Eating to do yourself a whole lot of not bad?
(Sitting in the morning sun, homemade scrambled eggs, sausages and stewed apples, best bud in the world by my side, crazy cockatoos dropping pine fronds on our head 😝… that’s my ‘eating to do myself whole lotta good!’)
The average person eats 1-1.5kg (3-5 pounds) of food per day. That's up to 1 ton (2,000 pounds!) a year. That's a literal ton of opportunity to change your health, for better or worse!
Our modern eating habits fall very short of truly thriving. Instead of nourishing our bodies for peak performance and longevity, many diets are characterised by a "not bad" approach, aiming simply to avoid acute illness rather than optimise health: an over-reliance on processed foods, high in sugar, unhealthy fats, and sodium, yet deficient in essential micronutrients and whole foods.
We’re making "bad" choices out of ignorance or lack of desire, but also often about lack of access, affordability, and time.
Most of us eat more unhealthy foods than we think is appropriate, and we’re probably right there! Your grocery store is teaching you to undervalue your food: junk food, health food, organic food, vegan, paleo, keto, low fat no fat, low sugar, diet food, heart healthy food (not to mention the colours, numbers, chemicals and weird names for seed oils!). We’re being force fed (punny!) that food can be a fast fix, all in one bars, convenient, processed food that tastes so good it surely can’t be all that bad?
The consequences aren't an immediate dramatic collapse, but a subtle decline: chronic inflammation, increased risk of obesity, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and even mental health issues. We’re accepting these are ‘normal’ and effectively "getting by" on insufficient fuel, leading to widespread fatigue, compromised immunity, and a general lack of vitality. This dietary landscape fosters a state of merely existing, rather than truly flourishing.
Food is information! It imprints your DNA, shapes your gene expression, and influences your brain, metabolism, hormones, inflammation, and mood. That our food choices have the ability to make us sicker is such an unfathomable thought but it’s truer than ever. Some foods are just better than others, some food can do you good… Your opportunity to change your health, for better or worse is in your next mouthful!
And you’ve a choi
