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1:01

If you have no motivation,

1:03

no will, no zest

1:06

for life to do

1:08

anything, it could actually

1:10

be because you are

1:12

full of Oreos and

1:14

Doritos and Hennessy, Coca-Cola,

1:16

Pepsi, Seven Up, Chicken

1:18

Nuggets and Burgers, that

1:20

could be the reason. You

1:23

know what I'm saying? Hey

1:25

babe! It's Asia, quality, clean,

1:27

control! What is happening? Hello guys,

1:30

yes, I'm back at it again

1:32

with another episode same outfit because

1:34

let's be real here You guys

1:37

know I love to batch film.

1:39

I also want to share a

1:41

brief story I was literally driving

1:43

the other day for those of

1:45

you that have missed my Instagram

1:48

story where I was literally driving

1:50

and as I was literally on

1:52

the phone my manager I'm like

1:54

on autopilot because I had an

1:57

interesting night the night before and

1:59

I 9am and I woke up so

2:01

late I woke up at like 744 and

2:03

I'm like dude like what like so I'm

2:06

just on autopilot and I'm driving and all

2:08

of a sudden I'm like wait something doesn't

2:10

feel right like in my car and then

2:13

I start smelling something that's like burning and

2:15

so I'm like let me go to the

2:17

shoulder because I don't think that this is

2:19

like normal mind you I'm in the middle

2:22

of the highway I'm on like the worst like

2:24

the shoulder is so small like I'm on a

2:26

I'm on the bend so like I'm not in

2:28

a safe area like literally at all and at

2:30

this point I'm in denial I'm like no I

2:32

still have to go to the office like I

2:34

need to go to work I need to go

2:37

to work like It was not registering to me

2:39

at all that like you cannot drive Asia So

2:41

I tried to move up a little bit my

2:43

car is like literally going like side to side

2:45

like it's and I'm like wait This feels very

2:47

scary and like you know as woman. It's like

2:50

as obvious as it may sound like girl like

2:52

obviously like there's something wrong like obviously I

2:54

knew that something was wrong, but when

2:56

you're a woman and like you're super

2:58

girly like you don't know about this

3:00

like car stuff like I can feel

3:02

that my car was having an issue

3:05

but I had no idea what was

3:07

actually going on and again I'm on

3:09

such a dangerous part of the highway

3:11

that I wasn't even near an exit

3:13

yet I was like smack in the

3:15

middle so I didn't even know where I

3:17

was even though I was familiar with

3:19

the highway I just didn't know where

3:22

I was. I couldn't locate exactly where

3:24

I was because there was no exit.

3:26

I was just in between, you know,

3:28

and honestly, I'm really not the best

3:30

at geography. So when I am driving,

3:33

I go based off of just memory.

3:35

I don't know all of the time,

3:37

the street name, the hot, like, and

3:39

I also know the exit, but I

3:41

don't know, I'm not paying attention to

3:44

every exit on the way to my

3:46

exit. I just know, okay, you know,

3:48

you know, it's exit, So long story short,

3:50

I'm like, you know, something is really really wrong

3:52

and come to find out, you know, I couldn't

3:55

get out of my car because again, the shoulder

3:57

was so skinny, I didn't want something to happen

3:59

to me. So I just literally stayed

4:01

in my car and I put

4:03

on my hazard lights and I'm

4:05

like, I don't know what to

4:07

do. Like I don't understand what's

4:10

going on. And I'm like, something's

4:12

wrong with my tire. But I

4:14

noticed that my tire pressure was

4:16

literally on zero. I'm like, wait,

4:18

how was I driving for 20

4:20

minutes having no clue that my

4:22

tire pressure was on zero? So

4:24

I realize I'm saying this to

4:26

say, if you need your oil,

4:28

please change your oil. If you

4:30

need your transmission looked at, please

4:33

look at it. If your brakes

4:35

need to be fixed, please fix

4:37

it. If your wheels need alignment,

4:39

please align it. Because you never

4:41

know how... you know, from a moment

4:43

to one basis, how that can

4:45

affect you? Me? I had an

4:47

air pressure issue with my car

4:49

and I went and got it

4:51

fixed and then it kept going

4:53

down. Like I noticed and I

4:56

was like, oh, I kept putting

4:58

it off, putting it off, putting

5:00

it off, putting it off, putting

5:02

it off, which isn't usually like

5:04

me when it comes to my

5:06

car. I'm literally like a guy

5:08

when it comes to my car.

