I no longer drink alcohol- I had gradually cut down over the years and then stopped completely about 3 years ago, it has been a revelation to see how much better I feel. Even one glass used to leave me feeling sluggish and ill tempered the next day, my sleep has improved and my energy is higher now in my 60’s than is was in my 30’s. Lots of my friends have subsequently stopped drinking too, instead we have fizzy water or the occasional glass of Kombucha

@gailtester8749

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Your story is my story, including our age. I will never go back to alcohol.💝

@carolcox9443

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@@gailtester8749 same😊

@sonia15702

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During covid and the lockdown and even before due to serious post trauma stress, I began drinking a LOT. I also struggle with anxiety and depression. I found it a mechanism to then tune out as one would say. I've gained 25kg !!! And I hate myself for it. I'm working with a therapist to get it out of my life, but also dealing with root issues

@davidst2668

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@@sonia15702 keep up working on healthy things you enjoy, that helps to faster forget the rubbish of drinking alckohol.

@mayailusion5274

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Good 👍, being a vegan off about your age (56) , I definitely agree that you’re gut plays a definitely big part in the way you behave and think. The minimal life is a way too experience that less is more… , but it’s a path that one usually takes when they’re are no other options available at the moment. Being is the recognition that you don’t become but that you are..it .

Could you do a video on what you eat in a day as well as a typical grocery run for your family?

@marysusa6985

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Was just about to type a similar message. So, ditto!

@bluerivercountry

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Me too… that would be lovely 😊

@Hey_nat

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I'd love this too

@sharonstanley259

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And me! Especially snack foods🤗

@sewretroruby1391

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I agree. Great idea.

Is it just me or does anyone believe that we would all holistically benefit from a Connie's Concoction cookbook (incorporating all the wonderful recipes that have been shared by Connie)? Connie, you are certainly hands down (in a yoga pose, of course:) one of the very best mentors on the virtual web that cares about caring for ourselves and our loved ones holistically. Thank you for being an excellent ambassador of caring for ourselves from the within. With much gratitude!

@carlashreeve445

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Yes! Agreed!

@trinitadecamp4763

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I’d like a cookbook by her. I’m now eating avocado toast because of one of her videos.

@marlooostmeyer2778

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I couldn't agree more, love Connies videos and the simple approach to living a healthy and simple life!!!

@sarahdelozier4054

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Absolutely a great idea for a cookbook by Connie!! Everything looks so wonderful made by her.

@amberlydavis9853

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I definitely would benefit from it

We cut our sugar down to no more than 30 mg a day and sodium 1500 a day. It has made a difference. We also cut out soft drinks and going out to eat, rather it be nice resturants or fast food. We both feel more energized and healthy !!! I've lost 48 lbs and my husband 39 lbs. I also dropped 5 pant sizes and my husband 4 !!

@decorDD

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Wow that's amazing ! Well done to both of you

@ConnieRiet

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That's fantastic! Way to go you guys!

@HeartFeltGesture

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Dont cut down sodium, in fact, increase it, your body needs it as an important electrolyte for energy. Instead, increase your potassium with a supplement, everybody is potassium deficient (you need 4.5 grams per day, normal diet falls far short) which then leads to sodium issues. Potassium Bicarbonate is best. When our potassium levels are at an optimum, you can tolerate far more sodium and benefit from the increase. There is a thing called the sodium / potassium pump if you want to research it.

Thank you Connie! This will help me push the reset button and start to eat better.

Agree to most of what you share on minimalism and healthy lifestyle! Thanks so much, Connie! Wish you’d share on what your week meals are… maybe 1 or 2 week meals you prep for…

I am in my '50s and was recently diagnosed wih rheumatoid arhritis. I have always eaten whatever I wanted and now realize that I want to cut out many foods, especially sugar. I am trying to eat more fresh fruits, veggies and fish. It is hard but I think it will help me feel much better. Thank you for posting this video.

Nice to see someone else doing the "walk through" the super market, and basically rejecting almost everything but produce. Makes me feel not so alone!

