It’s not about eating ‘health’ food, it’s about eating foods that nourish us.
When we make informed decisions about what we put on our plates, food can actually be our medicine. So much of the wisdom that our grandmothers tapped into has gone …and it’s been replaced by supermarket shelves stacked high with processed foods that are so refined there’s often very little nutritional content left.
It certainly looks like food, but Mother Nature didn't figure we'd put things through a factory and strip out vital nutrients that help build, maintain and sustain us before we put it in our bodies. Food is fuel ...it's what our bodies run on.
Taking responsibility for our health can be powerful. It’s not about taking a pill for the rest of lives, it’s about being accountable for ourselves. We all have an innate intelligence around what our bodies need for optimal health, and often it’s a matter of tapping into our intuition and figuring it out. It takes a little time, but it’s worth it.
Where to start? ...be an angel on your own shoulder. Watch how you react to certain foods. What really gets your mouth watering. How do you feel after you've had sugar or alcohol? Do you need a pick me up coffee in the morning? ...or perhaps a sugar-fix at 3pm?
Ever thought about why that is? Completing a food and symptoms diary can be a really good way of figuring out patterns and trends in your diet. It helps acknowledge where we are and then it's easier to figure out tweaks and changes that support us rather than deplete energy levels, weaken our immune systems, or cause any number of symptoms, from digestion and skin issues through to weight gain.
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