3 食材の調達と調理

As well as eating the right foods, there is more nuance to consider when trying to create the perfect diet for your ascension. You must consider where your food comes from and how you prepare it. You could be eating some of the elite foods, but ignoring these two aspects of diet will undermine your efforts in maximizing nutrients and minimizing poisons. ### **Food Sourcing – "Pay the Farmer Now or the Doctor Later"** When it comes to sourcing your food, the key principle to remember is this: buy as close to the source as possible. Find the best quality local farmers you can and make them the primary source of your food. Because the modern food industry compromises on quality to produce things on a mass scale, the animals themselves are never the priority, leading to reduced nutrients. **Why Organic Matters for Fruits and Meats:** As well as sourcing your food as close to the source as possible from farmers, it is also crucial to buy organic. Non-organic fruits for example are sprayed with pesticides, herbicides, and fungicides. These chemicals are endocrine disruptors, interfering with your hormonal balance, which is crucial for maintaining optimal masculine gene expression and metabolic health. Organic fruits, on the other hand, are grown without synthetic chemicals and in healthier soil, resulting in more nutrient-dense produce. Sourcing meat, eggs, and dairy from organic, pasture-raised animals is equally important. It ensures that the livestock has been fed a natural diet free from harmful substances like antibiotics, growth hormones, and GMO grains. Organic meat from grass-fed animals contains higher levels of omega-3 fatty acids, CLA (conjugated linoleic acid), and fat-soluble vitamins. Consuming non-organic meat means you're ingesting not only the hormones and antibiotics the animal was treated with but also harmful fats (Omega-6) and inflammatory compounds from unnatural diets. **The Power of Raw Meat** The next area when it comes to how you prepare your food is the power of eating red meat raw. As crazy as it may sound, raw meat is far superior in terms of nutritional content. Raw meat contains enzymes that aid in its digestion (such as lipase and protease) - it literally digests itself, its nuts. These enzymes are destroyed when you cook the meat, however, which reduces your body's ability to absorb nutrients. Similarly, when you cook meat, so many of the crucial water-soluble vitamins, like the B vitamins get destroyed (around 40% of them), as well as crucial minerals that help with nutrient absorption. This doesn't mean to say all meat should be eaten raw but definitely consider adding in a few meals per week containing raw red meat. You will nourish your body on another level if you start doing this, and you will genuinely look and feel so much better with this simple change. Just make sure that the meat you are eating raw is from a very-high quality and trusted source (ideally an organic farm). I wouldn't recommend doing this with store-bought ground beef, for example. Stick to steaks only. **Food Preparation – The Hidden Dangers in Your Kitchen** Food preparation is just as crucial as the quality of the food itself. Having now bought all of this high-quality produce, we want to preserve as many nutrients as possible and minimize the foods' exposure to harmful chemicals in the process. There are many ways that chemicals could be sneaking into your food and impeding your progress, so you must consider the list below. **1. Cookware:** Stop using non-stick cookware immediately. Non-stick surfaces are coated with chemicals known as PFAS, known as "forever chemicals" They do not break down in your body and so wreak havoc on your hormones and can even cause cancer. Opt for cast-iron or stainless steel cookware. **2. Fats for Cooking:** This goes without saying, but cooking with the wrong fats can turn a healthy meal into a toxic one. Seed oils (like canola, rapeseed, soybean, or sunflower oil) are highly processed and rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) and are prone to oxidation which leads to inflammation in the body. You should always cook with saturated fats such as tallow, ghee, or coconut oil, which remain stable under high heat. Similarly, a common mistake people make is cooking with olive oil. Whilst olive oil is not toxic and contains nutrients like polyphenols and antioxidants, it is higher in omega-6 fatty acids and is a poor choice for cooking. Firstly, all of its nutrients break down when cooked with any way, but more importantly, olive oil has a low smoke point (160-190 degrees Celsius). This means olive oil starts to break down and release harmful free radicals that damage cells and cause inflammation. These more saturated fats like tallow and ghee fats have been consumed by our ancestors for millennia and are aligned with the way our bodies evolved to function. **3. Cooking Methods and Temperatures:** The temperature at which we cook our food also plays a role in its nutrient profile. With certain foods such as steak for example, overcooking can reduce its nutrient profile, as certain nutrients like B vitamins break down under too much heat. As a result, it is crucial to cook your steak rare. Similarly, when preparing eggs, it is important to keep the yolk as uncooked as possible. The yolk is where all of those key nutrients are held, and so cooking the yolk (scrambled eggs for example) will reduce their nutrient content. With this in mind, don't be afraid of having these things raw as discussed. If you are sourcing your food from farmers and it is high-quality produce, you can have your ribeye steak raw with a couple of raw egg yolks. You will undoubtedly get more nutrients this way, but not all like this approach. **4. Avoiding Plastics and Microwaves:** Eliminate all plastic from your kitchen. Simple. If there is any plastic being exposed to your food, it is leaching endocrine-disrupting chemicals into that food, and reducing your ability to ascend. Be especially wary of your plastic cutting boards, spatulas and tupperware, as these are probably causing you the most microplastic exposure. After eliminating these, it is also important to avoid using the microwave. Microwaving food exposes it to electromagnetic radiation that causes the molecules in the food to vibrate, leading to significant nutrient degradation, especially for water-soluble vitamins and antioxidants, both of which are crucial to your health. Similarly, heating fats in a microwave causes fat oxidation, leading to the formation of harmful compounds like aldehydes and advanced glycation end products. These compounds cause inflammation and oxidative stress, both of which go directly against your ascension. **5. Avoid Dish Soap:** Most conventional dish soaps yet again contain endocrine-disrupting chemicals. Even in the smallest of dosages, this stuff will interfere with your hormonal health. These chemicals can leave residues on your cookware and plates and contaminate your otherwise clean food. Instead, opt for a more natural cleaning method, like baking soda, or switch to an all-natural dish soap brand.