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Cumulative Load

Writer's picture: Rene CarusoRene Caruso

Today I want to talk with you about Cumulative Load.



I’m pretty sure you’re beginning to understand how challenging it can be to “eat healthy” based on deceptive labeling laws and loopholes in regulations. Combine that with a food nutrient quality diminishing, mostly attributed to production, and demand for supply, year-round.


How long ago do you think those "hot house" tomatoes in the store were picked and have been sitting in a box? In order to make them last, and there are arguments for and against that are valid, they had to be modified genetically. A normal tomato only lasts a few days once picked because of the natural enzymatic breakdown. Not those in the store. By modifying naturally occurring bioactive compounds, we extend shelf life.


But there is a cost. And that cost is nutrient density.


2024 estimates state that 73% of food in our grocery stores is ultra-processed (highest in the world). The average American consumes more than half of their daily calories from UPF’s.

Additionally, the US allows more than 10,000 chemicals in our food, some of which are potentially toxic and linked to major health issues, such as increased risk of cancer, metabolic instability, developmental harm, and hormone disruption. Combine that with the GRAS loophole (see previous post on labeling) and junk seed oils (that’s another post coming) and our bodies are fighting a toxic storm.


How much crap can one person put in their body before the cumulative load starts to erode health. I certainly don’t know. And neither does the medical industry.


This is important. I need you to hear this.


It’s not your fault.


It's not our fault because nobody ever taught you how your bodies work. And it’s not the same for any two people.


I study and practice this for a living and I’m still learning every single day. The emerging field of Nutrigenetics, also called Nutragenomics, is a study of how food interacts with our bodies to create health or disease.


Simply put, food is code.


You can literally upgrade or downgrade your biological software with every single bite. It's information that talks to your genes and controls the expression of those genes (expression of genes is called epigenetics), which then impacts your hormones, your metabolism, your immune system, your microbiome, your brain chemistry, and lots more.



What can you do in the meantime to improve your health and reduce cumulative load?

Stop eating crap. Stop buying crap. Stop anesthetizing yourself with poison. Stop feeding these poisons to your kids and grandkids thinking you’re giving them a treat. You’re not, you’re destroying their health.

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