Alyssa Smith Health, PO Box 118, Suffolk Park (2026)

01/03/2026

Not only are you giving them a blood sugar spiking, low-protein, low-fat food that digests in minutes…

You may also be exposing them to things you never signed up for.

Independent testing has repeatedly found elevated levels of heavy metals like lead, cadmium and arsenic in some commercial baby foods - especially fruit-based purées and rice products.¹

There have also been recalls for mold contamination in pouch products due to manufacturing and packaging issues.²

That doesn’t mean every pouch is toxic.

But it does mean: this isn’t the pristine “health food” marketing makes it out to be.

Meanwhile, what’s missing?

The two macronutrients a developing brain needs most:

✔️ High-quality fat
✔️ High-quality protein

Fat builds brains.
Protein builds neurotransmitters.
Both stabilize blood sugar.

A juicy, fatty lamb chop gives you all of it:
– Complete protein
– Natural fats + cholesterol
– Heme iron
– Zinc
– Real chewing (hello jaw + fine motor development)

It’s simple.
It’s ancestral.
It’s metabolically stabilizing.

This isn’t anti-fruit.
It’s anti-processed and pureed fruit-as-a-meal.

Babies don’t need squeeze packets engineered in factories.

They need real food that teaches their body how to regulate.

And before fear creeps in…I see you.

Every mother has blocks. Every mother has worries.
Choking fears. Iron fears. “What if they won’t eat it?” fears.

They’re valid.

But whole, nutrient-dense food is not something to fear. It’s something to trust.

Stop feeding your babies things you wouldn’t feed yourself.

And if you want help starting solids in a way that supports:

– Metabolic stability
– Brain development
– Attention + regulation
– Long-term health foundations

Comment SOLIDS and I’ll send you my Starting Solids guide.

Or send this to a mama friend with love. 🤍

and Consumer Policy report (2021); Consumer Reports investigations on heavy metals in baby food.
² Multiple FDA recall notices involving baby food pouch products due to mold contamination.

26/02/2026

We live in a society where we work ourselves into the ground for two weeks of vacation.

Two weeks.

I used to live in that race.
The better job.
The better title.
The better holiday.

Always upgrading the trip.
Rarely upgrading my actual life.

But here’s the thing:

The point of life is to like your real life.

Your Tuesday morning.
Your coffee at home.
The way your body feels when you wake up.

Not just the two weeks in Italy.

The problem?

It’s hard to step back and be honest about what actually fulfills us.
What feels good.
What expands us.
What challenges us in the right way.
What aligns with our intention.

It’s much easier to stay comfortable.

Stay in the job you’ve always had.
Stay in the city you grew up in.
Stay in relationships that don’t fully light you up.
Stay in routines that slowly drain you.

Building a life that actually feels good?
It takes courage.

Here are 5 reasons I was living for vacation:

1️⃣ I pushed my body to the limit, and then escaped it.

Leaky gut. UTIs. Insomnia. Inflammation.

I worked. I coped.
Then I fled to Europe to feel something.

2️⃣ I wasn’t noticing the richness of the present moment.

Travel forces presence.
New smells. New language.

Of course it feels alive.

But the aliveness isn’t exclusive to Tuscany. It’s available in your morning walk.

I just wasn’t available to see it.

3️⃣ I hadn’t built a life that felt good daily.

I had built a life that looked impressive.

Different thing.

My job didn’t feel aligned.
My workouts were punishing.
My body was surviving, not thriving.

So of course I needed an exit.

4️⃣ I confused expansion with escape.

Travel is expansive. I still love it.

But now it enhances my life. It doesn’t save it.

If you need a holiday to feel alive,
that’s information.

5️⃣ I was proving instead of living.

When you’re proving, you’re not present.

Now?

My days aren’t perfect.
But my body feels nourished.
My work aligns.
My nervous system isn’t braced for impact.

That’s the shift.

Not less travel. More alignment.

Ask yourself:

Are you expanding…
or escaping? 🛫

Save this if it stirred something.

Because your body always knows the difference.

23/02/2026

Your feminine flow is not a luxury.
It is your foundation.

When your nutrition, movement, and mindset align with your season of life, everything stabilizes: your hormones, your energy, your home.

Stop chasing trends.
Start choosing alignment.🩷

Find guidance that brings you back to yourself.
Find what makes you feel regulated, whole, embodied.

There is no clarity or fulfillment in dysregulation.

Fourteen years in finance taught me how to perform.
Holistic health taught me how to live.

