Simple Eating for Overall Health & Wellness

Everyone and their mother has a different opinion about how you should eat, what you should eat, when you should eat, best diet for *blank*, etc. I love that everyone is on their own health journey, and discovering what works and doesn’t work for them! But unfortunately, many diet opinions are just the result of good marketing.

Most diets and trends are fueled by money. Between new (& funded) research, brands selling products or services, & other circulating opinions, following the latest diet trend isn’t usually what is best for our health or relationship with food. The people behind this marketing don’t typically have your health & well-being in mind. They prey on our insecurities, claiming their way will make you “skinny” or “ripped” or “happier” and “healthier” so that they can make the sale. Unfortunately for us, it becomes exhausting as we make efforts to follow all of these rules and trends, only to later find out there’s something “better”, or that they were wrong altogether. Its never ending!

As a result, many of us get stuck in this cycle of shame and frustration about our current habits, falling for appealing marketing tactics, trying something shiny and new, only to later fall off track and start the cycle over again. Meanwhile, feeling like the whole thing is our fault! What if I told you that you don’t need to live like this anymore!?

Through my YEARS of trial and error with so many different diets and regimes, I have simplified my relationship with food and nutrition;

It is as simple as eating more whole foods, and less processed foods.

The main things that people try to stay away from while buying groceries- additives, dyes, too many calories, added sugars, etc. are ingredients included in processed foods. Fresh meat & produce are inherently free from all of them! Instead of living in a constant spiral of switching to & from “low calorie”, “low fat”, “low sugar” food products, simplify things by focusing on eating mostly whole foods.

Eating mostly whole foods means prioritizing real foods closest to their naturally occurring state. Meats, fruits, vegetables, beans, nuts, & seeds all fall into this category. Luckily, there are also many food product options that are less processed than others. For example, buying peanut butter that contains just peanuts and salt vs peanut butter with added sugars + oils. Its not about demonizing sugars and oils in general, its about looking at the ingredients and deciding if they make sense to you. For example, “peanut butter” should pretty much just be peanuts!

It really doesn’t have to be so complicated! The best thing you can do for you physical and mental health is to ignore all of the noise, and focus on eating real food.