89 % + 19% = 100% ?!?!?! 🤪

I am a lover of facts.

Yet in my previous email, I said repeatedly that a turkey had 89% turkey and 19% injected water+salt+sugar. 

In my defense, I was PISSED!🤬

My brain was stuck on the numbers, and the math made sense.

Well, when emotions are high, the intelligence is low. That's a scientific fact as well. The blood goes directly to the amygdala and bypasses the prefrontal cortex. (Research done by Dr. Matthew D. Lieberman).

So, the facts are that the injected turkey had 89% turkey and 11% water, salt, and sugar.

Now, you know.

And I'm still pissed about it!

But when we name the emotions we are experiencing, we bring back the rational part of our brains on board. (Another beautiful study by Dr. Matthew D. Lieberman et al.)

Two days later, 89% + 19% = 100% stopped making any sense.

Keep on sparkling, people, and look at what's on your shelf and what products contain added sugar/ high-fructose corn syrup/ sucrose, and so on.  

THE FACTS ARE: 73% of the products on the shelves in the USA contain those substances that mess with our mental health, our resilience, and our strengths.

My take is that if we choose to eat chocolate and cake, at least we know that we are eating chocolate and cake. But when we seem unable to stop eating crackers and even "marbled meat" that's "juicy," we must understand that the cards are rigged against us! If we want, WE CAN UNTRAIN OUR TASTEBUDS from being dependent on those taste enhancers. It's not easy, but it's doable.

I'm happy to help if you decide you are DONE with being in the food prison!

XO, Nadina 💖