 What's up gang? Welcome back to my channel if you've been here before and if not, welcome. There are videos on this channel that can help heal more than 90% of any health, wellness, or body image challenge. Now, I have a reputation in the industry and in my local community for being able to help anybody lose weight no matter what, even if they've tried everything before, and I want to share about how I go about doing that with you. One thing that I went on to specialize in in my schooling was the gut. Gut health is everything. The gut is the powerhouse of all processes in your body. Definitely more than 90% of any challenge that I have seen in someone is relating to their gut health on some level. So the majority of what I do with people is clean up their gut in a way that gets their gut working for them to make things like weight loss, clearing up your skin, all of that way more effortless than they would have thought otherwise. I don't know if many of you have heard about Candida, but Candida is a yeast that grows in our guts. We all have a healthy level of Candida in our guts. However, more than 85% to 90% of anybody in North America above the age of 10, which is pretty scary, has an overgrowth of Candida in the gut. There are ways of finding this out. You can get tests done, you can do a spit test at home, but to save time in this video, I'm just going to carry on. If you would like more information on that, please comment below and I can make a whole video on just that. What are the symptoms of Candida? How would you know symptom-wise? Well, it's a little tough to discover symptom-wise because everything, and I'm being facetious there, but water retention, bloating, IBS, PMS even, mood issues and challenges, skin problems like psoriasis and eczema. Both of those directly stem from the gut, and those are always treated topically by the doctor, right? When really, if we cleaned up the Candida in the gut and any small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, that would be completely eliminated from the body. Things like toenail fungus, jock itch, acne, so many different things, and especially stubborn weight that is very difficult to lose. Now another thing is I have looked, I have scoured the internet for any proper gut cleanse, gut reset. You shouldn't need a single product. Yes, there are some products that can help, but you really don't need any product. So if there's some company touting a miracle product that's going to work for you, I wouldn't really put my eggs into that basket. What you need to follow is a proper gut reset diet. Not only does this diet help you clear up Candida, but it will also help to balance out your blood sugars. It's a complete, proper sugar detox. I haven't seen one of those really anywhere either that's done correctly, that is. It will balance out cholesterol. It's the exact same diet that I use to help people overcome type 2 diabetes and many more challenges in the body. Not sure how this is possible, but your cholesterol is 120, which is the lowest I've ever seen. What's cholesterol? High cholesterol. High cholesterol and in-balance blood pressure are both two signs that there's something wrong going on in the body. Those are red-fledged warning signals that the body throws up to say something's wrong. So what do we do? Of course, we go to the doctor and get medication to help balance out cholesterol, balance out the blood pressure, and what happens, the problem at hand is still going on inside the body, except now we have no way of knowing because the symptoms are gone. Symptoms are there to help us. And trying to heal a symptom is not going to heal the root problem that is causing these symptoms. So my job as a holistic health practitioner is to be an expert in how the entire body works together as one whole interconnected unit. All functioning as one engine with all of the various components affecting every other piece of the body. So now that I've likely bored you with all of that info, please let me show you one of the recipes that is highly unknown out there. It's not conventional, but it is part of my autoimmune protocol diet. Again, not the same thing as the Candida diet or a diet for small intestinal bacterial overgrowth. I'm just showing you one that is good for Candida, good to balance out blood sugar. It's a sugar detox recipe and it will also help anybody if they make it a regular part of their diet to keep the blood sugar a little bit more balanced. Yes, everything else that you eat does matter, but this is just one of those really neat diet that will help any autoimmune disease and Candida overgrowth and help anybody lose weight even if they don't have those two problems. So let's get started. It is called butternut squash note meal. I am a huge lover of grains. I'm a huge lover of oatmeal. Grains are not that good for us. Yes, oats and some grains can be healthy if they are whole grains. If you soak them overnight first, if you want more information about soaking grains, please comment below. But for the sake of trying to keep this video short and sweet, let's get into making this butternut squash note meal. I have listed all ingredients below and I will do a voiceover through the video to help you make it. Cut the ends off and peel the squash. Get a peeler like this one from Amazon or Walmart Revolutionary. Then obviously you're going to want to cut it into halves. Scoop out the seeds and then after you're done discarding those seeds, cut it into small bite size chunks. I bought a strainer to fit inside my Instant Pot, but you want something in there to hold the squash. Add one cup of water into the Instant Pot and then put all of your squash chunks on top of that strainer. Try to also level them out so that they're not all piled on top of each other as they'll cook much more quickly and more evenly this way. Then the lid goes on. Seal the lid closed and take the toggle on the top into the sealed position. You're going to then set it on manual for eight minutes. Okay, in the ingredients I use nutmeg, cinnamon, cumin, fat burner, natural health boss. We've got some walnuts, some pumpkin seeds, equal parts, healthy fat and protein, mixed berries, unsweetened, 100% cacao chips, and coconut plus almond butter, some chia seeds, some shredded coconut, and some stevia for sweetness. Oh yeah, and some hemp hearts too. Tons of protein and omegas in those. That was pretty quick, but just in case you didn't catch it, when the Instant Pot beeps, you then set a timer for 10 minutes, let it release naturally, and then help it along by releasing this steam valve and mash it up in a bowl. I almost wish this was a fancier process just to make it seem a little more intricate, but simple as the name of the game right and what we actually all want. So once you've mashed it all up, add in your spices and your stevia first. I also add in the almond butter while it's really hot and stirred about with the almond butter. It gives it a thicker, more oatmeal-ish consistency. It also helps along the flavor quite a bit. When you're done that, add in the nuts and seeds, mix-ins, your chips, your coconut flakes, all of those things, and then finally top it with the berries. And if anyone's curious, yes, it took me a little while to get used to this, about three days actually, and I kept changing the recipe and adding different things until it reached the exact way that I was hoping that it would taste. So that's it. We're all done. I know it doesn't look too, too appetizing, but I can tell you with enough stevia, stevia, come at me if you want on the pronunciation because I'm still unclear on how to pronounce that. But anyway, if you use enough of that, make it sweet. It's a little less Thanksgiving dinner smushed into breakfast and a little bit more oatmeal-esque. You can add any toppings you like. I just picked the ones that I prefer and that I find to be the most healthiest for various reasons. Anyway, if you thought this video was helpful, informative, or entertaining at all, please give it a thumbs up down there as that really does help support my channel and help it to grow. The best support in the entire universe for us YouTubers is if you subscribe. Subscribing is so, so meaningful to us. It really is where all of the support does come from, and I am eternally grateful to any and all subscribers. 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