The Remix Mantra
Our Three Principles of Food Freedom:
No Sugar. No Grains. No Worries.
Our Three Principles of Food Freedom:
No Sugar. No Grains.
No Worries.
The first principle of Remix is simple: your body already makes all the sugar it needs. Everything else is extra—and that “extra” is where the problems begin.
The Energy System Your Body Actually Wants
Think of your body as the ultimate energy management system. It’s designed to take the food you eat and convert it into steady, reliable fuel. Plants figured this out millions of years ago—they make glucose from sunlight and air. Your body has an even more sophisticated version of this process.
Natural sugars from whole foods come with their own instruction manual: fiber, water, vitamins, and minerals that tell your body exactly how to process them. Added sugars are like sugar without the manual—your body gets confused and overreacts.
The Blood Sugar Reality
Here’s what happens when you eat added sugar: your blood sugar spikes rapidly, your body panics and releases insulin to bring it down, then you crash and crave more sugar. This cycle creates instability in your energy, mood, and hunger signals.
Remove added sugars, and your energy system finds its natural rhythm. No more afternoon crashes. No more sugar cravings that hijack your food decisions.
What “No Sugar” Actually Means
The Remix approach to “No Sugar” focuses on eliminating added sugars—the ones hiding in processed foods, drinks, and packaged products. We’re not talking about the natural sugars in an apple or the lactose in milk. We’re talking about the sugar that’s been put into food during processing.
This isn’t about restriction—it’s about precision. When you choose sweetness consciously (honey in your tea, berries with your yogurt), you’re in control. When sugar is hidden in your pasta sauce and salad dressing, the food industry is making your choices for you.
The Science Made Simple
Your body runs on glucose—the fuel that powers every cell. Plants make glucose from sunlight. You get yours from food. When you eat whole foods, your body converts them into glucose at the perfect rate for sustained energy.
Added sugars bypass this system entirely. They flood your bloodstream with more glucose than you need, more quickly than your body can handle. The excess gets stored as fat, and your natural energy regulation system gets disrupted.
Why This Principle Changes Everything
Understanding “No Sugar” is the foundation for everything else in Remix. Once you see how added sugars destabilize your energy and hijack your taste buds, you understand why so many “healthy” foods don’t make you feel healthy.
This principle teaches you to read ingredients differently, choose foods that actually nourish you, and taste food the way it was meant to taste—without artificial enhancement.
Ready to see how this works in real life? Our Top 10 Playlists for Sweeteners show you exactly how to satisfy your sweet tooth while keeping your energy stable and your body happy.
The second principle of Remix challenges one of modern nutrition’s biggest assumptions: that grains are an essential food group. Modern grains are processed sugar with better marketing.
The Grain Reality Check
Here’s what most people don’t realize: your body processes a slice of whole wheat bread almost exactly like candy. Whole wheat bread has a glycemic index of 75. Table sugar clocks in at 63. Your “healthy” morning toast spikes your blood sugar faster than a candy bar.
This isn’t an accident—it’s the result of how modern grains are processed. Even “whole grain” products are stripped of fiber, vitamins, and minerals, then ground into fine powders that your body absorbs like sugar. What’s left is empty calories that spike your blood sugar while providing almost no nutritional value.
What Flour Really Is
When a recipe calls for “flour,” most people automatically think wheat. But flour is simply ground-up plants—any plants. Almond flour from nuts. Coconut flour from coconuts. Cassava flour from roots. Wheat flour is just one option, not the default.
The grain industry has convinced us that wheat is essential, but humans thrived for thousands of years eating roots, vegetables, fruits, nuts, seeds, and animal proteins. Wheat became dominant because it’s cheap to grow and has a long shelf life—not because it’s nutritionally superior.
The Storage Problem
Your body can only use so much quick energy at once. When you eat grain-based foods that convert rapidly to glucose, The excess gets stored as fat while you feel hungry again in two hours.
This creates a cycle: eat grains, spike blood sugar, crash, crave more carbs, repeat. Meanwhile, your body stores the excess energy it can’t immediately use, and your natural hunger signals get disrupted.
Why Your Body Prefers Alternatives
Replace grain-based foods with nuts, seeds, vegetables, and quality proteins, and something remarkable happens: your blood sugar stabilizes, your energy becomes consistent, and your hunger signals start working properly again.
