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Hypnosis to Break an Addiction to Processed Foods · The Hypnotist

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Welcome to The Hypnotist, the show that gives you inside
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issues. Brought to you by the
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hypnotherapist, demanded by celebrities, CEOs and even
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Hi, it's Adam here, and you're about to listen to a weight loss
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hypnosis session created for a client that had an addiction to
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processed foods. Now here's the interesting thing
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about processed foods is that actually biochemically, they act
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more like a. Drug than they do a food.
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And that's partly because of the ingredients.
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You've got certain very addictive ingredients in
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processed foods, so the flavorings tend to be very
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strong and noticeable, and that gets linked to things that quite
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often have a high glycemic index, so it gives you lots of
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energy. Very.
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Very quickly. So things that typically are
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high glycemic, things like sugar, but also things like
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flour, for example, things in biscuits and bread.
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And because the body has evolved to seek out very efficient
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sources of energy, that becomes something that is desired at a
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biological level, and that's why it acts more like an addiction.
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And if you wanted to test whether or not processed foods
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act more like an addiction, one of the clues to an addiction is
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getting withdrawals. When you stop.
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So if you have a lot of sugar or a lot of refined carbohydrates
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and you just stop that for a few days, don't be surprised if
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you're tired, cranky, grumpy, and you have those kind of
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intense kind of cravings, you know, and that element is part
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of the withdrawal process. It's actually a sign that you're
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doing something really positive because if you knew someone that
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was addicted to a very hard drug and they said, right, I'm going
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to stop doing it, you might say, well, you know, if you start
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getting withdrawals, that's part of the process of being free.
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And you'd be absolutely right. And if that's true for a hard
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drug, that's also true for these processed foods.
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So this hypnosis session uses some addiction hypnotherapy that
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normally I would be working with people that are addicted to
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nicotine or alcohol or marijuana or other things like cocaine,
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for example. Some of those techniques and
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modalities are actually used in this session about processed
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foods. And here's the interesting
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thing. If you were to look at the data
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from pretty much any major Health Organization in any
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developed nation, what you'd find is that more people die of
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lifestyle diseases, so things like heart attacks and strokes
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and things like type 2 diabetes than they actually do of drug
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related deaths. So actually, you could say that
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processed foods, in terms of the actual impact on human life, are
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actually more dangerous to some extent.
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And that's partly because they're culturally accepted.
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There is this kind of perception of where you just choose to eat
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that food. There isn't really a discussion
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about how addictive some of these foods are.
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And by the way, the food and drink companies absolutely know
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how addictive these ingredients are because they know that if
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they can have cheap ingredients that are.
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Addictive. Then they have a long term
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customer that's it's in their financial interests to do that.
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So there is lots of things going on in this particular hypnosis
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session, but it's designed to be to enable you to break free from
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an addiction to processed foods. So if you like that idea, then
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you'll get a lot of value from this particular session.
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There is actually a download that I have, which is a weight
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loss hypnosis download, actually a selection of weight loss
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hypnosis downloads completely free.
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So if you like this kind of stuff and you want a bit more
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like it, but without the intro and the outro and the
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explanation, click the link in the description and you'll get
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some free downloads all about weight loss just by doing that.
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For now though, find a quiet, comfortable place where you
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won't be disturbed. Relax and enjoy the session.
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Take a deep breath in, and as you breathe in, breathe in that
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slow, long feeling of relaxation.
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And as you exhale, give yourself permission to release, to
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release any feelings of stress, worry, or tension.
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That's it. Feeling like you're drifting to
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a place where you can relax to a whole new, deeper level.
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Eyelids feeling heavier, releasing any muscle tension in
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your jaw. That's it.
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Even your forehead starts to relax and notice your breathing
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get deeper all by itself. You don't need to force that
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deeper breath, just facilitate it.
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Allow it to happen, breathing in deeper not just from your chest,
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but all the way down into the diaphragm.
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And as you exhale, allow that outward breath to carry on a
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little bit longer, almost like you're blowing out a candle two
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or three metres away in front of you, emptying your lungs.
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And the deeper you breathe, the more relaxed you become.
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And the more relaxed you become, the deeper you breathe.
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A wonderful cycle of ever increasing levels of relaxation
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that's a deeper and deeper relaxed, a wonderful sense of
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drifting and allow your mind to take you to a wonderful place.
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And the difference between a memory and your imagination is
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subtle. Sometimes what you think is a
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memory is just your imagination recreating a moment as if it's
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happening again in the present. And I wonder if you could
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imagine a trail, Not a local trail, but a trail in a
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different land. Maybe your imagination can think
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of scenery like mountains, trees.
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Maybe you could imagine blue skies, the particular look of
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clouds, the feeling of a breeze. And I wonder if you could
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imagine what it would feel like to be hiking or walking from an
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elevated level high up so that you can see perhaps valleys,
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villages, or towns. I wonder if your imagination can
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almost feel what it would be like to be looking out over
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land. Feel a sense of peace and
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tranquility, a whole new level of calmness.
