No. Sugar. No. Grains. No Worries.®
The Remix Mantra
We believe that healthy living doesn’t have to be complicated. Our mantra—No Sugar. No Grains. No Worries.—represents the three principles of Remix that can transform how you think about food and nutrition. This isn’t about deprivation or following restrictive diets; it’s about mindfully rearranging ingredients so you naturally make better food choices without sacrifice. When you embrace Remix, you’ll discover that just like music, more often than not, the remix is better than the original. Let’s explore what ‘No Sugar’ really means and how it helps you achieve a whole better you.
All living things need energy for their cells to function. Plants create their own energy. Using solar energy to form chemical energy, they make their own glucose. Animals and humans get energy from the food we eat, specifically carbohydrates. Carbohydrates are broken down to glucose, which is our body’s primary fuel for energy.
Carbohydrates are sugars. They can be in the form of sugar, starch, or fiber. They are either simple (shorter chains of sugar molecules) or complex (longer chains of sugar molecules). Simple sugars are the simplest form of a carbohydrate; they have one molecule, monosaccharide. The most common simple sugars are glucose, fructose, and galactose.
When two simple sugars combine, they become disaccharides. These duos are sucrose (glucose + fructose), lactose (glucose + galactose), and maltose (glucose + glucose).
Both starch and fiber are long chains of glucose molecules. Digestible starches are broken down into glucose and absorbed in our body. Resistant starches resist being digested. Fiber isn’t digested either. So both resistant starches and fiber move through the small intestine undigested and become fuel for the good gut bacteria in our large intestine.
You can see the importance of “sugars” as the fuel for your body’s energy. These sugars can be either digestible or indigestible.
The Remix principle of No Sugar refers to reducing those carbohydrate calories that must be digested because they cause a rush of insulin in your body.
Insulin is a hormone released by the pancreas that acts like a key, allowing glucose from the bloodstream to enter your cells and be used as energy. Too much insulin can lead to health problems and can cause cells to become less responsive to insulin, a condition known as insulin resistance.
You don’t have to give up the taste of sweet in our cooking. You just need to eliminate refined (processed) sugars and choose sugars that are naturally found in fruits, vegetables, and dairy products.
Check out our Top 10 Playlist for sweeteners and discover how to remix recipes for a whole better you.
The second principle of our No Sugar. No Grains. No Worries. mantra tackles one of the most misunderstood ingredients in modern cooking: flour. While wheat flour has become synonymous with baking and cooking, our bodies pay a hidden price for this convenience. ‘No Grains’ doesn’t mean giving up your favorite baked goods—it means mindfully rearranging ingredients to choose better alternatives that nourish rather than just fill. Here’s why making the switch from traditional grain-based flours can be a game-changer for your health.
Kleenex® is to facial tissue what wheat flour is to flour. Both words have become interchangeable with their category. When a recipe calls for flour, it’s implied that it’s wheat flour.
Flour is defined as a fine powder or meal made from ground grains, roots, nuts, and vegetables. There are alternatives to the ubiquitous wheat flour. And before we go there, let’s understand why you need a routine of no grains.
Empty Calories
Refined grains are extremely unhealthy. In the process of making grain flour, the fiber and nutrients get stripped out. They essentially are empty calories; they will supply energy but provide almost no other value. Calories are a measure of energy. When you eat, you should go for the fuel that has the most efficient, beneficial calories.
Quickly Absorbed
Grains are a carbohydrate, or sugar. Glycemic index (GI) isn’t just for ‘sugars’; all food has a GI. White wheat bread has a GI of 74. Table sugar has a GI of 63. Both of these high-glycemic foods digest and absorb into the bloodstream quickly, which causes large, rapid changes in blood sugar levels.
Store It For A Rainy Day
The world consumption of wheat flour in 2024 was 1.7 trillion pounds! That equates to each person on the planet consuming 216 pounds per year, or every week individuals consume 4 pounds of wheat flour—loaded with calories. Unused, excess calories get stored as fat in your liver, muscles, and fat cells. It’s stored to be used for energy at a later time.
Two Proteins, One Problem
Grains contain both lectin and gluten proteins. Lectins are proteins that plants have that are thought to protect the plants from animals. Gluten proteins bind and hold food together. These proteins may cause inflammation, damaging the lining of your small intestine. Nutrients and water pass into the blood vessels through the lining of the intestine and are then delivered to your cells. If cracks occur in your gut lining, they could let other substances and toxins leak into your bloodstream.
Remix Ingredients
Nuts and seeds are good sources of protein, healthy fats, fiber, and vitamins. Root vegetables are packed with antioxidants, fiber, and vitamins. Choosing alternative flours can keep the GI low, the nutrients high, and can provide fat as fuel for you and for the good bacteria in your gut.
Check out our Top 10 Playlist for flour and discover how to remix recipes for a whole better you.
The final priciple of our No Sugar. No Grains. No Worries. mantra is perhaps the most important—and it has a clever double meaning. ‘No Worries’ is both about reducing the stress and anxiety that can sabotage your health goals, and about making wellness so simple that it becomes effortless. When you stop worrying about complicated diet rules and start focusing on quality ingredients, eating well becomes not just manageable, but genuinely enjoyable. Let’s explore how reducing worry can be your secret weapon for lasting health.
My Anxiety is an Influencer
Reducing stress plays a leading role in having a healthy life. When anxiety takes hold of you, you tend to lose sleep, eat poorly, and move less. Then you self-manufacture it. If you lose sleep, you begin to stress more. When there is more stress, you tend to consume a greater amount of unhealthy food. When you eat unhealthy, you often feel lethargic. And when you are tired, you are less motivated to move or exercise.
If you remix the ingredients you eat, you can allow your body to become regular. A healthy diet can offset the impact of stress by strengthening the immune system, creating more stable moods, and reducing blood pressure.
Eating better can help you sleep better, deeper, and longer. You’re less likely to consume foods high in calories, fat, and sugar when you have good rest. So quality sleep can actually help you eat better.
Having a handle on a healthy body may even help you feel more empowered in your life.
Not a Problem
Making small changes can get you big results. This isn’t complicated, and it’s not hard to find better ingredients. This website was created to provide healthy information and give you options for where to buy better ingredients.
The simple message is to forget about the amount of calories you eat and instead think of the purpose for those calories. Your body gets all its energy from the food you eat. Having better information allows you to make better choices—choices you should have no problem, and no worries, making.
Check out our healthy Top 10 Playlists and discover how to remix recipes for a whole better you.