January 8, 2024 • 23 mins
Are you tired of trying every new diet trend, only to find it doesn't work for you? Join me as I peel back the curtain on my own food and self-love journey, revealing the trials, errors, and triumphs I experienced as I navigated through various diets and societal pressures. From my childhood to my mid-thirties, I share how I learned to break free from the toxic cycle of dieting and started listening to my body.
Imagine if you could, not just follow a diet, but truly understand what your body needs. From my transition to a fruitarian diet to my experience with a functional medicine doctor, I'll show you how I learned the importance of personalized nutrition. Hear the candid details of how I reclaimed my health and energy through a diet tailored to my needs. This isn't a one-size-fits-all solution, but a testament to the power of finding what works for you. So, tune in, as I share my story with the hope that it inspires you to explore your own path to health and self-love.
Medical Medium: https://www.medicalmedium.com/
Whole 30: https://whole30.com/
Dr. More Herbs/Fruititarianism: https://drmorses.com/
Health Specialist: https://www.palmernaturalhealth.com/personalized-nutrition
About Nina
Nina is an author, artist, musician, Human Design Specialist, and podcast host of Receptive Impact. Open & curious to adventure and change, Nina Elise navigates the path of self-discovery, inviting you to explore the boundless opportunities that arise when we step out of our comfort zones.
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Nina Elise (00:02):
Welcome to the Receptive Impact Podcast.
I'm your host, Nina Elise.
Hello everyone, it is Nina andI am back for another episode,
and today I'm going to go intodetail about the different diets
or different ways of eatingthat I have experimented with
(00:22):
and my entire journey from whenI was a child up into an adult,
because I really want toshowcase and talk not just about
the actual food or types offood that I was eating, but also
other factors that go into whatreally dictates the healthiest
diet for a person and it isgoing to be different for each
(00:43):
person.
and the reason why I feelcalled to share my journey is
because I have experimented withso many different ways of
eating, not just with food, butalso like mindset and looking
into unconscious belief systemsand learning how to actually
love my body and watching itchange and transform, and the
(01:05):
different diets and foods that Ihave tried and the different
doctors that I have worked with,and I'm hoping that this may be
helpful for anyone who isstruggling or on their own
journey to figure out what isthe best diet for them.
What are the best foods for youto eat that are going to be
nourishing for your body?
That's going to help you get abody that you really love and
(01:26):
that you feel really good or fitor healthy.
And so I'm going to start offjust going through kind of how I
was raised and how I approachedfood from basically a young age
up until now in my mid 30s.
So, starting off as a child, mymom was kind of like before her
time she was really into all ofthe health food scene and
(01:50):
naturopath and homeopath, and sowe grew up on drinking soy
protein drinks and eating reallyhealthy foods that were
considered healthy back then,and so I have a pretty it's like
pretty ingrained in my mindlike what healthy means and like
what that kind of looks likeand how it feels in the body.
Although I think at a young ageit was very difficult for me
(02:14):
because when I would go toschool everyone would be eating
lunchables and drinking soda andeating all the fruit snacks and
then I had like this pita scenewhich with chicken salad and
cucumbers and a bottle of water,and I kind of felt like the
total outcast and weirdo inschool because I always had the
healthiest lunch and so I waskind of like really sugar
(02:35):
deprived and I know my parentsmeant well, but I think that
really set the trajectory oflike this journey with food for
me, because I felt restricted inthat sense.
and so when I was able to workand have my own money and my own
car, that's when I was able tohave a little bit more control
over my own diet, and so Istarted adding like more sugary
(02:57):
foods and things like that intomy diet.
I was an athlete, whichprobably did not help me very
well it really affected myenergy levels, but you know,
this was my journey with it.
And also, I want to add, in theaspect of self love and how I
actually perceived my body,because I think this is very,
very common with most women,like we all experience in our
(03:20):
lives, and this was, you know,in an age of the past 20, 30
years.
There's been such an upsurge inthe internet and marketing and
what we're exposed to, and sothis also played a very huge
part with how I viewed my body,how I view food and what it
actually meant to be a certainsize, and so when you read
magazines and they're like, well, just eat salads and do this,
(03:43):
like you know, you're going tobe more impressionable to that
because you know, especiallywhen I was in my teenage years
and my 20s, there wasn't likethe internet hadn't really
exploded yet.
It was just kind of likestarting to come onto the scene.
And so, you know, we didn'treally have a lot of information
.
It was just like what was inour environment, what we were
told and then what the magazineswere telling us.
And so for me, like when I wentinto college, I basically lived
(04:08):
off of gummy bears and energydrinks and I was really
underweight and that was justkind of like how I ate.
I basically lived off of sugarand I could get away with it
because I was young.
But then after college I waslike, okay, can I continue to
eat like this?
And so for me I shifted intolike, okay, I'm going to eat
healthier and I'm going to startworking out.
But that turned into more oflike calorie restriction.
(04:29):
So it was like I was eating atleast semi healthy food.
I wasn't eating just likecomplete junk food.
It was like I was transitioningfrom eating all that sugar and
then going into more of like ahealthy way of eating, even
though I was really restrictingmy calories.