This video, like all of yours, is so wonderful and helpful! Your voice is so calming. ❤️ With gratitude…

I can relate to this video. Our body speak to us on a daily basis by what we put into it. It's up to us to pay more than the usual attention when it reacts to certain foods.😊🙋🏾‍♀️

Hey Connie I just started watching your videos and subscribed , I’m 63 and just let my hair go gray cause of loosing a lot of hair with coloring it I’m also trying to cut out as much meat as possible I try to eat a few vegan meals a week but my weakness is sugar so really inspired me to try to eat better you have such a calming way of speaking that it just makes me want to watch all your videos thank you so much for sharing all this great info .

Connie thank you so much for this. When my teens arrive home for school today, I’m going to have them watch this to inspire them to have better food choices. You have been in your best colors lately! May I please ask what size your rust shirt is? Thank you, your videos add so much to my life.

Connie you are such an inspiring teacher with your gentle practical approach. 💝

Connie, your gentle, but powerfully positive example continues to challenge and inspire me. Thank you...so very much!

@ConnieRiet

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Thank you so much! I'm glad you like the videos.

I really enjoy the simplicity of your videos! So happy to find your channel!!

Very interesting video thank you Connie 🐾🦋

Connie, I am always so grateful for what you share on your channel. You are such an inspiration to others. Thank you for all that you put into sharing with us. And also, agree wholeheartedly with the below comment, would love to see you write a book with recipes and all of your other simple living tips!!!

@ConnieRiet

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Oh WOW! A book? Thank you for your compliment and faith in my abilities. I'm very flattered😊

Excellent! Losing weight has been an on going battle for me. I lose a few, gain a few. But here recently, we are coping with COVID and I have lost some weight. My taste and smell have been affected and so my portions have decreased. ALSO, I am trying to eat my way back to health, so I have really focused on fruits and veggies. Love your info packed vidoes!

Hi another that has just found you. I find you so easy to listen to and inspirational for me to achieve a better lifestyle that I know I can if I just apply myself. It’s a stressful time for me at the moment but once I am settled in a new place I will be following your suggestions. Thank you Connie and a big warm hug from Australia.

@ConnieRiet

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Welcome aboard! Have fun settling into your new home.

Thanks for sharing this awesome video

Amo assistir seus videos. Que energia boa. Que paz!!!! ahhh e seu corte de cabelo é um charme!

Connie, I’ve been watching for a while and feel very inspired by you. Not sure of your age, but I’m 58 and feel somewhat close in interests to you. I love travel, do more running than yoga but still enjoy it, am working towards more plant based eating and sustainable lifestyle in both home and clothing. Love your style! I’m also not coloring my hair, keep it short and wear silver jewelry (always have), so you inspire me. I just wanted to tell you that the shade of orange shirt and your hair and makeup in this video all made you “glow.” So it was perfect for illustrating how eating simple, unprocessed and living healthy can reflect in your appearance.

Thank you🙂

Would love a what I eat in a day video! Also a grocery haul!

I really enjoyed this video 🤗

Just loved your vid, comforted me

Great information. Thank you

Inspirational! I'm also a fish-eater - no meat at all. However, you gave me food for thought on other things I should cut out/replace. Thank you!

This is a super video! Thank you, Connie!❤️😊

I find you soothing and helpful. Thanks so much.

Great video! I would love it if you could share the recipes for home made dressings

Changing how we eat in America can be very overwhelming at first. But once you do you feel So AMAZING!!! You never want to go back to all those processed food again!

@ConnieRiet

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I completely agree!

Thanks again for the video. I am enjoying watching.

Thanks Connie, you look so fresh, such a wonderful skin also, your lifestyle is really an inspiration.

Good morning Connie. It all looks so delicious. Just like you, I enjoy starting everyday with a nice healthy salad.

Was waiting for ur video.So useful as always. Love from kerala,india

Thank you I got so many tips ❤

Excellent video!

You are so radiant! Thank you

@ConnieRiet

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Wow, thank you!

