August 21, 2019

Hilda Labrada Gore aka Holistic Hilda: Top 5 Health Hacks – Wise Traditions

Be skeptical about health fads and what doctors tells us
- Do your own research
Embrace real food, not processed food
- Your body knows the difference
Cook once and use that base-meal several times to make nutritional eating easier
Sunrise beats screen-rise
- Our bodies need sun exposure in the morning, not a phone check
- Morning sun time is critical – it sets our circadian rhythm and revs up our mitochondria
Move more!

Hilda Labrada Gore (AKA Holistic Hilda) (IG: @holistichilda and T: @holistichilda) is a health coach and DC chapter leader for the Westin A Price Foundation. She is normally the host and producer of the Wise Traditions podcast but appears in this episode as a guest celebrating the show’s two millionth download.
- Hilda is also the author of Podcasting Made Simple
- Check out her website

Holistic Hilda’s Top Tips

Be skeptical – don’t take every piece of nutrition advice you hear at face value
Look for the money trail
- Ask yourself – “Are they telling me this because they genuinely want to improve my healthy or because they have a special product they want me to buy?”
Trust your intuition
- Pay attention to how your body reacts to certain foods
Always look for the most natural choices
- i.e. Make your own granola

“Even if the package says ‘natural flavoring and colorings,’ these can be concocted in a factory and our body doesn’t know what to do with them”
- These flavorings and preservatives can poke holes in your gut leading to leaky gut
Consider meal prepping with foods that make it easier to eat healthier during the week
- The goal is to cook less often but cook enough quantity so you have a meal-base that lasts for several nights
Don’t over complicate meals – “Simplicity is gourmet”
- If you have a good cut of meat or farm fresh eggs, you don’t need to do a lot
- Fresh ingredients make flavorful dishes

The sun energizes the mitochondria in our cells (the little engines that keep our body functioning properly)
- Hilda eats her meals outside to get more sun exposure and vitamin D
Early morning sun exposure (in the first 30-45 minutes after you wake up) is ideal for circadian rhythm
- Sunrise beats screen-rise!
  - Humans needs sun in the morning – not their smartphones
Hilda adds – “I used to be a night owl. Now I go to bed earlier. My sleep is more efficient and more profound.”

Move more! – Our bodies were meant to
- We fuel our bodies for a purpose – to move, not to sit inside all day
- “Part of life is playing and enjoying and moving”

If the listener could do to one thing to improve their health, what should they do?
- Hilda recommends exploring the spiritual facet life
  - “We are comprised of mind, body, and spirit – there’s much more to us than meets the eye.”
  - On the importance of a spiritual practice:
    - “You can do everything to make your body strong but if your spirit is flagging, you’re going to miss most of the joy that’s out there.”

Don’t get overwhelmed!
- To start, just pick one of the five recommendations mentioned here to apply to your life
Slow change offers lasting change