The Thrive Diet: The Whole Food Way to Lose Weight, Reduce Stress, and Stay Healthy for Life

By Brendan Brazier

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One-Step Nutrition

One-step nutrition describes food containing nutrients already in a form usable by the body, with no breaking down required. The nutrients get into the body and go straight to work.

Nutrient-Dense Whole Foods Will Keep you Satisfied

As a general rule, the less that has been done to your food, the better its return will be.

Nutrient lacking convenience foods cause us to lack nutrients and energy, and therefore crave and need more food.

When supplied with many vitamins and minerals, the body will be properly fueled, and it will not require as much food. The Thrive Diet is built on a base of nutrient-dense foods. Simply by following the meal plan, you will be well nourished, and fat loss will come naturally.

Whole Foods for Complete Nourishment

The healthiest way to meet nutritional needs is to simply eat a diet rich in whole foods. Food-sourced vitamins and minerals are superior to their laboratory-created counterparts.

Many supplements, especially those that are synthetic and fat soluble, can cause the body to work hard in order to assimilate nutrients, which leaves it with less usable energy.

Toxicity resulting from an overconsumption of fat-soluble vitamins is next to impossible when whole foods are the source.

Common Food Sensitivities

With symptoms ranging from a mild flu-like condition to headaches, difficulty sleeping, bloating, and fatigue, food sensitivities are becoming increasingly common in North America .

Unlike an allergic reaction, sensitivity does not affect the immune system. Food allergies are not usually a major problem because they often become evident immediately upon consuming the food: There's no mistaking them. 

The symptoms of specific food sensitivity, however, might not become evident for a few days or a week after consumption, making its source difficult to trace. Food sensitivities, therefore, can be extremely difficult to immediately identify and eliminate, and in these cases, the strategy of eliminating common allergens from the diet is useful.

The most common food intolerances are:

• Corn
• Wheat and gluten (the protein found in wheat)
• Dairy
• Soy
• Active yeast
• Peanuts

Many people have a food sensitivity but don't know it. "Not feeling quite up to par" is often how they describe the way they feel.

It is estimated that upward of 98 percent of all processed foods in the typical North American diet contains at least one common allergen. Thrive Diet recipes are free of these allergens.

 

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