I like your videos because they’re very good reminders of healthy diet. Sometimes I find myself not caring so much about what I eat, and feeling lazy to cook. I love ketchup and over flavored seasonings, which have kept me from natural flavors of ingredients. 😅. I’ll have to try your dressing recipe. It looks healthy and simple to make. 👍

Connie, just listening to you talk about changing your diet and seeing how well and healthy you look is enough to make me want yo change my diet for the better 😊

I truly resonate with all that you shared in this video; thank you for sharing:)

When I hit menopause I really had to up my game on being healthy. For me what I ate definitely effected how I felt. Being a Holistic Master Esthetician for almost 4 decades I began to see that what people ate and what they put on their body or skin effected them in very adverse ways. I would see overly aged skin, dull skin and It made me realize even more that what I put in my body mattered. At almost 57 I intermittently fast and I eat plant based and I feel the best I ever have. I have told you it teach beauty and aging naturally or holistically ( no injectable’s no procedures and no hair dye or layers of foundation and concealer for example) we simply don’t realize what we put in and on our body does get into our bloodstream and does affect us in so many ways. Loved this. Blessings everyone 🙌🏻🍑🧡Lisa

@rrichardson53

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I am a vegan and discovered IF last year. It works for me physically and mentally

@rrichardson53

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I gave up alcohol a couple years ago. I was a light drinker so don’t miss it at all and my liver is much happier

@PeachesSkinCare

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@@rrichardson53 yes! Perfectly said. Have a lovely day R🙌🏻🍑🧡Lisa

@PeachesSkinCare

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@@rrichardson53 I have a glass of champs once and awhile. I agree my body is better without it 🙌🏻🍑🧡

@hoosierbaddy3052

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@@PeachesSkinCare thanks for your share. You’ll sound even more brilliant if you learn the difference between affect and effect. Super easy. Affect is a verb. Effect is a noun. The results of actions produces effects As in, my airspace is affected by global emissions. The effects from inhaling carbon monoxide daily are difficulties breathing and shortened lifespan bc of sucking bad air. Make sense now? ✌

I can so relate to this! I do not eat meat at all (as well as very little if any dairy and occasionally an egg). Like you, my family does eat meat. It can make things very chaotic in the kitchen sometimes. My husband and I recently started putting together a lot of slow cooker meals so that he and our kids have their meals pretty much ready by 5pm every day. That leaves me only to think about. I do a lot of bigger batch cooking, not even on purpose, just that most recipes are not made for 1 person only. I then either freeze half or just eat the same thing for a few days in a row. I would be so interested to find out how you and your family handle this issue, in regards to your eating differently than they do.

I looked you up alongside the rest of the cast of Troll 2, just to see where everyone was CURRENTLY? cause to be perfectly honest, I just figured most of them, including yourself would have been hiding in the darkest corners of the earth to get away from it all, but I am pleasantly surprised to see just what a great life, SCRATCH THAT, what a BETTER life you're living than most! I showed up for one reason, subscribed for everything else! You're AWESOME!

I make the same dressing! - I turned to this because I know seed oil is very processed and causes inflammation and is in almost all salad dressings at the grocery store. My husband "the condiment king" loves my dressing!! So happy!

Love love this video I'm a mother of 5 . On a new health journey I have 2 auto immune diseases and need to cut out alot !

@ConnieRiet

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You sound very much like I did. You can do this. You and your sweet babies deserve a healthy, happy Mom.

Always such good and reasonable advice and tips. very rarely if ever do I eat fast food anymore. Even when we go to a bar b que at someones home; and I eat the chips and dips, burgers with bun; I feel terrible the next day. I agree with one of your followers that a cookbook with your healthy eating recipes would be great.

@ConnieRiet

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You are very kind!

Thanks for uploading, very interesting video. I am 98% vegan and 2% vegetarian, and have been so for 3 years. After cutting out meat, my gut was so much better no more bloating or heavy feeling after a meal. Very interesting about all the additive’s in food, will definitely be looking at food labels next time I’m out shopping.

@annjames1837

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It's weird how people react differently to foods. Once I eliminated grains, my gut issue completely went away!

I LOVE your videos so much ! I'm from Australia! And a new subscriber! I also hate red meats and other meats due to animal cruelty. But I need fish due to vitamins, etc. Living here we have a abundance of fresh seafood I just love it bbq etc. I am struggling to be free of alcohol due to PTSD, anxiety, depression, and working with a therapist. I gained a LOT of weight from wine. . I don't like bought cereal except oats and prefer eggs with veggies like tomato and spinach for breakfast. I love nothing more than fresh healthy fruit ! Strawberries are in season here right now (winter is ending) with some plain greek yoghurt. Yum !

