“Exercise is king. Nutrition is queen. Together, you’ve got a kingdom. If you have a Corvette, you don’t put water in the tank. The human machine deserves the same treatment.”
Jack LaLanne (1914 – 2011)
Good nutrition is the foundation of good health and it is vitally important to learn to eat well. We’re bombarded by so much contradictory advice, marketing-driven distortions of the truth, media scaremongering and a neverending series of fad diets and supplements that it’s really not easy to separate the good from the bad.
Basically, I believe that Michael Pollan‘s advice covers most bases for most of us:
“Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.”
A diet based mainly on fresh vegetables, good quality lean protein, some starch, fresh fruit and good fats, avoiding processed foods as much as possible, is, in my opinion, the best.
If you need straightforward advice about changing your eating habits, then please do get in touch. I do not provide prescriptive dietary plans, but I can help you make positive changes in how and what you eat and drink…
Which brings me to this:
HYDRATION
Hydration Calculator – are you drinking enough water each day?
Corrigan Water Supplies is a great local supplier of bottled water and water coolers
GENERAL NUTRITION / WEIGHT MANAGEMENT
Simple Nutrition for Health & Weight Management
Precision Nutrition – Dr John Berardi’s excellent resource
PRIMAL / PALEO
Scott & Steph Townson’s Nutrition Handbook (Paleo/Zone)
