- And then what is my favorite am smoothie?
My favorite am smoothie, normally I don't
drink a smoothie in the morning.
So I usually wait 'til 10:30.
I might have a green juice in the morning.
It just depends.
Everybody's body is different.
I think you should listen to your body,
what works well with your body.
I usually start eating around 11:00 a.m.
And it just depends on.
I might have a protein smoothie.
Might a juice shot.
I might have just a organic antioxidant reds drink
mixed in water.
I really like nuts and seeds.
I might have just a handful of some organic pumpkin seeds
or sunflower seeds.
But I really love is these Veruca nuts.
These are these super nuts from the Savanna.
Now they're not certified organic
but they do wild craft these
and there's no spraying and they're non-GMO.
And they're really, really good.
They're super nuts so, some of those.
I also love pecans.
Nuts and seeds really give you that fulfilling feeling
during the day so you're not so hungry.
Next question's from Amy.
Why do you recommend eating only one kind of fruit
after 5:00 p.m. instead of
mixing two or three fruits together?
Good question, Amy.
Normally I have a guide which talks about fruits
and maybe we could post that as well.
And it talks about mixing of fruits.
So there's three different types of fruits.
There's acid fruits, there's sub-acid fruits,
and then there's sweet fruits.
You can mix your sub-acid with sweet
and you can mix your sub-acid with acid.
But you can't mix acid with sweet.
Now I know that gets difficult.
However, just think about it,
if you were in the wild and you were foraging,
most likely you're only gonna come across
one type of fruit at a time.
It's just easier for your body to digest.
It's easier for your body so you don't have the mixing
of the different fruits together at one particular time.
So right, you know, I love watermelon.
So I'll eat a big bowl of watermelon.
And the next day, I might eat two or three apples.
And I like to dip my apples in almond butter.
Some fresh, I make my own almond butter.
Fresh, organic almond butter.
Slice the apples, dip it in there.
Sometimes I'll put a little vanilla syrup on there.
It's amazing.
That's a really good recipe that I like.
So, there's no hard, fast rule behind that.
It's just easier.
Remember, we're trying to conserve
as much energy as possible.
The more energy we conserve,
the faster our body's gonna heal
and the faster we're gonna burn weight,
the faster we're gonna burn fat.
The next question is is gluten-free bread
okay during the challenge
and what brands do you recommend?
There's different brands out there.
I don't eat bread at all, so I don't know
what I can recommend on that.
That's just gonna be up to you.
I actually do make my own bread.
My wife, actually, makes my own bread
and makes bread sometimes out of almond flour
and different types of exotic flowers that she can find.
Just make sure that if you are eating,
I mean if you're making, bread is really not gonna be
that nutritious for you, to be honest with you.
It just clogs up the system
and it's going to require, again,
lots of energy to break it down.
My recommendation is if you
if you can, try to avoid any type of bread.
If you do wanna eat some bread,
you know the instructions say just gluten-free
so sure, find some gluten-free bread
if that's gonna make you happy.
The next question is from Chalita.
Can you have herbal teas, green teas
in the fasting window along with water.
And the answer to that is yes.
You can have herbal teas,
just try to make sure they're organic.
You can't have green teas.
You can add, I know a lot of people
like to add a little unsweetened milk to their tea.
Some people like to add a little sweetener to their teas.
I like to use monk fruit sweetener.
That's what I use as a sweetener
if I'm gonna use that in my tea.
I have some lemongrass plants at my house.
I love going out there and clipping some fresh lemongrass.
Coming in, making tea for the whole family
for the whole day.
It's fresh, it's great.
We talked about using some protein powders
and a lot of members are talking about
what is the best plant-based, vegan protein powders.
I have to say that as long as
there are lot of them out there.
And I've tried a lot of 'em
and my recommendation on that is
make sure your vegan protein powder is organic,
certified organic and if it is,
it's gonna be non-GMO as well.
Those are the two criteria
that I would recommend the most.
I like the amazing grass.
I like the pure vanilla.
I like the chocolate peanut butter flavor.
I like Garden of Life's raw organic protein.
I kinda make my own protein, sometimes I'll put
some nuts or some seeds in there
and blend them up in there as well.
I try to only eat one protein shake a day.
That's usually sufficient.
I think a lot of people, there's a lot of misinformation
out there about protein that people say,
oh you need all this protein.
Well, you're going to be getting protein
on this diet anyway because you're going to be
supplementing with soups.
You're gonna be using legumes.
You're gonna be black beans.
I mean this is kind of what
some of the things that I'm eating.
I'm a big soup person.
Also, vegetable soups, some quinoa,
some organic quinoa, some northern beans, some lentils.
I mean, these are kind of the things
that I'm, I eat during my
that I'm eating during the 21 day challenge.
And sometimes I'll even resort,
if I'm traveling or something like that to bars.
I try to get bars with a very, very low
or no sugar content in them
because we're not gonna be eating any sugar.
Just making sure they're organic.
And usually with the bars, I'll just eat a half
of one at a time.
So that and a lot of vegetable soups
is what I like.
And you know, they're even making gluten-free noodles
and pastas now out of rice
and even out of navy beans.
So you can even get some of that pasta
and if you wanted to and make a nice sauce with that,
a vegan sauce and that's a very filling meal
that you can eat as well.