405: What Makes Eating Healthy So Complicated?

Anita 0:00

when you get back to God's ways, your time is redeemed. Your time is multiplied. So now instead of sitting at the doctor's office, having to schedule appointments, having to schedule procedures, having to have time to recover from the procedures, having to stand in line at the pharmacy to get your medications, having to coordinate taking all the medications, having to coordinate taking care of the side effects of the medications. I could keep going. I'm barely scratching the surface here, Jarrod and I have been thinking a lot lately about what keeps people from jumping into eating more whole plant foods, when we know that we know that we know that these are the healthiest, most nutrient-dense foods on the planet. And I think for many of us, it's the fact that our plates are already so full. We have big God-given dreams on our heart. We're out there making it happen, but our body is keeping us stuck in certain areas that we just can't thrive, and we know if our bodies felt amazing, we're capable of so much more. And one of the big things that we see time and again that keep people stuck is the lie of our enemy, who does not want you to thrive, of thinking it is going to be hard to eat whole food plant-based. And you're thinking, "I can't add another thing to my plate that's gonna be hard, because I already have so much going on in managing my business and helping all the people out there who rely on me. I cannot add another difficult thing." And so you just default back to the things you know, and doing those things the way that you're doing them today and have been doing them for a while now got you to the place where you are with your health today

Jarrod 2:30

And I talk with my patients whenever I introduce this idea saying that it's not hard, it's just different. But that's more in the temporal sense of the day to day, and it's true. You're used to what you're eating. You know it. It's routine. It's almost automatic. So to try to learn something new and different feels like it's hard. But we always wanna take this back to what did God design? In the garden, he designed the best foods.

Anita 2:55

Right? And the simplest feeds

Jarrod 2:57

simplest foods. So if this is what God created, are God's ways hard?

Anita 3:02

No. And the Bible tells us over and over, My yoke is easy. My burden is light. Link up to me and things become very simple." Everything simple flows out of intimacy with your creator. If you're having a hard time with something in life, What I found in my own personal walk and what I've seen with many of our clients is when you link up with Him and you're having that quiet time, and you spend the time listening, even if it takes more time, you spend that time at His feet, you're going to gain time. He's gonna multiply time. He's gonna increase time. And when you get back to the garden ways, walking and talking with Father, and not only that, but eating the foods that He originally designed your body to thrive on, you are going to gain time, and everything is gonna become so much simpler. The only reason it feels hard is because we've been hijacked. We've been hijacked by the manufacturers that wanna sell you the foods that they're selling today. We've been hijacked by the Dairy Council. We've been hijacked by the Meat Council, who are into the government systems. I won't go into all that, but this is a plan, a well-laid plan of your enemy to keep you from thriving and from eating the foods that God specifically has laid out and said in Genesis 1:29, This is what you're made to thrive on."

Jarrod 4:16

And you mentioned just a moment ago that spending time with the Father actually saves you time. And if someone has never experienced this, you may consider or may think, But how could that be? Because I spent all that time, then I gotta afterwards figure it out." No, you don't. If you're tied into the Father and you listen, He will guide your path. He will save you from a ton of mistakes or wasted paths. He will guide you in the best way to go, so then you're getting a playbook there. He's telling you in this intimacy, since you're tuned into Him, it's like, This is the next step you need to do. Maybe don't do this deal with this person. Do a deal with this other person." And it saves you from a whole lot of mistake that would've hijacked a lot of time. So it feels like on the front end that maybe you're spending extra time, you are not

Anita 5:01

I've had this happen in my own life just over the course of the past month or so, where I've decided to put more time on my calendar with God in the early morning, hours, where it would've been maybe an hour before, hours now. And then being tempted to think in my flesh, oh, well, this is gonna cost me time. But it doesn't, because I'm enjoying the time, I'm growing in the time, I'm coming alive in the time, because I'm linked to the life giver, the one who owns it all, the one who gives it all. So now what I find is that time remaining is multiplied. The time I'm working, the time I'm taking care of my body, all those things. But like Jarrod said, it's divine downloads. I'm literally waking up at night with divine downloads of things I've tried to write for years just flowing out of my spirit. I can write in, minutes, there's pages written. He's writing it through me. This is how he redeems the time, and it happens the same way with the foods. So now you get back to the garden, and the enemy tells you it's hard, it's gonna take a lot of time. You don't have time to do this. You're already too busy. But when you get back to God's ways, your time is redeemed. Your time is multiplied. So now instead of sitting at the doctor's office, having to schedule appointments, having to schedule procedures, having to have time to recover from the procedures, having to stand in line at the pharmacy to get your medications, having to coordinate taking all the medications, having to coordinate taking care of the side effects of the medications. I could keep going. I'm barely scratching the surface here, and I promise you, there is so much more time it's gonna cost you to be dealing with the diseases that people deal with when we're not filling our plate with the things our bodies were optimally designed to thrive on. When we do, it's so much simpler. It will save you so much time. Even the processes of how I've laid things out. You know, I can see how you would think eating plant-based would take you more time because you've been burned. I mean, I've tried some plant-based recipes online and I've thought, "This is insane." Like, there's five different types of garlic in here. There's six different types of onion. There's all the different things that are repeated, and then it's the processes, do this, do that, do this, do that, do this, do that. And I could have combined it into, like, one or two steps, and that's what I love to do. It's kind of my zone of genius.

