Notes from the First Surf and Turf Lesson

I’m so glad that Ann Marie is sharing her in-depth nutrition knowledge through the class Surf and Turf! Here are some notes I posted on Facebook as I was watching the class with my sleepy-but-not-napping little one. I thought you might find them interesting!

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• ‎’Health class’ for my 3 year old today is consisting of watching Surf and Turf. Ann Marie has already jumped into alternative cancer treatments and we’re only on the first video. Interesting stuff!
• Lesson 1: Why Saturated Fat is good- talking about how when refined vegetable oils enter populations, the heart disease skyrockets. So sad Coconut oil may be therapeutic for people with Alzheimer’s disease.
• ‎”Junk moods come from junk foods… you can’t just stuff any old thing into the brain and expect to feel good afterwards” (the roll of nutrition on mental health)
• One of the first things that suffers when we skip meals, reduce calories is serotonin (mental health!) Think: On again off again diets, being too busy to eat, eating empty calories…
• Parmesan cheese is higher in protein (grams of protein per 100 grams of food) than roasted chicken, venison, and eggs. Interesting, I thought cheese was lower than meat and eggs. High quality protein is needed to convert to brain food for mental health.
• The amount of people on disability due to depression in the recent years has tripled.  One hundred years ago the diets may have been adequate enough in quality protein and omega 3 fatty acids to allow one generation to have poor eating habits (using up the reserves in the body), but now that we’re into the 2nd, 3rd, 4th generations who have been eating fake foods (refined carbohydrates, rancid oils, petroleum products) we just don’t have the nutrients any more to sustain our brains!

Isn’t this interesting? Go sign up now and join me as we learn things that will greatly impact our children and our children’s children!