In 2010, I watched a Catalyst segment that changed the way I thought about food and how it could fuel my body. The segment opened my eyes to look at food as a nutrient dense source of nourishment, rather than as a mere convenience factor in a busy lifestyle.
"The food you eat can be either the safest and most powerful form of medicine or the slowest form of poison". (Anne Wigmore, founder of the Hippocrates Health Institute.)
The choice is ours!
Having lead a life filled with yo-yo dieting, losing and gaining 10 kg time and again, something about that segment resonated with me and I embarked on a new way of eating. The emphasis was on fresh, local, unprocessed food and produce, with a reduction in overall carbohydrates.
This was way back when Pete Evans was just a chef and had just started his collaboration with My Kitchen Rules. Paleo Pete hadn’t been invented yet!
Over the eight years since then, I’ve maintained my goal weight, and feel great, by making healthy choices about the food I eat, accommodating what my body needs and thrives on, and what fits with my lifestyle. It's not hard..it's delicious!
Pete Evans' documentary The Magic Pill provides an insight into how people have improved their health through food choices. Will this be your ‘Catalyst’ for change? Now available on Netflix https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61GitUC_678
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