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{Healthy Christmas Gift Idea!} 🎄🎁
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Get powerful infrared light therapy treatment that fits into the palm of your hand! 💫
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I am so excited about the new lumiNIR wand from @sunlightensaunas. It delivers targeted light energy, so in just minutes you can naturally:
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▶️-Fight aging (skin renewal and collagen production)
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▶️-Relieve pain (for joints and even pain after surgery, #arthritis)
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▶️-Heal deep tissue
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▶️-Reduce inflamed skin (eczema #psoriasis)
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▶️-Improve #chronicillness symptoms (#MS #hashimotoshealing #lupus)
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▶️-Enhance detoxification and lymphatic drainage (#liverlove)
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lumiNIR has different light options: near-infrared, red light, & blue light. .
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It's also handheld and portable!
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I love how you can use it for targeted light therapy on certain parts of the body. This is such an affordable gift idea. You are going to want to get one for yourself too! I am 😉
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Starting today (11.15.19) you can get 10% off using the link below (tap bio) and using code LUMI10
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Shop now at https://feastingonjoy.com/luminir
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#feastingonjoy #photbiomodulation #redlighttherapy #luminir #eczema #hashimotoshealing #cellhealth #holisticnutritionist #travelhealthy #healthychristmasgift

Instagram post 2175544597642738453_2970144018 $#cortisol can either protect your body or cause inflammation and disease. . Did you know that you have a choice in regards to which role it plays in your body? . Cortisol is a necessary stress hormone that your adrenal glands make. God gave us this hormone to help protect our bodies when we are in danger. It works in tandem with adrenaline, the liver and our blood glucose levels to get us out of the way of danger quickly. . Sadly, nowadays, in most people, Cortisol is chronically flowing through our crazy, stressed-out bodies. When this hormone is constantly surging, it creates a cascade of damage. . Here are some of the problems from a chronic lifestyle of stress which creates a continual stream of Cortisol: . ▶️Detox pathways are less effective due to the burden on the liver . Toxic body . ▶️Diseased cells . ▶️Estrogen dominance (PCOS, cystic breasts, cancer) . ▶️Low T3 (hypothyroidism) . ▶️High Reverse T3 . ▶️Pituitary Imbalance . ▶️Insulin Resistance (Diabetes) . ▶️Low Progesterone (infertility) . ▶️Weight Gain and obesity . ▶️Low DHEA . ▶️Increased Intestinal Permeability (aka #leakygut) . ▶️Low HCL in the stomach . ▶️Undigested food in the intestines . ▶️Dysbiosis in the microbiome (candida and parasites) . ▶️Adrenal exhaustion . ▶️Cardiovascular dysfunction (heart disease) . ▶️Insomnia . ▶️Depression . ▶️Malnutrition . ▶️Weakened Immune System (autoimmunity) . ▶️Sugar cravings . ▶️Skin conditions (eczema, psoriasis) . ▶Headaches (including migraines) . ▶Hair loss . ▶️Low or high blood pressure . ▶Failing memory . ▶️Anxiety . WHAT YOU CAN DO TO LOWER CORTISOL . #managestressnaturally and purpose to do it DAILY ➕Schedule time out➕Read the Scriptures➕Play worship music➕Use the @soultime_app➕Get out in nature 20 minutes to an hour each day➕Stretch every 20 minutes if you work in an office➕Do Breathing techniques➕Take Pilates➕{My fav} Use an infrared sauna daily (https://feastingonjoy.com/sunlighten - link in bio}➕Sleep a minimum of 8 hours a night➕Surround yourself with encouragers . . . . . . #feastingonjoy #hormones101 #endorcrinesystem #stressless #stressmanagement #nutritionaltherapy #healthtips #nutritionist #adrenallove #healthcoachingtips @sunlighten$

