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Can You Really Stay Healthy Anywhere in the World with Just Three Simple Habits?
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Jul 11, 2025
Healthy living isn’t a mystery, a trend, or a one-size-fits-all program. It’s a lifestyle grounded in three simple principles anyone can apply: eat fresh, stay full with nourishing foods, and stay fit through regular movement. In this episode of #ReluctantLowCarbLife, Anita breaks down the Trifecta of Health—Fresh, Full, and Fit—and how this approach works whether you’re in a Tokyo high-rise or a beach town in Brazil. You can also click here (https://reluctantlowcarblife.com/fresh-full-and-fit-a-trifecta-for-healthy-living-anywhere-in-the-world/) to read more about Fresh, Full, and Fit: A Trifecta for Healthy Living Anywhere in the World. #ReluctantLowCarbLife #HealthyLivingAnywhere #FreshFullFit #SimpleHealthHabits #GlobalHealthTips #LowCarbLifestyle #WholeFoodLiving #FitnessMadeSimple Support the show (https://www.buzzsprout.com/2029615/support)
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Hi, this is Anita from the Reluctant
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LowCarb Life. If you've been listening
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to my podcast, you know that there are
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three things that we talk a lot about
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which is called our trifecta of health.
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And today I want to talk a little bit
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more about the trifecta of health. I
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consider it to be so important, just an
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essential part of living. I really
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believe it's something that anyone can
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do and you can do it anywhere in the
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world. We've written a blog post
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entitled Fresh, Full and Fit: A Trifecta
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for Healthy Living Anywhere in the
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World. And in fact, if you live outside
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the United States, this in a way is kind
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of easier. I live in Hanoi, Vietnam, and
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I have to say that eating fresh foods
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and foods that are not alloced is a lot
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easier than in the United States. In
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fact, fresh foods and fresh fruits and
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vegetables and meats are all, you know,
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actually a lot cheaper than any type of
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processed food. So, let's talk first
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about fresh. Why we believe in eating
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foods that are fresh? You know, fresh
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food is the beginning of everything. You
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know, allocessed food has been shown to
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be foods which are been chemically
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modified. There's been a lot of studies
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recently. A book that I read that I
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highly recommend is by a Dr. Chris Van
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Tolken which is called multi-processed
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people and in there he talks about how
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dangerous essentially is ultrocessed
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foods are that ultrocessed foods is not
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real food but yet for some people
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they're eating 80% of multi-processed
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foods which means that they're 80% of
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the foods they're getting are not real
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foods. So you know the fresher the foods
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the more nutrients they hold. They have
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they hold more vitamin A, vitamin C,
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vitamin E, vitamin B. They have minerals
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like potassium, magnesium, antioxidants
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to fight in inflammation,
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you know, and all of these things will,
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you know, degrade over time in the in
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the processed foods. You know, fresh
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fruits, vegetables,
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grains, you know, beans, eggs, dairy,
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fish, and unprocessed meat are loaded
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with some great raw materials for your
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body. Processed foods are essentially
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foods that have been stripped down of
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fiber. They've been drowned in sodium
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and sugar. They're often fortified to
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make up for what was removed. But
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there's a lot of synthetic nutrients in
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the foods that aren't suitable for, you
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know, for nature's real versions.
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They're not suitable for they're not as
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good as what you can find in nature, you
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know. So, your body will absorb the
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minerals and the vitamins better in
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fresh foods than they would from
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multi-processed foods. You can find a
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lot of great fresh food all around the
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world. And a lot of the, you know, great
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basic foods that people eat, like for
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example, in Mexico, if you're in Mexico,
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fish tacos, you know, that's I love fish
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tacos. Or in Thailand, you can always
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find great stir-fried vegetables with
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tofu.
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So, you might ask yourself, why do we
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need to get back to fresh foods? Well,
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it's simple. Our our grocery stores are
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filled with boxes and plastic.
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Ingredients's
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list run for paragraphs. If you need a
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degree in chemistry to understand what
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you're eating, it's probably not helping
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your health. So, that's really the crux
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of it all. If you need to have a degree
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in chemistry and you don't know what all
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these chemicals are that you're putting
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into your body, you probably it's not
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good for you. You know, fresh food
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doesn't have to be complicated. You
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know, it can be um doesn't be, you know,
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endless hours in the kitchen. It can
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actually be very simple. It can be very
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easy. You know, you can have a smoothie
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with spinach, banana, and almond butter,
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or you can have an apple with a handful
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of almonds. It it doesn't have to be a
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very complicated kind of thing, you
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know. So, what does a fresh plate look
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like? Well, half the plate should be
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vegetables, you know, steamed,
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raw, grilled, or roasted. One quarter
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high quality protein,
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and one quarter whole grains or starchy
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vegetables.
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You can add some extras on there which
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would be some healthy fats as you know
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avocado, um, olive oil or nuts. And
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that's one of the reasons why I love I
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love fresh foods because fresh foods are
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such a great way of eating. And once
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you've eaten fresh foods,
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then you realize that there's so much
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more. You enjoy it so much more than the
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ultroessed foods. The next great thing
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about fresh foods is when you eat fresh
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foods, it really helps you feel full and
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satisfied. So you have what's called
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satiety. You don't feel stuffed. You
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don't feel over full, but you have
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satiety, which means that you won't have
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to eat for a much longer period of time,
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which means you'll eat less. And it it's
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basically it's it's healthier for you
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when you really like when you eat the
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fresh foods. The added benefit is you're
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eating foods that are going to give you
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the nutrients and all of the other
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things that you need and you're going to
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feel full longer. Our last trifecta of
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health is fitness. to move every day.
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You can find a way to move. Find
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something that you enjoy and go out and
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move. If you're not able to do anything,
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walk stairs. We're great believers in
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walking stairs. Or do some yoga,
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stretch, go out to the park. You know,
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there's lots of reasons why we believe
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this trifecta of health works, which is
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about fresh foods, foods that help you
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feel full and fitness, is that you can
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do it anywhere. It's simple. It's a very
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easy plan to follow. And if you do that,
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you will be healthier and have a
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healthier lifestyle. So, I actually have
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an example here where you can put it um
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into practice, one goal, one week way to
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put into practice. I've written a blog
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entitled Fresh, Full, and Fit: A
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Trifecta for Healthy Living Anywhere in
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the World. So, if you're looking for a
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way to be able to become healthier, we
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recommend that you check this out and
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check out our blog post. We'd love to
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hear from you. We'd love to have you be
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part of our community. And if you have
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any comments or questions, you know,
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please do let us know. Thank you so much
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for listening. If you haven't yet, press
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the subscribe button because we're all
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about these three things. Fresh foods,
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foods that help you feel full longer,
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and also fitness, getting some exercise
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in every day. Thank you so much.
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