Couldn’t we apply this same principle to food?

I love this saying. And I have a great deal of respect for the Bariatric Guru, Erin Akey.

Erin Akey, FNC, wife, mother, Christian, nutritionist, author, Emerald Ambassador with Plexus Worldwide

I love this picture.  I took it at Wintzell’s Oyster House in Mobile.  It really is a great principle to live by and a guideline we should all follow.  If we did, the world would be a much nicer place for sure!  I starting thinking this weekend about how this same principle could be applied to the food we put into our bodies.

If I rewrite this for food, it would look something like this:  Tell me what you think…….

Three tests:  When I want to put something into my mouth, let me think-                              

First: Is it true? Is the food you are about to eat REAL FOOD or is it a bunch of processed garbage that is created in a lab and not in nature?  If your diet is consisting largely of fast-food (even their salads and grilled…

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