5:10

So. I kept putting it off

5:12

when I finally decide to make the appointment.

5:15

I didn't even make it to

5:17

my appointment because my car ended

5:19

up, the wheel as I was driving ended

5:22

up literally removing itself

5:24

from the car. Like the wheel was coming

5:26

off of my car. And I'm like, I

5:28

did not know that having low air pressure

5:30

makes the wheels on your car completely

5:32

remove itself. And turns out, that's exactly

5:35

what... happens. So that's why I posted

5:37

on my Instagram because I wanted it

5:39

to be a lesson for you that

5:41

if there's something wrong with your vehicle,

5:44

please fix it. Do not procrastinate. Do

5:46

not because I'm just thinking about the

5:48

hand of God orchestrating my safety in

5:50

that moment. That could have been a

5:52

disaster. If I was and something told

5:55

me get closer to the shoulder too,

5:57

for some reason when I wasn't even

5:59

near the exit are supposed to get

6:01

off at. It just so happens, that's

6:03

how I was driving. And imagine, it

6:05

would have been so difficult for my

6:08

car to be flat and then swerving

6:10

because the, the rims were about to

6:12

literally start scraping the ground. Like the

6:14

car was leaning. When I tell you

6:16

it was flat, I mean, literally like

6:18

someone took a pin and popped it

6:20

like a balloon and it went flat

6:22

to the ground. Like it was shrunk

6:24

and shriveled up and like removed. Like

6:26

it was. clearly lodged dislodged from

6:29

my car and I saw it

6:31

when the toke truck driver came

6:33

and I'm just like what the

6:35

heck luckily well or maybe not

6:38

luckily but fortunately I had experience

6:40

in this because when I had

6:42

my range over I was Just

6:44

driving to this day. I don't

6:46

know what happened both my air

6:49

my tires in my car I

6:51

hit something like a pothole and

6:53

it busted both my tires on

6:55

my car and I'm like what

6:57

the heck I call triple a

6:59

long story they left me stranded

7:01

I was there I was like

7:03

out from like 11 a.m.m. to

7:05

9 p.m.m. Like by myself in

7:08

my car on a scorching hot

7:10

summer day I'm condensing the story

7:12

extremely extremely and they came on

7:14

time. They told me 30 minutes, they came

7:16

exactly in 30 minutes. They came and got me,

7:18

the tow truck driver was so gracious, and the

7:20

first thing that he said to me when he

7:23

saw me was, I have to get you out

7:25

of here because this is very dangerous. That's the

7:27

first, he couldn't even take pictures, you know,

7:29

I'll normally tow truck driver takes pictures

7:31

of your vehicle, he couldn't even do

7:33

that, because he's like, listen, I have

7:35

to get you out of here. Like

7:37

this is very dangerous. There was like

7:39

no room on the shoulder. And all

7:41

I'm thinking about is God's grace and

7:43

God's hand over me. That no car

7:46

came and like hit me from behind.

7:48

There were so many trucks, all these

7:50

different things, going full speed, because like

7:52

I said, I'm in the middle of the highway.

7:54

Yeah. So that happened, and I just wanted

7:56

to start off with that, you know, if

7:58

we're speaking of, you know, mind connection,

8:00

science and scripture right on

8:03

your second brain. Let's make sure

8:05

the first one is working and let's

8:07

make sure that we are getting our

8:09

vehicles fixed and let that be assigned

8:12

for whoever needs to hear it. So

8:14

on to today's subject. Welcome back everyone.

8:16

How are you feeling? I am feeling

8:18

very blessed, very happy to be alive,

8:21

very healthy. I know you guys are

8:23

probably wondering what on earth does my

8:25

gut have to do with my mind.

