Joining this email newsletter is going to change your life. I know that is a big pronouncement to make right off the bat, but I mean it.
The information I am going to share with you is critical to achieving the best health possible and the body of your dreams, but first I want to get to know you a little better and that is why I want you to
I’ll talk more about that below, but first I want to tell you my personal story so you’ll know more about who I am and what inspired me to start FoodBabe.com. My hope is that you will see a little bit of yourself in what I have to say and will feel compelled to make the same type of changes in your own life!
I had what you’d call my “wake-up call” in December of 2002. After leaving the gym, I stopped at Chick-fil-A to pick up an under-300 calorie sandwich. Back then I thought this was healthy, and I would eat a Chick-fil-A sandwich at least 3 or 4 times a week, sometimes more.
I got home and collapsed on the floor with knife-like stomach pains of a kind I had never experienced. I first called my brother, who then called my parents. They rushed me to the emergency room. I was so doubled over in pain that I was writhing around on the waiting room floor.
The doctor who first treated me pronounced that “nothing was wrong” and sent me home with instructions to take Advil every 4 to 6 hours. This did not work; the pain persisted, relentlessly. My parents urged me to see my family doctor. He diagnosed me with acute appendicitis and I had to have my appendix removed immediately.
Medical experts say that appendicitis happens more or less at random. I believe that in my case, my lifestyle of poor nutrition caused this horrible thing to happen. My whole body was inflamed, so it’s easy to understand why an organ in my digestive system was also inflamed.
Lying in bed recovering from surgery, while everyone else was shopping and celebrating the holidays, I made a commitment to myself: to make my health my number-one priority.
As soon as I regained my energy, I dug deep into skills I learned as a debater in high school and started researching to identify the most nutritious and healing foods on the planet. I also decided to figure out what was in the food I had been eating too – what made me sick in the first place. I became intoxicated with the process of discovery, and I investigated food issues ferociously: additives we can’t pronounce, food coloring made from petrochemicals and the bodies of dried, ground-up insects, cancer-causing preservatives, and much more.
The more I learned, the more outraged I became.
I couldn’t believe there could be beaver’s anal glands in my vanilla ice-cream, coal tar in my mac & cheese, yoga mat and shoe rubber in my bread, and the same ingredient used in Silly Putty in my french fries. I never knew that “natural flavorings” were actually created from gross animal parts or that there was powdered glass (sand) in fast-food chili.
On another level, I didn’t want to believe the facts I read. I wanted to close my eyes, cover my ears, and sing lalalalalalala. I never gave permission for my body to be used as a toxic waste dump!
I researched extensively and learned how to detoxify my very poisoned body. When I did - all my health problems started to vanish.... I lost the extra 30 pounds that I was carrying around. My so-called incurable eczema totally healed and my skin glowed. My asthma and allergies became ancient history. My anxiety was gone; I no longer had to take any drugs, prescription or over the counter.
Today, people ask me what I did to transform myself. I didn’t go on a diet. I didn’t join a gym. I had no special beauty regimen. In fact, my transformation really had nothing directly to do with weight loss, clear skin, or allergy-free health. Those were merely byproducts of a single resolution I made: to break free from my chemical relationship with food.
Everyone I knew begged me to start a blog and join social media so I could share my way of life with them. So I did - and that’s when FoodBabe.com was born. It has become my platform to educate people about the ingredients in their food and teach them how to live a chemical-free, healthy lifestyle.
Ironically, I can thank my poor eating habits for opening my eyes to a new way of living that has brought me more fitness, beauty, radiance, and energy than I ever could have imagined. All of this has taught me that when you stop toxic chemicals from invading your body, you’ll be thinner, sexier, healthier, and more vital than ever. In fact, let me ask you now:
If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, I am here for you!
The more you read my blog or my New York Times Bestselling Book - The Food Babe Way - the more you will learn how to overcome these obstacles and become the very best version of yourself that you can be. Not only will I teach you about the nasty stuff in our food, but I’ll introduce you to an amazing array of healthy foods you can eat!
This takes me back to why I want you to save this email. Everyone is on their own timeline. It might take you a few weeks, a couple months, or a year - but I want you to commit to saving this email and responding back to me when you are ready. After you’ve spent some time digging through the blog or my books and really researching what’s in your food and how you can heal your body - I’d love for you to respond to this email and tell me...
I’ve received inspiring stories from many readers throughout the years and can’t wait to hear yours! In my next email to you, I’ll point you to my most popular investigations, how-to guides, and recipes to help you get started! This is going to be so much fun!
Xo,
Vani
P.S. To give you some lasting motivation, here is what some other readers have said since joining the Food Babe Army:
“My story starts in December of last year when I was feeling increasingly more fatigued and less motivated each day. I did an elimination diet and found the culprits: gluten, dairy, corn, and soy! In my quest for foods/recipes, I stumbled upon your website and newsletter - for which I could not be more thankful! You have helped me as I search for safe personal care and household products.Thank you so much for working so diligently to increase our awareness of what the chemicals are doing to us!” - Rachel A.
“Your blog was one of the very first I started reading a few year ago when I began my weight loss journey. To be entirely honest at first I unliked your page after a few of your articles offended me. I later thought about why they offended me. I still felt drawn to your page, so I would still occasionally check back and read articles! I was shocked and a little overwhelmed. I felt like you were SO extreme but then I realized I needed to make extreme changes if I wanted to ever have my health on track! I liked your page, followed your advice and have lost 60 lbs! All it took was ditching the processed garbage and making over my fridge and pantry! I dieted compulsively for 8 years prior to this and failed. Eating clean, organic foods has been the only thing that has worked for me, and I'm keeping the weight off effortlessly!!! I feel fabulous and am so happy that I have the tools to teach my children how to take care of themselves! The #FoodBabeWay works!!!” ~ Amanda M.
“Your site is so insightful, raw, real and has made me so much more aware of so many things in my life.” - Tawnya S.
“You have truly opened my eyes and brought me onto a journey of investigation. I can’t stop researching and it boggles my mind every time I learn more about this industry.” ~ Kati T.
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