We changed our view on how we live

[@JordanTaylorVideos]

It's been difficult but eye-opening going through this 2 year health journey. We've changed a lot! Thank you to Helix Sleep for sending us a mattress from their sibling brand, Birch Living, for our guest room! Click here birchliving.com/jordantaylor to get 20% off your Birch mattress (plus two free Eco-Rest pillows!). You're going to LOVE this organic mattress..." #birchliving

[@JennicaReis]

Are videos on this channel uploaded once a month?

[@JordanTaylorVideos]

@@JennicaReis I try to give an update on life once a month. Sometimes I do more often.

[@JennicaReis]

@@JordanTaylorVideos that's amazing! I hope you have a good rest of your day.

[@danielstonebraker1952]

As somebody who has gut issues and is trying to figure out healthy living, please do more videos on this! As more and more people are starting to have digestive issues, I, and many others, would greatly appreciate to learn the methods that have helped you both.

[@JordanTaylorVideos]

We’ll make videos on this if it’s such a huge topic of interest considering how many likes your comment got. It’s a huge passion of ours. Message me on Instagram so we can talk further. Sara and I are also going to do a live over there on Instagram talking about gut health on Friday.

[@JordanTaylorVideos]

@messy_jordan on Instagram

[@wendytipon6020]

I wish i could like this comment a million times because i would love more, i know you have instagram but im still a bit old school and only do youtube, please please do more on gut health!

[@abbykittle5058]

@@JordanTaylorVideos I don't have instagram, so I'm glad this video was made. I've struggled with my health for over 7 years due to an intestinal parasite, malaria, and a handful of rounds of Covid. I have so many food sensitivities, and I hope that this won't be the case the rest of my life. I'm unable to cook all my own food due to how severe my symptoms can get at times, but I do the best I can with what I have. I take all-natural supplements, which have helped, but I haven't seen a drastic change yet. I hope to improve, but I'm not sure how at the moment. I'm much better off than in the past, but still am looking to get better. Thank you for this video!

[@JordanTaylorVideos]

@@wendytipon6020 If you're on Facebook, I'd love to talk to you about what's helped us tremendously!

[@annaluewho2473]

I have PCOS and it's so important to hear about this stuff. Crazy how in all my years of cycle-related health problems, not one doctor looked into my gut health or lifestyle even though they were willing to put me on hormones for the rest of my life...I'm just now getting into the world of hormone-health-conscious living and it's great to hear about it from you guys.

[@Naomiwhitwifelife]

I have PCOS as well and am thankful to say it is a mild case now because I am following nearly everything that Sara is!

[@meganjaime7728]

I had a similar childhood food wise. We never ate out, never got the sugar food (fruit roll ups, sugar cereals, etc),no drive throughs. Same as ya’ll we got to eat it if someone offered it to us. My mom just liked to cook and bake herself. She didn’t do frozen meals and didn’t even want us to eat cereal for breakfast. She would rather feed us eggs or oatmeal. I feel so blessed that she was so dedicated o making sure she fed us well. 🙂

[@starlynn6652]

When you guys made the dairy-intolerance video, I was struggling with debilitating symptoms that made it nearly impossible for me to care for my kids. I remember watching that video with a massive migraine and realizing that it was my food that was killing me. I gave up dairy (improved a little) and then gluten a couple years after, which was the real culprit. I know I can do more to heal my body, but I am already so much better than I was and am so grateful that I watched that video because it spurred my gut-health journey. So thank you!

[@sarataylorhealth]

It’s actually not the food! It’s your gut! Food sensitivities are reversible. That’s what I now help a lot of people overcome.

[@starlynn6652]

@@sarataylorhealth I guess I have some research to do, then!

[@MollysStory]

I think this should be a series on your channel! 🙌 I’ve been on a health journey as well but I’m way behind you guys.😅

[@kara.g.]

This is very inspiring, thanks for sharing! I love Sarah’s approach that you should never settle for, “this is just the way that it is.”

[@deion312]

Totally relate! I’ve been through some crazy health issues in the last 5 years and now I am very health conscious and I am a big believer in natural living… organic Whole Foods, foundational supplements, sunlight, good sleep, exercise, social connection etc. The more we get back to the way God intended is the live, the healthier.

[@kaitlynmarie8473]

Sara should make her own KZbin channel about this healthy lifestyle! And cooking and what products she’s learned are healthy!

