Some foods are nutrient dense, fuel and medicine for our bodies, and some are inflammatory, nutrient poor and energy sapping. With a few simple swapouts, we can increase the nutrient intake for whole family, while reducing intake of foods which can cause issues.
We can see food as our fuel – if we put the right fuel into our engine, things will run smoothly. If we regularly put the wrong fuel in (eg diesel into a petrol engine) – problems begin to occur.
Food is absolutely essential to living a healthy life, and there are a few simple things we can do to.
Here are some ideas - switch:
Wheat flour for almond, buckwheat, coconut, chickpea flour
Sugar or artificial sweeteners for honey, stevia, rice malt syrup
Dairy milk for almond, coconut, oat or hempseed milk
Packaged snacks (chips, chocolate, lollies, cakes, biscuits) for nuts, fruit, veg sticks with hummous, bliss balls, home baking with above swapouts, trail mix, seed crackers, hard boiled eggs, smoothies
Fizzy drinks / Alcohol for kombucha, soda water with fruit, mocktails, water
Coffee for spiced chai, turmeric latte, herbal teas
Pasta for pulse pasta, lentil pasta, quinoa pasta
White rice for brown rice or quinoa
Breakfast cereals for homemade muesli, porridge, eggs, smoothies, pancakes with swapout ingredients, fruit salad with yoghurt, stewed fruit with muesli
Bread for homemade seedy bread, keto bread, paleo bread
Processed meats (ham, salami etc) for leftover meats from the night before
Lunchtime purchases (pies, fried foods etc) for leftovers, sushi, roast veg salad, wraps filled with meat and veg, omelettes, soups, pesto pasta, seedy bread with nut butter or chia jam
Sugary deserts for chia pudding / avocado mousse / raw choc / fruit and coconut yoghurt
These are just a few ideas, there are so many easy ways to get the most from our food – helping the whole family to feel great! I have many more ideas, feel free to email me and I can send you a handout I made called ‘Healthy Eating Inspiration’ which contains quick, easy meals and snacks for kids or adults.
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