Jarrod 7:04

And that's what she's done with the cookbooks that we have available. She's taken unnecessary duplication out of it for simplicity

Anita 7:12

Absolutely. When I create a recipe, I always avoid duplication I always look at the way that I can create it for myself that is gonna taste amazing, and all these original ideas come to me out of spending that time with God. And the same thing's gonna happen with you. The more time you spend with Him in His ways, in His Word, in quiet time listening, just listening and writing down what He shows you, it's gonna blow your mind what all's gonna happen, and how you're going to be able to redeem the time. The same thing happens when you start getting those foods on the plate that He created for our ultimate health and wellness. So the enemy lies to us and says, "This is hard. It's gonna take you more time. It's hard because it's not gonna taste good. It's hard because of all these different things." But what you find is when you lean into His ways, things become surprisingly simple. And you have hit upon gold, because you are on a podcast where there are 400 waiting for you, and not only that, we've laid out every one to be searchable for you at poweronplants.com/ppn. That stands for Peak Performance Network. Get in there and start learning what you need and getting results. You'll start discovering how simple this can be. But like we've said before, there's so many people that tried eating plant-based. They found us, and now they're going, "I can't believe how simple this is. This has changed my life." It is not hard, and therefore, it starts to stick, because now you have this framework of someone who's walked this path before, not only for themself, but they've discovered five steps when worked in order every time produce results. And they're simple steps, but when you do one, then the next, then the next, then the next, then the next, all of a sudden, you have a whole different life on the other side of it, and you're thinking, "I cannot believe how simple this was." the question that Jarrod and I hear more than anything else, yes, even more than the where am I gonna get my protein question, is why did someone not show me this before? Why? And I think it's because they don't know. A lot of people j-

Jarrod 9:12

yes, they

Anita 9:12

they don't know. They haven't

Jarrod 9:13

wanna help people, but we aren't educated this in our, our educational system

Anita 9:18

weren't taught this in the educational system. Not only that, they've never experienced a health issue and walked through it like we did and discovered this and seen the research and walked it out in their own life and gotten their own results, and walked hundreds of clients through it and had them come out on the other side, every one of them with improvements in their health So the enemy comes and convinces us that the ways of God are difficult. Think about it. Are His ways difficult? We're talking about the God that when the sea needed to be parted, an entire sea. I can promise you whatever you're going through is simpler than parting an entire sea. All He needed was a surrendered man and a lifted piece of wood. Are you kidding me?

Jarrod 9:59

So think back in that time, how would they have parted the sea, built a wall, evacuated the water? I mean, even now today with all of our large equipment and technology, that would still be quite an undertaking, tons of man-hours, tons of resources. Back then it was impossible. But all Moses had to do was take the stick. He was partnering with God. He took that stick and he lifted it in the air

Anita 10:25

It's just partnership and obedience. Partnership and obedience. It's unbelievable what happens when you just stay at His feet and you walk in His ways. Your life will change in such amazing ways, and it will be freeing, and it won't be hard. Jarrod brought up the story of the blind man

Jarrod 10:41

man, yes. What's easier than putting some spit and mud on a man's eyes to heal it? Back in the day, they didn't know what we know now, but even now to have surgery, I mean, the lasers and not every form of blindness can be cured. But back then, the spit and the mud, put it on the eyes, go rinse it off, eyes were healed

Anita 11:01

I just thought of another one. The woman with the issue of blood. How many years? How many doctors? How many hard procedures?

Jarrod 11:08

money

Anita 11:09

All the money gone. Exhausted, worn out, cast away by society And she touches the tzitzit, the hem of his garment. She grabs his name. That's what she was doing. She was grabbing his name. And immediately she was healed. Is that hard? What she went through was terribly hard.

Jarrod 11:25

Cause it made her an outcast

Anita 11:27

right, but the answer wasn't hard.