8:27

Okay. Science actually shows us. that

8:30

the health of our gut

8:32

directly impacts our mental clarity,

8:34

our mood, and even our

8:36

ability to handle stress. But

8:38

even beyond that, here's the

8:40

beautiful thing, the Bible actually

8:42

gives us wisdom on how

8:44

to care for our bodies,

8:46

including what we eat, how

8:48

we fast, how we find

8:50

peace. I am of the belief that

8:52

with certain things there are links

8:54

between you know science and the

8:56

Bible that there is room for

8:58

that when it's done with sound

9:00

doctrine okay so these this is one

9:03

of those subject matters so today

9:05

we're gonna just explore right the

9:07

science between the brain and gut

9:09

connection right how is it how

9:12

your health directly impacts your mood

9:14

and decision making people that have

9:16

severe gut issues I notice I

9:18

notice Honestly, whether you are large

9:21

or small tend to be very

9:23

moody people, it's something that I

9:25

have observed. Like, they get hungry,

9:27

they, there's something off balance

9:29

that is driving your emotions in

9:31

that way. Then we're also going

9:34

to talk about biblical principles about

9:36

health and the gut. And lastly,

9:38

we're going to be talking about

9:40

practical steps that you can take

9:42

to improve your... gut health for

9:44

a clearer mind and also a

9:47

healthier spirit. So let's actually start

9:49

with the science. Your gut and

9:52

brain are in constant communication. This

9:54

happens through something called the gut

9:56

brain axis, which is a two-way

9:59

connection between your digestive system and

10:01

your nervous system. So here's

10:03

the mind-building part about 90%

10:05

of your serotonin, right? That's

10:07

the neurotransmitter responsible for your

10:09

mood and your happiness. It's

10:11

actually produced in your gut,

10:13

not your brain. Think about

10:15

that. 90% of your serotonin,

10:17

okay? That's responsible for your

10:19

mood and happiness. It's produced

10:22

in your gut, not your

10:24

brain. That means that if

10:26

your gut is out of

10:28

balance. It can affect your emotions,

10:30

cause anxiety, and even contribute

10:32

to brain fog, you know?

10:34

I'm sure we've all had

10:36

the, like a gut feeling

10:38

before about something. That's not

10:40

actually just a figure of

10:43

speech. Your gut literally sends

10:45

signals to your brain about

10:47

how you feel. Fascinating stuff.

10:49

So studies actually show, right?

10:51

That people with poor gut

10:54

health. are more likely to

10:56

experience depression and anxiety. And

10:58

also a lack of beneficial

11:00

bacteria can lead to inflammation,

11:02

which is linked to cognitive

11:04

decline and even memory loss.

11:07

And of course, stress and

11:09

gut health are closely connected.

11:11

When you're anxious, your gut

11:13

produces stress hormones and that

11:15

can throw everything off balance.

11:17

It's all correlated when we

11:20

actually think about it. Because

11:22

there's a reason why. It is

11:24

known as your second brain, you

11:26

know, and like I said, I've

11:28

noticed a correlation. People who have

11:31

an off-balance gut, they are very,

11:33

very emotionally unstable, I find. They

11:35

tend to be very emotionally unstable

11:37

people. And I don't even mean

11:40

from a mental health aspect, I

11:42

mean, just in general, their moods

11:44

on a day-to-day basis tend to

11:46

be very... off kilter. Now one of the

11:49

best things that you can do for your

11:51

gut is simply to feed it the right

11:53

foods. Now this is very relevant to me

11:55

because again I have really been consciously making

11:57

sure that I'm taking care of

11:59

my health. especially since I was sick

12:01

for so long. And I'm like, wow,

12:03

I'm assessing everything. I started to notice.

