BOOSTING FOOD QUALITY

This is all about improving the quality of your food.

Like increasing your water intake, this will help with the general function of your body. This is for a number of reasons, but the easiest, albeit general way of putting it - is that quality food has more of what your body needs and is simpler for your body to understand, process and utilise. 

Again, it is very underrated. There are so many different diets, yet very few of them focus on the quality of the food within the limitations of the diet. 

Food quantity often overshadows food quality as it provides quicker short term results. You could only eat 500 calories of ANYTHING every day and lose weight very fast. You would be thinner, but you would be an absolute mess! This is why we need to focus on quality.

As you read this, consider one change you can make to improve food quality in the context of the pandemic.

It's worth mentioning that we are going to be speaking in terms of your 'optimal' approach to being your fittest, healthiest, happiest self. Some of these suggestions may seem out of your reach at this moment in time - which is fine. Just aim to apply the knowledge as best as you can to your specific lifestyle.

Remember:

The perfect thing that you don’t do, will never be as good as the decent thing you do!

GOOD VS BAD

First, get the idea of good foods and bad foods out of your head. It is never that black and white. Instead, think of food as Better or Worse. What is better or worse for you will be different to someone else. It is all relative to the individual and their goal.

But a chocolate bar is bad right? 

Well for someone trying to lose weight, it is probably worse than a banana, but it is also better than two chocolate bars.

Are nuts good for you?

Generally speaking yes. But there are people that will die if they eat just one! As we say - these things are circumstantial and based on the individual. 

This is why you should always be skeptical of those that tout any diet as being the 'best' or 'healthiest' diet - it is usually a pretty good sign that they don't know what they are talking about and/or they have an agenda.