And again this really came into.
What really came into play inthat was.
There was a lot of likeself-loathing towards my body
(04:50):
and like how I looked, and therewas like this need for control,
and so this was like so hugewith my journey, with my diet
and I know that so many womencan relate to this, whether
they're conscious of it or not.
It is definitely somethingthat's kind of ingrained in us
that we're always like in theback of our mind, like we have
to be careful what we eat and wehave to eat a certain way, and
(05:10):
we're not really taught like,hey, why don't you ask your body
what is right for you and whatit wants and what it needs?
Because we're so out of touchwith our own bodies.
And then we have theseunconscious belief systems that
were programmed into us orconditioned by our environment
and the people around us, and sowe have these underlying belief
systems about how we should eator how we need to like maintain
(05:33):
our bodies to look a certainway, and so it's like the mind
is kind of controlling how weeat and we don't even really
realize it, and so these werethings that I wasn't super
conscious of in my early 20s,and so, instead of restricting
myself with calories and workingout, I was like, okay, I'm
going to try these differentdiets and see what works for me
(05:54):
and what doesn't work for me.
And so one of the first thingsthat I did was raw vegan Cause I
was like, yeah, this is superhealthy, I'm going to try this.
But at the time my body justcould not handle it, because it
could not break down raw foodsand some people can, and that's
great and that's wonderful.
I just could not at the time, Ithink, because my body was in
such like a high stress state,like mentally, emotionally,
(06:18):
physically, I hadn't really goneinto like I didn't know how to
deal with my emotions.
I was so disconnected from mybody, and so I think that it was
really difficult for my body toreceive like highly nutritious
food.
And so from there, that waswhen paleo kind of exploded onto
the scene, and if you're notfamiliar with paleo, you're
basically eating like a caveman.
(06:39):
You're eating meat and likepotatoes and vegetables and a
little bit of fruit, not a lotof sugar.
You're cutting out grains,there's no dairy, no gluten.
So it's definitely a morerestrictive diet, but so many
people were raving about it andI was like, wow, maybe this is
going to help with all of myhealth problems because, you
(06:59):
know, I was struggling withenergy levels, I was struggling
with digestion issues and just ahost of other things that I was
just like what is wrong with me?
Like why can't I fix thesethings, like what is going on in
my body?
And so I was really looking tomy diet to kind of like heal
these things.
And there were so many peopleout there that was like, wow,
this healed like my Crohn'sdisease or this healed my IBS or
(07:22):
whatever.
And I was like, wow, this, likeit, gave me hope.
So I started to eat paleo and Iwas like I kind of noticed a
difference.
I kind of noticed that like mybrain fog started to go away,
but I still wasn't super highenergy, but I also think at the
same time I wasn't eating enoughcalories.
And then, once I discoveredpaleo, something called Whole30
came out, which is basicallylike even more restrictive paleo
(07:44):
and it's actually meant to helppeople become more mindful and
aware of the food that they areputting in their body.
So basically it's paleo butwithout any sugar.
So you know you're not eatingany type of like paleo type
treats or anything like that.
You're basically just eatinglittle bit of nuts and fruits or
(08:04):
eating eggs and meat andvegetables and potatoes and
sweet potatoes, things like that.
So it was very restrictive inthat sense.
You go 30 days and it's like areally big detox to the body.
So this was like anintroduction to kind of detoxing
my body from my addiction tosugar and it was very beneficial
in that sense.
But like I had so manyaddictions to food, emotionally
(08:25):
and mentally and physically atthat time, that was very, very
difficult.
So I went through that a fewtimes and it was actually very
helpful because when you do thewhole 30, it's like after the 30
days you start to reintroduce,like dairy and different things,
and see how your body reacts.
And so for me that was veryhelpful to see how my body
reacted when I started to addthose things back into my diet.
(08:46):
So I was much more mindful andaware of what was actually going
in my body and so and like whatwas happening or how my body
was reacting to certain foods.
So again, this really deepenedmy awareness and connection to
my body a little bit more, andso, after Experimenting with all
of that, I started to cut outdairy and that actually really
reduced the amount ofinflammation that I had on my
(09:06):
body and I dropped probably likefive or ten pounds just by
cutting out dairy from my diet,without even really trying, over
the course of like four to sixmonths.
And they were just kind of likethis progression in my mid to
late 20s where I actually cutout gluten as well and then
eventually I cut out meat.
not because I'm against eatingmeat, it was just my body was
like kind of grossed out by itand so I just kind of stopped
(09:29):
eating it.
And After that I was stillhaving like all these health
issues and I had been gettinglike blood work done and like
all these different things andtrying like basically throwing
supplements at my body, saying,oh, I don't have enough energy
and so I'm gonna take B12supplements, I'm gonna take iron
, without getting testing done,and so I was just kind of like
(09:51):
throwing spaghetti at a wall fora really long time, when in
reality it wasn't necessarilylike my diet, it was my stress.
It was that I was not in analigned relationship.
I was not in alignment withmyself.