These alternatives provide what grains promise but don’t deliver: sustained energy and satisfaction that lasts.
The Inflammation Factor
Modern wheat contains proteins that can irritate your digestive system. When your gut lining becomes compromised, it affects everything from nutrient absorption to immune function. Many people who struggle with digestive issues, skin problems, or low energy find dramatic improvement when they eliminate grains.
The bigger issue is opportunity cost—grains take up space on your plate that could be filled with nutrient-dense vegetables, quality proteins, and healthy fats. Every bite of grain-based food is a missed opportunity to nourish your body with something that actually provides essential vitamins, minerals, and sustained energy.
Why This Principle Matters
Understanding “No Grains” teaches you to question food industry assumptions and focus on ingredients that actually nourish your body. It shows you that comfort foods can be made with better ingredients, and that satisfaction comes from stable blood sugar, not quick fixes.
This principle is the key to breaking free from the blood sugar roller coaster that keeps you tired, hungry, and dependent on your next meal.
Ready to transform your favorite recipes? Our Top 10 Playlists for Flours show you exactly how to make everything from pancakes to pizza using ingredients that actually fuel your body instead of fighting it.
The third principle of Remix might seem counterintuitive, but it’s the most important one: The stress about food can be worse than the food itself.
“No Worries” isn’t about being careless with your nutrition—it’s about understanding that anxiety, perfectionism, and food guilt create their own health problems that can undermine everything else you’re doing right.
The Stress-Food Spiral
Here’s what happens when you stress about food: your body releases cortisol, your sleep suffers, your digestion gets disrupted, and ironically, you start craving the exact foods you’re trying to avoid. Stress triggers the same inflammatory pathways as sugar and grains.
When you approach food with anxiety and rigid rules, you create a feedback loop where the worry itself becomes a health problem. Your body can’t tell the difference between genuine danger and food anxiety—it responds to both with stress hormones that disrupt your metabolism and decision-making.
The Double Meaning
“No Worries” works on two levels. First, it’s about releasing the stress that sabotages your health goals. But more importantly, making wellness so intuitive it becomes effortless.
When you consistently nourish your body with quality ingredients, you naturally break the cycle of cravings, energy crashes, and food obsession. A well-fed body handles stress more gracefully, sleeps more deeply, and maintains stable energy throughout the day.
Why Perfection Backfires
Traditional diet thinking teaches you to white-knuckle your way through cravings and beat yourself up for “slip-ups.” This creates a war between you and food where you’re always either winning or losing.
The Remix approach recognizes that consistency matters more than perfection, and self-compassion is more powerful than self-criticism. When you go off-plan occasionally—at a party, during travel, or just because life happens—you simply return to nourishing choices without the guilt spiral that usually derails everything.
Building Resilience, Not Rules
“No Worries” means approaching food with curiosity instead of anxiety, flexibility instead of rigidity, and self-compassion instead of self-judgment. This isn’t about lowering your standards—it’s about building a sustainable relationship with food that works in real life.
The skills you develop when you stop worrying about food—trusting your body’s feedback, adapting to change, bouncing back from setbacks—these become life skills. You’re not just improving your nutrition; you’re practicing how to approach challenges with more confidence and less stress.
The Confidence Factor
When you learn to listen to your body’s signals—energy levels, sleep quality, mood, digestion—you become the expert on your own system. This builds deep confidence in your ability to make good choices in any situation, whether you’re traveling, celebrating, or dealing with life’s inevitable curveball moments.
You stop needing external rules because you’ve developed internal wisdom. Food becomes a tool for feeling good rather than a source of stress and confusion.
The System That Supports You
“No Worries” is ultimately about building systems that work even when motivation dips. It’s about creating habits so aligned with how you want to feel that maintaining them becomes natural, not forced.
This principle recognizes that lasting change comes from small, sustainable shifts—not from perfect adherence to rigid rules. It’s the difference between building a lifestyle and following a diet.
Ready to put this into practice? Our Top 10 Playlists give you the practical tools to create meals that satisfy your cravings while supporting your energy—no stress, no guilt, just food that makes you feel genuinely good.