12:06

I started only drinking worder. And me

12:08

only drinking worder made me realize how

12:10

much like. juice I was drinking kind

12:12

of you know with the poppies and

12:14

the olive pops and you know all

12:16

these other health drinks but I was

12:18

not consuming enough water the ratio was

12:20

not good and so it made me

12:23

more health conscious and I'm like you

12:25

know what I want to make sure

12:27

that I'm consuming more water okay

12:29

we are what 70% water anyways

12:31

because not only is it healthier

12:33

for me but everything starts to

12:35

move a lot better in my

12:37

digestive tract when I'm also consuming

12:39

more water so What can we do

12:41

about this, right? Probiotic, rich foods,

12:43

okay? And... this is gonna help

12:46

to replenish the good bacteria. I'm

12:48

not gonna lie guys, I'm not

12:50

even gonna say the name, but

12:52

like there was a very popular

12:54

probiotic product that you can't even

12:56

double dip in it because like

12:58

the probiotics in it are so

13:00

concentrated and I tried it and

13:02

I tried it and I just

13:04

don't like the way that it

13:07

tastes like I think it's disgusting

13:09

and I don't even know how anyone

13:11

like I would rather take a pill

13:13

than to like have to take all

13:15

these like Mary Ruth vitamins, things like

13:17

that. But like for probiotics, I would

13:19

rather take a pill than like have

13:21

it in like a yogurt type of

13:23

form. And I, and the yogurt too

13:25

was vegan, but it was just disgusting.

13:27

I mean, I could not even stomach

13:29

it. Then the other day I go,

13:31

oh shoot, I left that probiotic in

13:33

my fridge. I go to go get

13:36

it. I put it in my mouth.

13:38

It's like. Carbonated. I freak out. I

13:40

spit it out my mouth. There was

13:42

mold. What? Of course I freaked out.

13:44

I'm thinking what's gonna happen to me

13:46

by the end of the day. Luckily

13:48

I didn't swallow anything, but like it

13:50

was in my mouth. I'm like, oh my gosh,

13:52

and I took a big scoop too, and I

13:54

did it in the dark. I put it in

13:56

my mouth, but I'm like, why is it like,

13:58

like, what is going... on it's disgusting like

14:01

yeah I digress and of course

14:03

prebiotics right foods like garlic onions

14:05

bananas these are going to help

14:07

to nourish the you know the

14:09

good bacteria in your gut okay

14:11

even with me being on antibiotics

14:13

I'm taking the digestive enzymes you

14:15

know I'm taking the probiotic as

14:18

well to help you know being

14:20

on antibiotics because I've basically been

14:22

on antibiotics like twice in a

14:24

month like you know, with only

14:26

a week breaks in between. And

14:28

like, these are strong things and they

14:30

start to remove the good bacteria out of your

14:32

stomach. And of course, like I said, drinking plenty

14:35

of water, avoiding processed foods, the excess sugar. A

14:37

lot of the time, like, we often have... inflammation

14:39

in our body. I know for me, I'm like,

14:41

okay, I'm not a salt type of girl, but

14:43

I noticed that salt really boats me, like instantly.

14:45

But I started to notice too that excess sugar

14:48

was starting to blow me as well. Ladies, a

14:50

lot of us are right now in our 30s

14:52

and like we want to look good, we want

14:54

to be in shape, we want to have nice

14:56

bodies, we all are striving to have healthy, nice

14:59

bodies, bodies that we are confident in, and

15:01

that really starts with whatever you put

15:03

in, you put in, you put in,

15:05

you're going to, you're going to, you're

15:07

going to, you're going to, you're going

15:09

to, you're going to, you're going to,

15:11

you're going to get out. Right? If

15:13

you're not fueling your body, I remember

15:16

when I was working out when I

15:18

was like a lot younger, like maybe

15:20

19, 19 and stuff, and I was

15:22

like going to the gym and like

15:24

eating checkers after, like I felt horrible.

15:26

Like it didn't even make any sense.

15:28

Like I'm like, I don't feel good.

15:30

When you start to fuel your

15:33

body with healthy foods, it changes

15:35

everything because now you feel different

15:37

as you're working out. breaks down

15:39

in terms of micro nutrients and

15:42

nutrients in your body, it makes

15:44

a significant difference. This matters, ladies,

15:46

because this actually corresponds with anti-lazy

15:48

girl stuff. Because how you feel,

15:51

if you have no motivation, you

15:53

know, no zest for life to

15:55

do anything, it could actually be

15:57

because you are full of Oreo.

16:00

and Doritos and Big Max

16:02

and Hennessy and Coke, like

16:04

Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Fanta, Fanta, whatever

16:07

it's called, okay? Seven up,

16:09

you know, that could potentially be

16:11

the reason, okay? You only eat

16:13

chicken nuggets and burgers, that could

16:16

be the reason, you know what

16:18

I'm saying? So, let's bring some

16:20

biblical perspective on health in the

16:22

gut, okay, now we're gonna bring

16:25

this to the word of God,

16:27

of course. Let's look at first

16:29

Corinthians. Six verses 19 through 20.