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Let's not skip #Thanksgiving please. 🥧
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If you saw my stories yesterday, you saw my fall photos from a beautiful walk I got to take on Sunday. .
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It was peaceful.
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It was healing.
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It was soothing to my soul.
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Being in nature always gets me thinking about gratitude. It helps me to settle down and life to stop spinning.
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Over the years, I have noticed that in our culture, Thanksgiving almost gets skipped. It can't be as commercialized as Christmas or Halloween so the profiteers just skip it.
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I am not into that. Honestly, Thanksgiving is pretty much my favorite holiday.
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I love that we get to feast and enjoy friends and family without all the pressures that can come along with gift-giving and doing "all the things."
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It's a time to reflect and enjoy what God has given us.
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Though I cannot say it all the time - I am actually thankful for #Hashimotos. .
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Yes, if it wasn't for this diagnosis back in 2007 I would never have learned natural ways to heal and the best part - I would never have had the privilege to guide women in overhauling their diets and lifestyle so they could live our their purpose.
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Beauty can really come from ashes!
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What are you grateful for today? If it's a person, tell them. If it's a thing, write it down. #5thingsin5minutes
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#feastingonjoy #lifecoach #healthcoach #fntp #nutritionist #nutritionista #livinspired #wellpreneur #healthyhappylife #wellnessjourney #nourishyourself #wellnesswarrior #gratitudeforreal #holisticliving #mindbodysoul #nutritionaltherapy #lifestyletherapy #gratitudejournal #youcanheal #hopegiver

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Do you have #hope? .
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Hope is a light
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Hope brings purpose
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Hope helps you move forward
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Hope brings strength and courage
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Hope conquers fear
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The reason I bring this up is that I see #hopecrushers all over the internet - specifically in social media groups. When I come across a hope crusher flames start shooting out of my ears. I get so angry and usually give hope to the person who starts despairing because of what the negative person said.
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People say you can't heal.
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People say you have to live with this or that symptom the rest of your life.
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My own doctor told me that my thyroid would just keep dying for the rest of my life and there was nothing I could do about the damage #hashimotos was causing to my thyroid. What a quack!
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The hope crushers say you can't get your #chronicillness into remission and that healing is just not possible.
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Guess what??!?!?!
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Those are lies.
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As a #hopegiver, I want people to know that God designed our bodies to heal themselves. When we remove the burdens and stressors and give our bodies a fighting chance, they can heal! .
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You CAN live without symptoms. .
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It is possible.
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It's proven.
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So if you are in that place of despair today, I want to leave this Bible verse with you:
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Romans 12:12 rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.
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If you want a practical place to start your healing journey take my free course that will help you heal your gut once and for all. Gut health is where all disease starts! (Tap bio for live link) https://feastingonjoy/gutrenew
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#feastingonjoy #choosehealing #choosehope #FNTP #holisticnutritionist #nutritionaltherapypractitioner #bealight #choosekindness #liveinspired #wellnessblogger #mindbodysoul #nontoxicliving #nourishyourself #lifecoach #wellnesswarrior

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What is a Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioner (#FNTP) anyway?
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This is a question I get here and there so I thought I'd provide some clarity.
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When you go to a doctor, generally they have a specialty. They might be an Endocrinologist or a Rheumatologist or even a General Practitioner where one size fits all. .
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Most of the time, they don't have any nutrition training or understand the holistic complexities of how the body systems and organs work synergistically.
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I saw those types of doctors for most of my life until I almost died in 2013.
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In contrast, a Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioner is a certified and trained practitioner, who teaches you to analyze what you eat as well as your lifestyle, and works in partnership with you to make practical, effective and necessary changes for forever wellness.
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Clinically, I use your in-depth health history, nutritional assessment questionnaires, functional evaluation of the body, lingual-neuro testing, food journaling and listening to YOU. You get to be heard!
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With my expertise, I look at the body as a whole and assess inflammatory markers and symptoms. We work together to create a natural healing plan for you and your bio-individual needs in order to thrive again and live a high-quality life. .
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As an FNTP, I take living healthy to the next level and help my clients live up to a higher calling.
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We don't do drugs. We don’t do fake, processed food. We don't do trendy diets. We don’t do synthetics.
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Instead, we develop sustainable healing by addressing the root cause - not masking it.
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If you are interested in working with me, my waiting list is filling up. Be sure to save your spot by tapping my bio for the live link: https://feastingonjoy.com/workwithme
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#feastingonjoy #foreverwellness #healyyourbody #healingchronicillness #workwithme #longtermhealing #NTAtraining #cleaneating #wholefoods #healthyfood #intuitiveeating #healthynotskinny #transformation #invisibleillness

