Marianna Sacco

08/03/2024

Happy International Women’s Day! 💗💗🦾

03/03/2024

Not too long ago, a group of doctors and public health experts at Massachusetts General Hospital noticed something striking: Many of the patients who routinely showed up in the emergency room requiring the most medical services were also the patients who seemed to be the most nutritionally vulnerable.

They were patients with heart disease, type 2 diabetes, cancer, and other largely food-related chronic diseases. For hospitals and health insurers, these are among the highest-cost, highest-need patients. Working with a local nonprofit group called Community Services, the doctors decided to launch a study to see whether providing these patients with nutritious meals would have an impact on their healthcare outcomes.

The researchers recruited Medicaid and Medicare patients and split them into different groups. One group received regular deliveries of healthy meals that were made from scratch and designed by a registered dietitian: Each meal contained ingredients like locally caught seafood and locally grown Brussels sprouts, tomatoes, zucchini, fruit, and other fresh produce that nearby farms donated. Another group received nutritious meals, but they weren’t specifically tailored to their individual medical needs. The third group did not receive any of the nutritious meal deliveries.

What the study found in the ensuing weeks was astonishing. The two groups that had nutritious meals had fewer hospital visits, ultimately resulting in a 16 percent reduction in their healthcare costs. And that was after deducting meal expenses.

The average monthly medical costs for a patient in the nutrition group shrank to about $843—much lower than the roughly $1,413 in medical costs for each patient in the control group.

These types of groups recognize what our federal government sadly does not: To tackle the crisis, our national food policies must be aligned with our healthcare policies.

01/03/2024

“He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.”

– Arabian Proverb.

23/02/2024

Why is protein so important?
-Burns more fat
-Speedy recovery
-Causes weight loss
-Controls binge eating
-Reduced food cravings

20/02/2024

Know your labels! They can be very misleading.

The Non-GMO and Organic labels are two VERY different things. Please share this because most people don’t know the difference!

Organic food isn’t grown with synthetic pesticides, growth promoting drugs, and isn’t processed with neurotoxins like hexane… but “NON-GMO” products can be.

When I have a choice, I choose certified organic food for all these reasons and more!

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08/02/2024

08/02/2024

Up and at 'em. 👟 This is your friendly reminder to break away from work today for a 15-20 minute walk! Your body and brain will thank you.

08/02/2024

If it's made in a plant - limit or avoid it.

If it's made by a plant - embrace it abundantly.⁣⁣⁣⁣

To your best health.⁣⁣⁣⁣
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Bec 💚

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05/02/2024

⚠️REMINDER: The EASIEST and CHEAPEST nutrition and fitness there is - yet the most over looked... when you consider the human body is 60% water it's easy to see why it's so important for optimal health and performance - drink up! 💦... aim for 2-3 litres per day✔️⁣⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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05/02/2024

PROTEIN RICH🥕🥦🥬🥑⁣
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Humans need about 10% of calories from protein. Virtually all whole plant foods contain at least this amount, so if you consume enough volume and variety of whole plant foods, your protein requirement will easily be met.⁣
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Same applies to muscle building and athletes too, who are often thought to require larger amounts of protein to sustain muscle size and optimize performance. However, athletes have increased overall calorie requirements, so when they boost their intake of whole plant foods, they automatically meet their greater need for all of the macronutrients, including protein.⁣
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When it comes to protein, it is not about consuming as much as we can, but rather consuming the right amount. Whole plant foods, as provided in nature, offer the ideal amount of protein necessary for growth, maintenance, and functioning of metabolic processes.⁣
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💪🏼If you’re working hard at building lean muscle then there really is not even any need to supplement protein if you’re eating a truly well balanced whole food plant based diet with a high enough calorie count. ⁣⁣⁣On a whole food plant based, high carb diet you’ll be hitting 60-80grams of protein without any trouble - and yes - that’s enough protein to build muscle.⁣
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🙌🏼🌱Plants got everything you need. Nature provided everything we need.⁣
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Human’s sadly ‘evolved’ and took things into their own foolish hands⁣
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Keep it real ladies 🙏🏻⁣⁣ Bec x⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⁣⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⁣
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03/02/2024

30/01/2024

Your gut changes your brain.

Cutting-edge research shows that gut bugs can change the actions of your amygdala (the brain’s center of fear), hippocampus (the center of emotional regulation and memory), and prefrontal cortex (the CEO of your brain).

Communication between the gut and brain plays a key role in the development of anxiety, depression, and cognition—meaning that you need healthy and diverse microbiota in order to develop healthy and diverse feelings, thoughts, and habits.

Food is information not only for the DNA of your cells but also for the DNA of the microbes in your gut, known as your microbiome (think of it as your second genome).

The food on your fork determines gene expression, hormone levels, immune activity—even stress levels in your gut, your brain, and the rest of your body.

Not only that, but a change in the food you eat alters the activity of the gut microbiota rapidly—within one to four days, and in some genes within six hours. That’s fast!

When overly stressed, the HPA axis may promote the growth of bacterial pathogens and yeast, thereby altering the gut-brain axis, making us inflamed and craving sugar, bread, grains, and dairy.

Stress can cause the gut wall to be more permeable, allowing bacteria to cross the barrier and activate an immune response, which in turn alters the microbiome and can disrupt the blood-brain barrier. Which then makes the HPA go wacky.

Bottom line: good gut health is essential.

29/01/2024

CARBS By Mother Nature 🌎🌱⁣⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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✅The healthiest sources of carbohydrates are made by nature.

Unprocessed or minimally processed whole grains, vegetables, fruits and beans - promote good health (and gains) by delivering vitamins, minerals, fiber, and a host of important phytonutrients.⁣⁣⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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🚫Unhealthier sources of carbohydrates

include white bread, pastries, sodas, and other highly processed or refined foods. These items contain easily digested carbohydrates that may contribute to weight gain, interfere with weight loss, and promote diabetes and heart disease.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣

WAY BACK in September 2002, the National Academies Institute of Medicine recommended that people focus on getting more good carbs with fiber into their diet.

The following statements are based on information given in the report:⁣⁣

"To meet the body's daily nutritional needs while minimizing risk for chronic disease, adults should get 45% to 65% of their calories from carbohydrates, 20% to 35% from fat, and 10% to 35% from protein.⁣⁣⁣⁣"

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Studies show an increased risk for heart disease with low-fiber diets.

There is also lots of evidence to suggest that fiber in the diet may also help to prevent colon cancer and promote weight control.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Carbs are LIFE⚡️- just pick the real ones - not the fake, factory packaged, chemical and fat laden s**t ones.⁣⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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KEEP IT REAL💚 with love - Bec x

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29/01/2024

When it comes to protecting your health, not all fats are created equal. At the top of the health pinnacle are the omega-3 fatty acids, a key member of the omega fatty acid family which also includes the omega-6s. All of them are polyunsaturated fats. All are considered essential fatty acids, that i...

26/01/2024

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Our Complete Seasonal Produce Guide: Here's When Every Fruit and Vegetable Tastes the Best

24/01/2024

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