I was so severely disconnectedwith my body and I had so many
suppressed emotions that neededto be released and looked at,
and they were just almost likethese layers that really needed
(10:13):
to be peeled back.
So because of all of that, Iwasn't aware of that at the time
, but as I went down this path Istarted to get into more like
the detoxing type diets and sothat means like I really got
into medical medium.
So if you're not familiar withmedical medium, it's kind of
like this guy who's like apsychic who recommends like
Celery juice, like juicing, toheal a lot of problems in the
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body because it detoxes theliver and Starts to actually
detox the body from like virusesand different things that are
causing like a whole host ofautoimmune issues and things
like that.
And so you're juicing a lot offruit but you're not eating
sugar.
So it was restrictive in thatsense.
But I was really appreciativeof my journey with medical
medium Because it reallydeepened my knowledge about food
(10:59):
and the additives that werebeing put in my food on like a
much deeper level.
So I did that for probably likeone or two years and it was
really great Like I felt like itdetox my body and kind of
peeled back some layers more.
But after a while my body waslike no, I don't want to drink
celery juice anymore, and it wasa very like intuitive feeling
that my body was like no, likeI'm done with this.
And then it also kind of gotinto like this fear-based Diet
(11:23):
or like what the informationthat was being presented or what
was coming out.
The longer that I followedmedical medium, I was like this
is making me fear, like you knowwhat I'm putting into my body
and that if I eat something likeit's gonna make me have to
start all over again.
And so I kind of really movedaway from medical medium and I
do want to point out like thisis another huge factor that goes
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into diet.
It's like what our mindset is,like how we view food, how we
view ourselves, our bodies, andthe control we tend to want to
have over it.
And so around this time periodI really noticed fears I had
around eating certain foods, soI tended to stay away from
certain foods and I was alsostill trying to control how my
(12:08):
body looked.
So there was a lot of guilt andshame surrounding what I was
eating or how food outside of myacceptable diet would affect me
and I would feel fat or guiltyif I ate something that wasn't
deemed acceptable and I wouldinstantly feel bloated or not,
okay, and then this would sendme into a spiral because I would
not like how my body looked andI would feel very insecure and
(12:30):
it would make me want to workout more, restrict my diet more.
And you know, at the core ofthis at the time there was such
a deep self-loathing that neededto be addressed and released,
which actually didn't happenuntil my 30s.
But I just wanted to really addthat in there, because I think
that Not just women, but likeeveryone in general, we carry
these subconscious beliefsystems and we're just not even
(12:51):
aware of them and we're notaware of all the other factors
that go into why, you know,certain diets may or may not
work for us.
And so from this, from goingfrom medical medium, I was like,
wow, I'm still having all ofthese health issues.
So I discovered Dr Morse andstarted working with someone
(13:11):
online that was kind of helpingme through this next journey
where I went intofruititarianism and that's
basically where you only eatfruit and you juice, and it was
really, really difficult for me.
But because I was detoxing soheavily, because I was eating
mostly like water-based foods,like fruits, and then I would
eat vegetables or salad orsomething like that and I wasn't
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eating like oil and things likethat.
It really cut out a lot of thefat and was basically just
eating fruit.
It was actually very beneficialbecause my body was not just
detoxing, it was like detoxingemotions that were stored in my
body and releasing toxins in mybody and releasing addictions
and attachments to food ingeneral, so that when I did
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start adding other food backinto my diet, I wasn't eating it
as a distraction or feeling acertain way about it.
So I will say, being thisextreme or like restrictive in
my diet actually forced me tolook at the emotions and
addictions that I had to foodthat was like crunchy or like
comfort foods like that, and Iwas able to look at that in a
(14:13):
healthy manner and like kind ofrelease it, so it didn't have so
much control over me.
So when I was a fruititarium, Iwas gosh.
I was probably around like 105pounds and I'm like five foot
six inches and so I was likevery thin.
I really wasn't working out aton and I was still experiencing
health issues, but at least atthis point I was starting to
(14:33):
like love my body and I was alsoeating intuitively and around
this time period I probably waslike 33, 34, I dropped down to
about 100 pounds for about sixmonths.
I was moving through a reallydeep, heavy period of grief and
in this time period I honestlyjust really surrendered and
(14:54):
stopped putting so muchattention on my body and I ate
because I knew I needed to like,I was just gonna like wither
away.
And at the same time I was alsodiving very deeply into
unconscious belief systems abouthow I viewed myself and my body
and facing a lot of not sogreat beliefs about what I
thought about myself.
(15:15):
And the more that I dove intothese belief systems and faced
them and began to change theself talk dialogue in my head
and became aware of what thatdialogue even was.
Food became less of an issue forme and my body began to change
a lot, but I honestly didn'tcare because I viewed it
differently.
My perception of it shifted.
(15:35):
I spoke kindly to my body, Ireleased a lot of control about
what I thought it should looklike and it was very freeing and
my body began to soften in likea really beautiful way and
there was definitely an awkwardtime period where I really let
go of control and just watchedmy body change and I really
wanted to share this part of theprocess because you know, when
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you begin to let go of beliefsystems and shift how you
perceive your body, there isgoing to be a transition period
with your body because you'reactually taking the mind out,
like removing the control, andyou are learning how to trust
your body's innate wisdom andability to balance itself out
and take care of itself withoutthe actual mind interjecting
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anymore.