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It's that time of year again when the #fearoftheflu kicks in. 😷
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Getting the flu shot which is loaded with toxins like formaldehyde, aluminum, thimerosal (aka mercury), and foreign DNA is not an option around here. Plus, God didn't create the #flushot anyway. He created the #plantsasmedicine which we LOVE using!
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Personally, we prefer to live a healthy lifestyle all year round to prevent sickness but when we do succumb to feeling unwell, here are the #naturallyhealthyprotocols we use:
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➡️Stay hydrated with filtered mineral water (I like 8oz. water with 1/4 tsp. Himalayan salt in it) and organic bone broths. Remember, a minimum of half your weight in water each day.
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➡️Avoid ALL sugar - refined and unrefined. It suppresses your immune system and will make your sickness worse and/or prolonged.
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➡️Increase high-quality protein and clean fat. Both help boost your immune system and reduce inflammation. (no #transfats or #hydrogenatedoils please.)
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➡️Get lots of sleep. A minimum of 8 hours is crucial but get more if you can. Sleep allows the body to repair the cells and take out the garbage through #detoxification.
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➡️Sweat a lot. Perspiration is a way that the body detoxes toxins and free radicals. We use our infrared sauna for this -don't forget today is the last day to get $100 off your sauna purchase through my link: https://feastingonjoy.com/sunlighten (tap my bio)
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➡️Eat nutrient-dense foods like leafy greens (which are high in vitamin C) and fermented foods like sauerkraut and kimchi which have 10X the vitamin C in them.
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➡️Our go-to natural supplements when dealing with illness are: lots and lots of different #doterraessentialoils, increased liquid D3/K2, zinc, hemp oil (high in omega 3's), elderberry syrup, increased probiotics, manuka honey and silver shield.
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Are you ready to prevent sickness this season?

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It's my favorite season and time for a #meetmemonday
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Here are 10 quick and fun facts about me!
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1 | My name is Jennifer. I'm a #jesuslover, wife of 15 years, homeschool mom of two boys, one #goldendoodle and two kitties. .
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2 | In less than a week, I will be graduating as a Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioner (FNTP) through #NTAtraining. I am literally enjoying a 3-year dream/goal come true!
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3 | It wasn't until I was forced to care about my health by almost dying that God showed me I had a deep passion for living a #healthylifestyle and teaching other women how to do the same.
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4 | I have two babies in heaven - a boy and a girl. My girl lost her life because the doctors would not diagnose me with #hypothyroidism. They thought I was "too young" to have it. My angels would've been 11 and 12 this year.
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5 | My word for the year 2019 was "margin." It's pretty funny because what I meant was that I would have MORE margin. What is turned out to mean was that there would be NO margin! Ha! #thatschangingthough
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6 | Smores and brownies are my favorite dessert and I have learned to make them healthy, yet still decadently indulgent. Homemade marshmallows anyone?
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7 | I've always loved visiting big cities. #NYC was the best and I grew up in #sandiego, but honestly, I am a mountain girl at heart. Rugged mountains, beautiful views and a little #homestead tucked away (with some #bees and #chickens) would be my ideal dreamland.
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8 | One of my most important values is being a #hopegiver. If we don't have hope, what do we have?
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9 | If you ever get to know me personally, you'll learn I don't like surface chatter. I like deep conversations with a real, genuine connection. I enjoy really getting to know someone and learning their story. #cuttothechase
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10 | I believe that God made our bodies to heal themselves when we remove the interference. He is THE most intelligent designer and the ultimate healer. #JehovahRapha
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Find me at https://feastingonjoy.com (tap bio for live link)
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Tell me about you! What would your ideal life look like?⁉️

