Fake Flavor Challenge – Recipes

I’m super excited that you’ve decided to take the free 14-day fake flavor challenge! If you’ve stumbled upon this page & have no idea what I’m talking about, you can sign-up for the challenge here.

During our 14 days together you’ll receive a daily email where I’ll share tips, tricks, strategies, motivation & information to help you crush your cravings and fall in love with real flavor, increasing your enjoyment of food while you burn fat.

Please note that these recipes are to give you ideas. Almost all of these fit perfectly within the 14 day challenge but a couple might have to be tweaked to remove any flavors or sweeteners. Let’s all be light-hearted & open-minded here, yeah?

14-Day Flavor Challenge Recipe Round Up

Bulletproof Coffee

Breakfast Salad Bowl

Eggless Breakfast Ideas

Red Cabbage Slaw with Carrot-Ginger Dressing

Mexican Eggs Benedict

Whole Food Chili Recipes (multiple)

Epic Winter Salads (multiple)

Simple Salmon Salad

Brussels Sprout Salad

Single Ingredient Meal Compilations (no prep required – just assembly)

Enchilada Stuffed Sweet Potatoes

Paleo Chicken Tikka Masala

Blackened Salmon with Mango Avocado Salsa

Bone Broth

Cinnamon Spice Chicken Drumsticks (great with pork, too)

Skirt Steak with Romesco Sauce

Bacon Chorizo Chipotle Smothered Meatloaf

Seared Chicken Thighs over Cauliflower Puree

Spicy Roasted Cauliflower

Chicken Liver Mousse

142: 10 Tips To Beat Fake Flavor & Fall In Love with Whole Foods

142: 10 Tips To Beat Fake Flavor & Fall In Love with Whole Foods

Fake flavors and frankenflavors are everywhere! The biggest challenge we face is that these fake flavors trigger us to overeat & experience strong, consistent cravings. Today I want to share 10 tips to beat fake flavor so you can burn more fat, feel less hunger & get rid of your cravings.

This is the tactical follow-up episode to the 2 part series I did on how our food has changed. In part one, I talked about the changes to whole foods and how/why they’re more bland than ever. In part 2 I talked about processed foods & how flavor is designed to make us overeat.

Today is all tactic. These 10 tips will help you beat fake flavor, retrain your palate, enjoy food mood, eat less, free yourself from cravings & conquer the world (too much?)

I’ve also invited you to take a free 14-day flavor challenge to help you implement these 10 tips. I hope you’ll join me!!!

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10 Tips to Beat Fake Flavor

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  1. Pay attention to where your flavor comes from
  2. Set a goal to reduce fake flavor
  3. Cook at home more often
  4. Buy quality over quantity
  5. Dial down the use of sweeteners (even honey, agave & stevia)
  6. Try new things & taste bold flavors
  7. Slow down
  8. Eat for hormone balance
  9. Vote with your wallet
  10. Build mental toughness

For the details on how to execute these tips, definitely listen to the full episode!!

Break the Chains of Fake Flavor – Free 14 Day Challenge!

Resources

The Dorito Effect by Mark Schatzker

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Is Fake Flavor Making You Fat Part 1 – What Happened to Whole Foods

Is Fake Flavor Making You Fat Part 2 – Frankenflavor

137: Always Hungry? Retrain Your Fat Cells

100 Fat Loss Meal Ideas

Delicious Chicken!

Nom Nom Paleo Red Cabbage Slaw

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142: 10 Tips To Beat Fake Flavor & Fall In Love with Whole Foods

141: Is Fake Flavor Making You Fat – Part 2 of 2

Is fake flavor making you fat? What is fake flavor? Why does it seem like year after year we crave food more yet experience less satisfaction from it? What has changed?

A lot has changed.

Our food has changed. Whole foods are different and processed foods are different.

This combination makes fat loss tough and fat gain pretty easy.

In part 1 of this 2-part series we talked about how whole foods have changed. We went into detail on what has happened to our chicken, beef, pork, fruits & vegetables to reduce their quality and their flavor.

Today we’re talking about processed foods & how their flavor has skyrocketed as have their addictive qualities that set us up to overeat & keep coming back for more.

Most importantly, I invited you on a challenge with me. A challenge to break the chains of fake flavor and stop allowing your palate to be held hostage by the food industry. This 14-day challenge is 100% free and you can do it as many times as you’d like! I really hope you’ll take the leap & take control of your food choices and your life.

It’s not about eating fewer donuts. It’s about creating a situation where you don’t even desire the donuts. That is possible & I want to help you create that.

Let’s get started!

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Is Fake Flavor Making You Fat – Part 2 –
Break The Chains

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There are a couple problems I want to tackle in today’s episode:

  1. Whole foods are being turned into processed foods
  2. Processed foods are out of control, addictive & often dishonest

I want to help you understand how & why processed foods are causing problems, what foods are a problem & how we can overcome it.

We often approach dieting from the willpower first standpoint of “don’t eat the donuts”.

I want to challenge you to a new approach: “create a state where you don’t desire the donuts to begin with”.

That is 100% possible & that’s what I want to kick off today. Relying on willpower against processed foods is like trying to arm-wrestle a crane. We can be smarter.

There are several ways processed foods are engineered to hijack our palate:

  • Flavor (taste & smell)
  • Texture
  • Emotional state
  • Hormonal state
  • Brain response

These foods, from cookies to soups are fake, cheap & addictive.

Functional MRI (fMRI) is used to ensure addictive qualities.

Emotional profiling is used to ensure these foods satisfy emotional needs & trigger desired emotional outcomes.