Yes please make a video on what you eat in a day and also some simple and healthy recipes for everyday meals.Thank you for all your so interesting videos simple and well explained .l hate those who talked a lot but no meaning.

Connie! I just discovered your videos and am obsessed! Thank you for sharing your content. Can you please share some healthy recipes with us?

@ConnieRiet

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I must have read your mind! In case you missed it here is the link to healthy, easy recipes kzread.info/dash/bejne/oZtkmJqHhtHbmpM.html

Excellent video I really enjoy watching your videos daily and I share them with my loved ones 🙋‍♀️🥳

Great video! Thank you for sharing. Like many other viewers, I would love to see your typical day of eating.

@ConnieRiet

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Great video idea!

Thank you. It is amazing how we crave healthy foods after over season travel☺️😋

Thank you for your video on how you have eliminated some foods from your diet and how that has improved your health and well-being. It is curious that the ideia of everyone being different (there is not a standard diet that fits everyone) and that the processed foods should be avoided at all costs is also what has been advocated by Prof. Tim Spector (UK) who has been scientifically studying nutrition for some years and whose work I have recently discovered. Much love to you from a new subscriber from Portugal

@ConnieRiet

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I'll look into Tim Spector. Thanks for the tip!

Can you please please do a couple videos on how you season/prepare condiments and even other foods or meals? Thank you 🥰🥰

Love this!! You said you don't eat red or white meat and fish only a couple of times a month. Could you do a session on what you eat instead. I have been trying to stop eating red meat and am having difficult finding substitutes. Thanks

@will5430

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agreed! we're all interested!

I really like watching your blogs actually I have a book abt Minimalism that I’ve been reading and found myself to change my life style physically mentally and emotionally, 2023 il try to change my food what I eat , thanks for sharing I really admire and appreciate it .. God Bless 🙏❤️🌹

Could you please share the recipes you spoke about for sauces, dips, etc.? Also, how do you handle the situation with others in your family eating meat? Do you cook different meals for them ? Thank you! Great video.

@john3-16.

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I'm wondering as well.

@trinitadecamp4763

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Thanks for asking this! I was wondering those same things.

@user-yv9cs6bs4u

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Yeah I want those recipes too.

Hi Conny, thank you for the video! My own diet has been vegetarian for over 12 years now (also no fish, I simply don't like it). Almost 10 years ago I also decided to skip dairy for the most part (I do eat some cheese and occasionally an egg). Especially dropping the milk has been extremely beneficial for me. I used to have severe stomach pain from drinking milk and eating cream and it turned out I grew intolerant over the years even though as a Dutch person I was raised with loads of milk:). So I am mostly Whole Foods plant based and also as you almost never eat junk food, artificial stuff etc. I feel good! If you ever consider going vegan or more plantbased I can recommend the very interesting book bij Simon Hill The Proof is in the plants.

@marionlacey1074

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Like you Simini I gave up all meat (and like you I never could stand the smell of fish, let alone eat it) 13 years ago because of my love for all animals. I then became vegan (whole food plant based) for 4 years but now identify as vegetarian because I could not bear the taste of "fake vegan cheese" and now occasionally have real cheese in my diet but no eggs unless mixed in a recipe. I use Naturli vegan spread on my bread. I found I also lost way too much weight by cutting out all added fats when WFPB, which included no extra virgin olive oils. I now happily eat and love olive oil. I don't drink milk but have soy or almond milk on my cereal, and always barista soy in my coffee. Perhaps we should look upon our bodies as a temple and worship them with what. goes into them.

@simini1837

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@@marionlacey1074 interesting Marion! I eat olive oil as well

@woodysmum1906

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I eat in exactly the same way! I did go completely vegan for a time, but just like you ‘fake cheese’ just didn’t cut it. I now eat just a little cheese occasionally, and the occasional egg. I have cut down on sugar too, and use just a little maple syrup or coconut sugar if I need to sweeten anything. Everything else tastes amazing since I’ve cut right down on my sugar intake. I also avoid processed food , I can’t stand things like ‘pretend meat’ products I would much rather just eat food that looks like it’s original self as much as possible. My energy and general health has improved hugely!

