Cyndi O'Meara, Happy Birthday

Cyndi O'Meara is here for the full hour to discuss how to read labels properly. She is the Author of the best selling book "Changing Habits." We have an educational show today, so stick around!

Cyndi O'Meara

Cyndi is an internationally acclaimed nutritionist, author, and documentary maker. She is the founder of Changing Habits which is an educational health and nutrition business. Cyndi has authored and self-published ‘Changing Habits Changing Lives’ prior to creating the documentary What’s With Wheat? in 2016. What’s With Wheat? investigates how the modern agricultural practices of wheat growing has produced a product that is making people more susceptible to disease.

Reading Labels with Cyndi O’Meara of Changing Habits

Back in the early 90's, Cyndi was writing columns for an Australian newspaper. After trying to write about margarine, she was silenced and told she couldn't publish that article. Tenaciously, she kept on writing and telling the truth. Cyndi got picked up by Penguin Publishing Australia! Two books later, one recipe book, and one documentary later, she has a multi million dollar company. Cyndi just wants to enable everyone to make better choices so they too can enjoy greater health throughout their lives.

Cyndi recently reached out to Rich Roll, founder of a popular egg substitute company. Rich Roll recently made a false claim about how much carbon dioxide chicken eggs produce. Cyndi, as a nutritionist, wanted to get to the bottom of it. She went through every single one of the ingredients on his egg substitute, and she found that 4 ingredients that are made synthetically. There were no whole foods! Cyndi O'Meara is committed to reading labels and making sure that the foods that we ingest are in their whole state.

Going Organic and Colors

Go organic. Find a health food store that you enjoy and trust, but remember it's not always a large chain store. Last year has really woken us up. Try and become an activist simply with your food purchases. It is as simple as that. Many synthetic colors can cause adverse effects. In Australia then number their artificial colors 1-300. Here, in the US, we only have a few. The most popular dye here in the US is red dye #40 which has been tied to hyperactivity in children. Multiple studies published in journals such as Pediatrics, The Lancet, and Journal of Pediatrics demonstrate that some children with ADD/ADHD may be adversely affected by artificial food dyes.

Thank You!

A big thank you to our guest Cyndi O’Meara! Check out Cydni’s website here to learn more about "Lab To Table" and how to eat whole, healthy foods.

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