16:31

Do you not know that your

16:33

bodies are temples of the Holy

16:35

Spirit who was in you whom

16:37

you have received from God? You

16:39

are not your own. You were

16:41

bought at a price. Therefore

16:43

honor God with your bodies. A

16:46

lot of the times when we

16:48

look at the scripture, we tend

16:50

to look at it from a

16:52

sexual context. Honor your body, it

16:54

goes for both. sexual immorality,

16:57

or as in the context of

16:59

today, this also goes into what

17:01

we are eating as well. And

17:03

obviously this is reminding us to

17:05

take care of our health, okay,

17:07

including our gut health. That is

17:10

honoring God. When we nourish our

17:12

bodies well, we have more energy

17:14

clarity and focus to serve him

17:16

fully. And if you want to know,

17:18

I saw a comment, or like an

17:20

Instagram post that said, if you want

17:22

to know if something has control over

17:25

you, try fasting from it, it will.

17:27

humble you real quick. You'll start to

17:29

realize, oh goodness, I am a boredom

17:31

eater. Oh my gosh, I'm craving so

17:33

much sugar, like I need to have,

17:35

you know, a Hershey bar right now.

17:37

Like all these different things will start

17:40

to arise when you fast, when

17:42

you're fasting and you are really

17:44

laying down, you're crucifying your flesh.

17:47

So when it comes to fasting

17:49

now and gut health. Okay, the

17:51

Bible mentions fasting over 70 times,

17:54

right? And it's not just for

17:56

spiritual discipline, it also has powerful

17:58

health benefits, which we... of all know,

18:00

right? Modern science confirms that fasting

18:02

helps to reset the gut and

18:04

And I will tell you right

18:06

now that that is a fact.

18:09

It allows your digestive system to

18:11

heal and balance itself. It removes

18:13

the harmful bacteria and it boosts

18:15

the good bacteria and reduces inflammation.

18:17

I'm telling you right now, that

18:19

is a fact. You know, it's

18:21

funny, in the book of Daniel,

18:23

we actually see he and his

18:25

friends refused to eat the king's

18:27

rich food and instead only ate

18:29

vegetables and water. After 10 days,

18:31

they were stronger and healthier than

18:33

everyone else. That is an example.

18:35

of how what we eat affects

18:37

our not only our bodies but

18:39

also our mental and our spiritual

18:42

clarity. There's no mistake that a

18:44

lot of the times in the

18:46

kingdom of darkness when it comes

18:48

to witchcraft, sorcery, anything dark. These

18:50

people also know how to fast

18:52

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18:55

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19:51

these rituals and all these different

19:53

things to make yourself a clean

19:55

vessel even for those demons to

19:57

enter up inside of your body.

19:59

Fast. Even Jesus, as we know,

20:01

fasted for 40 days before starting his

20:04

ministry. Fasting actually helps us to focus

20:06

on God. And as a bonus, it

20:08

helps to clean our bodies too. Some

20:10

people, they get into fasting. And I

20:13

did a corporate fast with my group.

20:15

And some people, they just do it.

20:17

Listen, we've all been guilty of it.

20:20

Where you're just like, okay, let me

20:22

be as distracted as possible so that

20:24

I can get this fast over with.

20:27

Or, you know, when you're running on

20:29

autopilot you're thinking hmm like let me start

20:31

chewing some gum like we do this that's

20:33

not a part of the fast some people

20:35

literally will fast and they're staying as distracted

20:37

as possible that's a diet that's not dedicating

20:40

your time to the Lord when it comes

20:42

to fasting that is a consecrated time of

20:44

dedicating your time to the Lord so you

20:46

are fervently spending time with God,

20:48

you are fervently seeking God, praying

20:50

to him, reading his scripture, you're

20:52

monitoring your ear gates, your eye

20:54

gates, what you are listening to,

20:57

what you are consuming on a

20:59

physical level, okay, whether that be

21:01

food, shows, you know, podcast, whatever,

21:03

and then also of course, you know,

21:05

spiritually. you're monitoring what it is that

21:07

you that are going in your ear

21:09

gates and your eye gates. So fasting

21:11

is going to help to bring a

21:14

lot of clarity and also awareness to

21:16

the things that you have placed in

21:18

your life as an idol. Now, let's get

21:20

into some practical steps for a

21:22

healthy gut in mind. Okay, so

21:25

now we know how important our

21:27

gut health is scientifically, right, ambibically,

21:29

and here are the practical steps

21:31

of... what you can take. You

21:34

want to eat more whole

21:36

God-given foods, earth-to-mouth, earth-to-mouth, right?

