What to Eat these Days?

WHAT TO EAT THESE DAYS?

 I am in the lucky position that I have a take on nutrition and what to eat, but not everybody has. If you are confused but trying to do your best with the messages you receive from the TV, your friends and the nutritionists, whilst hoping to keep your budget low and your existing habits largely unchanged, I genuinely feel for you. Food should not be this complicated! 

Food has become complicated since we started mass-producing it, that moment when it left the larders, gardens and markets, and moved into the corporate world and the supermarkets. And now, just like when you buy the latest tech innovation from the IT giant, be as savvy about the food you buy.

“Food is medicine” they say, but with such a complicated minefield of choices, choosing the medicine and not the poison appears to be a rather lucky dip. Get it right you will feel well and function well, get it wrong and you will feel low on energy, sluggish and tired. 

In the early 70s, the whole food incorporation and mass production started and was in full swing by the 80s. And there was trouble already. In 1992, there was the need for a food pyramid to educate the consumer to eat better. Obviously, the advice given then is totally outdated today. This food pyramid contained masses of white gluten and meats – even sugar and alcohol ended up in the food pyramid. To read my full article about the food pyramid, click here: http://thenutritionhealer.com/122

Ayurvedic Nutrition is personalised nutrition. Personalised medicine is a new concept and much research is going into this. But Ayurvedic nutrition is not a new concept; in fact it is rather ancient knowledge. Apart from not practicing “one approach fits all”, it also advocates the concept of herbs acting as tonics or rasayanas. Today, these herbs are referred to as “adaptogenic” herbs and they are very important in a diet too. Ayurveda also identifies those herbs or substances which can activate a healing response in the body. To read more about Ayurvedic nutrition, refer to my previous article and click here: http://thenutritionhealer.com/what-is-ayurveda-nutrition

A big trend today is towards veganism or plant-based food. The difference in this approach is that being a vegan goes beyond food habits and includes making all lifestyle choices plant-based. The trend towards a plant-based diet is fueled by health concerns; a plant-based diet is better for the heart. The next set of problems it solves is the degradation of animal welfare in mass concentration factories and the environmental impact of these concentration farms. A question that I get asked a lot is: what about protein if I become vegetarian or vegan? The answer is you don’t really need to worry too much about protein because your body makes your own protein. You can’t use somebody else’s protein 1:1; you will always have to make your own. All your body needs for that are amino acids and they come in vegetables too. So, as long as you eat a variety of vegetables, you will ingest all the amino acids. To read more, see my full article here: http://thenutritionhealer.com/being-veganvegetarian-what-about-protein.

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Sonja Breuer (MSc. ayur. med.) is tapping into a niche solution for improving sleep with Eastern Medicine of Ayurveda and Yoga. The products available are online courses and individual coaching. She encourages people to embrace lifestyle changes to bring about better sleep, leading to greater levels of well-being, energy and performance. 

Sonja is qualified with a post graduate degree in Ayurvedic medicine, more than 1000 yoga teaching hours, coaching and mentoring diplomas and energy healing abilities. She has devised online programmes for better sleep: “7 Steps to Better Sleep” and “Yoga for Better Sleep” so you can get started immediately, either before or whilst working with her in person, either online or offline.