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That's it. Allow your body to shift into
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pure relaxation. There's nothing you need to do
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right now. Just allow your unconscious to
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listen. And as you listen, you may
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notice just how easy it becomes to allow my voice to go with you
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deeper, deeper inward into the part of you that wants real
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change. And there's a part of you that
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knows exactly what to do. I want you to unlock a feeling
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of pride from the changes that you've already made that have
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taken your life in wonderful, positive, healthy directions.
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Sometimes it's easier to continue a journey when you're
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already on that journey. If you've been hiking for days,
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it's easier to do day 5 or day six than day one.
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You are building on the foundations that you have
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already laid and there is a part of you deep within that already
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knows how to lose body fat, how to feel healthy, energized and
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in control. What if you were to think of
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ultra processed foods as more like a drug than a food?
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And not a drug like medication used to heal, but a recreational
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drug where the trade off is temporary pleasure for long term
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pain. I want you to think of how many
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people in the world die of drugs like heroin, cocaine, nicotine
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and alcohol and then start to think of how many people in the
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world die of obesity related issues.
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A diet of too much salt, sugar and refined carbohydrates.
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Millions of people dying every year from heart disease and
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strokes, diabetes and cancers caused by a diet of ultra high
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processed foods. What if the real drug epidemic
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isn't the drug we think of? What if it's a different drug,
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the drug of processed foods? But you already know this, that
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some foods aren't really food at all.
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They are manufactured substances engineered by scientists in
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laboratories to hit the pleasure centres of a brain, just like a
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drug. Why would these food companies
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have so much sugar and salt in foods?
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Because they are cheap and they are addictive.
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And the consequence of that cheap, addictive thing is that
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millions of people die. Processed food is a dangerous
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drug, a profitable, dangerous drug.
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A drug that gives a dose of dopamine, a spike of sugar,
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Addictive. And you know it's addictive
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because you get withdrawals when you go without, just like you
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did with a different drug. But like any drug, the cost is
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high. Temporary pleasure at the
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expense of long term freedom, health and vitality.
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I want you to think of an image that comes to mind when you
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think of a drug addict. Do you see someone bursting with
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life, confidence and vitality? Or do you see someone?
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Someone that looks tired and withered and weak?
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What if these ultra high processed foods act like a
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parasite on your body's true needs?
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What if they hijack your hunger and trick your taste buds?
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Dull your intuition As you imagine yourself out there in
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nature, feel a connection with something bigger than you.
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Maybe it's the universe, and maybe it's your intuition, but I
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want you to feel that you are waking up.
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I want you to feel an epiphany that you are reclaiming control.
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I want you to get a sense that these ultra high processed
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foods, they've been luring you into a trap.
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If you can get a customer addicted, you have a customer
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for life. It's profitable to be an addict
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if you're the one selling the drug.
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But what if your epiphany is that all along, your unconscious
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wanted the real need behind that craving?
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You never wanted these foods. You were trained to become
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addicted to these processed foods.
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But you can be free. Any addict can be free.
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The truth can set you free. Just imagine that each time you
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see something in a wrapper or a packet or a can or a container,
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you become vigilant, perhaps even suspicious, a feeling that
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you don't want to play that game anymore because you know the
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real cost. Allow that epiphany to ripple to
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every cell in your body where what you crave now is real food,
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real nourishment. You crave authenticity.
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You will no longer tolerate the fabricated, synthesized
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substitutes of reality. You want the real thing, or
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nothing at all. I want you to imagine what it
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would feel like to crave reality, real food.
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Unlock that part of you that desires fresh.
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Real food that doesn't need colourings because they're
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already colourful doesn't need an artificial crunch because
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they already make that sound. Flavourings don't need to be
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added because they are bursting with real flavour.
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You don't need foods with artificial energy because the
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real energy comes from food powered by sunshine and
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rainwater. And these real foods aren't just
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nutrients. The truth Each real food
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contains information at a cellular level, teaching your
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body to make subtle changes that awaken new cells and new
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behaviours. I want you to get a sand.
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Then each and every time you have real food, you're training
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your brain and your body to become healthier and happier
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with a feeling of dopamine that comes from the freedom of
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breaking those addictions of the past.
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Every time you eat a proper meal made from real food, your body
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thanks you, your metabolism awakens, and the cravings for
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that synthetic substitute reduces because your needs are
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being met. I want you to think of your
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ancestors, 10s of thousands of years ago.
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There were no supermarkets, no cans, no packets.
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They ate real food. They would hunt, they would
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gather, they would forage, but they would prepare real meals.
