OVERFED AND UNDERNOURISHED

 

Many, if not most, of the foods we eat today are not really food at all. Hydrogenated fats, for example, are recognised by our bodies’ digestive systems to be more like plastic than food. 

The current over-industrialisation and processing of our food has left us the most overfed yet undernourished culture ever to exist. 

Artificial sweeteners can be hundreds of times sweeter than natural sugars and therefore create unprecedented cravings for other sweet treats. There is convincing evidence that carbonated drinks (both ordinary and diet) may be the largest single dietary contributor to diabetes in children. Sadly, as we have become removed from the skills of growing and preparing our own food, we have lost sight of what it means to nourish ourselves.  We would all do much better to stick to a general pattern of cuisine (similar to what our ancestors ate) and only deviate from time to time for special occasions. In other words, eat food your great-grandparents would have eaten and would recognise.

It is always a good idea to eat simply, eat fresh and whenever possible eat local produce.