So after all of that happened,I was so blessed.
I was still having healthissues and I was like pulling my
hair out of this one.
I was like I don't even knowwhat to do.
This point.
I was just kind of eatingintuitively and so eating a lot
of fruit, still having digestiveissues, and I actually found a
functional medicine doctor thatdid quantum testing where
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basically they talked directlyto the body to find out what is
wrong, and so, if you'refamiliar with like muscle
testing, that's kind of likewhat they did in a more
homeopathic type way and theyfound out the core root of my
issues and why I couldn't put onweight, why I had digestion
issues for so many years andissues with my cycle being
inconsistent, where I had painin my liver and my gallbladder
(17:05):
and hormone imbalances and justlike a whole host of issues,
basically.
And so I started taking herbsand dosages specifically to what
my body needed, versus blindlythrowing supplements at the
problem after self-diagnosingand not getting tests, and after
probably about two or threemonths I started to put on
weight again, I had enoughenergy to begin working out
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again consistently and I startedto add chicken and eggs back
into my diet.
I tripled the amount of proteinI was consuming every single
day and my body began absorbingnutrients again.
So things like my tan waslasting longer on my skin and I
had increased energy andendurance in my workouts.
I had better mental clarity.
My hair stopped falling out somuch.
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My cycle started to balanceitself out and I put on over
five pounds.
And I really wanted to sharethis, because there is no
one-size-fits-all answer.
Like, every person is differentand different diets and foods
work differently for eachindividual.
So, for example, like Ipersonally don't do well eating
raw foods, as my body struggledto break all of those foods down
(18:13):
.
So in things like apple cidervinegar and coconut and soy,
like my body just cannot handlethese things and is very
sensitive to them and rejectsthem.
So even so-called like healthyfoods may not be good for you,
but they're good for others, andthis requires like really
starting to get to know yourbody and tap into it and say,
like, how is this food affectingme and is this something that I
really want to eat?
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And so, for me personally, ittook me going to a specialist to
figure out there was like avery, very core, root issue that
was affecting all systems of mybody that needed to be
addressed in a very specific way.
Some people they just need toshift their diet and they notice
immediate results, and that'sincredible and amazing.
(18:54):
And so I just really want toshare all these different things
that I went through, becausemaybe one of these things is
great for you Maybe being veganor being paleo or whatever is
actually going to be what isgoing to help you in conjunction
with, like, shifting yourbelief systems or diving into,
like how you actually talk toyourself and how you can
actually shift and change that.
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And another thing that I reallywanted to add or mention is that
human design.
Human design has also helped meexperiment with my diet, as it
provides insight about the bestway for you to digest food and
information based on your chart.
So, for example, my digestionis in direct light, meaning it's
more challenging for me todigest food and information
(19:37):
while in direct light or duringthe day.
So I have personallyexperimented with fasting or
eating lightly throughout theday and eating heavier meals at
night.
What I have found, if I do eatin direct light, I eat more
water-based foods like fruit orsomething really light,
especially during the day, andmy brain fog actually completely
went away and I stopped feelingsluggish.
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When I shifted the timing andthe quantity of food in this way
and this is what works best forme is basically eating lighter
throughout the day.
Fasting does not work for me.
I need to have something in mybody, I need to be consuming
something, but basically eatinglighter throughout the day and
then eating my heavier meals atnight, and so this works best
for me.
But everyone else will bedifferent, based on their chart
(20:20):
and what they experiment with.
So, while my journey had overthe past 15 years has been
frustrating at times, it hastaught me so much about
nutrition, different foods,nutrients and like what is all
out there but ultimately what ithas taught me is to trust my
body and to listen to it.
(20:40):
Now.
Our bodies go through differentseasons and need different
things, so it may not need thesame thing today as it needed
three years ago, and it's okayto experiment and try different
things to see how your bodyfeels.
So I hope that you all foundthis episode helpful and that
you learned something new orproviding a different
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perspective on how to approachnutrition and food has been
enlightening or has helped youin some way, because I really
struggled with this for so longand I really wanted to share my
journey with others and what Ilearned and to potentially help
maybe shorten your trial anderror time and learn to accept
where you're at with your bodyand start to tap into what it
(21:22):
actually needs, because thereare so many factors that go into
what you eat, like thenutrition, the belief systems
that we picked up throughout ourlives, the perception of our
bodies and our self-talk, thelack of self-love, and how and
when we are actually consumingfood.
Is it in an environment thatfeels good?
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Is there a shame around eatingcertain foods?
Are you relaxed?
Is your body in an environmentthat allows you to be relaxed,
to actually receive the food anddigest it?
So these are all questions toask yourself and play around
with, and, instead of viewingthis as something that's like
overwhelming, it can actually bea really fun game, with no
(22:04):
judgment or shame about what isworking or not, and we get to be
the scientists in our lives,basically.
So we do this all while gettingto know our bodies better,
which I think can be a really,really fun process if you choose
to perceive it in this light.
