It’s truly amazing what we can do when we put our minds to it! If you would have told me a year ago that I would stop eating sugar, dairy and fried foods, I would have thought you were crazy! My addiction to French fries was off the charts. After all, they have been a part of my life for as long as I can remember, and I’m sure the same is probably true for you!
But my desire to be healthy was stronger than my addiction! When I learned that anything fried may cause cancer and that just heating oil can generate potentially carcinogenic compounds, it was enough to scare me into stopping the addiction!
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but it’s time we know the truth about the foods we’ve been eating for decades and that are robbing us of a life of vitality! I also learned that deep fried plants such as potatoes, can form acrylamide which causes inflammation and is associated endometrial, ovarian, lung, kidney and esophageal cancer.
I really can’t believe it, but it’s been a year since I’ve eaten French fries. This is so shocking to me because I use to eat Mc Donalds a couple times a week during my teen years! Once we heal from our addiction, it really does lose it’s power over us! I don’t even think about French fries any more, unless someone is eating them in front of me. Then of course I’m tempted, but my health is way more important to me than a few moments of pleasure.
I think this is where the rubber meets the road for all of us! It comes down to how bad do we want to be healthy, so we can be disease and pain free, have energy and enjoy life!
We truly are amazing human beings, we can do anything we make up our minds to do! The only thing stopping us is when we give into that addiction, temptation and subtle voice in our head that wants to destroy us!
All that to say, if I can do it, so can you!