@simini1837

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@@woodysmum1906 yes it's great isn't it?!

@Michelle_Emm

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My sister has been been vegetarian since she was 5 years old, she's 66 now and is in amazing health. She spends 6 months of every year hiking with all her belongings in her backpack.

Very interesting information 😊

I love Connie

Love your video Connie...I have lost 18lbs by eating natural foods and drinking mostly water...and milky coffees...and walking lotsxxx thanking youxxx

@ConnieRiet

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That's Amazing!! Get it girl!

@marissaclaridge7627

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@@ConnieRiet thanks Connie...love your videos...they are so positive and calming tooxxx

I've given up cereal for steel cut oatmeal with fruit and nuts every morning. I like the avacado with egg, I'm going to try that for sure. I also quit alcohol and we cook mostly at home now. It all makes a difference, 66 and feeling great.

Great reminder👍❤️ I am in plant base diet (I definitely feel better)

I just found you really enjoy your channel. The content is very helpful. I have been looking for information like this. Is there somewhere to get your recipes? I have some auto immune issues also. Thank you 😊

I always enjoy your calm podcasts. You look great… I don’t eat meat but do eat fish and never milk. Your choc pud looked great…can you tell us what was in it please? Thank you, Fin from chilly Uk!

❤ the channel. I gave up soda back in 2018 🎉. Just the thought of drinking one now just grosses me out. I decided to give up ALL meat back in 2020, wow what a difference. But here lately I have had some type of meat and I feel so yucky afterwards. Any kind of dairy is a no no for me(lactose intolerant). I’m still in a process of what to eat, what taste good, what doesn’t. I’m going to try to go back to basic whole foods for 2023. 🤞🏻

As a diabetic , it's hard to eat right .I also watch salt. Have to quit prossessed food. Make my own soups.

That shirt color looks so good on you. Great video

Could you please share the recipe for the salad dressing you make? Thanks!

You look so naturally healthy and beautiful- proof that what you do works!

After I became vegan so many things changed in my body and mind. And I stopped eating processed foods to.

Good.

CONNIE YOU LOOK FABULOUS I ALWAYS SAID TO MYSELF MODERATION IS THE MINDSET FOR ME ESPECIALLY WHEN THE HOLIDAYS IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER LOL

Dear Connie, thank you so much for your great work to influence poeple for simply and healthy life. I life in Germany. We have the same problem with industrial produced food. Long time ago I decided I don't eat it and I eat seldem meat. I also had the feeling, my body didn't like it. I ask me why and found the answer at Peter J. D'Adamo an American naturopath. He wrote a book "The blood group diet". It is an alternative medical concept based on his theory. He assumed that people with different blood groups tolerated foods differently due to "evolutionary reasons". Warm greetings

I wish you showed more of what you do eat and not what you stopped eating. Thank you for allowing us the information on the changes you made though.

Hi Connie, I just want to tell you that I love watching your channel! You have changed my life! You mentioned that you make your own barbecue sauce and your own sandwich spread. Can you do a video on how you make these two items. I am going to try your salad dressing that you made in this video.

@ConnieRiet

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Wow, thank you! Thanks for the video idea on sauces and dips.

Can you post how you make your dressing? It looks delicious and would love to try it. I wasn't sure what seasonings you used or what kind of vinegar.

I went pescatarian about 13 years ago. That is exactly how I described it to my husband, I just didn’t feel as heavy or weighed down. A year later I went vegan. I was the only one in my family. My husband went vegan the following month and we have never looked back. I would say 9/10 meals my family eats what we eat by, by choice, because our vegan food just tastes better than the processed stuff.

@ConnieRiet

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Thanks for sharing!!

I can't imagine leaving beautiful North Carolina for Utah. The values are so different!

1. Eliminating Fast Foods 2. Eliminating Overly Processed Foods 3. Eliminating Sugary Drinks 4. Eliminating Condiments (Sauces, dips, and dressings) 5. Red and White Meats

I would love to know your salad dressing recipe. Thank you! ❤️

@ConnieRiet

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I kind of eyeball it. It is roughly 1/3 cup olive oil 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar 1 teaspoon mustard pepper and herbs de province.

