In the body: gut healing. Some of the foods you used to eat were provoking inflammation in the gut, and maybe even promoted “leaky gut,” a condition in which the lining of your small intestine became more porous than it should be. This allowed stuff to get where it does not belong, which ramped up inflammation elsewhere in the body. Your intestinal lining is just one cell thick, so damage or death of that one cell can create “microperforations” or tiny holes in your intestinal lining. Normally, those would heal themselves quickly, but in the face of three (plus) meals a day of gut-irritating foods, you were creating damage faster than your body could repair it. Now that these foods are out of your diet, your gut is able to start repairing itself, creating a sound intestinal barrier that keeps good things in until it’s time for your body to absorb them, and bad things (like bacteria, viruses, and incompletely digested food) out.
Ah, the leaky gut. It's gross/fascinating, no?
Today's recipe is from Whole30.com from @wholesisters. Enjoy!
Healthy Crusted Chicken Strips, @wholesisters
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup cashews
- 1/4 cup flax seeds, ground
- 2 tbsp chia seeds
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 2 eggs, with 1 tbsp water
- 1 pound chicken strips
Directions
- Place cashews in a blender until crumbly.
- Mix cashews, chia seeds, ground flax seeds, salt and pepper by hand and place in a shallow dish. In another shallow dish, whisk 2 eggs with 1 tablespoon water. Take chicken strips (dried with a paper towel), dip in egg mixture, then dip in crumb mixture.
- Fry in sauté pan with a small amount of oil over medium high heat until golden brown and no longer pink in the middle.
- Make sure to carefully turn chicken, to not accidentally remove breading.
Love,
Tracey
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