Building a family while building a business brought it all together 🩷

23/02/2026

Your feminine flow is not a luxury.
It is your foundation.

When your nutrition, movement, and mindset align with your season of life, everything stabilizes: your hormones, your energy, your home.

Stop chasing trends.
Start choosing alignment.

Find guidance that brings you back to yourself.
Find what makes you feel regulated, whole, embodied.

There is no clarity or fulfillment in dysregulation.

Fourteen years in finance taught me how to perform.
Holistic health taught me how to live.
And building a family while building a business I love is a gift 🩷🩷

18/02/2026

Just when the screaming stops… it starts again 😂
Just when it’s clean… it’s chaos again.

Twins don’t test your patience. They train your regulation 🙏 and they definitely bring the LOLs.

💗 Motherhood: the ultimate nervous system masterclass.

17/02/2026

Reminders about your child’s eating patterns
from a holistic health coach, baby nutrition consultant, and mother of three small girls 🤍

🍓 Their eating patterns are not a reflection of you.
Not of your worth. Not of your skill. Not of whether you’re “doing this right.” Appetite fluctuations are developmental, not a parenting report card.

🍓 Appetite is not linear.
Your child will not eat the same amount every day. Growth spurts, teething, sleep, development, illness, and emotional regulation all impact hunger.

🍓 One meal means nothing.
Zoom out. Look at intake across 3–7 days, not one dinner.

🍓 They are intuitive eaters (unless we override it).
Children are born knowing when they’re hungry and when they’re full. Pressure, bribing, or fear-based feeding disconnects that signal.

🍓 Protein + fat = stability.
Balanced blood sugar isn’t just for adults. Pair fruit with protein. Add butter, olive oil, egg yolk, sardines, yogurt, meat. Stable kids are well-fed kids.

🍓 Phases are normal.
The “beige food only” phase? Normal. The “only blueberries” week? Normal. Just stay consistent in what you offer.

🍓 Our energy at the table shapes their relationship with food. Environment matters more than the bite count.

🍓They can eat what we eat.
With simple modifications. You don’t need separate “kid food.” You need nutrient-dense, whole foods from nature (human food).

🍓 Trust builds resilience.
The goal isn’t control. It’s raising a child who trusts their body and isn’t afraid of food.

🍓Gut health starts in utero.
Real food, fiber, healthy fats, fermented foods, and mineral-rich meals build the foundation for lifelong immunity and mood stability for us and them.

🍓You’re doing better than you think.

If you’re thinking about their nutrition, you already care deeply. Give yourself the credit you deserve.

13/01/2026

Comment 50 to learn how I lost 50 lbs while raising twin babies ❤️

It’s not another pill, powder, or challenge 🫠 It’s the everyday food swaps that quietly change everything: your hormones, energy, skin, mood and how you age.

Here are 10 I live by:

1️⃣ Protein bars → any whole food. Eggs, bacon, a tin of sardines. Protein bars are not satiating and do support clear skin.

2️⃣ Bread from the shelf → must be fresh/frozen. Otherwise it’s full of preservatives. Hello bloating and terrible digestion.

3️⃣ “Mylks” (particularly oat and soy 🤢) → Organic full cream or organic, pure coconut/almond/ macadamia

4️⃣ Store-bought matchas → Homemade (no sugar syrups, no seed oils and full control)

5️⃣ Wine → Tea, mineralized water or a mindful cocktail. Wine o clock is so 2009. Most wine contains over 70 chemicals. Hard pass. I have wine twice a year.

6️⃣ Pasta & bread → Real. Carbs. Roasting pumpkin and sweet potato is a weekly thing for me: more fiber + nutrients, no empty carbs, truly satisfying without the slump

7️⃣ Non-fat products → Full-fat. If it’s low or nonfat it’s a more highly processed food with higher sugar to replace the fat. You need the fat. It supports hormones + satiety.

8️⃣ Chocolate → Cacao or Carob (nutrient-rich, less sugar, less intense)

9️⃣ Olive oil that’s actually cut with seed oils (80% of those in the grocery store) → pure Italian olive oil in a dark bottle, ghee, grassfed butter (less inflammation, better flavor)

🔟 Seaweed snacks made with sunflower oil → read that label and get nori made with avocado or EVO!

Real food = real results.

Your hormones don’t need restriction. They need nourishment.

📍Save this list, your hormones will thank you

✨Comment 50 if you want to to learn how I transformed my body

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