21:39

Think about earth-to-mouth. Stick to

21:41

foods that are closer to

21:44

their natural state as possible,

21:46

right? Process foods, they're going

21:48

to harm our gut. They're

21:51

not, they're not, they're foreign

21:53

to us, they're foreign to

21:56

us, they're foreign objects to

21:58

us, okay? So of course,

22:00

like yeah, like lettuce, tomato, yeah,

22:02

like apple, orange, but it's like,

22:04

what about this healthy snack? Do

22:07

you guys remember those like, remember

22:09

Oreo fins and like chocolate chip cookies

22:11

came in like chocolate chip fins? Do

22:13

we not remember this like all my

22:15

millennial kids? Or like, I remember there

22:18

was this chocolate chip balls that came

22:20

in the snack? They were like, do

22:22

we remember? Okay, because this was a

22:24

part of it. Do we all remember

22:26

the 100 calorie phenomenon, where like everything

22:28

you would buy was like only 100

22:30

calories and they were all prepackaged? That's

22:32

how I remember like the Oreo thins,

22:35

the chocolate chip thins, and I don't

22:37

know if it was just me, but

22:39

like when I was younger, I used

22:41

to think like, hmm, these are only 100 calories,

22:43

so surely I can eat the whole box. You

22:45

know what I'm saying? Like what? because it's

22:48

like I thought in my head,

22:50

oh this is like a low

22:52

calorie food, just eat all of

22:54

it, you know, as it pertains

22:56

to fruits and vegetables, it's very

22:58

fascinating because when it comes to

23:00

fruits and vegetables, it actually helps

23:02

to vegetables or volume food. So

23:04

it takes up more space in

23:06

your stomach and they're also, it's

23:08

caloric low, right? So you're eating

23:10

more density, more volume. but you

23:12

are eating fewer in calories. It's

23:14

quite fascinating. Next, you also want

23:16

to reduce your stress. Stress damages

23:18

your gut. So to practice prayer, okay,

23:21

and to just meditate on God's word,

23:23

just you need to say anything when

23:25

you're sitting there, to stay calm. Okay?

23:27

Sent to yourself, balance yourself. Philippians four

23:29

verses six to seven reminds us to

23:32

bring our anxieties to God in prayer,

23:34

to cast our cares on God in

23:36

prayer. Okay? If I were you guys,

23:38

I would even try a fast, right?

23:40

A short fast, right? Like skipping a

23:42

meal. God, I'm going to dedicate my

23:44

lunch to you. I'm going to skip

23:46

lunch. Okay? This can help to, you

23:48

know, of course, we also know in

23:50

the physical. you know intermittent fasting can

23:52

help to reset your gut and

23:54

to improve your mental clarity because

23:57

guys we as we as a

23:59

society based base everything around eating,

24:01

base everything around food. Oh, you wanna

24:03

meet me for lunch? Oh, you wanna

24:05

meet me for drinks? Everything is based

24:08

around food, everything. And I am someone

24:10

that I've weaned myself away from being so food-centric. Like, to

24:12

me, I don't want to, I don't want every activity that

24:14

I do to be based on. the meal that I'm going

24:16

to be eating. Because to me it's like, okay, food is

24:18

food, I'm moving on, but I don't like to just like,

24:21

I'm not like a foodie, and I'm not saying it's a

24:23

problem if you are, that is not an issue. But I

24:25

know that for me, like, it can easily turn into something

24:27

that's more obsessive, where it's like, okay, what am I going

24:29

to eat, like, I don't want that food noise, I don't want to be,

24:31

I don't want that like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like,

24:33

like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, consuming my,

24:36

like, like, like, like, like, consuming, consuming my mind,

24:38

like, consuming my mind, like, like, like, consuming my

24:40

mind, like, like, like, consuming my mind, like, like,

24:42

like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like Okay,

24:44

and that's what I, and of course we all

24:46

have our moments, right? Like there are moments where

24:48

I'm really like, I'm back to it, I'm like,

24:50

dang, you know, what a food, you know,

24:52

but you guys are understanding what it

24:54

is that I'm saying, but fasting really

24:56

does help to reset your gut. I'm

24:59

telling you, it really, really does, and

25:01

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25:03

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honestly really do begin to have