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Some of you are blushing and hiding under the table right now because I said "#poop"💩
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And, some of you think it's no biggie.
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I just have to say that we have to talk about poop, my friends. Now obviously, this is not going to be a conversation had over dinner but it has to be a conversation nonetheless.
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I'm learning that it's pretty common for people to think it's OK to only be going poop every other day or even only a few times a week.
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They think it's normal to do that.
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Do you want to know how many times you should be having a normal BM? One to two times a day!
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Two times per day is the best. However, for my clients who struggle with #constipation and only go a few times a week, working towards once a day is where we start.
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The second part of the poop conversation I want to have with you is that the consistency of your poop matters.
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In my course, Gut Renew (tap my bio and scroll to enroll), I talk about the exact consistency your poop should be each time you go. When you get to the optimal consistency and are going 1-2 times a day, you know your gut is healing!
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The third part of the poop conversation I want to have is the reason WHY you should be going 1-2 times per day and WHY it needs to be of a certain consistency.
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It's all about toxin removal! The ways the body gets rid of toxins is through skin, respiration, lymphatic drainage, urine and feces.
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So if you aren't having daily BM's, you're body is not taking the trash out. The result is an inflammatory burden on the body and disease. If your stool is hard and lumpy it's a sign of gut dysfunction and even dehydration. If your stool is too soft and like diarrhea, then your body won't have time to absorb the necessary nutrients for cell health. Consistency matters a lot.
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If you want to improve your digestion - namely your bathroom habits (eh-hem), then tap my bio to enroll in my Gut Renew course which will teach you how to heal your leaky guy once and for all and start pooping 1-2 times a day!
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http://feastingonjoy.com/gutrenew

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Now I know last week I said that healing #leakygut is not ONLY about the food.
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Did you listen to my Instastories last week when I got on my soapbox? Well, if you didn't maybe you saw my feed post.
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Anywho, I find that people trying to heal get either ultra misguided when it comes to foods to eat to heal or they just take healing to an extreme level and blame every adverse symptom they're experiencing on food.
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While food is 100% powerful in healing or damaging, I just want to reiterate that it's not the only place to go to #healyourgut.
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With that, I did want to educate you about specific foods that are known to trigger leaky gut. In fact, there are 6 of them.
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Now don't get all crazy dogmatic about these foods because some of them, as you heal, you may even be able to reintroduce in a properly prepared way.
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I just want to make sure you know what they are and why they can trigger leaky gut.
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Also, as always, I want to give you #hope that you can heal your leaky gut! You will also find my number 1 solution in the post about exactly HOW to #healyourleakygut
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Tap my bio for the live link: https://feastingonjoy.com/the-top-6-foods-that-trigger-leaky-gut-why/
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#feastingonjoy #theresalwayshope #healyourbody #guthealth #guthealthmatters #healyourbodynaturally #intestinalpermeability #intestinalhealth #healthcoach #thriveinlife

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Healing #LeakyGut is not ONLY about the food! 🥑🥥🍊🍅🥕🍞
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{Sorry, I am getting on my soapbox a little bit guys}
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This is going to sound counterintuitive to some things I've said and things you may learn on the interwebs but...
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To #healyourleakygut you will have to get rid of the tunnel vision about food.
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I had this perspective years ago and you may have it now.
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I'm here to save you from this myth!
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Though the type of food you choose is an integral part of healing your increased intestinal permeability, the main thing you have to focus on is healing and sealing your gut lining according to what YOUR body likes and doesn't like - not "healing" according to the diet that says eat this or that - or the food sensitivity test that is filled with red lined foods that supposedly are not ok. (Certain supplements are necessary for healing too.)
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In other words, if you are following your food sensitivity tests to a "T" like I did back in 2012 when I got the sickest ever, you may not be helping your body. You may be hindering your healing.
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If you're following #AIP perfectly but you still have nagging symptoms, then it could be because your body doesn't like starch and can't tolerate it while it's healing.
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#healingyourgut is a bioindividual process. .
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You connect with your body by listening to it, not by following some diet or some test.
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#AIP, #GAPS, #PALEO, and #SCD are all healing TEMPLATES that need to be tweaked to YOUR body as you connect with it.
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That may mean leaving out the starch or the nuts and yes, even the dairy. But everyone is different.
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Reconnect with YOUR body and listen to it. It is telling you what it needs and what it doesn't.
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If you haven't yet, enroll in my new online course called Gut Renew. Tap my bio for the live link: https://feastingonjoy.com/gutrenew

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