IS YOUR BIRTHDAY CAKE REDUCING YOUR LIFE???

We blow out candles on our Birthday Cake wishing and hoping for a LIFE filled with HEALTH and WELLNESS but the CAKES today may have a different plan for you!!!

CONVENTIONAL CAKES and Desserts today are covered in adulterated DAIRY, partially hydrogenated oils (re-heated or re-used), toxic colors, GMO’s (genetically modified ingredients), refined sugars and refined flours that have been stripped off their natural vitamin/mineral profile to enrich food taste and then fortified with artificial vitamins to attract the consumer eye.

The human senses are attracted to the bright colors, creamy texture and the enhanced aroma signal the brain receptors to crave sugar to restore the low Dopamine centers, thus making you fall prey to this deadly piece of MAN-MADE FOOD.

It wouldn’t matter if you have a little chunk or a whole serving as the toxins (chemicals and proteins) have already entered your blood stream to disrupt your gut-lining, progressing your chances of hormonal disruption and auto-immune diseases (Eczema, Psoriasis, Hashimotos Thyroiditis, Crohn’s).

P.S. THERE ARE OVER A 100 DIFFERENT Auto-Immune disorders of which the most commonly aggravated by poor food choices are stated above.

People who are allergic to food proteins and are not aware increase their chances of gut-lining inflammation by 50% compared to people who have eliminated these foods out of their diets. Certain proteins like gluten can trigger an antibody response that can keep the antibodies elevated in the blood stream even after eliminating wheat, barley, rye (the primary foods that contain gluten) for a year, in some people eating forbidden foods few times a year (3-4 times) triggered the disease sent back into remission.

TRADITIONAL INGREDIENTS THAT GO INTO YOUR CONVENTIONAL BIRTHDAY CAKE & OUR ESOTERIC HEALTHY HACKS

1.     BUTTER (GENETICALLY MODIFIED)

Butter used in traditional recipes are made from milk produced by cows given GMO grains like corn, wheat and soy to fatten them, grains as such could never be grown by an animal and it isn’t its natural food, the next question you want to ask, how do these animals digest grains if their bodies were not meant for it?

Well, the cows cannot therefore they are given TUMS (antacid) very often to suppress the inflamed stomach acids caused by overconsuming grains.

Result: These antacids, antibiotics (given to the animal) and the pesticides/chemicals (used in the production of GMO crops) enter the cow’s bloodstream to the milk and the butter we eat. So, we are not what we EAT, we are what we eat EATS!!

CHOOSE:: ORGANIC GRASS FED BUTTER IN YOUR CAKES

(IDENTIFY A LOCAL BRAND OF BUTTER MADE FROM GRASS FED COW MILK)

2.     MARGARINE or VANASPATI or Refined VEGETABLE OIL (to increase shelf life)

Inflammatory Oils like Soy Bean, Palm Oil, Canola Oil (unless specified as NON-GMO) contain trans-fat additives, artificial ingredients made from synthetic petroleum and preservatives. These can be toxic to the Cardiovascular System as the Liver struggles to eliminate them from the body. Look out for packaged cakes/desserts that contain names like Mono-Diglycerides (hidden trans fats).

Result: Increase the risk of obesity, inflammation, cardiovascular disease, cancer, autoimmune diseases, and almost always comes from GMO soybeans.

CHOOSE:: Extra Virgin Coconut Oil or Organic Expeller Pressed Oils

3.     REFINED WHITE FLOUR

White Enriched Flour is highly processed and treated with over 50 different chemical agents and bleached before it arrives on the store shelves. The different stages of processing destroy its B-Vitamin profile and Fiber making it immortal food, FOOD THAT CAN NEVER DIE, which results in REDUCING OUR LIFE, even pests and insects don’t attack this food, for it is stripped off its nutrient profile and is filled with chemical additives.

It is however, enriched by food-manufacturers with fortified vitamins and minerals to avoid nutritional deficiency epidemics, but we fail to understand that these kinds of Man-Made Foods have managed to mimic nature with synthetic vitamins, the extra sodium, food gums, additives and syrups are causing more digestive distress and hormonal havoc than ever, as the cells are starved of nutrients in their natural form.