So that is it.
I feel very complete aboutsharing all of this information.
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Thank you all so much for tuningin Again.
I hope that you find thisincredibly helpful.
Or you learned something new ordifferent, or feel inspired to
maybe play around with somethings or become a little bit
more aware of your own self-talkor your own beliefs, or maybe
you wanna try something a littlebit different and become a
little bit more aware about whatyour body actually needs versus
(22:47):
what you may be potentiallyforcing on it right now.
So thank you all again, so muchfor tuning in and, as always,
if you have any questions,please feel free to contact me
at hello at nina-elise.
com, and if you wanna learn alittle bit more about your human
design and your digestion, youcan pull up your chart for free
(23:09):
at nina-elise.
com.
So thank you all so much fortuning in and I will talk to you
all in the next episode.
Bye, Merry Christmas and I hopeto continue hearing from you
guys so I can be yourNina King.
Welcome to the Receptive Impact Podcast.
I'm your host, Nina Elise.
Hello everyone, it is Nina andI am back for another episode,
and today I'm going to go intodetail about the different diets
or different ways of eatingthat I have experimented with
(00:22):
and my entire journey from whenI was a child up into an adult,
because I really want toshowcase and talk not just about
the actual food or types offood that I was eating, but also
other factors that go into whatreally dictates the healthiest
diet for a person and it isgoing to be different for each
(00:43):
person.
and the reason why I feelcalled to share my journey is
because I have experimented withso many different ways of
eating, not just with food, butalso like mindset and looking
into unconscious belief systemsand learning how to actually
love my body and watching itchange and transform, and the
(01:05):
different diets and foods that Ihave tried and the different
doctors that I have worked with,and I'm hoping that this may be
helpful for anyone who isstruggling or on their own
journey to figure out what isthe best diet for them.
What are the best foods for youto eat that are going to be
nourishing for your body?
That's going to help you get abody that you really love and
(01:26):
that you feel really good or fitor healthy.
And so I'm going to start offjust going through kind of how I
was raised and how I approachedfood from basically a young age
up until now in my mid 30s.
So, starting off as a child, mymom was kind of like before her
time she was really into all ofthe health food scene and
(01:50):
naturopath and homeopath, and sowe grew up on drinking soy
protein drinks and eating reallyhealthy foods that were
considered healthy back then,and so I have a pretty it's like
pretty ingrained in my mindlike what healthy means and like
what that kind of looks likeand how it feels in the body.
Although I think at a young ageit was very difficult for me
(02:14):
because when I would go toschool everyone would be eating
lunchables and drinking soda andeating all the fruit snacks and
then I had like this pita scenewhich with chicken salad and
cucumbers and a bottle of water,and I kind of felt like the
total outcast and weirdo inschool because I always had the
healthiest lunch and so I waskind of like really sugar
(02:35):
deprived and I know my parentsmeant well, but I think that
really set the trajectory oflike this journey with food for
me, because I felt restricted inthat sense.
and so when I was able to workand have my own money and my own
car, that's when I was able tohave a little bit more control
over my own diet, and so Istarted adding like more sugary
(02:57):
foods and things like that intomy diet.
I was an athlete, whichprobably did not help me very
well it really affected myenergy levels, but you know,
this was my journey with it.
And also, I want to add, in theaspect of self love and how I
actually perceived my body,because I think this is very,
very common with most women,like we all experience in our
(03:20):
lives, and this was, you know,in an age of the past 20, 30
years.
There's been such an upsurge inthe internet and marketing and
what we're exposed to, and sothis also played a very huge
part with how I viewed my body,how I view food and what it
actually meant to be a certainsize, and so when you read
magazines and they're like, well, just eat salads and do this,
(03:43):
like you know, you're going tobe more impressionable to that
because you know, especiallywhen I was in my teenage years
and my 20s, there wasn't likethe internet hadn't really
exploded yet.
It was just kind of likestarting to come onto the scene.
And so, you know, we didn'treally have a lot of information
.
It was just like what was inour environment, what we were
told and then what the magazineswere telling us.
And so for me, like when I wentinto college, I basically lived
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off of gummy bears and energydrinks and I was really
underweight and that was justkind of like how I ate.
I basically lived off of sugarand I could get away with it
because I was young.
But then after college I waslike, okay, can I continue to
eat like this?
And so for me I shifted intolike, okay, I'm going to eat
healthier and I'm going to startworking out.
But that turned into more oflike calorie restriction.
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So it was like I was eating atleast semi healthy food.
I wasn't eating just likecomplete junk food.
It was like I was transitioningfrom eating all that sugar and
then going into more of like ahealthy way of eating, even
though I was really restrictingmy calories.
And again this really came into.
What really came into play inthat was.
There was a lot of likeself-loathing towards my body
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and like how I looked, and therewas like this need for control,
and so this was like so hugewith my journey, with my diet
and I know that so many womencan relate to this, whether
they're conscious of it or not.
It is definitely somethingthat's kind of ingrained in us
that we're always like in theback of our mind, like we have
to be careful what we eat and wehave to eat a certain way, and
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we're not really taught like,hey, why don't you ask your body
what is right for you and whatit wants and what it needs?
