Science says eating just one meal per day can improve your health. Learn more at https://highintensityhealth.com/OMAD ----- Episode #129: Deanna Minich, PhD- Nutrition Tips to Increase Mindfulness, Meaning and Purpose ➢ Check out Deanna's New Book, Whole Detox: http://amzn.to/1XIsrPC ➢Read the show notes and Listen to the MP3: http://bit.ly/1QQEMvT --------------------------------------Lets Connect---------------------------------- ➢ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/MikeMutzelMS ➢ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/metabolic_mike ➢ Listen to the Audio in iTunes: http://highintensityhealth.com/itunes --------------------------------------Key Highlights---------------------------------- 00:35 Colors in Detox and Health: During college, Dr. Minich began painting wildly with colors. She began seeing people as color. She then started looking into the science of color. Everything she now does has color attached. She believes that the colors of food, colors that we wear and colors that surround us have an important physiological and psychological impact. She brings that into her book Whole Detox. 03:01 Color in the Standard American Diet: A study of about 1,500 people on which colors they were getting in their food showed that 8 out of 10 people had a “phytonutrient gap”. They are not getting the full array of colors. Each color in food correlates to different parts of the body and certain functions. In that study 88% of people were deficient in the color blue/purple. 04:43 Color Orange Correlations: Orange correlates to beta carotene, one of the many carotenoids which we find in carrots, papaya, or mangoes. Green foods contain a great many carotenoids. They play a role in ovulation and sperm quality and quantity. Beta carotene is a precursor to Vitamin A. We need fat to help with the absorption of carotenoids, to help with fertility and help reduce inflammation. 08:24 Color Purple and Blue Correlations: Blue/purple compounds in food are not just antioxidants. They also make their way into certain parts of the brain that are responsible for learning and memory. They change cell signalling patterns as it relates to brain activity. It is more than protective. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor is affected by the blueberry compounds. Extrapolating from animal models, we would need ½ cup of blueberries per day to receive positive effects on learning and memory. Purple/blue colors upregulate certain pathways that relate to detox. 10:54 Eating Soups vs Smoothies: Soups are somewhat pre-digested for us through warmth and the breaking down of some of the fibers. 14:03 Spiritual Purification and Detoxification: For as long as humanity has been in existence, we have had some sort of cleansing mechanism. It is part of human nature to want to be renewed. Ancient medicines used clays, saunas, herbs, blood-letting and other cleansing practices. Spring is a time of renewal. 15:25 Upregulating/Supporting Detox: Phytonutrients, parsley, cilantro, teas, pomegranates, and greens are good for upregulating detox. Sesame is good for people with fatty liver. There are many metabolic issues today and the liver takes the brunt and becomes fatty and detoxification function is impaired. Bitters are great for purging the liver of toxins. 18:23 Bitters: In traditional medicine bitters were used to help with detox and help quell inflammatory pathways. In more recent science, we have discovered that we have taste receptors for bitter all over our bodies, including our guts, our airway, our reproductive tract, and even in our brain. We all taste them differently. Children have sensitive taste buds and cannot tolerate much in the way of bitter. When we are super-tasting bitter it connects to our metabolism. Super-tasters tend to have lower body weight, lower fat mass, and in general, be more metabolically flexible. For super-tasters, it would be challenging to consume dandelion greens or long-steeped green tea, hops from beer, or isoflavones from soy. 22:50 Metabolic Flexibility: It is the ability of the body to switch back and forth its metabolism of fat and carbohydrates. As we become less flexible, we are less able to burn carbohydrates. Those carbs go straight into fat and we get fatty infiltration of liver and muscle, insulin sensitive tissues. The key to successful aging and being vital is being fluid and flexible in the brain with neuronal plasticity, in the heart with increased heart rate variability, and in the gut for metabolic flexibility. Berberine, ginseng, and cinnamon, help us with metabolic flexibility by tapping into individual cell signally pathways that allow us to burn fuel correctly. 25:08 The Importance of Being in an Alkaline State: The cells in your body need to be at the right pH to eliminate toxins. We want an alkaline urine for the release of certain bio-transformed metabolites.