Jarrod 11:29

No

Anita 11:30

She just had to partner with God and trust in what He said

Jarrod 11:33

trust

Anita 11:33

and then take actions based on His word and not man's word, man-made ways think about Naaman. He had a skin disease, and he comes to Elisha, and Naaman's expecting Elisha to come out, and he has this man-made way in his mind of what Elisha needs to come out and call on his God and do this dance And do all these different steps, "And I was expecting you to do it this way and that way." And Elisha sends him a message, and the message is, "Just go and dip in the waters of that specific area." And he's like, "The waters in my area are better. I'll just go back home." And Naaman's servant says to him, "You know, if he had told you something difficult or done a difficult basically man-made process, you would've done that. So why not do something just as simple as go down and dunk in this water?" And when he did the simple way, God's way, he was healed whole food plant-based is very much like that. It's God's original design to eat. You pick the fruit, you eat it. You cut up the salad, you eat it. It's hard to do it just that way in our society because we've been living for so long with foods that we love. Our taste buds have been hijacked. dopamine receptors in our brain have been hijacked. All these things intentionally have happened to us, and we need someone to walk us out through this simple path of how to do that and make it stick, but it's not hard. it's not hard. So we're believing this lie of the enemy, it's hard to do that. Well, God says, my ways are easy. I'll help you carry it. I'll show you exactly what to do. I'm actually gonna multiply your time if you just connect with me, and let me show you how, and let me lead you to the people who can help you that I'm working through." Like Naaman went to Elisha, right? Elisha had the answer. It was very simple. Look, Naaman, all you have to do is this, and you'll be healed." Because Elisha knew. He was linked into God. He knew what to do. This is what happens when you team up together, when you're spending time at God's feet, and you come together with other people who are spending time at God's feet. Things become s- very, very simple. That's why we're all about getting back to the garden, getting back to God's ways. Getting back to the ancient paths is what the Bible says, the simple ways. And very soon you'll be simply freed from the things that have simply been keeping you From fully living your potential, From the people that are out there praying for you to be able to show up to help them, doing all the things that you know God's called you to do, that you've been held back from by the body that just couldn't go the extra mile. It's simple. It's not difficult. So don't let yourself be saying things that aren't true, like it's so hard or it's difficult. Watch your words. Words are really, really important. Watch your thoughts. God says take every thought captive. If the enemy comes and tells you it's hard, you say, "No, it's not. His ways are simple." And he says in Genesis 1:29, whole plant foods are what he made for me to thrive We're so thankful we've been able to share these things with you Share how this message has helped you today by leaving a written review on your favorite podcast listening app. We can't wait to hear from you.

Jarrod 14:24

But back then, the spit and the mud, put it on the eyes, go rinse it off, eyes were healed

Anita 14:30

I just thought of another one. The woman with the issue of blood. How many years? How many doctors? How many hard procedures?

Jarrod 14:37

money

Anita 14:38

All the money gone. Exhausted, worn out, cast away by society And she touches the tzitzit, the hem of his garment. She grabs his name. That's what she was doing. She was grabbing his name. And immediately she was healed. Is that hard? What she went through was terribly hard.

Jarrod 14:56

Cause it made her an outcast

Anita 14:58

right, but the answer wasn't hard.

Jarrod 15:01

No

Anita 15:02

She just had to partner with God and trust in what He said

Jarrod 15:05

trust

Anita 15:05

and then take actions based on His word and not man's word, man-made ways Okay, think about Naaman. He had a skin disease, and he comes to Elisha, and Naaman's expecting Elisha to come out, and he has this man-made way in his mind of what Elisha needs to come out and call on his God and do this dance and do all these different steps, "And I was expecting you to do it this way and that way." And Elisha sends him a message, and the message is, "Just go and dip in the waters of that specific area." And he's like, "The waters in my area are better. I'll just go back home." and Naaman's servant says to him, "You know, if he had told you something difficult or done a difficult basically man-made process, you would've done that. So why not do something just as simple as go down and dunk in this water?" And when he did the simple way, God's way, he was healed whole food plant-based is very much like that. It's God's original design to eat. You pick the fruit, you eat it. You cut up the salad, you eat it. It's hard to do it just that way in our society because we've been living for so long with foods that we love. Our taste buds have been hijacked. Our dopamine receptors in our brain have been hijacked. All these things intentionally have happened to us, and we need someone to walk us out through this simple path of how to do that and make it stick, but it's not hard. So we're believing this lie of the enemy, it's hard to do that. Well, God says, my ways are easy. I'll help you carry it. I'll show you exactly what to do. I'm actually gonna multiply your time if you just connect with me, and let me show you how, and let me lead you to the people who can help you that I'm working through." Like Naaman went to Elisha, Elisha had the answer. It was very simple. Look, Naaman, all you have to do is this, and you'll be healed." Because Elisha knew. He was linked into God. He knew what to do. This is what happens when you team up together, when you're spending time at God's feet, and you come together with other people who are spending time at God's feet. Things become s- very, very simple. That's why we're all about getting back to the garden, getting back to God's ways. Getting back to the ancient paths is what the Bible says, the simple ways. And very soon you'll be simply freed from the things that have simply been keeping you From fully living your potential, from the people that are out there praying for you to be able to show up to help them, doing all the things that you know God's called you to do, that you've been held back from by the body that just couldn't go the extra mile. That's what these foods do. It's simple. It's not difficult. So don't let yourself be saying things that aren't true, like it's so hard or it's difficult. Watch your words. Words are really, really important. Watch your thoughts. God says take every thought captive. If the enemy comes and tells you it's hard, you say, "No, it's not. His ways are simple." And he says in Genesis 1:29, whole plant foods are what he made for me to thrive We're so thankful we've been able to share these things with you today. Share how this message has helped you today by leaving a written review on your favorite podcast listening app. We can't wait to hear from you. Know that you are loved, you are prayed for, and we look forward to seeing you very soon