Macronutrient profile is manipulated to ensure that we stay hungry, avoid satiety & experience cravings

Natural doesn’t mean natural

“Natural flavoring” doesn’t mean the ingredients are from natural sources. It may mean that the processing method was natural.

According to the Environmental Working Group, the chemicals used in natural and artificial flavors are often the exact same or nearly the same.

There is no legal requirement in the United States to disclose the components of “natural flavorings”.

Break the Chains of Fake Flavor – Free 14 Day Challenge!

Practical Implementation – How to Stay Away from Fake Flavor

  • Ask yourself, “Where did this flavor come from?” Is it coming from the plant or animal you are eating? If not, you might want to dial back.
  • Cook at home
  • Limit foods in a box, bag or can
  • Focus on foods that do not need labels or nutrition facts

Resources

The Dorito Effect by Mark Schatzker

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Is Fake Flavor Making You Fat Part 1 – What Happened to Whole Foods

137: Always Hungry? Retrain Your Fat Cells

100 Fat Loss Meal Ideas

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140: Is Fake Flavor Making You Fat? Part 1 of 2

140: Is Fake Flavor Making You Fat? Part 1 of 2

Is fake flavor making you fat? What is fake flavor? Why does it seem like year after year we crave food more yet experience less satisfaction from it? What has changed?

A lot has changed.

Our food has changed. Whole foods are different and processed foods are different.

This combination makes fat loss tough and fat gain pretty easy.

Today is part 1 of 2 episodes talking about what has changed about food & what we can do about it so we enjoy food more, eat less of it & reach our fat loss goals without deprivation.

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Is Fake Flavor Making You Fat – Part 1 –
What Happened to Whole Foods?

is fake flavor making you fat

There is a combination of factors that have led many Americans to eat more junk & eat fewer whole foods.

The whole foods have changed. They have far less flavor, less nutrition & less appeal overall.

The processed foods have changed as well. They have more flavor. They have more appeal. They are carefully formulated to make us want, even need, more.

In today’s episode I’m talking about just how whole foods have changed. In part two I’ll be talking about how processed foods have changed and what we can do about it so we stop craving the processed stuff and enjoy the whole foods more.

I share a few stories from the book The Dorito Effect including a story about how & why chickens aren’t nearly as flavorful or nutritious as they used to be.

It all started during World War II when beef was rationed. The limited availability of beef increased consumption of chicken. After the war when there was no more rationing of beef, the chicken farmers had to get creative to ensure that American families would still eat plenty of chicken.

They launched the “Chicken of Tomorrow” contest to challenge farmers to produce chickens that:

  1. Grew faster
  2. Were more uniform in size & color
  3. Had bigger breasts
  4. Required less feed to fuel their growth

Flavor was not one of the judging criteria.

It worked. Chickens got plumper, they grew faster, they looked more uniform and prices dropped. So did flavor.

These “improvements” at the expense of flavor have only continued since the 1940s. They’ve also been seen in beef, pork, fish, fruits, vegetables, wheats and grains.

We have more food at a lower cost with fewer nutrients and less flavor.

This has all happened while big food companies pump out highly flavored low cost processed food-like items.

 

Resources

The Dorito Effect by Mark Schatzker

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137: Always Hungry? Retrain Your Fat Cells

100 Fat Loss Meal Ideas

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140: Is Fake Flavor Making You Fat? Part 1 of 2

139: 10 Tweaks to Accelerate Fat Loss

I can’t tell you how often people email me and say, “I’m doing everything right & it’s not working”.

Here’s what I say in response: “If it’s not working, you’re not doing everything right”

You need to keep in mind that your mental construct of what’s “right” might be holding you back because if it’s not working for you, it’s not right for you.

It might be right for someone else. It might have been right for you a year ago or 20 lbs ago. But if it’s not working for you, it’s not right for you. You have tweaks to make. You need to make a change.

Stop getting frustrated and invest that energy in being strategic.

In today’s episode I’ll be sharing 10 potential tweaks you can make to accelerate fat loss.

 

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10 Tweaks to Accelerate Your Fat Loss

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Do not take shortcuts here. You absolutely need to listen to the full episode to understand the how & why behind each of these tweaks.

Most importantly: only implement ONE AT A TIME.

Seriously! Being an overachiever will not serve you here!

If you want to accelerate fat loss, you’ve got to know which strategy works & which doesn’t. If you implement more than one at a time, you don’t know which one is responsible for your results!

  1. Eat less frequently
  2. Dial back the sweet stuff (even “healthy” sweet stuff)
  3. Increase non-starchy vegetables
  4. Eat more fat
  5. Eat less fat
  6. Decrease protein
  7. Increase the intensity of your workouts (you’d better listen to the full explanation here!)
  8. Get more sleep
  9. Reduce stress and/or increase frequency of stress-relieving activities
  10. Practice self-discipline

Episode Quotables:

You find the answers in your practice, not in your perfection (and not in your planning)

The more sweet you eat, the more sweet you need.

Moderate sleep deprivation significantly decreases your insulin sensitivity

Fat burning is impaired when you are stressed. Period.

When it comes to fitness, go hard. The greater the stimulus, the greater the response. Intensity matters.

Keep the promises you make to yourself

 

Resources

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037: Intermittent Fasting & Overeating

137: Always Hungry? Retrain Your Fat Cells

124: Fat Loss Basics – Dietary Fat

025: Dos & Don’ts of Dairy

128: Does Dairy Slow Weight Loss?

123: Fat Loss Basics – Protein

074: CrossFit & Weight Loss

125: Fat Loss Basics – Fitness for Fat Loss

016: Sleep & Fat Loss

138: WTF Happened?

Motivational Minisode

100 Fat Loss Meal Ideas

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