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I want you to feel that you are awakening your ancestral desires
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within to have real food. Your ancestors didn't eat
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breakfast, they didn't need it. They broke their fast at
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lunchtime and you will desire to do the same.
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What if by eating 2 meals a day, everything got easier?
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Everything got simple. You eat when your body is ready
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and your body adapts to two meals a day.
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And outside of those two meals, your body is resting,
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recuperating and if it needs extra energy, it will take it
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from your body fat cells. Every time you feel a craving
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and then wait till the next meal time, you will imagine your
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belly fat converting into energy that your body uses.
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It feels good to live in a rhythm that supports your goals,
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but the echoes of cravings will come.
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But I want you to imagine your cravings like a chess game.
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Just imagine they make a move, a desire for something sweet or
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salty or processed. But that move is never random.
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You can decode the signal behind it.
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A request. Unleash the grandmaster within
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you. You don't need to fight the
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craving. No need for deprivation.
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You out manoeuvre it. You outplay it.
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What is this craving really about?
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Maybe it's a feeling or a taste. But what if you consider your
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counter move a way of training your brain to adapt, to, build
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or awaken powerful neural pathways that take your life in
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a wonderful healthy direction? Just imagine if you were to
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crave chocolate instead of having that processed chocolate
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with all of that fat and sugar. Imagine eating high quality high
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coca solids, dark chocolate rich in antioxidants and serotonin
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boosting compounds. Your body wants chocolate.
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Give it real chocolate. But what if it wants something
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savoury? A salty taste?
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No need to have those processed snacks.
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You could have real savoury foods, maybe healthy nuts or a
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savoury meal. There is.
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Sodium. Naturally, in certain foods like
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fish and celery and vegetables, I want you to get a sense that
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when your cravings make a move, you enjoy playing the game like
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an Aikido master. You use the cravings energy
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against itself. No need to fight it, you harness
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it. Imagine if you were craving
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carbs like crisps. Maybe it's the crunch or the
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flavour. You could immediately consider
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roasted vegetables, air fried sweet potatoes or a crisp salad.
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A high fibre, a whole food alternative moves and
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countermoves and each time you'll countermove elegantly
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outsmarts your opponent, you will feel that you're becoming
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healthier, happier and freer. A maestro, a master, the
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grandmaster of your emotions and your body.
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Each craving becomes an invitation to build a new
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healthy habit, to become more skillful in meeting your real
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needs. You don't need to resist or
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deprive cravings. You translate them, decode them
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and respond with a masterful countermove.
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You're no longer a grazer. You are an intentional eater.
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You prioritise meals over snacks, meals full of nutrients,
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real foods, pleasurable foods and that time in between
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enhances the pleasure you will get from those meals.
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Imagine not eating for a week and having one meal.
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Would you really choose processed food or would you
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choose something healthy and delicious?
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After a week of not eating, that would be the most delicious meal
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ever. Delay enhances the feeling of
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deliciousness that you get from that food and those desires to
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snack fade away. As the withdrawals wear off, it
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becomes easier and easier to just eat delicious meals and to
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allow your intuition to guide you as to the kind of food that
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you would enjoy most. Your body fat then becomes easy
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to burn. The turn your body fat cells
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into ketones, ketones into energy.
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When you train your body to burn fat, it can use your body fat
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cells as a bank account of energy, withdrawing deposits
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whenever it desires. Your hunger will go down, your
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cravings will go down, and you will get leaner and healthier
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and have more energy. You don't need to exercise all
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the time, but whenever you do walk or hike or even cycle, just
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know that you are burning even more body fat with every minute
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of activity. And I wonder if you can imagine
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yourself six months or a year from now, Six months or a year
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of eating real foods, real meals, and maybe you see
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yourself with a lean, healthy body that reminds you of a
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younger version of you. And I wonder how confident and
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proud and healthy that version of you would feel like.
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So just step into that future version of you, just for a
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moment, the test drive, this healthy version of you, just to
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know for sure it's a desirable place to get to.
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I need to imagine that you're back on that trail out there in
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nature, but feeling like an epiphany.
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An idea has taken root that you see everything now through this
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new lens, and you don't need a willpower to not eat an
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addictive, dangerous drug because you simply don't want
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it. You would much rather have real,
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authentic food powered by sunshine and rainwater.
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If it's real, you desire it. If it's processed, suddenly it
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just feels tainted, spoiled, undesirable in some way.
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But it's time to leave this place, return to the presence
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and take a deep breath in through your nose and out
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through your nose. Just wiggle your fingers and
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wiggle your toes. Start to connect and calibrate
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into the here and the now. That's it as I now count from
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1:00 to 10:00 to awaken you. You will awaken feeling
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resourceful, optimistic, motivated, with a new found
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sense of clarity as to what you truly desire.
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Starting to count 123 Waking up 456 More alert 7-8 Open your
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eyes, open your eyes. 910 Wide awake, wide awake, wide awake.
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