Because we're so out of touchwith our own bodies.
And then we have theseunconscious belief systems that
were programmed into us orconditioned by our environment
and the people around us, and sowe have these underlying belief
systems about how we should eator how we need to like maintain
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our bodies to look a certainway, and so it's like the mind
is kind of controlling how weeat and we don't even really
realize it, and so these werethings that I wasn't super
conscious of in my early 20s,and so, instead of restricting
myself with calories and workingout, I was like, okay, I'm
going to try these differentdiets and see what works for me
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and what doesn't work for me.
And so one of the first thingsthat I did was raw vegan Cause I
was like, yeah, this is superhealthy, I'm going to try this.
But at the time my body justcould not handle it, because it
could not break down raw foodsand some people can, and that's
great and that's wonderful.
I just could not at the time, Ithink, because my body was in
such like a high stress state,like mentally, emotionally,
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physically, I hadn't really goneinto like I didn't know how to
deal with my emotions.
I was so disconnected from mybody, and so I think that it was
really difficult for my body toreceive like highly nutritious
food.
And so from there, that waswhen paleo kind of exploded onto
the scene, and if you're notfamiliar with paleo, you're
basically eating like a caveman.
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You're eating meat and likepotatoes and vegetables and a
little bit of fruit, not a lotof sugar.
You're cutting out grains,there's no dairy, no gluten.
So it's definitely a morerestrictive diet, but so many
people were raving about it andI was like, wow, maybe this is
going to help with all of myhealth problems because, you
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know, I was struggling withenergy levels, I was struggling
with digestion issues and just ahost of other things that I was
just like what is wrong with me?
Like why can't I fix thesethings, like what is going on in
my body?
And so I was really looking tomy diet to kind of like heal
these things.
And there were so many peopleout there that was like, wow,
this healed like my Crohn'sdisease or this healed my IBS or
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whatever.
And I was like, wow, this, likeit, gave me hope.
So I started to eat paleo and Iwas like I kind of noticed a
difference.
I kind of noticed that like mybrain fog started to go away,
but I still wasn't super highenergy, but I also think at the
same time I wasn't eating enoughcalories.
And then, once I discoveredpaleo, something called Whole30
came out, which is basicallylike even more restrictive paleo
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and it's actually meant to helppeople become more mindful and
aware of the food that they areputting in their body.
So basically it's paleo butwithout any sugar.
So you know you're not eatingany type of like paleo type
treats or anything like that.
You're basically just eatinglittle bit of nuts and fruits or
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eating eggs and meat andvegetables and potatoes and
sweet potatoes, things like that.
So it was very restrictive inthat sense.
You go 30 days and it's like areally big detox to the body.
So this was like anintroduction to kind of detoxing
my body from my addiction tosugar and it was very beneficial
in that sense.
But like I had so manyaddictions to food, emotionally
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and mentally and physically atthat time, that was very, very
difficult.
So I went through that a fewtimes and it was actually very
helpful because when you do thewhole 30, it's like after the 30
days you start to reintroduce,like dairy and different things,
and see how your body reacts.
And so for me that was veryhelpful to see how my body
reacted when I started to addthose things back into my diet.
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So I was much more mindful andaware of what was actually going
in my body and so and like whatwas happening or how my body
was reacting to certain foods.
So again, this really deepenedmy awareness and connection to
my body a little bit more, andso, after Experimenting with all
of that, I started to cut outdairy and that actually really
reduced the amount ofinflammation that I had on my
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body and I dropped probably likefive or ten pounds just by
cutting out dairy from my diet,without even really trying, over
the course of like four to sixmonths.
And they were just kind of likethis progression in my mid to
late 20s where I actually cutout gluten as well and then
eventually I cut out meat.
not because I'm against eatingmeat, it was just my body was
like kind of grossed out by itand so I just kind of stopped
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eating it.
And After that I was stillhaving like all these health
issues and I had been gettinglike blood work done and like
all these different things andtrying like basically throwing
supplements at my body, saying,oh, I don't have enough energy
and so I'm gonna take B12supplements, I'm gonna take iron
, without getting testing done,and so I was just kind of like
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throwing spaghetti at a wall fora really long time, when in
reality it wasn't necessarilylike my diet, it was my stress.
It was that I was not in analigned relationship.
I was not in alignment withmyself.
I was so severely disconnectedwith my body and I had so many
suppressed emotions that neededto be released and looked at,
and they were just almost likethese layers that really needed
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to be peeled back.
So because of all of that, Iwasn't aware of that at the time
, but as I went down this path Istarted to get into more like
the detoxing type diets and sothat means like I really got
into medical medium.
So if you're not familiar withmedical medium, it's kind of
like this guy who's like apsychic who recommends like
Celery juice, like juicing, toheal a lot of problems in the
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body because it detoxes theliver and Starts to actually
detox the body from like virusesand different things that are
causing like a whole host ofautoimmune issues and things
like that.
And so you're juicing a lot offruit but you're not eating
sugar.
So it was restrictive in thatsense.