[@zabygriffon]

Thank you for discussing this topic and your personal experience/journey! My sister and I have recently changed to a more healthier diet, and there is a lot we are still figuring out. This was very helpful! Please consider doing more videos like this. God bless you both, and congratulations on your baby boy!

[@granesperanza6478]

Honestly, it does feel very overwhelming. I remember feeling amazing when I cooked through a gut health cookbook from my library a few years ago, but all the meals required fresh ingredients and a lot of preparation. And now as a mom of a toddler I just don't know where I would find the time to make this switch. I know I would feel better though...

[@justinedeleyer4894]

I dont usually comment, but I really enjoyed this video, thank you. I especially liked your observations on raising your own animals for meat, how animals are treating in factory farming, etc. All the best on your health journies!

[@jaimecole4656]

I was already doing keto and intermittent fasting, and now I've been working on eating carnivore for 2 months. It's amazing how it changed how I feel about food and even evened out my moods.

[@latterdaycovenantliving]

Plants are my food’s food. Seriously though eating just meat has made me healthier than I e ever been I didn’t know what it was like to not be in pain before I found carnivore.

[@jaimecole4656]

@@latterdaycovenantliving I wish my husband would try it. He's always in pain.

[@trishazeigler92]

My husband went carnivore for a couple months and it's amazing how his back pain disappeared.

[@Ranstone]

Me, chugging an entire 2 liter of soda watching this: *Nods in agreement.* "Oh yea, I too am a man of health!"

[@kelsGodsgirl]

If your way of living is weird, then I'm also weird! I had Chronic Fatigue Syndrome for about a decade, unable to work for five years... chronic health issues do force you to learn about your body and healthy eating/living. It's the silver lining for me, too. I'm healing through brain retraining, calming my nervous system, healing my gut and my trauma, and good nutrition. I was able to start working again a few months ago! Fun to hear from another couple who have learned many of the same lessons as my husband and I have the past few years 💜

[@oliviayaste8939]

I have ulcerative colitis and after my diagnosis my family and I completely changed our diet. We’ve been eating clean wholesome ingredients, avoiding processed foods and chemicals, and really becoming more aware of ingredient lists for almost 10 years now. It has been the best thing for all of us and our health. I cannot stress this enough. Fixing your micro biome is great for physical and mental health!! It’s fascinating when you look into all the connections.

[@TheGlitterBug]

My husband and I are in this same position. We are slowly making the shift into a better lifestyle and it has been extremely eye opening to say the least. I am glad to know I am not the only one who is still discovering / has discovered just how toxic certain foods and household items are. Please continue making more videos about this kind of stuff. I honestly enjoyed listening to you guys talk!

[@sarahpaepke9860]

I love this video! I love how everything in your lives has slowly taken you into a homesteading mindset. It's so fun to watch, because I'm in the same boat!

[@Bowiebonolennon1982]

Pfew!! I'm relieved! I was worried this was going to be an announcement of something TERRIBLE!😅

[@TheMennomilist]

I love that you have gone on this journey. It is like how I am about sustainable and ethically sourced items to save money, the planet, and people over time. I have been making my own cleaning products for over a decade now, but when I tell people about nasty chemicals in their items or clothes, etc. . .they don't understand. I love baking my own bread for my family and definitely taste the clean feeling that baking my own things gives. Anyway, great job. Keep being the "weird ones" in your familes.

[@hannahangell4962]

Can you share some resources you used to learn about all of this stuff? It’s hard to know where to start!

[@stephanieblood1782]

I would Love to see the small and big changes you guys have done, seems like you guys have done an awesome job and having some balance in life is key!

[@rachelyerkes5632]

I like making more healthier choices. Slowly but surely I’m trying to have me and my husband live a healthier life💕

[@Crainiac0_0]

I love your guys' lifestyle, it's always been so pleasant looking.

[@reepicheepsfriend]

the other day I noticed that the store was selling tubs of lard next to where they have always had Crisco....we came full circle as a society

[@cassie.G]

Man I just love you guys. I gotta catch up on these vids.

[@username9999]

I'm about the same age as you two and I have still not figured out when and what to feed myself. I have exhaustion, dizziness, and headaches. I have mood swings and dont know that I'm hungry until I feel sick.

[@SweetPetunia897]

Sounds like blood sugar imbalance. I struggled with that for years and people kept saying to eat more protein but then I eventually figured out that I needed not just more protein but more fat. When I started eating more fat I started seeing improvement. Also, eat something every 2-3 hours to avoid not realizing you’re hungry until you’re overly hungry and sick. Hope that helps you a bit!