Result: Excess Consumption, Increased Abdominal Fat Deposits, Poor Immunity

CHOOSE:: Organic Sprouted White Wheat Flour or Cassava Flour (Gluten-free alternative)

4.     SUGAR

The worst of all foods available in market today are SUGARS, that have crept into every man-made food today, from coffee shops, healthy protein bars to store brought nutritional cookies, this is demon that doesn’t spare any. However, what is most concerning is the quality of sugar used to make these products.

Sugar is not expensive, not cheap either therefore markets and big companies have leaned towards sugar syrups derived from corn, rice and cheaper sources (Malto-dextrin, Corn starch, Corn Syrup, High fructose corn syrup). These syrups are loaded in fructose, only metabolized by our liver and stored as fat, unlike glucose that is readily used by most cells in the body.

High loads of fructose in the body balloon the waist line and leave the body craving more as the brain senses sugar but is never gratified due to few fructose receptors present in the body. To facilitate manufacturer cost cuttings these sugar syrups are extracted from GMO plants worsening their overall effect on the human body.

Result = Hormonal Havoc

            = Obesity

            = Poor Metabolic Health

            = Pre-mature Aging

            = Cardio-Vascular Diseases

CHOOSE: Organic Cane Sugar (NON-GMO) over beet sugar and sugar syrups.

5.     EGGS

With consumers being fast alarmed by the ill-effects of factory farming the modern age farmers formulate new names to confuse the consumer from making the right choices and sell polluted produce to make profits.

Today in supermarkets you notice eggs sold under different brackets

1.     Organic Eggs – Chickens may be caged, but may not have been fed hormones/antibiotics, however caged conditions could cause a sick bird to spread bacterial infections more conveniently to the rest.

2.     Pasture Raised Free Range Eggs – Chickens have not been caged, have been let out freely for few minutes to most part of the day (depending on the farmer) and have been raised in organic conditions

3.     Omega 3 Organic eggs – Chickens are fed flaxseeds to improve egg quality that can support cognitive enhancement through EPA/DHA, Omega 3 compounds.

4.     Farmed Eggs: From CAGED Chickens fed Hormones/Antibiotics to fatten them and fight sickness.

CHOOSE:  Pasture Raised Free Range Eggs your first choice over other forms of eggs.

 

6.     ARTIFICIAL FLAVOURINGS

Every time a label speaks artificial flavors it is a Fake food product that tricks the brain into believing you’re eating real food, some of these artificial flavorings are taken from animal Beaver’s reproductive organs and some are chemically synthesized and are known to cause migraines, food allergies.

CHOOSE: Organic Vanilla Extract (ingredient label must only contain extract from Vanilla Bean and not contain VANILLIN)

7.     TOXIC COLORS

Bright colours used in candy and cakes (like M&M’s and artificial colored pops) are made with synthetic dyes derived from petroleum (RED 40, Yellow 5, Blue 1), these are known to cause ADHD, ADD & hyperactivity in kids. These artificial colors are known to be contaminated with carcinogens, preserved in parabens and propylene glycol solutions known to be endocrine disruptors (can trigger early puberty in male/female child). Europe has strict food compliance rules and ensures the perils of using these hazardous colours are highlighted on food packages to inform the consumer. Few companies make their colors from real foods such as carrots, beet root and spirulina, this option can save your loved ones from ingesting harmful chemical dyes potentially known to be hormonal disruptors (may cause hypothyroidism)

CHOOSE :: India Tree Natural Decorating COLOURS *(Colors have a short shelf life usually around one year, as they are extracted from clean sources and not bleached or chemically processed)

COLOUR Kitchen Food Color Packets  **(Contains NON-GMO Malto-dextrin, I use it for decorating the fondant, to make it attractive for my son's favourite characters but avoid serving it with cake). 

8     BAKING POWDER

Traditional Baking Powders contain Wheat Starch, Aluminum  (linked to Alzheimer’s disease) and Genetically Modified Ingredients.

CHOOSE :: BAKING SODA or Aluminum Free Baking Powder

Its surprising how at every step your health is sacrificed to make your cake survive LONGER !!!

Pro-Tip :: Shop for the above ingredients and identify a reputable friendly baker in your neighbourhood, pass on these ingredients while sharing a picture of the model cake. If nothing works out inform the bakery your child/self are allergic to certain conventional ingredients and request to substitute with your HEALTHY produce. Every effort taken to fix your child's health matters !!!