But I was really appreciativeof my journey with medical
medium Because it reallydeepened my knowledge about food
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and the additives that werebeing put in my food on like a
much deeper level.
So I did that for probably likeone or two years and it was
really great Like I felt like itdetox my body and kind of
peeled back some layers more.
But after a while my body waslike no, I don't want to drink
celery juice anymore, and it wasa very like intuitive feeling
that my body was like no, likeI'm done with this.
And then it also kind of gotinto like this fear-based Diet
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or like what the informationthat was being presented or what
was coming out.
The longer that I followedmedical medium, I was like this
is making me fear, like you knowwhat I'm putting into my body
and that if I eat something likeit's gonna make me have to
start all over again.
And so I kind of really movedaway from medical medium and I
do want to point out like thisis another huge factor that goes
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into diet.
It's like what our mindset is,like how we view food, how we
view ourselves, our bodies, andthe control we tend to want to
have over it.
And so around this time periodI really noticed fears I had
around eating certain foods, soI tended to stay away from
certain foods and I was alsostill trying to control how my
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body looked.
So there was a lot of guilt andshame surrounding what I was
eating or how food outside of myacceptable diet would affect me
and I would feel fat or guiltyif I ate something that wasn't
deemed acceptable and I wouldinstantly feel bloated or not,
okay, and then this would sendme into a spiral because I would
not like how my body looked andI would feel very insecure and
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it would make me want to workout more, restrict my diet more.
And you know, at the core ofthis at the time there was such
a deep self-loathing that neededto be addressed and released,
which actually didn't happenuntil my 30s.
But I just wanted to really addthat in there, because I think
that Not just women, but likeeveryone in general, we carry
these subconscious beliefsystems and we're just not even
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aware of them and we're notaware of all the other factors
that go into why, you know,certain diets may or may not
work for us.
And so from this, from goingfrom medical medium, I was like,
wow, I'm still having all ofthese health issues.
So I discovered Dr Morse andstarted working with someone
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online that was kind of helpingme through this next journey
where I went intofruititarianism and that's
basically where you only eatfruit and you juice, and it was
really, really difficult for me.
But because I was detoxing soheavily, because I was eating
mostly like water-based foods,like fruits, and then I would
eat vegetables or salad orsomething like that and I wasn't
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eating like oil and things likethat.
It really cut out a lot of thefat and was basically just
eating fruit.
It was actually very beneficialbecause my body was not just
detoxing, it was like detoxingemotions that were stored in my
body and releasing toxins in mybody and releasing addictions
and attachments to food ingeneral, so that when I did
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start adding other food backinto my diet, I wasn't eating it
as a distraction or feeling acertain way about it.
So I will say, being thisextreme or like restrictive in
my diet actually forced me tolook at the emotions and
addictions that I had to foodthat was like crunchy or like
comfort foods like that, and Iwas able to look at that in a
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healthy manner and like kind ofrelease it, so it didn't have so
much control over me.
So when I was a fruititarium, Iwas gosh.
I was probably around like 105pounds and I'm like five foot
six inches and so I was likevery thin.
I really wasn't working out aton and I was still experiencing
health issues, but at least atthis point I was starting to
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like love my body and I was alsoeating intuitively and around
this time period I probably waslike 33, 34, I dropped down to
about 100 pounds for about sixmonths.
I was moving through a reallydeep, heavy period of grief and
in this time period I honestlyjust really surrendered and
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stopped putting so muchattention on my body and I ate
because I knew I needed to like,I was just gonna like wither
away.
And at the same time I was alsodiving very deeply into
unconscious belief systems abouthow I viewed myself and my body
and facing a lot of not sogreat beliefs about what I
thought about myself.
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And the more that I dove intothese belief systems and faced
them and began to change theself talk dialogue in my head
and became aware of what thatdialogue even was.
Food became less of an issue forme and my body began to change
a lot, but I honestly didn'tcare because I viewed it
differently.
My perception of it shifted.
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I spoke kindly to my body, Ireleased a lot of control about
what I thought it should looklike and it was very freeing and
my body began to soften in likea really beautiful way and
there was definitely an awkwardtime period where I really let
go of control and just watchedmy body change and I really
wanted to share this part of theprocess because you know, when
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you begin to let go of beliefsystems and shift how you
perceive your body, there isgoing to be a transition period
with your body because you'reactually taking the mind out,
like removing the control, andyou are learning how to trust
your body's innate wisdom andability to balance itself out
and take care of itself withoutthe actual mind interjecting
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anymore.
So after all of that happened,I was so blessed.
I was still having healthissues and I was like pulling my
hair out of this one.
I was like I don't even knowwhat to do.
This point.
I was just kind of eatingintuitively and so eating a lot
of fruit, still having digestiveissues, and I actually found a
functional medicine doctor thatdid quantum testing where
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basically they talked directlyto the body to find out what is
wrong, and so, if you'refamiliar with like muscle
testing, that's kind of likewhat they did in a more
homeopathic type way and theyfound out the core root of my
issues and why I couldn't put onweight, why I had digestion
issues for so many years andissues with my cycle being
inconsistent, where I had painin my liver and my gallbladder
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and hormone imbalances and justlike a whole host of issues,
basically.