[@sarataylorhealth]

@@SweetPetunia897 good advice! Except the part about eating every 2 hours! You should go at least 4 hours between meal. Eating every 2 hours actually contributes to metabolic dysfunction which can cause all those symptoms. It’s also bad for gut health!

[@nicolealfaro5558]

It would be so great to hear more of your takes on all things health here on KZbin! I do not use Instagram:(

[@vg2001]

So Sarah, Jordan said you *had* Lyme when you were younger. Would y'all ever consider doing a video on that (or did you, and I missed it), and how you treated it and made it a past-tense thing?

[@BickyToya]

I'm not them but I say find a natural/homeopathic doctor that will scan your hand or hair and work it out of your system with natural medication. I have a friend doing this now

[@username9999]

I've heard of some families who call themselves "crunchy with a side of McDonalds." We try to eat healthy at home, but somehow we don't schedule our meals right and end up hungry when we are away from home.

[@username9999]

My child has never had a pop-tart, bagel bite, fruit roll up, or froot loop. Someone was asking him what kind of cake he likes and he had never heard of any other the flavors they were listing.

[@briggsfamily90]

Can you do a video of the new products you switch too? To replaced the toxic ones please.

[@katrinagrubner4263]

Ohhh I’d love a video on Sarah’s recipe for burger buns ! Maybe a step-by-step ?

[@wendytipon6020]

This is why we now have pigs, goats, chickens, turkeys. This is our first year we will butcher all of our own meats! We buy grass fed beef, 100% nothing added to the cow! Learning about different flours we can start using for better healthy. My husband is allercig to tree nuts so some "healthy" flours dont work for us. @JordanTaylorVidoes thank you for this!

[@trishazeigler92]

We hunt deer and I have learned a little about butchering them from my husband. My family are farmers so we would send our old cows to be butchered locally and eat the beef. I raise chickens for eggs but I haven't attempted raising meat birds or pigs yet.

[@motherwolf8407]

We cook our own food just like you. I now have a difficult time eating out at restaurants! We eat grass finished beef and i don't want to eat beef that isn't grass finished. I eat the trim healthy mama lifestyle. I do not make our burger buns though. I'm working on learning sour dough.

[@KKJ_author]

I try to eat low carb/keto, and prepare most foods myself - and I'd LOVE the recipe you use for hamburger buns. Low carb and keto bread products are just not something I love, and I'd like to change that. :)

[@sarataylorhealth]

These buns were not low carb! They were made with organic wheat. I like to stay protein focused, but carbs shouldn’t be scary as long as they’re eaten in an appropriate and supportive way.

[@KKJ_author]

@@sarataylorhealth I have some sort of wheat allergy. It affects my lungs, so it wouldn't work for me. 🙂

[@d0omslug]

Just a comment to support!

[@misslittleamerika]

I would love to see Sara's healthy makeup routine! :)

[@jennastephan1413]

5:17 que the pretty music lol

[@austinmcnair612]

More videos about gut health please!

[@teshn1229]

Seek and you will find. A lot of good stuff in here, glad you are learning and benefiting! 3:38... 💀

[@rachelw3533]

Great video both of you!

[@chayafaith710]

What is your opinion of the Yuka app? I've been using it and it's surprisingly helpful especially with "health foods" I find so many things that make health claims with the worst ingredients! Also would love to hear all of the clean makeup products I have a few good one but need eyeshadow options!

[@MegananaOwl]

Thanks for sharing your journey with us! As someone suffering from very irregular hormones, I KNOW that this is the direction that I SHOULD go… but it feels completely overwhelming to me to even begin. What would you recommend as a good “first step” for someone wanting to start a healthier lifestyle?

[@sarataylorhealth]

I’m currently doing a 7 part series on instagram of simple healthy habits. That would be a great place to start!

[@notarealwombat5676]

I particularly like the conversation about our connection to meat you've started here. This is the very reason I've started eating vegetarian, then I continued for environmental reasons. And now studying veterinarian science, I get a unique look into the meat industry and it's brutal. Animals aren't always handled as living beings but as products, stuff like that. This conversation is too long for a yt comment, but take my 2 cents (or leave it).

