everything in it and when you have whole raw chocolate it's filled with antioxidants filled with minerals that balance your blood sugar heal your digestion they actually have mood uplifting properties they boost sarah tone and see the pleasure hormone chocolate does also love my chocolate so it's the quality of the chocolate i just mimicked i'm probably did a poison but you get what i'm saying right absolutely no dark chocolate white chocolate milk chocolate you want to go with dark chocolate ok ok roughly you know if you can get to seventy percent of the cows yet you also want to make sure that it's completely you know no sugar added and if they add sugar there's a couple ways to at least upgraded ok so rather than the conventional brands not you know sort of cause a lot of problems that conventional things and you're going to cook with those things to produce yeah so yeah i wanted you before and i got we got some really helpful ingredients here in the first one you mentioned you know which is chocolate right so this is ok which is again you took the chocolate seed we milled it we didn't add anything to it we're going to decide how sweet it is ok so this is a chocolate mousse now here's my little twist on chocolate mousse right here who are always trying to i always say my threshold for eating is a little higher in the sense that used to be with the diet mentality oh that will make me fat oh that's that's you know that's low calorie exactly let's uplift the standard here let's raise the bar how about we need food that does amazing things for you that actually creates and promotes health and well being ok for him and gets you to your natural you know state so in here instead of a lot of pro inflammatory ingredients like sugar and dairy and gluten and flour and all that we're using kind we before and maple syrup had tons of minerals and nutrient so maple syrup and so what are the ingredients and then rock out the chocolate powder with nothing in it right so it's a ton of antioxidants it's going to balance blood sugar it's going to really make us feel really happy right we put the whole thing in a blender and we work own we also have another healthy fat in there we have coconut oil oh your coconut oil is a coconut oil again you know coconut oil is good how we do sugar and how we do fat is really important coconut oil is a medium chain fatty acid it doesn't get stored in the liver so the body uses it for energy right so it doesn't raise triglycerides keeps our cholesterol nice and balance right so we've got all this healthy fat fiber tons of fiber because swapping out upgrading right that's the kind of the philosophy here to take healthier versions of your familiar foods right ok that's how you build it healthier versions when you're familiar foods right easy preparation right equals the perfect combination we've got a we've got our coconut oil and we put the whole thing actually in a food processor you could use a blender i like to use if we process or for this one because it's kind of like a bowl instead of a tall cylinder and we blend the whole thing up we put it in a muffin tin and we bake it for like ten to twelve minutes ok so this one we put in the oven that one we did not it's right this is completely raw which is really wonderful i can taste the cobbles and i know i know it's creamy though in it yes if you don't have the four hours to cook that's right ransome that's right and strain again black beans really healthy protein you know a ton of healthy fat tons of fiber ton of all these really really good nutrient ok they're going to keep you full amazing oh i have to  o'mara delicious yeah no black beans so i know i don't taste black beans there now so again so we're swapping out the flour and the sugar right for black beans help pull sweet right i took some shredded coconut and some walnuts and i whirled all that up and made like a crumble and i pushed that and into a pan and i made a crust at it and then i take my cashew cream pumpkin puree out of my blender and i pour it right in right but the whole thing in a freezer actually you know what i do is the version in the book is either just a straight up key cheesecake or there's a vegan key lime pie so instead of puree of pumpkin we squeeze into that cashmere eem and it becomes a very delicious  goodness cake whole foods as we would say exactly all whole foods so you know what i'm going to put you on the spot ok because we have a couple of minutes and we're going to wrap up share your tips on going out eating healthy table so now you're going to a party what do you recommend yeah so first of all don't show up hungry ok that is the worst thing so you know oh yeah i'm going to a big party tonight i'm not going to eat because i want to eat at the party bad bad idea most people do never show up on a great show a completely satisfied so that day you know you're going to that party have a good breakfast recommit to eating really really well that day right don't starve yourself you know that fiber in protein at each meal nice deals and a little snack before you go to the party whatever that is maybe that's with a healthy smoothie maybe a hard boiled egg and maybe some hummus nuts and seeds right don't go into that party hungry so all the sudden you're not eating with your eyes anymore you know you're going to be a little bit more balanced they're sitting down at the main course right so how about this so the buffets are everywhere yeah all right so couple tips about that one is you know start at the end of the line ok at buffet if you're first there you're going to feel like oh my god you just  not coming from that ravenous place right so it's all about sort of getting your biology on your side that way ok one last two we have time ok let's think about that oh ok so i have a lot of folks say you know you have to eat this and try this oh and sally's cakes right here ok so it's the holidays right so all those foods pushers i like to call them right you want to just kind of respectfully say oh thank you that looks really wonderful dr joy i'm sure you know i'd know that you again you want to eat mindfully you want to feel good you're there for you know a conversation company right as long as you're polite respectfully decline give them a nice complement you know and be there you know be present be happy and be in celebration  pleasure every day or every day it's not a diet it's a lifestyle so thank you until next time be blessed stay healthy