None of us feel full after fast food. They have food engineers (I'm serious) who chemically engineer them to block our satiety hormone and trigger our hunger hormone. (leptin-ghrelin). Something else you may already know re extra energy not eating meat. Digestion uses a lot of our energy, and meat takes the longest to digest. Another great video, thanks

I too was just diagnosed with an autoimmune disease, and I'm curious to know what kind of disease you had and how you cured it!

Hi Connie! Thank you for sharing your journey. I too use that exact salad dressing recipe. It's so yummy! Please share any other sauce recipes you have such as BBQ. Also, how do you get your protein intake? I'm presuming lentils, beans etc but hate to presume. I don't consume enough protein myself (not a big red meat eater and zero pork). Any help appreciated! Thanks for all you do !

@ConnieRiet

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Hi Lisa, Great question. For protein I eat beans, lentils, fish, leafy greens, nuts and seeds.

@lisabay7764

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@@ConnieRiet thank you for responding! It appears many of us would love a cookbook/recipe Ebook from you as well. Just food for thought😉 ✨️🕉

This sounds just like my symptoms when I eat processed foods I react so quickly to them.

We always make this salad dressing here in France 😉

I recently found you and am enjoying your videos very much. May I ask, was that whipped topping you added to the dip for the apples? I replayed and replayed the video, but I couldn’t make out for sure if it was whipped topping or something else. When you show making recipes on your videos, please tell exactly what it is you’re using. Thank you so much.

@janetpierson633

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To me it looked like greek yogurt, peanut butter, honey and cinnamon

@lindadavis5904

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@@janetpierson633 - Thank you Janet.

Hello from Sydney Australia! Connie, I feel revolting when I walk past the butcher. I literally feel nauseated ! I prefer fish a few times a week like good omega 3 salmon etc. What do you eat the rest of the time ? I love a good salad esp in our summer heat it is so humid ! Our summers go from Christmas to past Valentine's Day and are sticky and full humidity ! Many people can't afford air conditioning. So, I'm trying to kick a whole lot of weight gained through covid and before, so I want to focus on fresh healthy foods less carbs, and less alcohol.

@suzettecooper382

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Hi Sonia, I'm from Central west nsw. I'm 65 and gained weight from stress eating. I eliminated most free sugars from my diet and easily lost weight. I've been vegetarian for 51 years, eat organic free range eggs, Tofu, seeds, nuts and occasionally vegie sausages. My diet is rich with various fruits and salads without any dressing. I feel very well and exercise daily which includes walking, yoga and weights. Find your happy medium, enjoy nature and be grateful for the good things in your life. Above all try to be happy.

I work in a nursing home and have noticed most people in their 90s and above have something in common, they eat out only rarely. I can tell your eyes are clear and white teeth looking very healthy.

Interesting video, do you have a video on what you do eat? Especially dinner meals other than your salmon meals.

@ConnieRiet

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Hi Teresa! Here are a few video links How I eat healthy kzread.info/dash/bejne/qn6Ysceye7e4crg.html Meal prep ideas. kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZnV6k9GsoNKdnc4.html Quick healthy breakfast ideas. kzread.info/dash/bejne/nqCAqcqeY5adfNo.html Enjoy!

Connie , just found your channel , love lt . where did you get the lunch bag you use for taking food along. It was on another vedio . zipped around with lots of colorful flowers . thank you .

Always enjoy your videos. Out of curiosity, what is your blood type? This would be helpful for me and my health journey and understanding the individuality of it.

@annjames1837

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There is a great book called Eat Right for Your Blood Type..It is spot on!! I'm O positive and can't tolerate grains and dairy but feel better eating meat and certain veggies..

I eat only things fresh from my garden. That includes not just vegetables, but bugs, worms and spiders. I had a tossed green salad the other day with diced earthworms. Delicious! And I feel Great.

We avoid a large amount of items with refined sugar; there is much information linking it to cancers...

9:35 definetly. It is up to each individual. For instance, alcohol has been proved by many scientific researchers to be absolutely poison.

Do you happen to have any meal plans of any of the foods you do eat??

Would you write a book on your wonderful life style… food, simplicity and calm etc.