[@notsoboujie]

Wow!! This is very inspiring i myself am trying to eat healthier and also be healthier. Please do more videos like this guys it's awesome!! :-D

[@pjdaymom]

Y’all are so inspiring

[@bcm.3903]

Sarah, where did you get your health coach cetification? I'm starting to look into this myself.

[@jmatt2871]

"when I eat one of OUR chickens, its so gratifying"

[@angelarasmussen1800]

I am starting down this path that your wonderful parents started you down early in life. If we all do this, the industry will hopefully come down. The industry of plastic food I mean. I look forward to the day when I can have chickens.

[@lilyb4229]

Please do an in-depth full video on this!! I would love to hear more.

[@VitasInfinite]

I love your videos 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@AdarableKitten]

also I susspect I may have Endometriosis which could be explaining my rise in allergies. Also sad I cant have the bed. Im Allergic to natural Latex

[@dannydanny9875]

The nearly Perfect Couple

[@tpark9626]

Just remember this advice is not for everyone. 3 meals a days is not best for everyone. People with dysautonomia like myself do better with frequent small meals rather than 3 larger meals with less blood sugar drops and spikes.

[@sarataylorhealth]

Eating 2-3 meals is actually how you avoid frequent glucose spikes and drops! Needing to eat every 2-3 hours is a sign of metabolic dysfunction and can typically be overcome with diet changes! Eating several smaller meals a day is one factor that causes the dysfunction. I work on this with a lot of my clients!

[@kaitlynmarie8473]

I would love to live like this someday… but it seems so impossible to do. So out of reach :/

[@AdarableKitten]

you can be cemical free if you build your furniture yourself

[@SharpnessSword]

That's awesome

[@julienelson31]

I’m the same way with health and it drives my extended family crazy . Like if there’s a birthday party at Chuck E Cheese and I won’t let my kids eat the pizza there. They ate before they came , they’ll eat when we get home. And it’s all healthy stuff at home. The desserts are made with 1/2 thr sugar and all gluten free, healthier ingredients than at the bakery. We aren’t missing out on anything !

[@Mary.andersen19]

I could never kill my own food, but I love meat... am I the only one? lol

[@BickyToya]

Have you all ever seen a natural/homiopathic doctor?

[@achillesbuchanan2095]

I respect your youthful enthusiasm, but the least reliable science is self-diagnosed and alternatively treated symptoms (and the same for family diagnosis - spouse to spouse, etc - the most inaccurate is that of a parent and child). It’s good to eat healthy and enjoy homesteading, but don’t fall for the mistake of inadvertently creating your own kind of well-intended but fearful cult. The real science is that many organic foods are ultimately worse for the environment and therefore the end consumer. Most micronutrient micromanagement is a waste of time and money. Life and diet is mostly about “all things in moderation”, and that can include occasional takeaway food or processed treats. Unless you have extremely rare and lab proven allergies, living as I’ve described is going to make 0% difference over the purest organic diet with herbal or other supplements, etc. In fact, a sensible balanced diet, which can include everything from a home grown feast to takeaway pizza and ice cream, is also good for a healthy, balanced mind that is open and reasonable and remains relatable to others. Don’t get lost down rabbit holes. Don’t get too intense or self-obsessed. And that includes most of the hype over household toxins. There are some legitimate things to be aware of, but most make 0% difference and going to the trouble and expense to eliminate them all effectively achieves nothing, except that you can have this imaginary sense of security of a “pure” environment. Chill, dudes.

[@victorialester1634]

Jordan how are you gonna have such a strong opinion on the food you’re eating if you’re not going to cook any of it yourself, if Sara’s the one doing all of this cooking why is she not the one speaking about this subject🙄

[@sarataylorhealth]

Because we agree 100% so it doesn’t matter which one of us said it. I cook the food because I know how. He does a lot of other daily jobs that I don’t want to do or don’t know how. It’s a pretty good system called marriage!

[@mandogrogurescuedogs]

Lol second or third generation to think killing our food is weird. My parents and their parents didn’t butcher food.

[@FluentWithHayley]

Mkay, crunchy question for you guys now: I’ve been cooking everything in avocado oil and sometimes olive oil, because I’m allergic to all tree nuts excluding peanut & almond. But I just read the more recent two studies about avocado oil. 🫠 What oils do you use or would you suggest, in my situation?

[@sarataylorhealth]

We use butter, tallow, lard, and coconut oil! We also use EVOO, but only for cold or low heat foods.

[@boozy638]

Olive oil never failed the Mediterranean people.