This is my presentation about how I ate my way back to health after being diagnosed with an auto immune disease. I used food as medicine to heal myself and got myself off immuno-suppressants and steroids which I was told by doctors I would need to take for the rest of my life.

1. Supercharged Food
How to Eat
Your Way
to Good Health!
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2. My Story
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I weighed 42 kgs
Hives
Hair Loss
Mouth Ulcers
6 months of medical tests
Auto Immune Disease
Chronic Fatigue
Arthritis
Fibromyalgia

3. Make a Choice
Did you know?
• Australians spent $18 billion on
prescription medication each year
• At least one in five Australians are on pain
prescription drugs
• More Australians die from medication
overdoses than on the roads in all age
groups apart from 15-24 year olds
Did you know?
• The average conventionally-grown apple
has 20-30 artificial poisons on its skin,
even after rinsing.
• About 99% of non-organic farm animals
are now fed GM soy
• A healthy diet costs less in the long run
• No expensive medical bills or treatments

4. Real Food is Medicine
I used food as medicine to heal my body and
get off drugs…
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Look for real food as close to nature as
possible
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The gluten-free market has jumped on the
band wagon churning out gluten-free
products, often loaded with sugar or
additives and unhealthy ingredients to
compensate for the lack of gluten
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Don’t pay 10 pounds for a cup and a half of
sugar, a truck load of modified starches and
refined cheap white rice flour
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You may as well be eating the packaging!

5. My Top Five
Medicine Chest Foods
Turmeric
Ginger
Cinnamon
Sardines
Hot Water and Lemon

6. How to
Get Started
It’s easy once you know how…
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Keep it simple
Think about the foods you like to
eat that make you feel good
Devise a meal planner
Create a shopping list
Invest in a kitchen blackboard
Go Shopping
Plan a batch cooking day
Experiment with easy to make
recipes
Increase your intake of detoxing
foods and juices

7. What to Avoid?
If I were you, I would ditch the
following:
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Wheat, cows milk and soy
GM and Processed foods
Sugar
Table salt
Caffeine
Man-made fats

8. Numbers, Additives and Preservatives
Some people have reactions to these numbers…
Artificial Colours
102, 103, 104, 110, 120, 122-129, 131,
132, 133, 140, 142, 143, 150, 151, 155,
160b (annatto), 162, 164
Vegetable Gums and Thickeners
Carrageenan 407, Guar Gum 412
Methylcellulose 461, 464, 465, 466,
Xanthan Gum 415
Preservatives
Sorbates 200-203
Benzoates 210-213
Sulphites 220-228
Nitrates, nitrites 249-252
Food Acids 260-264, 270
Propionates 280-283
Flavour Enhancers
Glutamates, MSG 620-625
Disodium guanylate 627
Disodium inosinate 631
Ribonucleotides 635
Hydrolysed Vegetable
Protein (HVP)
Antioxidants
Gallates 310-312
TBHQ, BHA, BHT 319-321
All Artificial Flavours

9. The Lowdown on Labels
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When did you ever see a
food label pasted on the side
of a banana, apple, broccoli,
zucchini or any other fresh
fruit or vegetable?
Look at all those artificial
ingredients on the left, eewk!
Its enough to give you a heart
attack just looking at them!
Decode food labels
Read from the ingredients list
Rule out artificial sweeteners

10. Superstar Super foods
Spinach
Salmon
Broccoli
Garlic
Kale

11. Shopping List
Use organic ingredients where possible…
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Vegetables
Grass fed meats
Good fats
Seafood
Nuts and nut butters
Eggs
Gluten free flours
Low fructose fruits
Herbal teas
Herbs and spices
A full shopping list is available on the
website www.superchargedfood.com

12. Top Tips to Supercharge Your Life
• Don’t restrict yourself it only creates
cravings
• Get some sunshine and vitamin D
• Implement changes slowly
• Make breakfast the most powerful
meal of the day
• Remember to slow down and allow
yourself time to rest
• Take care of your emotional health
• Enjoy yourself

13. Questions
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