25:21

clarity, like you'll be shocked how what

25:23

a three-day fast can even do for

25:25

you. You would be shocked the benefits

25:27

that it can even give you of

25:30

just the clarity and just like you're

25:32

less inflamed in your gut. Okay? And

25:34

you start to see that your body

25:36

starts to process things the way that

25:38

it's supposed to. You're drinking too much

25:41

caffeine? Well, you're going to get them

25:43

withdrawals and you're going to see what

25:45

it's like when you start when you

25:47

start drinking maybe caffeine again. You're going

25:50

to feel sick. You know what I mean?

25:52

When you start introducing like junk food, you

25:54

know, to yourself like the other day, I

25:56

had like skittles or something and I was

25:58

like, oh, that did not feel right. Like

26:00

I had like a tiny pack and I'm like

26:02

that felt like just acidic like in

26:04

it felt like it felt like it

26:06

wasn't supposed to be in my body

26:08

like it even tasted like a fake

26:10

food it doesn't feel it doesn't taste

26:12

real and that's also what happens to

26:15

you when you adopt and adapt to

26:17

a Whole Foods diet, especially if you're

26:19

going to be whole food plant-based, okay?

26:21

But that's what happens. And if you're

26:23

not, I'm not here to say like

26:25

preach at you guys to be vegan

26:27

or anything, but let's just say like

26:29

fish, you know, vegetables, you want to

26:31

limit your dairy consumption, dairy also increases

26:34

inflammation in the body. And then of

26:36

course you want to make sure you're

26:38

hydrating and you're resting when I tell

26:40

you rest, rest, rest, like if there's

26:42

one thing also that I've learned that

26:44

I've learned. I have to sleep. And

26:46

I need to sleep for like eight

26:48

hours, like eight to nine hours. I

26:50

cannot be up all day long,

26:53

going, going, going, going,

26:55

going, going. It literally

26:57

like, it immunocompromises me,

26:59

like severely. I cannot do

27:01

it. I cannot do it. I have

27:03

to sleep. Or I literally cannot

27:06

even function through the

27:08

work. I've tried, but I

27:10

just cannot function through it.

27:12

And of course, drinking enough

27:14

water. are the most simplest

27:16

and effective ways to improve

27:19

your gut health. Okay? You're

27:21

really gonna start to see when you

27:23

make this conscious effort like, whoa, I

27:25

really am consuming so many sweets. Whoa,

27:27

I really do tend to drink so

27:30

many sodas. I'm, you know, drinking like...

27:32

32 ounces of soda a day, and

27:34

then I can barely finish a little

27:36

eight ounce water bottle. I tend to

27:39

forget that water bottle, but I'm not

27:41

going to forget that Starbucks drink, okay?

27:43

So remember that. So here's my challenge

27:46

for you guys. Make one small change

27:48

this week to support your gut health.

27:50

I want us to show up as a

27:52

community of healthy girls. Anti-lazy, happy, healthy girls.

27:54

That's what we're showing up as. Because in

27:56

the end of the day, we do have

27:59

to remember that. the narrow path is

28:01

the new self-care, okay? That's what it

28:03

is. Share this episode with a

28:05

friend, make sure you're cutting out

28:07

those processed foods to the best

28:09

of your ability, that you are

28:11

drinking more water, or you're spending

28:14

more time in prayer to reduce

28:16

your stress, okay? And do not

28:18

forget to. Subscribe, like, comment, please.

28:20

Yeah, and let me know what

28:22

your suggestions are of how you help

28:24

to improve your gut health. And

28:27

with that being said, do not

28:29

forget that I love you and

28:31

God loves you. And I'll speak

28:34

to you beautiful angels in

28:36

my next podcast episode.