And so I started taking herbsand dosages specifically to what
my body needed, versus blindlythrowing supplements at the
problem after self-diagnosingand not getting tests, and after
probably about two or threemonths I started to put on
weight again, I had enoughenergy to begin working out
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again consistently and I startedto add chicken and eggs back
into my diet.
I tripled the amount of proteinI was consuming every single
day and my body began absorbingnutrients again.
So things like my tan waslasting longer on my skin and I
had increased energy andendurance in my workouts.
I had better mental clarity.
My hair stopped falling out somuch.
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My cycle started to balanceitself out and I put on over
five pounds.
And I really wanted to sharethis, because there is no
one-size-fits-all answer.
Like, every person is differentand different diets and foods
work differently for eachindividual.
So, for example, like Ipersonally don't do well eating
raw foods, as my body struggledto break all of those foods down
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.
So in things like apple cidervinegar and coconut and soy,
like my body just cannot handlethese things and is very
sensitive to them and rejectsthem.
So even so-called like healthyfoods may not be good for you,
but they're good for others, andthis requires like really
starting to get to know yourbody and tap into it and say,
like, how is this food affectingme and is this something that I
really want to eat?
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And so, for me personally, ittook me going to a specialist to
figure out there was like avery, very core, root issue that
was affecting all systems of mybody that needed to be
addressed in a very specific way.
Some people they just need toshift their diet and they notice
immediate results, and that'sincredible and amazing.
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And so I just really want toshare all these different things
that I went through, becausemaybe one of these things is
great for you Maybe being veganor being paleo or whatever is
actually going to be what isgoing to help you in conjunction
with, like, shifting yourbelief systems or diving into,
like how you actually talk toyourself and how you can
actually shift and change that.
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And another thing that I reallywanted to add or mention is that
human design.
Human design has also helped meexperiment with my diet, as it
provides insight about the bestway for you to digest food and
information based on your chart.
So, for example, my digestionis in direct light, meaning it's
more challenging for me todigest food and information
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while in direct light or duringthe day.
So I have personallyexperimented with fasting or
eating lightly throughout theday and eating heavier meals at
night.
What I have found, if I do eatin direct light, I eat more
water-based foods like fruit orsomething really light,
especially during the day, andmy brain fog actually completely
went away and I stopped feelingsluggish.
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When I shifted the timing andthe quantity of food in this way
and this is what works best forme is basically eating lighter
throughout the day.
Fasting does not work for me.
I need to have something in mybody, I need to be consuming
something, but basically eatinglighter throughout the day and
then eating my heavier meals atnight, and so this works best
for me.
But everyone else will bedifferent, based on their chart
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and what they experiment with.
So, while my journey had overthe past 15 years has been
frustrating at times, it hastaught me so much about
nutrition, different foods,nutrients and like what is all
out there but ultimately what ithas taught me is to trust my
body and to listen to it.
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Now.
Our bodies go through differentseasons and need different
things, so it may not need thesame thing today as it needed
three years ago, and it's okayto experiment and try different
things to see how your bodyfeels.
So I hope that you all foundthis episode helpful and that
you learned something new orproviding a different
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perspective on how to approachnutrition and food has been
enlightening or has helped youin some way, because I really
struggled with this for so longand I really wanted to share my
journey with others and what Ilearned and to potentially help
maybe shorten your trial anderror time and learn to accept
where you're at with your bodyand start to tap into what it
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actually needs, because thereare so many factors that go into
what you eat, like thenutrition, the belief systems
that we picked up throughout ourlives, the perception of our
bodies and our self-talk, thelack of self-love, and how and
when we are actually consumingfood.
Is it in an environment thatfeels good?
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Is there a shame around eatingcertain foods?
Are you relaxed?
Is your body in an environmentthat allows you to be relaxed,
to actually receive the food anddigest it?
So these are all questions toask yourself and play around
with, and, instead of viewingthis as something that's like
overwhelming, it can actually bea really fun game, with no
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judgment or shame about what isworking or not, and we get to be
the scientists in our lives,basically.
So we do this all while gettingto know our bodies better,
which I think can be a really,really fun process if you choose
to perceive it in this light.
So that is it.
I feel very complete aboutsharing all of this information.
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Thank you all so much for tuningin Again.
I hope that you find thisincredibly helpful.
Or you learned something new ordifferent, or feel inspired to
maybe play around with somethings or become a little bit
more aware of your own self-talkor your own beliefs, or maybe
you wanna try something a littlebit different and become a
little bit more aware about whatyour body actually needs versus
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what you may be potentiallyforcing on it right now.
So thank you all again, so muchfor tuning in and, as always,
if you have any questions,please feel free to contact me
at hello at nina-elise.
com, and if you wanna learn alittle bit more about your human
design and your digestion, youcan pull up your chart for free
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at nina-elise.
com.
So thank you all so much fortuning in and I will talk to you
all in the next episode.
Bye, Merry Christmas and I hopeto continue hearing from you
guys so I can be yourNina King.
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